Neither she nor the man in the mask had seen it.
Qing Muy野 threw her a pear and said coldly, "There's a wild pear tree by the river over there. I happened to see it when I came over earlier."
"That's great, Qing Muy野, you're amazing."
Meng Jingwei rubbed the pear on herself and praised him flatteringly.
Qing Muy野 found her sarcastic words irritating.
He sat opposite Meng Jingwei, said nothing more, and didn't eat any fruit, quietly waiting for rescue.
Rumble—
After an unknown period, the sound of helicopters could be heard in the distance.
Meng Jingwei and Qing Muy野 exchanged a look, instinctively looked up, and knew that rescue had arrived.
The helicopter approached from afar, circled a few times in the sky, and finally stopped above them, hovering.
The propellers spun rapidly, making the surrounding leaves rustle noisily.
Meng Jingwei pointed to the campfire in front of them. Qing Muy野, with her, extinguished the fire completely, leaving no embers, to prevent a fire.
"Meng Jingwei?"
Just then, someone suddenly called her from behind.
Meng Jingwei turned around and saw Xiao Cheng standing not far away.
They looked at each other, Xiao Cheng paused for a moment, glanced at Qing Muy野, and then ran towards Meng Jingwei.
Meng Jingwei also ran towards Xiao Cheng, and they shared a big hug.
"It's so good to see you, you have no idea how scared I was!"
Xiao Cheng held Meng Jingwei tightly and said in her ear.
"Ow, damn, it hurts… it hurts…"
Her wound was touched, and Meng Jingwei gasped in pain.
Xiao Cheng then noticed Meng Jingwei was injured and immediately asked with concern, "What happened? How did you get such a serious injury?"
He felt deep guilt and self-blame.
Upon learning that Meng Jingwei had been washed away by the flood, he rushed over immediately.
Accompanying him was Qing Muy野's assistant, Song Ci.
"It's a long story. Let's talk about it when we get back." Meng Jingwei said.
"Okay."
Xiao Cheng nodded, pulled Meng Jingwei onto the rope ladder, completely ignoring Qing Muy野 and the man in the mask standing aside.
Seeing how close Meng Jingwei and Xiao Cheng were, laughing and talking, Qing Muy野's expression grew increasingly grim.
Even the pear in his hand felt incredibly out of place.
"Boss?"
Song Ci descended from another helicopter and walked up to Qing Muy野, asking with concern, "Boss, I'm glad you're okay."
Qing Muy野 watched them board the helicopter. Without a word, he followed them onto another.
The helicopter doors closed, and they took off.
No one paid any attention to the man in the mask.
Alone in the wilderness, he could only sigh, a wry smile of helplessness on his face beneath the mask.
He then stood up, walked to the spot where Qing Muy野 and Meng Jingwei had been sitting, picked up the pear from the ground, rubbed it on himself, and began to eat.
After finishing, his strength gradually recovered.
He then picked up the dagger Meng Jingwei had dropped, cut open his thigh wound, endured the intense pain to remove the bullet, and bandaged it.
Hours later, the night was deep.
Outside the hospital's emergency room, Qing Muy野 and Xiao Cheng stood in the corridor, both silent, quietly waiting for Meng Jingwei.
Half an hour later, Meng Jingwei was pushed out.
Seeing her emerge, they stepped forward. Before Qing Muy野 could speak, Xiao Cheng asked, "Doctor, how is Xiao Wei Wei?"
"She's been given a tetanus shot. However, her wound has a mild infection and requires hospitalization for observation. As long as she doesn't develop a high fever again, she'll be fine."
The doctor said.
Xiao Cheng's worried heart finally settled.
He stayed by Meng Jingwei's side and went to the ward with the nurse pushing the mobile bed.
Qing Muy野 did not follow. Instead, he asked the doctor, "She was bitten by a wolf, right on her wound. It's been several hours. Will there be any lasting effects?"
He was worried that the wolf bite on Meng Jingwei's wound would accelerate the infection, and if it caused tetanus or rabies, the consequences would be dire.
Especially since she had already developed a high fever due to the wound infection, he was very concerned.
"She underwent a comprehensive examination when she was brought in. The results are out. Bring the results to my office, and I'll take a look."
The doctor said.
Qing Muy野 nodded slightly, "Alright."
He turned to get the various examination reports, then took them all to the consultation room and handed them to the doctor who had performed Meng Jingwei's surgery.
Qing Muy野 sat in front of the doctor and asked with a grave expression, "Doctor, what's the situation?"
The doctor, holding the examination reports, put on his reading glasses and carefully examined each one, shaking his head from time to time.
His serious demeanor made the usually composed Qing Muy野 anxious as well.
"What is it?"
He asked.
"The examination report indicates that her wound has a mild infection, but it is treatable. However, the patient is malnourished, has iron-deficiency anemia, and severe insomnia."
"Insomnia?"
Qing Muy野 thought about Meng Jingwei's recent sleep patterns.
Since he rescued her from overseas last time and then to Dongpu Village, for a whole month, she slept at four or five in the morning and woke up at six or seven.
Her sleep was indeed severely insufficient.
He had noticed it.
However, he was not by Meng Jingwei's side 24 hours a day and couldn't observe everything with 100% certainty.
"Anemia, depression, anxiety, and mental illnesses can all cause insomnia. But hers is quite special; the insomnia is too severe."
"What happens with severe insomnia?"
Qing Muy野's heart tightened, and he couldn't help but worry.
"Severe insomnia can lead to depression, excessive anxiety, irritability, and can also cause cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, as well as nervous system disorders."
"Will it… cause death?"
"Insomnia doesn't directly cause death, but if it's too severe, it can lead to death."
"Lead to…?"
Qing Muy野's expression darkened, his heart suddenly clenched, and for that moment, even his breathing hitched slightly.
"Can we tell her about the insomnia?" Qing Muy野 asked.
The doctor fell silent and asked him, "How long has she had insomnia?"
"About a month."
"Over a month?"
Sudden severe insomnia was something the doctor hadn't encountered before. After some thought, he said, "It's best not to tell the patient about this situation, as it will increase her psychological burden and worsen the insomnia."
…
After a long discussion with the doctor in the consultation room, Qing Muy野 finally decided to keep the situation from Meng Jingwei and to change her medication to other bottles later.
When he went to Meng Jingwei's ward, she had already woken up.
She was chatting and laughing with Xiao Cheng, and the atmosphere was very pleasant.
Qing Muy野 stood at the doorway of the ward. Although he felt annoyed and even jealous seeing this scene,
just thinking about what the doctor had told him earlier made him feel sympathetic towards this silly girl again.
He never imagined that she, who seemed so cheerful and talkative, would be suffering from excessive psychological anxiety and severe insomnia.
What exactly had happened during this time?
Did it have anything to do with the Li family?