Chapter 147: Eating Big Melon
Lu Niannian was rushed into the emergency room.
She lay on the operating table, her breath already weak, the wound on her forehead torn open.
The blood had soaked through the gauze.
It streamed down her face.
When the doctors removed the gauze with scissors, they were all shocked by the wound.
It looks much more swollen than it was during the day.
Even his complexion looked off; it was red before, but now it had turned purple.
It was extremely frightening and horrific.
The doctors and nurses were busy, first stopping the bleeding, cleaning the wound, and then stitching it up again.
After all that was done, they were sent for a full-body checkup. By the time all that was done, it was already completely daylight outside.
When Lu Niannian opened her eyes again.
Everything in sight was white.
The pungent smell of disinfectant in the ward made her frown in disgust.
Lu Niannian subconsciously moved her fingers, trying to get up and get out of bed, but as soon as she moved, she felt a sharp pain all over her body.
It felt like my bones had been taken apart and put back together; the pain was excruciating.
"water……"
When he opened his mouth, his voice was almost hoarse and inaudible.
Hearing the commotion, the nurse standing nearby quickly came over.
Seeing that she was awake, I could finally relax.
"You're awake? Don't worry, I'll go get the doctor right now," the nurse said softly.
After saying that, he turned and left the ward.
Not long after, the doctor came in with several nurses.
He flipped through the medical record folder, then took Lu Niannian's blood pressure and checked her pupils.
After all that work, the doctor finally asked, "How are you feeling? Do you remember your name?"
Lu Niannian blinked, her eyes filled with confusion.
She looked at the group of people in white coats in front of her, and then scanned the unfamiliar surroundings.
His brows furrowed even more, and his face turned deathly pale.
"Who...who am I?"
"I have no idea."
The doctors and nurses exchanged glances.
They could see the seriousness on each other's faces.
The results of the subsequent tests came back quickly.
The report shows that in addition to multiple fractures and injuries throughout her body, Lu Niannian also suffered from retrograde amnesia due to a severe head injury.
She doesn't remember her name, why she's in the hospital, or how she fell from the building.
Fortunately, Lu Niannian was a familiar face at the hospital.
When the news reached the Lu family, Zhou Hairong fainted on the spot.
Lu Jiaxiang, his face dark with anger, rushed to the hospital.
Pushing open the door, the usually tough man was stunned to see Lu Niannian lying obediently on the hospital bed.
"Niannian, do you still remember who I am?"
"Who are you? I don't know you."
At first, Lu Jiaxiang thought Lu Niannian was faking it.
After all, in the past few days, because she had fought with Ning Xin, a pregnant woman, and almost caused her to miscarry, Zhang Yanfei took the opportunity to extort money from them and made many threats against the Ning family.
Lu Jiaxiang reprimanded Lu Niannian more than once.
Lu Niannian refuted her claims more than once, refusing to admit her mistakes.
It's too much of a coincidence that he suddenly fell from the building and lost his memory.
Lu Jiaxiang didn't believe it, so he started probing in various details.
He frowned, deliberately adopting the same tone he used to use when scolding her, his voice as cold and hard as if it had been chilled to the bone.
"Lu Niannian, stop pretending! The other day you went to the supply and marketing cooperative and tried to snatch Ningxin's brown sugar coupons, and even pushed her to the ground. Did you do that?"
Actually, this never happened at all.
It was just something Lu Jiaxiang made up to deceive Lu Niannian.
The moment those words were spoken, the air in the ward seemed to freeze.
In the 1970s, brown sugar coupons were extremely valuable, even more so than money.
Lu Niannian was spoiled since childhood and always wanted to have whatever she wanted.
But the girl on the hospital bed just blinked blankly, her eyes full of confusion.
Her lips trembled slightly: "Brown sugar tickets... what are they? And Ning Xin... who is she? I didn't push anyone, I don't remember."
Lu Niannian's eyes were frighteningly clean.
Gone was all his former arrogance and domineering attitude; only helplessness towards strangers remained.
There was also a sense of fear, intimidated by Lu Jiaxiang's stern tone.
Lu Jiaxiang's heart sank, but he still refused to give up.
He turned to the nurse who had followed him and ordered, "Go and bring her that precious fountain pen."
It was a Hero brand fountain pen, which Lu Jiaxiang had asked a comrade to bring back from Shanghai last year.
Lu Niannian treasured it terribly, keeping it tucked in the pocket of her white coat all day long, and would get angry if anyone touched it.
Not long after, the nurse rushed over, carrying the gleaming fountain pen.
