Chapter 56 World 2 [26]

After hearing this, Grandma Shao was stunned for a moment and did not give an answer immediately.

Shao Qing also subconsciously looked at his grandmother's legs, and then he found that there was something wrong with his grandmother's sitting posture.

"Grandma, did you hit your leg? Is it serious?" Shao Qing asked with a frown.

"It's nothing serious. I just accidentally touched the railing when I was walking up the stairs. It was a little painful at the time, but I'm all fine now." Grandma Shao smiled and waved her hand.

She is so old, it is common for her to bump into things, there is no need to make a fuss about it.

"Grandma, now that the weather is getting colder, we will have less time to exercise and sunbathe outside than in other seasons, so our bones will be more easily injured. Even if it's just a minor bump, you have to be careful," Jing Ke said.

Another thing is that osteoporosis is inevitable as people get older. What may seem like a minor bump or bruise to young people may turn into bone fractures or even broken bones for people in their seventies or eighties.

"I know a little bit about this. Grandma, can you let me see the wound?" Jing Ke followed.

Grandma Shao was somewhat reluctant. Her legs did hurt occasionally at night, but that did not affect her daily movements. There was no need to make a first-time guest go through so much trouble for her.

"Grandma, let Jing Ke take a look. If you don't want to, we can go directly to the hospital to see a doctor." Shao Qing said, obviously standing on Jing Ke's side.

"It's nothing serious, just a bump below the knee." After meeting the extremely serious gazes of Jing Ke and Shao Qing, Grandma Shao could only pull up her trouser legs, revealing her calf where there was still a large bruise that had not healed.

Jing Ke asked Grandma Shao to put her legs on the sofa, half-knelt down, and pressed the bruise with her fingertips. "Grandma, does it hurt here?"

Grandma Shao hesitated for a moment, but finally told the truth, "A little bit, it doesn't hurt much."

Jing Ke changed the location again, "Here?"

Grandma Shao: "Just a little bit."

Jing Ke changed and asked again, but this time Grandma Shao just shook her head and said, "It doesn't hurt anymore. It doesn't hurt at all here."

"There's no local swelling, just bruising. The bones probably aren't injured yet." After a simple diagnosis, Jing Ke came to a conclusion, "Grandma, while the bruises are still there, you should stop working and get some rest. You can also take some calcium supplements to prevent osteoporosis."

"Okay, then I don't need to go to the hospital, right?" asked Grandma Shao.

Grandma Shao actually has some resistance to hospitals. Every time she goes there, she has to undergo a lot of tests, and the results of the tests either show that there are small problems here or there.

"Not for now. Shao Qing and I will go out and buy some plasters later. Grandma, just apply it. There is no local bleeding, and the bruise has been there for a while. You can rub it appropriately. The most important thing is not to do heavy work, and pay attention to rest." Jing Ke said, pulling Grandma Shao's trouser legs down.

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"Thank you. If you hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have noticed that grandma's leg was injured." Shao Qing said with a hint of guilt. She didn't seem to be a competent granddaughter.

"It's because I learned the relevant knowledge before that I noticed something was wrong." Jing Ke followed Shao Qing forward and looked at the buildings in sight. "Is the pharmacy nearby?"

"Yes, if they haven't moved, it's next to the express delivery station, two minutes ahead." Shao Qing said, pulling up the mask on his face. "The health center is a little further away, more than 20 minutes' walk."

"If you want to go to the municipal hospital, you have to go to the city center. So if it's not a serious illness, people living here usually buy some medicine or go to the health center to get an IV drip," said Shao Qing.

Jing Ke nodded. "If you're worried about grandma being home alone, maybe you could hire an aunt to look after her?"

Shao Qing's tone was filled with helplessness. "I tried, but grandma said she wasn't lying in bed and couldn't get up. She didn't want a stranger to take care of her. She had hands and feet and could take care of herself."

"What about blood relatives?" Jing Ke asked.

Shao Qing shook his head slightly. "Although my grandmother had three children, all of them except my father went to other places to develop their careers. No one chose to stay in Mianyang City. Because of some things, our relationship with our relatives is not good, and we have no contact with them."

"Grandma met her friends after she moved here. They are all neighbors living nearby and are about the same age. She prefers living here to being alone in a big city. She can occasionally go out to the market with friends, or chat at home." Shao Qing said.

Some ideas of the older generation are difficult to change. Sometimes, some of your actions, which you think are for her good, may not be recognized by the elderly, but may make it difficult for her to adapt.

