Hearing the commotion in the ward, Kuang Ming and the other two thought something had happened and rushed in.
Then...
they saw Xu Gui kneeling upright beside the bed, one hand tightly gripping the bed railing at the foot of the bed, and she seemed to be gently gasping for breath.
The three of them: "..."
At this moment, the atmosphere in the ward suddenly became silent.
"What are you doing?" Kuang Ming asked uncertainly, "Is this some kind of unique performance art?"
Xu Gui, who had actually tripped over her own foot, was speechless. "
I... I just wanted to see what the view from below this ward was like," Xu Gui said stubbornly, feeling a little embarrassed. After a couple of dry laughs, she said, "The hospital floor is quite clean, isn't it?"
Jin Hong, unsure how to smooth things over, whispered, "The hospital on Jinding Mountain is indeed quite nice. I saw the cleaning lady mopping it several times a day."
Xu Gui, as if she had found a kindred spirit, said, "Right? I was wondering why the floor was so clean. It turns out the cleaning lady is so diligent, haha..."
Jin Hong, unsure of what to say next, also laughed, "Haha!"
Kuang Ming, listening to the two of them laughing, felt extremely annoyed in the quiet ward. He
thought to himself: These two, one dares to speak, and the other dares to agree. Their conversation sounds really stiff and strange.
"You should get up first." He reached out to help Xu Gui up, his expression somewhat helpless. If he still couldn't tell that Xu Gui had fallen by now, he'd be a fool—what a lame excuse about being curious about the view from the hospital room floor. Xu Gui
stood up with a stiff face, but as she stood, she couldn't help but grimace and rub her knee—it really hurt QAQ.
Yuan Lu reached out to support her, asking softly, "Teacher Xu, are you alright?"
Xu Gui replied, "I'm fine, I'm very strong."
Yuan Lu: ...Are you really that strong?
Beside them, Kuang Ming said goodbye to Jin Hong, "Then we'll be going now. If you need any help from us later, Mr. Jin, you can call me." While Xu Gui was alone with Jin Cancan in the hospital room, he had already exchanged contact information with Jin Hong.
Jin Hong saw them out, thanking them repeatedly with genuine gratitude. He bowed deeply to Xu Gui, saying, "...Thank you so much, Miss Xu, for what happened to my daughter Can Can. Thank you, thank you so much!"
He looked ashamed, regretting his family's poor financial situation. Even though he wanted to thank Xu Gui, he didn't know how, so he could only keep saying thank you.
The pain in Xu Gui's knee had subsided slightly. She looked at Jin Hong and said, "No need for thanks. Just take good care of your daughter; that's the greatest gratitude you can give me."
Jin Hong nodded, "I will!"
He saw Xu Gui and the others to the elevator, watching the doors open and close before turning back to the ward. Back in the ward, he peeked at his daughter on the bed and found she was already asleep.
Jin Hong was somewhat surprised. He slowly walked to the bedside and sat down, looking at the sleeping Jin Can Can, his expression becoming worried.
He was worried and afraid that his daughter would be awakened by nightmares again after falling asleep. Although Jin Cancan always pretended to be fine after waking up, what could her pale face and slightly trembling body hide?
Jin Hong rubbed his face, waiting for the moment his daughter would be awakened by nightmares. However, to his surprise, ten minutes passed, then twenty minutes, and Jin Cancan on the hospital bed was not awakened by nightmares. Instead, she suddenly started giggling. Jin Hong
: ??
He couldn't help but widen his eyes.
At this moment, Jin Cancan, who had fallen into a deep sleep, was indeed dreaming, but it was a strange and beautiful dream?
She still dreamed of the scene on Golden Peak Mountain, but this time, the cold dream seemed to have changed... The cold, damp ground filled with the smell of rotting fallen leaves had become a soft, plush carpet, and the insects crawling on her body had become a long-haired, soft cat.
No child can resist the allure of a fluffy kitten, at least not Jin Cancan. Her eyes lit up when she saw a soft kitten clinging to her.
"Kitty!" she exclaimed, reaching out to hug the kitten close, feeling its soft fur.
The kitten looked up at her, making a soft, meowing sound. It even nuzzled her with its wet, soft mouth.
Jin Cancan couldn't help but laugh, "Giggle, giggle..."
Just then, she felt petals falling around her. She looked up and exclaimed in amazement, "Wow!"
She saw the tall, dark trees around her transform into clusters of flowering trees—red, pink, even rainbow-colored. A gentle breeze blew, and the petals fluttered down like a vibrant rain of petals.
"Wow..."
Jin Cancan exclaimed again, hugging the kitten.
The soft carpet was covered in petals, and she rolled around on the fragrant carpet, laughing happily.
"...
Giggle..."
In reality, Jin Hong looked at his daughter, who suddenly laughed in her sleep, feeling both shocked and overjoyed.
