Vomiting Blood

The atmosphere in the hospital room suddenly became strange.

Song Si Lan inexplicably raised his head, 'Didn't I just say so?'

'Your boyf—' Song Si Lan said as he turned his head, but his expression suddenly froze.

He saw Li Xiang at the hospital room door, waving frantically at him.

Song Si Lan's expression shifted.

When Li Xiang had called him earlier, Song Si Lan had asked what the relationship between Ying Huai and Liang Shining was.

Li Xiang's head had been full of Liang Shining's 'I don't know' at the time, and he answered drowsily and casually: 'Relationship? ...Liang-ge doesn't know if he knows he likes him.'

The straightforward Song Si Lan was completely confused by this, and directly placed Liang Shining in the position of Ying Huai's boyfriend.

Realizing he'd been set up by Li Xiang, Song Si Lan gritted his teeth and forcibly changed what he was about to say: 'I mean—your boyfriend didn't invite me over, did he? Today?'

It took Ying Huai a few seconds to understand what Song Si Lan was talking about.

The IV the nurse had just changed, he didn't know if it had a sleep-inducing component.

Ying Huai's eyelids were heavy, and the waist area Song Si Lan had just examined was somehow starting to ache faintly, along with a tightness in his stomach.

Ying Huai inconspicuously pressed his stomach and said quietly: 'I don't have a boyfriend.'

Song Si Lan glanced at Li Xiang at the door, who had let out a long breath of relief, and his brow twitched. '...That's good then.'

'No sexual activity during the recovery period,' Song Si Lan took a deep breath. 'I was just asking routinely earlier, it's even better that you don't have a boyfriend.'

Ying Huai: ???

He felt something was off.

Ying Huai pinched the bridge of his nose and said hesitantly: 'But you just said—'

'Inversion,' Song Si Lan gritted his teeth and forced an explanation. 'It's a habit.'

Song Si Lan, a native of Zhejiang, glared at Liang Shining and added: 'I'm from Shandong.'

Ying Huai: ?

Liang Shining, who had inexplicably taken the blame: .....

Song Si Lan really didn't want to continue this topic any longer.

He took a deep breath and helped Ying Huai readjust his position.

'Alright, we'll talk about everything once you've recovered. The matter of you falling into the water has already been reported to the police. When the police arrive in a bit, I'll come back to check on you....'

Before Song Si Lan finished speaking, he suddenly heard Le Xi beside him say shrilly: 'Report to the police? Why report to the police?'

Le Xi's voice was too piercing. Ying Huai's face paled slightly, and his hand pressing his stomach suddenly tightened.

Song Si Lan's brow immediately furrowed. He steadied Ying Huai and turned back directly: 'Shut up.'

Le Xi also realized his reaction had been a bit excessive.

'I didn't kick Teacher Ying's waist, what evidence do you have to prove it was me?' Le Xi took a deep breath, forcibly calmed himself, and said in a trembling voice.

Song Si Lan placed his fingers on Ying Huai's pulse, his expression growing more solemn.

He said warningly: 'If you want evidence, go find the police. I'm just a doctor—though I do occasionally deal with medical disputes on the side.'

Le Xi was momentarily choked. He was also worried that if the police came, they would really find out that the injury on Ying Huai's waist was his doing. He gritted his teeth and simply changed his story again.

'And even if I accidentally kicked him, so what?'

Le Xi's tone suddenly took on a hint of a sob: 'When you're in the water, who doesn't want to swim up? The water was pitch-black, you couldn't see anything. If I accidentally kicked someone, it was just an accident.'

Just as Le Xi finished speaking, a casual voice suddenly came: 'Then what are you afraid of?'

Le Xi was startled: 'What?'

'According to what you said, if what happened in the water counts as an accident, there won't be any problem even if the police come.'

Ying Huai slightly propped himself up and said with a light laugh: 'Why are you so scared?'

Le Xi forced a smile: 'Teacher Ying, you're joking, I'm not scared....'

'I went into the water to save Xin Wan, but why did Xin Wan suddenly fall into the water?' Ying Huai completely ignored what Le Xi was saying and continued speaking slowly.

He glanced at Xin Wan by the bed: 'Xin Wan said someone pushed him, right?'

Le Xi's expression was starting to slip: 'I don't know, Teacher Ying, but this doesn't really have anything to do with me, does it....'

