Chapter 160 High Heels
After Su Xiaojuan said this, all her patience was exhausted.
Without looking at him again, she walked into the crowded corridor and headed out of the emergency building with great momentum.
She was called from the company to Beijing, and she didn't even bother to change her high heels. The sound of her heels hitting the ground was frequent, rapid, crisp and sharp.
Like steel nails, they drilled into Xu Jiqing's heart again and again.
The woman walked so fast that he had a hard time keeping up with her. He had to take two steps at a time to avoid being hit in the face by the heavy door curtain she casually lifted.
The hospital is full of people and the emergency passage cannot be blocked.
After going out, Su Xiaojuan finally stopped at a bench by the fountain. She didn't sit down, but leaned against the bare Sophora japonica tree next to her, waiting for the boy to stand in front of her.
Winter sun casts shadows on trees.
Half of it fell on his shoulder, and the other half traced the exposed gauze edge of his hat, swaying slightly in the wind.
The boy was tall and thin, with a straight back. His old cotton-padded jacket showed signs of washing and drying, and his hands were clenched tightly at his sides.
Su Xiaojuan looked at him for a while and said in a calm tone, "There is no dust on the chair. If you can't stand for a long time, sit down."
Xu Jiqing's chest rose and fell. "I don't need it. Please sit down."
"I don't need a moment."
Su Xiaojuan looked away, looking at a mother in the distance who was running towards them with her child in her arms. "Do you know how I got here?"
Xu Jiqing didn't respond.
"It was a little after 11 o'clock when I was still in a meeting at the company. The hospital called and told me that my daughter had collapsed at the gate of National Tsing Hua University."
"Just boarded the plane at 12 o'clock, and they said they had confirmed carbon monoxide and cyanide poisoning. Xia Xia was intubated and needed to go into a hyperbaric oxygen chamber."
"I asked again when I landed at the airport. The doctor said that potential sequelae cannot be ruled out, and the final diagnosis of respiratory and neurological diseases will not be available until a month of follow-up."
"He said that the best treatment time was wasted in the first two days. The faster you run in the fire, the more smoke you inhale. Many injuries are irreversible once they occur. What if Xia Xia is not so lucky? What if she..."
Having said this, Su Xiaojuan suddenly stopped, forcibly suppressing the surge that made her voice tremble.
No matter how good a capital hospital is, no matter how sophisticated its equipment is, it has its limitations.
He Miao was worried about delaying the rescue, so he told the doctor everything he knew as soon as possible.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the whistle blew for the last exam of this year's National Mathematical Olympiad.
Xu Jiqing arrived quickly and handed over all the medical records from the examination at Ancheng Hospital. He provided the remaining detailed information.
Every word and every detail was carefully considered, for fear of missing anything.
Since it involved high school students and a criminal case, the hospital did not dare to take it lightly, and the intern who called her said everything they could.
The boy in front of him was obviously seriously injured.
But after all, she was someone else's child. No matter how deep her sympathy and compassion were, they were far less than her own daughter. Every word the doctor said cut into her heart.
Su Xiaojuan restrained herself again and again, but couldn't help but ask, "There were so many police officers at the hospital, why didn't anyone accompany her for a proper examination and X-ray? Why did they just assume she was fine?"
"My daughter hid it from me and took a train for over a thousand kilometers to Ancheng, risking her life and charging up through thick smoke. Who was she doing this for?"
"Aren't you in the hospital?" Her neck flushed red, and the outline of the blue veins appeared. "Why didn't you ask more questions? Are you mute?!"
Xu Jiqing's jaw was trembling from clenching his teeth.
Medical care in small towns is limited, and there are many conditions that emergency doctors have never seen.
When he was carried into the ambulance, he was already somewhat unconscious due to excessive blood loss. He asked intermittently how she was along the way, but the accompanying medical staff just said that she was fine.
After that, surveillance cameras were installed in his ward.
From the moment he was able to answer questions normally, he was subjected to various forms of interrogation.
When we met again, her eyes were bright and her smile was as beautiful as spring, just as usual.
There were so many words that could be used to defend himself, and every reason was so reasonable, but facing the woman's red eyes, Xu Jiqing couldn't utter a word.
This is her mother.
It was the one who gave birth to Su Xia after ten months of pregnancy, treated her like her darling, and carefully protected her until she grew up to be eighteen years old.
Just this identity alone can easily crush him underfoot and shatter all his attempts to prove himself.
The boy stood in front of her, saying nothing, as silent as a winter tree in the cold wind.
No matter how thin a woman is, she will become a lion when protecting her children.
Su Xiaojuan was so angry that her temples were jumping. "You're really dumb, aren't you?"
With shaking hands, she took out a slender ladies' cigarette from her platinum bag. Then she realized that it was not good to smoke in the hospital, so she held it in her palm together with the lighter.
"I know you blocked a knife for Xia Xia, but you don't have to think you're so great. Playing the victim won't work with me."
"Your father is a lunatic. He would have done this regardless of Xia Xia. But if it weren't for you, she wouldn't have to take the risk at all."
"Whether you took a knife or a gun for her, the result I saw was the same: my healthy daughter was in emergency room and could suffer from pulmonary fibrosis or memory loss tomorrow. She did her best to protect you so that you could catch up with the competition and finish your final exam well."
"From the beginning to the end, she owes you nothing. You are the beneficiary."
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