Chapter 59 My Mom Failed the Mission
The old man was lying on his side on the grass, his head trembling as he tried to support himself with one hand and one foot, but he couldn't get up. "Dad! What's wrong with you!" Ping Mei's face was pale as she tried to help him up. Ping's father spoke unclearly and couldn't answer her. Several residents gathered around. "Grandpa was just sitting there, fine. He said he wanted to go back to the room to drink some water, and then he stood up and fell down like this." Qian Duoduo said, gesturing with his hands and feet, the shock still on his face. Seeing this, Long Weihe quickly called for emergency medical help, no matter what the situation was. Ping Mei was calm and collected. She examined him carefully and found that his hands and feet were weak and he couldn't move. "Dad, don't move anymore, don't exert any strength, relax, lie down!" She knew the results of his physical examination. His cerebral blood vessels were narrowed, and he had some underlying diseases such as hypertension. She diagnosed it as either a cerebral infarction or transient ischemic attack. "The ambulance is on the way, twenty minutes." Long Weihe squatted beside the old man and handed him a tissue. "Wipe his sweat off." The sun was rising, scorching. Long Weihe pulled an umbrella from her bag and held it up to shield his upper body. The estate manager arrived just in time. He didn't dare move the man to the hospital in this situation, so he assured him that the hospital wasn't far away and that he knew people there who could help if needed. Ping Mei unbuttoned his collar and tilted his head to the side. She knew that if it was a stroke, the golden three hours were needed. Unaware of the medical situation here, she called a doctor friend and described the situation. After a few words from the doctor, she could only squat and watch him suffer, her eyes filled with restraint, silent. Long Weihe noticed her hands trembling slightly. The ambulance arrived twenty minutes later. After a flurry of movement, Ping Mei got in with only her phone. "Mom, is Grandpa going to die?" Qian Duoduo bit her hand, terrified as the ambulance drove away. "No." "Is he thirsty? He told me he wanted some water." "He can't drink water right now." "Can the doctor cure him?" "Yes." "When will he be back?" "Do you want to go see him?" "Yes." She hurriedly pulled him toward the building, ready to return to her room to get her car keys and then go to the hospital to check on the situation. Passing by the front desk, she was stopped by the clerk, who told her they needed to vacate the room by morning. The room had already been booked by someone else for tonight, and the front desk had agreed with her yesterday. With no rooms available at the moment, she had to move elsewhere. She hurried back to her room, packed her luggage, and checked out, planning to...
The old man was lying on his side on the grass, his head raised tremblingly, trying to support himself with one hand and one foot, but he couldn't get up.
"Dad! What's wrong with you!" Ping Mei's face turned pale and she tried to help him up.
Ping's father spoke unclearly and could not answer her.
Several residents gathered around.
"Grandpa was just sitting there, fine. He said he wanted to go back to his room to drink some water, and then he stood up and fell down all of a sudden." Qian Duoduo said, gesturing with his hands and feet, the shock had not yet dissipated from his face.
Seeing this, Long Weihe quickly called for emergency medical help regardless of the situation.
Ping Mei remained calm and examined him carefully, noting that his arms and legs were weak and unable to move. "Dad, don't move anymore. Don't exert any strength. Relax and lie down!"
She knew the results of his physical examination. His cerebral blood vessels were narrow and he had some underlying diseases such as hypertension. She diagnosed him with either cerebral infarction or transient ischemic attack.
"The ambulance is on the way, twenty minutes." Long Weihe squatted beside the old woman and handed her a tissue, "Wipe his sweat."
The sun had risen and it was very hot. Long Weihe took out an umbrella from her bag and opened it to cover his upper body.
The person in charge of the manor also ran over in time. In this situation, he didn't dare to move the person to the hospital. He comforted them by saying that the hospital was not too far away and he had acquaintances in the hospital who could help if needed.
Ping Mei unbuttoned his collar and tilted his head to the side. She knew that if it was a stroke, the golden three hours would be enough. She didn't know the medical situation here, so she called a doctor friend and described the situation. After the doctor spoke to her for a few words, she could only squat and watch him suffer, her eyes full of restraint, without saying a word.
Long Weihe saw her hands trembling slightly.
The ambulance arrived twenty minutes later. After a flurry of scramble, Ping Mei got in the car with only her cell phone.
"Mom, will grandpa die?" Qian Duoduo bit one of his hands and watched the ambulance drive away, feeling scared.
"Won't."
"Is he thirsty? He told me he wanted to drink some water."
"He can't drink water right now."
"Can the doctor cure him?"
"able."
"When will he be back?"
"Do you want to go see him?"
"Um."
She pulled him and walked quickly towards the building, preparing to go back to the room to get the car keys and go to the hospital to check on the situation. When they passed the front desk, they were stopped by the front desk clerk, who said they needed to vacate the room in the morning.
This room had already been booked by another guest for tonight, and the front desk had already agreed with her yesterday. There were no vacancies at the moment, so she had to move to another hotel. She hurried back to her room, packed her luggage, and checked out, planning to stay at the backup hotel Lin Yao had reserved.
