drowning tide

"Wake up, wake up."

Yi Huai couldn't sleep until dawn, he was woken up by Nie Xicheng.

"...It's dawn?" He managed to open his eyes a little, the light from the desk lamp was a bit dazzling, so he retracted subconsciously half an inch, until most of his face was hidden under the quilt, his voice was muffled, with A little coquettish, "I'm so tired, I have to go to a meeting during the day..."

"No," Nie Xicheng pulled off his protective cover apologetically, and stretched out the contents in front of him, "Your phone is ringing."

"Who called..." Yi Huai still didn't want to move, and instinctively leaned towards Nie Xicheng, hooking his neck and trying to drag him over to continue sleeping.

Nie Xicheng touched his hair and cheek affectionately, but his body remained motionless, completely unmoved by his temptation, "Let me see...Tang Gaozhuo, do you remember him? He called you more than a dozen times in a row, There should be something important to tell you."

Hearing the name Tang Gaozhuo, Yi Huai woke up a little bit, and stopped staying in bed, "Call me." The fact that Nie Xicheng didn't buy it was a bit of a blow to him, so he took the phone and deliberately didn't look at it. Nie Xicheng's face, "Supervisor, is there something wrong?"

I don't know what was said there, but the unguarded laziness on his body disappeared instantly, and his expression became serious, "Sorry, I fell asleep just now... Which hospital are you in now? Have you signed the operation agreement?" ? If I don’t come later, can I ask you to sign it for me? Thank you, I’ll come right away.” He glanced at the time, “Maximum four to 10 minutes, please pay more attention.”

After hanging up the phone, he lifted the quilt and got out of bed. The moment he stepped on the floor, his legs were so weak that he could hardly stand up. The slight tingling pain in his lower body penetrated along the spine and into the back of his head. When he remembered what happened in the middle of the night, a trace of embarrassing blood appeared on his cheeks. , but still gritted his teeth and resisted the physical discomfort and stood firm.

Before he could pick up the scattered clothes on the ground, someone grabbed his arm, and with a light pull, he fell into the broad and warm embrace of the person behind him.

"Okay, don't force it, come with me." Nie Xicheng ignored his suspicious eyes, put his arms around his waist and led him into the bathroom, turned on the shower to let hot water pour on them.

"Wait, I'm rushing..."

"I just saw that you fell asleep and couldn't bear to call you. Now take a bath and do the rest."

After taking a hot bath, Yi Huai felt much refreshed and his muscles were no longer sore. Nie Xicheng opened the closet, took a few things from the left and threw them to him.

"The size was measured when I hugged you. There is basically no difference. Even if it doesn't fit, it's better than wearing yesterday's dirty clothes."

"I didn't think about it."

Yi Huai put on the clean clothes Nie Xicheng gave him. The shirt and trousers fit better than he thought, basically no different from tailor-made ones.

Because of the upcoming occasion, he buttoned his shirt to the last button, trying to cover his neck and collarbone covered with hickey marks, but even so, the person in the mirror still lacked a bit of his usual abstinence and seriousness .

"Which hospital? I'll take you there."

While he was getting dressed, Nie Xicheng also changed his clothes and picked up the car keys by the way.

Yi Huai looked at him in surprise, "But you tomorrow..." Tomorrow I have to go to work, so I'll just go by myself.He wanted to say this, but suddenly his lips were pressed.

"Why are you alienating me so much? I am responsible for it." Nie Xicheng withdrew his hand, took his hand and walked out the door, "You tell the driver to go back, try not to go out alone during this time, God knows what will happen." It's not safe to run into bad guys who rob, and I'll be worried."

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It was dark outside, the empty streets were silent, and only a few 24-hour convenience stores were still open.

Noticing that Yi Huai's hair was still damp with too little time to dry it, Nie Xicheng thoughtfully turned up the temperature of the air conditioner a little.

"Can you talk now?"

Yi Huai's hands were clenched tightly, and the joints were tinged with a sickly blue color.

Tang Gaozhuo is the person in charge of the security of the Luo family, which means that most of the bodyguards are under his control. He called him so eagerly for no other reason than to tell him that something happened to An's mother.

"Anma... is the nanny of the Luo family. She used to take care of me and Luo Yi in daily life. When I was a child, I was afraid of her because she always stared at me with eyes that I couldn't understand. Later, I gradually learned Don't go to see her, even if you are right, don't shrink back, I thought she hated me, but some time ago she suddenly said a lot to me, she said that she was responsible for taking care of me in those years when I didn't remember anything, she Actually, I don’t hate me at all, I just don’t know how to face me…”

"Is she the one who caused the accident?"

Nie Xicheng stared intently at the road ahead, unable to move his hand to comfort him.

"Yeah." Yi Huai nodded, and the corners of his lips curled weakly, "If I were at home tonight, this kind of thing might not have happened."

Because he specifically confessed that he would not come back for dinner at night, An's mother didn't specially prepare dinner and went to bed early. She felt thirsty in the middle of her sleep, and found that the cup by the bed was empty, so she put on a coat and went to the kitchen to pour water.

During the day, people from the housekeeping company came, and in addition to the daily cleaning, they also waxed the floor. Mama An fell asleep, slipped and fell in the corridor without paying attention when she was walking, and then couldn't get up again.