Lu Jiaxiang handed the pen to Lu Niannian, his voice tinged with disbelief: "Look at this, do you recognize it? You used to take it everywhere you went, and you even kept it by your pillow when you slept."
Lu Niannian's gaze fell on the fountain pen, and she blinked.
She reached out her slender fingers and touched it lightly, then withdrew them and whispered.
"Can this thing...write? But I don't seem to...know how to use it."
This time, Lu Jiaxiang truly believed that she had amnesia.
Not to mention his biological father, even the other people in the hospital were somewhat incredulous.
After all, Lu Niannian had often put on airs in front of them before, relying on her father being the head of surgery at the military hospital.
Everyone knows she's a show-off.
When he was admitted to the hospital yesterday because of disfigurement, the whole hospital was in an uproar.
Who would have thought that before they even knew why Lu Niannian was disfigured, they heard that she had fallen from the building that very night and had also lost her memory.
This rumor spread like wildfire.
When Ning Tang arrived at work, she had just put her things down and hadn't even put on her white coat when she saw a group of people rushing in through the door of the Traditional Chinese Medicine department.
The one leading the way was, of course, Wang Yingying, who loved watching the excitement the most.
As soon as Wang Yingying came in, she told Ning Tang everything.
Ning Tang was somewhat surprised.
I never expected that they would cause so much trouble in just one night.
"Really amnesia? Or is it fake?"
Ning Tang put the things in her hand on the corner of the table, reached out and adjusted her clean white coat, her tone carrying a hint of doubt.
Wang Yingying nodded hurriedly, her face full of excitement, and leaned close to Ning Tang, lowering her voice.
"It's absolutely true! Director Lu tried several times in the ward just now, bringing out brown sugar coupons and that Hero fountain pen, but Lu Niannian just couldn't remember anything!"
"He doesn't even know how to use a fountain pen. His eyes are as innocent as a newborn baby's. Where is his former arrogance?"
Several nurses nearby chimed in with their own opinions.
"That's right! I just passed by the ward and heard Lu Niannian crying softly. She was so scared when Director Lu scolded her that her shoulders were shaking. She's completely different from the fearless Lu Niannian she used to be!"
"It's really strange. Yesterday she caused a huge disturbance in the entire inpatient ward because of her facial injury, and today she's fallen like this and has amnesia..."
"Do you think this might be retribution?"
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately fell silent, instinctively glancing towards the door, afraid that Lu Jiaxiang might overhear.
Military hospitals in the 1970s had very strict rules, and if this kind of retribution got out, it could easily cause trouble.
Ning Tang didn't reply, but her mind was in turmoil.
She always felt that things weren't that simple.
Ning Xin and Lu Niannian caused trouble, and these two are difficult to deal with, one after the other.
It's obvious they've been provoked.
If these two cause a big scene, Ning Tang will definitely not be lenient and will move her in as well.
She's due to give birth in less than two months.
The two babies in my belly absolutely cannot have any problems.
Thinking of this, Ning Tang decided to go to the inpatient department to observe Lu Niannian.
Let's see if she's faking it or not.
She didn't go directly into Lu Niannian's ward, but instead found a spot by the window at the end of the corridor, where she could faintly hear the sounds coming from inside the ward.
Not long after, Zhou Hairong came out carrying an enamel mug with a red five-pointed star on it. His eyes were red, and he was asking a passing nurse something.
It's simply a matter of what amnesiac patients should eat and whether folk remedies can be used to awaken their memories.
The nurse patiently comforted her, saying that this kind of traumatic amnesia cannot be rushed and requires slow recovery.
Zhou Hairong sighed, turned around and went back to the ward, leaving the door slightly ajar.
Ning Tang peeked through the crack in the door and saw Lu Jiaxiang sitting on the edge of the bed.
It's unclear what Lu Jiaxiang was thinking, but his previously pleasant expression immediately turned gloomy at a visible speed.
In front of Lu Niannian, who was a patient, he grabbed Zhou Hairong and pulled him to a corner.
The two seemed to be arguing.
Ning Tang was standing a bit far away, so she couldn't hear what he was saying very clearly.
I could only vaguely hear something about green hats.
at this time.
Zhou Hairong's face turned green. She hadn't expected that Lu Jiaxiang actually had some ability to find her lover from her old home in the countryside.
Now, Lu Jiaxiang's words imply suspicion that Lu Niannian is not his child, but that of his lover.
"What did you say?"
Zhou Hairong's voice was so sharp it seemed to pierce the sky. Her face was deathly pale, and she reached out to cover Lu Jiaxiang's mouth.
