Shen Qi didn’t care about their gazes. She waited at the door of the emergency room anxiously, for she had to make sure that Han Xueyou was safe before she could leave.
At this moment, the phone in her hand vibrated. Shen Qi flicked it around to take a look at it only to stare right at the bloodstain on the screen. It seemed that it was a call from Su Jiu.
Shen Qi grabbed the hem of her clothes to wipe the blood off the screen. However, since her clothes were also soaked with blood, the more she wiped it, the dirtier it got. In the end, Shen Qi decided to answer the call first.
“Hello?”
Shen Qi’s trembled voice resonated into the phone.
“Miss Shen? Was it you who sent the message to President Han?” Su Jiu’s voice sounded from the other end of the line, asking her for verification.
“Yes, it’s me.” Shen Qi nodded. She took a deep breath, trying to calm her shaky voice. “Are you guys on the way here?”
There was a short silence on the other end of the line followed by a cool and solemn male voice.
“We’re on the way. Tell me what happened.”
Shen Qi opened her mouth, but no word came out of it; she couldn’t utter anything.
She couldn’t bring herself to calmly explain Han Xueyou’s suicide attempt to him. Until now, she still couldn’t believe that everything that had just happened was true.
As soon as she thought of this, she closed her eyes and said, sounding exhausted, “You will know when you get here. I’m not bluffing. I’ll meet you in front of the emergency room.”
With that, Shen Qi ended the call abruptly before he could ask any further questions.
Beep, beep….
Han Qing frowned as the busy dial tone echoed from the phone.
Su Jiu, who was sitting beside him, looked at him in confusion. “President Han?”
Han Qing returned to his senses and threw a sideways glance at her. “Hurry and go to the hospital now.”
Su Jiu nodded and instructed the driver in front of them. “Mr. Lin, please hurry up.”
“Sure thing!”
Both of them donned a gloomy expression because of Shen Qi’s simple message, saying that something had happened to his sister and urging him to go to the hospital immediately.
However, her voice trembled violently when they spoke on the phone. She wouldn’t have reacted like this if it weren’t something particularly serious.
Perhaps, she…
Su Jiu only dared to think to herself.
Every minute felt like a lightyear to Shen Qi. She glimpsed anxiously at the corridor countless times but Han Qing was nowhere to be seen.
She felt that it was necessary to call Han Xueyou’s family over. She was really afraid that something might happen to Han Xueyou due to the massive blood loss.
Lowering her gaze to the floor, Shen Qi was frustrated at herself. If only I have arrived sooner! What took me so long?
When she was deep in her thoughts, steady footsteps resonated across the corridor, coupled with the clatter of a pair of high-heels. Shen Qi raised her gaze at the exit of the corridor and saw two familiar figures.
It was Han Qing and Su Jiu.
Meeting Han Qing’s stern eyes made Shen Qi, for some reason, feel as if she had seen her own family. The tears she had been holding back just now almost flowed down her cheeks. Shen Qi quickly bit her lower lip and turned her head around to avoid Han Qing’s gaze as well as to stop herself from crying.
She felt that her behavior was improper and unacceptable.
He was Han Xueyou’s elder brother, but why did she always think of him as her elder brother? If Han Xueyou knew this, she would tease her for it.
“What happened?”
As she was pondering, Han Qing’s voice resonated from behind her, followed by a firm grip on her shoulder. The grip twisted her around and her gaze stumbled right upon Han Qing’s eyes.
He carried an amiable aura with him that made her feel safe and secure.
A lump started to choke in Shen Qi’s throat. She bit her lower lip but before she could utter a word, tears rolled down her cheeks continuously.
Han Qing’s heart was throbbing violently when he saw Shen Qi’s devastating cries and her bloody body. He felt as if something sharp was piercing his heart.
Upon seeing Shen Qi in such a dire state, Su Jiu figured that she might not be able to tell them the whole story, so she looked at Mr. Jin who was standing next to her and asked, “Excuse me, can you please tell us what happened?”
Honestly speaking, Mr. Jin didn’t really know what was going on, but he was able to convey the overall process, so he briefly described the events from the moment they left the house until they arrived at the hospital. Su Jiu and Han Qing stood together, listening to Mr. Jin’s recount of the incident.
Han Qing frowned. “Is the person inside Xueyou?”
Shen Qi nodded. “I’m so sorry. If I had found her earlier, maybe—”
Han Qing interrupted. “Let’s wait for the result first. Meanwhile, you should clean up. Su Jiu, help her out.”
Su Jiu reacted immediately and stepped forward to help Shen Qi. “Miss Shen, please come with me. I’ll take care of you. President Han will be here, so don’t worry”
“Alright.”
Shen Qi was very much at ease now that Han Qing was here; she nodded and left with Su Jiu.
Su Jie checked Shen Qi in at a nearby hotel first. Then, she went to a nearby store to buy a set of clothes that were Shen Qi’s size and returned to the hotel so that Shen Qi could change as soon as she finished showering.
There was so much blood on Shen Qi’s body that it took her a long time to wash it all off. When she was done, she put on the clothes Su Jiu bought for her and blurted anxiously, “Let’s go back to the hospital.”
“Miss Shen, don’t worry. I have just contacted President Han. He said that Miss Han hasn’t come out yet, so even if you go there now, you can only wait outside. I believe that you must be in shock too, so it is better for you to rest here. I’ll take you there when Miss Han wakes up.”
“No!” Shen Qi rejected her proposal firmly. “I must see with my own eyes that Xueyou is fine. She’d lost so much blood.”
Su Jiu took a look at her who was still looking as pale as snow. She didn’t look any better compared to her earlier state; in fact, she looked much worse than before. Coupled with the tremble in her voice, it showed how much she was worried about Han Xueyou. If Han Qing hadn’t arrived, she would have waited there in her blood stained clothes until the door of the emergency room opened.
“Miss Shen, I understand how you feel, but you are not doing so well yourself. I don’t think you…”
“Are you worried that I will collapse and become another burden on your list? Don’t worry, for Xueyou’s sake, I won’t faint so easily. I’m fine.” After speaking, Shen Qi stepped forward and held Su Jiu’s hands. “Let’s go to the hospital together.”
Su Jiu hesitated, but a determination was written all over Shen Qi’s eyes.
It was really hard to refuse her request at this moment.
“Secretary Su!”
Shen Qi called her name aloud to get her sense back from her hesitation. Su Jiu’s face flashed with helplessness, and finally, she gave in and said, “Alright, you leave me no choice. Let’s go.”
“Thank you!” Shen Qi shed some tears of joy and then left the hotel with Su Jiu.
When they arrived at the hospital, they could see Han Qing standing at the door of the emergency room from afar. His tall figure was leaning against the wall, with one hand in his pocket. His gaze was directed at the floor, and no one knew what he was thinking.
