True Solution of the Sword Dao

By the time Lin You had managed to pry open the still hot car door, Merrill and the others had also rushed over. They helped the young woman out of the car. It turned out that the rear door was already twisted and deformed, making it difficult to open.

The crying inside was getting louder and clearer. It seemed to be a little boy. His voice was very weak; he must have been injured too.

"Move aside!" Cheng Guang came with a tool hammer.

Bang!

The car door lock was smashed to pieces.

This was a tool that the uncle driver had found to help.

The little boy was only seven or eight years old, with messy blond hair, sitting on the car’s sofa, his face full of snot and tears. His legs were covered in blood, and it was unclear how he had gotten hurt.

The group carefully lifted the woman and the little boy out of the car.

As they were lifting the young woman, she actually moaned and woke up. She weakly looked at Lin You, Chris, and the others around her.

"Phone..." she struggled to say.

"Right!! Call the police, call an ambulance!!" Lin You suddenly remembered to say.

"Already did." Merrill said irritably, "You only remember now..."

Lin You’s face turned red, and he chuckled twice, a bit embarrassed.

Cheng Guang hurriedly said,

"First, get them into the taxi. It’s leaking oil here; it could explode at any moment; it’s too dangerous! Everyone, move quickly!"

Four girls and the uncle driver together helped the mother and son into the taxi.

Cheng Guang was afraid that the driver might be unwilling.

"Uncle, we’ll pay you extra later, but for now, please drive quickly to the hospital!"

The driver patted his chest.

"What are you saying?! How could I ask for more money in this situation? Buckle up!! I’m heading to the nearest hospital right now!"

The mother and son were laid across the laps of the people in the back seat, Cheng Guang and Merrill carefully watched over the woman’s wounds. Merrill’s hand emitted a faint green glow almost invisible, gently sweeping over the woman’s injuries. She was secretly treating her.

Boom!!

The taxi had just driven a distance when suddenly, a deafening explosion sounded from behind, shaking the entire taxi violently.

The mother and son immediately showed expressions of fright. Clearly, they were extremely terrified by the afterthought.

Half an hour later...

Washington Anthony Hospital

In the night, the entire hospital building was surrounded by dense forests, with scattered lights around the building, making it seem rather deserted.

Inside a hospital room.

The young woman was lying on the hospital bed, her pale face accentuated by the white sheets and blanket. She appeared almost completely bloodless.

Inside the room, Lin You, the others, and the driver were either standing or sitting.

"The doctor said, ma’am, you should be fine, just lost too much blood. A little rest should do the trick, but that child is still in the operating room, his legs might be..." Cheng Guang said helplessly.

Although Merrill had already covertly treated both of them using her special ability. However, the muscles in the boy’s legs had already necrotized. How long they had been in that accident scene was unclear. The high temperature inside the car had caused major necrosis in the cells and tissues of the boy’s legs, in addition to excessive blood loss. It was all thanks to Merrill that their lives were saved.

The woman froze when she heard this, then forced a weak smile.

"It’s already good enough... I know if it weren’t for you all saving us, Tom and I might have died there." The woman said softly, "The car was about to explode; I knew it. I would rather have died myself to push Tom out, but the door was jammed..." Her eyes slowly moistened. "At that moment, I was already in despair... my phone was broken and couldn’t contact anyone. Passing cars didn’t stop either; they just drove away. I yelled for over ten minutes. There were seven or eight vehicles that passed by. None of them stopped to help. Probably..."

She paused, wiping away her tears. "They probably feared the car exploding too...I don’t blame them. I, Fei Li, remember everyone’s kindness."

The room fell silent.

The driver suddenly said quietly, "Actually, I was also ready to help, but when I smelled gasoline, I felt something was off, so I thought about leaving quickly. I didn’t expect this young girl to spontaneously get out and run over there..." He said, feeling a bit ashamed. Pointing at Lin You sitting there, he said sincerely, "Lady, you owe them a lot for helping you get to the hospital in time. I really don’t deserve your thanks."

Lin You, pointed at, immediately blushed.

"This...this..." She stood up, a bit flustered. "I was just..." Suddenly, she remembered she had been speaking Mandarin, which the other party couldn’t understand.

Looking up, indeed, the woman looked baffled.

Lin You, who could understand but not speak, gestured with her hands and feet for a while, but the woman still couldn’t understand what she was trying to say.

"Regardless! Please leave your names and addresses with us, I’m begging you!" The woman struggled to get up.

Merrill quickly stepped forward to hold her down.

"No need, actually, we were just lending a hand, thank her." She nodded toward Lin You.

The woman immediately understood.

"Still, please leave a way to contact you. You all aren’t locals, right? Leaving a temporary address should be fine, right?"

