Chapter Twenty-Three: Inexplicable Inquiry
Slowly open your eyes, and there is a smell of disinfectant in the air. The white ceiling, the pain in my shoulder, told me I was alive.
It was as if I had just woken up from a dream.
"Nurse, nurse, nurse! Come on! Come on! Come and see if my daughter is awake. "This urgent, concerned voice must have been my mother.
The doctor hurried and shone a flashlight in my eyes and looked at my left shoulder.
"How's it going? Doctor. My mom asked eagerly.
"Good recovery."
"Thank you, doctor, thank you."
"Girl, do you know me?" My mom leaned over her big round face and felt a lot thinner.
I whispered to my mother
Barely squeezing out a smile. I don't know how long I slept, and I felt my face stiff.
Mom wiped away her tears and turned her face to the side.
"Auntie!" Zhou Xiaona pushed the door in.
"Xiaona, here, Juanjuan is awake." My mother greeted Zhou Xiaona and said.
"Wake up!" Zhou Xiaona ran to her and leaned over her big face like my mother.
"Great, you finally woke up, Zhou Xiaona had tears in her eyes, and she felt that he was more excited than my mother. Rubbing my face gently with both hands.
"It hurts... Rubbing the skin went. I said weakly.
"You didn't know that I was scared to death when I heard that you were shot." Zhou Xiaona wiped her tears and said.
"Xiaona, don't cry." My mother comforted, "I didn't cry as much as you did, and the doctors didn't all say it was okay, but the bullet would be fine when it was taken out." ”
I wanted to do it but couldn't sit up. The hand is as soft as a marshmallow and cannot be grasped.
"I want to drink water." I really can't stand it, I still think Zhou Xiaona is her daughter.
Xiao Na hurriedly looked for a cup, and my mother took a kettle to pour water.
"Come on, come slowly, drink through a straw, the doctor said, the wound has to be recuperated." Zhou Xiaona handed the straw to my mouth.
"How did I survive?" I turned my head slightly to look at the two of them, "Don't you have to die if you get shot?" ”
"Phew, bah, can you say something auspicious and finally wake up. Do you know how we've had our year? You unconscionable go out on adventures on your own. My mom patted the bed and said.
"I didn't expect that." I licked my lips and said.
"Auntie blames me for being bad. If I don't take advantage of it, Juanjuan won't have an accident. ”
"Ah, Xiaona, don't blame yourself. I didn't say you, I said she was reckless and self-righteous. My mother pointed at me and said, "You can get better quickly, I'm going to beat you up, I'm going to beat you up and make your butt swollen, see if you dare to do it, you give me a good rest, I'll call your dad and tell him you're awake and get you something to eat at night." ”
My mom walked out of the room with tears in her eyes.
Xiao Na held my hand and wiped her tears and said, "I'm scared to death." ”
"It's okay." I comforted Xiaona.
"How many days are left for the New Year?" I asked.
"What about the Chinese New Year? Today at the beginning of 8." Zhou Xiaona wiped the tears on her face and said.
"So long?" I was a little surprised.
"Yes, the doctor said you are weak. Recovery is slow, during which you wake up and fall asleep again. Zhou Xiaona looked at me and said.
"Thankfully, the jacket you're wearing, I've heard it's made of something special, and when the bullet penetrates, it blocks some force." Zhou Xiaona said.
Coat? Zhang Xi?
When I think back to the time when my consciousness was blurring, I don't know if it was the soul or the last vision. Zhang Xi picked me up in a pool of blood, looked at my wounds, and shot the man who ran next to me to save me. After handcasing me and him, he ran in the direction of the gunshot.
"How did I get back home?" I asked.
"I don't know the specifics, I went to my aunt after I came back, and my aunt reported the crime, and after a few days, the police came to us and said you found it. Say you're being treated in this hospital. The police told my aunt that you were injured by mistake on the way back from a gang fight in country T. Zhou Xiaona said.
"Is there anyone else coming back with me?" I asked.
