446 Pulled Together by Fate 9 (1/2)
When these questions circulated through Song Qingchun's mind, for some reason, she felt like the blood in her body was flowing the other way. Her heart skipped three beats, and an inexplicable feeling consumed her.
It was not until she put his clothes back on, snuggled him under the mattress, and the wound was nowhere to be seen that her breath returned.
…
Similar to the time when Doctor Xia had arrived to check on Su Zhinian's head wound, he examined Su Zhinian's body, gave him a drip, and gave Song Qingchun some notes and medicine before leaving.
When Song Qingchun sent Doctor Xia away, she took the opportunity to ask where the wound on Su Zhinian's abdomen had come from.
Doctor Xia was visibly startled when he heard her question. After a long pause, he smiled like he usually did at Song Qingchun and said, ”I'm not too sure about that myself; he was already like this when he came to me.”
Her instinct told Song Qingchun that Doctor Xia was lying, but she couldn't figure out why; she knew it would not be courteous for her to press the good doctor, so she just nodded along and later bade Doctor Xia farewell.
Then, she returned to his bedroom and sat by his bedside, watching the drip fall. For some reason, her mind returned to the wound she had seen; she felt like… that wound hid a dark and important secret.
…
Three hours later, Song Qingchun changed the needle for Su Zhinian. She used a cotton ball to press on his arm to stop the blood before pasting a bandage over it. Feeling his forehead, she realized his fever still hadn't retreated. Worried that he might need her help in the middle of the night, she decided to wait by his bedside.
As the night deepened, Song Qingchun got increasingly drowsy. She tried to force her heavy lids open and occasionally reached out to feel Su Zhinian's temperature.
Song Qingchun didn't know how many times she repeated this action before a hazy light started to filter through the window, and Su Zhinian's fever finally dissipated. The tired Song Qingchun collapsed on his bedside and fell into a slumber.