Chapter 223 (2/2)
Zhou Qin suddenly tensed up when realization washed over herThe pain just noas on her spine
Could it be that—
”Yes, that's your blood flowing around the area of the blood clot,” Li Yundong said as though reading herto worry about, okay? You need to breathe, though”
It hit her then that she'd been holding her breath without knowing it
She slowly exhaled and pulled in a deep breath
This had to be another one of Li Yundong's supernatural powersIt had to be
For the first tilimmer of hope in her bleak and wretched life, the life that she'd tried to throay once
If Li Yundong could perforht be able to cure her condition and help her stand up againAfter all, as the word of a doctor co from the sky?
Zhou Qin opened her eyes and looked down at her legsThen, she did so to do in vain ever since she woke up: move her toe
Her left toeIt twitchedThe moveht then nearlyto share this triu turned her head with his fingers so that she was facing forward again”Don't get too excited now,” he said sternly”Deep, even breathsI'll let you knohen I'm done”
Zhou Qin settled back into the wheelchair and let her thoughts wander
Hope
Finally, she had so
From the —giving her hopeIt was like he was her guardian angel or so
Then, a s ould happen once she was curedWould he ignore her again? Would he stop caring and worrying about her? Zhou Qin wasn't a foolShe knew that he was only here out of guilt, or worst, pity
But what if she get never got better? Would he keep coot better? Would he feel indebted to her, and then offer to take care of her forever—
Quit being so pathetic, Zhou Qin
She felt disgusted with herself for even considering that
God, those pain meds must have really ain despite Li Yundong's warningThen, with one hand, she pinched her left thigh, hardMore pinprick sensations popped into her consciousnessHer lips curved into a tiny s
A quick glance at the clock an the treats upHe didn't kno much Zhou Qin's body could take in one day, so he didn't dare to take things too farIn fact, giving a one-hour session was already stretching itLast night, Zi Yuan recommended the session to last 30was because Zhou Qin had apparently felt so co the session
The session had gone exceedingly well as far as he could tell
Other than that brief pain in her spine, Zhou Qin had suffered no otherthat she could still experience pain in the spinal area, since it indicated the presence of functioning nervous tissues
Last night, he and Zi Yuan had tried to come up with an alternative solution, one that wouldn't involve the use of the Jindan's Aura—acupuncture
In principle, acupuncture would work too, since it would give the same effect as Qi controlThe whole idea behind acupuncture is also to stimulate and speed up the patient's Qi flowThe only difference is how the speeding-up effect is achieved—by sti the patient's acupoints with needles instead ofacupuncture to treat Zhou Qin's condition was that there was no guarantee that the acquired increase in Qi-flow speed would be significant enough to do aith the blood clotEven if it could, there was no telling how long it would take for the effects of the treat the treatth of Zhou Qin's Qi, etcAfter the idea of acupuncture was put forth, Zi Yuan did a rough estimation of the required treatment time if acupuncture were usedThe result wasn't opti acupuncture was immediately discarded after that
Zi Yuan did try to come up with other alternatives, but in the end, she concededThey had to use the Jindan's AuraZhou Qin's condition was just too severe for other alternatives to work
The last reertips and flowed back to his Vital OrbWhen the golden glow in his fingertips disappeared, he removed his hand from Zhou Qin's headHe turned the wheelchair around until Zhou Qin was facing him, then crouched down
”How do you feel?” he asked
Zhou Qin slowly opened her eyes and smiled”Likereturned her smile”GoodYou're supposed to feel like that” He rose to his feet and grabbed the wheelchair's handles”Co pushed the wheelchair towards the bedWhen Zhou Qin leaned away frooas drenched in sweatSeveral strands of her hair were plastered against her neck, which was also covered in sweat
Li Yundong stepped forward and hooked one ars while his other arm supported her backZhou Qin's arms went around his neck automatically when he lifted her upOnce Zhou Qin was settled in bed, Li Yundong went into the bathrooed and dry your sweat,” Li Yundong said, handing her the towel
Zhou Qin stared blankly at hi placed the towel on the bed”Seriously, you need to dry your sweat,” he said sternly”Right now, the pores of your skin are expandedIf you don't dry your sweat quickly, a small portion of the water in your sill seep into your skin and enter yourto Traditional Chinese Medicine, that's bad for your health and can cause rheumatic diseases”
”I- It's not that” Zhou Qinheavily
”Then what is it?”
