Qin Peilan suddenly slumped back into her chair, her body shaking violently, even knocking over the bowl of porridge and the enamel cup filled with water beside her.
As she collapsed, the warm rice porridge spilled out, splashing onto the tablecloth and her clothes. The porcelain cup rolled onto the floor, spilling water everywhere.
But at this moment, no one cares about any of that!
"mom!"
"Aunt!"
"Perrin!"
Several exclamations rang out at the same time!
Shen Huaichuan and Zhou Qiqi rushed to Qin Peilan's side almost immediately.
Qin Peilan's face was deathly pale, and her lips were even turning a little purple.
She clutched her clothes tightly with one hand, while her other hand rested limply on the back of the chair, the veins on the back of her hand bulging.
Her mouth was open, but she seemed to be gasping for breath, making painful sounds in her throat, and her whole body was trembling slightly.
Shen Zhenbang's expression changed drastically. Having been with his wife for many years, he was all too familiar with this sudden danger. He quickly said:
"Angina! It's angina! Get the medication! Heart medication!"
He jumped up, his eyes scanning the surroundings anxiously for their bags.
Zhou Qiqi reacted quickly, immediately pointing to the living room sofa: "Dad! The bag is over there! I put it on the sofa last night!"
As she spoke, she quickly grabbed a clean towel from the side.
Ignoring the stickiness of the porridge stains, he quickly helped wipe the stains off Qin Peilan's chest and cuffs, trying to make her more comfortable.
Shen Huaichuan immediately turned around to find a mop and quickly cleaned up the porridge stains and broken porcelain pieces on the floor, fearing that the elderly couple might slip and fall in the chaos, making things even worse.
Zhouzhou was very well-behaved. Although she was worried and scared, she stood far away and did not disturb the adults.
In just a few seconds, Qin Peilan's forehead was covered in cold sweat.
Seeing her mother-in-law's unbearable pain, Zhou Qiqi's heart clenched.
She gently patted Qin Peilan's back to help her catch her breath.
With one hand, she kept wiping the cold sweat pouring down her forehead and neck with a towel, and anxiously looked at Shen Zhenbang, who was frantically searching, and asked:
"Uncle! Haven't you found the medicine yet?"
Shen Zhenbang didn't respond; he was frantically rummaging through the military green satchel.
The usually calm and dignified old soldier now resembled a helpless child, his hands trembling slightly with anxiety.
He rummaged through his bag and scattered the neatly folded clothes, notebooks, loose change, and even several strips of commonly used pills all over the sofa.
"No...how could there not be?!"
His voice was hoarse, and he muttered to himself in a daze:
"It's always been in this hidden compartment! I saw it yesterday! How could it be gone?!"
He repeatedly groped for the familiar inner pocket, but it was empty.
Unable to find the life-saving medicine bottle, he became even paler than Qin Peilan, and cold sweat beaded on his forehead.
Seeing this, Zhou Qiqi quickly handed the towel to Shen Huaichuan and said, "Huaichuan, wipe Mom's sweat and help her up!"
She walked quickly to the sofa and looked at Shen Zhenbang's distraught appearance, feeling a heavy weight in her heart.
But she knew that it was precisely in times like these that she couldn't panic.
She took a deep breath, reached out and pressed firmly on Shen Zhenbang's trembling arm, and said:
"Dad, don't worry, calm down. I'll help you find it. Tell me, what does the medicine look like? What's its name?"
Pressed down by her, Shen Zhenbang calmed down a bit, nodded repeatedly, and said quickly and clearly:
"It's called nitroglycerin tablets! It comes in a small brown glass bottle, about the length of a finger, sealed with a cork. Inside are small, round, white tablets, only about a dozen!"
Zhou Qiqi nodded vigorously, immediately squatted down, took out the items from her handbag one by one, and began to search through them little by little.
But something's really weird!
No...no...still no...
Like Shen Zhenbang, she turned her handbag inside out, but she couldn't find the small brown glass bottle containing the life-saving medicine anywhere!
The two even searched the gaps in the sofa, the drawers, and several nearby cabinets, but still couldn't find it.
Shen Zhenbang's eyes reddened with anxiety, and he kept muttering:
"How could there not be..."
"Dad, don't panic, let's search carefully again!"
Zhou Qiqi offered words of comfort, but in her heart she knew they couldn't delay any longer.
Without hesitation, she turned to Shen Huaichuan, who was standing guard beside her mother, and called out:
"Huaichuan! Drive to the clinic quickly! Find Nurse Yuan! Ask her if she has any nitroglycerin tablets! If she does, bring them back immediately! If not, ask her to take the first-aid kit, and we'll take Mom to the military hospital right away! Hurry!"
"Okay! I'll go right away!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Shen Huaichuan threw down the mop, didn't even bother to put on his coat, grabbed the car keys on the table, and rushed out of the house.
Without her son's support, Qin Peilan couldn't even sit still in the chair, and her body slid down uncontrollably.
Zhou Qiqi was anxious, but dared not show it on her face. She quickly pulled Shen Zhenbang, who was already somewhat flustered, and said calmly:
"Uncle, don't panic, Auntie will be alright! Let's help her to bed first, that way she can catch her breath and it'll be more comfortable than sitting..."
Although she didn't understand the specifics of angina, she observed that her mother-in-law's current symptoms were similar to those of her father, Zhou Shuisheng, and her aunt, Zhou Shuhua, when they had angina attacks—they all had difficulty breathing.
At this time, it's always good to help someone calm down.
Her forced composure helped the bewildered Shen Zhenbang regain his composure, and he nodded repeatedly.
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