Chapter 696: It Was Really Her (2)
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Was the blurred face he saw of a woman when he was semi-conscious Xu Weilai?
The question came as a surprise to Xu Weilai. She was stunned for a moment before she nodded. Then, she shook her head.
Zuo An frowned, “What do you mean?”
Xu Weilai sat back on her chair with her elbow rested on her knee and her chin propped on her hand. Her well-defined pair of eyes stared at him directly while she replied in a nonchalant tone, “What I meant was I did save you. But I should not be taking all the credit. But yes, I did save you.
Zuo An’s frown deepened, probably because the way she put it made him confused.
Xu Weilai chuckled softly when she realized that she succeeded in pranking the ever serious Zuo An. She continued solemnly, “Alright… I won’t make things difficult for someone having a high fever. To put it simply I heard Qiao Chu said that something might have happened to you when you went hiking in the mountain and that you might be in danger. It was raining heavily yesterday and the wind was so strong. I thought about it and it was indeed worrisome. So I decided to seek help from the rescue team to send people to search for you in the mountain.”
“You’re my boss. I depend on you for a living. So, I can’t let anything happen to you. So I went to search for you myself. Perhaps it wasn’t your time to leave the world yet, or maybe it was just my luck. I accidentally slipped and went down the slope and found you.”
“Your wound was inflamed and you were having a high fever when I found you. With the constant exposure to wind and rain and we had no shelter, you would probably not be able to make it if we had waited for the rescue team at the same spot. I couldn’t just stand by and watch you die, right? So, I carried you up the slope on my back.”
When she recalled the hards.h.i.+p she endured the previous night, Xu Weilai felt her limbs turned to jelly. She couldn’t help but complained, “Big Boss, you look thin, I can’t believe that you’re so heavy. It nearly killed me carrying you on my back…”
Xu Weilai exhaled a huge breath of air, “A person could reach infinite potential in a time of crisis.”
“Anyway, I only made it up the slope with you on my back. I was too exhausted to go on. After I gave Qiao Chu a call, I pa.s.sed out too. When I woke up, I heard that the rescue team reached us and brought us down the mountain.”
“So, I did save you, but the rescue team saved you too. So, I only contributed half in the mission to save you.”
Zuo An was quietly listening to her rambling without a word.
Xu Weilai thought that he couldn’t digest her words as he was suffering from a high fever. She smiled and said, “This is roughly what happened. If you want to know more in detail, I’ll tell you when you’re feeling better. You should continue to rest now, I’ll…”
Before she could finish, Zuo An suddenly asked, “You were the one carrying me?”
“…”
He only caught this among all the things she had been telling him just now?
Although Xu Weilai couldn’t understand why he was insistent to know, still she nodded earnestly. “Yes, I was so exhausted from carrying you. Luckily I do weight lifting. Else, I would probably have to drag you all the way.”
She was indeed the one behind the blurry face.
Zuo An’s gaze became a little obscure and his voice even softer, “Aren’t you afraid that… not only were you not able to save me, but you would also get implicated as well?
Xu Weilai nodded without hesitation. “Of course I’m scared. I do cherish my life, a lot.”
Yea, who wouldn’t? Who would be so foolish to risk their lives for others? Such a simple fact, and yet it made the light in Zuo An’s eyes dissipated gradually.
Xu Weilai spoke again in the next moment.