She ran away with her little sister, hand in hand, the wind blowing their hair and skirts.
She comforted the little girl, saying, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
Actually, she was terrified herself.
They ran breathlessly, but dared not stop, as if they were on the run for their lives.
Almost all of his memories from before the age of eight, which had been sealed away, were recalled.
The dusty past was brought out again, surprising Liang Shi.
Liang Shi suddenly thought of Xu Qingzhu's strange way of punctuating words, "Sister~"
When she was the only one calling out "sister," her phrasing was strange.
Yet it felt strangely familiar and pleasant to listen to.
Because that's how she shouted it when she was little, over and over again.
The thick fog seemed to engulf her entirely; all she could see was white, as if a heavy snow had fallen.
“Liang Shi…A Shi…”
Someone was calling her name from afar. Liang Shi tried to open her mouth to answer, but found that she couldn't say a word.
She opened her mouth, but her throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton, and she couldn't say anything.
Liang Shi could only keep moving forward, towards the place where there were sounds.
But the fog ahead was thick, she couldn't see the road, and the sounds seemed to come and go.
Which way should we go?
Liang Shi felt very tired.
She wanted to find Xu Qingzhu; Xu Qingzhu's mournful voice from that night still echoed in her ears. She wondered how Xu Qingzhu was doing now.
After this, she regained control of her body.
She could stand in front of Xu Qingzhu and say with dignity, "I am who I am."
You can hug and kiss her without any burden, and you can say to her, "I remember you, Little Bamboo."
Liang Shi had so much to say to her.
She walked aimlessly forward, but her strength gave out, and she collapsed in the thick fog.
As her consciousness faded, that familiar, eerie mechanical voice rang out again: [Sizzle... sizzle...]
It was that same drill-like sound that made Liang Shi's scalp tingle, and he wished he could smash his own head in.
The electrical noise didn't last more than a few seconds, but it was extremely torturous for Liang Shi.
[Hgram...error...sizzle...]
The mechanical voice was intermittent, and after saying a few words, it crashed again.
Liang Shi's consciousness gradually faded.
A ray of light shone in from afar, dispelling the thick fog before his eyes. Liang Shi struggled to stand up again, his legs trembling, yet he still walked forward with unwavering determination.
She thought she heard Xu Qingzhu calling her.
She walked toward the light.
As the fog lifted, she heard: "Liang Shi."
"Ah Shi".
"Liang Shi".
Too many voices echoed in her ears. Liang Shi felt heavy-hearted, her eyelids heavy-hearted, and her steps heavy-hearted. Every step she took was difficult.
Every step he took was to get closer to Xu Qingzhu.
She thought, "I can't let Xu Qingzhu be scared."
Her little bamboo will definitely shed tears if it sees her injured.
My younger sister was like that when she was little, and she is still a cute and spoiled little thing now.
How could she bear to let her delicate little girl shed tears?
Xu Qingzhu, wait for me.
Liang Shi walked forward with all her might, and finally, the clouds parted and the fog cleared. Amidst the repeated calls of "Liang Shi," she opened her eyes.
The first thing you see is a clean white, and the surroundings are filled with the smell of disinfectant, which is quite pungent.
Her eyes were not yet used to the bright light, and after opening them, she subconsciously closed them again.
Then a voice came from beside him, "Liang Shi?"
It was a very familiar voice.
Then came the question: "Sister Liang, you're awake?"
Then came that sobbing I'd heard countless times, "Waaaaah."
What followed was a stern rebuke: "Stop crying, go and call the doctor! Arrange a full examination for Liang Shi."
Such scenes have occurred frequently in the past few years, but Liang Shi has not heard of them in the past hundred days.
She thought these things were far removed from her, but she didn't expect that hearing them again would still make her eyes well up with tears.
but……
Liang Shi forced himself to adjust to the light, turned his head, and saw the person in front of him.
She licked her dry lips, her voice hoarse, and asked in surprise, "Sister Wang?"
Chapter 127
The ward was spotless. Liang Shi's body was still very heavy, and you could hear the bones cracking when he turned his neck.