Qian Duoduo was frightened by the old man's accident and was now in a hurry to check out. He held back his tears and said that he hadn't had much fun here yet and wanted to play with the lambs. Long Weihe comforted him by saying that they would go back to the lake to stay that night and would bring him to the manor to play tomorrow.
On one side of the first floor of this hospital, there is a row of people who are suffering from severe altitude sickness and seeking relief. All of them are on oxygen. They are all tourists from other places, mostly young women.
When Long Weihe saw them, she remembered that she had forgotten to bring her oxygen tank. She herself was feeling a little unwell, but it wasn't serious, so she just endured it.
She found Ping Mei sitting on a chair in the corridor near the emergency room, making a phone call.
"Mr. Ping." Seeing that she had finished the call, she handed her a bottle of mineral water.
"What are you doing here?" she took it.
"My child was worried about the old lady, so I brought him over to see her." She sat down next to her.
"If you want to bring up something like Xingtan again, I can only tell you that it's a waste of time. It's impossible."
She thought she wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to achieve her own goals.
"The children came here to visit the old man. They just had a great time playing together. Since I have the honor of meeting Mr. Ping and we are both in a foreign country, I also wanted to come and see if there is anything I can help with. I will never mention what I have already said."
Ping Mei had been on the phone, contacting several specialists in Guangzhou. Someone had already helped her connect with better hospitals and doctors here, but time was running out. If it was a stroke, it would have to be treated locally. She was under immense pressure. She checked her phone, which was dead. She was about to get up to find it, but Long Weihe quickly handed her a charger.
Fortunately, things weren't that bad. The doctor came out and said, "His symptoms have resolved on their own. The preliminary diagnosis is TIA, transient ischemic attack. Let's do some tests first."
Ping Mei herself knew that if the pain subsided on its own, it would most likely be TIA, which was not a big problem. However, she lost control and turned her back to cover her lower body.
Then a lot of examinations were done. Ping Mei was running around and had to deal with various phone calls. She was too busy to leave, so Long Weihe brought Qian Duoduo to help take care of the elderly.
Since they really needed help, Ping Mei was much more polite to them.
After the test results came out, the doctor confirmed TIA and that I needed to stay in the hospital for observation for 48 hours. I was admitted to the hospital, but was not admitted to the ward until after two in the afternoon.
"The child must be scared. I'm sorry to cause you trouble." The old man said to the mother and child while lying down.
Ping Mei had just been talking to the doctor when she rushed into the room and asked, "Dad, tell me the truth, how many times has this happened to you?"
Ping's father became nervous and paused for a moment, "First time."
"Are you telling the truth? The doctor has told me, and this is the third time you've told him this! How many times?" Ping Mei was very angry and didn't care that there were outsiders in the room.
The resident doctor just asked her, and she said it was the first attack, which was different from what the doctor asked her.
He smiled and explained, "Oh, you were on a business trip. Those two times I went there only took a few minutes. It was fine after a few minutes. There was nothing wrong. Why did I tell you that? I made you worry for nothing."
"Do you have any common sense? If this happens frequently, the next time it will be a real stroke! Do you know the seriousness of the problem?" Ping Mei completely exploded, glanced at Long Weihe and Qian Duoduo, then turned around and went out to calm down.
Her outburst was more out of fear and self-blame. She had been so busy that she didn't even know her father was ill, so busy that she didn't even bother to tell her about his suffering. It had been so many years since she had taken him out, the first time they had spent such a long time together. If he hadn't lost his temper in front of her, the next time might have been the worst.
Ping's father also began to waver. He looked at the mother and son, a little embarrassed, and said, "My daughter is a very busy person. She is the CEO of a listed company. It has not been easy for her to get to this point. You say, an old guy like me doesn't have many years left. Why would I hold her back by trying to live a few more years? Old people are old, and holding her back won't live many more years. She is different. She still has a long way to go. I can't hold her back."
Long Weihe felt sad for Ping's father.
She hadn't expected to see all of Ping Mei in a small hospital ward thousands of miles away: her strength, her vulnerability, her true self, her disguises. While she admired her strength, her vulnerability struck her. She thought back to what Shi Zhenglin had said about her past and understood why she cherished being with her father.
She advised the old man, "If you feel uncomfortable, you must tell her. If you have any regrets, she will suffer in the future, and it will be meaningless to work any higher."
Qian Duoduo also interjected, "Grandpa, lying is not okay."
How could a child understand the helplessness of lies?
Pingmei came back a few minutes later and regained her composure.
She sat by the bed, tugging at his sleeves and collar, and said gently, "Dad, if you feel unwell in the future, tell me. Does your nursing home know? They should tell me."
"Don't go looking for them. It has nothing to do with them. They are busy too. They can't be with you all the time."
He found the nursing home himself, and Pingmei was never satisfied with it.