Her first reaction was to call for help, but he was not at home, Luo Yi didn't like having other outsiders in the house, and the security guards were all outside, so there was no one to call.

Fortunately, Luo Yi had anticipated this situation a few years ago, and specially redecorated the house, and installed alarms in many corners. Thinking of this, An Ma dragged her painfully painful arm to crawl for a certain distance , found the nearest alarm button and pressed it, and the bodyguards outside rushed into the house immediately when they heard the sound, and called 120 when they saw Ann's mother lying on the ground in a coma.

"If I were home..."

Nie Xicheng interrupted, "Accidents are called accidents because you can't predict when they will happen. Even if you are at home, she will still get hurt unless you keep guarding her door all the time."

"Maybe." Yi Huai said in a low voice, not sure if he listened to his persuasion, "I still feel that I am responsible."

Nie Xicheng didn't say anything else, turned on the car and played a short piece of soft classical music, until the silhouette of Renxin Hospital could be seen in front of him, "Here we are, I'll stop the car, what do you say to the doctor first?"

"sorry to bother you."

If it wasn't for the wrong occasion, Nie Xicheng would have wanted to come and kiss him again, asking him not to frown all the time, "It's nothing, go quickly, I'll come find you later."

Yi Huai called Tang Gaozhuo again outside the emergency building, and soon the Luo family's bodyguards came to show him the way.

They saw Tang Gaozhuo with a serious face outside the ward on the third floor.

Tang Gaozhuo is a tall, thin, middle-aged man who has been in charge of the security of the house since Yi Huai came to Luo's house.

"How... how is she?" Yi Huai was a little nervous, and asked a series of questions like a cannonball, "Did you take the film? What did the doctor say?"

Yi Huai looked in through a small piece of glass on the door, and saw several people busy in front of An's mother's bed, while An's mother was lying on the bed with her eyes closed and her body motionless.

"I'm doing preoperative preparations now, and I'm going to the operating room right away."

Tang Gaozhuo gave him a tug, telling him not to stand in front of the door and affect the nurses and their actions.

"Feel sorry."

"It's okay, I'm in a hurry."

The nurse pushed An Ma's hospital bed out, and he pulled Yi Huai to follow them, watching the door of the operating room close and the red signal light flash on.

After the person was sent to the operating room, the only thing left to do was to wait for the results. Seeing that Yi Huai was still worried, Tang Gaozhuo said very caringly, "I'll tell you what happened again with the diagnosis results."

"Excuse me, Director Tang." Yi Huai's eyes were still on the closed door of the operating room.

"It's actually not a big deal..."

A total of 35 minutes have passed since Yi Huai received the call, 10 minutes earlier than the 5 minutes he said. It was during this time that Tang Gaozhuo did many things on his behalf, including signing the pre-operative agreement.

In addition to sending Ann's mother to the hospital, Tang Gaozhuo also used Luo Yi's relationship to invite the best orthopedic doctor in the city to rush over from home overnight to perform surgery on her.

"This doctor had an operation last year. In a very tragic car accident, everyone else died. This one barely survived. Both legs were comminuted and his hands were not much better. I heard that he can walk on the ground now. Now, if there is no accident, daily life will not be a problem in the future... What the doctor said just now, An Ma's bones are broken relatively neatly, and the minor surgery is almost a matter of putting a few nails on the splint, and there will be absolutely no trouble if you come to him question."

"You said she had to climb for a long time to press the alarm."

"Ouch," thinking of what he said on the phone, he immediately understood where Yi Huai's psychological burden was, "I exaggerated what I said on the phone, the alarm was less than one meter away from the place where she fell, You can touch the good hand with your body."

"really?"

"I, Tang, swear to God that this is the case. Otherwise, I will ask someone to show you tomorrow. You can measure it with a ruler and measure it as you want. If it exceeds one millimeter, I will resign immediately."

Seeing him swearing like this, even saying resignation, Yi Huai reluctantly believed it, "What if..." What if she passed out because of the pain and didn't press the alarm button?

Yi Huai couldn't help thinking about the consequences, Tang Gaozhuo hurriedly persuaded him not to think so much, "Don't be too horny, this is the luckiest result now, don't think about so many unlucky things, and I will definitely continue to do well in the future Luckily, trust me."

"It's your blessing."

Ten minutes later, Nie Xicheng sent a message to Yi Huai asking where he was now, and Yi Huai saw him in person not long after he replied.

During this period of time, Tang Gaozhuo and the others had seen Nie Xicheng's face more or less, and they didn't guard against him like other people. Tang Gaozhuo also got up from Yi Huai's side and changed his seat very wisely.

"Didn't you find a parking space?" The moment Yi Huai saw Nie Xicheng, Yi Huai's tense nerves relaxed a little.

It wouldn't take so long to park, Nie Xicheng denied it, saying that he had bought something nearby, and then handed over the coffee he was holding.

"Twice the milk, no sugar."

Nie Xicheng watched him sip his coffee, "Did you tell Luo Yi about this?"

He froze for a moment, "I haven't been able to contact him for a while."

"Then do you know what he's doing?"

Yi Huai stopped, and said in a volume that only the two of them could hear, "Actually, basically... I know."