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Chapter 132 Ward Talk

When Lin Yuxia regained consciousness, she was already in the hospital. She opened her eyes and saw her angry and anxious father sitting beside the bed. The doctor was tremblingly explaining the diagnosis report to her. It seemed that the doctor knew her father's true identity. She moved with difficulty but it caused severe pain all over her body.

She groaned, and the Rat King immediately stood up and turned his attention back to anxiously asking, "How is it, can you still speak?"

"Mr. Lin, your daughter's head did not suffer any impact, and her language system..." the doctor at the side reminded cautiously.

Lin Yuxia felt very weak and whispered, "It hurts..."

"Doctor, what about the most important result?" Lin Gerui was a man in power after all. Seeing that his daughter was fine, he quickly tried to calm down. However, a burst of rage was hidden under his seemingly calm expression.

Thinking of the test results, even in front of the Rat King, the doctor couldn't help but get excited: "... Fortunately, Miss Lin was injured in the abdomen in such a high concentration of Originium, but she did not get the mineral disease. This is a luck that is difficult to describe with data."

"Is that so... I'm glad you're okay, I'm glad you're okay." Lin Gerui then sat back in his chair with relief. He looked a little tired after being temporarily relieved. Lin Yuxia looked at her father, whose face seemed to have become more vicissitudes of life, and was at a loss for a moment.

She knew her father valued his family, but this was the first time she had seen it so visually demonstrated.

"dad……"

"I'm here, I'm here. Your mother is not well, and I haven't dared to tell her that you're in trouble. When the time comes, you can make up a reason and send it to your mother through the terminal, saying that you stayed overnight at a friend's house, so as to ease her mind." Lin Gerui held his daughter's hand and said in a low voice, "If you tell her these things yourself, she won't be suspicious."

"Hmm..." The Zalak girl took a breath and tried to sit up. Before the Rat King could do anything, the doctor beside her raised his hand and signaled her not to move: "Ms. Lin, your organs have suffered a slight concussion. Please rest and don't move!"

"Mmm... Ling, Deng Xian, he..."

"Sir, calling me?"

Lin Yuxia was startled, and turned around to find Ling in the next bed trying hard to reach the fruit on the bedside table. When he saw her looking at him, he also smiled weakly:

"Awake? Luckily you're okay, otherwise I'd be in big trouble..."

Obviously, her condition is much better than Lin Yuxia's, but she still needs to stay in bed and rest.

Although his physical condition was better, his mental state needed rest. After all, if he had not released the white flame with all his strength at that time, the two of them might not be able to speak so easily now.

As for why he was in the same ward with her, it was because when Lin Gerui lifted the steel bars, he could see that it was Ling Dengxian who was struggling to bear a lot of the falling damage for Lin Yuxia, and he also used white flames to support a small space to prevent the two of them from being buried together on the spot. It was impossible for him to not show any gratitude to the person who saved his daughter, so he also appeared in this high-end ward.

"...Why are you here?" Lin Yuxia of course didn't know that Ling Dengxian was here too. She was so frightened that she spoke much more fluently.

"Commander, you don't think I can stand up and be alive and well after taking a bomb face-down, do you? Or do you really hope that I'll still be lying in bed unconscious?" Ling Dengxian smiled bitterly. He immediately released the white flame to block the source stone fragments, but the huge chain explosions directly destroyed his foothold and he fell down. He could not withstand the impact of the flame wave and he hit the outer wall heavily and spit out blood. As a result, when he landed, he saw that his leader was seriously injured and his stomach was covered in blood. He used all his strength to hold up the white flame barrier to resist the falling objects and quickly pulled out the foreign object to heal her wounds. However, when even he himself could not remain uninjured, the damage to the two of them by the explosion could be imagined. He had to overdraw his physical strength to hold up the Rat King's rescue.

"I have... a headache now, stop talking nonsense..." Lin Yuxia rolled her eyes at him, lay down quietly, and then felt sleepy.

"dad……"

"Well, I'm here. Take a nap." Lin Gerui touched her head and waited patiently for her to fall asleep.

"Operator White Dove, would you feel more comfortable being addressed that?" The old man waved the doctor to leave, then sat down between the two beds, and spoke with concern like an ordinary, kind elder.

"As long as you are happy..." Ling Dengxian was obviously much more honest in front of his elders and responded respectfully.

"This time I really owe you a favor, old man. If you need anything, just let me know and I'll do my best to satisfy you." Lin Gerui didn't want to beat around the bush. It would be unreasonable to just say a few words of thanks to someone who risked his life to save his daughter and then forget about it.

"It's not entirely my fault that I saved her. It was Lin Yuxia who came to save me first that caused the accident. In this way, it is me who put your daughter in danger. I'm so scared." Ling Dengxian's thinking is very clear, and he will not ignore the essence of the facts.

"You don't need to blame yourself. I know my daughter's character well. She has just started to take over these things and has never experienced any setbacks. It is inevitable that she will be reckless. As long as that group of bastards are still around, even if it is not your fault today, she may be in danger someday in the future." The Rat King is also a smart man and can see the whole picture.

"So it's only right to repay... After all, we were also at fault for this accident."

Ling Dengxian smiled and said, "It's okay, Elder Lin. Lin Yuxia is my leader after all... Besides, if I need anything, I can just look for her. I still feel quite pressured in front of my elders."

Lin Gerui was happy: "What's the pressure? Just treat me as an ordinary old man taking a walk, you can call me whatever you want."

Ling Dengxian laughed dryly. He felt that it was inappropriate to ask for a high-end bed in this situation... It would be more reasonable to wait for Lin Yuxia to wake up and ask her for it himself.

"Can I ask you about someone?" Ling Dengxian thought about it and thought that he could find the culprit who caused him to lose his bed. "Lappland, do you know where she is?"

He believed that the Rat King could not possibly not know who she was and where she was.

When Lin Gerui heard Laplande's name, his face immediately became serious. He looked at him with a scrutinizing look and asked seriously, "What do you want to do with her?"

"…personal grudge."

There's nothing wrong with that. Many grudges throughout history have been caused by money.

"Logically, I should tell you, but this matter is indeed very serious and involves two countries. Old man, I can only tell you that she is just like the wolf in your Penguin Logistics. She is being targeted by another country. In a sense, she fled to Longmen. Their past is chasing them." Lin Gerui pondered for a long time and gave such an answer.

Ling Dengxian suddenly recalled the high-risk feeling he had when he first met Texas, and he understood something more. After a moment's hesitation, he nodded: "Thank you for telling me, old man."