The commotion in the ward caught the attention of the resting doctors, and someone immediately called the police.
Seeing Hui Cheng being subdued by Yu Bai, Sheng Xing Ze's tense body suddenly relaxed, and then he felt a dull pain coming from his chest cavity. The wound on the back also seemed to be opened, and his whole back hurt fiercely.
Hui Cheng was quickly taken away by the police, Sheng Xing Ze was forced to have a full checkup after the incident, Yu Bai was still staying beside his bed, facing Sheng Xing Ze's pale and bloodless face. He did not stretch out his hand to caress Sheng Xing Ze's face like before, only stood beside him expressionlessly without even saying a word to the young man.
The on-call doctor happened to be Sheng Xing Ze's attending doctor. He stayed in the on-call room and was being attracted by the noise outside. When he walked out, he saw this special patient was in a dangerous situation.
He made sure to perform an X-ray on Sheng Xing Ze, looking at the film and let out a relieved sigh, "I say, what's the matter with you, does a public figure yourself really want to ruin your body like this? You said you want to recuperate, then you should take a good rest in the hospital. Now that you've caused such commotion, all your resting effort has just been in vain like that, not only you made the people at the hospital feel restless, you also caused your fans to worry."
Sheng Xing Ze opened his mouth wanting to say something, the doctor looked at him with squinting eyes, "Still want to quibble? Is it not painful when speaking? You brat, I'm asking you to shut up, take good care of your body, soon it will be the New Year, it's not fun to celebrate the New Year in the hospital, don't you think so?"
After he finished speaking, he turned to raise his chin at Yu Bai, who returned with a nodding "yes".
"You young people shouldn't keep relying on your unbeatable strength and not taking good care of your body..." The doctor followed them all the way until Sheng Xing Ze returned to the ward, he still stood by the bed and kept on nagging.
Yu Bai took the initiative to apologize to the doctor, promising that this situation would not happen again.
The attending doctor was being interrupted by Yu Bai and forgot what he was about to say, he glanced at the clock hanging on the wall and noticed the late hour so he stopped his nagging.
Yu Bai finally asked him a few questions about Sheng Xing Ze's condition, and the doctor answered them all to him in detail.
Sheng Xing Ze was lying on the bed, feeling that the sound of people talking was getting further and further away from him.
Just now he really thought that his life would end in Hui Cheng's hand, he had closed his eyes and made all preparations, but he was pulled up from the abyss in his most desperate state.
When he saw Yu Bai rushing into the room, a complex feeling raised within him that he did not know how to describe it.
Wanting to rely on him.
Sheng Xing Ze was taken aback by this sudden thought in his mind. He had been following the motto of independence and self-improvement for so many years. Relying on others was the lowest method that he would like to not have to use. But now, all of what he could think about was--relying on him.
After having a huge inner fight with himself, he could not help but pull on Yu Bai's cuff.
Yu Bai gently pulled his cuff from Sheng Xing Ze's hand and tugged Sheng Xing Ze's hand back into the quilt. He continued to talk to the doctor about Sheng Xing Ze's condition as if that little movement did not happen, he did not even look at Sheng Xing Ze.
Sheng Xing Ze felt lost looking at his hand, recalling that Yu Bai had not said a word to him since the man walked into the ward.
He touched his nose embarrassingly, thinking that he was done for, this time Yu Bai was really angry.
He anxiously waited for Yu Bai to finish talking with the doctor, and had prepped up a long speech to explain to Yu Bai why he did not let Mi He Qiu contact the man.
Yu Bai sent the attending doctor off, leaving only the two of them in the ward. Mi He Qiu left after Hui Cheng was taken away.
Sheng Xing Ze solitude waited for a very long time for this moment, facing Yu Bai's gaze, Sheng Xing Ze finally spoke, that long speech he had cooked up all this time had been forgotten, so he ended up spit out a few words dryly, "That...I didn't mean to hide it from you on purpose." Sheng Xing Ze thought for a moment then added, "Don't be angry."
Yu Bai glanced at him and did not intend to listen to listen to his explanation, "you should sleep, I'm not angry."
"You being like this does not look like you're not angry," Sheng Xing Ze suddenly had an unknown grievance in his heart. This inexplicable emotion made him feel sincerely irritable.
Yu Bai stooped down beside him and carefully tugged the corner of the quilt in, "Good night, sweet dream." When he finished, he turned off the lights in the ward, adjusted the air conditioner to a suitable temperature, and went to the bathroom to wash up.
Sheng Xing Ze touched the pen recorder he had been guarding under the quilt. For the first time, he regretted his behavior. He lay on the bed with eyes open, and the pain on his wound reminded him how wrong he had been this time.
Time passed in his daze, the sound of water in the bathroom stopped, and Sheng Xing Ze knew that Yu Bai would come out soon.
Should I say something?
What should I be saying?
Will he listen to what I say?
Before Sheng Xing Ze could find the answer to his questions, he heard Yu Bai opening the door. He quickly closed his eyes and pretended to be sleeping.
It was dark in the room, only the sound of the two people's breathing intertwined was heard.
Sheng Xing Ze felt a sudden touch of coldness on his face. Someone was caressing the shallow wound created by Hui Cheng's blade on his face.
