The terrible thing is that she can't control her body now.
The cold water made her calves twitch even more violently. She lost her balance and was about to sink after rolling a few times in the water.
It was getting darker and darker in front of her eyes. She tensed her calves but couldn't muster any strength.
Mu Li... Mu Li...
Lin Qing shouted in her heart, unable to utter a word. She couldn't help but get nervous, and her saliva choked and flowed into her lungs.
This time, she completely lost the strength to fight back.
Mu Li...
Lin Qing opened her lips, wanting to call out his name.
Even just once, let her call his name again...
I don't know when my body became extremely light, as if I had fallen into the clouds.
In the dream, someone was calling me constantly.
"Lin Qing... Lin Qing!" The man's tone was too anxious, covering up the shock brought by the sexy and charming voice.
However, if Lin Qing were to choose, she might prefer to see him anxious.
She didn't know that those bloodshot eyes were staring at her nervously at this moment, as if they were never willing to look away.
"Lin Qing!" Mu Li carried her ashore and called softly in her ear.
Lin Qing!
In the master bedroom, the windows were closed.
The air was motionless, filled with a sense of oppression and urgency.
The doctor answered Mu Li's question for the fifteenth time: "She's fine. She just went into the water with a fever, and her calf cramped. She was so nervous that she fell into a deep sleep."
Mu Li did not respond, his eyes were always fixed on Lin Qing.
"When will you wake up?" Mu Li's voice was slightly hoarse.
The doctor rolled his eyes behind his back: "I don't know."
Mu Li was displeased, frowned and pulled the doctor in front of him: "When will she wake up?"
The anger in his eyes swept over him.
The doctor gave him an unpleasant look and broke free: "I really don't know. It depends on her. Some people can wake up in a short while, while others need to sleep for a day or two."
This statement is not a lie.
Mu Li pursed his lips, the lines of his chin were tense.
He looked very bad.
"Mr. Mu, although I shouldn't say such things, it's all you who caused Madam to become like this. If she died today, it would also be because of you." The doctor suddenly said while sorting out Lin Qing's clothes, with the courage he got from nowhere.
Mu Li's eyes narrowed.
After all, this doctor is also a woman, and she sympathizes with Lin Qing from the bottom of her heart. If her husband was so cruel and heartless, she would have broken up with him long ago.
Mu Li said nothing, which only fueled the doctor's sense of justice: "Your attitude towards Madam these past few days has made me, an outsider, feel uncomfortable, not to mention her. Her health is already poor, and you ordered her not to enter the house. I think no woman can stand this."
Not to mention that he touched Lin Qing without restraint that night after she had just undergone emergency treatment, and asked the doctor to convey such hurtful words.
"Do you think I've gone too far?" Mu Li's eyes darkened and his voice was cold.
The doctor was depressed.
She didn't know whether it was excessive or not. Lin Qing was covered with bruises at this moment, but she didn't know who it was for.
Lin Qing's arm hit something while struggling in the water, and there were small wounds on it.
The doctor applied medicine to Lin Qing and put her wounded arm back into the quilt. Halfway through, he paused, subconsciously glanced at Mu Li, and then continued to cover her with the quilt.
Although Mu Li's eyes had never left Lin Qing, he was still sensitive enough to notice the gaze at that moment. After making sure that Lin Qing was asleep, he slowly said, "Speak."
The doctor actually didn't want to say it.
In her opinion, Mu Li is definitely the most ruthless man in the world, no doubt about it.
However, under the invisible pressure, the doctor looked at Mu Li again and said calmly: "Her ring is missing."
That's why he rushed into the icy river like crazy, getting injured all over.
When the doctor was applying medicine to Lin Qing that day, he accidentally touched the ring. She remembered that Lin Qing was nervous at the time and carefully protected her hand. Later, Lin Qing smiled and said that this was designed by her husband personally for her, and there is only one in the world.
Lin Qing treasures that ring very much.
Mu Li’s gaze froze.
ring
He concealed the anger in his eyes, and despite the doctor's objection, he grabbed Lin Qing's right arm and looked closely at the slender fingers.
The ring on the ring finger that was glowing green was indeed gone.
At this moment, he remembered what Lin Qing said by the river -
"If I find it, will you love me?"
It was already midnight when Lin Qing woke up. The room was dark. She touched her finger out of habit, but the ring was gone.
I feel lost in my heart.
After a while, she regained some energy, half sat up on her elbows, and leaned against the head of the bed.
It was late at night and there was silence outside the half-open window.
To Lin Qing, this silence seemed to reveal a sense of despair.
Lin Qing remained silent and said nothing.
Just at this moment the doctor came in for a routine check-up and when he walked to the bedside he found that Lin Qing had woken up.
"You're finally awake." The doctor breathed a sigh of relief and smiled rarely. As he spoke, he tucked the quilt for Lin Qing.
"Where is Mu Li?" Lin Qing thought for a long time and finally asked.
Her last memory was the moment she was drowned by the river. Needless to say, she knew that it was Mu Li who saved her.
