After two injections of sedatives, Xie Ji felt all his strength drained away, yet he still held onto Lu Xunji's hand tightly, his entire body as stiff as a steel plate.
"I can't stop, I can't stop... I won't stop, Lu Xunji, don't worry, I won't stop, I won't let you go, Lu Xunji, I... I won't let you go..."
The medical staff in white coats were shocked; they had never seen anyone remain conscious after receiving two injections of sedatives.
A nurse asked tremulously, "His hands are so stiff, we can't separate them at all, Professor. Should we give him another sedative?"
"His body probably can't handle another injection," the doctor said. "Give him anesthesia, and pad his jaw with a towel so he doesn't bite himself!"
Xie Ji's lips and tongue were covered in blood, wounds inflicted when he bit down hard on the way, nearly fainting. Even now, his jaw remained clenched, impossible to pry open.
Several doctors tried their best but failed to separate Xie Ji and Lu Xunji. However, Lu Xunji's injuries were more severe than Xie Ji's and required immediate surgery. The doctors had no choice but to administer anesthesia to Xie Ji in order to free Lu Xunji 'Xie Ji wrist from his grasp.
"Good heavens, his wrist is all bruised." A slightly younger doctor muttered, "If he keeps grabbing like that, he probably won't be able to save his hand."
"Stop making sarcastic remarks. These are the only two students who passed this year's special exam. Get them to treatment right away!"
When Xie Ji was put into the ambulance, his eyes were still open, with bloodshot eyes. Even though he was handsome, he looked somewhat frightening. The nurse looked at him and reached out to cover his eyes.
"Your companion is safe. You can rest assured. The Empire's medical system is very advanced; you will all be fine."
Xie Ji remained unresponsive, his eyes still open.
The nurse thought for a moment, took the two people's backpacks, found their exam admission tickets, and confirmed their names.
" Xie Ji," the nurse said. " Lu Xunji is perfectly safe now."
Xie Ji rolled his pupils, looked at her for two seconds, opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.
The nurse placed the exam admission ticket in front of Xie Ji and said loudly again, " Lu Xunji! You're safe!"
Upon hearing the two keywords, Xie Ji finally relaxed and closed his eyes in the swaying ambulance.
The Little Black crawled out of Xie Ji's pocket and into the backpack on the side.
Fortunately, the host has some control over his body within the system; otherwise, given the intensity of the rush and the dazzling light, Xie Ji, with his frail body, would have died long ago, and wouldn't have been able to hold on until now.
Xie Ji slept for too long. When he woke up, the scene in front of him was an unfamiliar military academy hospital. All he could see was white, bright, dry, and warm, unlike the dim light and damp, rotten smell of a primeval forest.
Xie Ji suddenly sat up in bed. " Lu Xunji!"
Ji Shi, who had been sitting on the edge of the bed with her head down and asleep, was woken up by Xie Ji's shout. She subconsciously grabbed Xie Ji's hand that wasn't receiving an IV drip. " Lu Xunji is fine, you're fine too, it's alright, Little Ji."
"..." Xie Ji blinked and turned to look at the bedside.
Ji Shi looked at him with a worried expression.
"Where is this?" Xie Ji, momentarily confused. "Where's Lu Xunji? Did I bring him out?"
"You brought him out, you carried him out on your back, you're amazing." Ji Shi's eyes reddened, and she took a soft breath. "You were almost going crazy when you carried him out, Little Ji, you really scared me to death..."
Xie Ji hung his head in thought. His memory had been cut off when he carried Lu Xunji away. He didn't remember how he got out. At that time, all he could think about was the sentence Lu Xunji had said to him.
Xie Ji, continue forward.
"Are you feeling unwell anywhere? Do you want to eat something?" Ji Shi asked again. "You've been unconscious for seven whole days, relying entirely on IV fluids to keep you alive. Your stomach must be feeling terrible. Shall I go out and buy you some porridge?"
"... Oh, okay, alright." Xie Ji nodded in realization, not forgetting to thank him, "Thank you."
Ji Shi got up and went out to buy porridge. Ji Shi he returned, Xie Ji was still sitting on the bed in a daze.
He set up the small square table and placed the food on it. "What kind of congee would you like? We have plain congee, seafood congee, and lean meat congee."
Xie Ji had recovered a little and nodded, holding out his seafood porridge to eat. Ji Shi, worried that he might miss the needle, blew on it to cool it down before feeding him.
It took Xie Ji more than two hours to finish a bowl of porridge. Leaning against the pillow in the ward, he let out a deep breath and finally felt truly alive again.
"I told you long ago not to take any special exams," Ji Shi said while tidying up. "Those exams have been designed to kill people since they were first established. Over the years, no one has ever passed them smoothly."
Xie Ji forced a smile, " Lu Xunji and I came out. By the way, where are Zhou Heyu and Shang Yan? Do they know I came out?"
"Over the years, only two students have passed, and the whole school knows it. Zhou Heyu has been waiting here for four days, but I sent him back. Shang Yan also came to take care of you for a few days; he just left because he had class. Xie Little Ji, you're really famous now, so you need to watch your words and actions... I forgot the beginning, and I forgot the end too."
Xie Ji: "Only two? Besides me and Lu Xunji, who else is there?"
"Then I don't know," Ji Shi said. "As soon as I heard you were in the hospital, I rushed over without asking around. But I heard you were just getting a bargain, nowhere near as good as you and Lu Xunji."
Xie Ji nodded, still a little worried. "Is Lu Xunji awake? I'll go see him; I want to talk to him."
"You're already like this, you'd better just stay put," Ji Shi said sourly. "It's not too late to go when you two are both better."
Xie Ji asked suspiciously, "... Could it be that Lu Xunji hasn't recovered yet?"
"..." Ji Shi, then said, "Things will get better."
He had never been good at lying, and now he dared not look Xie Ji in the eye.
Xie Ji threw back the covers. "Where is he? I'll go see him."
Ji Shi tried to stop him, but failed, and could only follow Xie Ji to Lu Xunji's ward.
The ward door was locked and Xie Ji couldn't open it. Just as he was about to ask a nurse to open the door, he saw the door open from the inside and a person in a white coat walk out.
Xie Ji thought he looked familiar and quickly recognized him.
"... Zhuang Huan?"
The bespectacled doctor chuckled upon hearing this, the beauty mark under his eye seeming to flicker. "I didn't expect you to remember me, little beauty."
Xie Ji didn't ask him what he was doing there, but instead put his hand on the doorknob. " Lu Xunji inside? Open the door, I want to see him."
Zhuang Huan gently shook his head. "No."
Xie Ji wasn't usually a bad-tempered person, but at this moment he found Zhuang Huan somewhat displeasing, and couldn't help but raise his voice. "What do you mean! You can go in but I can't? I even carried Lu Xunji out, why can't I go in!?"
"Ah." Zhuang Huan adjusted his glasses and tapped the badge on his chest. "It's probably because I'm his attending physician."
Xie Ji: "..."
So what if he's the attending physician?
Well, the attending physician is truly remarkable.
Xie Ji hesitated, maintaining his respect for the attending physician, and said, "Why can't we go in? This isn't an intensive care unit, is it? Isn't he out of danger? Isn't he awake? Why aren't visitors allowed?"
Zhuang Huan shook his head. "Oh, no, I only stopped you. Don't ask me why, I'd like to know why too, because it was the patient's request, and the hospital can only try its best to accommodate it."
Xie Ji: "..."
You bastard Lu Xunji, you damned Nantong!
Add insult to injury, Baldio is heartless, and he's gone after you again, isn't he?