After a brief chat on the way, we arrived at the nearby pharmacy.

The doctor in the white coat looked quite young. She didn't ask too many questions. She just told me what medicine I wanted and gave it to me. Then I could just pay, take my medicine and leave.

Just as Jing Ke took out her mobile phone to scan the code to pay, a middle-aged woman in a thick cotton jacket ran in in a panic.

"Doctor Wang, the person I need to take care of fell asleep at noon and hasn't been woken up. Please go and help her. She doesn't look very well." The middle-aged woman said in panic.

"Can't wake her up?" The doctor in a white coat stood up from his chair. "When did she fall asleep? How long has she been asleep?"

"At noon, she went to bed after lunch. She has the habit of taking a nap, but usually only sleeps for an hour and wakes up at two or three o'clock. Today, she didn't wake up at four o'clock, so I went to the room to call her, but found that she couldn't be woken up." said the middle-aged woman.

From her words, we can roughly judge that she is a nanny hired to take care of someone, and her employer obviously has problems.

Doctor Wang didn't have time to ask any more questions. He immediately picked up the first aid kit and came out from behind the counter. "Lead the way. Call 120 for emergency services."

After leaving this sentence, Doctor Wang no longer cared about taking care of his small pharmacy, and followed the middle-aged woman to her employer's home at a very fast speed.

"What happened?" Jing Ke glanced at the direction the two people left and paid the corresponding amount of money.

"It seems something happened. I heard from my grandmother that someone bought a self-built house here some time ago, and it seems that a woman with poor health moved here to recuperate." Shao Qing frowned slightly, searching for relevant memories in his mind.

"That person doesn't like to interact with neighbors much. He spends most of his time sitting in a chair, basking in the sun and daydreaming." Shao Qing added, "He might be someone with a mental illness."

Jing Ke nodded, with a vague guess in his mind.

However, the sick woman had nothing to do with her and Shao Qing, and they didn't have the habit of watching sick people. After helping to keep the door of the pharmacy ajar, they went back home to apply the plaster to Grandma Shao.

Just when Jing Ke was applying the plaster on Grandma Shao's leg, Doctor Wang appeared in the yard for some reason, walking in and shouting.

"Grandma Shao, Grandma Shao, are you home? I need to use your car for something urgent. Is that convenient?"

"What happened?" Shao Qing came out without wearing a mask.

"You, you are Grandma Shao's granddaughter?" Doctor Wang was obviously stunned when he saw Shao Qing.

"Yes, do you need a car?" Shao Qing asked.

"Well, someone just swallowed a sleeping pill. They need to be rushed to the city hospital for gastric lavage as soon as possible. It'll take at least half an hour for the ambulance to arrive, and we can't afford to waste that time," Doctor Wang said. "I heard you have a car at home. Could you lend it to us?"

"Wait a moment, I'll go get the car keys." Shao Qing did not refuse.

Because Shao Qing would go back to her hometown to visit Grandma Shao every once in a while, she bought a car worth about 500,000 yuan and kept it at home for convenience so that she could take Grandma Shao out for a ride occasionally.

The car keys were in Shao Qing's room on the second floor. Within a minute, she retrieved them and handed them to Doctor Wang. "The car is parked in the backyard. The tank should still be half full."

"Thank you." Doctor Wang said without hesitation and quickly took the car keys and drove away.

Doctor Wang does seem to be not very attentive when selling medicine, but when it comes to matters involving human lives, he is more responsible than the average person.

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"I've also seen the new person who moved in. When the temperature didn't drop a while ago, she would go out for a walk every day, and we'd chat for a few minutes." Grandma Shao had a complicated expression on her face when she heard that a neighbor had swallowed medicine.

I couldn't help but sigh, "The girl is pretty, she looks no more than forty years old. When she first moved in, several groups of people came to visit her."

"Has Doctor Wang taken her to the hospital now? She should be able to be saved, right?" Grandma Shao couldn't help but start to worry.

"Generally speaking, sleeping pills must be purchased according to prescriptions, and hospitals usually only give you a supply for half a month to a month." Jing Ke thought for a moment and analyzed it from a professional perspective.

"If such a dose of sleeping pills is swallowed all at once, it may be life-threatening. However, an overdose of the drug will cause stomach cramps and vomiting after three to four hours. Death usually occurs after 12-24 hours."

"We overheard the conversation between the babysitter and the doctor while we were buying medicine. The man must have taken the sleeping pills around one o'clock. It's past four now, and Doctor Wang must have induced vomiting. So the probability of survival is very high."

