Chapter 13
A Blue Light in Her Palm
“Dad.” She smiled and placed the fruits on the bedside table. Pulling a stool over and sitting on it, she held his hand. “Do you feel better now?”
“Good, very good…” Su Dajiang’s lips were dry and cracked as he spoke. He gazed at his daughter’s face as if he could not get enough of her no matter how much he looked. “You’ve already grown into a young woman. You look much better than when you were young.”
“Girls change a lot when they grow up.” Su Hanyan smiled lightly. She opened the drawer beside the bed and took out a few cotton balls. She dipped them in warm water and helped wet the corner of his mouth. “Are you feeling better?”
Su Dajiang closed his eyes and smiled.
When Wei Guiqin saw the father and daughter getting along so well, she did not know why, but she felt like an extra. Seeing that it was getting late, she did not stay for long and got up to leave.
Before she left, she instructed her daughter. “Take good care of your father; I’ll take over from you tomorrow morning.”
“Mm,” hummed Su Hanyan in reply.
The sky darkened as night arrived.
The corridor of the in-patient department gradually became quiet. Occasionally, the pain-filled moans from the post-operative patients could be heard. Su Dajiang was in a half-awake state. He wanted to sleep, but he could not.
The effectiveness of the anesthesia had long passed. There was a sharp pain coming from the wound on his abdomen. This pain continued and even a slight cough would cause unbearable pain.
Su Hanyan knew that he must be in a lot of pain because he was frowning as beads of sweat trickled down his forehead.
“Yanyan…” In the end, he could no longer endure the pain and spoke with a trembling voice. “It hurts too much. Could you call the nurse over to give me a shot and stop the pain?”
“Dad,” she moved closer to him, coaxing gently, “I know that you’re in a lot of pain, but painkillers aren’t good for your healing. The doctor’s recommendation was not to get the shot as long as you can tolerate it! If you really find it too unbearable, I’ll call the doctor. How about that?”
Su Dajiang closed his eyes again and bit his lower lip. He did not say anything for a long time. It seemed like he had managed to endure it.
“Dad, how about I tell you what happened around the neighborhood while you weren’t there? It’d help distract you…”
He nodded slightly.
She smiled. Just as she was about to speak, she saw his hands tightly gripping the bed sheets beneath him, and his palms were clammy.
Stunned, she reached out to hold her father’s hand and spoke in a low voice. “When you’re away from home, our neighbor, Aunt Ma, would often come to help…”
Su Hanyan’s attention was on the space between her father’s brows. She continued with a gentle and soft voice. Slowly, she realized that her father’s tightly furrowed brows were relaxing and the grip of his hands had loosened as well.
Gradually, his breathing became steady and he entered a stable and even state.
Haa~
He finally fell asleep.
Su Hanyan heaved a sigh of relief inwardly. She wanted to put her father’s arm under the blanket, but when she lowered her head, she was shocked by what she saw.
Between hers and Su Dajiang’s hands, there was a faint blue light flashing.
What was this?
When she let go of his hand, she realized that the light had actually come from her. Just when she was wondering about the source of the light, it dimmed and quickly disappeared…
Su Hanyan, who had been feeling sleepy, could not fall asleep anymore. Her interest was piqued by this strange incident, and she spent the entire night thinking about how the light in her hand had come about and what use it had…
Without realizing, the sun had already risen from the east. The long night had passed and a new day was here.