The Court c7

The Court Chapter 7



“Cai—— Cai——”
Amidst the dull thoughts, hearing a voice calling from distance made Wei Cai’s chaotic mind to be focused at one point——

Struggling to open his eyes, Wei Cai’s eyes first come in contact with Li Jia De who was anxiously looking into his eyes. At the same time, when Li Jia De sees Wei Cai is awake, a pleasant surprise climbs onto the face which was full of weariness.


“You’re finally awake——it really scared me to death——” Li Jia De’s voice sounded extremely hoa.r.s.e. That cool-headed and bright baritone persona on the court cannot be heard anywhere.

Wei Cai looked around. Everything was white. On his body were also ugly patient clothes——like an old-fas.h.i.+oned plot of a stage play, he lost his consciousness due to a high fever. After he regained his consciousness, he was already mysteriously sleeping in the hospital.

“Is it you who brought me to the hospital?” Actually he do not need to ask, he already know the person making a fuss over nothing.
Li Jia De looked like he has just run ten thousand meters and is extremely exhausted. But he still nodded and said: “Yes——You’ve been unconscious for a day. The doctor says your high fever is caused by pneumonia……”

“Ah? Pneumonia……” Although he really felt his body was uncomfortable, but getting drenched in a small rain turned into pneumonia? Wei Cai could not help but feel helpless for his fragile health.

“I’ll go call the doctor in——” Li Jia De stood up. Not waiting for Wei Cai’s reply, the slender figure disappeared at the door.

Accompanied him for a whole day?
The last memory that Wei Cai have is him having a fever and sleeping with Li Jia De on Friday night.…..But when he wakes up, it is already Sunday afternoon……

Waiting for him to return and then to thank him ——thinking of the chains of events that occurred on Friday, Wei Cai lowered his head feeling a bit embarra.s.sed.
He randomly looked around. The ward’s furnis.h.i.+ngs are simple; with white walls and white furniture. There’s another person wearing a patient clothes lying on a bed beside his.

Wei Cai used his strength to sit up and then saw there’s a half-eaten cup noodle on the night-stand beside the bed.
Is this the lunch that guy had today?

A thread of peculiar emotion swept over his heart —— Wei Cai’s family is in a different place. This kind of feeling, when he is sick and there is someone to tend to him, is extremely strange to him.

It seems like he has become to treasure it……

“Doctor, here——” Li Jia De and a doctor wearing white robe appeared at the doorway.
“The patient is awake?” The doctor’s voice sounds very friendly. Walking to Wei Cai’s bed side, he pulled out a thermometer from his warm hands.

“Let’s take the temperature.”
Wei Cai put the thermometer in his mouth. The doctor also started to give him the examination routine. Li Jia De stood at the side while watching.

“Young man ah, don’t count on your good health. Naturally you must also pay attention to it…..” The doctor is probably more than 50 years old. Although his att.i.tude is gentle, he is somewhat long-winded.

Wei Cai’s mouth was stuffed with a thermometer. Being not very convenient to open his mouth, he can only nod.

The old doctor continued to be long-winded: “You see the patient beside you…..”

Pointing his finger at the young man sleeping on the bed beside him, he shook his head, “A young man who’s only 30 years old with a bright future, but already have the late stage of lung cancer……aish, no mention of having a wife, not even his family at his side……”

Shaking his head, the old doctor’s face showed a look of sympathy.

Listening to him, Wei Cai and Li Jia De turned together in surprise—— that sleeping man….except his face was a bit white, they still can see his original distinct handsome profile ——they did not think he was actually a terminally ill patient.

“Doctor, give us a change of ward——” While Wei Cai still had no reaction, Li Jia De said at the side,"Cai…..Wei Cai health is also not good. Sleeping in the same room as him is not that good right? Won’t the disease get spread?”

“…..” Wei Cai’s mouth still had the thermometer and he was unable to speak. Yet his hand quickly grabbed Lee Jia De, stopping him from saying anymore overbearing words out.

The doctor frowned unhappily. He took out the thermometer, looked at the top of the mark without any expression and said to Wei Cai: “38.5 °C, still got a little temperature. I’ll inject another antipyretic1 to you.”

He turned to Li Jia De: “Young Man, have a bit of compa.s.sion ——also because there is no other empty bed……It’s okay. It isn’t contagious.”
Walking towards the door, he seemed to think of something. He turned back to Wei Cai and said: “You also help to keep an eye on him okay? If there is an emergency situation, just ring the bell.”

“Okay.” Wei Cai promised.
The doctor left. Wei Cai turned to Li Jia De and said: “How can you say such words? He’s very pitiful.”