After some back and forth, this woman named Fei Li, despite her weak condition, repeatedly tried to get up and pleaded for them to leave their names and contact information.

Eventually, everyone was persuaded by her pleas and stayed at the temporary address arranged by Cheng Guang’s friend. Fei Li then gave up.

"I’ve already called my husband, and he’s on his way here. I hope you all will meet my husband one more time, and he will definitely not disappoint you!" Fei Li pleaded.

However, this time, Merrill and the others kept declining.

After the lights in the operating room went off, Cheng Guang asked the doctor and learned that the child was not seriously hurt, and his life was saved.

They quickly left the hospital.

Upon leaving the hospital, the driver, true to his word, charged only their fares and did not mention the money concerning the mother and son.

"I only take what I should," he said as he drove away. He had the demeanor of an unsung hero.

In the evening, the Anthony Hospital was located in a somewhat remote area, a bit of a walk from their temporary residence in the downtown area, but not much.

Lin You and his group decided to simply walk there.

Coming out of Anthony Hospital, the main road was flanked by tall, dense forests, typical of a tree-lined road, with pairs of street lamps spaced intermittently, shining with pale yellow light.

The ground was also tiled, not very slippery. Occasionally cars would pass by, their lights illuminating the roadway.

In the night, the tree-lined paths on both sides seemed even darker. It was as if apart from the street lamps, the areas beyond the roads were plunged into darkness.

Merrill walked in front.

"Today was the first time I did something selfless. Who would have thought..." she was quite emotional. "I, Merrill, would actually do something good..."

"Me too," Cheng Guang agreed, nodding his head. "Although I’m not a bad guy, I’ve been responsible for the lives of hundreds, having been in the mercenary business for so many years. I didn’t expect to do a good deed today either..."

Chris whispered from behind, "All thanks to Little You."

"Hehe..." Lin You scratched his head and grinned sheepishly, looking embarrassed. "It wasn’t much really..."

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In the hospital room

Bang!!

The door was forcefully opened.

A young blonde man rushed in.

"Fei Li!!! My God!!" The man’s eyes were filled with extreme fear and worry. "Are you okay!!? Are you okay??" He rushed to Fei Li’s bedside, wanting to touch her, yet afraid of aggravating her injuries.

"It’s all my fault!! If I had come to pick you up myself, this would never have happened!!" The man’s voice was tinged with pain.

Fei Li lay in the hospital bed, looking gently at the man.

"It’s okay, I’m fine, it’s just Tom... his legs," the tears in her eyes could no longer be held back, and they started streaming down her face.

"His legs!!??" The man’s lips trembled, and he was almost at a loss for words. His somewhat dark complexion turned pallid. "It... it’s okay!! As long as you are alive, it’s a good thing!!" He tried to comfort his wife, but tears were swirling in his eyes as well.

"It’s all my fault!!" He said somberly.

"Ah!!" He punched the hospital room wall fiercely. His eyes were bloodshot. "It’s all my fault!! All my fault!! All my fault!!"

He crazily pounded the wall. His fists were so bloody and bruised, but he seemed to feel nothing.

"No!! Ao Qi! It’s not your fault!!" Fei Li cried again, struggling to get up from the bed and hugged her husband.

At that moment, the door clicked open, and a group of doctors and nurses rushed in, immediately grabbing the man who was still hitting the wall.

"Calm down! Please, calm down!"

"This is still a hospital, the patients need to rest!!"

"Sir, please calm down a bit, doing this won’t help!!"

Under persistent persuasion from the group.

The man calmed down a bit and allowed the nurses to lead him out of the hospital room.

After his hand wounds were treated and bandaged, he then sat down heavily on a chair outside the room. His hands buried in his hair, his face filled with pain and guilt.

"Fei Li, Tom... it’s all my fault... if it wasn’t for my mistake in not coming to pick you up, this wouldn’t have happened..." he muttered, full of self-blame.

"Right!! The rescuers!!" He suddenly remembered the information he had received, that a group of strangers had rescued his wife and son, bringing them to the hospital. According to the person who informed him, if those people had been even slightly later, his wife and son would have died in the car explosion.

This was undeniably a life-saving favor.

The man trembled as he pulled a cigarette from his pocket, along with a Zippo lighter, intending to light it up, but he hesitated for a moment, then took the cigarette already in his mouth out.

Just then, a nurse walked out of the hospital room.

The man immediately stood up.

"How is it? Can I go in now!?" he asked, looking haggard.

"You can now. However, I hope, sir, that you try to control your emotions, even if you don’t care about your own health, think about your wife," the nurse said bluntly.

"Yes, yes..." The man, who usually commanded others, didn’t seem to mind being reprimanded at all and kept apologizing. (To be continued. If you like this work, we welcome you to Qidian.com to vote for recommendations, monthly tickets; your support is my greatest motivation.)