I Raised A Sick And Weak Prince
Chapter 64
Lu Huan had never encountered such a situation before. The curtain had suddenly disappeared, as if it had never appeared.
He stepped over the broken table and looked around. The sunlight shone through the carved wooden window, but he could only see the dust in the air.
His heart was beating wildly, and he subconsciously tried to call out to the air, "Xiao Xi, Xiao Xi …?"
He called out several times, each call more urgent than the last, but the room was as silent as a grave. Even the wind that often blew at his sleeves did not appear.
There was no response.
Lu Huan looked around with a face as white as paper, wondering if he was in a nightmare.
This was a scene that only appeared in his nightmares several times.
It was because he was not sure when she would suddenly disappear that he was anxious to know her identity from the beginning. He wanted to see her, and he wanted to go to her world. Only when she was by his side would he feel at ease.
But he never thought that the thing he was most worried about would happen.
He seemed to have a premonition in his heart that this situation was not the same as when she did not appear for eight days.
If he could not find her this time, then he might never see her again in the future …
But why did it suddenly become like this?!
Did something happen to her?
Or did he force her too much these days, so she … didn't want him anymore … took the initiative to turn off the contact method?
Lu Huan felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
Just now, the table fell to the ground with a bang, alerting the guards outside. Two guards hurriedly rushed in, only to see the scroll scattered on the floor and stepped on by His Highness the Ninth Prince. They hurriedly asked: "Your Highness, what happened?"
Lu Huan composed himself and tried to calm down. He said in a deep voice, "Nothing."
Now that the curtain had completely disappeared, and there was no response from her side. He did not know how long this situation would last. If he could only wait like this, he would be too passive.
Moreover, he was worried that something unexpected had happened to her. The only thing he could do now was to complete the task 15 as soon as possible according to the time before the curtain disappeared.
With this thought in mind, Lu Huan ignored the mess of writing brushes, ink sticks, paper, and inkstones on the floor, and walked out quickly.
As he walked, he said to the guard behind him, "Prepare the horse, I'm going to Chengzhou."
The eunuchs from the palace hurried over from the carved corridor, but they did not make it in time. They could only see the Ninth Princes' clothes disappear from the prince's residence.
The eunuchs looked at each other, not knowing why the Ninth Prince was in such a hurry..
Su Xi squatted at home and used a hairdryer to dry her phone for half an hour, but it still could not be turned on.
Therefore, she found an old phone that she had discarded last year and spent more than 20 minutes charging it. Then, she opened the app store on the old phone. However, she couldn't find the game on the old phone at all. No matter which word she searched for in the game, or even English, there was nothing related to it.
It was the same on Baidu. Nothing could be found.
Su Xi started to panic. She wasn't afraid that her phone would break, but she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to contact Zaizai's world.
"It should be fixed …" Su Xi comforted herself in a panic. Then she took the keys and the two phones, changed her shoes and went out, planning to hurry to the phone repair shop.
The sun outside was very hot. Su Xi did not have time to take a sun umbrella. When she walked to the entrance of the community, she happened to meet Huo Jingchuan who had just come back from playing basketball. Huo Jingchuan saw her hurriedly riding a bicycle out and stopped her, "Su Xi, it's so hot outside. Where are you going?"
When Su Xi saw Huo Jingchuan, he hurriedly said, "Lend me your phone for a while."
"Is the phone broken?"
Huo Jingchuan noticed that she was holding the phone with a black screen, so he took it out of his trouser pocket and handed it to her.
Su Xi operated his phone as usual, trying to find the game, but just like the time at the hospital, she could not find it on his phone. It was as if the game had disappeared from the world.
Could it be that this broken phone was the only one that could play this game?!
Su Xi had a bad premonition in her heart. She threw the phone back to Huo Jingchuan and did not have time to explain. She anxiously rode her bicycle out of the community gate.
There was a phone repair shop two streets away, but because it was too hot at noon, Su Xi rode her bicycle there and found that the shop was not open. So she had to search on her old phone and found that there was another shop two streets away.
