Chapter 3 Who Are You?

The experts of the General Hospital of Xindu First Military Region were busy in the operating room.

Huang Ruoyun had been sitting beside Lu Yiqian.

After all, Huang Ruoyun was just a young girl. She could have sought comfort from her family after experiencing a life-threatening event, but she chose to stay with Lu Yiqian. Though she didn't say a word, the others were touched by her kindness.

"Ruoyun, don't be so hard on yourself. We will take responsibility for it. Get yourself together!" Seeing how upset his granddaughter looked, Huang Bingtian patted her on the shoulder and said, "Lu Yao is the only family of Mr. Lu and he is still in the operating room now. So we must take good care of Mr. Lu. Do you understand?"

"Grandfather, it's all my fault. If I hadn't shaken off the bodyguards you and dad arranged for me and come to Shuangta to do that thing, it wouldn't have happened. I..."

Huang Ruoyun felt guilty and apologized for her petulance.

"Miss Huang, it's not your fault. Lu Yao just did what he thought he should do. No one wants to face the reality. But it's inevitable. Maybe it's his destiny. Don't blame yourself. I really appreciate you for giving him a chance to survive. How can we blame you?" Lu Yiqian said kindly though his eyes were red.

Though Lu Yiqian lived a poor life, he was a reasonable man.

Lu Yao was doing the right thing. As his godfather, he would support him.

Lu Yao was in critical condition. But fortunately, things just took a turn for the better.

What was more, Lu Yiqian's first impression of the Huang family was favorable, especially Huang Ruoyun. Though her families were high-ranking officials, she was not arrogant and petulant. In fact, Lu Yiqian was relieved to see that she was a kind-hearted girl.

That was enough. At least, Lu Yao saved a good person.

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"How's my son, doctor?"

About six hours later, the door of the operating room opened.

Director Lan and several old experts came out in a hurry without taking off their gloves.

"Fortunately, the operation went well. Lu Yao is getting stitched now. And he will come out in about half an hour. But he still needs to stay in the intensive care unit for a while. You can't see him during this time!" Director Lan said happily.

"Good! Thank you, Director Lan!"

Hearing the good news, Lu Yiqian and Huang Bingtian sighed with relief.

At last, Huang Ruoyun could relax.

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...

In a strange space

There was no sunlight, no temperature, or no object. It was just like the vacant space of the universe.

"Where... Where am I? Hello, is there anyone there? Godfather! Godfather, where are you?"

Lu Yao was not sure how long he slept before he woke up. He opened his eyes to look for his godfather.

However, he could see nothing. He felt it was like the end of the world and he was the only one left in the world.

Never in his life had he felt so abandoned. He started to yell desperately.

"Master, is that you? You finally wake up. I've been waiting for you for countless eras!"

Suddenly, an excited voice sounded in Lu Yao's head.

"Who's talking?"

Hearing this, Lu Yao instantly maintained sharp vigilance and stayed alert to his surroundings.

After taking a few breaths, Lu Yao looked around but found nothing.

"Master, don't you remember me? I'm Li Jiang!"

"Li Jiang? I don't know you. Where are you? Why can't I see you?"

Instead of answering Lu Yao's question, the person muttered to himself.

"Well, so many eras have passed. You definitely won't remember me. Alas!"

That was not what Lu Yao wanted to hear. So he became more cautious.

But the voice didn't sound again for a long time.

The dead silence reigned all round again.

"You haven't answered my question. Who are you? Where am I?" Lu Yao still tried to ask that person.

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Lu Yao had been in the intensive care unit for two days and one night. A young nurse named Li Ying was on duty tonight.

"The patient is talking?"

Though she was young, Li Ying had worked in the intensive care unit of the General Hospital of Xindu First Military Region for seven or eight years. So she was an experienced nurse.

As soon as she completed the handover with her colleague, she heard Lu Yao muttering on the hospital bed. She immediately put her ear down to his mouth. But she couldn't hear clearly what he said no matter how hard she tried.

Since the patient named Lu Yao was sent to the intensive care unit, Director Lan and several well-known old experts of the hospital had been here many times and urged them to pay close attention to this patient.

Hearing Lu Yao muttering something unintelligible, she immediately ran to the nurse's station to report.

