Chapter 141 Tears
"Yue, hold her down. Don't let her move. She has to hold it, otherwise, her wounds will fester and never heal." Ling Shaobai wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked anxiously at Long Qingyue beside him.
"Nuanxin, try to hold it. Just hang in there, okay?" Long Qingyue's eyes turned blood red as he stroked her cheek to comfort her. How could Long Qingyue hold her down and let her suffer like that?
"No... You get away from me. Leave me alone. Stop dealing with my wounds..." Mu Nuanxin whimpered and struggled. It didn't hurt that bad when her wound wasn't treated, but now it was killing her.
"Alright, anything you say. Ling Shaobai, can you handle this or not? What exactly did you put on her wound? You must give her anesthesia now." Holding Mu Nuanxin in his arms, Long Qingyue constantly shook his head in distress and yelled at Ling Shaobai angrily.
Ling Shaobai was so mad at Long Qingyue and wanted to lash back, but he knew it was not the right time. So he could only suppress his emotions and calmly said, "Hold her in your arms and sit down. I will try to be gentle!"
Long Qingyue came to his senses and realized that her injury must be treated at any rate. So he picked up the crying girl from the bed and sat her astride his lap, one hand on her buttocks and the other on her neck.
"Nuanxin, bite me and hold it. It'll be done soon." Long Qingyue's hands were trembling as he laid her head on his shoulder firmly.
Ling Shaobai began to treat her wounds again. He took the tools from the nurse, burst the blisters one by one, and squeezed the pus out. It hurt so much that Mu Nuanxin almost fainted. She could only bite Long Qingyue's shoulder and sob softly to fight the piercing pain.
Long Qingyue felt Mu Nuanxin trembling violently until she had no strength. He felt like weeping as the stringy steel needles piercing her skin. His drops of tear fell on her as he held Mu Nuanxin tighter in his arms...
When Ling Shaobai finished, Mu Nuanxin didn't even have the strength to cry. She finally stopped biting Long Qingyue's shoulder and lay limp in his arms, her eyes blank, her face pale, and her clothes soaked with sweat.
"Put her down. Let her lie on her stomach for a while." Ling Shaobai took the towel from the nurse and wiped the sweat from his forehead before taking off the plastic gloves.
Long Qingyue did not move. His heart broke into pieces when he looked down at the weak girl in his arms, who seemed to faint at any moment.
"Shaobai, you can leave us. I want to be alone with her," Long Qingyue said softly.
Ling Shaobai nodded and got into the cab with the nurse. Long Qingyue and Mu Nuanxin were the only two left in the rescue room at the back of the ambulance.
After the pain, Mu Nuanxin felt unbearably uncomfortable as if her back was on fire. She was too exhausted to frown and could only lie quietly in Long Qingyue's arms.
Suddenly, drops of tear fell on her. Mu Nuanxin was taken aback and her empty eyes finally returned to focus. She tried to look up but her head was pressed back into his arms by a large hand. Long Qingyue's voice was hoarse. "Don't move. Let me hold you a little longer, okay?"
"Long Qingyue, are you crying for me?" Mu Nuanxin stopped looking up but slowly raised her hand around his waist.
"Come on. How could I cry for a wicked girl like you? You never listen to me and always piss me off." Long Qingyue denied it, shaking his head.
"Well, Long Qingyue, have you ever cried for anyone?" Mu Nuanxin asked gently without exposing him but was so moved by his tears.
"Yeah, I have only cried for two women in my life." Long Qingyue replied softly. They were the most important women in his life.
Hearing what Long Qingyue said, Mu Nuanxin felt a kind of loss. Long Qingyue once cried for two women. If he cried for Mu Nuanxin just now, then who was the other woman?
"Why do you think I'll save Dong'er with your kidney?" Long Qingyue asked, frowning.
When Mu Nuanxin heard this, a bitter smile touched her lips. She knew she shouldn't ask, but since she brought it up, she would just talk out her heart to him. She had been dying to get something off her chest anyway.
"Long Qingyue, you like Dong'er, but why are you saying this to me? Do you have any idea how cruel you are?" She suddenly looked up at him.
"What do you mean by that? I never told you I like Dong'er." Long Qingyue was shocked. He held her carefully and stopped her moving for fear that her wound would cause her pain.
Long Qingyue held her neck tightly, and they were close enough to feel each other's breath.
"You admitted it. I only said that you want to save your beloved woman with my kidney. But I didn't mention it was Dong'er. That's what you think subconsciously, so you've said it off the top of your head. It doesn't fool me anyway." Mu Nuanxin's chest heaved slightly and her black eyes were wide open. She was far from the pale and miserable old self.
"You just find fault with me. Is there anyone around me who has kidney disease except for Dong'er?" Long Qingyue asked, looking at her who was fuming with anger.
She picked up a quarrel with him now and it seemed that she really didn't hurt anymore. So he felt relieved.
"Don't argue! You hooked up with Dong'er ten years ago. How could you not like her? And haven't you guys been together for the past ten years? She's even pregnant with your baby! You are a bastard!" Mu Nuanxin rumbled out all the mean words in her mind.
She didn't mind losing face this time. She only felt good when she spoke from her heart!
"Don't you dare bring up what happened ten years ago. I asked you out back then, but you let Dong'er go on my date. I thought she was you..."
Long Qingyue got mad at the mention of it. It was his birthday and a week after he had rescued Mu Nuanxin from the snowy mountains. He was happy to ask Mu Nuanxin out alone for his birthday, but instead of showing up herself, Mu Nuanxin let Dong'er go to the date.
"What? You asked me out? I didn't know that. Why don't you stop making excuses? Dong'er told me the next day that you asked her out to celebrate your birthday, and you... Anyway, you hugged and kissed her. You guys stripped and slept together!"
Mu Nuanxin was only eight years old and didn't know what happened back then. Dong'er was afraid that Mu Nuanxin was ignorant of this, and told her what they did in great detail. Dong'er even said Long Qingyue put his thing into her body... Mu Nuanxin didn't know what it felt like, but she felt uncomfortable and disgusted.