Chapter 339 An Understatement of Apology

It was not easy to wait for rescue.

The people on the program team were surprised when they saw Li Lei, but the current situation was not the time for curiosity and gossip. Everyone worked hard to get them into the car and sent them to the hospital for treatment.

Xia Ling's condition was more serious. Hypoxia and water in her lungs caused a series of sequelae, and she had to be hospitalized.

Li Lei accompanied her through a complete set of examinations, settled her into the ward, and then went for his own examination. The examination results showed that there was no major problem. He took a shower and changed into clean and warm clothes, and was active again.

Xia Ling was weakly injecting an intravenous drip on the bed. Seeing how energetic he was, she felt jealous: "How come everyone climbed out of the river, but nothing happened to you?"

"Because I'm awesome." Classmate Li Xiaolei smiled shamelessly.

Xia Ling was silent for a moment, then said, "It's very dangerous."

"Um?"

"Although that pool is not big, the momentum after opening the gate is no joke. With such a strong current, why did you go down to rescue me? What if something happens?"

"I didn't think much about it." Li Lei said, looking at her guilty face, and then added, "I have swum in stormy seas, this little wind and waves are nothing." He smiled and said, "You Look, aren’t we all okay? Be happy and don’t look so gloomy.”

She smiled somewhat reluctantly.

Li Lei thought she was tired, so he asked her to have a good rest.

Before leaving, he seemed to remember something again and turned around: "By the way, there is a person who drowned too. He lives next door to you." This hospital is very small, with only a few single-person special care wards very close to each other.

Xia Ling raised her head when she heard the words, "Who?" As soon as the words came out, she understood - besides Pei Ziheng, who else could it be? Thinking of that time, in the cold and fast torrent, he broke her hand apart with every force, dropped her without looking back, and let her die...

She had told herself thousands of times that she could not love him.

Try every possible means to escape his hunt.

She even advised him to get married and just regarded him as a somewhat special friend.

But...now, can't we even be friends? Don't call me a friend, even if you are a stranger, I'm afraid he won't be so cruel. Her life was not as important as a dead object in Pei Ziheng's eyes.

She lowered her eyes slightly to hide her emotions.

Sure enough, Li Lei replied: "Pei Ziheng."

He stared at her nervously. I heard from the staff of the program that when the accident happened, Pei Ziheng was the first person to jump into the waterfall to save her. Does she know about this?

"Why is he in the hospital?" she murmured. At that time in the water, his swimming style was strong and powerful, and it seemed easy to break out of the water. unless……

Xia Ling thought of the thing that fell off his wrist. Did he risk his life for that thing?

Li Lei thought she didn't know about Pei Ziheng going into the water, so he hesitated and said, "He also went to rescue you, but it seems that I was more lucky and found you first." Their wards were too close together, and sooner or later she would When she met Pei Ziheng, instead of hearing something from that man's mouth, it was better to tell her now.

At least it won't add fuel to the fire.

Classmate Li Xiaolei was making calculations in his mind, but unexpectedly, Xia Ling just said lightly.

"You seem... not surprised at all?" Li Lei was a little confused.

"There's nothing surprising," Xia Ling's expression was very indifferent, "I don't believe he would jump down for me. Maybe something fell into the water. Before the accident, I seemed to hear him looking for something." She What he said was half true and half false, which made Li Lei unsure. Maybe Pei Ziheng really wasn't here to save her?

Thinking this way, he felt relieved.

"Maybe he was looking for something," Li Lei said. "When the search and rescue team found him, he was unconscious on the river beach. He was holding a watch in his hand and refused to let go. I heard that the dial was broken. Know why he’s so precious.”

"Watch?" Suddenly, her heart skipped a beat.

She knows all the watches Pei Ziheng wears, many of which are world-famous. But with that man's character, no matter how precious the object is, it won't be treasured like this, unless...

She thought of the watch she had customized for him many years ago.

Patek Philippe, set of two, men's and women's models both engraved. Unfortunately, the customization cycle was too long. It took three years from ordering to picking up the goods. Before she could see it with her own eyes, she had a quarrel with him, was imprisoned, and was murdered. Could it be that he is wearing that watch now?

Based on her understanding of Pei Ziheng, only something with such commemorative value is worthy of his memory.

but……

She laughed to herself, did she understand him? If you really knew him, why would there have been so many unbearable past events? In fact, he is unpredictable and may always remain a mystery to her.

She turned her head and looked out the window.

Li Lei told her to have a good rest and left.

Xia Ling was recovering from her injuries in the ward and living in seclusion. Occasionally when she went out for a walk, she met Pei Ziheng in the small garden.

He was sitting alone on the bench under the maple tree, looking down at something in his hand. The long coat on his shoulders dragged to the ground and was stained with dust, but he didn't even notice it.

Xia Ling didn't want to face him and was about to take a detour when he raised his head.

"ye People looked so haggard, even she, the first woman to fall into the water, looked worse.

Xia Ling felt sad, not knowing whether it was for herself or for him.

Pei Ziheng looked at her deeply, with complicated eyes, as if he wanted to see her appearance deep in his heart.

Xia Ling felt uncomfortable looking at him, and when she spoke, she was a bit sarcastic: "Why are you looking at me? Go find your watch. Thanks to you, I almost died at the bottom of the river."

He whispered, "Sorry."

"Sorry?" Xia Ling laughed angrily, "You almost killed me, and now you just apologize lightly? Pei Ziheng, Boss Pei, Director Pei! If you don't want to save me, don't give me hope in the first place. Just when you thought I could be saved, you threw me into hell! Don’t you think this is too cruel?”

It was the same in her previous life. She thought he was the savior, but in the end, he was just lifted high and fell heavily.

"Pei Ziheng, do I owe you anything?" she said, "Even if I owe you, how much do I owe? 5 billion? 10 billion? Just make a number and I'll pay it back to you. Why do you always come here to haunt me?" Are you haunting me? Why do you always disturb my peaceful mood?!"

The man opposite said nothing and clenched the things in his hands.