Chapter 144: True Qi Saves Lives

  I was shocked, and I checked her breath, and there was a faint breathing sound. So I hastily shouted: "Xia Lin, Xia Lin, wake up..." My eyes saw that behind her back, blood was constantly seeping out, a bullet hole had pierced through her outer garment, injuring her heart.

  My mind went blank. I shook my head hard, slapped myself on the forehead, and immediately opened my backpack, pulled out a first-aid kit, ripped it open, poured all the hemostatic medicine onto her wound on her back, and then sealed her wound with gauze and adhesive tape.

  Xia Lin still hadn't woken up, I knew she was badly hurt and in a critical condition. So I once again mobilized the true energy within my body, grasped her hands with mine, and injected my true energy into her body.

  The true energy obtained from practicing martial arts is the best remedy for injuries, so this move of mine has made Xia Lin's breathing much clearer. I was overjoyed and continued to infuse her with true energy while thinking about how to treat her. After all, relying solely on my true energy to sustain her life wasn't a viable solution. Once my own energy was depleted, Xia Lin would immediately perish.

  So I made up my mind, grabbed the backpack and put it on my back, then picked up Xia Lin in one hand, ran along the highway while injecting her with true energy.

  My idea is to stop a car and send Xiaolin to the hospital. Only by going to the hospital, undergoing surgery, can Xiaolin possibly hold on to her life.

  My luck wasn't bad, I ran less than a hundred meters before encountering a car. This time, regardless of whether it was an enemy's car or not, my body suddenly jumped up and landed on the front roof of this car, scaring its owner into stopping the car immediately.

  I immediately carried Xia Lin onto the car and shouted commandingly: "To the hospital, now!"

  The driver saw me and Xia Lin covered in blood, was so scared that he trembled all over, didn't dare to disobey our orders at all, and drove his car straight to the hospital.

  I infused Xialing with true energy while telling the driver, "I'm a soldier. We were injured during a mission. Don't be afraid, we won't harm you. We just need your help to get us to the hospital."

  I don't know if the driver believed me or not, but he drove as fast as possible to get us to the nearest hospital. I didn't have time to explain anything to him and just pretended not to see his whole body shaking, hastily saying "thank you".

  The doctors and nurses on duty in the hospital were shocked when they saw us. However, their professional abilities were still very strong, not panicked at all, doing what they should do, quickly bringing emergency equipment, preparing to push me and Xiaolin to the operating room.

  "I shouted loudly: 'The injured is my companion, I'll carry her to the operating room, lead the way quickly.'"

  At this time, I had already seen the signs pointing to the operating room and rushed over with Xia Lin in my arms while speaking.

  By the time the doctors and nurses reacted and rushed into the operating room, I had already placed Xia Lin on the operating table.

  I didn't dare leave the operating table, because once I left, Xia Lin's true energy might disappear immediately and she would die.

  The doctor and nurse tried to persuade me to go out, but I chose to ignore them. So the doctors and nurses finally gave up after several attempts.

  Xia Lin's chief surgeon was a female doctor wearing a mask, who seemed to be the deputy director of this place, with the surname Li. I heard a nurse call her that way.

  I didn't care about those things and directly said to Dr. Li: "She was shot in the back, possibly injuring her heart."

  Dr. Li looked at me and said, "How can you be so sure of her injuries? Don't talk, I'll do my best to treat her."

  I immediately shut up, because everyone who came to the hospital didn't dare to argue with the doctor.

  Dr. Li quickly cut open Xia Lin's clothes, took a look at the wound on her back, suddenly looked at me, and then commanded: "Prepare for surgery, now!"

  The operating room immediately became busy, with everyone skillfully attending to their work. Only I was still holding onto Xialing's hand, completely like an unrelated person. But I didn't care about this, because at this time, Xialing couldn't leave me.

  The subsequent surgical procedure was witnessed by me, anesthesia, oxygen supply, blood transfusion, bullet removal... went smoothly and meticulously.

  As the operation went on, I became increasingly anxious because I saw a large amount of fresh blood flowing out of Xia Lin's body. At this rate, she wouldn't be able to hold on until the end of the surgery.

