CHAPTER 510: CHAPTER 512: AWAKENING

"Yu Zhen," He Xuebing looked at Yu Zhen with seriousness in his eyes, and a thick disapproval.

Yu Zhen pursed her lips and finally, she didn’t speak, but she sat next to He Xuebing’s bed, watching over here.

He Xuebing was helpless and looked at Xia Xiao apologetically, but Xia Xiao ignored him.

Xia Xiao directly pulled the curtain shut, blocking the view between He Xuebing and Yu Zhen. Her mood was very bad right now, and if she wasn’t so concerned about Gao Jiaxing, she might have wanted to smack Yu Zhen.

At this moment, Yang Xuehua came over. She had taken the children to the Yu Family, but unexpectedly, as soon as she returned, she learned that He Xuebing was injured and Yu Zhen had come. Xue Baozhu was helping Yu Zhen with the children, and Mr. Yu fell ill again. Yang Xuehua had no choice but to leave the children with Xue Baozhu and come over herself.

When she arrived and saw the curtain in the middle, Yang Xuehua also sensed that something was off. After greeting He Xuebing and Yu Zhen, Yang Xuehua came over to ask Xia Xiao, "How is Gao Jiaxing doing?"

"He hasn’t woken up yet," Xia Xiao shook her head, her heart sinking.

"He will wake up, I also heard that Gao Jiaxing got blasted while saving a comrade, and sadly, that comrade also perished," Yang Xuehua had heard some news from Mr. Yu; Yu Shijie was still at the border.

The war had been won, but there were still wrap-up operations to complete. Yu Shijie was safe, and Yang Xuehua breathed a sigh of relief, but seeing Gao Jiaxing’s condition and hearing that he had been in a coma for ten days without waking up, Yang Xuehua couldn’t help worrying.

Xia Xiao was chatting with Yang Xuehua while massaging Gao Jiaxing, gently kneading his hands and legs to ensure better blood circulation.

Soon after, Gao Guoqiang and Zheng Xianghong came over, with them were Gao Jiazhi, Xiao Mei, Weilin, and Feiyang and Feiyue, Feiyi, Feiteng, and Spirit—all were here.

These past ten days, Xia Xiao had taken meticulous care of Gao Jiaxing. Even when Gao Jiazhi offered to stay the night, Xia Xiao didn’t agree, because nighttime was the best time to change IV bottles.

"Jiaxing hasn’t woken up for so many days, so I thought about letting Feiyang and the others try, see if they could wake him," Zheng Xianghong explained to Xia Xiao.

Xia Xiao’s eyes reddened, nodded, and everyone in the room turned their attention to their family.

Feiyang, Feiyue, Feiyi, Feiteng, and Spirit all gathered around Gao Jiaxing’s bed. At nine years old, Feiyi, and Feiteng and Spirit at seven, the children were all calling out, "Daddy, wake up."

Hearing this, everyone’s eyes reddened, and their hearts were filled with sourness. All those lying in the room were soldiers, moved to tears by the scene.

At this point, He Xuebing’s eyes also became moist. Suddenly, a voice that seemed out of place rang out, "What are you crying for?"

The room went silent, and everyone turned to look at Yu Zhen with serious gazes.

Because Zheng Xianghong and others had come over, Xia Xiao had opened the curtains, and now everyone naturally turned their gaze toward Yu Zhen when she spoke up.

The patients here, the family members here, the many deep stares made Yu Zhen uncomfortable, and she said, "I was just talking to my husband."

The people no longer paid attention to Yu Zhen, finding her cluelessness infuriating, and saw talking to her as a waste of breath.

He Xuebing also didn’t want to say anything anymore, simply pulled the covers over his head to sleep, not willing to deal with Yu Zhen.

Xia Xiao and the others wouldn’t pay attention either; Yang Xuehua shook her head, tried to say a couple of words to Yu Zhen, but just sighed.

However, at that moment, Spirit suddenly said, "Dad’s finger moved."

Everyone stopped abruptly, staring at Gao Jiaxing’s hands and his expression, not wanting to miss the slightest sign, but after watching intently for a while, nothing happened.

Some thought Spirit was seeing things; Xia Xiao had had such illusions every day for days and didn’t know how many times she had been disappointed.

Spirit pouted and cried, "I really saw Dad’s finger move, it was this finger, it’s true, I didn’t see wrong."

"Dad’s finger did move," Feiteng also spoke up, "Spirit wouldn’t lie, we twins have a telepathy."

Feiyang and Feiyue looked at each other, as if saying they didn’t have such a thing, but everyone now focused on Gao Jiaxing’s face and fingers.

Just when everyone’s eyes were sore, the kneeling Feiyi also spoke joyfully, "Dad’s finger moved again, just a slight twitch, really!"

If Spirit’s words made everyone feel Spirit might have been mistaken, then Feiyi’s voice brought hope to life.

"Brother Gao,"

"Jiaxing,"

"Daddy,"

One by one, voices kept calling, even if Gao Jiaxing didn’t respond, everyone persisted.

Just as their calls subsided, a weak voice spoke, "So noisy."

Right then and there, Xia Xiao and the others burst into tears of joy—they really did it, he finally woke up, if he hadn’t, Xia Xiao wouldn’t have known what to do to wake Gao Jiaxing.

"Congratulations, lad, fortune and fate are with you, I almost thought you were going to be a vegetable," Gao Jiazhi breathed a sigh of relief and burst into hearty laughter.

Xia Xiao kept wiping her tears, her face showing the first content smile in ten days; everyone was happy. Even the hospital staff were excited, after all, every patient who could be saved was cause for happiness.

The hospital had thought that Gao Jiaxing might become a vegetable, but they had not said so, after all, it had only been ten days, and they wanted to give the family some hope.

But to everyone’s surprise, Gao Jiaxing had fought hard and finally woke up.

"Water," Gao Jiaxing asked for water.

Xia Xiao hurried, "I’ll get you some water."

Now that it had been ten days, Gao Jiaxing could drink some water, but not too much too soon, so Xia Xiao gave him some moistened water with a little spring water to sip.

"Did we win?" Gao Jiaxing asked He Xuebing at his side, wanting to know if they had won after that final blast.

He Xuebing smiled and nodded, yes, they had won.

Gao Jiaxing also showed a slight smile, he relaxed completely, still weak but nothing made him happier than knowing they had won the battle.

However, now Gao Jiaxing looked at his family, saw Xia Xiao’s reddened eyes, the kids’ admiring gazes and he showed a big smile towards his family, "Sorry for making everyone worry."

"Waking up is what matters," Gao Guoqiang eventually said.

Gao Jiaxing could finally wake up, but he couldn’t be discharged yet, he still needed to recuperate.

Xia Xiao, on this return, just left Zheng Xianghong to take care of Gao Guojia, and everyone else went back. In the afternoon, Gao Jiazhi came to stay the night for Gao Jiaxing.

Xia Xiao had also been very tired these past few days, not sleeping well, so this time when she went back and had eaten, she slept until the evening before waking up, and no one had called her.