When Patrick saw a slender figure walking towards the door, he could not help grabbing her wrist. Then he asked with his charming gaze. "Where are you going? Are you in a rush that you even forget to wear your shoes?"
Sissi raised her face when she heard Patrick's voice. He noticed her curly eyelashes were stained with tears which made his heart ache.
"What's wrong with you?" Patrick grabbed her hand even tighter and asked with great concern, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
She kept shaking her head and looked at him with tears in her eyes sadly.
After a while, she managed to talk and asked, "Why do you do this?"
Patrick frowned "What have I done?"
Sissi pointed at him casually. First, she felt distressed. Then she blamed him. "Why do you rescue me? It doesn't matter if I freeze to death. However, you have a family. If anything happens to you, how can I explain it to them?"
Patrick pursed his lips and said, "You don't need to explain to them. I volunteered to save you."
"But I don't need it!" Sissi shouted at the top of her voice. "I don't need you to sacrifice yourself for me! I'm willing to freeze to death in the mountains and I don't want to die together with you!"
The secretary who stayed at the door thought inwardly, "Such a pretentious woman!"
However, when Patrick listened to Sissi's words, he would feel very touched!
After this narrow escape, Patrick could no longer pretend to turn a blind eye to Sissi.
He picked her up. Then he put her back on the bed and said repeatedly, "I'm willing to sacrifice myself as long as the person I'm saving is you."
The secretary was so angry at the door that she almost burst.
Tears welled up in Sissi's eyes when she heard Patrick's confession. She said regretfully, "It's too late..."
His hands which were about to wipe her tears froze in the air. Both of them knew what that meant.
Patrick left quietly after Sissi fell asleep being tired from crying.
The secretary who was leaning against the wall kept yawning. She shouted as soon as she saw Patrick came out, "Mr. Hopper." He glanced at the secretary. Even though Patrick's face was getting slimmer, there was still a terrifying domineering aura in his body. "How long have I been asleep?"
The secretary calculated roughly. "It's been five days."
Patrick observed the structure of the hospital and said with certainty, "This is not Timothy Village."
The secretary nodded. "The treatment conditions in the village are limited, so I made my own decision to send Ms. Roberts and sir to a nearby city. I hope Mr. Hopper will not blame me."
Patrick curled his lips and looked softly at Sissi lying in the ward. "Why should I blame you? Maybe both of us are already dead without your prompt decision."
"Mr. Hopper, please allow me to say something. You almost froze to death. As for Ms. Roberts, she won't die no matter what happens to her. She is like a cat with nine lives."
"What do you mean?"
The secretary said half-jokingly, "Once in the library, once in the mountains and once in the pit. Teacher Sissi had been in mishaps for three times and she could solve the crisis easily. What else would she be if she's not a cat with nine lives?"
The secretary was kind enough to say that Sissi was a cat. She wanted to make a bet that Sissi was actually a real cunning vixen!
Patrick frowned, "Mind your words, she's my teacher!"
The secretary was stunned and burst into laughter as if she had heard a joke." Sissi is your teacher? Mr. Hopper, you seem to be kidding me!"
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