"Am I paralyzed?" Yang Jingshen voiced out his doubt, showing a vigor that a patient in his condition can't possibly possess under any normal circumstance. But the adrenaline-fuelled fear seemed to push his body past its usual limits.
Of course, the medical staff around his bed repeatedly assured him that there's no such thing and he's perfectly fine except for some injuries– but who would believe that? He knew that they were lying and just trying to play things down, but he only wanted the truth!
"Bullshit!" He raged feverishly; why can't they tell him? It's his life– he'd deal with it…
"..." But if he was really paralyzed, that'd spell disaster for him, no?
Like… what would happen to his career? How was he supposed to achieve his goals? If he was paralyzed, who's gonna earn his keep? It wasn't like he had anyone in this world whom he could call a close relative or a trusted friend.
All around him were people who would desert him once they realized they can't get any benefit out of him. And, as for asking for help from 'those' people– heh! He'd rather die thousand times over than do such a thing.
Seeing that the patient's struggles showed no signs of settling down, the doctors had no choice but to apply anesthesia to her. It had been really difficult to let this young woman recover up to this level and they couldn't risk aggravating her injuries after all.
As he felt his senses slowly slipping away, Yang Jingshen dazedly remembered something; his weird fortune with its weird workings. He had always had this hunch that one day it would tip its scale and he'd be either extremely lucky or extremely unlucky. And, now it looked like his instincts were right.
His fortunes had finally fallen on the hard sides, slipping off from the precarious balance it had maintained all this time. And his life would probably never be the same again.
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This time, it was the pain that jarred him awake; it felt as if his body had been repeatedly run over by a truck, and every single bone and muscle in his body seemed to be aching. Yang Jingshen finally opened his eyes with much difficulty while a pained whimper escaped his lips– it simply wasn't at a level a normal human being could bear.
Once the pain abated -to a somewhat tolerable level- his eyes focused on a slightly familiar white ceiling; he was at the hospital. And, the pain, no matter how hard it was to handle, only meant one thing– that he wasn't paralyzed as he imagined earlier.
'So, those doctors were not quacks after all!' Yang Jingshen grimaced lightly; at this point, anything looked better than getting bedridden.
"Little Xi, you're awake!" It was the sobbing female voice that finally roused him out of his dark thoughts. Could it be Li Min? But who the heck was she calling 'Little Xi'?
Intending to strictly interrogate his young assistant on who this 'Little Xi' was as well as the state of affairs as of now -after all, he still needed to know what happened to the rest of the premiere- Yang Jingshen turned towards the source of the crying voice and then stared in shock.
If his vocal cords had been in proper working order, he'd have whistled. Who was this gorgeous and voluptuous beauty sitting by his bedside and crying her eyes out?
'Hmmmmmmm.'
'... No really– who's she anyway?' He didn't remember this particular lovely creature among his acquaintances, and even among his fellow artists at the same entertainment company.
'Maybe, some lesser-known actress?' But what is such a person doing in his hospital room?
The young woman was still crying and talking about how she'd take care of things at the company for him and telling him not to do such dangerous things anymore and other nonsense like that. ◐_◐
"..."
Could this beauty be not right in the head perhaps?
'Tsk! What a shame! She's such a looker too… And why are the nurses or doctors not here yet? How can they leave a critical patient alone with a crazy person like this?' Yang Jingshen cursed the hospital staff a thousand times in his head while thinking of how best to deal with this situation until help arrives.
Honestly, her endless chattering and crying were starting to get on his nerves. After all, no matter how stunning a woman was or how good her voice sounded, if she began to talk or cry endlessly, wouldn't that be a complete bore? And, he wasn't in the best shape either, and especially, the pain seemed to be making him crankier.
Of course, he knew that dealing with a person with a mental illness can be extremely challenging as one wrong word or action could set off a veritable storm. And, considering his current condition, things could get downright dangerous.
'Whatevs!' Deciding to bite the bullet anyway, Yang Jingshen forged on with his actions– and, felt his intestines turn green with regret once the following words came out of his mouth.
"So, who are you?"
'Nonono!!! That wasn't what I was going to ask her!' It seemed that his curiosity towards this woman got the better of him. And seeing her freezing up and staring at him in shock, he muttered a "crap" while contemplating his escape.
But, Yang Jingshen knew that getting out of this bed, much less this room was near impossible for him, especially considering his condition. Judging from the pain, it was apparent that at least one of his legs was severely injured while the other also might be difficult to handle– and his hands didn't feel any better.
In short, his whole body below his neck was a mass of pain, while his head also throbbed incessantly. In other words, no escape!
He rotated his eyeballs trying to see if there was anything near the bed that he could throw to distract her, but no such luck.
'To hell with it all! Should I just shout for help?' But does he even have the energy to cry out– enough to let some random passerby hear him?
'...'
While Yang Jingshen was pondering over this dilemma, the young woman, who finally managed to get over her shock started speaking hesitantly to him.
"Feng Xi, what-" She cleared her throat and continued speaking in a stricter manner. "You kid! Stop scaring big sis. Is this the time to joke around? I-I was so worried! Why- how can you be so reckless?" Saying this, the woman looked apparently agitated as she took a huge gulp of air, but our hero didn't care anymore.
Madwoman or not, this was getting really annoying. This woman kept calling him little Xi this and little Xi that. And, when did he start having a 'big sis' like this ah? Also, is this a hospital or an isolation camp? Why can't he see anybody here!?
"Fuck that! Where are those damned quacks ah? Why are they leaving me alone with a mad woman like this? Blah blah blah..." # `⦀′
What followed was a long string of colorful curses while Yang Jingshen finally vented out his long-suppressed discontent.
Unless it was something that concerned his personal interests and benefits, he had never been much of a patient guy, to begin with. Thus, he kept on cursing for nearly five minutes straight until he got the discontent out of his system, ignoring the way the mad(?) woman's expression turned from confusion to looking appalling and finally downright horrified.
"What? Never heard a man cussing before? Today, daddy will properly let you have a good look!" He spat out nastily– after all, despite his many past dalliances and charming looks and personality, Yang Jingshen had never been one to hold many tender thoughts towards the fairer sex.
He'd act the gentlemen, but only until they were behaving themselves. And, once they started getting clingy, demanding, and bitchy– heh! Let's play and see who's bitchier, hah?
"Li-little Xi" The young woman's voice broke and suddenly getting up, she ran out of the room, wailing loudly. And Yang Jingshen- Yang Jingshen of course wasn't bothered in the slightest!
'Hmph! Finally some peace and quiet. She obviously looks younger than me and still dares to call herself big sis! Who'd buy that?'
Now that he started thinking about this incident further, he was sure that this woman was a scammer. You say– such an excellent, handsome, and stunning man like him, which young woman would call herself his older sister. If she had even a bit of her senses left, she should be flirting and calling him brother Jingshen ah!
Could it be… this is a new seduction technique? Playing the caring and strict big sister card?
'Well… some men like older women ne.' Yang Jingshen pondered in silence. But, why in the ever-loving hell did they think to apply it to him? Whoever cooked up this idea, didn't they even bother to investigate his preferences?
"..."
'Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm….. Now, wait a minute! WHAT-WAS-THAT!!!?'
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