The System’s voice fell, and except for Jiang Ning, everyone present was unaware of the potential implications of Liu Yaoyao’s jump from the building.
Qi Xingzhou had been staring at Jiang Ning’s left arm, his calm demeanor tinged with barely concealed anxiety.
The unconscious Ge Haoli was placed on a stretcher, and since this was the fifth floor, for safety reasons, several young and strong firefighters stepped forward to help carry the stretcher.
As the only doctor began to descend the stairs, Qi Xingzhou suddenly stepped forward and stopped him.
The doctor paused, "Hmm?"
Qi Xingzhou didn’t look at him, but instead at Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning probably understood Qi Xingzhou’s intention. She stepped forward, took a deep breath, and said calmly, "Doctor, I may need your help with something."
Chen Mingli’s presence in the ambulance indicated his exceptional medical skills, and in his area of expertise, he immediately noticed the issue: "Your shoulder is dislocated!"
His words caught the attention of the other firefighters.
Everyone’s gaze fell on Jiang Ning’s left arm, and indeed, they noticed her left arm was hanging limply, clearly broken.
Jiang Yan was the quickest to react: "It must have been when she caught Liu Yaoyao!"
Jiang Ning was incredibly tolerant!
Having a dislocated arm was no joking matter.
Yet she had just been speaking with everyone as if nothing was amiss, even casually comforting Liu Yaoyao.
Let alone Liu Yaoyao, even they hadn’t noticed!
During Liu Yaoyao’s attempted jump, Chen Mingli and the other nurses were downstairs, next to the ambulance, ready to administer aid, naturally witnessing the hair-raising scene unfold.
His gaze fell on Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou, immediately recognizing them as the "Lizard Man" who had climbed the building with their bare hands to save someone.
Chen Mingli’s gaze suddenly changed, showing a measure of solemn respect: "It’s good that it just got dislocated. Let me see if I can help pop it back in."
Jiang Ning nodded, "Okay, thank you."
Chen Mingli approached Jiang Ning, raised his hand to squeeze around her arm. Jiang Ning’s expression remained calm as she let Chen Mingli manipulate her arm.
A dislocated arm, tantamount to a trauma, is unbearably painful. When touched by an outsider, and the injured meridians are pressed, the surge of pain is indescribable, but Jiang Ning merely furrowed her brows slightly, revealing no other expression.
On the contrary, Qi Xingzhou, who stood by, watched Chen Mingli’s actions without blinking, his lips pressed together tightly, his tension visible to anyone.
At first glance, it seemed like he was the one with the dislocated arm.
Chen Mingli gently manipulated the area searching for the bone placement, and seeing the expression on Qi Xingzhou’s face, he found it somewhat amusing and asked Jiang Ning, "He seems very concerned about you. Are you two close?"
"Mhm mhm," Jiang Ning probably knew Chen Mingli was deliberately trying to distract her, so she nodded in cooperation.
Although they had only met a little over two months ago, in Jiang Ning’s heart, the experiences she and Qi Xingzhou had recently shared were certainly out of the ordinary.
Chen Mingli, as if indulging in gossip, asked: "Boyfriend?"
Jiang Ning was slightly startled, unable to help glancing at Qi Xingzhou.
Qi Xingzhou also heard Chen Mingli’s question, his eyes sparkling as he looked at Jiang Ning, seemingly eager for her response.
As their eyes met, just as Jiang Ning was about to speak, Chen Mingli suddenly exerted force with his hands, causing severe pain to course through Jiang Ning’s injured area.
"There," Chen Mingli said with a smile, releasing his hands.
Jiang Ning moved slightly and discovered that her dislocated arm, despite some swelling and pain, had regained its usual flexibility. As for the swelling and pain, those were aftereffects of the dislocation, which would disappear with proper rest over time.
She expressed her gratitude to Chen Mingli, but he waved his hand, indicating it was no big deal.
Considering that Ge Haoli was likely already taken down by the firefighters, Chen Mingli had his own job to return to.
"Well, I’m going to head off now," Chen Mingli said as he turned and quickly descended the stairs.
Simple-minded Qi Xingzhou was witnessing a scene of an orthopedic doctor treating a patient for the first time, as well as the small tricks doctors use to distract their patients.
He vaguely felt he had been tricked, but he couldn’t articulate exactly what the other party had deceived him about.
And after all, the other party had healed Jiang Ning.
Qi Xingzhou puffed his cheeks, watching Chen Mingli’s retreating figure with a deep gaze, resembling a grudging little frog.
The firefighters, seeing that Jiang Ning’s arm was better, were happy for her: "We’ll be heading down too."
The colleagues who had helped carry the stretcher were probably already waiting for them below.
"Alright," Jiang Ning nodded.
Knowing that there would be many onlookers at the bottom of the residential building, she did not exit with the firefighters. Instead, she deliberately stood in the stairwell for a while, waiting for the firefighters and the ambulance to leave before she stepped out with Qi Xingzhou.
Qi Xingzhou was wearing a black hat that Jiang Ning had taken from her bag because she felt his face was far too noticeable.
Qi Xingzhou cherished the black hat, gently adjusting the brim with his hand as he followed Jiang Ning with a spring in his step.
Even if any of the onlookers who had not yet dispersed caught a glimpse of Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou’s departing figures, they would instinctively assume the two were just residents of the building.
It wasn’t until Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou had walked far away that some slow-on-the-uptake onlookers finally asked, "Hey? Weird, what about those two helpful folks who climbed up with their bare hands? How come I don’t see them?"
"That’s not just any helpful folk; that’s clearly Spider-Man reincarnate!" someone exclaimed while looking at the content just captured on their phone.
Climbing up walls with bare hands, aside from Spider-Man, who else possesses such skill!
"No way, I have to and see if it’s real," the person said and swiftly posted the video they had taken on TikTok.
Given the large crowd of onlookers, he wasn’t the only one who had taken a video—others had also captured the harrowing events at the rooftop.
Soon, these videos spread not only on TikTok but also appeared in Moments and WeChat groups.
The incident of the 15-year-old girl’s attempted jump quickly climbed to the top of the local trending search.
Jiang Ning returned to the car and flexed her left arm; Qi Xingzhou, sitting in the passenger seat, immediately turned to look at her, his eyes seemingly filled with sadness.
Although he learned how to drive, he hadn’t completed his tests, and without a driver’s license, he was not permitted to drive.
"It’s fine, it doesn’t hurt anymore," Jiang Ning smiled.
The moment she said it, she felt surprised herself.
Despite Qi Xingzhou saying nothing, she somehow... inexplicably could sense his meaning, and this effortless communication wasn’t a one-time occurrence— it kept giving her the impression that the two shared a telepathic connection.
Jiang Ning’s eyes fell on the innocently looking Qi Xingzhou, suddenly skeptical. This guy, he couldn’t be doing this on purpose, could he?