Principal Chen patted Xia Jinyuan’s shoulder heavily, “Very well! A man must keep his promise! Old Uncle Gen and I trust you! I believe you will take good care of Ye girl.”
Lieutenant General Xia knew about them and had personally recognized their relationship. Regiment Commander Liu and Political Commissar Yan, who was originally worried, were relieved.
They all believed in Xia Jinyuan and thought that he would really take care of Ye girl all his life.
When several of them came out from the ward, An Jiaxin immediately turned and ran back to the doctor-on-duty’s office. Seeing that some of them hadn’t entered the ward for a long time, she gritted her teeth, stood on her toes, and moved against the wall gently… She wanted to walk directly to the ward and talk to Ye Jian.
She thought she hadn’t been noticed; she moved to the ward and patted her chest, feeling secretly relieved.
Turning her head, she saw Ye Jian holding the old uncle’s skinny hand with both hands; she backfilled with indispensable sadness as she quietly gazed at the old man, who was breathing weakly. An Jiaxin, whose heart ached at sight, walked over and whispered softly, “Little Jian’er.”
Outside, Xia Jinyuan retracted his gaze from the ward and explained, “An Jiaxin, Ye Jian’s best friend, her mother is Dr. Zhou from the town hospital. She is still here in the hospital, perhaps she was waiting for Ye Jian to come back.”
“That child is not bad.” Principal Chen knew An Jiaxin. Seeing her half-bent over, with her arms around Ye Jian’s shoulders, he softly said: “She’s sincere to others. She’s a good friend to Ye girl.”
Truthfully, the girls in Ye girl’s dorm were all pretty good. They often called each other during summer vacations. A girl named Li Qian once was even worried that something happened to Ye Jian when Ye Jian didn’t answer her calls. She even asked her parents to bring her all the way to Shui Kou Village to check on Ye Jian.
It was Ye girl’s blessing to have such friends.
It was about 1:30 a.m. when An Jiaxin walked out of the ward with red eyes. If Ye Jian hadn’t persuaded her to go have some rest, she would have accompanied her until dawn.
“Jian’er said she wants to accompany Grandpa until dawn.” She walked out and whispered before dragging her feet and left.
She couldn’t bear this kind of death separation situation.
Xia Jinyuan looked at the time and said in a deep voice: “Uncle Chen, I will accompany Ye Jian. You, Regiment Commander Liu and Political Commissar Yan should go have some rest first. I’m afraid there will be more work to do during the day. Thank you so much for staying with Old Uncle Gen.”
President Chen still wanted to say something, but he was pulled away by Political Commissar Yan, “Old Chen, let’s have some rest first. You can talk to Ye girl in the morning.”
Coupled with Xia Jinyuan’s persuasion, Principal Chen did not insist on staying. When he left, he repeatedly said, “If anything happens, notify us immediately, we are just resting next door.”
Without disturbing Ye Jian, the three of them went to rest next door.
Around 4 a.m., Old Uncle Gen opened his eyes unconsciously; his eyes were covered with a layer of fog; it was so gray that he couldn’t even see the figure in front of him clearly. He only drowsily whispered, “Ye girl,” and then he closed his eyes slowly again.
Holding the old man’s hand tightly, Ye Jian’s trembling voice repeatedly responded, “Grandpa, I’m back! I’m back to see you, Grandpa, I’m back to see you!”
Looking nervously at Old Uncle Gen and then turned to look at the instrument that was monitoring his heartbeat. She saw that the line was still undulating. She suddenly raised her hand, bit her wrist, lowered her head to the ground, and started crying.
Xia Jinyuan called the military doctor over and asked him to check Old Uncle Gen carefully. Two minutes later, the military doctor sighed: “Be mentally prepared. He has fallen into a coma. Perhaps he can still wake up, or perhaps… he will leave in his sleep.”
After the military doctor finished speaking, he lowered his head and looked at the girl who was sitting quietly. When he saw her, his face changed drastically, “Your hand is bleeding! Stop biting!”