Before long, the intensive care unit was full of people.

For the first time, Lu Yiqian followed Director Lan and others into the ward. When he saw that Lu Yao, who was lying on the bed and still not fully awake, had a good complexion, he finally sighed with relief.

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The next day, Lu Yao finally woke up.

The doctors had lost no time in performing a variety of medical screenings. The tests showed nothing wrong. So they transferred Lu Yao to the recovery intensive care unit arranged in advance by Huang Bingtian.

"Godfather, I'm sorry for making you worried!"

Lu Yiqian sat down beside the bed, holding Lu Yao's hand tightly. He stared at Lu Yao with joy for fear he might not see him again in the future.

"It's OK. As long as you're fine, I will be relieved!"

"Lu Yao, how do you feel? Is there anything wrong with you?"

After waking up, Lu Yao only cared about his godfather. He didn't see the girl of his age standing behind Lu Yiqian until Huang Ruoyun asked him.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Huang Ruoyun. You saved me. Don't you remember me?"

Hearing what she said, Lu Yao remembered that he did save a girl.

But Lu Yao hardly had time to look at her face carefully at that time. He only remembered that the girl was wearing a white dress and her hair was tied back in a ponytail.

Today he could look at her more carefully. Huang Ruoyun was about 1.7 meters tall. She wore a pink tracksuit and her long smooth hair hung down upon her shoulders, shining like a waterfall. Her eyes were big and her skin was tender. When she smiled, her dimples showed. Lu Yao felt that she was just like a fairy.

"Do you remember that?"

Realizing that Lu Yao was looking at her, Huang Ruoyun said with shyness.

"Oh, oh, perhaps... Are you all right?"

Lu Yao also realized that he was a bit impolite. So he replied incoherently and quickly turned aside to hide his blushes.

"Lu Yao, it was Ruoyun who stayed with me and took care of you and me while you were in the coma. If it weren't for her, I couldn't have come through this!"

Seeing that they were embarrassed, Lu Yiqian quickly interrupted to break the ice.

While they were talking, Li Ying, the nurse, came to the ward.

"Lu Yao, how do you feel? I come to see you on behalf of the doctors and nurses of the intensive care unit."

Li Ying took a small notebook and wrote on it, looking at the medical devices beside Lu Yao.

"I feel much better, thank you!"

"That's good. You're in a good condition. If I hadn't seen it myself, I would never have believed it!" Li Ying smiled and continued, "Mr. Lu, you haven't had a rest for more than 30 hours. You should take a rest. His girlfriend will stay here! I gotta go. If the patient doesn't feel well, you can come to me."

Huang Bingtian had been busy these days, so he couldn't spend much time in the hospital. It was Huang Ruoyun who stayed with Lu Yiqian and took care of Lu Yao. So Li Ying mistakenly believed that Huang Ruoyun was Lu Yao's girlfriend.

Li Ying's words made Lu Yao and Huang Ruoyun blush with embarrassment.

"Godfather, you should take a rest. I'm fine. I feel very good now. Maybe when you wake up, we can leave the hospital and go home!"

"That's right. Mr. Lu, you need to have a rest!"

They both persuaded Lu Yiqian.

"Well, I'm really a little tired. Lu Yao, have a good rest. I'll go to sleep in the inner room for a while!"

Lu Yiqian had been worried about Lu Yao and could hardly sleep these days. Now, Lu Yao looked well. So he agreed to take a rest.

"Miss Huang, you need to have a rest, too. Thank you for taking care of us these days."

"Well, OK! Have a good rest. I'll come to see you later! By the way, we are about the same age. You can call me Ruoyun in the future. Don't call me Miss Huang again, Ok?"

After Lu Yiqian went to the inner room, Huang Ruoyun didn't know how to get along with Lu Yao, so she simply swam with the current and left.

Now, only Lu Yao was in the ward.

Lu Yao was still in a state of shock when he thought of the weird thing.

Master? Li Jiang?

What was that?

After thinking for a while, Lu Yao had a little headache and became sleepy instead of figuring out what happened.

Before he finally drifted off to sleep, Lu Yao seemed to see a person passing by the door.

But he was so sleepy that he failed to see the person's face clearly no matter how hard he tried.