Zhou Xiaona shook her head: "I don't know, it's not easy for you to come back." ”
"But I'm leaving, didn't Lu Pan find you?" Zhou Xiaona asked eagerly, "How did you find your passport?" ”
"The passport was stolen, and the person who stole it asked for money, and I gave him the money and returned it to me." I lied to Zhou Xiaona and said, "Lu Pan doesn't know where I went, where to find me."
If I talk too much, I'm afraid she'll be afraid. I was also worried about Zhang Xi's safety, after all, I saw Zhang Xi shoot.
"Don't think about it so much, get some rest." Zhou Xiaona covered me with a quilt.
When I turned to pour water for me, two men in police uniforms walked through the door.
"Hello." Zhou Xiaona stood up and said.
"Hello, we are the police, this is the document, please go out and have something to ask her." The two policemen showed their documents to Zhou Xiaona, and one of the high-ranking police officers said.
Zhou Xiaona nodded and walked out of the ward, looking back at me from time to time, as if she was beating my opinion.
I nodded slightly and let him out. It seems that after the last time, Zhou Xiaona has become a lot more alert.
"Are you feeling better?" The tall policeman asked.
This policeman looks a little familiar.
"You are? The person who saved me in country T" I was a little excited, and my shoulder hurt. It seems that my vision is right, he does have a righteous body.
He nodded: "Yes! My name is Wu Cheng and I am the policeman who protects Zhang Xi. ”
"So Zhang Xi is undercover?" I asked, a little excitedly.
Wu Cheng shook his head and didn't answer me.
"Are you sure he's Zhang Xi?" Wu Cheng asked me again.
I nodded affirmatively: "Yes! I'm sure he's Zhang Xi! What's wrong? ”
"It's okay, take care of your injuries, and talk about it when your injuries are healed." Wu Cheng got up and prepared to leave.
"I remember you were injured too, are you okay?" I asked.
"It's okay, minor injury." Wu Cheng said while holding his abdomen.
"The less people you have been through, the less people you know, the better, and if you ask, you were injured by mistake in a gangster firefight. And don't go abroad lately. This is my phone. Can you call me if anything. ”
Wu Cheng, my phone number is stored in my mobile phone.
"Is Zhang Xi okay?" I asked.
Wu Cheng shook his head and didn't answer me.
"Is Zhang Xi a bad person?" I'd like to hear a no-yes answer.
But Wu Cheng just smiled and still didn't answer me. The policeman next to him recorded for a while, then looked up and nodded towards Wu Cheng.
"I want to know what's going on, how did I get back? Why did you get hurt. I grabbed him by the sleeve and said.
He sighed and smiled, "Hurry up and get better." I'll go first. ”
The police questioning left me confused.
After they left, Zhou Xiaona came in: "What? Ask you what? ”
"Nothing. Because it was a gunshot wound, I asked routinely," I said.
I don't know when I started lying like this, and I was afraid that they would be hurt from the bottom of my heart.
Mom finally finished calling. After entering the ward, let Zhou Xiaona go back to rest. said that she had worked really hard in the past two days, and she wanted to recognize her as a goddaughter.
I shook my head helplessly and nodded, "Okay, just be happy." ”
After Zhou Xiaona left, her mother started nagging mode again. I listened in a daze, but fortunately my father came to the rescue with food, which interrupted her nagging.
As soon as my father came, he poured a glass of water for my mother, and then came to see my daughter. It seems that his wife is still important in his heart.
"Girl, you say, you can really sleep. Scared my dad to death. Dad said while serving porridge, "The doctor said, just woke up and ate something soft and orderly." Heal slowly. That's what scared you're scared. The wound wasn't much of a severity. Come, take a drink. ”
My dad fed me a mouthful of porridge. I almost burst into tears.
"Wife, come over and give her a drink." Dad turned around and handed the porridge to Mom, turned around and wiped his face.
My mother gave me two mouthfuls of porridge, but I couldn't eat it.
"It should be a relationship that I haven't eaten for a long time, take my time." Mom said.
I nodded.
"Drink some water, lie down and go to sleep." Mom put down the porridge in her hand, and Dad shook the hospital bed down.
Everything is calm again.
But my heart could not be at peace for a long time.