There are bags in Yang Lulu's both hands. She came towards me and sat beside me, then took out one pair of slippers from the bag she brought and said, "Shiza, wear this."
I got shocked immediately and asked her, "Why are you giving me this pair of slippers?"
"Because the moment you arrived here, you were barefoot," she said.
Then I looked down at my feet and genuinely, I am barefoot. Yang Lulu said, "You came here barefoot all the way and you didn't realise it? Didn't you feel the pain? I mean, how were you able to come like this?"
I went silent, because the question she asked me… I didn't have answers for it.
I took a deep sigh and said, "My legs are numb. I didn't feel anything. Not at that time when I came here, not even now."
Yang Lulu put down the slippers in front of me, then I wore them.
"Zhao Shiza, be aware. The weather is changing very frequently in Shanghai, and today you came all the way running, walking, going here and there barefoot. You might catch a cold."
I nodded my head.
Yang Lulu took out the CŌNG YÓU BÀN MIAN from another bag she brought and said, "Please eat something, Shiza. Look at your face, it's looking so pale. You are out of energy. Please eat something, you need strength."
I said, "Xièxiè, Yang Lulu, for thinking this much about me, but trust me, I don't feel like eating anything right now. I am not hungry. But thanks for your kind behaviour towards me. And one more thing, Yang Lulu… you came here just because of me at this hour of night, I think you should go back to your home."
Yang Lulu said, "But how can I leave? Look at you. I can't leave you like this here. You are emotionally so high and impulsive at this time. I don't know when you'll get angry on anybody. I can't, I am not leaving," she said.
I held her hands in mine and said, "Look, Yang Lulu, whatever you did for me today… I am grateful to you. If you hadn't come here, then I wouldn't have known where Xu Yuan is admitted. You helped me a lot today. But now I don't need any help from you. You go home, please."
She took a deep breath and said, "We are not only colleagues, Zhao Shiza. We are friends also, isn't it?"
She asked while looking into my eyes.
She continued, "So how can I leave my friend in this situation when she needs me the most? Tell me, if your friend were here, then would you ask her to leave you?"
I nodded my head and said, "No."
"Then please don't ask me to leave. Look at you, it's not convenient to leave you now. What if you bring up one more fight with someone like before?" She laughed while saying this to me.
I also laughed a little after hearing this.
Then something unpleasant happened. My vision started getting blurred. The corridor became dark, and the sounds and noises of everyone went silent. It felt like I went into a deep sleep.
I opened my eyes, and there was the smell of medicines and glucose everywhere. My eyes fluttered a little and then I saw a plain white ceiling.
I opened my eyes fully — it's a hospital room.
I immediately tried to get up and sit, but Yang Lulu was sitting beside my bed on a chair. She put her hand on my back and helped me lie down on the bed again.
Then Doctor Qi came into the room holding reports in his hands. Before he said anything, I asked him, "What happened, Doctor Qi? Did Xu Yuan come into his conscious state? Is he awake? How's his internal shoulder injury that you were talking about? Did you check it?"
I asked all these questions nonstop to Doctor Qi, but he didn't give me answers to any of them, and it made me frustrated.
He moved his steps towards Yang Lulu and said, "She… her sugar level went down due to stress and a lot of emotional breakdown. Her body couldn't handle it and just gave out," while handing the reports to Yang Lulu.
I interrupted him and asked, "Whose sugar level went down?"
Doctor Qi looked at me and said, "Who is lying on the hospital bed now?"
I looked down at myself.
Then he said, "That's why… that's why I was saying this to you at the time when you came here, that we need to put one more bed here. And look, here you are — you proved me right. Look, young lady, my experience is more than your age, and it's never wrong."
I looked at Yang Lulu and held her hand.
"What happened to me? How did I come here?" I asked.
Yang Lulu bent down a little and said in my ear so only I could hear it, "You fainted while talking to me and fell on my shoulder, so I picked you up and brought you here."
My eyes widened. I was a little shocked hearing the words from her — "picked up me here".
I asked again, "You picked me up?"
She said, "Yes, don't worry. You are light in weight and I carried you easily here," she smiled while saying this.
I looked down at myself and whispered softly to myself, "It's so embarrassing… how could I…"
Then Doctor Qi said, "Look, at this time you need to think about Mr. Xu Yuan's condition, but you yourself are lying on the hospital bed. In this state, you are going to take care of him?" he asked in a slightly angry tone.
I looked down at myself.
Yang Lulu and Doctor Qi went outside the room. Before leaving, she said to me, "I'll come within 5 minutes. Be here and take rest, okay?" Then she left the room with Doctor Qi.
I took my phone, placed on the side table of my hospital bed, and opened Weibo.
There was news everywhere about his accident. Every fan of him praying for him in the comment section.
Tears started splashing from my eyes.
My breathing became uneven.
I immediately opened his account on Weibo and opened my favourite photo of him, bringing the phone near my eyes — just like he is seeing me through the phone, right in front of me.
And I said…