Ying Huai interrupted him again and laughed casually: 'Of course it doesn't.'

Le Xi's body relaxed slightly, but the next second, Ying Huai's words made him tense up again.

'But if accidental injury becomes attempted murder, then it's a much bigger deal.' Ying Huai said with a half-smile.

Le Xi's expression twisted for a moment.

Having been inexplicably interrupted by Ying Huai several times, the anger in his heart had been suppressed to the breaking point.

He looked at Ying Huai's hand that had been pressing his stomach, and a flash of malice passed through his heart.

'Teacher Ying, why do you keep targeting me?'

Le Xi's voice suddenly became aggrieved: 'I'm really sorry for hurting your waist, but please don't treat me like this....'

As he spoke, he stepped forward, pretending to grab Ying Huai's arm, but secretly exerted force, wanting to press directly down on Ying Huai's stomach.

The next second, Ying Huai suddenly covered his lips and coughed, his body swayed, and with a pale face he fell toward Xin Wan's side.

Xin Wan, who had been half-kneeling by the bed, instantly changed expression.

He quickly stood up and instinctively reached out to support Ying Huai, happening to be positioned right between Le Xi and Ying Huai.

The next second, Le Xi, unable to pull back his hand in time, directly pushed a palm into Xin Wan's back.

Le Xi was stunned for a moment, but Xin Wan's expression instantly changed.

He gritted his teeth and turned back: 'It's you.'

Le Xi was confused: 'What?'

Xin Wan helped Ying Huai lean back against the headboard.

He slowly turned around, looked at Le Xi, and suddenly laughed mockingly: 'I mean—it was you who pushed me into the lake.'

Le Xi's face instantly went white.

He forced a smile: 'Xin-shu, how come you've started joking too....'

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly watched Xin Wan grab his hand and push it against his own shoulder.

'My xiaoshidi (junior fellow disciple) just said someone pushed me into the water at the lake earlier.'

Xin Wan said slowly: 'Although I didn't see clearly who it was, I've always remembered the force and the feel of it.'

Le Xi's body trembled uncontrollably.

At that same moment, the hospital room door was suddenly knocked, and several police officers filed in.

The Director had also received the news at this point and ran in flustered: 'What's going on? What's happening?'

'Someone called in a report, please cooperate with our investigation.' The police officer in the room said in a low voice.

The Director was stunned for a moment, then instantly put on a smiling face: 'Is this about Le Xi accidentally hurting Teacher Ying?'

Ying Huai pressed his stomach and raised his head with interest, listening as the Director didn't mention Xin Wan falling into the lake at all and directly steered the topic to himself.

'Le Xi has already explained to me, he was just anxious to save someone, it's not a big deal.'

The Director had already figured out a solution before Ying Huai woke up.

Since no camera had captured Xin Wan falling into the water, and the Director couldn't find the culprit, and was afraid the Variety Show would be suspended, he could only minimize the matter and push Ying Huai out to divert attention.

The entire Production Team avoided all details of this matter, only telling the public they were continuing to follow up on the investigation, trying to suppress the incident.

The Director turned to Ying Huai and said with an apologetic smile: 'Teacher Ying, how about you let Le Xi apologize to you and you two settle it privately, no need to bother the police....'

Le Xi's mind raced.

It was Song Si Lan who had called the police just now. He didn't know about Xin Wan being pushed into the water, so the reason for the report must have been intentional injury.

—There was no evidence for the Xin Wan matter. If he appeased Ying Huai now, the police wouldn't investigate further.

Le Xi suddenly turned and hurried to Ying Huai's bedside.

'Teacher Ying, I really didn't kick you on purpose.'

Le Xi's voice took on a sobbing tone, he gripped Ying Huai's hand tightly: 'Can I cover your medical expenses? Let's settle this privately, this really was an accident, look, your body doesn't have any major problems right now....'

But before he finished speaking, the next second, he suddenly watched the person in front of him shudder, then suddenly turn his head and cough up a large mouthful of blood.

Le Xi was completely stunned, and instinctively pulled his hand back.

Ying Huai suddenly lost support, his whole body had no strength, swayed, and fell weakly to the side.

Liang Shining beside him suddenly stood up, caught the limp person in one motion, and said urgently: 'Ying Huai!'