"But the drugs will definitely cause damage to the body. Maybe she needs to be hospitalized for a while." Jing Ke's tone was very calm.

Jing Ke now has a human body, but she doesn't have the empathy that ordinary people have. If she's facing a stranger, Jing Ke will only have stronger emotions about death.

Grandma Shao didn't notice that Jing Ke's tone was too calm. After hearing her words, she felt relieved.

I'm glad that person's life is not in danger. If he just needs to be hospitalized for a while, it's a blessing in disguise.

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Someone committed suicide by taking sleeping pills. This news was explosive for the usually peaceful urban-rural fringe area.

Jing Ke and Shao Qing had been out for a walk for only half an hour after dinner when they heard people talking about this matter from more than one place.

In addition to this incident, they also heard some other news from those who used this incident as a topic of conversation.

"Have you heard? The guy who moved in last month seems to have been a big shot. My nephew who works at the hospital said that the chief physician was in charge of the gastric lavage, and the vice president even rushed over to investigate."

"Even the Vice President was alarmed? That person is definitely not an ordinary person! Is her family an official? Could she be a retired cadre?"

"How is that possible? Why would an official come to live in our place? Aren't those who live here farmers like us?"

"Also, is there any news from your nephew?"

"Nothing else happened. She seems to have survived after gastric lavage and is now in a special ward. I heard there are special nurses keeping an eye on her condition."

"I don't know if he's an official, but he's definitely different from us farmers."

The conversation they overheard while taking a walk kept ringing in Jing Ke and Shao Qing's ears, making them think more about it.

If they were really important people, they wouldn't come over to thank them just for lending them their car, right?

Whether it is Jing Ke or Shao Qing, they don't mind doing a good deed, but if they are thanked and publicized by some big shots for it, it would go against their original intention.

Especially Shao Qing. Not many people know about her identity as a big star because there are many elderly people living nearby. If this is exposed, she might have to take Grandma Shao to move to another place.

"Don't worry, just explain it in advance when they return the car." Jing Ke understood Shao Qing's thoughts.

Shao Qing has become quite popular recently. If this matter were to be spread out, there might be people who would do anything to get the news and come to disturb Grandma Shao.

"I hope so. Grandma likes living here and I don't want her peaceful life to be disturbed." Shao Qing sighed lightly.

But she was only slightly upset about it for a moment and soon felt relieved.

"But if someone is saved because of this, it seems pretty good too." Shao Qing smiled. "Grandma is a kind-hearted person. She would definitely rather move than sit back and do nothing."

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Things developed pretty much as Jing Ke had guessed. When the car was returned the next day, a low-key business car followed.

After the car stopped, two people quickly got out of the business car, their hands full of gift boxes, and it was obvious that they came to express their gratitude in person.

"Sister Hong, Director Li?" Shao Qing couldn't help but be stunned when he saw two familiar faces standing behind Doctor Wang.

"Xiao Shao?" Yu Hongjun and Director Li were also stunned. They didn't expect to meet Shao Qing here.

"Xiao Shao, were you the one who lent the car to Doctor Wang yesterday?" Yu Hongjun asked with a slightly complicated expression on her face. She really didn't expect such a coincidence to happen.

Shao Qing nodded and opened the door so the three could come in and talk.

"Yes, I have a brand endorsement that needs to be filmed in Mianyang City, so I came here yesterday. Unexpectedly, I ran into someone who needed a car urgently." Shao Qing said.

"Is the person who sent us to the hospital your friend, Sister Hong?" Shao Qing asked, his tone revealing a hint of genuine concern.

If it was a stranger, Shao Qing would feel more emotion than concern, after all, the two of them had never had any interaction before.

But if she is Sister Hong’s friend, then she can be regarded as her senior and friend, and her concern will definitely be much greater than her feelings.

Yu Hongjun nodded and her eyes fell on Jing Ke who was coming down from the second floor to the living room.

"Is this the friend in your updates?" Yu Hongjun had a good memory and quickly matched Jing Ke with the photos she had seen a few times.

"Yes, she accompanied me here to shoot." Shao Qing nodded.

"Teacher Yu, Director Li, hello, I'm Jing Ke." Jing Ke took the initiative to introduce herself. When she saw that they were carrying things in their hands, she very sensibly went to make tea and prepare fruits.

After seeing that they were old friends, Doctor Wang recognized Shao Qing's identity and did not stay long. After returning the car keys to the original owner, he left.