The situation was urgent, and neither of them had time to dawdle. Su Chaoyang quickly helped her up, thoroughly inspecting her from head to toe, but he found no gunshot wounds, just a bullet graze on her arm.
Thankfully!
Mu Xiangwan realized she likely only injured her arm and was not in life-threatening danger, which brought her some relief. But the scene of bullets whizzing by her ears still terrified her. Even now, her whole body was trembling, and she didn't seem to feel the pain in her arm.
After checking her over, Su Chaoyang felt a surge of post-traumatic shakes. He pressed her head into his shoulder, repeating in a low, hoarse voice: "It's okay... it's okay..."
It seemed like he was comforting the girl, but he was also soothing himself.
His emotions surged, akin to having come back from the dead. Only by tightly holding her could Su Chaoyang reassure himself that she was really okay, that she was still in his arms.
