Chapter 204 - omforting Meng Chengjun (1/2)

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 Meng Chengjun suspiciously and thought. After the stretcher was sent into the operation room, the doctors and nurses lowered their heads and uttered something 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 Meng Chengjun.

“What’s the story here?” At first, Meng Chengjun was unable to recognize Xu Lan, mainly because the latter was much thinner than before, and compared to a month ago, his appearance seemed 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 mention his asthma and high blood pressure acted up at the same time…” Meng Chengjun flashed a bitter smile.

Xu Lan always felt that Meng Chengjun was being fake. That impression came mostly because of the ever-present feigned smile on Meng Chengjun’s face. For the first time, Xu Lan learned that Meng Chengjun could feel so helpless and had something other than that fake smile.

“Don’t worry. Everything’ll be alright.” Xu Lan shook his head and patted Meng Chengjun on the shoulder while uttering words of comfort.

“He’s been admitted a few times now, but this is the first time he’s like this…” Meng 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 men at that. Words, at a time like this, were superfluous.

“Did you bring any cigarettes?” Xu Lan asked out of the blue.

“… This is a no-smoking area.” Meng 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 Meng Chengjun as if he was a ghost. Sure enough, Xu Lan found himself unaccustomed to mingling with such people. Despite all the benefits that came with playing by the book, being too straight and narrow might drive him insane.