”I- I don't think I can reach my back”
”OhWell…” He jerked his thuet Uncle Zhou”
Zhou Qin's scowls the rest of his wordsOkayZhou Qin had unresolved daddy issuesGot it
Li Yundong cleared his throat
”I could ask for a nurse?” he offered
Zhou Qin looked aithout answering and grabbed the towel from the mattress
Zhou Qin winced when she reached behind and tried to wipe her back on her own
After about ten seconds of watching her futile atte couldn't take it anymore
He rolled his eyes and walked over to the bed
”Give me the towel,” he demanded firmly
Zhou Qin stilled her hand movements and stared at him ide eyesA rosy tint dusted her cheeks
”Give it here,” he said sternly”I'll do it for you”
When Zhou Qin still didn't rabbed the towel froirl,” hethe sweat on her neck and back”You'll be suffering from joint pain like a ninety-year-old by the tiled, htHow could he forget? This stubborn girl would rather crawl on the floor rather than ask the nurses for help to get a glass of water
Ahanded the towel back to Zhou Qin”You can wipe your chest on your own,” he said, pointing at the front of her hospital gown
Zhou Qin blushed and took the towel fro
Li Yundong sighed”What's wrong?”
Zhou Qin was red to the tip of her ears”Oh, co ave her an incredulous look”Just do it under the blanket, silly”
Zhou Qin snatched the blanket and then pulled it over her headSeconds later, she peeked out from the top of the blanket”T- Turn around”
”You know I don't have X-ray vision, right?” he deadpanned
”Argh! I don't care! Just turn around, dammit!”
A pillo out from under the blanket and hit him square in the face
”OkayOkayI'll turn around, geez”
Li Yundong tossed the pillow back onto the bed and then turned around
After a while, Li Yundong cleared his throat loudly”Are you done yet?”
”No,” ca you so long?” Li Yundong paused and waited for Zhou Qin's replyWhen none ca trouble”
”Al her words? He turned around slightly and saw the blanket wigglingRightNot done yetHe turned around again
At the five- thinWhat the hell's taking her so long? Had she dozed off or so? He held his breath and waited for a few secondsHe didn't hear anywithhed and slowly turned back around
Zhou Qin's head and body re at allTogether, her body and the blanket for lu's chestAsleep?
Li Yundong walked over and shook Zhou Qin's ankle”Hey, Zhou Qin?”
Nothing
He shook her leg once ain, no reaction
Then, he wanted to smack himself
Of course she wouldn't feel it if he touched her ankle; she was paralyzed from the waist down!
He stared at the motionless heap on the bedWhy not just let her sleep? Seconds later, he dispelled the ideaBetter check to htShe could be unconscious for all he knew
He stepped forward and poked the blanket a few tiaspThe blanket lowered to reveal Zhou Qin's frazzled but angry scowlLi Yundong raised his palms and backed away a few steps”Whoa, whoaRelaxIt's just me”
Zhou Qin blinked several ti laughed out loud”You fell asleep, didn't you?”
A dark scowl replaced the look of confusion on Zhou Qin's face
”S- Shut up!”
The blanket lifted slightlyThen, so's hand reached out instinctively to grab itIt was the towel he gave Zhou Qin earlier to dry her sweat
Li Yundong folded the slightly damp towel and placed it at the foot of the bed
”You knohat's funny?” he said in a flat tone”Just now you were so eh you were completely hidden under the blanketAnd yet you just threw the towel at ht add, that you used to wipe your body” Li Yundong raised a brow at her”I really don't get you at all, Zhou Qin”
The deep blush on Zhou Qin's face ain
”What, not so shy now after your catnap?”
”Shut!” Zhou Qin grabbed a pillow”Up!”
The pilloards hiht the pilloith one hand”Tsk, tsk! You like to throw things around when you'relook”You hthtily”That's none of your business”
”True,” Li Yundong said, nodding as he placed the pillow back onto the bed”But it beco objects at meOne of these days it won't be a pillow that you throw atcovered one eye”I don't think the pirate look suitsat hih her eyes now shone with ahed contently
He'd given her the e and, dare he say it, cheered her up a littleMission accouess I should head back now,” Li Yundong said with a smile”Somebody here was so exhausted that she dozed off in theher sweat”
Zhou Qin opened her mouth to speak, but was interrupted by the sound of so whirled around and saw Uncle Zhou's head poking in through the gap of the half-open door
Li Yundong smiled at the man”You're back just in time Uncle ZhouI was just about to leave”