"Alix?"
Along with the gentle movements of her finger, her eyelids fluttered slowly open and the hospital's room came to her view.
Shui gasped with slightly parting her lips. "You are awake..."
She immediately rushed outside and brought the doctor-in-charge a few minutes later. He quickly did a cursory checkup and asked some questions.
"Miss, Can you hear me?"
Ren Alix slowly shifted her attention towards him and nodded.
"Good," he wrote it down, "Do you know your name?"
"...Ren Alix."
He proceeded with some basic cognitive and memory tests and then asked, "Do you remember the day of your accident?"
"Not clearly."
He nodded. "That can happen."
"How long since I have been here?"
"Four months."
"I see."
"Do not take stress, Miss. Ren. You will recover in no time," he reassured her with a smile. "For now, please focus on resting and regaining your strength."
He stepped outside with Shui and she asked anxiously, "What do you think?"
"As you saw, Miss. Ren remembers pretty much everything about herself except the accident. That is normal. It would still take some time for her jumbled up memories to align within herself. But otherwise, I don't see a long lasting negative impact on her brain or other vital functions. She should fully recover soon in a month's time at best."
Shui felt greatly relieved. "Thank you so much!"
"It's my pleasure, Miss. Han. If you want, you can go inside and talk to her. But just don't stress on the accident part. It's better if she remembers it at her own pace. I will go and inform her family."
As he left, Shui quickly dropped an eager message to someone, informing them of this great news.
Shui stepped in and smiled at Alix. "Can I come inside? It's fine if you don't want to. I can come later."
Alix, who was staring outside the window, slowly turned her head and met her gaze. She held onto it silently as if searching something in it.
Should I or should I not...?
"Ah...And here I thought I would finally get to know that bastard who did this to her!" Xiao gritted her teeth.
She shook her head. "We cannot rush her, Xiao. Right now she only needs to focus on recovering."
Xiao nodded helplessly. "I understand...It's just so frustrating. We have been trying to find out what had happened, but we didn't get any clue until now. It's only Alix that can help us."
"We can only wait till she is better."
"It's okay," Xiao smiled. "We have waited for four months. What's waiting for some more time? I will head inside too."
"Sure."
Shui stood at her place, releasing a relieved sigh. She got an incoming call and picked it up.
"Yuze," she smiled.
"Shui, I heard about Alix. Is she doing okay?"
"Yup."
"She didn't lash out at you or something, right?" He sighed.
"Of course not. You know our relationship was already improving before the accident happened."
"I do but I wasn't sure how she would behave after waking up. What if she forgot your friendship and reverted to her old ways? But I am glad to hear that nothing of that sort happened."
"Me too."
"Oh yes, I called you for another thing too. You must know about the Business Summit, right?"
"Yes."
"Actually, I wanted to ask if you would be going too?"
Shui paused. "Well...I wasn't planning to go."
"...Because of Liu Jin?"
"No. It's not that."
"Then in that case, how about you come along too? You cannot always bury your head in your work, you know? Plus I am sure, Xiao will ask you out anyway for Alix's sake. You three have been the closest."
"Alix?"
"Yes, the Ren family is invited too. Naturally, her family and Xiao and I want Alix to be with the people she is comfortable with, so Xiao will definitely bug you."
"I see," Shui pressed her lips, taking a moment to reply. "I will think about it."