Chapter 204: Comforting ng Chengjun
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Xu Lan had a frown on his face when he anxiously called out to the man. He then looked at the stretcher. With eyes wide open, he took deep, bellow-like breaths, and his mouth was spitting out white foam.
‘Oh f*ck, what the hell happened?’ Xu Lan looked at ng Chengjun suspiciously and thought. After the stretcher was sent into the operation room, the doctors and nurses lowered their heads and uttered sothing under their breaths. The door was then promptly closed shut.
Having sent Bai Wu back to the ward, he asked a few simple questions, then left Ka Daiwen there and rushed back over to ng Chengjun.
“What’s the story here?” At first, ng Chengjun was unable to recognize Xu Lan, mainly because the latter was much thinner than before, and compared to a month ago, his appearance seed to have aged by a few years.
“Uncle, he, he got into a fight with Sergeant Xiao. He didn’t regain his strength, not to ntion his asthma and high blood pressure acted up at the sa ti...” ng Chengjun flashed a bitter smile.
Xu Lan always felt that ng Chengjun was being fake. That impression ca mostly because of the ever-present feigned smile on ng Chengjun’s face. For the first ti, Xu Lan learned that ng Chengjun could feel so helpless and had sothing other than that fake smile.
“Don’t worry. Everything’ll be alright.” Xu Lan shook his head and patted ng Chengjun on the shoulder while uttering words of comfort.
“He’s been admitted a few tis now, but this is the first ti he’s like this...” ng Chengjun spread out his palms and placed them on his face as if to wipe away all traces of depression.
Xu Lan sighed and sat beside him. They were both grown-ups and n at that. Words, at a ti like this, were superfluous.
“Did you bring any cigarettes?” Xu Lan asked out of the blue.
“... This is a no-smoking area.” ng Chengjun did not anticipate that question and thus replied expressionlessly.
“F*ck! Go to the toilet then, you’ll be sitting around here doing nothing anyway.” Xu Lan let out a muted scolding and looked at ng Chengjun as if he was a ghost. Sure enough, Xu Lan found himself unaccustod to mingling with such people. Despite all the benefits that ca with playing by the book, being too straight and narrow might drive him insane.
ng Chengjun snorted and let out a chuckle, then got up, patted his own behind, and headed toward the toilet. He did not know if Xu Lan was genuinely stupid or playing stupid; after taking credit for so much of Xu Lan’s work, the man still ca to comfort him as though nothing had happened.
‘Pa-ta...’
With the flicker of a blue fla, Xu Lan borrowed ng Chengjun’s cigarette and took a deep puff. It was ages since he last smoked, and the feeling he got – where his whole body, as well as all his bones, relaxed imdiately – was truly indescribable.
“Is the case settled yet?” Xu Lan licked his lips and lifted up the cigarette with his hand. Ah, it was Chunghwa. No wonder he felt energetic when he smoked it. Still, Xu Lan preferred his Yunyan Special 1 ; it was always best if the cigarette suited one’s tastes.
“Mm. After we caught that hooligan, we never touched ‘Sparrow’ again. When it ca to that Zhao kid, there were never any clues to begin with. Just a few days ago, Lan Er found out that soone from Laos logged into the ga, so Sergeant Xiao urgently requested to contact the inforr whom we stationed in Laos. It was also this that led to their argunt.”
ng Chengjun blew out a puff of smoke. Xu Lan was unable to see ng Chengjun’s emotions clearly due to the haziness, but he knew instinctively that there was a hint of disapproval when ng Chengjun ntioned Xiao Feng.
“Was anyone hurt?” Xu Lan squinted and asked.
“None. That’s why it’s so hard to deal with!” ng Chengjun let out a bitter chuckle, then put out the cigarette by pressing the cigarette butt to the dustbin. “I’ll go back and take a look.”
“Mm.” Xu Lan nodded and also put out his cigarette. After ng Chengjun had left, he headed to the opposite end of the inpatient departnt.
Bai Wu looked on while the doctor pointed a water gun on his wounded flesh. It was painful, but once he relaxed, he imdiately fell into a deep sleep.
“Cough, cough...” Xu Lan awkwardly coughed. Ka Daiwen imdiately glared at him coldly.
“Can we talk?” Xu Lan asked.
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