Chapter Thirty-Eight Field Hospital One

  The plane had just taken off, and the military doctor Lin Yang, who had been guarding the plane, simply checked Jin Huan's wound and immediately transfused a bag of plasma. The Wu Zhi 10 roared towards the Fifty-Ninth Field Hospital in Kaiyuan City.

  Lin Yang looked at Lin Ruolan sitting beside him, silent and covered in blood from head to toe, looking extremely disheveled. "Where are you hurt? Do you need me to check?"

  She gently shook her head, "It's not my blood, it's his." Finally back in a safe environment, she only felt dizzy and her small body was trembling uncontrollably, but the tremble was extremely slight, so slight that except for Jin Huan who was closest to her, no one else noticed.

  Jin Hao grasped her hand, exerting a slight force, and pulled her tightly against his body. Enduring the intense pain from his wound, he whispered to her: "Lan'er, don't be so tense, we're safe now."

  She nodded repeatedly, trying hard to hold back the tears that welled up in her eyes, biting her red lips tightly, and thanking all the gods of the past from the bottom of her heart.

  Jin Huang stretched out his hand and gently wrapped it around her, looking at Long Fei: "Has Gerui's body been brought back?"

  Long Fei, who had been trying to make himself invisible, turned to Jin Huang with a serious expression and said: "The comrades from the embassy helped transport the body to the embassy, and it was brought back by an air force transport plane yesterday morning. The ashes have now been buried in the Martyrs' Cemetery."

  Jin Hao nodded slightly, "That's good, we can't let the martyr bleed and cry at the same time." He paused for a moment, looking at Long Fei's shoulder and asked, "How's your injury?"

  Long Fei waved his arm and said nonchalantly, "I'm fine, almost recovered. Ma Ping only had a flesh wound and has already returned to the team. But Sword Peak is in a bit of a bad situation this time. The bullet entered from the side of his thigh, although it didn't hit any bones, but his doctor says he can't walk for at least three weeks, and can't engage in strenuous activities for five weeks. He'll have to sit in a wheelchair for a month!"

  Jin Hao smiled: "He should also take a good rest. What about Lei Ming and Lin Jie? Are they healed?"

  "Lin Jie is fine, recovering well after the surgery, and can even sit up this morning. Lei Meng..." Long Fei hesitated for a moment, sighed and said: "The bullet penetrated the bulletproof vest, broke a rib, and hit the right lung. After the operation, he has been in a coma, and the doctor said that even if he wakes up, he will be disabled, let alone training, even speaking quickly will leave him breathless. He was urgently transferred to ** last night, and the political commissar also went to take care of him."

  Jin Huang's smile vanished from his face, and layers of gloom accumulated between his eyebrows. The misfortune of his close comrade made his voice low and suppressed: "Tell the political commissar to take Lei Ming's wife to the hospital to take care of him, all expenses will be borne by our squadron."

  Long Fei and Luo Zhuo exchanged a glance, Jin Huang's eyebrows raised, "What's wrong?"

  After a while, Long Fei let out a "cough" and said, "His wife was clamoring for divorce, the political commissar asked her to put it off temporarily in consideration of their marital relationship, waiting until Lei Meng was out of danger before handling it. Who knew that she would never show up again after that."

  Jin Hao took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to roar with anger. Under his intense rage, the wound on his back began to bleed profusely again. His face darkened as he said, "Tell the political commissar that if this matter is not handled properly, she'd better pray that Lei Meng wakes up. Otherwise, the entire squad will refuse to sign for her!"

  "Jian Feng also meant that." Long Fei coldly smiled and said: "Thinking back to the time when Hai Yi and Shan Meng were searching for death, it was not Lei Ming who would marry him. He was injured and became like this, huh!"

  Jin Huang turned to look at Luo Jie: "How's the headquarters? Anything going on these past few days?"

  "Li Weidong's team captured a dirty bomb made of 20 kg of black powder and 100g of cesium-137 at dawn today. According to our insider in the East Turkestan organization, another one has been transported from Afghanistan and may enter the country at any time. Li Weidong doesn't have enough manpower, so I ordered Captain Zhou Zhigang of the Third Squadron to select a combat team from his squadron to reinforce Li Weidong, they departed at noon today."

  "Order Zhou Zhigang to intercept that bullet at all costs and keep it from crossing the border!" Jin Huan's tone was firm, leaving no room for doubt.

  Wu Zhi 10 landed slowly on the playground of the field hospital, and was immediately surrounded by medical staff who had been waiting at the edge of the playground.

  It was already midnight, but Chen Jianfeng had not returned to his ward to rest. When he saw Jin Huan get off the plane, he immediately shook his wheelchair and pushed away the nurses to reach Jin Huan's side, their two large hands tightly clasped together.

  Several female nurses pushing a hospital bed wanted to get close to Jin Huan, but Jin Huan just waved his hand in refusal. The bloodstains on his military uniform and the lingering killing intent scared these young girls who had never experienced war before. They stood by like frightened deer, at a loss for what to do.

