Wang Ruoxi continued on the call and said, "Zhao Shiza, have you opened Weibo?" she asked.
"No," I said. "What happened? Tell me." I got a little confused hearing her tone.
"Actually… Xu Yuan met with an accident while returning to his home and is currently in the hospital. I don't know—" and the moment I listened to what she said, I cut her call immediately and immediately called Yang Lulu.
She picked the call, thankfully.
I asked, "Hello, Yang Lulu, what happened?"
"Shiza, why are you sounding so tensed?" she asked.
I said, "Do you know in which hospital Xu Yuan got admitted?"
"Relax, Shiza. I'll find it, don't worry. Give me a few minutes. Actually, I got to know about this from you only just now. Give me a few minutes, I'll let you know," then she cut the call.
After 5 minutes, a message came on my WeChat. It was from Yang Lulu. She gave me the location of the hospital where he is admitted.
I didn't take a minute and just ran out of the dorm. I started running on the roads of Shanghai and opened my phone to book a cab, but all drivers were busy. It was showing this on my screen. Then, while running, I reached the bus stop finally, and luckily the bus was already there. I immediately got into the bus. The bus started moving.
I opened my phone to check the location—
No.
It was showing 40 minutes to reach there.
In this whole 40-minute bus ride, it felt like my heart would stop beating at any time.
But finally, I reached the destination, and the bus stopped. I got outside the bus and, holding my phone in my hand, I started running on the roads because the bus didn't take me directly to the hospital, and the hospital was 15 minutes away.
"Yes, I can reach there by walking," I said to myself.
I ran as fast as I could. I didn't feel anything in my legs. The only thing I felt was that I needed to reach there. I ran the fastest, the most fastest I have ever run in my whole life. It felt like running in China's Olympics.
Finally, I saw the lights of the hospital there—its name flashing in broad capital letters: Huashan Hospital.
I saw the name above and immediately entered the hospital.
I didn't know where I had to go because I haven't visited any hospital since childhood. I get scared. I have a fear of visiting hospitals. That's why bàba never takes me to any hospital. But today, for the first time, I was stepping into a hospital.
I didn't know where to go. There were a lot of people crying and praying for their loved ones. Some doctors and nurses were running while holding stretchers. I was seeing all this for the first time.
Then I found the reception.
I went there and said, "Excuse me…"
But I stopped.
My voice wasn't coming out of my throat. I wasn't able to speak.
The receptionist herself said, "Ma'am, please relax. Take a deep breath. Everything will be fine."
Then finally, my voice came out of my throat and I said, "Xu Yuan has recently been admitted to this hospital. It's an accident case. Can you please tell me in which room he is?"
"The actor Xu Yuan?"
"Yes, ma'am, he is admitted here, but I can't tell you. It's against our policy," she said.
"Please, I am not someone you are assuming. Please, please let me know." I joined my hands in front of her and said, "I am begging you. Please, please."
Then suddenly I felt a hand on my back. I turned around — it was Yang Lulu.
She said to the receptionist, "We are Xu Yuan's team. Please cooperate."
The receptionist immediately said, getting a little panicked, "Sorry for causing trouble. He is admitted on the third floor, room number 2129."
The moment I heard it, I immediately ran toward the stairs without waiting for Yang Lulu to come with me.
I reached the floor.
2129.
There were a lot of guards and security outside his room.
I tried to step into the room, but one of the guards held my arm and stopped me.
"No one is allowed here," he said.
I started struggling, but he didn't leave my arm, not letting me inside.
Then a voice came from behind:
"Please let her in. She is his female co-actress in his upcoming drama. Please cooperate. We are from his new drama team."
Yang Lulu said this to the guard who was holding my arm.
He immediately left my arm, and I ran into the room.
I saw Xu Yuan lying pale on the bed. His hair was quite messy. His charming eyes were closed today. Something in me had already stopped.
I went near him and knelt down on the floor beside his bed. The machine sounds were everywhere in the room. I held his hand with my shivering hands and started crying while putting my other hand on my mouth.
"Xu Yuan… what happened to you? Please wake up. I have never even watched you in a drama lying in a hospital or like this… then how could you think I can watch you like this with my own eyes? I cannot. Please, Xu Yuan, wake up, please. I know I hurt you today. I had no right to hurt you… but what should I do? Tell me…"
I started crying even more.
Then I heard a few footsteps approaching towards me.
I turned around and looked up…