It's okay

"Bo Xi!"

The Qi family arrived first. Old Mr. Qi was so frantic that he ran even faster than Qi Sijing's father.

Who could have imagined it? Old Mr. Qi had been listening to a bedtime novel and was about to fall asleep when the housekeeper rushed in, saying people outside were reporting that Qi Sijing had been in a car accident.

When he opened his phone, it was flooded with messages. His old friends had seen their children discussing it and contacted him immediately.

Unfortunately, he had been listening to his audiobook and genuinely hadn't noticed.

He scrambled out of bed, threw a coat over his pajamas, and rushed over.

Seeing Bo Xi sitting outside the waiting room, utterly distraught, Old Mr. Qi hurriedly asked, "Bo Xi, what exactly happened?"

The assistant pointed toward the third emergency room. "I don't know what got into Hu Kai, but he rammed Qi Sijing's car during the race."

The assistant had just obtained footage from the scene and asked about what had happened beforehand.

Old Mr. Qi flew into a rage. Just then, Hu Kai's parents arrived, and he went straight up to them and unleashed a furious tirade. They didn't dare argue.

The evidence was indisputable. They hadn't believed it either when they received the news. The police would be coming shortly.

Almost everyone at the scene had been taken in to give statements. This was an extremely vicious case of intentional assault.

"Star!" Xu Chen, Father Lin, Mother Lin, and Aunt Liu had only just received the news too and had rushed over as fast as they could.

Bo Xi immediately stood up. "Uncle, Auntie..."

Father Lin and Mother Lin had no time to wonder why Bo Xi was suddenly addressing them so familiarly. They hurriedly asked, "Where's Star?"

Bo Xi fell silent, not knowing how to say it.

Seeing his expression, Xu Chen began to panic. "Y-you're not telling me Xingye is being resuscitated?"

All they knew was that there had been a car accident, that Lin Xingye had rushed over in such a hurry, and that someone had been injured and was receiving emergency treatment. They had assumed it was probably Qi Sijing.

Worried that Lin Xingye might have been hurt too, they had all come over, but they had never imagined he would end up in the resuscitation room.

The assistant cautiously glanced up at his boss and answered, "Yes..."

"I have footage from the scene. You can watch it yourselves. The red car is Qi Sijing's, the blue one is Hu Kai's, and the black one is Lin Xingye's."

Hu Kai's parents only had a vague idea of what had happened. They had simply received a phone call and didn't know what was really going on.

The assistant turned on his tablet and played the footage for everyone.

Bo Xi opened his phone. A message from Cheng Yu was on the screen.

[I'll be there soon.]

He put his phone down, briefly closed his eyes, then stared fixedly toward the resuscitation room.

Everyone watched the footage intently. The two cars were clearly speeding along. Even watching it, Old Mr. Qi felt it was dangerous, and he shot Father Qi an angry glare.

Father Qi had enjoyed racing when he was younger too and kept many race cars at home, so Qi Sijing had been interested in racing from a very young age.

They soon approached a bend, but the red car suddenly changed direction and slowed down, while the blue car slammed hard into it.

Had the red car not hit the guardrail, it would probably have flown straight off the cliff.

The perilous scene made everyone hold their breath.

Then the blue car started moving again, reversing to find an angle from which to charge at the red car once more. The Qi family felt as though a huge hand had clenched around their hearts, and they involuntarily held their breath.

Then, just as the blue car hurtled toward the red one, a black car suddenly shot out and rammed it, saving the red car from another collision.

Everyone watching let out a great gasp.

But clearly, to catch up with them, the black car had pushed its speed almost to the limit, racing toward them like an arrow loosed from a bow.

As a result, it had taken the force of the impact too.

Qi Sinian, who had arrived later, leaned over to watch the footage as well. She suddenly asked, "Did Lin Xingye have a death wish?"

For once, the Qi family fell silent.

