Chapter 21 (1/2)
Chapter 21
Anyway, not needing to work overtime is always a good thing.
I pondered for two days before I cast aside the problem completely. I began to enjoy my relaxed working life once again.
December was approaching, so the weather was gradually turning cold. I have to wear more and more clothes so there was also more and more clothes to be washed. Thus I often gathered all my clothes in a bag and brought it to Yin Jie’s place to wash with her was.h.i.+ng machine.
Today, I once again brought a bag of clothes over there. When I arrived, Yin Jie was sitting on the ground in the doorway and playing with her mobile phone.
I was confused. “Oh no, didn’t you say you’re at home?”
Yin Jie patted her back and stood up: “I am at home ah. Heehee, just that I’ve forgotten to bring my key, so I deceived you to come over to keep me company.”
“You did not bring your key again ……”
I was simply speechless. Yin Jie is really efficient and reliable on work matters, but is really sloppy in her personal life until one does not know what to say about her. When she was staying in the same dormitory with me, she also always forgot to bring her key. After she moved here to live, this was the second time that I came across her not bringing the key.
“Yu Hua is not at home ah?”
“She went to Kunshan to visit her cla.s.smate, so I don’t know what time she’ll come back. I just went to the Dormitory Administration to get the spare key but n.o.body was there. Aiya, to have such bad luck.”
I tried to recall when I came just now, the people in the Dormitory Administration seemed to be still away. With no other way, I asked: “Are the windows opened?”
“They are opened. Xi Guang, you want to climb up to the window again? Don’t la, since the sky is almost dark so it is a lot more dangerous. Better to wait for the people from the Dormitory Administration to come, then we’ll see.”
“Who knows we’ve to wait until when?” I put the bag of clothes in my hands on the ground, “Nothing would go wrong. Anyway, this is not the first time.”
Their dormitory was on the second floor. The exterior window sill on the second floor is one meter wide and joined together. When looking from a distant, it generally resembles a broad decorative border. Thus it will not be dangerous at all to walk over it, so long as you pay attention to avoid those rubbish thrown from upstairs.
After knocking on a few dormitories, there was also no response. Only until the fifth dormitory, there was someone in. I climbed out from people’s window, slowly holding on the wall towards Yin Jie’s dormitory. I was walking steadily and firmly, almost reaching my destination. However suddenly I heard the sound of an exaggerated screech from downstairs.
I subconsciously turned my head and saw Lin Yu Sen’s taut face as well as the look of horror on the face of a young woman who was dressed stylishly next to him. Then my foot seemed to have stepped on some slippery stuff ……
As a result, I fell down from the window sill.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye. There was not enough time for my mind to react before I hit on the pine and cypress tree. Then I rolled from the pine and cypress tree to the ground.
The moment I landed on the ground, I felt a hand caught me. But the powerful momentum still knocked my head on the ground once, an onset of sharp pain.
After the sky span and the earth went round (giddy with one’s head spinning), I opened my eyes and stared blankly into a pair of deeply worried eyes. I have never seen that before so I felt fl.u.s.tered.
Lin Yu Sen?
……
He quickly laid me flat on the ground and knelt down beside me. With one hand undoing my collar, the one hand was feeling my pulse.
“Nie Xi Guang!”
He called out my name, his complexion pale and solemn. I have not managed to recover from the shock of falling down so I looked lifelessly at him.
“Don’t be afraid, look at me. Can you hear me properly?”
“Yes.”
“Answer me, what day of the week is today?”
“Sunday.”
I thought that I had answered him, but was a little unsure if I did voice out my answer. Suddenly my head was struck by an intense feeling of swaying. Thus I felt unwell and cannot help but close my eyes.
However I felt that I was still mentally alert, and could hear people around me talking. I heard Yin Jie and an unfamiliar female voice cried out in panic. I also heard Lin Yu Sen’s particularly strict and calm voice ……
But what did he really say?
Everything gradually became fuzzy ……
I woke up several times. Once, when I woke up, I seemed to be in the ambulance and heard Lin Yu Sen was talking on the phone, “…… no obvious head injury. Cannot feel any hematoma on the scalp. No sign of other injury, but there was a temporary loss of consciousness …… ah, get ready to do CT scan of the head …… ”
After that, I arrived in the hospital …… in fact I felt much better afterwards except feeling sleepy. But I was awakened repeatedly by people in light blue s.h.i.+rt who appeared constantly in my line of vision ……
When I was fully awake, the sky was already completely dark.
I opened my eyes and it was still the light blue s.h.i.+rt which caught my eyes.
Under the faint light in the hospital ward, Lin Yu Sen with his eyes closed, was sitting on the sofa by the window. He seemed to have already fallen asleep. With the hair a bit messy and s.h.i.+rt wrinkled, he was devoid of his usual clean and calm demeanor.
He…… still around?
My gaze rested on him for a while. Then I turned my head and looked around the room. When my gaze returned to Lin Yu Sen, I cannot help but was startled because I did not know when he had awaken. With the eyes opened, he looked at me without saying a word.
I wanted to say something. But when I opened my mouth, no sound came out because the throat was dry and sore.
He stood up, poured a gla.s.s of warm water and came up to me. I was about to get up, but he has already propped me up and fed me some water.
A strong arm firmly encircled my shoulder, transmitting burning sensation. I was almost half leaning against his chest, his hard chin in front of me. Our breathing can be heard because we were at a distant that was close enough to feel uneasy. I was a little embarra.s.sed and quickly drank two mouthfuls.
“Thanks.”
He let me lie down and put the gla.s.s aside in silent.
I did not feel dizzy at all now. In fact, I felt good about myself. But seeing that he appeared so quiet, I started to feel a little worried. Hence I had to ask: “I …… nothing is wrong with me, right?”
“What is your name?” When he spoke, his voice was unexpectedly and particularly hoa.r.s.e.
“……” What was the situation? “Nie …… Xi Guang?”
“What about me?”
“…… Lin Yu Sen.”
“I am Sheng Xian Min’s grandson (daughter’s son).” He looked at me and said that all of a sudden.
Sheng Xian Min? The chairman of Sheng Yuan?
I pondered for a moment: “…… You have not told me before, right?”