This was the best sleep Jin Cancan had had since being rescued; she slept for a full day and night, so long that her father became worried, fearing something might have happened to her. He brought the hospital doctor to check on her several times, finally concluding that she was simply asleep.
"...But she's slept for so long, is that normal?" Jin Hong worried. "She's never slept this long before."
The doctor replied, "For a patient, such deep sleep is actually a good thing. Good sleep not only allows her mind to get enough rest but also promotes the healing of her wounds..."
Especially for Jin Cancan, who hadn't had a good night's sleep in a while, being able to get a full and restful night's sleep was a good thing in every way.
"Mr. Jin, you really don't need to worry too much," the doctor reassured Jin Hong.
Although Jin Hong nodded, her brows were tightly furrowed. Fortunately, after sleeping for a day and a night, she finally woke up on the second night. The first thing she said upon waking was,
"I'm so hungry... Dad! I'm so hungry!"
Jin Hong, somewhat surprised to see his daughter awake, didn't have time to say anything before running to the hospital cafeteria to buy food for Jin Cancan. When he returned, he fed her while listening to her tell him about her wonderful dream.
"...I dreamed of so many flowers! Every single one of them was so beautiful!"
"And a cat, a calico long-haired cat... Dad, you don't know how cute it is, with its long fur and big eyes, it even kissed me."
"And also, the carpet under me was super soft and smelled amazing, and it even carried me flying, carrying me so high and so high..."
Jin Cancan chattered excitedly. If she weren't in splints and confined to bed, she would surely be jumping around excitedly.
Looking at the completely gloomy expression on his daughter's face, Jin Hong was utterly shocked—just a day and a night ago, before she fell asleep, she had been incredibly depressed and withdrawn, looking extremely melancholic. Jin Hong had even feared she might commit suicide.
But after just one night's sleep, Jin Cancan's spirits had improved significantly… no, not just improved significantly, but practically returned to her pre-accident state—sunny and positive.
Jin Hong: Is this reasonable? Or rather, is this even possible?
After telling the doctor, Jin Hong said it was nothing short of a miracle. As the saying goes, physical injuries are easy to heal with medication, but mental health issues are much harder to treat. Otherwise, we wouldn't constantly hear news of children committing suicide due to mental health problems.
But now, Jin Cancan's spirits were completely transformed.
The doctor asked curiously, "What happened to the patient before this? Otherwise, how could her mental state change so drastically?"
Hearing this question, a figure flashed through Jin Hong's mind.
He thought of Xu Gui, who had said he wanted to spend time alone with his daughter that day, and how his daughter had suddenly fallen asleep after Xu Gui left. She had slept for a whole day and night, and when she woke up, her mental state was completely different…
At that moment, Jin Hong felt he understood something.
"No, nothing happened…" he said calmly to the doctor, shaking his head. "That day was no different from usual, except my Can Can slept for a very long time."
The doctor frowned and muttered, "That's strange… While good sleep can indeed restore a person's mental state, this effect is too good, isn't it?"
—Jin Can Can's condition wasn't just a recovery of her mental state; it was a complete cure.
Upon hearing the doctor's words, Jin Hong blinked nervously and asked, "So, my daughter's condition is a good thing, right?"
The doctor snapped out of his reverie and nodded, "Of course it's a good thing. At least for now, your daughter's mental state has completely returned to normal... However, just to be on the safe side, we still need to do a psychological evaluation for her later."
Jin Hong nodded, thanked the doctor, and then got up and left the doctor's office.
Once outside, he stood in the corridor, took a deep breath, and then quickly returned to his daughter's ward. There, Jin Cancan was watching cartoons, giggling with delight at the plot.
Seeing her father return, she turned her head slightly and happily called out, "Dad! You're back!"
Jin Hong smiled and nodded at her. He sat down by the bed, took an apple, and began peeling it. As he peeled, he hesitated before asking his daughter, "...Can Can, do you remember what happened on Golden Peak Mountain?"
Before, whenever he mentioned Golden Peak Mountain, Jin Can Can would react strongly—not with overt emotional outbursts, but with a barely suppressed fear that still emanated from her.
But this time, when he brought up Golden Peak Mountain again, Jin Can Can's expression was calm. She tilted her head slightly and said, "Yes, I remember," her tone quick and eager.
"You were so scared when we talked about what happened on Golden Peak Mountain before," Jin Hong asked tentatively. "Are you not scared now?"
Jin Cancan was taken aback, then said somewhat strangely, "Oh, I don't think I'm scared anymore..."
She clearly remembered what happened on Golden Peak Mountain, remembered all the terrible things that happened there, but thinking back, she didn't feel scared at all; instead, she felt quite relaxed.
Jin Cancan wanted to scratch her face, but her hand was in a splint.
"Hmm, this is really strange," she said seriously.
