"Jiping, you're awake, how do you feel?"
Perhaps it was because he had just woken up and his consciousness had not yet returned; facing Chu Yuqing's concern, Zhong Jiping took a good while before he opened his mouth to speak:
"Ah, er, ah—"
Hearing the sounds coming from his throat, not only was Chu Yuqing stunned, but Zhong Jiping himself was also baffled.
This reaction was like a star athlete suddenly unable to walk, or a Chinese person suddenly unable to use chopsticks.
"Ah, I, er, I—"
Zhong Jiping tried to speak, yet he could only produce unclear syllables.
"I, er, oh—"
He was eager to know what had happened to him, but the more anxious he became, the less cooperative his tongue was.
Chu Yuqing, with tear-filled eyes, ran out of the hospital room to look for a doctor.