Ying Huai shook his head slightly while panting.

He opened his mouth as if to say something, but the next second, his body tensed again, he choked and coughed, and a few more threads of blood seeped from the corner of his lips.

Song Si Lan quickly pressed the call button and began examining Ying Huai's condition, his expression growing more solemn by degrees.

'This is what you call no major problems? This is what you call an accident?' Xin Wan on the other side stood beside Ying Huai with a dark expression and laughed coldly, 'Does the Director think we can still settle this now?'

Le Xi's expression was panicked, he suddenly turned to Song Si Lan: 'Doctor Song, can you explain to the police, please? I really didn't intentionally hurt Teacher Ying....'

'Sorry to interrupt.' Song Si Lan directly cut off Le Xi.

He lowered his head and said a few words to the nurse who had entered the room, then turned back expressionlessly: 'I wasn't the one who called the police.'

As Song Si Lan spoke, his gaze fell on Liang Shining.

The police officer beside them frowned and spoke at the same time: 'The report was filed for intentional injury and attempted murder, so I'm afraid I'll have to ask you all to come back to the station with me.'

Le Xi's face was deathly pale, 'No, no, you don't have evidence....'

The police officer extended his hand and spoke again, brooking no argument: 'Please come back to the station with us first to cooperate with the investigation.'

Everyone's eyes in the hospital room suddenly focused on him. Le Xi walked a few steps with a dazed expression, then suddenly said urgently: 'I need to make a phone call first.'

Xin Wan scoffed: 'What, is there someone who can protect you?'

'Then why didn't you have him come out to save you earlier?'

Xin Wan's expression was dismissive, but Ying Huai slightly raised his head.

He frowned, suddenly recalling the previous incident with Le Xi on the crossover singer show.

Le Xi's expression uncontrollably showed a hint of panic, but he still gritted his teeth and said quietly: 'Xin-shu had better wait until I've made this call before saying anything.'

Le Xi really wasn't sure if this person would help him.

After the crossover singer show incident was exposed, Le Xi had originally thought he would be permanently shelved by his company.

Unexpectedly, after anxiously waiting for several days, what came was his agent telling him that someone had bribed the right people and gotten him out.

The agent didn't know who that person was either, only warning Le Xi not to investigate too much, and telling Le Xi to continue going on Ying Huai's Variety Show.

But Le Xi had gone through various channels and finally obtained a phone number.

Le Xi took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and finally reached out to dial the number.

The phone rang twice, and it actually connected.

Xin Wan frowned slightly, a flash of delight crossing Le Xi's expression.

He glanced smugly at the people in front of him, suppressing his inner joy as he said quietly: 'Hello, I'm Le Xi—there was something before, you helped me.'

'I'm in some trouble now, could you... help me again?'

Le Xi waited anxiously for the other side to speak, but after a few seconds, a busy tone came through the phone.

Le Xi's face went deathly pale in an instant.

'No, no, wait, this can't be—'

Le Xi frantically redialed, but no one answered.

Xin Wan didn't bother to hide the mockery in her expression. Ying Huai propped himself up slightly from Liang Shining's arms, his expression inexplicably taking on a hint of gravity.

'What's wrong?' Liang Shining lowered his head as if sensing something.

Ying Huai lowered his eyes, shook his head slightly, and choked out a few coughs: 'It's nothing.'

Half his body was still leaning against Liang Shining's arm, fresh blood still at the corner of his lips, his expression weary, his body trembling slightly.

Liang Shining frowned. He shifted his arm, wanting to help Ying Huai into a more comfortable position, but the moment he moved, he caught an uncontrollable flash of pain crossing Ying Huai's face.

Liang Shining's expression tightened again: 'Ying Huai...'

The next second, a hand suddenly reached over and steadily took the person from Liang Shining's arms.

'I'll take it from here.' Song Si Lan stood by the bed and skillfully half-lifted the person up.

'Teacher Liang, go with Xin Wan to the police station to give your statements first. I'll take care of Ying Huai.'

A flicker of hesitation crossed Liang Shining's face. The next second, Song Si Lan looked up with a hint of amusement: 'What, on the very first day you hired a doctor, Teacher Liang wants to take my job?'

Liang Shining paused: 'No.'

He slowly stood up: 'I'll wait for you outside the door. If there's any problem, find me anytime.'

