"Pain..." Ye Shikai muttered a few words, his facial features scrunched together, his face full of pain. Su Qingyu was startled by this scene, her heart suddenly lifted, showing an anxious expression, and tears almost fell directly. Ye Shikai looked very bad, as if he was seriously injured, but wasn’t he just fine before?
"Hurry and take the Lord to headquarters." Several Hidden Guards from Netherworld Palace got them onto a helicopter, which quickly flew back to Netherworld Palace’s headquarters. Zi Yun and others, having received the news in advance, were already prepared in the operating room. Ye Shikai was in unbearable pain, waking up multiple times only to faint again from the agony. This made Su Qingyu feel heartbroken; she wanted to share the pain, but there was nothing she could do.
After much thought, Su Qingyu took out her phone and dialed a number.
"Hello, is this Miss Ji..."
Netherworld Palace, headquarters.
"Sister-in-law, what happened to brother?" Zi Yun found Su Qingyu, who was crying like a tearful mess, and looked anxiously at Ye Shikai on the hospital bed.
"I also... don’t know." Su Qingyu sobbed, collapsing onto the bed.
"Sister-in-law, please get up for a moment; I need to examine him." Zi Yun’s face was grave; Ye Shikai’s complexion seemed normal, not as if he was poisoned, and there were no physical injuries either, which puzzled Zi Yun. Nevertheless, she still had Ye Shikai wheeled into the operating room.
"What’s going on?" Half an hour later, a graceful figure appeared at the door. Ji Qian, wearing a pristine white long gown, walked quickly over. This was the first time the two women met at Netherworld Palace.
"I don’t know either; he suddenly became ." Su Qingyu wiped her tears; she still felt guilty inside. As Ye Shikai’s wife, she could only watch him lying on the bed in agony, powerless to help and needing Ji Qian’s assistance.
"Don’t worry, I will go and see." Ji Qian also knew that after so many battles, Ye Shikai had narrowly escaped death several times and was already prone to numerous ailments, especially now when it was crucial to remain calm.
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"Lord Moon God." Zi Yun, dressed in a doctor’s coat, turned around just in time to see Ji Qian return; Ye Shikai had already been moved to intensive care.
"How’s the situation now?" Ji Qian stepped forward; all his vital signs were normal, but his body was very weak. Ji Qian placed her hand on his pulse, infused her Inner Strength, and was surprised to find that his Inner Strength was very weak, as if he had just been through a major battle.
"There’s no abnormality, but brother’s body is weak, even though he was just fine earlier..."
"Could it be poisoning?" Ji Qian immediately said.
"No, just in case, I fed him a Shennong Pill, but it had no effect." Zi Yun shook her head and sighed, "Now we can only wait for brother to wake up."
Everyone waited outside the ward patiently. Every second was torture for Su Qingyu. To her, Ye Shikai was a part of her; the incident happened too suddenly; she didn’t even have time to react.
"Boss is awake." At this moment, Worm shouted loudly. Everyone was just about to go in when Su Qingyu rushed ahead.
"Qingyu, where is this?" Ye Shikai opened his heavy eyelids, groggy as if he had just woken up from sleep, and when he reopened his eyes, Su Qingyu’s pretty face came into view.
"Finally, you’re awake." Su Qingyu said, immediately bursting into tears from excitement.
"This isn’t the Netherworld Palace, is it?" Ye Shikai shook his head and sat up from the bed, recognizing the place he was in only after his vision cleared.
"Boss, you’ve been unconscious for an entire afternoon. It’s good that you’re awake now." Worm gasped, as everyone had panicked when the news of Ye Shikai’s unconsciousness at the parachuting field spread.
"Why did I faint?" Ye Shikai struggled to recall the moments before he blacked out: the parachute jump, a surge of severe pain, and then...
"That’s what I’d like to know, too." At this moment, Ji Qian stepped forward from behind the crowd and sat next to Ye Shikai. "What’s really going on with your body?"
"My body, how would I know?" Seeing Ji Qian made Ye Shikai suddenly feel a chill down his spine. Perhaps it was due to the special relationship between them that whenever Ji Qian and Su Qingyu were both before him, he couldn’t help but feel terribly guilty.
"By the way, why are you here?" Ye Shikai asked curiously.
"It was... I asked her to come." Su Qingyu’s words shocked Ye Shikai even more, Ji Qian was summoned by Su Qingyu, his legitimate wife; wasn’t this asking for trouble?
"Your body shows no sign of any abnormalities, so what exactly is that pain about?" Ji Qian asked coldly, her face expressionless like a poker player’s.
"I really don’t know." Ye Shikai moved his body and found himself completely unscathed, the previous pain gone. Ji Qian’s words reminded him of his experiences over the past few days. Indeed, he’d felt a burst of intense pain each day, erratic in timing and location, once a day, and the pain intensified with each passing day. Today, it even caused him to faint.
"You should rest up these days, Brother. I’ll examine you more closely to see what’s wrong." Zi Yun suggested, for safety’s sake, they cancel the upcoming events.
"That’s a good idea, you should rest well these days." It seemed like Su Qingyu subconsciously blamed herself for Ye Shikai’s fainting, so when he passed out, aside from her anxiety about his condition and helplessness at not being able to assist, she also felt a deep sense of guilt.
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"Miss Ji, I’m really grateful that you came in time today." Outside the hospital room, Su Qingyu bowed deeply to Ji Qian.
"What are you doing? Get up quickly." Ji Qian quickly helped Su Qingyu up, her laugh seeming self-deprecating, "Perhaps I’m just used to it. Every time he said a word, Ghost would call me."
Hearing this made Su Qingyu feel uncomfortable, knowing that Ji Qian didn’t mean to provoke her. But the thought of their past made it difficult for Su Qingyu to let go of her grudge.
"Now it’s your turn to take care of him." Seemingly noticing Su Qingyu’s thoughts, Ji Qian whispered in her ear, patted her shoulder, and left...
As a husband, Ye Shikai had once rescued Su Qingyu from crisis and silently helped her overcome all difficulties. Now, Su Qingyu realized that it should be reciprocal; she also had a responsibility, to take care of Ye Shikai, to protect Ye Shikai.
"Honey, I must have scared you today." Ye Shikai, eating the apple that Su Qingyu had peeled for him, noticed her gloomy face and thought she was in a bad mood. He started a conversation, trying to lighten the awkward atmosphere.