The wound was very small, so small that it could be joked as the kind of wound that would heal before one could reach the hospital for treatment. The doctor only disinfected it, and did not even bandage it. However, Sheng Xing Ze could still feel the soft touch of the finger, so soft like it was touching a fragile glass.
He felt something was not right, but he continued to close his eyes pretending to be sleeping.
There were many emotions rising in Yu Bai's heart, so he did not notice Sheng Xing Ze's rapid breathing and trembling eyelashes in the dark.
**
When Hui Si Young knew about Hui Cheng being held custody at the police station, the next morning he nervously rushed to the hospital, bringing a new carp soup made by his mother.
"Brother Sheng, did my Brother really get arrested?"
When Yu Bai ran out of the filming site last night, a group of paparazzi immediately chased after him to the hospital. His face was showing a terrified expression from beginning to end.
Some people suspected that Sheng Xing Ze's condition had taken a bad turn. Some people said that his family member got hospitalized, and some even suspected that Yu Bai had secretly married for quite some time, and he hurried to the hospital because his secret wife was about to give birth.
This group of paparazzi had camped in front of the hospital the whole night, yet Yu Bai did not come out even once, instead they saw Hui Cheng was being taken in by the police.
Although Hui Cheng's popularity was not as high as Yu Bai, there were still some paparazzi who shifted their target to Hui Cheng and followed him to the police station, leaving the group to camp in front of the hospital.
Until the next morning, Yu Bai still did not come out of the hospital, and the news of "the famous Film Emperor Hui Cheng got arrested for attempted murder" dominated the headlines of major entertainment news.
Hui Si Yong's parents could not believe that the apprentice they brought up would do such a thing, and firmly believed that the police had made a mistake.
Hui Si Yong told them the speculation of the culprit behind the accident. Although there was no direct evidence, all the current information was directed at Hui Cheng.
The Hui parents were stunned at this knowledge, saying that they would need some time to digest the news.
"Uncle contacted me just now. He still has some evidence about Hui Cheng. He is very happy that Hui Cheng's true face has finally been revealed."
Sheng Xing Ze handed the pen recorder to Hui Si Yong. "This is the recording of last night, you can take it to your uncle or take care of it yourself. How you want to deal with this, it's your own business."
Hui Si Yong took the pen recorder and said with a firm voice, "I will never let him get away from this!"
Hui Si Yong did not stay in the ward for too long. Within this short period, he had made a long and eloquent speech on how to completely drag Hui Cheng down from his high horse.
"The thought of him being so gentle with me for some many years was all just an act. I used to feel very dejected, but now I only see him as a disgusting bastard!"
Seeing Hui Si Yong had long forgotten he came here to visit a patient, Sheng Xing Ze just thought the kid was making too much noise, so he immediately kicked the kid out so he would deal with Hui Cheng's matter sooner.
Yu Bai was not happy to see Hui Si Yong coming to see Sheng Xing Ze, especially when Sheng Xing Ze smiled brightly to Hui Si Yong as if nothing happened, which made his mood getting even more gloomy.
Sheng Xing Ze was not able to get enough sleep due to the injuries he attained last night, but he still smiled like nothing happened to everyone since morning until now.
The man had been attracting people left and right all day, yet he did not pay attention to his own health.
When thinking about this, Yu Bai felt really annoyed in his heart, yet he could not righteously say his irritation. He could only sit there in the ward by himself and listened to the two people's happy laughter.
Once Hui Si Yong finally left, Yu Bai opened the lid of the food container to reveal the milky white fish soup. He knew better than anyone that Sheng Xing Ze had had enough of these soups by now. Seeing the bitter and scared expression on Sheng Xing Ze at the scent of the soup, he could not help but feel much better.
"Brother Yu, can I not take it?" When Yu Bai scooped a spoonful and brought it to his mouth, Sheng Xing Ze had completely forgotten that Yu Bai was still mad at him, and quickly changed his tone and spoke coquettishly to the older man.
Yu Bai's hand shook at this tone of voice like being struck with thunder, the soup in the spoon almost spilled on the ground. He quickly pushed that spoonful into Sheng Xing Ze's mouth.
"You only have yourself to blame." He said blankly.
Sheng Xing Ze now remembered that Yu Bai was still angry at him, but he was willing to speak to him, which meant his anger had somewhat waived by half.
It was rare to see him not counter back as he obediently finished the fish soup fed by Yu Bai.
"Film Emperor Yu, are you still mad at me? I know I was wrong, I shouldn't act on my own without letting you know."
Yu Bai put the empty bowl aside, with no expression on his face, "Not angry."
Sheng Xing Ze stretched out his finger and poked the man's cheek, "This over here is puffing up like a pufferfish, yet Film Emperor Yu still said he is not angry."
Yu Bai impatiently wanted to slap Sheng Xing Ze's hand away, but his movement only went half way as he was afraid it might affect Sheng Xing Ze's wound, so he changed his hand's destination. Due to the change in his hand's trajectory, he acquiesced in Sheng Xing Ze poking his cheek.
"Not angry," he pulled himself back slightly.
Sheng Xing Ze easily poked at the man's jawline, "I won't do it next time," he solemnly promised.
"Who cares about you..." Yu Bai was not used to talking to Sheng Xing Ze like this, so he looked away from Sheng Xing Ze's eyes.