The Healing Sunshine (一厘米的阳光)

Chapter 5.2 - You are by My Side (2)

It was evident that on the drive back, she had already returned to normal.

For the trip here, they had taken a very roundabout route in order to visit Grandaunt and had used three days. Going back, though, was much better, and in approximately only one and a half day's time, they were nearly back to Chengdu. During the return drive, she spent more than half the time sleeping in the vehicle with her head against the window. Occasionally when she awakened, she would glance curiously at Jì Chengyang to see what he was doing. Then, she would carry on looking out at the scenery before falling asleep once more.

The dreams she had on this journey were all fragmented and scattered. One moment, she was dreaming about being scolded by her teacher, and in another moment, she was in an orchestra rehearsal. The scenes flitted and changed. Appearing before her was the image from that day when, in the corner of the rehearsal hall, he had played the piano, his fingers rising and falling, his motions smooth and flowing...

All of a sudden, there was violent shaking. Jǐ Yi felt as if she was flying upwards.

And then, pain snapped her awake abruptly. She opened her eyes. Through the haze, all she could see was the collar of a black, button-up shirt. She was tightly enclosed in Jì Chengyang's arms, her entire body enveloped in this embrace, protected within it.

Instinctively, she shifted, but he told her, "Xixi, don't be in a hurry to move." Upon saying this, he took a glance toward the front, and only then did he slowly loosen his arms from around her. Then, he swiftly examined her to see if she had suffered injuries anywhere.

"Your lip is split?" he asked her in a low voice, wiping her lip with his index finger.

His voice tended to be cool and detached to begin with, so when he purposely made it soothing and gentle, it always gave people a feeling that there was a hint of feminine-like softness in it.

But it is this type of voice that can yank a person out from fear and anxiousness.

"Mm." Her heart was hammering wildly. She did not know what had happened. She licked her lip as well. Maybe... she had bitten down on it and broken skin?

After a brief moment of chaos, she finally saw the dreadful state of this vehicle.

Only two hours before they were to enter Chengdu, the driver had dozed off, and the entire front end of their vehicle had rammed under the large freight truck in front of them. Although he had spun his steering wheel at the last-minute and managed to save himself, the whole roof over the front passenger side had been sheared open, and glass had shattered to pieces. In that instant when her eyes took all this in, terrible fright came over her. Blood was dripping down the driver's face... It was not until afterward that she learned it was from splattering glass that had cut him.

Fortunately, Jì Chengyang had not been sitting there.

On the entire trip out, he had sat in that spot, and only in this last half a day had he sat in the backseat to keep her company.

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Jì Chengyang swiftly finished the necessary communications with the driver of the truck, and then straightaway, he hailed a taxi and brought their driver and Jǐ Yi to the hospital. Jì Chengyang insisted that the doctor examine Jǐ Yi to verify that there were no issues with her whatsoever before taking her back home.

In the study, Nuannuan's mother was so worried she was pacing about in circles. Only after she saw Jǐ Yi was she able to breathe out in relief.

"Xixi." Nuannuan's mother felt extremely guilty. Looking her over meticulously, she asked Jì Chengyang, "Has she been thoroughly checked over?"