She did not think and immediately rode her bicycle quickly.
Fortunately, there were no people in the shop, so she did not have to line up. Su Xi left her bicycle outside the shop and went in with sweat all over her head. She eagerly handed the phone to the boss, "Boss, can you see if this can be fixed as soon as possible?"
"It depends on the degree of damage." The boss looked up from behind the counter and took the phone.
After handing it to the boss, Su Xi quickly searched the several trial machines in front of the counter and found that the game could not be found.
In other words, there was only one way to fix it, otherwise —
Her heart was in her throat. She held her breath and looked at the boss, "How is it?"
The boss used a tool to fiddle with it, frowned, and said to Su Xi, "I'm not sure if your motherboard is broken. If it is, there's a high probability that it can't be fixed.
Moreover, even if it can be fixed, some of the formatted data in your phone can't be recovered. I'll try my best. Let's try. "
"There's a high probability that it can't be fixed?" Su Xi was stunned.
"Yes." The boss said, "Be mentally prepared.
But phones are cheap now. Add a few thousand more and buy a new one … "
Su Xi did not hear what he said after that. Her hands and feet were cold as she came out of the phone shop and pushed her bicycle back along the road. As she walked, she could not help but cry.
The scorching sun burned the ground. When Su Xi crossed the long bridge, her eyes were blurred. She could not help but stop her bicycle and sit down on the curb, rubbing her eyes.
It was not a matter of a phone.
There was no way to contact the other world in a phone that cost tens of thousands of yuan. It was meaningless to her.
What if, what if, because she dropped the phone into the pool, she was cut off from the other world? What should she do?
What if she could never see him again?
And the last time she saw him, she behaved so badly and said something that made him unhappy.
It was not that she did not want to see him. It was just that she did not know how to face him these days, so she ran away uselessly. However, it made him mistakenly think that she did not want to see him. He even asked her to visit him tonight if she had nothing to do, but she could not keep her promise.
Su Xi's heart was on tenterhooks. If this phone couldn't be fixed, then wouldn't his first meeting, first acquaintance, companionship, and gradually forming dependence with that world come to an end this summer without any beginning or end?
All of this made her feel like she had a long dream. She stared at the ground in panic and was so scared that she wanted to cry.
The boss said that it would take at least three days to determine whether it could be fixed or not. Therefore, Su Xi could only go home and wait in panic.
After Su Xi's father and mother returned home, they heard that her phone was wet. Seeing her curled up on the sofa, they thought that she was unhappy and wanted to buy another one. However, Su Xi had no intention of going out at all. She only said, "Let's wait a little longer. What if it can be fixed? I'll use the old one for the time being."
Su Xi's mother wondered, "Isn't it just a phone? If it's broken, we can buy another one."
Su Xi gulped down the rice and held back her tears. She had never felt that three days had passed so slowly.
On the third day, she could not wait to call the boss, but was told that the phone was still under repair. The motherboard was damaged to a certain extent and was no longer useful. The technicians in the store were trying to see if they could transfer the previous data so that it could be used in the new phone.
"It's no longer useful?" Su Xi could not believe her ears.
She hung up the phone and stayed in the room alone. Her head was buzzing and she was extremely upset.
It was all because of her carelessness …
For the past few days, there had been no response from her side. It seemed that after her phone crashed, the screen on Lu Huan's side should have disappeared as well.
Otherwise, he would have come to find her.
Su Xi hugged her knees and buried her face in them. Her mind was blank.
Many scenes emerged in her mind … When she first moved the teacup in Prince Ning Fu's woodshed, Lu Huan, who was still a simple character, was very vigilant and suspected that it was haunted. Su Xi could not help but smile when she thought of those.
Also, when a little heart appeared on top of his head for the first time, she was very surprised. Later, she could not help but poke him often to see what kind of bubbles would appear on top of his head.