  I saw that the blood in the blood bag for Xia Lin was gradually decreasing and hurriedly said: "I am type O blood."

  Dr. Li hesitated for a moment, then immediately instructed a nurse to connect the transfusion tube to my arm and transfuse my blood into Xia Lin's body.

  At the same time, the true energy in my body was steadily inputting into Xia Lin's body, maintaining her normal breathing. Although the doctor had already put a respirator on her and performed oxygen transfusion.

  I tried not to block the doctor, but my hand didn't dare let go of Xiaolin's hand. The doctor and nurse probably thought Xiaolin and I were in a romantic relationship, so after advising me to let go several times without success, they gave up.

  The operation had been going on for almost five hours, and I was getting more and more tense. It wasn't until the nurse finished sewing up the wound with her last stitch that I suddenly felt a chill run down my back. It turned out that my back had already been soaked in Xialing's blood, and now that I had relaxed slightly from the tension, I immediately felt a cool sensation wash over me.

  "Your friend was badly hurt, but fortunately the bullet missed her heart and only hit an artery next to it. She lost a lot of blood and fainted. We've already given her a transfusion and fixed the blood vessel, so I don't think there's any danger to her life. If everything goes smoothly, she should wake up in about an hour."

  I looked at the female doctor with gratitude and said: "Thank you!"

  "Doctor Li said with some puzzlement, 'Considering her injuries, she should have gone into shock by now, or even died from excessive blood loss. But just now, I found that her consciousness was still relatively clear and her vital signs were stable... This is strange, I don't understand...'

  I smiled and said: "Probably because I've been pulling her along, she can feel it, right..."

  Dr. Li smiled slightly and didn't pursue the matter further. He said, "She's very beautiful, you're also very lucky. However, you were too careless, how did you let her get hurt like this?"

  I was stunned, and I didn't want to tell her, but the nurse who was removing my IV tube next to me said, "Sorry, we need to know how your friend got hurt. The police will be here soon, and we need a statement."

  I came to and told the truth: "We were ambushed. The enemy hit my friend."

  Dr. Li's eyebrows furrowed slightly as he reached up to remove the mask from his face, saying to me, "Is that all? Can't you be more detailed?"

  I looked at Dr. Li and found him surprisingly young, not looking like a doctor at all. I couldn't help but say: "So Dr. Li is so young, I thought you were... haha... sorry, what did you just say? Can you elaborate? Actually, there's nothing much to say, I'm a soldier, on a mission, and it's normal to encounter an ambush."

  Dr. Li looked surprised, a strange expression appearing on her face. She heard herself laugh and say: "So you're a soldier, I was wondering how you got shot! Alright, now you can leave here, your friend, we'll take care of him."

  I took a glance at Dr. Li, then quietly used the remaining true energy in my body to examine Xia Lin's injuries, and found that her condition had basically stabilized. I knew that Dr. Li would definitely cure her, so I obediently let go and planned to leave.

  I let go, but I still couldn't leave like this, because just as I was about to pull my hand back, somehow Summer's hand had already tightly grasped mine, and I surprisingly couldn't pull my hand back at once.

  Dr. Li also noticed this, and after a slight smile, said: "It seems that your relationship is very good... forget it, you can stay here with her, when she wakes up, we will send her to the ward."

  I nodded gratefully and was about to speak when I saw a snow-white hand appear in front of me, holding a cup of steaming hot water.

  As I turned my head to look, I found that a nurse had brought me a cup of water. I quickly thanked her and drank it all in one gulp. The water was slightly sweet when it entered my mouth, and it turned out to be a cup of sugar water.

  This nurse was very thoughtful and knew I had just given blood, so she gave me some sugar supplements.

  I thanked the nurse again and then heard Dr. Li say: "When your friend wakes up, call us, remember."

  I nodded and watched as the doctor and nurse filed out, then said to Xia Lin, who was still unconscious: "You shouldn't be sleeping this late, why aren't you waking up yet?"

