Chapter 1699 Injured

Chapter 1699 Injured

For some reason, Qiao Mei suddenly felt a little flustered. She had never felt this way before. She quickly called Xu Lan, Xia He, Qiao Qiang, Li Gui and Qian'e to confirm that they were all fine before she felt more at ease.

She thought that perhaps she was just overthinking...

Qiao Mei tried to console herself. After finishing her meal alone, she put the food into the fridge and hugged the two children to sleep.

When it was almost dawn, Qiao Mei suddenly caught a whiff of a strong scent of blood. She looked up and saw Xia Zhe quietly opening the door and entering the house.

"Did I open the door too loudly? I didn't expect to wake you up," Xia Zhe said as he scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Are you injured?" Qiao Mei asked with a frown.

"I'm not. I'm covered in the blood of my comrades," Xia Zhe said vaguely.

She reached out to touch Xia Zhe's wound and the butterfly mark on her chest warmed slightly. Qiao Mei could see inside Xia Zhe's body. Xia Zhe was in combat often and had many old injuries in his body.

There was still a lot of shrapnel left in his body. During those critical moments, the field doctors could only stop the bleeding first and try their best to remove as much shrapnel as they could. By the time he returned from the mission, his wounds were all almost healed. Taking out the remaining shrapnel would mean cutting open his flesh again. He did not want to have to go through it, so he just kept the shrapnel inside his body.

Qiao Mei gently ground a vine seed with her fingers and quietly urged it to grow, letting the vine burrow into Xia Zhe's body through the wound and get closer to the shrapnel.

"Hiss..." Xia Zhe gasped in pain.

"Bear with it for a while. I'm disinfecting the wound and it will hurt. You still have a lot of loose bullet particles that haven't been cleaned up," Qiao Mei said.

Xia Zhe casually grabbed a piece of clothing from the side and bit onto it, enduring the intense pain. The pain caused by Qiao Mei's treatment was still far less painful than what he suffered on the battlefield. He could endure it.

Qiao Mei finally touched the first piece of shrapnel. She slowly pulled it out while trying to keep it as painless for Xia Zhe as possible.

First it was one piece, then two pieces. By the time the third piece was taken out, both Xia Zhe and Qiao Mei were already sweating profusely. There were still two pieces of shrapnel located very far away. If she forcefully pulled them out, it would hurt Xia Zhe's internal organs. It was better to wait for another chance.

Qiao Mei cleaned up the shotgun particles on Xia Zhe's back and squeezed out the pus from the wounds that had not healed properly. After she was done, she poured ginseng juice over all the wounds in one go. In the blink of an eye, Xia Zhe's wounds had completely healed and looked no different from an old injury.