Chapter Thirty: Norman White

  When I opened my eyes again, what I saw was a white room, the strong smell of disinfectant, and my left hand felt numb from being pressed.

  Turning her head, a mass of golden hair spread out beside the hospital bed, her forehead resting on her hand. The girl probably felt a bit uncomfortable and shifted positions after adjusting herself.

  Sun Xiang's mouth involuntarily curled up into a smile, and he wanted to use his right hand to stroke the girl's hair, but ended up tugging on his wound, unintentionally letting out a muffled groan. Then he heard a soft cry!

  The camera cuts again, and Sherry tightly grasps Sun Xiang's left hand. Her eyes are a bit red, but her voice is firm: "You promised me you'd come back safely!"

  "Don't be like that, dear. It's just a superficial wound, nothing serious. Really."

  The beauty bit her lip and looked at him without speaking.

  "Alright, alright! I give up. My luck is really bad - the bullet didn't even hit me, it was that damned hatch fragment that got me. And you know, my jacket's pretty thick, so it's not that serious, honestly Shirley."

  "Hey, hey, young man, don't try to tough it out. You've been unconscious for 2 days now, and this little girl has been with you for a day already. How's your condition? Dr. Norman told her all about it." A red-haired nurse who looked like an auntie walked in and said.

  Sun Xiang awkwardly smiled twice: "Then when can I be discharged from the hospital?"

  Nurse Auntie: "Hehe, it's not up to me to say, little hero"

  Sherly stared at Sun Xiang: "If it weren't for Uncle Norman, I don't know what would have happened to you, worried me to death"

  Xun Xiang suddenly heard two people mention the name Norman, and found it strange. Why did Shirley call him uncle? The question was raised, and the answer was astonishing!

  "Norman Bethune, he's the best thoracic surgeon in all of Canada, and Uncle Norman was also one of my dad's students." Sherry smiled with a hint of pride.

  Sun Xiang was shocked! Oh my god, a super celebrity from elementary school textbooks! Even if he had met President Franklin D. Roosevelt, he wouldn't have been so excited. Bai Qien actually saved his life, it's really unbelievable.

  Xue Li looked at Sun Xiang with a surprised expression and a wide smile on her face.

  At this time, the door of the ward was pushed open and a middle-aged man with a strong charm came in. He wore a white coat, had a stethoscope hanging from his chest, no hat on his head, brown hair combed to the left, with a small beard, deep eye sockets, very spirited eyes, and a smile at the corner of his mouth as he said to Sun Xiang: "Our hero, how are you feeling?"

  Sun Xiang's conditioned reflex made him want to salute, but his wound hurt and he gritted his teeth in pain.

  Bai Qiu'en and Xue Li hastily pressed him onto the hospital bed. Xue Li hummed, "Uncle Norman, look at how energetic he is now, hurry up and let him be discharged to continue fighting."

  "Ha ha, that depends on your agreement."

  Bai Qiu'en's teasing made Xue Li blush and hum again.

  Xun Xiang also smiled and said: "Thank you Mr Norman, thank you for saving my life."

  "Haizai smiled and said: "You have to call me uncle with Xue Li, don't blame me for eavesdropping on your conversation. Your injury is not that serious, what you said is actually right, the flight jacket blocked most of the impact force, the fragments only cut open the muscle under your right clavicle, the wound is slightly larger, but I helped you with sutures, rest for two weeks and you can be discharged from the hospital. The vest on your chest did a great job, blocking most of the fragments."

  "Ahah, that's my secret weapon, bulletproof! Hehe, Uncle Norman, when did you arrive at the Madrid base?"

  "Two weeks ago, when you were in intense battle, it was normal not to know. I'm going to go see other wounded now, take your time to recover, Sherry. When this war is over, I'll visit Teacher and please give him my regards."

  "Okay, goodbye, Uncle," Sherri replied.

  Ba Qianen finished speaking and turned around to walk out of the ward, bringing the door with him.

  Sun Xiang only then remembered he hadn't asked about Harvey's situation and asked Sherry, but she didn't know either.

  Xun Xiang made a few funny faces at Xu Li, which finally made her laugh.

  With no one else around, the room suddenly fell silent. Sun Xiang's gentle laughter made Sherry's face flush red. The sunlight outside shone through the window and landed on Sherry's delicate face, making Sun Xiang feel as if he was living in a fantasy for a moment.

  The continuous war had stretched people's nerves to the breaking point. Without the accompaniment of machine gun fire and artillery, without the laughter and scolding of comrades, Sun Xiang was at a loss for a moment, his left hand simply holding the beauty in front of him tightly.

  After the most conservative treatment, Sun Xiang ate some fluid food and drank some water under Shirley's care. In the afternoon, when the news of Sun Xiang waking up came out, the ward was immediately occupied by a swarm of reporters. The flashlights once dazzled Sun Xiang's eyes.

  "Steve Sun, hello! I'm a reporter from the Madrid newspaper. What do you think about your team's loss this time?" A bearded reporter with an old camera started asking questions.

  "Hello Steve, I'm a reporter from Paris Daily, may I ask..."

  "Steve, your score has increased to 35, what do you think?"

  "Steve..."

  "Steve..."

  "Everyone be quiet! The patient needs rest, please don't crowd in, come one by one slowly." Sherly's voice was loud, her hands spread open like a mother hen protecting her chicks.

  Looking at Sherry's appearance, Sun Xiang burst out laughing: "Everyone don't worry, I'll ask a few questions first. Harvey, the plane of Ponorsky was forced to land in our occupied area, have they come back now?"

  The mustachioed reporter hastily said: "Oh, the heroes are all back. Ponorsky is fine, but Mr. Harvey had some trouble landing his plane and broke his leg. They're in good spirits and resting at this hospital."

  "Hey! I knew Harvey could do it. Okay, thank you, first of all, I want to make a statement, we didn't actually lose, you have to know that the air battle was very intense at the time, we were ambushed, and the Germans had new planes with strong firepower and high speed, the bombers couldn't help and left first, but the enemy sent out several planes to chase the bombers, Popo's plane was hit from the start, he dropped out of the combat sequence first, then Harvey, and then me and Turiyev, we were all hit, but fortunately, we weren't hit in critical areas, the planes could still fly normally. That's all I know about the situation."

  "Thank you for your answer, Mr. Steve," a reporter asked with a push of his own eyes, "is this beautiful girl your lover?"

  Xun Xiang smiled and replied: "Yes, this beautiful lady is my girlfriend, from America."

  Upon hearing Sun Xiang's words, the reporters flashed their cameras again. After seeing Sun finish answering the reporter's questions, the nurse chased this group of reporters out of the room once more.

  Then, Ji Hang walked out of the ward with his comrades' son Xiang and Sherry...