Looking at her reaction, Jin Hong's suspicions seemed to be confirmed. He smiled, and his slightly tense heart finally relaxed completely.
"Never mind, eat an apple. Daddy picked out the best apple for you..."
"Thank you, Daddy! Daddy, you're the best!"
The atmosphere in the ward was warm.
*
Meanwhile, the scene shifts back to when Xu Gui and the others left Jin Cancan's ward.
Xu Gui and the others took the elevator downstairs. In the hospital lobby, after Xu Gui nearly slipped on a banana peel that someone had carelessly thrown on the ground, and then almost got hit in the face by a bag someone had picked up, they finally walked out of the hospital safely.
Standing in the sunlight, Xu Gui felt a sense of rebirth.
"Why do I feel like you've suddenly become very unlucky?" Kuang Ming looked at her suspiciously.
Xu Gui's expression was pained as she said, "I feel the same way!"
Last time, her bad luck was just because Tang and Qiu spread rumors about her, and she wasn't physically harmed. But this time, it seemed like the opposite was true... Xu Gui felt that the latter made her even sadder. Xu Gui
frowned, feeling that she couldn't let this continue. She had to think of a way to stop being so unlucky.
"I've decided, I'm going to see my best friend!" she said seriously.
Kuang Ming asked in confusion, "...Your good friend? Who?"
Xu Gui clapped her hands and said confidently, "Of course, it's Mr. Lu Baiyi!"
Kuang Ming was puzzled again and asked her seriously, "Does Mr. Lu know that you two are good friends now?"—He had asked Yuan Lu before, and Xu Gui and Yuan Lu had only met a few times.
So, how did they become good friends in the blink of an eye?
Xu Gui replied, "It's okay. Even if we become good friends, we're still good friends!" So it's perfectly normal for her to ask her good friend for help when she needs it, right?
"Kuang Ming, if you need anything, I can go by myself!" she said understandingly.
"...I'll take you there," Kuang Ming sighed, and then said, "Also, please call me Brother Kuang, or Brother Ming. I'm your manager, and I'm older than you, so you can show me more respect!"
Xu Gui casually replied, "Oh, I know."
Kuang Ming: ...It's obvious you didn't take my words to heart. The next time you see me, you'll definitely be calling me Kuang Ming again.
...
They were currently on Golden Peak Mountain, where there was a hospital. Although not very large, it was well-equipped and had all the necessary facilities. Because it catered to wealthy clients, the doctors were all top-tier professionals.
After all, how could wealthy people willingly pay if the doctors weren't renowned and influential?
So, after Jin Cancan was rescued, she was immediately taken to this hospital on Golden Peak. Now, it was very convenient for Xu Gui to find Lu Baiyi. In less than twenty minutes, they arrived at Lu Baiyi's villa.
Lu Baiyi was still home at that time. After Xu Gui and the others rang the doorbell, he came out to open the door.
Seeing Xu Gui and the others, Lu Baiyi was somewhat surprised. He glanced at Kuang Ming and Yuan Lu first, then fixed his gaze on Xu Gui, his expression seemingly puzzled. However, even so, he didn't ask why Xu Gui and the others had suddenly come. Instead, he simply opened the door and invited them in.
"Please come in!" he said.
After entering, Xu Gui waved to Kuang Ming and the others, indicating, "You guys go back first. I'll call you when I get back!"
—She felt that it was already impolite of her to bother Lu Baiyi, and bringing Kuang Ming and Yuan Lu, whom Lu Baiyi barely knew, would be even more impolite.
Therefore, it was better for her to visit alone.
Yuan Lu looked at Kuang Ming questioningly. Kuang Ming: "...Okay."
...
Xu Gui followed Lu Baiyi into the villa. This was her second time here, only three or four days apart, so the layout of the house was quite familiar to her.
Lu Baiyi gestured for her to sit down and poured her a cup of fruit tea he had made himself. He added two extra spoonfuls of honey as he poured it—he had noticed before that Xu Gui seemed to have a slightly sweet tooth.
Since the fruit tea was for his own consumption and was rather mild, he figured adding honey would be more to Xu Gui's liking.
Sure enough, Xu Gui took the tea, took a couple of sips, and said the sweetness was just right.
"Miss Xu, is there something you need from me?" Lu Baiyi asked.
Xu Gui looked up from her cup, her eyes slightly unfocused, and said, "I just came here to visit someone who's ill, and I also thought I'd come see you, Mr. Lu… After all, we're friends, right?"
She emphasized the word "friends."
Lu Baiyi smiled and nodded, "Yes, we're friends." They had met several times before.
Hearing his answer, Xu Gui felt relieved, confident that her next request was secure. She looked at Lu Baiyi and said, "Aren't you going to ask who I came up the mountain to see?"
Lu Baiyi then asked, "And who did Miss Xu come to see?"
