In winter in M City, there has always been very little rain, and there is always a dry and cold smell in the air. But there has been no sun for many days, and the orchids on the balcony were withered and had drooping leaves, and the color of the petals was much darker.
Li Xi could feel that he had something on his mind. Sometimes he woke up after falling asleep in the middle of the night when he was still awake.
Perceiving the slight rubbing of clothing materials on his side, Li Xi turned around and hugged him and asked, “Can’t sleep?”
Hearing his voice, Chu Yan first said “hmm” apologetically and then asked, “Did I wake you up?”
In the dim light, Chu Yan felt a burst of hot air gushing between his neck, making him itchy.
Li Xi leaned over slowly, kissed the most fragile part of his neck carefully, and gasped, “No…”
In the silent darkness, only warm light reflected on the wall, and all the senses were magnified. Chu Yan turned over and found Li Xi’s hand to hold.
After receiving his response, Li Xi was ecstatic and kissed him one by one on the cheek and forehead.
Chu Yan also gasped violently, groping in the dimness and touching Li Xi’s face.
His fingertips were a little cold, and there was still a little sweat in the palms of his hands. Li Xi was stunned for a while and rubbed against his palms obediently, but his movements gradually slowed down, and he exchanged a longer kiss with him tenderly and eagerly.
…
After being relieved, Li Xi was also well fed, but now he didn’t feel sleepy at all.
But the person next to him was obviously tired, and it didn’t take long for him to fall asleep. Li Xi hugged him, and in the silent night, the frequency of breathing and heartbeat could be heard clearly.
He should have known a long time ago; if he really didn’t have him in his heart like he said, then why did he be with him for so long? With his character, he won’t be able to get along with people he doesn’t like for even a day.
Thinking of this, Li Xi’s heart seemed to be filled with a bit of sweetness mixed with a bit of indescribable bitterness.
Insomnia is probably the most painful illness in the world. After not sleeping well for half a month, Chu Yan was in a terrible mood.
The next morning, warm sunlight poured in through the glass window. The nurse came over as usual to measure his blood pressure and draw blood for testing, but the process was not as smooth as before. The nurse took a blood sample, but the blood collection tube was not stable. With a crisp sound, it fell directly to the ground.
Li Xi frowned and faintly reminded, “Be careful.”
Although this reminder was not said aggressively, it doesn’t even mean to be half-harsh, but he has been in the upper echelons for many years, and he always unconsciously lingers with an indescribable and oppressive aura. It’s fine when he smiles, but with such a gloomy face, people couldn’t help but feel a little tremble in their hearts.
What’s more, the other party was just a young lady; she immediately became more nervous by this look. Her hands began to shake a little when she drew blood for the second time.
Li Xi saw her hands shaking like a Parkinson’s patient, not professional at all, and he was about to get angry, “Aren’t you tossing people like this?”
The nurse was frightened by Li Xi, and beads of sweat appeared on the tip of her nose. “I’m sorry, it’ll be fine soon.”
Chu Yan was not in good spirits either, so he turned his head directly to Li Xi and said, “You go out first.”
Li Xi was obviously reluctant, but seeing Chu Yan’s face faintly irritable and a little afraid of making him angry, he could only move out of the room bitterly.
Without Li Xi’s presence, the little nurse really relaxed a lot. After drawing blood, she took his blood pressure. The whole process took less than ten minutes.
It’s just that the little nurse still frowned and asked cautiously before leaving, “Mr. Li, he won’t complain about me, will he?”
Chu Yan smiled, “No, he is not such a person.” Li Xi was just a little bit fierce, not the kind of person who couldn’t get along with people because of a trivial matter.
The little nurse was relieved when she got his guarantee, but she was still too scared to pass by Li Xi when she went out.
When Li Xi came in, he saw him rubbing his temples heavily with his hands, his face haggard like no other.
Since the start of treatment, Li Xi has discovered that because of the side effects of chemotherapy, Chu Yan has begun to experience frequent symptoms of dizziness and nausea, and his whole body has lost weight sharply at a rate visible to the naked eye.
A strong sense of anxiety and powerlessness filled his chest, making it difficult for him to even breathe.
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In fact, few people knew about Chu Yan’s illness; he didn’t have many familiar people in M City. Originally, he thought that except for Li Xi and Zhang Chengye, basically no one would visit him anymore.
Leukemia has developed to a late stage, and the time interval for treatment has been much shorter. It has basically developed from once a week to once every three or four days.
Chu Yan was leaning on the head of the bed and closing his eyes to recuperate. There was a knock on the door, and then the door was pushed open. When he heard the sound, he opened his eyes and saw an acquaintance.
Xiao Yang is Li Xi’s assistant. He has been with Li Xi for many years and has seen him many times before.
“Dr. Liang.” Xiao Yang put the things Li Xi ordered him to buy at the head of the bed, but he didn’t know why. When facing Chu Yan, he always felt at a loss.
Maybe it’s because the other party doesn’t like to talk. He was always cold and aloof; joy and anger were never shown on his face.
He seemed to have just finished the treatment; his whole body looked very tired, his face looked pale, and his lips were glowing white.
Chu Yan turned his head to look at him, breathed evenly, and said weakly, “Li Xi asked you to come?”