“I’m also worried about you…..” His voice was soft. As though he realizes that justice is not on his side.
“You want to eat something?” Li Jia De cautiously asked. “I’ve bought fruits, and some Dim Sum……”

Being able to feel his concern, Wei Cai also felt embarra.s.sed to keep having resentful att.i.tude.

He said: “Did you accompany me the whole time? I think you better go back and sleep for a while. Don’t ruin your body.”
Li Jia De shook his head, “ I lay on your bed and slept yesterday…… I’ll stay until night then will leave.”

Wei Cai also cannot do anything but to accommodate him.
Lying on and chatting with him for a day (of course Li Jia De did the talking) , Wei Cai insisted on getting off the bed ——

“Where are you going?” Li Jia De quickly supports him.

Wei Cai lowered his head feeling a little embarra.s.sed. Li Jia De immediately understood, “Ah, want to go to the toilet?”
He busily helped him take the hanging saline bottle2 with one hand and helped him stand up with the other.

“It’s okay to do it myself.” Wei Cai wanted to take the bottle in his hand, yet Li Jia De withdrew and dodged away from him.
“Are you kidding? What if it breaks and spill onto you, then how?”

Seeing that Wei Cai still have a strange expression, he showed a crooked expression: "Aiya, Don’t be shy! It’s not like I’ve never seen before…..”
Wei Cai knew there will be nothing good continuing to argue with him. He quickly stopped him and said: “Okay okay la——if you want to accompany me then go, hurry up——”

Honestly, being stared at while using the toilet feels very uncomfortable….
Finally getting through the unendurable five minutes, Wei Cai leaned against Li Jia De’s body and slowly walked back to the ward.

“Should I help you cut an apple?” Helping Wei Cai to the bed, Li Jia De excitedly asked him.
Wei Cai knew that if he refused him, Li Jia De will come up with another trick so he only nodded helplessly.

But after a minute, he started to regret it…….
Li Jia De have absolutely no idea how to cut an apple ——that poor apple in his hands has already changed into indescribable shape…..

“Please ——You absolutely don’t know how to do……” If it weren't for the hanging saline bottle, Wei Cai would have s.n.a.t.c.hed the apple and cut it himself.
“Aiya….if it’s edible, it’s good enough!” Holding that grotesque shaped apple, Li Jia De wants to put it in Wei Cai’s mouth.

“Don’t——You eat it yourself——” Failing to dissuade him, Wei Cai still took a bite of that apple.
“HeHe……” Li Jia De grinned, lifted the apple and bit a mouthful on where Wei Cai just bit on, “Indirect kiss eh……”

“You this person——” At a loss on whether to cry or laugh by his ridiculous action, Wei Cai desperately reject when Li Jia De tried to make him take the second bite.
During the wrestling moment, the door suddenly clicked open:
“Is Yang Xin s.h.i.+ admitted in this ward?”

They both turned to the door simultaneously. When he saw the visitor coming in, Wei Cai quickly struggled out of Li Jia De’s arms.

“Eh, isn’t it Section Chief Wei?”

The visitor saw Wei Cai and hurriedly greeted, “How come you’re hospitalized?”

Wei Cai also put on the social smile, “Section Chief Zhao? Such a coincidence ah. You’re looking for a person named Yang Xin? You should look at the nameplates yourself, I just got here yesterday so am still unclear about a lot of things.”

Pus.h.i.+ng Li Jia De who was standing at his side, he introduced the two, saying: “This is Jia De company, Director Li——”

Turning back to Li Jia De, he said: “This is San Qu3 prosecutor office section chief of authorization of arrest department, Section Chief Zhao ——”

San Qu Procuratorate is Procuratorate San Fen Yuan4 subordinate unit, although having no direct subordinate relations.h.i.+p with Wei Cai, because they are always at meeting together, Wei Cai and Zhao Ling Chen can be considered as friends.

Section Chief Zhao walked inside. When he looked at the patient’s face beside Wei Cai, he was clearly taken aback…...

“Not meeting him for only over six months….how come he thinned down so much till he’s this way….”

Mumbling to himself, he placed the fruits and bouquet he bought on the nightstand, and turned back to Wei Cai : “Yang Xin is a former a.s.sistant of our dean in our department. He has quite a friends.h.i.+p with me—— we did not meet after he resigned his job…..didn’t think that……a while back, I called his office then knew…..how can it be…….”

Shaking his head, he appears to be extremely lament.

Wei Cai was shocked when he heard it. He quickly turned around to see the bed next to him, his face showing a strange expression. Seeing Wei Cai’s expression, Zhao Ling Chen nodded his head: “It seems that you’ve probably heard of his matter…Aish, obviously he’s a good lad….how did he…..aish…..” he sighed again. His expression looked helpless.

Wei Cai also nodded along, then glanced at Yang Xin who is still unconscious. He said: “Really….I heard that his parents are not by his side ah?”

