Chapter 26-Bloodied Mess and Her Eyes (2/2)
When A Miao finally regained consciousness, she saw an unfamiliar man standing at the end of her bed.
”You're up?” The man's voice was gentle. ”How do you feel?”
”Who… Who are you?” The moment A Miao opened her mouth, she felt as if flames were licking her throat. She could not help herself from coughing.
The man helped her up so she was leaning against the bed frame and brought a glass of water to her mouth. ”Drink some water. You cried so much that your voice is all hoarse.”
”Thank… Thank you.” A Miao lifted her hand.”I'll…” Before she could finish her sentence, she winced in pain.
”You can't move your hands for at least two months,” the man reminded her. ”If you don't want to be handicapped, you best stay put.”
A Miao lifted her heavily-bandaged hands. When she tried moving them, a searing pain greeted her.
”Are you a doctor?” Her throat felt much better after she drank water. She looked around the room. Even though it looked as lavish as a hotel room, the emblem on the wall was something that belonged only in a hospital.
The man's eyes were constantly curved into crescents as if he was always smiling. He nodded as he sat down on the edge of her bed. ”I'm a doctor but I don't work in this hospital.”
”What does he mean…” A Miao became alert.
”Hehehe!” The man burst into laughter. ”Don't worry. Shen Xinglan purposefully summoned me here to treat you.”
This worried A Miao even more and she leaned backward. ”Then, you must be his friend?”
”You can say that.” The man extended his hand to her. ”Nice to meet you. I'm Le Yi.”
She shook her bandaged hand, vaguely touching his hand with it. ”I'm A Miao.”
”A Miao?” Le Yi asked curiously. ”Your surname is A?”
A Miao narrowed her eyes. ”What's so strange about it? Your surname is rare too!”
”Hehe. We sure are fated then.” Le Yi stared straight at her eyes. ”Do you find me familiar?”
A Miao began to feel uncomfortable under the man's intense gaze and turned her head. ”Impossible. I would never have the chance to meet someone as handsome as you in my entire life.”
The people she met in the past were all ordinary folks who were busy making a living. Later… Later, all she met were perverts, hooligans, and beasts.
”Looks like you've recovered enough to hit on a man.”
A Miao's face fell after hearing this voice. She immediately dived under the covers and stayed very still.
”Shen, you frightened her.” Le Yi looked slyly at Shen Xinglan who had just walked into the room. ”I'm not trying to criticize you but why did you torture her to this point? Even if she doesn't like you, you can't use force on her!”
”Who would like this pervert?!”
”Who would like this ugly woman?!”
Two voices resounded at once. Then, Shen Xinglan could not stop himself from asking, ”Your… Your eyes?”
A Miao climbed out of the covers and glared at the man who caused her to lie in a hospital bed. ”See! This doctor said I wouldn't recover for another two months! You want me to steal for you? Dream on!”
”What's wrong with your eyes?” Once again, Shen Xinglan used an interrogative sentence that was rare for him.
”Oh no!” A Miao quietly cried. She asked in a panicked voice, ”Where's the mirror? I want a mirror!”
Shen I immediately rushed out from behind them with a mirror in hand.
”Ah!” A Miao buried her face in her hands after taking just one glance at her reflection and hid under the covers.
Frowning, Le Yi reminded her, ”Be careful with your hands.”
Shen Xinglan paid his words no need and grabbed A Miao's wrist. ”Please tell me what's wrong with your eyes.”
”You…” His words stunned A Miao so much that she forgot to even cry out in pain.
It was Le Yi who made Shen Xinglan release his grip on her. ”That's enough. Speak calmly, whatever it is. None of you should be agitated.”
”I promise you I won't touch you, but you must tell me what's wrong with your eyes.”
Shen Xinglan stared at A Miao's face without blinking. Her triangular eyes had now transformed into large glistening eyes. It was a pair of rarely-seen phoenix eyes, the kind where the outer corners inclined upward. It breathed life into her entire face and revealed her intoxicating charm.
More importantly, her eyes were identical to the eyes of the person in his memories.
”Fine.” A Miao sighed. Since things had come to this point, there was no way for her to conceal the truth. She told them her mother's dying words and then concluded by saying, ”Please help me keep this a secret. I don't want the Xia family to know.”
Le Yi nudged Shen Xinglan when he saw that the latter was staring at A Miao without moving. ”Did you hear her?”
”Keep an eye on her.” Shen Xinglan stood up. ”I'm leaving.”
”Wait!” A Miao stopped him. ”You haven't promised me that you'll keep this a secret.” Just as she was about to threaten him that she would not steal for him until he agreed, she saw the man who had already had his back to her nodded solemnly.
It was not until Shen Xinglan, Shen I, and Shen II left that she turned to look at Le Yi with a worried expression. ”Did that psycho agree or not?”
”Hehe. He agreed.” Le Yi looked at her. ”What's wrong? You seem to hate him.”
A Miao lifted her hands. ”If someone turned your hands like this, will you like him?”
”I heard Shen I said that it's just a misunderstanding. They didn't know you'd…” Le Yi gestured. ”If you just went to sleep, everything would have been fine the next day.”
”Impossible!” A Miao glanced at him. ”I have claustrophobia and nyctophobia.”
Realization dawned on Le Yi. ”No wonder your hands would be this badly injured.”
Someone with claustrophobia and nyctophobia would naturally be unable to remain in a dark and cramped space. It was not much different from killing them.
”Shen I.” Inside the car, Shen Xinglan's gaze was unfathomable. ”Go and investigate. I want details of her whereabouts in the years when she went missing.”