Even if he wanted her to die, he still saved her in the end. Lin Qing was filled with mixed emotions, and his heart was trembling slightly.
The doctor was angry and glared at Lin Qing: "He almost killed you, and you're still thinking about him?"
In her opinion, the sooner such a man is abandoned, the better. But she doesn't know the cause and effect.
Lin Qing's face was pale, but his sincere eyes were not affected at all: "I love him, who else should I think about if not him?"
She had never known before that saying she loved him could be so easy.
The doctor probably thought that Lin Qing had no chance of being saved. He sighed, checked her physical condition, and then gave her some additional instructions.
Before leaving, Lin Qing's light voice sounded again: "When will he... come back?"
The doctor was about to close the door, but turned around and shook his head when he heard this: "I don't know, Mr. Mu didn't explain."
It’s not so much that he didn’t give any explanation, but rather that he didn’t even say hello. When the doctor went to change Lin Qing’s dressing, he found that Mu Li had passed away at some point.
But she really couldn't say these words to Lin Qing.
The door of the master bedroom was gently closed, and the surroundings returned to silence. Lin Qing stared blankly at the darkness outside the window, feeling extremely heartbroken.
The ring is still lost.
There were tiny wounds on the tips of her ten fingers, which were carefully wrapped with gauze by the doctor. At this time, her left hand kept rubbing the base of her right ring finger, as if the ring was still there.
The moment the ring slipped off, her heart seemed to be washed away by the river. She knew that once she missed the opportunity, she would never be able to get the ring back.
Lin Qing closed his eyes slightly, and suddenly recalled the scene of seeing the ring in the water. It was clearly very close, and it was only one centimeter away...
But it was too late.
Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and hot and wet liquid slid down from the corners of her eyes.
Mu Li did not go home for the next week, and Lin Qing did not call him. However, the adjutant who followed Mu Li showed up on time every morning and went back late at night. Although the adjutant was not very talkative, Lin Qing could see that he was very caring towards her.
But every time he asked about Mu Li, the adjutant's face would become serious: "Madam, I don't know."
Over time, Lin Qing stopped asking any more questions.
The doctor stayed with Lin Qing as instructed until Lin Qing's health improved and his spirits and appetite were restored. Only then did the doctor prepare to go home.
"Thank you for your time during this period." Lin Qing wore a light pink long-sleeved shirt today, and looked much better.
The doctor's eyes flashed with sternness: "You must take good care of yourself, and don't expect me to accompany you next time."
They didn't know each other before, but they had a very pleasant time together these few days. Lin Qing could tell that the doctor seemed strict but actually cared about her, so she raised her eyes and smiled: "I will definitely listen to you."
The doctor was slightly relieved and said goodbye and left.
The adjutant did not show up today, and the house became empty again.
In the past, when Mu Li went on a mission, Lin Qing never felt lonely even though she was alone at home, because she knew that she was waiting for someone to come back. But now, she looked at the huge house, and a chill rose from the soles of her feet.
It's so cold.
The window of the living room was open, and the draft was quite strong. Lin Qing walked over and closed the window. When he turned around, he saw a plastic bucket at his feet, which contained the broken porcelain fragments.
It turns out it hasn’t been lost yet.
Lin Qing sighed silently in his heart, picked up the plastic bucket, put it at the door and planned to throw it out when he went out. Halfway through, his eyes fixed on another object in the bucket.
There was still a yellowish liquid attached to the inner wall of the transparent jar, the lid was not tightened, and a faint smell was emitted.
Lin Qing was slightly startled, and stared at it several times before she was sure that it was the can of lemon tea she made for Mu Li. However, there was not much left in it.
Have you drunk it all
Lin Qing was happy for a moment, but then he thought, Mu Li would never touch something of unknown origin. He probably opened it and took a look, then threw it all away because he thought it was strange.
She was only half right, in fact Mu Li had indeed drunk it.
That day she jumped into the river just to retrieve a ring. When Mu Li came back with her, wet and cold, he was furious. In order to calm him down, the doctor went to the refrigerator to see if there was anything to reduce fever. He saw the can of lemon tea and made a cup for Mu Li.
Mu Li drank half of it before he realized what it was and threw the cup to the ground. The lemon tea was sweet, but it tasted bitter in his mouth. He couldn't stand it, so he simply poured the rest of the lemon tea into the sink and threw the can into the trash can in the corner of the living room.
This made him feel better.
Lin Qing put the plastic bucket at the entrance, and when he turned around, someone knocked on the door.
Thinking that it was the adjutant who came here again on orders today, Lin Qing opened the door without asking a single question.
"Lin Qing?" The person at the door stopped still and was startled to see that it was Lin Qing who opened the door. "Are you feeling better?"
Lin Qing didn't expect Chen Qudong to come again.
"Senior..." She curled her lips lightly, "You are here."
Chen Qudong understood what she meant, and the worry in his eyes turned into a hint of self-mockery, "I'm not going in, I just want to see you."
No matter how far she pushed herself, she could not bear the deep longing in the end.
He never knew that he could think of someone like this, live for her, and die for her.