Chapter 445: 424 Not so much good luck, just someone carrying the weight and accompanying her forward.
Wen Nian and the others cleaned up the small battlefield and then moved fully armed.
In a bamboo forest in the middle of the deep mountains.
That was the meeting place they agreed with Qin Shu and Feng Hua.
Upon arriving at the destination, Song Yangling checked the surroundings to ensure safety before returning.
Lu Xiaoer carried a very simple medical kit, which wasn’t fully stocked with medical supplies, but it was the only thing suitable for her to carry on her back.
She squatted in front of Wen Nian and Song Lili, inspected their injuries, and pursed her lips,
"Mr. President has only suffered superficial wounds. The cut on his leg isn’t deep either, and the bleeding has stopped."
"His fight with Qing Luo was intense, could he have internal injuries?"
Song Lili leaned on a bamboo pole, supporting her weary body, with a look of hidden worry on her face.
"It doesn’t seem like it right now."
Lu Xiaoer disinfected the injured area on Wen Nian using medicinal iodine and then covered it with an adhesive breathable plaster to prevent infection.
She then moved over to Song Lili. She bent down to undress Lili, who subconsciously dodged,
"I’m fine, it’s already so dark; you should help Zhongli set up the tent."
"I heard from Song Yangling that your arm was dislocated."
"It’s been put back in place."
"I still want to check it to be reassured."
Lu Xiaoer had just found out from Song Yangling that both of Song Lili’s arms had been dislocated and were put back in place by Song Yangling.
"Ah, I’ve said I’m fine, I just feel the wind is making me very uncomfortable, I want to stay inside the tent."
Song Lili hurriedly said.
"Are you really okay?"
"You can ask Song Yangling, haven’t I experienced this kind of thing often with him? Don’t make a fuss."
"..."
Lu Xiaoer looked at her, "Then I’ll go set up the tent. Make sure you wrap up the blanket well to avoid catching a cold, and don’t forget there’s one inside you."
"Yes, yes!"
Song Lili quickly responded.
"Leave the medical kit here."
Wen Nian said to Lu Xiaoer.
"Alright."
Watching Lu Xiaoer walk towards Wuzhi, she sighed softly.
But as soon as she exhaled, Wen Nian placed a hand on Song Lili’s shoulder,
"Uh!"
The touch made Song Lili moan in pain.
Wen Nian frowned, released his hand, stood up, and took the medical kit in one hand and then lifted Lili in his arms,
"What are you doing?"
Wen Nian said nothing and strode deeper into the bamboo forest.
"Wen Nian, what are you trying to do? Can’t you say something?"
Song Lili frowned, puzzled. Wen Nian glanced at her,
"How much longer are you going to endure? If it hurts, say it hurts! Am I not by your side?"
"..."
Wen Nian carried anger, and Song Lili, scolded by him, fell silent.
Obediently held by him, they soon heard the murmuring sound of a stream.
They reached the stream’s edge, Wen Nian put Lili down, and the blanket wrapped around her slid down.
The flashlight was placed aside, the only beam of light in the deep mountain night.
Wen Nian squatted in front of her, unfastened her shirt buttons, and took off her T-shirt, the pain making Song Lili furrow her brow just from this action.
He took the flashlight and examined Song Lili, who was now only wearing a tank top, seeing her shoulder joint swollen to twice its size, both red and purple.
"It’s nothing... don’t look anymore..."
Song Lili knew her body best, and although the dislocation had been fixed, it was far from easy.
If she rested well and didn’t move too much, it would have been fine, but, unfortunately, she had been handling a heavy sniper rifle and moving a lot...
"Is this what you call ’nothing’?"
Song Lili pursed her lips, muttering with diminished confidence, "Really... it’s not too bad... Besides, it’s already like this. Having you or Xiaoer see it would only make you worry, feel bad..."
How could Wen Nian not understand her thoughts.
"If I don’t look, will I not know?"
"Ah Nian, I’m cold..."
Song Lili quickly shifted the topic, even injecting a flirtatious tone into her complaint of being "cold."
Wen Nian raised his hand and lightly touched her nose, then tenderly stroked her head.
He wrapped the blanket snugly around her,
"Wait for me for a moment."
He picked some clean gauze from the medicine box, walked to the creek to wet it, then wrung it out halfway before returning to Lili’s side to apply a cold compress on her shoulder.
The blanket wasn’t lifted, he simply reached in with one hand, gently pressing and massaging her shoulder.
It hurt, but the bruising had to be dispersed.
No one knew if the night would pass quietly and peacefully.
Lili hoped that her shoulder would reduce in swelling soon...
Wen Nian sat beside her, letting her lean against him.
After applying the compress once, he went to rinse and wring it out again, then applied it once more...
So, again and again, he tirelessly alleviated her pain.
Lili leaned on his shoulder, at first lightly, but as the night deepened, her head grew heavier.
His arm bore a streak of blood from a bullet graze, and his thigh had a cut from the sharp blade on Qing Luo’s shoe.
The scene of them fighting flashed before her eyes.
Every move was breathtaking.
"Does it feel a bit better?"
He turned his head slightly, his lips softly touching her earlobe as he asked tenderly.
His gentle and meticulous tone seemed to soften even the chilly mountain winds.
Lili nodded.
Holding her hand, he tilted his head, gently touching her head with his,
"Feeling sleepy?"
"...Yes, very tired."
"Go to sleep."
"Ah Nian, I can’t hear from my right ear anymore."
Lili spoke, half-opening her eyes.
The response was a moment of silence, followed by, "I know."
"..."
"In the drug bust mission, the enemy’s undercover was right next to you. A shell exploded and deafened your right ear."
At this point, Wen Nian’s voice hesitated, his throat moving slightly.
The hand holding the cloth for the cold compress paused too, but only briefly, before he continued to gently massage,
"When I arrived, the firefight had already ended. You were unconscious among a pile of corpses."
"..."
Lili opened her eyes, her gaze becoming clearer and increasingly shocked, no trace of drowsiness remained.
"You... went?"
"I went. I was scared too."
Wen Nian said calmly, but Lili distinctly heard a choke in his voice.
"Lili, you don’t need to be afraid of letting me see your wounds, don’t worry about burdening me. Because I have already seen you covered with countless scars... many... times..."
Tears welled up in Lili’s eyes,
"Over these years, have I ever left your sight?"
"No."
"..."
Tears silently rolled down, Lili lifted her head, looking at him, stretching her neck forward, and kissed him.
Nothing in this world is more heartbreaking than watching a loved one hurt.
Listening to Wen Nian tell Qing Luo, "I’ll trade places with her," watching him and Qing Luo fight desperately, bullets nearly piercing his body, sharp blades slashing blood from his flesh...
She truly understood the overwhelming fear and trembling.
But Wen Nian saw it time and again, feared it time and again, suffered it time and again, and he spoke not a word of it.
Guarding someone as they grow, as they become strong...
It requires much more sacrifice than providing someone with wealth and comfort.
She finally understood why her ear received the best treatment immediately after being injured, why she could access the most advanced hearing aids.
And she finally realized,
There aren’t many lucky fortunes in this world.
Being able to continue achieving her honors, her future progress...
Merely because someone was shouldering the burden with her every step of the way.
This person... named Wen Nian, is the only man she has ever loved from past to present.