Song Si Lan nodded absently, gently patting Ying Huai's back.

·

The hospital room finally fell quiet for a moment. After a few seconds, Song Si Lan suddenly spoke: 'Throw it up.'

Ying Huai half-propped himself up and barely turned his head.

Song Si Lan frowned at Ying Huai, a warning in his voice: 'If you keep holding it in, your heart won't take it. Don't make me help you throw up...'

Before he could finish, the person in front of him suddenly bent over and, with a 'wah', vomited another large mouthful of blood.

Ying Huai's expression instantly collapsed.

His eyelids grew heavy, his gaze barely able to focus. He struggled to lift his head to say something, but the scene before him blurred all at once.

In a haze, Ying Huai felt himself being helped back against the headboard, then felt a tube being quickly inserted through his mouth.

Another wave of nausea hit. Ying Huai couldn't help but retch, feeling a rush of heat surge up from his stomach again.

'Don't move. Your stomach is bleeding. I need to use a balloon to apply pressure and stop it.' Song Si Lan spoke urgently.

Ying Huai turned his head, coughing weakly, a thin line of blood slowly trickling from the corner of his lips.

He felt his heart becoming increasingly uncomfortable. In his daze, he heard Song Si Lan say anxiously: 'Relax, or your heart won't take it...'

Ying Huai could barely respond at all.

The insertion of the Sengstaken-Blakemore tube made him instinctively struggle. Ying Huai felt his heart pounding like a drum, his lips weakly parting and closing, his breathing growing more and more rapid.

'Liang Shining is still outside the door!' Song Si Lan suddenly said through gritted teeth.

'You were forcing yourself to hold on just now because you didn't want him to know, right?'

The moment his words fell, he felt the person on the bed stiffen for an instant, then, bit by bit, the resistance in their body relaxed.

Song Si Lan let out a silent breath of relief.

He quickly completed the gastric pressure hemostasis. After confirming the stomach was no longer bleeding, he looked down and found the person in front of him pale-faced, having at some point silently fainted.

·

When Ying Huai regained consciousness, he only felt dizzy.

The metallic taste of blood in his mouth seemed to have faded quite a bit. For a moment, Ying Huai couldn't figure out where he was.

He closed his eyes to steady himself, then opened them and was met with Song Si Lan glaring at him from the side.

Ying Huai was startled, his peach blossom eyes blinking instinctively.

'The medicine the doctors here prescribed irritates the stomach. Your stomach was already injured, and combined with the drug's stimulation, it caused gastric bleeding.'

Song Si Lan took a deep breath and said through gritted teeth: 'But are you out of your mind?'

There was undisguised anger in his voice. 'You dared to endure gastric bleeding without saying a word.'

He said through gritted teeth: 'How long did you endure it?'

Ying Huai slowly sat up.

He struggled to catch his breath a few times, then laughed softly: '...When you were examining my waist.'

Song Si Lan took a deep breath.

'Were you afraid of worrying Liang Shining and the others?' Song Si Lan said quietly. 'Later you really couldn't hold it anymore—'

'What does their worrying have to do with me?' Ying Huai said with a half-smile.

He half-leaned against the headboard, slightly turning his head, a casual air in his expression: 'A weapon has to be used at the critical moment to produce a killing blow.'

Song Si Lan was stunned for a moment, disbelief flashing across his face: 'What did you say?'

'Anyway, the fact that I'm vomiting blood is already established. So whether I throw it up a bit earlier or a bit later, what's the difference?' Ying Huai coughed dully and laughed softly.

Song Si Lan was silent for a few seconds.

He stared at Ying Huai for a few seconds, then suddenly said: 'What about later?'

'Le Xi was taken away. Why were you still holding it in and not saying anything?'

Ying Huai blinked and said casually: 'Afraid of the hassle. If I said something, Liang Shining and the others would start nagging again.'

'What about when I was inserting the tube just now? I mentioned Liang Shining, and you quieted down. Was that also because you were afraid of the hassle?'

Song Si Lan stared at Ying Huai and slowly said, 'Liang Shining wasn't in the room at that time.'

The hand at Ying Huai's side trembled slightly.

'Why does Doctor Song insist on getting to the bottom of this?' Ying Huai suddenly laughed.