When he got a little closer, Xiao Yang noticed that his forehead and the bridge of his nose were full of thin, cold sweat, and his bangs were wet and messy on his cheeks, looking very bad.
“Yes, Mr. Li, he has something to do today… But are you okay… Do you want me to call a doctor?” Xiao Yang looked at him, really afraid that he would faint in the next second.
“The doctor was here just now…” Chu Yan looked at him, “Okay, you can go if you’re done.”
After he finished speaking, he turned his head and closed his eyes again, as if he didn’t have the strength to speak anymore.
Xiao Yang looked at him but was a little afraid to leave. The sound of medical equipment—dididi—could only be heard quietly in the ward. He found a chair next to the bed to sit down on, but he was always a little nervous. Yesterday afternoon, Li Xi hurriedly asked him to book a ticket to Country M. It seems that he heard that there was a Chinese-American whose initial match was successful; it’s just unknown why he regretted it and didn’t want to accept the transplant.
Anyway, whether it is the rich or the poor, as long as they are sick, they have to suffer, even someone as rich as Mr. Li, who is still looking for bone marrow matches all over the world.
After taking out his mobile phone and playing for a while, he glanced at the time. It was already half past four in the afternoon. When he was considering whether to go out and buy something for Chu Yan, a nurse pushed open the door.
“I’m going to take his blood pressure; the patient is asleep. How long has he been asleep?”
Xiao Yang nodded, “About forty minutes or so.”
The nurse walked to the bedside and whispered a few words to Chu Yan but did not get a response. When she saw his face clearly, she was taken aback. His complexion was red; his breathing was very difficult; his lips moved slightly, but his breath was very weak.
She turned on the oxygen generator next to her for the first time and placed the oxygen mask between Chu Yan’s mouth and nose, turning her head to Xiao Yang, who was still in a daze, and ordering, “Go and call a doctor!”
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Li Xi, who got off the plane, felt a strong eagerness and anxiety for some reason, and there were strong palpitations lingering in his heart. At this time, it was four or five o’clock in the afternoon, during the rush hour after getting off work, and the road was congested with traffic. When he was waiting for the traffic light to turn green, he took out his mobile phone and prepared to make a call to his assistant, but before he could dial it, the other party’s call came.
The voice was very anxious, “Mr. Li, Dr. Liang, his situation here is a bit wrong. He is currently being rescued… Have you gotten off the plane?”
In almost a second, the cold sweat on Li Xi’s back emerged.
Xiao Yang was the only one waiting outside the emergency room of the hospital. There was silence in the corridor. Li Xi walked over and found that his hands and feet were getting cold, and his heart was seized by a deep panic. He didn’t know how long it took before the door of the emergency room was finally opened.
The doctors and nurses were wearing blue sterilization suits. When Li Xi saw Dr. Li, his dull brain hadn’t reacted yet, and his body had already walked towards him, “How is he…”
“It was a brief hypoxic shock caused by a lung infection. Fortunately, it was discovered in time, but it still needs to be observed for two more days.”
As soon as the voice fell, a nurse came out, pushing the bed behind him. Li Xi followed him with his eyes and found that, although he was still in a coma, there was no painful look on his face. He let go of the anxiety in his heart that he had always carried and quickly followed into the elevator.
The light in the intensive care unit was very dim. Li Xi was sitting by the bed in a sterile suit. His gaze fell on most of his face, which was covered by an oxygen mask. The other party’s eyes were closed, his breathing and pulse were very weak, and only the electrocardiogram quietly crossed the undulating curve on the side.
Li Xi touched his fingers and found that his fingertips were cold. He sat in a daze for a while, looking at Chu Yan’s pale and thin cheeks, breathing heavily for a while before grabbing his hand and rubbing it lightly on his cheek.
Chu Yan woke up on the third day after the minor operation, but the high fever had been difficult to subside, and they waited until his condition stabilized before being transferred to the general ward.
Because he just woke up, he could only eat a little liquid food, but Li Xi found that he began to look at himself intently occasionally, and there was a rare dependence in his eyes, which he usually never saw in his eyes.
It was a feeling of being needed. Li Xi’s heart was soft and confused, as if a sweet and astringent warm current was surging through his heart, and he couldn’t help but lift him and kiss his face, asking, “Is this fun?”
Chu Yan ignored him, completed the last piece of the puzzle in his hand, and then disrupted it all and pushed it in front of him. “You can play by yourself; I’ll time it for you.”
After he finished speaking, he really took out his mobile phone and turned on the timer. Looking at Li Xi’s reluctant appearance, he thought it was quite interesting, so he lowered his head and smiled.
Li Xi was encouraged by his smile and instantly seemed to have found endless fun in this boring game. After finishing the puzzle intently, he glanced at the time, which was just half an hour.
When he looked up, he found that Chu Yan had fallen asleep at some point. Li Xi couldn’t help smiling, his heart was more stable and warm than ever before.
Ding—
At this time, the phone suddenly rang with a message tone, and Li Xi clicked on the screen to open the email and finish reading it.
It was a long test list, and Li Xi was stunned for several seconds, then stood up from the chair in a daze.
He moved so much that he knocked down the chair and smashed it on the floor with a muffled thud. Chu Yan was awakened by him, but when he was wondering, Li Xi suddenly leaned down and hugged him.
