Be My Strength - Chapter 414

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When DX woke up from his drug-induced sleep, he noticed that the blood transfusion IV was removed from him and there was a little plaster on hand. He looked at his watch and groaned, “Damn that id*ot! I’m going to kill him!”

It was almost 1 p.m., which meant that he had been away from Kai Xin’s side for a few hours. He had only meant to take a short rest, not a real sleep! A lot of things could have happened in the last few hours! He was worried that if Kai Xin woke up and he was not there, she might think that something had happened to him.

Putting on the hospital slippers that were at the side of his bed, he quickly left the room. When he saw the two guards outside his room, he did not say anything to them and just made his way towards the ICU.

When he got back, he saw a doctor stopping everyone at the door. He recognized the doctor to be one of the doctors in the operating theatre alone.

“Guys! This is the ICU! I can’t allow all of you to visit at the same time. Go home first and come back in the evening…” said the doctor.

When he came to take over the shift from Dr. Phillip, he was surprised to see so many people came for a visit suddenly. Unlike Dr. Phillip, he followed the rules set to a tee, and the rules said that only immediate family members were allowed to visit the patients while the patients were in ICU.

An Qi Yan, Sima Erden, Callum, Ghost, Kai An, Lt. General Duanmu, General Nakamura, Naomi and Rin Nakamura, and Jane all came at around the same time.

Lt. General Nakamura and General Nakamura who knew what had happened came to visit Kai Xin. As for Jane, the only reason she came now instead of earlier was because of her shift at her hospital.

Due to the accident at Imperial Primary School, there was a sudden influx of patients and she had been working non-stop since last night until an hour ago. When she was dragging her feet out of the hospital, she checked her messages and missed calls.

That was when she saw the message that An Qi Yan sent her this morning to let her know about the labor.

Jane came immediately after she saw the message. Unfortunately, she was stopped right at the lift. She had to call An Qi Yan to come down and vouch for her identity before the guards allowed her to go up.

“Either you guys go in two at a time, or come back later after Madam President Du is transferred to a normal ward. At the moment, her immune system is down and she is susceptible to viruses… Too many people in the ICU could mean trouble!” said the doctor in an exaggerated motion.

DX sighed before he said, “Go home first…”

“XiAn! We want to visit my sister-in-law,” said Callum.

“I’ll let you guys know when she’s strong enough to receive visitors. As for now, she needs her rest, alright?”

“But-”

DX ignored him and went straight to Lt. General Duanmu and General Nakamura. Once he greeted them, he apologized, “I’m sorry. My wife is not ready for guests yet…”

The two glanced at each other before General Nakamura said, “Understood. We are here to make sure that Mrs. Du is alright. Since she is fine now, we should take our leave.”

“Hold on…” said DX. He then turned back to look at Callum.

“Callum, why don’t you take Lt. General Duanmu and General Nakamura out for lunch?” asked DX as he narrowed his eyes at Callum. The two would definitely want to ask about everything that happened last night.

After Callum’s team caught everyone who was at the forest, Callum was the one who informed the two. To avoid any problems, General Nakamura sent out a message to the public and told everyone that a spy stole a top secret blueprint and that they had to keep the city under lockdown.

Once he received the message from Callum, he sent out another message to Lt. General Duanmu who then made an announcement that the spy was caught by the Duanmu’s Army but unfortunately, he died during a shoot off.

The reason why Lt. General Duanmu made the second announcement was to avoid the citizen thinking that General Nakamura killed the spy. Even though there was dissent about the lockdown, but the two managed to contain everything.

Still, it was better for them to go through everything again to make sure that they did not miss out any crucial details.

Callum understood that his brother wanted him to deal with the two visitors without giving An Qi Yan any reason to worry about this. So, he nodded, “Alright then.”

The two visitors also knew that DX was too busy at the moment to talk to them. Hence, they agreed to go with Callum.

Ghost stayed behind because he did not want to be taken care of by Callum in public which Callum understood as well. Anyway, Callum would prefer Ghost to stay in the hospital where it was safer for him. After the last scare, he was afraid of letting Ghost out. At least, when he was in the hospital, there were guards around to make sure that he stayed put.

After they left, DX said to the rest, “Kai An, why don’t you take Naomi and Rin back for now? You can stop by NICU to take a look at Little Monkey. Come back again in the evening.”

“How is she?” asked Kai An nervously as he glanced at the door.

“Yeah, President Du. We’d really like to take a look at Kai Xin,” said Rin Nakamura. She had not mentioned anything to Ki Hong yet since she only found out about it when her “brother-in-law” came to pick up her sister.

For some reason, her father insisted on coming as well.

DX glanced at the younger Nakamura as he said, “She’s fine for now, but she’s unconscious. There’s nothing you can do for her.”

Kai An sighed, “Then, can I just take a quick look at her? I’ll leave after.”

DX thought about it for a second before he nodded. After all, he came all the way and Kai An had always been a good brother to Kai Xin. He then turned to the doctor and said, “He’s family.”

He then glanced at Rin Nakamura and said, “Come back again at another time…”

Rin Nakamura pouted but her sister stopped her before she could say anything else.

The flustered doctor opened the door and allowed Kai An to go in.

After that, DX said to An Qi Yan, “Ma, why don’t you and Sima Erden go back as well? Come back again later… I’ll be here with Kai Xin…”

An Qi Yan sighed. She gave him a hug as she said, “Alright then. I’ve brought your food as well. It’s inside the room. Heat it up before you eat it. Dr. Phillip said you fainted from exhaustion earlier, so eat more, alright? I’ll bring more food for you later…”

She did not know that DX was injured, so when she hugged him, it hurt a little. However, DX merely swallowed the pain down. Otherwise, he would have to deal with many questions from her… Honestly, he did not have the energy to answer questions at the moment.

After she released him, she said, “There’s a bag for you as well as a mummy bag in the room. I’ve brought some clothes from home for you and Kai Xin. Inside the mummy bag, there are some clothes for Little Monkey… It might be a bit big for her now, but… Anyway, if the doctors are Ok with it, then let her wear something from home… She might have to stay here for a while and I’m thinking that if she wears something that smells like home, she might not be that afraid when we bring her home later…”

DX nodded, “Thanks, Ma.”

When Kai An came out, except for Jane, everyone left. Even Ghost went back to his ward. Without Callum here, he did not really want to hang out with DX.

“Let’s go in… You haven’t seen her yet, right?” asked DX as he glanced at Jane who looked exhausted. Jane absolutely refused to leave until she saw her best friend.

Jane nodded. She then added, “Don’t worry. I’m just going to take a good look…”

“You look tired…” DX noted when he saw her massaging her own shoulders.

She smiled and placed her hands down before saying, “Long night at work…”

She looked up at him and when she noticed his eyebags, she smirked, “Long night as well?”

DX nodded as he said, “Longer than I have ever felt before…”

Both of them sighed as they walked into the room. Somehow, for different reasons, they both felt that their body had aged faster in one night than it did in years.

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