Chapter 398
Patrick came back in such a hurry just to find a pocket watch.
Not quite understanding why, Christina told him the truth, "I didn''t see it."
"Christina!"
Charles shouted cheerfully as soon as he saw her from afar, "I knew you wouldn''t die so easily!"
Christina, who had just escaped with bare life, even felt a little touched when she saw the man that
used to quarrel with her. "Of course!"
"Why did youe here? It''s time to go down the mountain..."
"Yes, but Patrick said his pocket watch was missing."
Looking at her strangely, he added, "He has carried that watch with him for many years."
Christina had seen an exquisite gold pocket watch of Patrick, which seemed to have a small photo of a
girl in it. She was not sure because she had only taken a nce at it.
"Maybe he lost it when fighting with Ray at the cliff."
Charles asked with a serious expression, "More precisely?"
"I''ll send about 20 people to look for it now. If they don''t find it tonight, we will circle the ce with a
security line and look for it again tomorrow. It''s a metal watch, so mas should be useful. It may take
a few days but I think we will find it..."
It sounded troublesome for Christina. "Forget it. If it''s gone, it''s gone."
The fire at the entrance of the stone cave was about to burn out. As the mes were gradually dying
out, their figures became dim and blurry.
Patrick turned to look at Christina with aplicated feeling.
It had be his habit to carry that pocket watch with him.
And it suddenly disappeared.
Christina and the others took the rescue SUV downhill and rested in the town at the foot of the
mountain.
Influenced by the extremely cold weather, the traffic condition and medical treatment in the town were
also not positive. The ce where they were resting was actually a private vi of a local billionaire,
which looked like a castle built in thest century with more than 30 guest rooms in it. It was now
temporarily used as their amodation.
The owner of this vi should have been friends with Patrick because all the servants here respected
him, some of whom did not even dare to look straight at him as if they would offend him by doing that.
As a result, Patrick and the others received the best and fastest treatment.
Patrick had a knife wound on his back, so he was immediately sent for surgery after he went down the
mountain.
Christina had some ordinary abrasions. The nurse applied medicine to the wound on her forehead and
suggested she do a general examination.
"Don''t bother. Take care of the other patients first. I''m okay."
But the nurse looked reluctant, who exined in English, "This is what mister ordered."
Christina did not know whether she was talking about Patrick or the owner of the vi. Although the vi
wasrge, there were more than 200 tourists who got hurt in the extreme weather. Among them, only a
small number of people could rest in the rooms while most of the tourists had to queue up in the hall for
treatment.
Christina walked into the temporary examination room under the gaze of other tourists and sat down for
a blood test.
"How''s your leg?"
Barbara was in this room too. The doctor had applied medicine to her legs and fixed them with special
medical equipment.
The nurses ha changed her clothes and washed her face, so she looked much better now. Staring at
Christina, Barbara replied in a calm tone.
"They are broken and need a ster cast. The doctor said I couldn''t walk for three months."
They were never close friends, so Christina just nodded and turned around to continue to take her
blood pressure.
Barbara had aplicated feeling when she saw Christina''s indifferent expression. "Thank you... for
saving me."
Although this vi was just a temporary ce for treatment and rest, it had electricity, hot water, clean
clothes, heating, and food here.
Barbara suddenly felt very grateful to be able to stay in such a ce.
And the only reason she could be here was Christina.
"Christina, if it weren''t for you, I might have died this time..."
Facing the fact the Christina was the one who saved her life, Barbara really didn''t know how to
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describe her feeling right now.
"Christina, I..." Barbara said hesitantly.
"Enough. I''m not that great. You don''t need to thank me."
Christina was a little embarrassed, so she deliberately replied in a stiff tone.
Her unnatural reaction made Barbara smile. "Now that you are my savior, why don''t you ask me to stay
away from Patrick or quit my job in the group? Why don''t you ask me to repay you for your kindness?"
Christina replied quickly, "You don''t have to."
"Are you sure?"
There was a gold pocket watch that Barbara had been clenching in her right hand for a long time. She
said hesitantly. "Christina, let me tell you a secret..."
"I met Patrick in college in America. We were in different grades, but I knew him because he was very
famous on campus. Girls in or not in the college as well as some women who have already graduated
were all crazy about him at that time, asking all his friends about his hobbies and things he was good
at. They tried every means to get close to him so that they could talk to him..."
Christina didn''t expect her to mention Patrick and a secret.
Was the secret about Patrick?
Barbara paused for a few seconds as she saw Christina''s indifferent face, and then continued in a
lower voice.
"Patrick came back home on the year his father passed away. He should have gone back to the united
states right after the ceremony, but somehow, he went to C City that day..."
"It was actually a strange ce to him because he didn''t grow up there and rarely went there for a trip.
That day, he was going to meet a friend in C City. Patrick didn''t have many true friends. At that time, his
best friend was Derek. They were both outstanding and didn''t like to talk."
Christina was a little surprised when she heard "Derek".
Seeing the change of expression on her face, Barbara raised her voice. "Patrick didn''t find Derek that
day, so he was wandering around a high school in C City..."
"As he was walking along a road with his headphones on, a girl happened to jump from an old locust
tree at him. He was very surprised..."
Barbara had aplicated smile on her face. "Coincidentally, Patrick applied to be a teaching assistant
in that high school for half a yearter..."
He applied for a special teaching position in her school for half a year, but unfortunately, she didn''t
recognize him.
Barbara handed the gold pocket watch to Christina. It was the one Patrick was looking for.
Christina held it in her hand while Barbara lifted its lid...
Taking onest look at the small photo in the pocket watch, Barbara said in a strange tone.
"Patrick has developed a habit over the years, which is carrying this pocket watch with him wherever
he goes..."
The light in this room was not bright, but Christina could see the photo on the right side of the pocket
watch clearly. It was a 17-year-old student resting her head on the desk. The photo recorded her
beautiful side face and how soundly she was sleeping.
Christina''s mind went nk for a moment as she stared at the girl in the small photo.
It was herself.
On the left side of the pocket watch, someone carved a short sentence in English with a pen...
The font was too small. Christina raised the watch so that the light could fully shine on it...
[...]
It was Patrick''s handwriting. He carved this himself.
A very short sentence.
"I want to tell you that how much I love you."
I want to tell you how much I love you.