in her heart lessen a bit. She knew Zhen Lang for many years, but she never seen him injured. Each time she looked at the blood on his right arm she would remember the knife that struck his right arm and her heart would ache.
Zhen Lang saw his wife bit her lips and the panic in her eyes. He silently caressed her cheek with his left hand.
Gu Jing didn’t cry out whilst the director put a cast around her injured ankle, but her hand gripped Zhen Lang’s left shoulder and wrinkled his shirt.
Zhen Lang gently patted his wife’s cheek. ‘I’m going to change my clothes in my office otherwise I’ll scare people in these clothes. Be good and wait here for me to come back.’
‘You…’ Gu Jing said.
Gu Jing saw Zhen Lang’s arm cast and she didn’t want him to leave her sight.
‘Don’t worry,’ Zhen Lang said. He lifted his right arm. ‘My arm cast is beautiful.’
Gu Jing forced herself to smile, but her smile was scarier than tears.
Gu Jing watched Zhen Lang leave the room then she looked at the nurse. ‘Is there anything wrong with his right arm?’
The nurse smiled politely. ‘If there is something wrong with Doctor Zhen’s right arm, do you think Doctor Sun would be so calm? Doctor Zhen’s arm injury is shallow. It’s lucky the knife didn’t puncture any of his arteries or veins. If you want Doctor Zhen’s right arm to heal faster then don’t let him use his right arm excessively for a short period. But there’ll be a scar on his right arm.’
The look in the nurse’s eyes became dreamy. ‘Doctor Zhen is so heroic. He’s handsome, good natured and protects his lover from a knife attack. If a man protected me from a knife attack I wouldn’t hesitate to marry him.’
Gu Jing’s thoughts were consumed by Zhen Lang. She felt it was her fault that Zhen Lang almost lost the use of his right arm and he almost lost his career too.
Zhen Lang returned to his wife’s hospital room and he draped a jacket around her shoulders. ‘It’s cold here, put on the jacket.’
Gu Jing finally remembered her torn dress and she put on Zhen Lang’s jacket.
The director put pressure on Gu Jing’s ankle cast and she winced. She felt a cold sweat on her forehead but she didn’t cry out.
Zhen Lang’s body tensed. ‘Uncle Wan, is her ankle injury serious?’
‘The ankle cast will help stabilize her ankle injury until it heals. But you two said that she injured the same ankle in the past so I recommend she doesn’t put any excessive pressure on her injured ankle for a period,’ the director said.
Gu Jing saw the anxiety on Zhen Lang’s face. ‘I’m ok. In the past my ankle hurts from time to time, I’m used to it.’
‘All the times your ankle caused you pain in the past, why didn’t you tell me?’ Zhen Lang asked.
‘It’s not important,’ Gu Jing said.
‘Uncle Sun is her ankle cast secure? If uncle Sun thinks she needs additional treatments then uncle Sun can tell me and I’ll bring her to the hospital,’ Zhen Lang said.
Gu Jing thought her ankle cast looked bigger than her head.
A man dressed in a suit knocked on the door. ‘Mr Zhen. Miss Gu.’
Gu Jing looked at the door and she was surprised to see uncle Xie. ‘Uncle Xie?’
The man walked into the room. He was shocked to see Zhen Lang’s arm cast and Gu Jing’s ankle cast. ‘What happened?’
The man stood beside Zhen Lang and Zhen Lang explained to him what happened in the alley way. The man nodded his head, he took out his phone and he called the city’s superintendent.
Gu Jing silently sat on the bed and she felt restricted by her ankle cast.
‘Mr Zhen since your right arm is cast. Can you cooperate with me and answer a few questions? If everyone delayed my team’s investigation like you then no cases would be resolved,’ inspector Sun said.
The man spoke before Zhen Lang could answer. ‘Are you inspector Sun? I’m Mr Zhen’s lawyer. You can call me Xie Zhang. I’ll answer all your questions.’
Inspector Sun felt he heard Xie Zhang’s name before but he couldn’t remember why. ‘Can you explain about the situation clearly?’
Inspector Sun felt frustrated that he and his team waited a long time to interview Zhen Lang, but Zhen Lang’s lawyer showed up and said he could explain what happened to Zhen Lang.
Xie Zhang smiled politely. ‘If you think it’s wrong of me to answer your questions on behalf of Mr Zhen, do you want me to call your superintendent to get permission? Let me also ask why the cops five hundred metres from the alley way received a call but it took the cops more than half an hour to show up at the alley way?’
‘Mr Zhen needs to follow police procedures like everyone else. He needs to come to the police station and file a report. Mr Xie, you can accompany Mr Zhen to the police station,’ inspector Sun said.
The city’s superintendent walked into the room and inspector Sun panicked on the inside. ‘Superintendent.’
The superintendent glared at inspector Sun then he looked at Zhen Lang and he spoke politely. ‘Mr Zhen, I didn’t expect something like this to happen. I’ve ordered my juniors to investigate who assaulted you.’
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