Zhao Ling Chen looked even more frustrated: “His parents are university professors….for this kind of matter to happen….to save their face, he was driven out from his house…..”

“This ah…..” Wei Cai face also appears to be ambiguous. Yang Xin seems to be aware of this conversation while being unconscious ——he rolled over, groaned a few times. People quickly silenced their voices, afraid that they will wake him up.

“What did the doctor say ah?” Seeing Yang Xin seemingly sleeping again, Zhao Ling Chen then cautiously opened his mouth.

Wei Cai remembered the old doctor’s sympathize look and shook his head, his expression seemed to darken.

Zhao Ling Chen looked very sad: “Aish…..life and death are decreed——As a colleague, I didn’t think a good person like him…..actually walked down such circ.u.mstances……” Saying the last sentence, his eyes are vaguely red. Wei Cai and Li Jia De also felt a little upset and looked down.

“Ah——I have to go.” Zhao Ling Chen chattered with them for a while. He looked at his watch, looked at Yang Xin who will not be waking up soon, stood up and left.

“Goodbye!”

Sending off Zhao Ling Chen, Li Jia De, once again, stuck close to him with a look of curiosity: “Just now you guys kept on saying that matter, that matter. What is it about?”

Wei Cai shook his head: “Remember I told you about the matter before; the office next to mine have a young man being groomed as the future director. Because……because something happened between him and a male colleague, he was transferred to act as a doorkeeper, then later he resigned?”

“What is…..the matter with male colleague ah?”

Seeing Li Jia De is confused after hearing, Wei Cai is a bit angry: “Aiya, must I have to say those three words——it’s h.o.m.o——h.o.m.o la——”
“Ah?” Li Jia De seems surprised and looked at Yang Xin, “He’s also ah?”
Wei Cai glared at him. “What ‘also’, who’s ‘also’ ah?”

“You ah——really not honest——” Li Jia De laughed. He wanted to hug Wei Cai but was pushed away.

With a sympathetic sigh and looking at Yang Xin for a moment, Wei Cai finally sighed: “He’s so unlucky…..but maybe…..” as though his heart got affected, he stopped talking.

“Maybe what……” Li Jia De did not let him go and continued asking.

“Maybe this is his good fortune——rather than living so painfully, might as well…….”

Li Jia De saw his face was sad and quietly hugged him. After a long while, he said softly in his ear: “I will not let the person I love to have any harm……”

Wei Cai’s face went *shua*5 and turned red. Bashfully struggling in the arms of Li Jia De, he said: “Who knows? Maybe his boyfriend previously said the exact same thing to him…..”

Li Jia De tightly hugged Wei Cai and did not let him break away, lowering his head and finding his lips.
The moment the two pair of lips comes into contact, Wei Cai heard Li Jia De uses a serious voice he had never used before and said:
“Cai—— Do you believe me?”

Wei Cai’s reply was turned into a sentence of Ne Na6 when Li Jia De immediately closes the distance between their lips.

Unable to hold onto his arm, Wei Cai also doesn’t know whether he wanted to say refuse or consent……
After sending off Li Jia De, Wei Cai just wanted to go back to bed, yet he was stopped by a weak voice: “Sir….Sir…..”

“What happened?”
Having found out the voice is from sickly Yang Xin, Wei Cai quickly walked over, leaned down, and he softly asked: “You woke up la? Just tell me whatever you want, okay? I and Lao Zhao…..Zhao Ling Chen is also considered as friends…….”

Although Yang Xin’s voice is weak, he could heard the grat.i.tude part: “Can you please help me press the b.u.t.ton and call for the nurse? I really have no strength…..”

“Of course.” Wei Cai helped him press the bell. Watching the nurses coming in and tending to him, and clean his body, unknowingly his heart is feeling sorrowful——when he may be healthy , a person simply does not need anything…..but when he becomes sick, family will be important….

Thinking that without Li Jia De, he probably would have fainted at home with no one knowing, Wei Cai unavoidably felt a little fortunate.
When one is sick, they are particularly weak…..

Shaking his head, Wei Cai decided to read a book before going to sleep.

Not very long after lying down, he was awakened by waves of heavy groans. He looked at Yang Xin next to his bed ——the color of excruciation pain is splashed on his face. His face was frighteningly pale…..

Wei Cai hurriedly got up and presses the bell, and soon the emergency doctors arrived. Repet.i.tive movement of performing oxygen therapy and repet.i.tive interjection continued for a while ——when the old doctor was leaving, he patted Wei Cai and told him: “These two days, matters concerning him ——you help out a bit and pay more attention…….”

“Ah——” Wei Cai nodded. He is the prosecutor specialized in managing serious crime cases. Those criminals he prosecutes and got a death sentence are not little in number. So he naturally is not afraid of this kind of facing-death matter.