Xu Gui relaxed a bit and said, "I came to visit the child I rescued a couple of days ago. Her father said that this incident may have left a deep shadow on her heart. After being rescued, she has nightmares every time she falls asleep and has basically never had a full night's sleep." "
The doctor said that under these circumstances, she is likely to develop certain psychological problems… and may even develop further psychological disorders later on."
The shadow could very well accompany this child for life.
Lu Baiyi listened intently to Xu Gui's words. After listening, he frowned and said, "Psychological problems are indeed difficult to treat, but the doctors at Golden Peak are all very skilled, Miss Xu, you don't need to worry too much."
Xu Gui replied, "I'm not too worried... because I've already cured her!"
Under Lu Baiyi's surprised gaze, Xu Gui said, "I shared a tiny bit of my luck with her, turning her painful memories of Golden Peak into a beautiful dream. In the future, when she recalls what happened on Golden Peak, she'll still remember what happened, but she won't remember the fear anymore."
"However..." Xu Gui's expression became troubled. She glanced at Lu Baiyi, then at him, and said meaningfully, "After I shared my luck with her, my luck turned bad. You have no idea how many things happened to me when I left the hospital!"
"First I slipped and fell in the ward, then I stepped in water and almost slipped again, and someone carrying my bag almost hit my face..."
Anyone hearing Xu Gui's story today would think she was incredibly unlucky, but Xu Gui's tone remained calm, as she had anticipated this possibility before she did what she did.
Lu Baiyi, after hearing Xu Gui's story, had a sudden realization; he seemed to know why Xu Gui had come to him.
"...So, is there anything I can do to help?" he asked with a smile. Before Xu Gui could speak, he proactively extended his hand to her, asking gently, "If I let you hold my hand again, like last time, to borrow my luck, would that stop you from being so unlucky?"
Hearing his words, Xu Gui looked at him in surprise and whispered, "You know what I want to do?"
That's right, all that talk and buildup was to absorb Lu Baiyi's luck. After all, his luck was so strong that absorbing a little wouldn't matter much; he could replenish it later.
Lu Baiyi said, "I'm just guessing. After all, practice makes perfect."
Xu Gui was a little embarrassed.
"Although I don't know how lucky I am..." Lu Baiyi offered her his hand, saying, "But if my luck can help you, that would be wonderful."
Xu Gui glanced at him, sensing his seriousness, took a deep breath, and reached out to take his hand.
"Thank you, Mr. Lu." She thanked him and then praised him, "Mr. Lu, you're such a kind person! No wonder you're so lucky. You must have been a good person in your past life! That's why you've accumulated so much good fortune."
She praised him earnestly and sincerely.
Lu Baiyi was amused by her words. He looked at the hand that Xu Gui was holding, his gaze stiffly shifting to the side. His fingers twitched, and he tried hard to suppress the urge to move his hand.
The feeling of Xu Gui's hand on his was just too vivid.
Unlike his cold, hard, and large hands, Xu Gui's hands were small and soft. Falling into his hands felt like a cloud—soft, light, and warm, with an extremely strong presence.
Lu Baiyi suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. The last time he held hands with a girl like this (it was just Xu Gui holding his hand) was... oh, that was also with Xu Gui.
In short, before this, he only held hands with girls like this during class team-building activities in school.
Lu Baiyi: ...It feels a little strange, my hands feel itchy.
"...By the way, Miss Xu, you said you came to N province to work. What kind of work is it?" Lu Baiyi started to find topics to chat with Xu Gui.
Xu Gui, who was trying to attract good luck, said: "Ah, this...it's like working as a celebrity. Do you know the brand 'fashion'?"
Lu Baiyi hesitated for a moment, then apologized: "Sorry, I'm not familiar with that brand."
Hearing this, Xu Gui wasn't angry.
"Oh, it's okay, because I didn't know this brand before!"
"…Pfft."
Lu Boyi was suddenly amused by Xu Gui's words. He said, "So, Miss Xu, is your work this time related to this brand?"
"Yes." Xu Gui nodded and said, "They want me to be their autumn new product model. I came to N Province this time for this photoshoot. By the way, the person in charge of my photoshoot, my agent, is very famous internationally!"
"His name is Mom Bell!"
"Mom Bell?" Lu Boyi's face showed a look of realization. "Is he that very famous photographer from Y country?"
Xu Gui looked at him with surprise: "You know him?"
Lu Boyi nodded and said, "My family has business dealings with the Bell family in Y country. I have met Mr. Bell before and seen his work. His photos are very inspired."
Spiritual energy is something ethereal and intangible, but once you see someone's work, you'll definitely understand the meaning of those two words.
Xu Gui was a little curious: "Is the Bell family very powerful?" She had been curious about this before.
Lu Baiyi said: "The Bell family is considered a major noble family in Y country..."