Chapter 545: A Heartbreaking Scene

Chapter 545: A Heartbreaking Scene

As Shen Qian said, the food in the canteen during the Spring Festival was indeed very plentiful.

There's chicken, fish, vegetables, noodles, and rice—everything you could want.

Shen Qian got food for the two of them, and after they finished eating in the cafeteria, she went to the patient food window to get food for Ye Qingbai.

"I'd like some light dishes, rice, and a bowl of soup."

Shen Qian skillfully prepared the food and closed the insulated container.

Bai Zhi watched her serve her food with a professional and natural demeanor and said with a smile, "Do you often serve sick people's food?"

Shen Qian nodded, "Yes, most of the people who come here have external injuries. If they don't have any comrades to take care of them, we usually bring them food."

"No wonder."

The two chatted all the way to the ward, where Ye Qingbai stood at the door with a resentful expression.

"Cousin, why did you get out of bed?" Bai Zhi looked him up and down and asked with a smile.

Ye Qingbai said softly, "I was planning to eat at the cafeteria."

Bai Zhi and Shen Qian, "......."

The two realized that Ye Qingbai was hungry.

Bai Zhi glanced at her watch; it was already one o'clock.

She talked with Shen Qian on the way and chatted while eating in the cafeteria, which took up some time.

She looked at Ye Qingbai apologetically and chuckled, "Cousin, I'm sorry we're late."

"Sit down and eat." Bai Zhi helped him sit on the stool. "Dr. Shen has picked out a lot of delicious and nutritious food for you. Eat quickly."

Shen Qian placed the insulated box on the small table.

She said to Bai Zhi, "Xiao Zhi, you wait here for Lu Ye, I have to go and get busy."

"Okay, you go ahead with your work."

Ye Qingbai opened the insulated box and frowned when he saw the bland food inside.

He looked at Bai Zhi with a wronged expression, "Why isn't there any meat?"

During the Lunar New Year, eating such light food is too much for his palate.

Bai Zhi explained, "You've just been injured, so you need to eat something light. You can eat meat in a couple of days."

Ye Qingbai sighed and could only resign himself to eating.

After he finished eating, Bai Zhi quickly packed up the thermos and prepared to wash it. "Cousin, you've suffered. Lie down and rest."

"I can't lie down anymore, I can't stand it."

Ye Qingbai paced around the ward, then let out another long sigh, "Sigh, it's the Lunar New Year, and I'm stuck in a ward. It's so frustrating."

He felt frustrated by his own inadequacy and was shot while retreating.

To put it bluntly, it's because of insufficient business skills that they capsized in the gutter.

This injury was so unfair; I'm too embarrassed to face my brothers when I get back.

Bai Zhi washed the insulated box and put it in the drawer, comforting her, "Whether it's the New Year or not, if you're injured, you have to stay in the hospital. Just relax and recover."

"That's the only way." He thought of something and quickly looked at Bai Zhi, instructing her, "By the way, you must not tell your family about my injury, or my dad will worry to death."

"Don't worry, I won't tell."

Bai Zhi had to wait for Lu Ye, so she could only stay in the ward and wait. During this time, Ye Qingbai's comrades came to visit her.

When they saw him chatting and laughing with a girl alone in the ward, they assumed that Ye Qingbai was secretly dating someone behind their backs.

It was unfair of me to just be about to condemn him.

Ye Qingbai was afraid they would make some kind of inappropriate joke, so he quickly stopped them.

With a stern face, he introduced Bai Zhi's identity, "Don't make any wild guesses, this is my cousin, who is also the wife of our Deputy Battalion Commander Lu."

"Wow."

"Hello, sister-in-law."

The young men reacted quickly, immediately standing in a neat row and saluting her.

Bai Zhi was flattered. She smiled and waved her hand, "Hello, don't be so polite, please have a seat."

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

Upon hearing that this girl, who looked younger than them, was actually Deputy Battalion Commander Lu's lover, they dared not act recklessly anymore and became very cautious when speaking to Ye Qingbai.

Bai Zhi poured them some water, then said, "You guys chat, I'm going to go for a walk outside."

She wandered downstairs and saw that Lu Ye had been gone for four hours. Her unease began to spread uncontrollably again.

If all else fails, she'll go home and wait.

I'm just sitting here in this hospital, doing nothing.

It was also quite awkward.

As she sat lost in thought on a chair downstairs, the urgent sound of an ambulance pulled her back to reality.

She looked slightly startled, immediately stood up from her chair, and looked towards the hospital entrance.

An ambulance drove in, and a group of medical staff had already prepared a stretcher and pushed it to the parking area.

Seeing this, Bai Zhi's heart clenched.

I stood not far away, watching the situation over there.

A person covered in blood was carried out of the ambulance and placed on a stretcher, which was then quickly pushed inside by the paramedics.

The ambulance drove away quickly, and Bai Zhi stood there, feeling her heart pounding in her throat.

Someone else has been injured.

Does this kind of scene play out here every day?

Thinking about these things, she felt a tightness in her chest.

Lu Ye has been gone for a while, so that person definitely wasn't Lu Ye.

But she still went upstairs, worried. Right now, Shen Qian was the only person she knew here, so she had no choice but to go find her.

When she reached the entrance to the doctors' building, Shen Qian and several doctors were running out quickly.

"Dr. Shen," Bai Zhi called out to her.

"I have something to do, we'll talk later." Shen Qian said this and disappeared around the corner.

Shen Qian must have gone to the emergency room, so Bai Zhi had to go back downstairs.

She kept looking towards the main entrance, hoping to see Lu Ye suddenly appear.

After waiting for about ten minutes, Ye Qingbai's comrades came downstairs.

Bai Zhi was standing far away, so she didn't go over to greet them.

After they left the hospital, she went back to the ward.

Seeing that she was in a bad mood after going out, Ye Qingbai asked, "Xiao Zhi, where did you go?"

"I waited for Lu Ye downstairs, but I didn't see him at all."

Bai Zhi felt depressed and couldn't wait any longer. She could only ask Ye Qingbai, "How long do their meetings usually take?"

Ye Qingbai pondered, "It's hard to say, it depends on the meetings, big and small. Last night's situation was rather special, so their leaders will definitely have a long meeting today. Just wait patiently. Since he asked you to wait for him at the hospital, he will definitely come to pick you up after the meeting."

Bai Zhi was persuaded by Ye Qingbai, calmed down, and continued to wait.

That's right, Lu Ye's job today is just to attend meetings; there's definitely nothing else going on.

As the two were chatting, Bai Zhi's cell phone rang.

She answered the call.

The call was from Ye Qingbai's father, Ye Jinsong.

Bai Zhi glanced at Ye Qingbai, then smiled and said into the phone, "Uncle, Happy New Year."

Ye Qingbai, who was sitting on the hospital bed, rolled his eyes speechlessly when he heard it was his father on the phone.

Is this truly the magic of blood ties?