Chapter 477: 477: Mother and child are safe; Jiang Zhi’s sequelae (first update
Imperial City, Fifth Renmin Hospital.
At 4 a.m., Zhou Xufang hazily woke up.
“Jiang Zhi…”
Jiang Zhi responded to her, sitting in front of the hospital bed, his eyes red as he looked at her.
Her eyelids drooped, half-asleep, as if she were dreaming.
“I missed you…”
She fell back into a deep sleep.
By noon the next day, she hadn’t woken up again.
The examination results showed no significant abnormalities, but Jiang Zhi was still terrified and impatient.
“Why is she still sleeping?”
Dr. Zhong, who had just examined Zhou Xufang, explained, “Miss Zhou’s body still hasn’t completely tabolized the penicillin, and she appears to have had blood drawn, which significantly depleted her energy. Her body needs ti to recover.”
Penicillin?
Yao Bixi didn’t quite understand.
Jiang Zhi frowned and remained silent.
Lin Qiunan asked, “What about the baby? How is the baby?”
“Miss Zhou underwent a miscarriage prevention treatnt at Pullman. The fetal heartbeat is weak, but there are no other signs of miscarriage.” Considering the ordeal, if it had been anyone else, the baby would not have survived, Dr. Zhong thought, estimating that this child, like Zhou Xufang, had an unusual gene pool.
Lin Qiunan knew Zhou Xufang was not an ordinary person but refrained from asking too much, “Dr. Zhong, thank you for taking great care of them both.”
“Rest assured, madam.”
Dr. Zhong gave a few more instructions and then left the ward.
“Xingchen, you go rest for a while, Aunt Fang and I will watch over her.”
Jiang Zhi held Zhou Xufang’s hand, staying put, “No, I will stay myself.”
Since returning from Pullman, Jiang Zhi had been off, the whole person very suppressed, becoming silent and distant.
Yao Bixi wanted to persuade further, but Lin Qiunan shook his head and left first.
Once outside the ward, Yao Bixi said, “Jiang Zhi looks really pale, I don’t know how long it’s been since he slept.”
Lin Qiunan sighed lightly, “Let him be. He’s been scared once, and now he’s terrified. Once bitten, twice shy. In the future, he will likely follow wherever Xu Fang goes.”
When Zhou Xufang woke up, it was early morning, Jiang Zhi was holding her, lying next to her.
He slept restlessly. At her slightest move, he woke up, imdiately sat up, and asked anxiously, “Xu Fang, can you hear ?”
“Yes.”
“I’ll go call the doctor.”
Zhou Xufang shook her head, pulling him back.
It was September, and the sky was filled with stars outside the window.
“I feel much better, nothing uncomfortable.” She gently asked Jiang Zhi while holding his hand, “How is the baby?”
Jiang Zhi placed her hand on her stomach, “The baby is still here.”
Thankfully.
Zhou Xufang touched her stomach and breathed a sigh of relief, then asked Jiang Zhi, “What about Yun Sheng?”
“He’s out of danger, in the room next to yours.”
The last thing Zhou Xufang rembered was receiving miscarriage prevention treatnt at ri Hospital; after that, she knew nothing else, but she recognized this ward as being at the Fifth Hospital.
She was back in her own country.
“How is my uncle? Is he okay? Was the surgery successful?”
Jiang Zhi answered each question, “Your uncle is doing well, the surgery was a success, he just can’t get out of bed yet, he’s in the ICU downstairs.” He added, “He can be moved to a regular ward tomorrow.”
Having asked about everyone else she cared about, only he remained.
“What about you?”
Jiang Zhi said, “I’m not well.” He lay down next to her, his eyes red, “Xu Fang, you scared , I can’t recover. Hold , hold tight.”
Zhou Xufang held him tight.
He slled of smoke, he didn’t use to smoke.
“My mouth tastes of dicine, it’s very bitter.” Zhou Xufang asked, “Do you want to kiss you?”
“Yes, please.”
The next morning, Fang Lixiang ca to visit Zhou Xufang.
“Xu Fang.”
She was excited and thrilled, fluttering like a butterfly toward him.
Jiang Zhi pulled up a chair, placing it two ters away from the bed, blocking her, “Sit on the chair, don’t get too close.”
It felt strangely eerie. Fang Lixiang touched the back of her neck and sat down. She originally wanted to scoot the chair closer, but she didn’t dare. She felt as if there was a cold glare on her back.
Jiang Zhi sat on the couch behind her.
Fang Lixiang sneaked several glances backward, feeling uncomfortable, and made small eye signals to Zhou Xufang.
Zhou Xufang understood, “Jiang Zhi, could you step outside for a bit? I want to talk to Lixiang.”
Jiang Zhi didn’t move, took an apple, and began to peel it, one slice reducing it by a quarter, “You talk, I won’t disturb you.”
With that, the topics Fang Lixiang could discuss were limited to the appropriate ones, “You look thin. Didn’t the kidnapper feed you?”
Zhou Xufang was also angry, “No food.” Only dicine.
Jiang Zhi made a second cut, another quarter of the apple gone—it wasn’t peeling, it was more like slicing flesh.
Fang Lixiang slapped her thigh, “That’s outrageous!”
Zhou Xufang nodded in agreent. Fang Lixiang and the others didn’t know the truth and thought she had only been kidnapped for ransom.
“Can you eat anything now?”
“I can.”
Fang Lixiang quickly placed the thermos she brought on the table, “Mr. Fang sent this soup for you, it’s still hot. I’ll serve it for you.”
“Okay.”
Fang Lixiang served a big bowl and also scooped a chicken leg into it.
As Zhou Xufang just took the bowl, Jiang Zhi put down the apple, forgetting to put down the knife, “Don’t drink it yet.”
“What’s wrong?” Zhou Xufang asked.
Jiang Zhi walked over, took Zhou Xufang’s bowl, and took a couple of sips before putting it back on the table, “Drink it later.”
Fang Lixiang thought Jiang Zhi was testing for poison, but seeing the fruit knife in his hand, she didn’t dare to ask.
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