With just over ten days left until the Lunar New Year, Bao Ni received a message from Gu Ye—bad news: Gu Ye was injured and was at the Fleet Command Military Region Hospital.
Bonnie was stunned for a moment, then came to her senses. Instead of crying, she asked about Gu Ye's condition. Although his injuries were quite serious, he was out of danger.
"Comrade Bonnie, after you've settled the children, go off the island to the hospital to take care of Commander Gu. He's injured in the abdomen, which is very inconvenient for him," Political Commissar Zhai said carefully. To be honest, this injury was caused by his teammates; Gu Ye was innocently caught in the crossfire.
Bonnie didn't ask what happened in detail; none of that mattered. The most important thing was that Gu Ye was alright.
"Six-Nine, Three-Seven, Dad is injured. Mom has to go to the hospital to take care of him. You two go stay at Grandma's house for a few days. Mom will pick you up when she gets back." Bonnie said to the two children while packing her things.
"Mom, I want to go too!" Liu Jiu exclaimed anxiously when she heard that her father was injured.
"Let's go together."
Sanqi also held her mother's hand, wanting to go together.
“Dad is in a hospital outside the island, not on the island. If you all go, Mom won’t have time to take care of him. You stay at Grandma’s house and wait for Dad and Mom to come back.”
When Liu Jiu and San Qi heard this, they realized that their mother wouldn't take them this time, so they stopped arguing.
Bonnie packed the children's things, as well as her and Gu Ye's changes of clothes, food coupons, sugar coupons... she brought all the coupons she had, and most importantly, she brought enough money.
When Bao Ni's mother heard that her son-in-law was injured, she was worried, but there was nothing she could do. Several members of her family were in the military, and injuries were commonplace. Her second son had also been injured when she was in Beijing.
"Go ahead, I'll take good care of the child, don't worry. Make sure Gu Ye has plenty of good food to nourish him, so he doesn't lose his strength." Bao Ni's mother knew her daughter well, so she didn't give her any more instructions and told her to leave quickly.
This time, a military ship went out, and Bonnie got a ride; otherwise, she would have had to wait another day until tomorrow morning for a larger ship.
Bonnie was worried about Gu Ye's situation the whole way and had no mood for small talk. She sat down in a corner and waited for the boat to dock.
After getting off the ship, Bonnie took a bus to the military hospital; she knew the address.
"Hello, could you tell me which ward Gu Ye is in?" Bonnie asked the nurse, as she didn't know which room Gu Ye was staying in.
"Gu Ye, Commander Gu, who are you to him? We can't just reveal patient information." The young nurse was quite principled despite her young age.
"I am Gu Ye's wife. Now, can you tell me which ward my husband is in?"
Although Bonnie was anxious, she tried her best to keep her tone calm.
"You say you're Commander Gu's wife, but who can prove it? We've never heard of the commander having a wife. You're not an imposter, are you?" The nurse's critical tone left Bonnie speechless.
"The army notified me to come and take care of my husband. Who do you think you are, constantly making things difficult for me? Where is your professional ethics? The army trained you not to save lives and care for patients, but to make things difficult for patients' families, is that it? Where are your leaders? I want to ask, who gave you the right to block family members from seeing the patient?" Bonnie's words came crashing down, leaving the young nurse dizzy and disoriented.
"What happened?"
A rather authoritative voice rang out behind Bonnie, startling the nurse who looked at Bonnie for help.
"Hello, comrade. I am Commander Gu Ye's wife. I was notified to come and take care of my injured husband. However, this nurse has been making things difficult for me, questioning my identity, and preventing me from seeing my husband. Don't you know what new regulations this is?" Bao Ni ignored the nurse's pleading eyes. If you dare to do something, you must be willing to bear the consequences.
"Head Nurse, no, I... I just wanted to double-check, I wasn't trying to make things difficult for you..."
The head nurse had no doubts. She had heard about Dr. Nan's situation these past few days; it was all just nonsense.
"Sister-in-law, I'm sorry, we will definitely give Nurse Wang a strict reprimand. Now, I'll take you to see Commander Gu." The head nurse didn't mince words and resolved the issue cleanly and efficiently, and Bonnie didn't press the matter further.
Gu Ye's hospital room was quite nice, a double room, and the conditions were pretty good. That was Bao Ni's first impression.
"Wife, you're here!"
Gu Ye looked up and saw Bao Ni come in. He excitedly tried to sit up, but the incision hurt too much, and he couldn't get up right away.
"Don't move. Don't you know you're injured?"
Bonnie took two quick steps, pressed down on Gu Ye, and lifted his clothes. Fortunately, they weren't torn.
"How are you? Does it hurt?"
That long wound must have hurt so much back then.
"It's alright. The situation was critical at the time, and I didn't have time to think about it. I only felt the pain after I lay down in the hospital bed. It hurt a lot. Can you pat my back?" Gu Ye remembered how Bao Ni always patted Liu Jiu and San Qi's backs, and he wanted to do it too.
"Seriously, you hurt your stomach, how come your brain isn't working properly?" Bonnie really didn't know that Gu Ye, who was known as a cold-faced tiger outside, had so many roles at home. Was he a split personality?
"You're just being unfair to Liu Jiu and San Qi. You give them the hot water but not me. Humph, I'm angry!"
If Gu Ye's comrades saw this side of him, they would be terrified!
"Hoo hoo... Okay, that's enough, stop acting up. I need to go see the doctor to ask if you have any dietary restrictions, you need to take good care of yourself." Bonnie had already planned it all out; she would go see Master Ye and her uncle later to ask them to take care of Gu Ye's nutritional supplements.
"Stay with me a little longer. We haven't seen each other for almost two months. Don't you miss me?"
Gu Ye looked at his wife with a pitiful expression. He thought about his wife and child every day, especially in that moment when he brushed with death. He only had Bao Ni in his mind and didn't even think about the child.
"Alright, if you keep talking, I'll get goosebumps. You need to get up quickly, Liu Jiu and San Qi miss you and wanted to come with me, but I refused."
Thinking of Sanqi's accusing look, Bonnie couldn't help but chuckle.
The couple chatted affectionately for a while, and then Bonnie went to the office to see the doctor to learn about Gu Ye's condition and precautions.
"Commander Gu's condition has stabilized. At the time, the wound was very large and there was a lot of bleeding. He did not receive timely treatment and was even infected at one point."
The condition is stable now, but there's been significant blood loss. Make sure to provide plenty of nourishment, primarily through liquids. Avoid touching the wound as much as possible to prevent it from reopening, which would be very troublesome…”
Doctors should try to be as straightforward as possible, avoiding technical jargon, so that family members can understand.
Bonnie understood perfectly and made a plan in her mind. In the future, when preparing soups and broths, she would focus on replenishing blood, preferably with a black carp, as it is said to be good for wound healing. She would also like pigeons, as she remembered that in later generations, people would drink pigeon soup after a cesarean section...
Bonnie walked towards the ward while making plans in her mind.
But a big surprise awaited her in the hospital room.
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