(13) The fire in the old house
Yuhan fell into the bushes on the side without any defense, and was hit by this slap so that his eyes were full of stars, the left side of his face was hot and painful, his head was buzzing, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
Yang Shuhua stood in front of her proudly, "The cat that doesn't bark is the most stealthy, I usually watch you pretend to be quiet and virtuous, pretend to be wronged and pitiful, and you are very good at seducing men behind your back!" First of all, he snatched away my third brother's soul and turned my family upside down. Now you want to seduce Mr. James again, you are so capable! ”
Yuhan lay on the ground, and gradually understood the reason for the beating, although she was wronged, she didn't have half a word of defense. Two female students walked not far away, and they were stunned when they bumped into this scene, but no one dared to interfere in the affairs of the second miss of the Yang family, and they didn't dare to take a second look at it, so they avoided the detour and walked away.
Yang Shuhua saw that Lin Yuhan did not have the slightest momentum, and was obviously suppressed, she undoubtedly had the absolute upper hand, so she breathed a sigh of relief proudly.
"You'd better stay away from Mr. James, or I'll discredit you all of Shanghai." She paused, and dropped the last cruel sentence, "Hmph, you can do it yourself." After speaking, he returned to his previous dignified and noble face and walked away.
Lin Yuhan slowly stood up, his head was dizzy, and the person stumbled. She regained her steady, and gently floated the dirt that had stuck to her clothes. His face was still painful, his palm was gradually oozing blood from the place where the branch had been scratched, his nose and throat were sour, and tears of grievance poured into his eyes. She tried to bite her lip to hold back her tears, laughing at her fragility in her heart, since she chose such a life, what is this grievance. There may be even more unbearable humiliation in the future, but this is the path she has chosen, and she should bear it.
It was drizzling under the gloomy sky, and Yuhan didn't know how he got back to his old mansion. Mother Song opened the door and exclaimed when she saw Yuhan's appearance, and hurriedly helped her into the house, "Miss Lin, why didn't you let Lao Feng drive to pick her up?" ”
Fortunately, James hasn't come back yet, Yuhan thought, it's okay, she didn't have to make up a reason to explain. Song's mother helped Yuhan change out of her wet clothes and wipe her face and hands clean. Yuhan felt exhausted, didn't want to move or eat dinner, and collapsed directly on the bed.
After a while, Mother Song brought hot ginger tea.
"Miss Lin, drink some ginger tea to remove moisture."
Yuhan felt dizzy, as if something had been pulled out of his body, and he had no strength at all. She forced her spirits and said, "No need, don't mention this to him when Mr. James comes back, just say that I am tired from going out, so I will rest first." ”
"I'll cook you some porridge, eat something and then go to sleep."
Seeing that Yuhan didn't respond, I didn't know if she was asleep, so Song Ma had to close the door and go out.
The whole house was unusually quiet when James returned. He looked at his watch, it was only past eight o'clock, and he felt that the atmosphere in the house seemed to be very unusual.
After calling Mother Song twice, she ran over from the back kitchen, wiped her hands with her apron and said, "Mr. Zhan, you can come back." Miss Lin went out today, and when she came back, she didn't feel well, and she didn't eat dinner, so I was cooking porridge for her. ”
James had just poured a glass of water, and before he could take a sip of the cup in his hand, he put down the cup and hurried upstairs. Mother Song also followed with small steps, panting.
There were no lights on in the room and it was quiet. James walked to the bed by the light from the window, twisted the bedside lamp, and the room was immediately enveloped in a soft orange light.
Yuhan was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, his brows furrowed, his eyelashes trembling slightly, and beads of sweat oozing from his forehead. James suddenly felt that something was wrong, and reached out to touch her forehead, and it was really hot.
"Hurry up and ask Uncle Feng to prepare the car. I'll give Dr. Tom a call. ”
James hung up the phone and came out of the study, and Uncle Feng was already standing in the hall waiting.
"Uncle Feng, you go to St. Mary's Hospital to pick up Dr. Tom, he is waiting for you at the entrance of the hospital now."
Uncle Feng responded, turned around and hurried out.
James turned back to Yuhan's bedroom, "Mom Song, bring a towel." ”
James gently wiped the sweat from her forehead with a towel, and she moved her lips in confusion. Looking at her slightly red face, James's eyes were dark and anxious.
Dr. Tom soon arrived, this is a Western doctor, he gave Lin Yuhan a brief examination, then took out a vial containing Western medicine and a glass needle to inject her, and left a white paper bag containing Western medicine tablets before leaving. He and James talked in English, and Song's mother stood aside and watched anxiously, unable to understand and unable to help. After the doctor left, James explained to Song's mother in detail when to take the pills and how much to take. Mother Song was in a fog when she heard it, and she couldn't understand why these Western pills were so troublesome. James was not at ease, so he briefly emphasized it again, and marked it on the paper bag with a pen, so that Song Ma could remember.
Mother Song opened the door to go out, but a puff of smoke came in from outside the door, choking her and coughing twice. James was also taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" Mother Song came back to her senses, and suddenly screamed with a hammer: "Oops, I boiled porridge!" "Hurry downstairs. James glanced at Yuhan, she slept soundly, and got up and followed downstairs.
Black smoke spread from the back kitchen through the dining room throughout the hall on the first floor, slowly diffusing up the stairs to the upper floor, and it seemed that the back kitchen was burning. James didn't dare to be careless and quickly called the fire department.
Mother Song ran out of the kitchen while coughing, obviously frightened, and said in a crying voice: "Mr. Zhan, the smoke is too big, there is no way to get in." How is this good?! ”
"The fire department will be there in a moment. I'll go upstairs first to wake up Miss Lin, Mother Song, you all go to the courtyard first, and don't let Uncle Feng come in when he comes back. ”
James ran upstairs, and the smoke from the upstairs grew thicker. He rushed into Yuhan's bedroom and shouted, "Lin Yuhan, wake up, it's on fire!" ”
James looked around the room to find a dress to put on her, but he couldn't find it in a hurry.
Yuhan opened her eyes in a daze, she didn't know what was going on.
The smoke was getting bigger and bigger, and James didn't have time to think about it, so he wrapped Yuhan in the blanket and picked it up in the air.
This time, Yuhan was completely awakened, and found that his entire body was wrapped in a sheet and couldn't move at all. She saw James's magnified face close at hand, the masculine aura enveloping her, and she could even feel his breathing and heartbeat...... Somehow, his face turned red.
James looked down at her, his eyes uncertain, and he didn't have time to think about it at the moment, so he hurried downstairs with her in his arms.
There was a lot of smoke downstairs, and Yuhan choked and coughed twice, and then they had already rushed out of the house, and her body was gently placed on the stone bench in the courtyard.
"Sit here and don't move!" With a few words, James turned back again.
Lin Yuhan watched him rush into the smoke-filled house again, his heart tightened, he wanted to shout something but felt his throat dry, and the sheet in his hand couldn't help but clench. My thoughts were in a trance, I wasn't dreaming, were I?