  As soon as I finished speaking, I heard Xia Lin say: "Who told you not to take good care of me? I just want to trap you here with me..."

  I smiled, originally I used my true energy to examine her injuries when she was already awake, but pretended to be unconscious. Now hearing her speak, confirming my suspicion, I said: "Is there something you want me to do?"

  Xia Lin smiled slightly, although her face was pale, but she smiled very happily: "You just accompany me, I'm alone here, I'll be afraid." After a pause, she took a few deep breaths, and her face turned even paler, probably feeling the pain from the wound.

  I hastily transferred the nearly depleted true energy within me to her, helping her alleviate the pain. This was a luxury that ordinary people wouldn't even dare think about.

  With my help, Xia Lin's complexion slowly improved. She continued to say: "Jin Cang, did you use some special method? Why did I wake up suddenly and didn't feel hurt at all?"

  I smiled and didn't dare tell her that I was the one who donated blood to her, even more couldn't say that it was my true energy that saved her life.

  Xia Lin said to herself: "I know, you must have used the true energy in your body to help me. Otherwise, I might have died already..." She grasped my hand tightly and thanked me sincerely: "Thank you, Jin Cang."

  I smiled wryly and said: "It's me who didn't protect you well, why are you still thanking me?"

  Xia Lin smiled and said: "Don't say that, the person who hurt me was originally coming for me, it has nothing to do with you."

  I let out a faint sigh, thinking to myself: what she said is indeed true, the ones who hurt her were originally after her, and I really had nothing to do with it. However, if I hadn't secretly released them, she wouldn't have been hurt here either... But, if I hadn't released them, would she be dead by now?

  My mind was filled with all sorts of thoughts, and for a moment I didn't speak, falling into deep thought.

  Xia Lin saw that I wasn't speaking, and suddenly let out a sigh, saying: "Are you regretting saving me? I know you gave me blood transfusions, and even gave me your most precious true energy... If you're regretful, you can kill me now, I won't blame you."

  I suddenly woke up, knowing that my expression had betrayed my heart, so I said somewhat awkwardly: "Don't think too much, I just feel that this matter is suspicious, and I couldn't help but wander off, didn't think about regretting anything."

  Xia Lin curled her lip and said, "Don't lie to me, your expression is simply regretting saving me. I know you think of me as a stepping stone for infiltrating our organization, my life or death doesn't matter to you at all..."

  She said, with a hint of anger and disappointment on her face, then I saw that she seemed to be about to cry. I quickly said: "I really didn't regret saving you, you're my friend, why would I regret saving you? If I hadn't saved you, that's what I'd regret!"

  Xia Lin listened to my words and actually changed her usual expression, smiling instead. Her face was pale, but she smiled very happily, I stared blankly for a moment, and couldn't help but laugh: "You believe me?"

  Xia Lin nodded slightly and didn't say a word, but glanced at the operating room. Then she said somewhat embarrassedly: "Can you get me a glass of water? I feel so thirsty..."

  I shook my head slightly: "The doctor has instructed you, you can't drink water now... at least, you have to wait for five hours before you can drink water and eat."

  Xia Lin suddenly said with some disappointment: "I'm feeling very hungry now, and I don't know if I can hold on for five hours."

  I smiled: "You're not a kid, just five hours, talk and chat, it will pass quickly."

  Xia Lin smiled and said: "Then you can accompany me to chat, anyway you've saved me now, and you can't go back to our base immediately. Right?"

  I helplessly nodded: "You're right, it's indeed like that."

  Xia Lin wanted to say something, but then heard a nurse at the door saying: "Family members please come out, we need to clean the patient's body. The patient is about to go to the ward, and we need to prepare."

  I hastily stood up, glanced at Xia Lin, and hurriedly left the door. I don't know what's going on, but I suddenly remembered when I teased Xia Lin before and said she was my girlfriend, and also thought of the scene when I came to the hospital behind her back.

