I was so tired, so very tired. The Gu poison and internal injuries had long pushed me to my limit.
As darkness swallowed me, the last sound I heard was Xiao Yu's soft whisper...
This sleep was so deep, so very deep. Only when pain spread through my body did I slowly open my eyes.
A gentle light shone on my face.
What greeted my eyes was a white grid-patterned ceiling.
The familiar, unmistakable scent of disinfectant filled the air.
I knew I had to be in a hospital. I had survived again.
But the pain throughout my body made me feel terribly uncomfortable.
My right shoulder and arm especially—numbness and pain went hand in hand. The rest of my body felt as though it had been torn apart as well...
I strained to glance from side to side and found that there were two hospital beds in the room, but I was the only patient.
I had a neck brace around my neck, and my right shoulder was wrapped in a splint and bandages.
My entire body was propped at a slight angle against the hospital bed.
At the same time, medicine from three IV bottles was flowing through the tubes into the vein in my left hand...
I had no strength at all. My mouth and throat were dry, leaving me unable to make a sound—and without the strength to make one anyway.
I could only lie against the bed, but from the hospital emblem in the ward, I recognized this place as Gui City First Hospital.
Gui City First Hospital was a fairly famous hospital in the country. Though I had never been here, I recognized its emblem.
I also glanced at the time written on the IV bottle and was shocked to discover that I had