'I'm sick. Doctor Song just needs to be responsible for treating me.'

Song Si Lan vaguely felt something was off with Ying Huai, but couldn't be sure for the moment.

He opened his mouth to say something more, but saw the person in front of him frown and cough a few times, his eyelids slowly drooping, his body going slack, his head weakly tilting to one side.

Song Si Lan's face changed.

He quickly reached out and pressed Ying Huai's pulse. After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief.

—Fortunately, he'd only fainted from exhaustion.

Song Si Lan slowly released his hand, stared at the person in front of him, and pressed his brow with a headache.

'Not a single one of them takes care of their own body,' Song Si Lan said expressionlessly, taking a deep breath. 'Liang Shining's salary is too low for this.'

·

Outside the hospital room, the person Song Si Lan had been ranting about had barely stepped out of the door when he was immediately stopped by Lu Jing.

'Why did Xiao Huai suddenly vomit blood?' Lu Jing, who had rushed back from the company, looked at Liang Shining and said through gritted teeth, 'How did you take care of him?'

Liang Shining frowned but said nothing. Lu Jing couldn't be bothered to argue with him any longer and simply tried to push past Liang Shining to open the door.

Liang Shining directly blocked him.

'Ying Huai is receiving treatment inside,' Liang Shining said coldly. 'Young President Lu, come back tomorrow.'

'I'm taking him back to Lu Corporation's Hospital,' Lu Jing said through gritted teeth. 'Move aside.'

'I found a dedicated doctor for Ying Huai. Young President Lu doesn't need to bother anymore.' Liang Shining said indifferently.

The moment his words fell, he heard Lu Jing laugh coldly: 'You found him? It's already good enough that you didn't kill Ying Huai.'

Old and new grievances exploded at the same moment. Lu Jing slammed his fist against the wall with a 'bang' and said through gritted teeth.

'Why were you with Ying Huai when he fell into the water?' Lu Jing didn't know what had just happened in the hospital room.

'Weren't you on Le Xi's team? Why did you happen to be by Ying Huai's side at that exact moment?'

Lu Jing was now like a startled bird, trusting no one.

He insisted on taking Ying Huai away: 'Only I will protect Ying Huai. I'm taking him away from here. Move aside...'

'Because Le Xi pushed Xin Wan into the water. When he came back and found me, I realized something was wrong, so I rushed back.' Liang Shining directly cut off Lu Jing.

Lu Jing was stunned: 'What?'

'I also have a question for Young President Lu.' Liang Shining's gaze looked straight at Lu Jing.

'Young President Lu didn't know Ying Huai had a heart condition at the banquet before. How do you suddenly know now?'

Lu Jing's expression stiffened for a moment.

He instinctively began to explain: 'It was that time at the Hospital before, when Xiao Huai was hospitalized in a coma. I happened to see...'

'I remember that time. Young President Lu didn't see the medical records.' Liang Shining calmly cut off Lu Jing.

Lu Jing gritted his teeth: 'Xiao Huai mentioned it to Le Xi before. I happened to ask Le Xi once...'

Liang Shining spoke again: 'Le Xi only knew Ying Huai's health wasn't good, not what specific illness it was.'

'What exactly are you trying to say?' Lu Jing's lies were exposed one after another. He really couldn't hold back anymore.

He watched Liang Shining stare at him for a few seconds, then said word by word, 'In this life, Ying Huai has never voluntarily told anyone about his illness.'

Liang Shining deliberately emphasized the three words 'in this life.'

Lu Jing was stunned for a moment. He took a few seconds to process, and disbelief flashed across his face.

Lu Jing suddenly raised his head: 'Do you know something?'

Liang Shining also slowly said: 'Does Young President Lu know something?'

The two looked at each other, and for a moment neither spoke first.

The next second, the hospital room door was suddenly opened.

Ying Huai, supported by Song Si Lan, looked at the two people in front of him with a strange expression.

'What are you two doing?'

Ying Huai had dozed off in a daze for a while, only to be woken again by the dull pain in his stomach.

Lying down was really uncomfortable, and he happened to hear movement at the door, so he begged Song Si Lan to take him to have a look.

Ying Huai looked at the two people in front of him and said thoughtfully: 'Are you two hiding something from me?'

Liang Shining and Lu Jing, who had been probing each other: ......