Chapter 350: The Injured Racing King
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The season was over, and the holidays had begun, but the club became more and more cheerless. Harman's team had returned to Europe, the players all spending their time to rest, recover themselves, and take holidays.
Dai Li, however, didn't leave the club immediately, but rather, he began to date Yunan Xiao. It seemed that everything was going well after the celebration banquet. They established a good tacit understanding, they worked together, ate together, and went to movies together, if time permitted. They completely forgot Dingtian Xiao's words of: "You should keep away from Yunan."
On the evening of Christmas Eve, as they came out of a restaurant, a cold wind blew past them, and Dai Li took off his coat and put it on Yunan Xiao. They strolled down the pedestrian street, hand in hand, and when they looked at the couples around them, they got closer and closer.
Looking at Yunan Xiao's beautiful face, Dai Li couldn't help wanting to kiss her. But suddenly, his cellphone rang.
"It's a call from Germany," Dai Li looked at his cellphone, the security software showing the source of the call.
"Why did a German call me? Could it be a fraud call? I know that's been rampant recently," Dai Li didn't want to answer the call, but it kept ringing, so he finally answered.
"Hello, Mr. Li, Merry Christmas!" It was Cloud. Dai Li was very familiar with his voice.
"Mr. Cloud? What a surprise!" said Dai Li.
"I hoped that I haven't disturbed you, because I thought Spring Festival is your traditional holiday." Cloud added, "My wife was cooking the Christmas Eve dinner, and I couldn't bear her nagging, so I walked around the yard and gave you a call. How are you doing?"
They greeted to each other, then Cloud got right down to business: "Dai Li, I know you had your own methods in rehabilitation training, and that several players in the team had recovered quickly with your help and methods. But their injuries were not very serious, as many of them were cumulative trauma disorders. I wandered if you could cure a very serious injury, also?"
"How serious was it? What kind of trauma?" asked Dai Li.
"The injured was hit on the head, which caused intracranial hemorrhage and cerebral edema after surgery. After two weeks spent in an artificial coma, his cranial injury has recovered, but partial cerebral hypoxia might have caused the injury of nerves, which couldn't be judged accurately. There were fractures and hairline fractures in his body, but they were not serious and have since healed. Therefore, it was not local trauma, but rather, was comprehensive physical trauma," said Cloud.
"How was his spine? Could he act on his own?"
"There was nothing wrong with his spine, he can now sit up and stand, with much help, but it is difficult for him to walk," said Cloud.
"That means he can't act on his own," Dai Li nodded.
"Far from not being able to act on his own, he is now almost completely at a total loss of control over his limbs. He can't stand truly firmly without the help of others. He can only slightly raise his arms, and he can't even clench his fists," said Cloud helplessly.
"It sounds like he had a very serious injury, was it caused by routine sports? A car accident?" asked Dai Li subconsciously.
"It's not a car accident, the injured hit a stone at a high speed while skiing. But fortunately, he wore a helmet, or else he would have died," Cloud said with a sigh.
"It occurred to me that Helheim, the king of racing, hit his head when he was skiing a few months ago," said Dai Li.
"You guessed it, the injured is Helheim," Cloud confessed.
"Really?" Dai Li remembered the news that he had read a few days ago. But then he had been preparing for the Asia Champion League, so he didn't pay much attention to it at the time.
"Yes, it's him! We have been friends for over ten years, as I was his fitness coach when he was at Ferrari," said Cloud.
"I have been praying for him since he was injured. And when I returned to Europe, I went to Switzerland to visit him for the first time, hoping to help him. He is safe now, but from the perspective of a coach, he is still in bad condition, and it's difficult for him to be an able-bodied person again."
Cloud paused, then said, "In fact, Helheim has received the best medical team, the best medical equipment, and the best treatment, but he is still is not in good condition. So, we can only rely on exercise rehabilitation. But I have no idea, because he can't even do the basic rehabilitation training. I guess you could help him, as I remembered that you could help these athletes, who I now see can run and get back on the court. I wondered if you could help him to recover, or at least help him to do rehabilitation training."
"Well…" Dai Li hesitated for a moment, because he didn't know whether rehabilitation massage would be helpful to Helheim.
"Cloud, I'm not sure if I can help him, but I can have a try," said Dai Li.
"Better try than give up all hope!" Cloud sighed, then said, "When can you come to Europe? We're going to Switzerland."
"At least one week, I have to get a visa. Unlike you, German passports are almost visa-free in Europe. You can go anywhere you want." Dai Li agreed to his request.
Helheim is a German, the world's greatest Formula One driver. He has won the championship of Formula One seven times, and he kept most of the records of Formula One Racing. So, he was known as "the king of racing".
Apart from racing, Helheim's biggest hobby was skiing. He would spend a month or two a year at a ski resort in Europe. Not long ago, the Alps had just started its ski season. So, Helheim couldn't wait to go to the ski resorts in the French Alps, but unfortunately, he hit his head on the stone and almost lost his life.
There had been much debate in the news media about Helheim's injury. Some say he has been a vegetable, and could never stand up again, while others say he would recover soon. Now, it seems that what Cloud has said is the reality. Helheim didn't become a vegetable, but he would not recover soon, either.
Dai Li knew Helheim very well. Being one of the greatest racing drivers in the world, Helheim had led the trend of the times. When Dai Li got the intermediate detector, and hence, knew the talent date for athletes, he thought of several athletes whose date might be S+, including Helheim.