Chapter 270 - 270: Worrying Her-I

Li Lian felt her hands turned sweaty. Her ears felt numb when she heard Li Jun Wei's voice that were with a hollow emotion as he stated the news, "Xiao Chen was sent to the hospital. He was involved in a fire accident in Imperial Hospital. Right now he is in Helun Hospital."

"I'll go there now." Li Lian said her, bringing herself from having a shock after hearing the news. She felt as if her heart had fallen down to her stomach and a stifling emotion came to her mind just like the time she received the news of her foster mother involved in a fire accident. Her fingertips felt cold as she ran out of the hotel to the car, driving in a hurry.

Once she had arrived in the hospital, Li Lian made a dash to the reception with her heels, asking the nurse where Li Xiao Chen was and quickly went to the room once she received the information.

When she reached by the room, Li Lian knocked on the door once and before the answer came, her hand pulled the door open. Li Jun Wei turned his back, his eyes falling to see Li Lian who was huffing for breaths that labored from the dash she made and Li Xiao Chen who sat on the bed, tilted his body from his brother to see Li Lian.

"Ah! Sister!" Li Xiao Chen beamed happily, his smile was beaming with bright happiness while his head was wrapped with bandage.

Li Lian went beside Li Jun Wei. She stared at Li Xiao Chen for a good two second and her brows drew close. "A-are you alright?"

"I am..." Li Xiao Chen started for Li Lian's body to tilt back and Li Jun Wei quickly caught a hold of her body, his hand holding her waist tight.

"Li Lian!" called Li Jun Wei, his voice low with a concern passing down at his look.

Li Lian brought her hand to her forehead, "No, I'm alright, I was just surprised." She sighed and her hand stayed on her chest that was loudly pounding. When Li Lian received the news, she had expected the worse. She had many people she treasured but not all could be protected just because of her wish. Li Lian had always thought that two hands were not enough to protect anyone.

Li Jun Wei brought her to the chair and had her sit. He went to take a glass and bent down before the seat to pass the glass for her to drink. Li Lian who felt thirsty took the glass, raising to drink it quickly to leave no drop left on the bottom of the glass.

While Li Lian was drinking, Li Jun Wei's hand went on her cheeks and he said, "I'm sorry, I must have alarmed you. Xiao Chen had just woke up."

Li Lian shook her head, "No it wasn't your fault, I was, I just panicked." She replied to feel Li Jun Wei's hand on her hand tightened.

Li Xiao Chen, who had been quiet, pursed her lips and his eyes turned sullen, "I'm sorry." he replied, like a little boy who had been scolded, seeing Li Lian's pale face made him felt cornered with guilt.

Li Lian mustered a smile at him and said, "What are you apologizing for? This is just me being panic." and Li Lian knew the reason. Last time she heard the news like this, it had resulted her foster mother to be in the hospital, in the vegetative state for more than a year now. She didn't want the same thing to happen to either Li Xiao Chen or Li Jun Wei.

Li Jun Wei looked at his brother who was still feeling groggy by his expression and came his considerate words, "It isn't your fault. The fire was. Not you. Don't apologize or feel guilty for it." and Li Lian nod to agree with Li Jun Wei's words.

She first noticed the bandage wrapped around Li Xiao Chen's forehead before her eyes moved down to see his leg that was both wrapped in bandage that looked larger than his leg size. "What happened?" asked Li Lian, her eyes going to Li Jun Wei to wait for his reply. "I thought Xiao Chen was going to do something else. Why were you in the hospital?" She asked and her eyes shifting from the older Li brother to the younger.

Li Jun Wei was the one to respond her question, "I requested him to search for a doc.u.ment in the hospital but a fire accident happened." On his words, Li Lian could see Li Jun Wei's eyes narrowed down on the word accident.

"What doc.u.ment?" asked Li Lian carefully, her eyes went back from Li Xiao Chen to Li Lian.

"On who had been the one responsible for the surgery of my hand." replied Li Jun Wei, his hand that were on her slowly moved to bring her hand to rest on his lap. "I find that something was wrong in the accident that happened to me. The accident that resulted to my right hand being wounded."

Li Lian drew her brows closer. The wounds on Li Jun Wei's right hand, thought Li Lian to herself, the same wound which she thought belonged to the same boy who had saved her years ago. Hearing her Li Jun Wei's words, she felt an intangible idea passing on her mind.

She stared back at his black eyes, feeling the nervousness lurked slowly inside her heart with eagerness to suffice the curiosity. "What do you mean by wrong?"

Li Lian felt Li Jun Wei's finger on her rubbed on the back of her palm, and he said, "There is a possibility that the accident didn't happen. That day, what make me to receive the wound wasn't the accident in Li Family but perhaps a different one." He replied to her in a normal ranger but Li Lian felt as if he was talking very slowly, "I suspect that the event my grandparents told me that happened that day could be incorrect."