"Lu Jiaxiang, are you crazy? How can you say such things? Niannian is your own daughter, you watched her grow up!"
Lu Jiaxiang slapped her hand away, his eyes filled with a chilling coldness that seemed to freeze into ice.
His voice was extremely low, yet it carried a thunderous rage.
"Biological child? You stayed in the countryside for more than half a year back then, and came back with a child. I was so overjoyed at the time that I didn't think much of it! Now that I think about it, you were always hiding and dodging during those days, and you never stopped writing letters to that man!"
He stared intently at Zhou Hairong, as if trying to see right through her.
“If Niannian hadn’t fallen so hard this time, and if I hadn’t asked someone to go to the countryside to investigate what happened back then, I would still be kept in the dark! Tell me, is that guy surnamed Chen Niannian’s biological father?”
Zhou Hairong swayed and almost fell to the ground.
She leaned against the wall, her lips trembling, but she couldn't utter a single word in rebuttal.
When she went to the countryside to prepare for childbirth, she did have a relationship with a local man.
She later gave birth and returned to the city, and the two lost contact.
Not long after she returned to the city, she realized that she still couldn't let go of him, just as Lu Jiaxiang's attitude towards her changed drastically.
She went along with the cold war and kept the secret hidden for more than a decade.
Over the years, as she watched Lu Niannian grow up, she felt like she had a time bomb in her heart, afraid that it would explode one day.
"I don't……"
Zhou Hairong's voice was choked with sobs and lacked confidence.
"Jiaxiang, don't listen to other people's nonsense. Niannian is your daughter, she's our child..."
"nonsense?"
Lu Jiaxiang gave a cold laugh.
He pulled a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket and threw it in front of Zhou Hairong.
"This is the letter you wrote to that Mr. Chen back then. It said you admired him and wished you could fly over to him. Do you think I didn't see it?"
The letter was written when she went to the countryside years ago. Her handwriting was beautiful, and every word was filled with her affection for that man surnamed Chen.
She clearly remembered that she had burned all these letters long ago, so how did they end up in Lu Jiaxiang's hands?
"I...I was confused for a moment..."
Zhou Hairong's voice trembled uncontrollably, and tears streamed down his face like a broken string of pearls.
"Jiaxiang, I just know him, there's really nothing else between us. Niannian really is your daughter!"
"Nothing else?"
Lu Jiaxiang felt as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world.
She suddenly raised her voice, but then quickly lowered it again, afraid of disturbing Lu Niannian on the hospital bed.
But the sarcasm and anger in his tone were almost overflowing.
"Could you be so confused as to say you want to have his child? Could you be so confused as to write so many passionate letters to him? Zhou Hairong, you've been playing me, Lu Jiaxiang, for a fool for over a decade!"
For more than a decade, he treated Zhou Hairong with all his heart, doted on Lu Niannian, and cherished the mother and daughter like treasures.
He thought he had a happy family, but little did he know that it was all a scam from beginning to end.
A father-daughter relationship built over a decade cannot be severed so easily.
Even if Lu Niannian really wasn't his biological daughter, after spending more than ten years together, he had long regarded this girl as the apple of his eye.
But Lu Jiaxiang is a man.
He couldn't stand the feeling of being cuckolded.
The thought that Zhou Hairong had other men in his heart all these years, and that they were sleeping in the same bed but dreaming different dreams, made him feel nauseous.
The two became increasingly agitated as they talked, and eventually even came to blows.
Lu Niannian lay on the hospital bed with an indifferent expression.
It was as if the two people fighting in front of her weren't her biological parents, and she didn't recognize them.
She even took a sip of hot water from her cup, quite in a good mood.
Outside the ward.
Ning Tang took all of this into view.
She truly hadn't expected such an unexpected gain.
Zhou Hairong is almost fifty years old. He was so wild when he was young. He even wrote love letters to people, and he has continued to do so for so many years.
Ning Tang suddenly thought of something.
Previously, many people in the Traditional Chinese Medicine department were saying that Zhou Hairong was always on business trips, and they didn't know where she got the energy from.
Everyone else is eager to avoid business trips, but she's willing to go, and even takes the initiative to go on business trips.
Now that I think about it, it's very possible that Zhou Hairong used this opportunity to find his partner.
Ning Tang suddenly felt excited.
She shook her head, suddenly realizing that this gossip was too stimulating for such a young age.
Thinking that she still had many patients to attend to that morning, she quickly turned to leave.
As soon as he turned around, he met Lu Jiaxiang's eyes.
When Lu Jiaxiang saw Ning Tang arrive, his angry expression instantly changed!
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