Chapter 161: A Dream Come True (1/2)

He Yi was both shocked and overjoyed to see me. She tried wiping her tears, but they just wouldn’t stop flowing out of her tear ducts. Her eyes looked very misty as a result.

“Is that really you?”

I was still kneeling on the floor when He Yi staggered toward me. Suddenly, she shivered, closed her eyes and broke into tears. “I thought you were gone forever, I thought…”

“Boss, I… you…”

Suddenly, I noticed that her shoulder was hurt. Something had cut through the fabric of her black uniform, and a dangerous amount of blood was gushing out of the wound. Moreover, her right arm was hanging in a way that suggested that it was broken. In fact, now that I got a good look at it, the white sleeve covering her arm was completely drenched in blood.

“Uuuu…”

He Yi looked up and closed her eyes. Tears kept pouring down her cheeks and dripping on my shoulder when suddenly, she suddenly turned limp and collapsed into my arms. Did she… faint?

“Boss?”

Holding He Yi, I glanced at the spot she had climbed out of earlier and saw something frightening. Apparently, she had been held down by a concrete slab with rebars sticking out of the surface before I came. Some parts of the slab were smeared with blood. I couldn’t even imagine the courage it took to pull herself free and climb back to her feet.

The fire was spreading insanely quick, and I could barely find my bearing as I held He Yi in my arms. I shouted, “Sister Mingyue!”

But no one replied, so I gritted my teeth and ran out through the fire!

The fire continued to spread, and soon half the district was covered in smoke. Outside the main hall, a lot of firemen were organizing the evacuation effort.

When Beiming Xue saw me, she immediately ran out of the crowd, passed the blockade line and stopped in front of me, “Boss! Boss, are you okay?”

I nodded and smiled tiredly at her. “I’m fine…”

Then she saw He Yi, and her mouth fell open. “Boss… Who is she? She’s so beautiful…”

“She’s He Yi,” I said simply before shouting at the crowd. “Ambulance! We need an ambulance! Quickly…”

A couple of paramedics rushed toward me. I put He Yi on the stretcher and tried to pull away, but I quickly discovered that one of her hands was gripping my wrist very, very tightly. It was impossible to break free.

One of the nurses clenched his teeth and made a snap decision. “Can you come with us?”

“Sure!”

As I climbed onto the ambulance, Beiming Xue shouted from behind me, “Boss! What about me?”

I gave her a nod and said, “Come see me at the hospital.”

“Okay…”

…...

The ambulance turned on the siren and zoomed toward the municipal hospital.

A doctor who was busy disinfecting the wounded glanced at me and asked, “Are you her boyfriend?”

I shook my head in a daze.

“I’m going to disinfect her wounds now.”

“Okay.” I gave him a nod before asking, “Doctor, is she doing well?”

“Her blood pressure is normal, and her heart rate is stable. She’s a bit agitated, but her wounds are all superficial…”

“I see.”

I relaxed. Suddenly, I recalled Murong Mingyue. She had probably attended the inspection with He Yi. Did she escape safely?

I took out my phone and called Murong Mingyue. To my surprise, the call went through. She was crying on the other side on the phone.

“Lu Chen, where are you? There was an accident in the factory just now, and Eve is caught up in it… Uuuu, I couldn’t find Eve, I couldn’t find her anywhere…”

Touched by her compassion, I smiled and gave her the good news. “Boss is fine, sister. She’s with me right now. We’re on the way to the municipal hospital. She only has some minor injuries.”

“Oh! Ah…” Murong Mingyue was so surprised and overjoyed that she could barely form a coherent sentence. “Okay, I’m coming over right now!”

…...

It didn’t take long before we reached the hospital, and some inspecting, disinfecting and bandaging later, He Yi’s treatment was more or less done. However, she still hadn’t woken up yet.

I stayed by He Yi’s side and watched over her after she was transported into a sick ward. I couldn’t not watch her anyway since she was still gripping my wrist tightly.

Bam!

Someone threw open the door loudly. It was Murong Mingyue. She was dressed in a coffee-colored uniform, and her face was etched with worry. The moment she saw He Yi on the bed, she asked me in an urgent tone, “How is Eve, Lu Chen?”

“She’s stable. I’m just waiting for her to wake up.”

“Oh, that’s great!”

Murong Mingyue took a seat next to the bed before looking at me and He Yi. A while later, she started, “So, how did you find Eve? Tell me everything.”

I rolled my eyes at her. “Is this really the time to make fun of me?”

“Hehehe…” A small smile appeared on Murong Mingyue’s face. “Our Lu Chen has finally found to courage to come home!”

I nodded. Now that I had appeared in front of He Yi, it was only a matter of time before Bloody Mercenaries returned to Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls.

He Yi let out a silent groan, probably because her wounds were still hurting a little. But more importantly, it meant that she was awake.

Murong Mingyue and I turned around at the same time. We immediately saw Eve staring at the both of us with wide eyes.

“Boss…”

“Eve…”

Murong Mingyue and I murmured at the same time.

He Yi abruptly sat up and hugged me like her life depended on it. She didn’t say a word, but the tears drenching my shirt told me everything I needed to know.

Murong Mingyue was stunned by her reaction. She gave He Yi a couple minutes of silence before letting out a cough.