  The director of the field hospital pushed away the nurses and came forward, took a look at Jin Huan's injuries, and without any pleasantries, said: "Colonel Jin, I have received orders from the headquarters leader to do everything possible to treat your injuries, not allowing any disability, and ensuring your safety. If there is a problem, the headquarters leader will hold me accountable! The operating room has been prepared, please proceed with the surgery immediately."

  Jin Hao's sharp black eyes looked at the dean, restoring his usual coldness and indifference, which made the atmosphere around him as cold as winter. "I will cooperate with the doctor for the operation, but as long as I can still stand, I am not used to lying down and being pushed by a few women." Even his voice was filled with coldness and majesty, just like himself.

  "Understood, understood!" Who would dare to say no to him with his devilishly cold eyes and majestic aura? The director's face turned pale, realizing that this man who could remain calm despite being seriously injured was a formidable and unpredictable character.

  Lin Ruo Lan gently tugged at Jin Hao's sleeve and anxiously whispered, "Your wound is still bleeding, hurry to the operating room."

  Jin Hao looked down at her, a hint of tenderness flashing in his eyes, but when he turned back to the director, the tenderness had been replaced by firmness: "She needs to take a bath and get some rest, please arrange it for her." Although his words were polite, there was an authoritative tone that made people dare not disobey.

  The principal's astonished eyes swept back and forth across Lin Ruolan's face. The headquarters chief's phone call hadn't mentioned that he had a woman with him, and he wasn't clear who this woman was or why she could make such a tough man show her such special concern. But his astonished eyes immediately retracted when they met Jin Huang's cold, dark gaze, and he nodded repeatedly, saying, "I'll arrange it, don't worry."

  Jin Huang then walked towards the operating room under the guidance of the director, Lin Yang had already entered the operating room to do pre-operative preparations, he was a renowned trauma surgeon, Jin Huang's surgeries were almost all done by him personally, and this time would be no exception.

  Jin Hao entered the operating room, Chen Jianfeng declined the nurse's suggestion to push him back to the ward. He and Luo Jie, Jiang Zhen, and Long Fei were anxiously waiting for news outside the door. Jiang Zhen was a bit restless, pacing back and forth. Unconsciously, he pulled out a cigarette and put it in his mouth. Chen Jianfeng nudged him, nodding towards the "No Smoking" sign on the wall. Jiang Zhen let out a helpless snort from his nose and reluctantly put the cigarette back in its box.

  The director brought two nurses to ask Lin Ruolan to take a bath and rest, but Lin Ruolan, who had been silently sitting on the long bench, shook her head in refusal. She wanted to wait until Jin Huang came out safely.

  "Go with them, you need a good rest."

  "I'm not tired, I'll wait for him to come out." Lin Ruolan lightly bit her lower lip, staring at the red light above the operating room door that indicated the surgery was still in progress.

  Chen Jianfeng and Long Fei exchanged a glance, then shook their heads at the dean, "Let her be, even if we ordered her to leave, she wouldn't rest well anyway."

  Chen Jianfeng's specially-assigned bodyguard, Xiao Tong, stood idly by, secretly sizing up Lin Ruolan, who was covered in dirt from head to toe, and couldn't guess what kind of person she was.

  Lin Ruo Lan nervously stared at the tightly closed operating room door, unaware of the evaluating gaze behind her.

  The green light on the operating room door finally lit up, and Lin Yang pushed open the door of the operating room and walked out first. Lin Ruolan suddenly stood up from her chair, "H...how is he now?"

  "Don't worry, he's fine now." Lin Yang took off his mask and smiled with a sigh of relief: "Jin Hao is really lucky, he suffered such a serious injury but still did strenuous exercise. The bullet fragments moved everywhere, one piece was less than three millimeters away from the main artery!"

  Before long, the nurse pushed Jin Huan out of the operating room. The anesthetic had not yet worn off, and Jin Huan lay sleeping on the operating table. Lin Ruolan gently stroked his hand, confirming that he was safe and sound, confirming that he hadn't left her behind. Only then did she let out a long sigh of relief, completely relaxing.

  The nurse pushed Jin Huang into the intensive care unit and prepared warm water to wipe his body. Lin Ruolan's lips moved, wanting to stop what she thought was unspeakable, wanting to take over the nurse's work but feeling embarrassed.

  Long Fei smiled and said: "Nurse, put the basin over there."

  Luojie gave Jiang Zhenyi a look, and one of them rushed forward to grab the towel from the nurse's hand. The other person drove the two special nurses out of the ward: "We can handle this little thing."

  Chen Jianfeng smiled, gazing quietly into her deep, dark eyes where a faint, subtle soft light flickered, "Feeling better now? You should get some rest too."

  Lin Ruo Lan's face turned red as he spoke, she understood the meaning of "don't worry" which not only meant don't worry about Jin Huan's injury but also don't let the female nurse touch his body. She left with a red face, looking back three times, to her own resting room where Chen Jian Feng had already arranged for someone to send over the clean clothes she needed.