When he first thought of her as a ghost, he even tried to hold an umbrella for her … Later, when he also had a screen on his side, he forcibly changed the cartoon that she could see to his original art. Although Su Xi missed that bun face very much, she did not want to upset Lu Huan, so she did not switch back. She even thought that there would be plenty of time in the future. When he was not paying attention, she would quietly switch back …
But now … there was no longer any time in the future …
Su Xi's tears wetted the small spot on her knees.
Time passed day by day. It seemed like she was accompanying him, but in fact, he was not accompanying her when she stayed up late to do papers at night.
When she had him, she did not realize it. When she lost him, she suddenly realized that they had so many shared memories, and these memories would come to an abrupt end today. In the future, whether it was Zaizai or Lu Huan, they would not appear in front of her … She was so sad that she felt as if a piece of her heart had been gouged out.
Seven days had passed by Su Xi's side. Although she ate as usual, she was listless all day. Mother Su could not help but be a little worried. After dinner that day, she touched her forehead and said, "You don't have a fever. Xixi, why do you look so pale? Do you want to go to the hospital for a check-up tomorrow?"
"I'm fine." Su Xi was stunned for a moment. She took a mouthful of rice and said, "Maybe I slept at home for too long during the summer vacation."
Mother Su was still worried and said to Su Xi, "Your father and I have something to do tomorrow, so we can't leave. Let Jingchuan and Qin accompany you to the hospital for an outpatient consultation."
Su Xi wanted to say something but hesitated. She was afraid that her parents would be worried, so she nodded and agreed.
Her phone was broken and could not be repaired. Yesterday, she went to buy a new phone and sent it to the boss to help with the data transfer.
Su Xi stared at the old phone. Her last glimmer of hope was gone.
On the one hand, she felt sad that she would never see Zaizai again. On the other hand, she thought that at least before she disappeared, he had regained his identity as a prince. Next, he would marry and have children, realize his dreams, and live a good life. Although he might be a little sad at this moment, he should forget about her, who had only appeared in that world for two years. This was also a good ending …
However, no matter how she comforted herself, her heart was still empty and very difficult to calm down. The phone had been flooded too abruptly. In the end, she could not even promise to see Zaizai at night.
Su Xi was so annoyed that she wanted to bang her head against the wall, but there was no other way. She had tried her best. Her phone was broken.
The next day, Su Xi put on her clothes, washed her face, and applied sunscreen. She felt a little more refreshed and went to the hospital.
She had been depressed these few days. Huo Jingchuan and Gu Qin did not know what was wrong with her. Coincidentally, the two of them also wanted to take a physical examination during the summer vacation, so they simply moved the time forward and accompanied her to the hospital.
Su Xi felt that she might have caught a cold. Her head was indeed a little dizzy, so she registered for the outpatient clinic and waited for her blood routine test.
Huo Jingchuan sat on her left and played Mobile Legends. Gu Qin sat on her right and read a novel. In the summer, there were many people in the hospital. It was noisy and hot. She was sleepy and her head nodded as she waited for the results to come out.
She did not know that at this moment, her broken phone in the cupboard suddenly struggled to light up.
At this moment, a new message popped up on the game screen that she had not had time to close before the crash. [Congratulations on completing Mission 15 (Advanced): Control Chengzhou's flood. You have received a reward of + 18 points. So far, you have accumulated a total of 200 points. Officially unlocking the second big gift pack —]
[Countdown, three — — two — — one —]
After the phone lit up for a few seconds, the screen turned black. During the few seconds when the phone lit up, Lu Huan, who was in the Chengzhou government office, suddenly saw the screen that had disappeared for 14 days appear again without any warning.
His eyelids twitched, his pupils shrank, and his breathing suddenly quickened. He did not care about waiting for the officials to come over and respond. Just like that day, he did not hesitate to pounce on the screen.
Last time, in the Ministry of War's official residence, he pounced on nothing.
This time, Lu Huan saw a white light flash in front of his eyes. In the blink of an eye, the scene in front of him suddenly changed.
