<h4>Chapter 696: It Was Really Her (2)</h4>


    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio


    Was the blurred face he saw of a woman when he was semi-conscious Xu Wei?


    The question came as a surprise to Xu Wei. She was stunned for a moment before she nodded. Then, she shook her head.


    Zuo An frowned, “What do you mean?”


    Xu Wei sat back on her chair with her elbow rested on her knee and her chin propped on her hand. Her well-defined pair of eyes stared at him directly while she replied in a nonchnt tone, “What I meant was I did save you. But I should not be taking all the credit. But yes, I did save you.


    Zuo An’s frown deepened, probably because the way she put it made him confused.


    Xu Wei chuckled softly when she realized that she seeded in pranking the ever serious Zuo An. She continued solemnly, “Alright... I won’t make things difficult for someone having a high fever. To put it simply I heard Qiao Chu said that something might have happened to you when you went hiking in the mountain and that you might be in danger. It was raining heavily yesterday and the wind was so strong. I thought about it and it was indeed worrisome. So I decided to seek help from the rescue team to send people to search for you in the mountain.”


    “You’re my boss. I depend on you for a living. So, I can’t let anything happen to you. So I went to search for you myself. Perhaps it wasn’t your time to leave the world yet, or maybe it was just my luck. I identally slipped and went down the slope and found you.”


    “Your wound was inmed and you were having a high fever when I found you. With the constant exposure to wind and rain and we had no shelter, you would probably not be able to make it if we had waited for the rescue team at the same spot. I couldn’t just stand by and watch you die, right? So, I carried you up the slope on my back.”


    When she recalled the hardship she endured the previous night, Xu Wei felt her limbs turned to jelly. She couldn’t help butined, “Big Boss, you look thin, I can’t believe that you’re so heavy. It nearly killed me carrying you on my back...”


    Xu Wei exhaled a huge breath of air, “A person could reach infinite potential in a time of crisis.”


    “Anyway, I only made it up the slope with you on my back. I was too exhausted to go on. After I gave Qiao Chu a call, I passed out too. When I woke up, I heard that the rescue team reached us and brought us down the mountain.”


    “So, I did save you, but the rescue team saved you too. So, I only contributed half in the mission to save you.”


    Zuo An was quietly listening to her rambling without a word.


    Xu Wei thought that he couldn’t digest her words as he was suffering from a high fever. She smiled and said, “This is roughly what happened. If you want to know more in detail, I’ll tell you when you’re feeling better. You should continue to rest now, I’ll...”


    Before she could finish, Zuo An suddenly asked, “You were the one carrying me?”


    “...”


    He only caught this among all the things she had been telling him just now?


    Although Xu Wei couldn’t understand why he was insistent to know, still she nodded earnestly. “Yes, I was so exhausted from carrying you. Luckily I do weight lifting. Else, I would probably have to drag you all the way.”


    She was indeed the one behind the blurry face.


    Zuo An’s gaze became a little obscure and his voice even softer, “Aren’t you afraid that... not only were you not able to save me, but you would also get implicated as well?


    Xu Wei nodded without hesitation. “Of course I’m scared. I do cherish my life, a lot.”


    Yea, who wouldn’t? Who would be so foolish to risk their lives for others? Such a simple fact, and yet it made the light in Zuo An’s eyes dissipated gradually.


    Xu Wei spoke again in the next moment.