Awake!

Everything around him was pitch-black.

Before long, a sliver of light pierced his eyes.

Dong Xuebin cracked his eyes open, feeling the sting of sunlight. Instinctively, he shut them again, only opening them once more after a moment. Every part of his body ached. He tried moving his fingers. They could move, but only with great difficulty. A chill ran through him as well, as though he had a 104-degree fever. Even with a thick blanket over him, he still felt cold.

Where was this?

The surroundings were stark white, and he could hear the sounds of medical equipment. Was he in a hospital?

Dong Xuebin gradually regained consciousness. Turning his head, he saw Mom sitting beside the hospital bed, sniffling over and over as though she had been crying.

Dong Xuebin's heart ached. "Mom..."

Luan Xiaoping looked over with a cry. "Son! You're awake?"

"Why are you crying?" Dong Xuebin weakly tried to reach out and wipe Mom's tears away, but his hand would not move.

"Don't move, don't move!" Luan Xiaoping hurriedly stopped him. "Lie down! Stay still!"

"Where am I? What time is it?" Dong Xuebin's sense of time had become somewhat blurred.

"Silly child, you're in the hospital, of course!" Luan Xiaoping wiped away her tears. "You've been unconscious for a full day and night! You scared Hui Lan, Yun Xuan, and me half to death!"

"A day and a night? That long?"

"You were injured yesterday morning! What do you think?"

"Cough, cough. Sorry, Mom."

Dong Xuebin forced a smile.

Luan Xiaoping said, "Stop talking. Mom will go get the doctor!"

Luan Xiaoping hurriedly pushed open the ward door and ran out. "Doctor! Doctor! My son is awake!"

Barely ten seconds later, seven or eight doctors and nurses rushed in all at once. There were