He held his breath and looked around. The surroundings were very familiar. The Kumamon bed, the glass window, and the starting interface when he opened the screen every time — Su Xi's home.
Was this a dream?
Lu Huan tried to squat down and touched the floor. Then, he touched the unfinished test paper on Su Xi's desk.
Only when his fingers touched a solid object did he finally believe ….. that it wasn't a dream. After two hundred points, he actually came to her world!
Lu Huan's heart beat wildly. His eyes gradually turned red from ecstasy.
In the past 14 days, he had no other choice but to try. He rode his horse to Chengzhou. Before the flood broke the dam, he first found the few officials who were repairing the dam in Chengzhou that day. He also ordered Chengzhou's manager to be on guard in advance to minimize the damage caused by the upcoming flood.
At the same time, he did not feel confident at all. After he finished, the screen still did not appear like before.
Lu Huan also realized that something might have happened to Su Xi. Otherwise, she would not have not contacted him for 14 days.
His heart became more urgent, and he became more anxious to supervise the work.
When the officials in Chengzhou realized that he was missing, they would definitely frantically search for him. However, at this moment, Lu Huan did not care so much. His heart was beating wildly. He just wanted to see her immediately.
Lu Huan stood in Su Xi's room for a while. He was wearing a bright yellow prince's robe, which did not fit in with the room. He did not dare to act rashly, afraid that he would be mistaken as a thief. However, there was no sound at all in Su Xi's home. No one was home. Her parents had gone to work during the day.
Lu Huan hesitated for a while before walking to the door and opening it.
He was already very familiar with the living room.
After the ecstasy, Lu Huan quickly realized that he did not know where she went.
If he stayed here and waited, her parents would come back first at night. It seemed that he would not be able to explain why he appeared in her house out of thin air.
He rubbed his head and walked to the fridge. He was very familiar with her family and knew that she would put a memo on the fridge whenever something happened.
Lu Huan immediately saw that on Monday, Xixi went to the hospital for a checkup.
Why did she go to see a doctor?
Lu Huan's heart tightened. He immediately thought that she had disappeared with the screen because of some illness.
His eyelids suddenly twitched. He forced himself not to think too much. He directly opened the door and rushed out.
Lu Huan walked to the elevator and stared at the metal box for a long time. Although he had studied it before, this was his first time using it. He was still not very familiar with it.
After a while, two grandpas from the neighborhood walked to the elevator. They also wanted to go to the first floor. They looked at him strangely and sized up the clothes he was wearing. They asked, "Young man, are you filming?
We don't have a film studio here. Which crew did you come from? "
Lu Huan looked at the two of them warily. He pursed his lips and did not answer.
However, he followed closely behind the two grandpas and successfully reached the first floor. He breathed a sigh of relief.
Then —
Lu Huan strode towards the entrance of the neighborhood.
As he walked, he attracted the attention of all the aunties and grandmas in the neighborhood. Two aunties who loved to watch TV series were shocked. They said to each other, "Look, is that an actor? The costume he's wearing?
He's acting as a prince, right?!
This costume is so realistic!
Young actors nowadays are so handsome. I think he's so handsome. Oh my god, don't tell me he's living here?! "
Lu Huan was anxious. He ignored them and ran to the bus stop at the entrance of the neighborhood.
He carefully studied how to get on the bus, but he soon found a very troublesome problem. He did not have the money of this world. He touched his chest and found that he only had a few banknotes.
For the sake of convenience, he did not even have any money on him.
Moreover, this happened so suddenly that he did not have time to prepare.
He hesitated for a moment. When the bus stopped, he followed the person in front of him and got on the bus. He handed the banknotes to the driver and asked politely, "Can I use this to make up for it?"
The people on the bus stared at him in amazement and exploded, "Actor?"
The driver glanced at the banknotes he handed over and was a little confused. He suspected that there were cameras nearby. After looking around and confirming that there were no hidden cameras, he waved his hand at him. "You didn't bring any money for filming, right? You want to pay with props?
