Chapter 297: Chapter 289: Another Full Moon on the 15th

She sat down beside him. "Are you hungry? There’s leftover fish and shrimp. Do you want some?"

Hu Feng shook his head. "I’m not hungry."

"Oh—"

The silence between them suddenly became a bit awkward. Hu Feng was never one for words—being quiet and reserved was his default—and she should have been used to it by now. But in this time and place, the silence left her feeling completely at a loss.

"The moon is so round tonight—" she said, looking up at the bright moon, trying to break the awkward atmosphere.

Hu Feng followed her gaze to the round moon and said calmly, "It’s the fifteenth. Of course it’s full."

"Oh, right, it’s the fifteenth. No wonder the moon is so round, heh heh—" She gave a dry laugh. The atmosphere seemed to have grown even more awkward...

A while passed, and then another. She still hadn’t said a word. Hu Feng couldn’t resist turning to look at her, only to see that she had fallen asleep, hugging her knees.

Her head tilted to the side, her face resting on her knees, she was fast asleep.

She hadn’t slept at all the previous night, having stayed up to prepare rations for Meng Nan. Coupled with the day’s unexpected events and having to care for the injured Hu Feng, it was clear she was completely exhausted.

He shifted closer to her, then closer again, allowing her body to lean against him.

It was that feeling again. Just like last time, it was as if she had suddenly plunged into an abyss. Her body kept sinking, down, down, down, until finally—THUMP—she landed on a soft bed.

She couldn’t wait to open her eyes. This time, there was no blinding white light. The room was lit, but not brightly. On the wall opposite the hospital bed, a digital display showed the current Beijing time, the room’s real-time temperature and humidity, and her patient information.

She was alone in the room.

’It’s only normal that there’s no one else here. It’s already two in the morning. For a lonely soul like me, who would possibly stay and watch over my bedside?’

She pushed her stiff, somewhat unresponsive body upright, but waves of dizziness washed over her, nearly causing her to collapse.

’I’m a doctor; I know what this dizziness means. Can a comatose patient living on nutrient drips really expect her vital signs to be the same as a normal person’s?’

’Anemia and low blood pressure—those are all perfectly normal symptoms for my condition.’

’But what in the world is going on? Why am I back here again?’

A gust of wind poured in from the open window, stirring the white sheer curtains hanging beside it.

She glanced to the side, and a bright, round moon filled her vision.

’The full moon... the fifteenth?’

’The last time I was suddenly back here, it was also the night of a full moon on the fifteenth. Could they be connected?’

Just then, footsteps sounded from the hallway outside her room—the CLACK-CLACK of leather shoes on the tile floor. The sound was very familiar. It must be Lin Yang.

’Why would he come here so late?’

Unsure what possessed her, she quickly lay back down and pretended to be asleep.

Lin Yang pushed open the door to her room and flicked on the overhead panel lights. The room was instantly as bright as day.

He took off his white lab coat as he walked. By the time he reached Bai Zhi’s bed, he habitually glanced at the monitor beside it.

After a quick look, he headed straight for the bathroom. But just as he reached the doorway, something seemed to click. He whipped his head back around and saw the heart rate on the monitor: eighty-five.

Eighty-five. That was a very normal heart rate, which was why he hadn’t noticed anything wrong when he first glanced at it.

But now it hit him: Bai Zhi’s usual heart rate was under sixty. For her, eighty-five was too normal—and that was what was wrong.

He rushed to the bedside and gripped Bai Zhi’s hand tightly. "Bai Zhi, are you about to wake up? Are you conscious? Can you hear me?"

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