  My heart skipped a beat, and I suddenly felt that maybe I had already fallen for this beautiful girl. Then I shook my head hard, trying to make myself forget about it. But I'm already in a relationship with not just one, but multiple girlfriends. I couldn't betray those friends who were still waiting for me to return, nor could I hurt Xiaolin.

  I quietly arrived at the top floor of the hospital's inpatient department, looking from afar as the nurses pushed Xialing into the inpatient department, apparently sending her to a ward.

  Xia Lin's surgery was very successful, she needs a long time to recover, I stayed here and there is nothing much to do, so I can also leave for a while.

  I didn't tell Charlene, I directly found a doctor at the hospital, explained the situation, paid enough medical expenses and left.

  I left the hospital and came straight to the airport. I'm going back to Beijing for a trip because I suddenly miss Chen Jing and them very much.

  My plan was originally good, but when I arrived at the airport, I immediately knew that I still couldn't leave here by plane, because there were police everywhere in the ticket hall of the airport, and my wanted notice could be seen everywhere.

  I trudged back to the hospital with a wry smile, not intending to see Xia Lin, but unexpectedly ran into Dongfang Yonghao as soon as I arrived. Dongfang Yonghao had found his way here after getting separated from us, I didn't know when.

  Dongfang Yonghao looked at me with a puzzled face and said: "Didn't you leave? Why are you back again?"

  I could only bitterly smile and say: "It's all because of those police officers, I basically can't take planes or trains now, they've got me completely blocked..."

  Dongfang Yonghao laughed, looking very pleased: "So you have times like this too, haha... If my young lady knew that you're now unable to take a step back from us, she would definitely be delighted."

  Listening to Dongfang Yonghao speak, I feel that he seems different from before. I'm not quite used to the current Dongfang Yonghao: "You can also smile? Not always with a straight face, as if I owed you money?"

  Dongfang Yonghao's voice turned cold and he almost yelled: "What is it if you don't owe me money? Return our money quickly..."

  I remember that I did take their money before, but asking me to return it is impossible: "Your money has all been given to the hospital, now you still owe several tens of thousands!"

  Dongfang Yonghao was taken aback for a moment before saying: "That's the interest, we're even now. From now on, don't follow us again!"

  I was taken aback for a moment, then smiled somewhat happily and said: "Do you think I'll protect you all for free? To be honest with you, if the airport didn't have police guarding it, I would have left here by now."

  Dongfang Yonghao regained his previous indifference, and his voice became somewhat icy: "Then why did you come back?"

  I glanced at those people staring at us in the hospital and smiled: "I'm back just to take back what's mine."

  "What thing?"

  I waved my hand and walked towards the inpatient department, saying: "You don't have to worry about this, I know my own things."

  As soon as I finished speaking, I felt a strong gust of wind blowing from behind, and Dongfang Yonghao actually used his lightness skill to catch up with me in the midst of the crowd, and said fiercely to me: "If you dare to pester my family's young lady again, I'll beat you up right now."

  I laughed without turning back: "Whether I'm entangled with someone or not, what's it to you? If you dare to make a move, I don't mind making the wound on your face one centimeter bigger."

  Dongfang Yonghao's face had a wound on it, and it seemed that he didn't have an easy time yesterday either. Those enemies also injured him.

  Dongfang Yonghao said fiercely: "Don't be a sticky candy that makes people disgusting. Xia Lin is mine, you can't take her away!"

  I stopped abruptly and turned around: "What did you say?"

  A cold glint flashed in Dongfang Yonghao's eyes: "I said Xia Lin is mine, you can't take her away!"

  I stared at Dongfang Yonghao and slowly said: "It's just that fallen flowers have intentions while flowing water has no feelings..."

  Dongfang Yonghao's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a cold voice: "Xia Lin and I grew up together since childhood, we are the ones who understand each other best. We are the most suitable for each other. Don't think that just because she has a good impression of you now, it means she likes you. Let me tell you, once we return to our base, I will immediately marry her. You... have no hope at all!"

  I listened to Dongfang Yonghao's muttering-like words, and after a long time, I said: "That's your business, it has nothing to do with me. My task is to let you go, and then send you to a safe place. Now, I can leave."