Why are you so optimistic? Don't delay me from driving. "
It seemed to be a local dialect. Lu Huan did not understand, but to be cautious, he still took a few steps back and got off the bus.
The bus drove away, and the people on the bus turned back to look at him excitedly. Some people even took out their phones to take pictures of him.
Lu Huan estimated the route to the hospital in his mind, so he began to … run.
Su Xi's side was still waiting in line to get the results. They had no idea that the street outside the hospital was in an uproar. The news had spread to the entrance of the hospital, saying that a handsome young actor wearing a prince's robe was running a marathon on the road (heavy fog …). A circle of people surrounded the road to take pictures, and some people even cheered him on.
Lu Huan suppressed the displeasure in his heart and rushed into the hospital.
When Su Xi heard the noise in the corridor, he woke up from his drowsiness. When he heard a nurse calling his name, he rubbed his face and planned to get up to get the results.
The nurse's call was neither loud nor soft, and the entire corridor was boiling like boiling water, but Lu Huan heard it.
"Su Xi."
Lu Huan stopped breathing for a second and suddenly stopped searching. His heart was beating wildly. He held his breath and slowly looked over.
He saw Su Xi pass through the crowd, yawn, and walk step by step towards the window.
It was him.
In an instant, Lu Huan's heart almost jumped out of his throat. He could not hear anything around him. Everything was silent. His blood rushed to the top of his head, and the corners of his eyes and brows were red. He was ecstatic.
It was like a dream, but Lu Huan clearly knew that this was not a dream.
He composed himself, squeezed through the crowd, and strode towards Su Xi.
He walked faster and faster.
Su Xi took the report from the window, walked to the side, and looked down listlessly. He found that there was indeed an increase in white blood cells in the blood routine test. It should be the flu. No wonder he felt weak recently even though he didn't have a fever.
He should go to the outpatient clinic to get some medicine and go home to sleep for a few days. He should be fine.
Thinking of this, Su Xi heard a young lady behind him exclaim something. He didn't pay much attention to it and walked back with the report.
However, he suddenly felt that the crowd in front of him seemed to have dispersed a lot. Then, his forehead suddenly pressed against a chest. Su Xi was about to apologize, but the corner of his clothes appeared in his sight. It was a bright yellow robe with golden embroidery on the waist. The black boots were also very familiar. The lifelike dragon on the robe was monstrous and noble …
Su Xi's breathing quickened little by little.
The young man on top of his head ran over. His breathing was slightly heavy. Su Xi smelled the faint, pleasant smell of frost on his body — —
Wait.
Su Xi's heart was stuck in his throat. He raised his head in disbelief.
A face with cold eyebrows, starry eyes, and skin as white as jade appeared in his sight.
It was a person who appeared here. It made her wonder if she was dreaming.
The next second, Lu Huan hugged her in public. His eyes were red, and he whispered, "It's me. I'm here."
Su Xi's mind simply crashed and went blank. Everyone around him sucked in a cold breath.
Huo Jingchuan and Gu Qin watched a young man in a costume suddenly appear and hug Su Xi tightly in his arms. They immediately stood up and ran over to try to pull him away. "What the f * ck!"
Lu Huan's eyes were even redder. It was as if he had finally found his beloved treasure and refused to let go.
Su Xi made a prompt decision and said to her two friends, "Don't pull!"
She slowly recovered from the blank expression on her face. Then, she became excited and ecstatic. Was she dreaming? No, it didn't seem like a dream. God, how could Zaizai appear in front of her!
Wasn't the phone broken?!
Even if it wasn't broken, it was impossible …
Su Xi's brain was buzzing. It wasn't working fast enough, and it was about to crash. She decided not to think about it first.
Seeing that her two friends were still trying to pull Zaizai away, Lu Huan's prince robe was about to be torn, she suddenly felt distressed and hugged him back. She didn't forget to say to the stunned Gu Qin and Huo Jingchuan, "Don't touch him!"
Gu Qin and Huo Jingchuan: …?