After another thirty-plus hours on the train, Jiang Ruyu got off the train in the early hours of the morning and was driven to the military hospital by the train police.
"Thank you so much. I will definitely write you a thank-you letter when I'm done with this."
"Comrade Jiang, please go inside quickly. I hope your family is safe."
"Thank you, I definitely will."
Jiang Ruyu turned and went into the hospital. Even in the early hours of the morning, the military hospital was busy. Jiang Ruyu found a nurse: "Hello, I am a family member of Jiang Lin from the East China Sea Fleet. Do you know which ward he is in?"
"East China Sea Fleet, Jiang Lin? I don't know. The East China Sea Fleet has sent too many wounded. I don't know which one you're talking about. I'll take you to a leader; she knows."
"Okay, thank you, I appreciate your help."
"You're welcome. It's all I should do. The East China Sea Fleet sent more than a dozen wounded soldiers this time, and they were all seriously injured. Sigh, these people have really suffered too much." The nurse was a young girl who probably hadn't been working for many years, and she was still very emotional.
Jiang Ruyu's heart sank upon hearing this. The injuries were all severe; what about Jiang Lin...?
Jiang Ruyu was extremely anxious. Finally, the nurse led her to a female doctor wearing a white coat, hat, and mask: "Dr. Guan, this is the family member of the wounded soldiers from the East China Sea Fleet, named Jiang Lin. I don't know where he is, do you know?"
Guan Jin was looking at the medical records when she heard this. She looked up at Jiang Ruyu, something flashed quickly in her eyes, and then she stood up: "Hello, I am Guan Jin, Jiang Lin's attending physician. Please come with me. Xiao Lin, you can go back to your work."
Jiang Ruyu thanked the nurse before leaving with Guan Jin. Looking at the young female doctor whose face she couldn't see but whose voice sounded very young, she couldn't help but ask about Jiang Lin's condition.
"Dr. Guan, hello, I'm Jiang Lin's sister. I'd like to know about Jiang Lin's injury. Is it serious? Is it dangerous?"
Guan Jin turned her head to look at Jiang Ruyu, took off her mask, revealing an excessively young and beautiful face. Her voice was cold, but her tone was gentle: "Don't worry, Comrade Jiang Lin is not in any danger. In fact, he is one of the better-off among the wounded in this group. His injuries are all external and not very serious. However, strangely, he has been unconscious. Many of our doctors have examined him but have not been able to find out the cause."
Jiang Ruyu's heart jumped up and down, then jumped up again. She stammered, "Then, then, when will he wake up?"
“We don’t know either, so we called you family members here to see if we could wake him up through external factors.”
Jiang Ruyu was led to a closed ward, where she could only see Jiang Lin through the glass. Just one glance brought tears to her eyes.
Jiang Lin was wrapped up like a dumpling on the bed, with bandages wrapped all over his body. If this wasn't serious, what would it be like if it were? "Can I come in?"
Guan Jin glanced at her: "You can go in, but this is a sterile ward. You need to wash up first and then change into a sterile gown."
Jiang Ruyu nodded: "Okay, I'll go now. Where can I wash up here?"
Guan Jin comforted her, "Sister Jiang Lin, don't be in such a hurry. It's too late now. Let's wait until tomorrow. I'll take you to wash up now. You should rest for a bit so you can save your energy to take better care of him."
Although Jiang Ruyu was anxious, she listened to Guan Jin's advice and went to wash up. After taking a shower, she washed her clothes and finally took a nap in Guan Jin's lounge.
The next morning, around 5 a.m., Jiang Ruyu got up and took out her toothbrush and towel to wash up. Now that she was here, she had to take care of herself first so that she could better take care of Jiang Lin.
After eating two steamed buns and drinking a bowl of porridge at the hospital cafeteria, Jiang Ruyu asked someone for directions to the post office and called home.
The call was transferred very slowly due to the distance. After waiting for more than ten minutes, the call was finally transferred back: "Hello, this is Jiang Hui, is this your sister?"
"It's me, Jiang Hui. Don't worry, I've already seen Jiang Lin. The doctor said he's not in any danger, he's just unconscious. I'll be able to go in and see him soon, so don't worry."
Phone calls are expensive, so Jiang Ruyu could only tell Jiang Hui the important things.
Hearing this, Jiang Hui finally relaxed a little after being worried for several days: "Okay, I know. Don't worry about home either. Tian Tian and Huan Huan are very sensible. They were looking for you at first, but they've stopped now. I'll tell Uncle Zheng and my brother-in-law later."
Jiang Ruyu then remembered that Zheng Yang had returned: "Is your brother-in-law angry?"
Jiang Hui paused for a moment, then laughed: "No, sister, brother-in-law is very nice. He was just worried about you going out alone. I had forgotten that you had never gone out by yourself before."
"Hey, it's nothing. You'll have to go out on your own sooner or later. You can't rely on others for everything. How's Grandma? Does she have any doubts?"
"Grandma just asked a question, but didn't say anything else."
Jiang Ruyu sighed. Her grandmother probably had her suspicions: "I know, I'll stop now. I'll call you if anything comes up. Don't worry about me, I'm hanging up now."
Jiang Ruyu composed herself and headed to the hospital. As the eldest daughter, she had to shoulder these responsibilities. Once Jiang Lin got married and had children, she wouldn't have to worry about so much anymore.
Upon entering the hospital, she went straight to Jiang Lin's ward and stood by the window looking at him. The child who used to call her "sister" was now lying quietly in bed. If it weren't for the bandages wrapped around his body, one would have thought he was just asleep.
Fang Chenggong, who had been promoted to the second-in-command of the East China Sea Fleet, came to the hospital to visit the son of his comrade-in-arms, Jiang Linshi, one of his fierce generals, and saw Jiang Ruyu from afar.
He asked Guan Jin, who was standing next to him, with a puzzled look, "Dr. Guan, who is this?" He hadn't heard that Jiang Lin had a girlfriend.
"That's Jiang Lin's older sister. She arrived early yesterday morning and is probably waiting to go in and see Jiang Lin."
Fang Chenggong nodded in understanding and continued walking forward. Jiang Ruyu heard the noise and looked over. Fang Chenggong walked over and looked at Jiang Ruyu, trying to see the face of his former comrade-in-arms, but Jiang Ruyu looked like his mother, so he couldn't see it.
“You are Jiang Lin’s older sister, and I am Fang Chenggong, Jiang Lin’s superior, as well as your father’s former brother and comrade-in-arms.”
Jiang Ruyu only knew that her father used to have several brothers, but unfortunately, they lost contact after her mother passed away. Now she had run into one of them, but their statuses were now very different, and she didn't know how to treat him. She could only greet him politely.
"Hello, Commander Fang, I am Jiang Ruyu, Jiang Lin's older sister."
Jiang Ruyu's deliberations were obvious to Fang Chenggong, a shrewd man. He remarked that even though the boy didn't look like Jianjun, his personality was the same. He wouldn't take advantage of others. If it were a slicker, he would have been calling him "uncle" and "elder brother" long ago.
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