Seeing that he seems to genuinely care about the patient, the old doctor seemed quite pleased. He patted on Wei Cai’s shoulder and left the room with the other doctor.
Only these two days?

Wei Cai still could not help casting sympathetic eyes on this protagonist rumored to have nowhere to go——
What kind of mood is he having at this moment…….

Thinking about sickly Yang Xin and also worrying about himself and Li Jia De’s matters, Wei Cai tossed and turned in bed ——
Yang Xin seems to be having a painful dream. Constantly turning over, his breathing becomes heavy and disordered.

“Qiao7….Qiao….”He is talking in his sleep. His voice was grieving and sorrowful.
Qiao? It’s his boyfriend ba…..

Silently sighing for him, Wei Cai also felt his heart turns sour.
“Qiao…..Qiao……” He kept calling.

His voice sometimes high and sometimes low, but repeatedly saying that only word.
Wei Cai honestly could not bear it and got out of the bed.
He turned on the light and sees that Yang Xin’s head is full of cold sweat; who kept rolling around in bed.

He took a towel and pressed it over the sweat on his forehead. Wei Cai lightly patted and comforted him: “I’m here….here…..”

Yang Xin seems to have a reaction towards his voice. He no longer randomly turned his body and held Wei Cai’s hand stretched out to him. Two rows of tears suddenly spilled down from his tightly shut eyes…..

He can’t forget about that man……
Lightly holding the thin hand in his hand, Wei Cai silently sighed in his heart.

The so-called true love feeling, the most miserable part is that it will not go along with how the other party treats you and change accordingly—— so if you fall in love with a person who treats you well, let it pa.s.s.

If you were mistreated by the person you love once, it is bound to be destined with a sad fate…….
To be able to have a resonance between two lovers, to stay together till old ages, just how hard it is to achieve…..

Sighing from the bottom of his heart, Wei Cai sees Yang Xin is finally sleeping peacefully, then tiptoed and climb back into his bed.


The following days, Wei Cai spent his time being taken care by Li Jia De; which he is not used to. Li Jia De will rush to the hospital after getting off work and also help him clean the body and feed him food, making it seems as though Wei Cai’s sickness is very serious, Wei Cai can only tell others that they are cousins to avoid examining looks.

Although he was a bit not willing to admit it, Wei Cai still feels a strange feeling gradually spreading in his heart——

Crying out to let him cherish this encounter ——and every time he comes in contact with Yang Xin casting those envious mixed-with-despair eyes while being in his rarely conscious state, that kind of feeling is especially strong……

People who miss the chance of love, probably feel much more painful than those who had never experienced such feeling.

Yang Xin’s sleep-talking nights continues. All of the content is still that one and only incomplete name ——although Wei Cai, every night, will hold his hand and comfort him, he had never mentioned it to anyone.

After that, Zhao Ling Chen visited again. Yang Xin, this time, is finally a little clear-headed. But after hearing Zhao Ling Chen talking for a while, he again cannot hold out and fell back to slumber.

Before Lao Zhao leave, he secretly pulled Wei Cai outside: “Section Chief Wei, if something happens to Yang Xin…..please inform me…….”

Silent for a moment because of such tragic topic, he added: “It’s also not convenient for me to come often, you know……”

Wei Cai is deeply aware that gossips are really scary. But staying with Yang Xin during this period, he is more concerned about the tragic fate of this youth and quietly said to Zhao Ling Chen: “Do you know where Yang Xin’s colleague is……”

Listening to Wei Cai mentioning this matter, Zhao Ling Chen frowned his eyebrows: “Don’t mention that person ——he’s already married to the daughter of the public security bureau chief, now we don’t know how glorious his life is ……his position is firmly secured……”

“It’s like this ah…..” Wei Cai also got gloomy for this. After a long while, he then said: “Hey, anyway if you have the chance, let him come and see Yang Xin…..”

“Hah——” Lao Zhao’s eyes also turned red. He said: “What do you know….. the position Qiao Wen Hao sitting on now is Yang Xin’s former position……”

Wei Cai was speechless; both of them staring silently at each other for a while…..

“Aish, Director Li also came——I should go already…..” Casually rubbing his eyes, Lao Zhao pointed at Li Jia De walking over here. He said goodbye to Wei Cai.

Li Jia De came over. Looking at Wei Cai standing in the corridor, he was suddenly worried and embraced him: “Aiya——aren’t you afraid of catching cold…..”

He quickly took off his coat and put it onto Wei Cai’s body, also not afraid of others glances.

Wei Cai silently pulled and held the coat while allowing Li Jia De to pull him back to his ward.

Comparison is a really brutal thing——

But……

He feels really glad that he is the lucky one.