Mother Lin's tears immediately spilled over. "He... why is he still just as foolish as he was when he was little..."

Xu Chen didn't know what had happened when they were children, but from Mother Lin's words, this apparently wasn't the first time.

Guilt filled Old Mr. Qi's eyes too. "Xingqi, this... Xingye got dragged into this because of us. If it weren't for him... our Sijing might have..."

Old Mr. Qi was nearly crying as he spoke. Father Lin quickly steadied him. "Don't say any more. Let's pray the children are all right first."

Old Mr. Qi nodded repeatedly.

Hu Kai's parents huddled to the side like a pair of parrots, secretly wiping away tears. They didn't dare say a single word against Lin Xingye.

They simply couldn't understand how their world had collapsed before they had even gone to bed.

Lin Xingmo was the one who truly woke up to find his world had collapsed.

He had just finished his work and gone to bed early to catch up on sleep, planning to take the earliest flight home the next morning. When he opened his eyes in the middle of the night and saw his parents' messages, he immediately switched to the next available train.

Even if he had to take a train, he was going home.

After Cheng Yu arrived, he joined the crowd waiting, though the bandages around his head drew everyone's attention.

Sharp-eyed Old Mr. Qi bluntly asked who had hit him.

Cheng Yu glanced discreetly at Mother Lin and lied. "An Shi did."

Old Mr. Qi: ???

Soon, the police arrived too.

They asked for some relevant information, then left for the time being.

Everything else would have to wait until the patients came out.

After an unknown stretch of time, An Shi finally emerged.

He had only just taken off his mask when everyone outside surged forward and surrounded him.

An Shi raised his eyes, his expression returning to its usual indifference. "He's all right. Lin Xingye's cardiac arrest was primarily caused by excessive blood loss. That, combined with a concussion, was why he lost consciousness earlier."

"Apart from a large piece of glass in his thigh, the rest are small cuts. He was very lucky. No internal organs ruptured."

Mother Lin's heart clenched. "Then the glass..."

An Shi smiled at her. "Don't worry. He really was very lucky. The glass was only a few centimeters from the artery. We've already removed it."

Only then did they feel as though they had come back to life themselves.

Bo Xi and Cheng Yu both breathed a sigh of relief too.

Qi Sinian hurriedly asked, "What about my brother?"

An Shi said, "His right leg is fractured, so he'll probably need some time to recover. He has a mild concussion, but fortunately, it isn't serious."

"He's not in any major danger. There are just too many glass fragments embedded in his back and arms. They're still removing them."

After hesitating for a long time, Hu Kai's parents finally asked anxiously, "Then... what about Hu Kai?"

An Shi looked at their pleading expressions. "He... his airbag probably deployed when he rammed the car the first time, but then he rammed it again.

"So during the second collision, the airbag actually became a liability, compressing his internal organs and spine and causing rupture injuries."

"He's still in surgery, but he may have a spinal cord injury-what you would understand as paraplegia."

Hu Kai's mother fainted on the spot.

A nurse on duty nearby hurried over and helped take her away.

Soon, the patients were wheeled out and taken to intensive care for observation.

It was dark there, in a cluttered abandoned factory. Tools and miscellaneous junk lay everywhere, covered in layer upon layer of thick dust.

He saw his own tiny body weaving through little dark openings that had somehow formed among the clutter, searching for something he couldn't identify.

Then he heard crying that seemed to drift nearer and farther away. He ran toward it and saw very tall men guarding the outside, making him shrink back in fear.

Then he noticed another little dark opening and crawled through it.

There were several children inside.

He saw a composed little Bo Xi, a little Qi Sijing bawling his eyes out, a little Cheng Yu looking around, a little An Shi staring blankly, and his younger brother, little Lin Xingmo.

He crawled out, touched little Qi Sijing's cheeks, and clumsily wiped away his tears. "Big Brother Sijing, I'm here to save you all~"

"It's okay, it's okay~"

"Don't be scared~"