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The man's deep, slightly hoarse voice seemed to have some strange, magical effect.

This gave Jiang Mian a sense of peace amidst her hazy, confused state.

She moved her hand slightly.

Song Xu said from the side, "Hey, tell her not to move her hand."

Jiang Mian's hand, which suffered an open fracture, was fitted with an external fixator. It looked as if her entire forearm was surrounded by steel wires and iron rings, making it impossible for her to move.

The injury to his other hand was better, but it was no joke that all his nails had been torn off, and his fingers were wrapped in gauze.

At that moment, her fingers, which were wrapped in gauze, twitched slightly.

Lu Bozhou stood by the bed and reached out his hand after hearing Song Xu's words.

He gently pressed his long, slender fingers against the back of her hand, trying to stop her from moving.

But without realizing it, the woman turned her hand over and grasped his fingers.

Song Xu raised an eyebrow. "What kind of new braking system is this?"

Lu Bozhou frowned imperceptibly, and tried to pull his fingers back slightly, but couldn't.

Moreover, the woman even frowned in her sleep.

"Never mind, don't move either." Song Xu moved a chair to the bedside for Lu Bozhou to sit on. "The anesthesia is probably wearing off and she's starting to feel pain. She should wake up soon."

Lu Bozhou glanced at the fingers wrapped in gauze that were holding his hand.

The bandages wrapped around the knuckles of his hands created a strange harmony.

He hesitated for a moment, then stopped moving his hand and let her hold it.

Without saying a word, he sat down in the chair.

Song Xu said, "I just heard Song Xun say that the person has been found?"

"Hmm." Lu Bozhou's eyes were cold, and a slight smile appeared on his lips. "That person went back to the scene afterward, probably thinking that the more dangerous the place, the safer it is."

Song Xu looked at Lu Bozhou's usually expressionless face, and then at the curve of his lips.

His gaze held a hint of worry; the sight of Lu Bozhou's blood-dripping hands had left Song Xu with lingering fear.

"Bo Zhou, are you alright?"

"fine."

Song Xu hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Now that the person has been found, should we hand them over to the police for processing?"

Lu Bozhou chuckled softly, but there was no smile in his expression; it was as cold as ice.

"I'll handle it myself first before handing it over to them."

Hearing Lu Bozhou's words, Song Xu felt uneasy and said, "Let Song Xun handle it."

After Song Xu finished speaking, he saw Lu Bozhou's lips curl into a cold smile, "Your brother's personality is such that he can't handle this kind of thing."

Moreover, he didn't intend to let Song Xun handle it.

They've even targeted Lu Chaochi. If he, as the father, continues to remain silent, he might as well quit being a father and become a turtle instead.

Hearing Lu Bozhou's words, Song Xu became even more worried about his condition.

All I could do was advise, "In short, you... take it easy and calm down. You know your own situation."

"Hmm." Lu Bozhou lowered his eyes to look at the gauze on his finger bone, a slight pursed lip that seemed to carry a hint of self-mockery. "I know it very well."

……

When Jiang Mian woke up, she felt terrible pain all over her body.

The faint smell of disinfectant lingering in her nostrils made her realize that she must be in a hospital.

Before I could even open my eyes, I heard a conversation next to me.

It sounds like two nurses are talking.

"The injuries are too terrible. I heard she was just the nanny of the young master of the Lu family, and she did this to protect the child. There are still many good people in the world."

The other nurse sighed after hearing this.

“Good people don’t necessarily get good rewards. These wealthy families are very suspicious. They might suspect that she deliberately staged this whole thing to blackmail her for something in return.”

"No way? That's outrageous! It's ridiculous!"

"Those rich people have dirty minds."

As the nurse was speaking, she met Jiang Mian's open eyes.

Jiang Mian's eyes, due to the ruptured blood vessels in her conjunctiva, now appeared dark red, as if the whites of her eyes were soaked in blood.

It startled the nurse!

"Oh dear!" A nurse gently patted his chest. "You're awake? Is anything bothering you?"

Another nurse quickly said, "Wait a moment, I'll go get the doctor."

Jiang Mian opened her mouth slightly, but no sound came out.

"Your voice might be hoarse, have some water." The nurse put a straw in a glass of water and handed it to Jiang Mian's lips.

Jiang Mian took a few sips, and then the doctor came in from the doorway.

"Awake?" Song Xu entered, wearing a white coat. "How are you feeling?"

When Jiang Mian saw Song Xu, her eyes immediately became somewhat anxious.

"Little Stone..." Her voice was so hoarse, as if it had been sanded, that she couldn't stop.

"Don't worry, he's safe and sound."

Song Xu's words relieved Jiang Mian. In her previous life, she had died without a trace, not even remembering what had happened to her child.

After being reborn, I was almost scared to death by those alarmist news reports, thinking that my child had died along with me.

Having learned from this experience, Jiang Mian made a point of remembering that the child was not injured before losing consciousness this time.

Therefore, he even clearly remembered smelling that familiar scent of ebony and sandalwood before losing consciousness.

However, upon waking up, I wasn't sure what had happened.

Is it real, or an illusion?

It wasn't just the familiar scent I smelled when I was rescued from the garbage dump.

And... Jiang Mian's gaze fell on her hand, where her five fingers were bound.

It's as if I can still vaguely remember whose hand this hand was holding before.

"You should worry about yourself," Song Xu said helplessly. "What were you thinking, putting your hand in there? Do you know what that machine is for?"

Everyone has a tendency to escape to some extent, and Jiang Mian is no exception.

The time for courage has passed. She has actually been somewhat deceiving herself and running away all along.

He didn't even dare to look away from his right hand.

Hearing Song Xu's words, Jiang Mian felt even colder: "A machine for compressing metal waste."

"There is actually a small gap in the machine's pressure plate. If it were a small hand with a small stone, it might not get hurt. But an adult's hand is not so lucky."

"You had surgery on your hand and had external fixation. This thing that looks like a steel cage is the external fixation brace. You can remove it once you've recovered a bit."

Jiang Mian breathed a sigh of relief. "So... I can keep my hand, right?"

She then cautiously glanced at her right hand; the steel cage-like thing looked rather frightening.

"Now you're scared?" Song Xu sighed. "You could have avoided this suffering. Do you regret it now?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Mian gently shook her head. "What if? I dare not gamble. He's still young, with a bright future ahead of him. What if something happens to his hand?"

Upon hearing this, Song Xu couldn't help but glance at her a few more times.

She thought to herself, "She's still young, she has a bright future ahead of her."

"In short, it will take some time to recover, but things will get better."

"Thank you, doctor." Jiang Mian hesitated for a moment, then asked softly, "Excuse me... do you know who saved me?"

Are those familiar things just an illusion?