Chapter 16

Shi Li exhausted finished, five year dormant body couldn't support such emotion, again failed.
Phone slipped pillow, heard no phone head urgent voice, no around instrument sharp alarm.
Just felt so tired, so tired.
Though unwilling, still sank sleep.
Shi Li soul five years busy, underworld no day night, ghost souls no rest.
First real slept, slept two days two nights.
Again woke, perhaps afternoon, perhaps morning.
Orange warm light gentle on eyelid, Shi Li wanted open eye, eyelid so heavy.
Vaguely heard beside conversation.
Low male voice, forced calm tone, difficult hide panic.
"Director Jiang, trouble check my wife again? You say she sleeping now, why no movement?"
Followed gentle female voice, with comfort tone.
"Rest assured, observation room twenty four hour instrument monitoring, Shi Li brain activity restored normal, she just too tired, need rest. Rest enough, natural wake. Look you two days two nights guard here, not go home rest? If Shi Li wake, we contact you."
"Thanks... but here, heart steady."
Female voice no more, left sigh, footsteps sounded, accompanied door "creak" close.
Bed chair pulled open, someone quietly beside her sat.
Cool hand held her left hand, gently lifted.
Warm breath mingled shallow kiss, gently fell, rough stubble rubbed her, slight pain.
His eyes pressed her palm, long lashes swept her itchy, next instant, palm filled cool.
Shi Li heart throbbed, exerted moved finger, gently caught those cool.
Instant, palm breath stagnated suddenly.
Held her left hand hands froze suddenly, like acupunctured, no dare move.
Shi Li gathered strength against eyelid heaviness, slowly opened eyes.
Vision warm yellow light halo blurred floated, blinked, slightly turned head, finally saw him.
So sloppy.
Hair messy, beard messy, eye bottom bloodshot, chapped lips full dead skin.
But even so, Chen Du still handsome.
Shi Li almost greedily used five year unopened eyes looked him, exerted curved lip corner.
He also looked her, stared, like fell silent dream.
After reacted, suddenly turned back, pressed bed side emergency bell.
Soon, attending physician, director, interns... almost whole department nurses swarmed observation room.
Big group people surrounded sickbed, gave her all kinds checks, diagnosed diagnosed, watched watched, learned learned.
Intern nurses low exclamations in ward.
"I never seen lie five year vegetative wake."
(End)