"This time when I go back, I'll personally find another hospital for you! I'll change them! I've already found the best doctor for your blood vessels, and I'll come up with the best solution when I get back to prevent future problems."
Ping's father nodded repeatedly like a child, his eyes becoming wet.
She looked at her watch and said to Long Weihe, "Thank you for your help. It's okay, take the child back quickly." She touched Qian Duoduo's head and smiled at him.
Long Weihe couldn't hold on any longer. He'd been experiencing mild altitude sickness, but the shock and the run, coupled with the mission failure and his gloomy mood, had worsened. He felt like vomiting, his head was splitting, and even his eyes hurt. He couldn't drive in this state.
She bought some food for Qian Duoduo at a convenience store near the hospital, asked the doctor to prescribe painkillers and antiemetics, and simply received oxygen in the hospital.
Lin Yao called, the number was on Qian Duoduo's watch, and the first thing he asked was, "Why did you go to the hospital?"
Long Weihe had opened up her number to the location of Qian Duoduo's watch, and she would check their location from time to time. She was shocked when she found out that they were located in the hospital.
Qian Duoduo held up his watch for the person on oxygen to hear.
"Just take some oxygen, it's nothing serious."
"When will you be back?"
"The day after tomorrow, I checked and there's a direct flight the day after tomorrow."
"That's fine. No need to go to Lijiang."
She sighed, put her hands to her head, and said dejectedly, "We talked about it, but Pingmei refused."
Lin Yao immediately consoled him, "It was impossible in the first place. There's no regrets in taking this trip. You've tried your best. If you're rejected, you're rejected. Your health is more important. I'm telling you, you can't drive right now. You can't risk your life with so much money. The lakeside B&B we booked is a bit far from where you are. I'll find you a hotel in the city. Please wait for me."
Qian Duoduo got anxious when he heard this, "I'm going to the manor tomorrow, I want to play with the sheep!"
Long Weihe gave him a look and told him to stop making noise.
"Wait a minute, help me with something." She called Lin Yao.
"What's up?"
"I'll have Song Yihui and the others visit some nursing homes over the next few days to inspect the high-end ones with better conditions in all aspects, and do a comparative analysis."
"what?"
"Don't worry about it for now, it's very important. Let's get everyone going for a run."
In less than an hour, Lin Yao sent her a nearly 100-page PPT version of the market research report on high-end nursing homes in Guangzhou.
She thought she had downloaded something randomly from the Internet, but when she looked through it, she was surprised to find that it was all various analyses based on field investigations. The comparisons of advantages and disadvantages were detailed and well-founded, both comprehensive and item-by-item, covering all kinds of high-end nursing homes in Guangzhou, and it looked very professional.
Lin Yao called again, saying she'd added someone on WeChat for the exam. The person was an investor, working for a nursing home. He did extensive market research for acquisitions, and his team personally conducted all the research. She tried asking about it, but they said they had a lot on hand and would send one right away. She also said they had booked a hotel for two nights near the hospital, within walking distance.
After breathing oxygen for an hour and taking medicine, she felt much better. She planned to go back the day after tomorrow and come to the hospital again tomorrow to give this report to Pingmei for reference.
Qian Duoduo had been enjoying himself at the manor, but when he arrived at the hotel in the city, he was unhappy to find no scenery or animals, and was stuck in his room. Long Weihe, feeling listless, took him out for a stroll, coaxing him into a cozy mood, explaining that their mission had failed and they couldn't stay back there. They would return to Guangzhou the day after tomorrow, but would still take him to the manor tomorrow, keeping their promise.
Seeing that her altitude sickness had eased, she checked other B&Bs near the lake and found that they were basically fully booked. There was a good one with one large suite left, but perhaps because it was not cost-effective, no one had booked it. She quickly booked it so that she could save more money and spend more time at the manor.
She hadn't slept much for two consecutive nights and was too tired. After the symptoms of altitude sickness subsided, she felt much more relaxed and sleepy. She gave Qian Duoduo an order for takeout to be delivered to the room, saying that she wanted to take a nap first and asked him to call her after he finished eating.
The TV was so loud and noisy that she fell asleep.
It was less than seven o'clock in the evening. Qian Duoduo was eating takeout and watching TV. He didn't even hear his watch explode.
Long Weihe's phone was charging on the table in front of him. He noticed the call and called his mother, but Long Weihe didn't answer. He swiped his finger and answered it.
"Hello - Long Weihe is asleep." He didn't care who called.
"Why is she going to bed so early? What happened to her?"
"My mother is sick and can't answer the phone. She needs to rest. Please don't disturb her."
"She's not feeling well."
"She's out of oxygen."
There was a pause on the other end of the phone.
"Did Mom say when she'd be back?"
"the day after tomorrow."
"What hotel are you staying in?"
"I don't know. It's all Lin Yao's fault. Lin Yao made the wrong order."
"Are you unhappy?"
“Unhappy.”
"What's wrong?"
"My mother failed in her mission by not taking me to see the sheep."
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