The face of his agent, Wang Zhaozhao, suddenly appeared before Liang Shi. Everything was like a scroll being unfolded, and the whole world was vividly and dynamically presented to him.
The seemingly vivid memories that had just appeared in the thick fog instantly faded from my mind.
Liang Shi only managed a hoarse cry of "Sister Wang," and Wang Zhaozhao's tears fell. She couldn't care less about being elegant as usual and subconsciously raised the back of her hand to wipe them away, though her expression remained serious.
Liang Shi forced a smile and asked, feigning nonchalance, "Why are you crying?"
Wang Zhaozhao glared at her and said in a complaining tone, "I've never seen anyone as unlucky as you."
With each word Liang Shi uttered, she could feel her vocal cords vibrating, which caused a headache, much like the intermittent static that the system had been sending through her mind.
But she still tried to comfort Sister Wang, saying, "Don't cry, I'm fine."
Sister Wang instinctively reached out to wave at her, but then, as if considering that she had just woken up, she waved her hand in mid-air, then sheepishly withdrew it, scolding, "It's good that you're not dead."
Liang Shi didn't respond to her. His mind was like a slideshow, with frame after frame of unfamiliar images appearing in his mind.
A city with towering buildings, vehicles constantly shuttling across the Yujiang Bridge, and crowds lining the coastline on the outskirts of Haizhou City.
...
Those scenes kept entering Liang Shi's mind, impacting her brain.
Liang Shi's pupils were already dilated.
Assistant Xiaobai acted quickly, promptly calling the doctor over.
But the moment the doctor entered the ward, Liang Shi's mind seemed to collapse under the strain, his eyelids drooped, and he fainted again.
"Liang Shi!"
"Sister Liang!"
Amidst a chorus of worried voices, the last question Liang Shi pondered as his consciousness faded was: If I were to fall into a coma like this, would I be able to return to Xu Qingzhu's side?
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Zhao Xuning's decision to take Xu Qingzhu to see the comatose Liang Shi was a very bold one.
Dr. Gu had considered this approach before, but he was afraid that Xu Qingzhu would be traumatized again, causing her psychological defenses to crumble once more.
But Zhao Xuning had only one reason to persuade her: she had to try, and things couldn't get any worse than they were now.
Dr. Gu agreed, but she was also fully prepared; her white coat pocket contained sedatives and inhibitors.
Soon it will be Xu Qingzhu's heat cycle.
Omegas typically have an estrus cycle of 3-7 days. After taking suppressants, they can engage in normal social activities, but they should stay away from Alpha pheromone interference.
Last time, Xu Qingzhu's heat cycle was forced to start earlier and lasted only a day.
If this heat cycle arrives, it will likely make up for the number of days that were shortened last time, and the symptoms will be more intense than usual, requiring a more potent inhibitor to combat them.
With these preparations in place, Zhao Xuning took Xu Qingzhu to Liang Shi's ward.
The two patients' hospital rooms were only a few dozen meters apart.
Liang Shi's ward was empty. The nurse had just changed her dressing, and her wounds were slowly healing.
Logically speaking, a young Alpha like Liang Shi, who is young and in good physical condition, should have a significant advantage in wound recovery.
If Liang Shi were awake and ate nutritious meals on time every day, with occasional supplements, her wounds would heal in just ten days. But now she is in a coma every day, and her blood flow is very slow, so it will take a month to recover.
Currently, experts at the hospital have not been able to determine the cause of Liang Shi's continued coma.
The surgery went relatively smoothly that day, without damaging any vital organs. A CT scan of the brain also showed no blood clots compressing the nerves.
But Liang Shi developed these symptoms.
Fortunately, there were no abnormalities in her body, and all she could do was wait.
Xu Qingzhu followed Zhao Xuning into Liang Shi's ward, her expression blank the entire way.
Her face was still pale, and she hadn't eaten much since waking up. When she stood up and walked, her figure was light and airy, and she walked in the hospital corridor in fluffy slippers, making no sound at all.
It's like a ghost without a soul.
She was so weak that a gust of wind could blow her away.