I looked towards the hospital room door. Yaoyao and the others were walking in one by one. They didn't seem particularly surprised to see me awake, as if I hadn't died at all. The room was large enough to accommodate the more than ten people who entered. Shen Xingyue was the last to enter, and she was the only one who had a sense of social graces. She held a bouquet of flowers in her left hand and a fruit basket in her right, the standard gifts for a patient.
Those who brought gifts had priority for visiting. The others parted to make way. Shen Xingyue walked over and placed the flowers in my arms. "This is from 201, entrusted to me to give to you."
"Oh, please thank her for me," I said.
Shen Xingyue then placed the fruit basket on the bedside table. It was filled with my favorite tropical fruits, wrapped in a layer of transparent plastic film.
"This is from Lin Xi."
"...Oh, is that all?" I asked, frowning.
"What?"
"Where's your gift?"
Shen Xingyue's face turned slightly red. "I... I didn't prepare a gift... With our relationship, do we need gifts? Look, they didn't prepare any either!"
"Don't shift the blame," Yaoyao laughed. "We're a group, family. You're from Shabiya's side, so you're still an outsider."
Everyone chimed in, and Shen Xingyue's face turned even redder. However, it wasn't long before she realized she was being playfully teased by all the girls, and she started to squabble with them. The hospital room was filled with a joyful atmosphere for a while.
While they were playfully bickering, I tried to activate my Xiang Qi technique. It still functioned. I then attempted to exert force with various parts of my body, and everything was fine. As for certain functions that were not suitable for display in this situation, I didn't try them, as the blanket was quite thin and could reveal them.
I looked around and noticed Chen Ke was not there. I asked Yaoyao where Chen Ke had gone. Just as I finished speaking, Chen Ke entered with a large stack of papers, saying she had gone to handle my discharge procedures. Everyone else exited first, and Bingbing also returned to her own room. I changed into a suit that someone had apparently just bought from a mall, and a medium-length gray down jacket.
"Is it that cold outside?" I asked. It didn't feel cold in the room; it was around twenty-four or twenty-five degrees Celsius.
I walked out wearing leather shoes, refusing the wheelchair that had been prepared for me. However, my body was still somewhat weak. Especially after stepping out of the hospital and taking a breath of cold air, my lungs felt like they were about to explode. Perhaps the drowning had inflamed my lungs, mainly because the pond water was quite dirty.
I looked back. Shengjing City Second People's Hospital?
"I thought I was in Fucheng. How did I end up here?" I asked Chen Ke, who was supporting me.
"Sister Chen Lu found this place for you. They performed minimally invasive surgery to clear your lungs. It's the best in the entire Yanxia region," Chen Ke explained.
"Surgery? Where?" I touched my chest, not feeling any wound.
"Sister Yaoyao healed your wounds long ago," Chen Ke said with a smile, opening the car door. "Hurry up and get in, it's so cold today!"
Getting into the car, I checked the date on the central console and the phone of the fox demon driving. The car's date was accurate. No wonder it had suddenly gotten so cold; it had been twelve days!
My God, I hadn't even been in Fucheng for twelve days before I "died" in the pond, had I? How could I have been "dead" for so long!
Moreover, looking at the direction the fox demon was driving, it wasn't back to Fucheng, but south. So I asked her, "Why aren't we going home?"
"We are going home?"
"Isn't Fucheng to the west?"
"Oh, I forgot to tell you, boss, we've moved," the fox demon said with a smile. "We're living in Lvshun now."
"Why?" I asked, puzzled.
"After conquering a city, you naturally occupy it... Oh dear, when we get to the new place, let them tell you. I can't be distracted while driving!"
"A lot has happened in the past two weeks," Chen Ke said with a smile from the back. "You just woke up. The doctor said you can't be too stimulated. Rest well."
After speaking, Chen Ke adjusted my seat to a comfortable position from the back, allowing me to lie down. Then she held my head and began to massage me.
I couldn't help but wonder if the doctor had also said my brain was waterlogged and needed regular therapy.