Chapter 24: Strange Disease
Early in the morning, outside the ICU ward of the Capital City People’s Hospital.
Huang Hongyuan endured the chilly night air and let his heart freeze bit by bit. His fingertips trembled slightly as he sent a private message for help to Qi Gu, a master of metaphysics who has gained considerable reputation on the Internet recently.
He didn't believe these things before, but now his eight-year-old daughter is suddenly seriously ill and her organs are failing. The hospital can't find any cause and can only give an ultimatum.
If the situation continued, he would lose his daughter in a week, or maybe less than a week.
Asking Qi Gu for help was just his desperate act, but it was enough to show that he really had nowhere else to go.
He had taken his daughter to all the major hospitals. Even those that were most difficult to get medical treatment in, he and his family had used their connections to take his daughter there, but in the end, all he got were disappointing results.
"Lili, you and your parents should go home and have some rest first. I'm here for you." Huang Hongyuan said to his wife who had become much thinner, looked tired, and had bruises on her eyes.
These days, even though visiting hours are only half an hour after 2 p.m. every day, their family has been waiting at the ICU door like this.
The doctor said that he hoped they would keep their phone lines open... If anything happened to the child, they should come to the hospital to sign for a statement at any time.
It was also when his daughter was admitted to the ICU that Huang Hongyuan realized that there were so many notices that needed to be signed in a day. On the first day his daughter was admitted to the ICU, he signed more than a dozen notices in one breath under the doctor's instructions.
When I signed in at the end, my heart felt numb as if it was pushed into a coffin.
"Okay, then I'll take them back first." said his wife Wang Li.
The old couple hung their heads in silence, neither speaking nor moving, just staring at the tightly closed sliding door of the ICU ward.
There was a small glass window on the door, which they had leaned over and looked through countless times, but there was another door inside the door, which completely blocked out any prying views from outside.
"Hongyuan, Lili...it's me. I'm sorry for you. It's my fault that I didn't take good care of Xiaohe, which is why she got sick!" Grandma Huang blamed herself and felt regretful. Her wrinkled face was filled with pain and despair.
She has a low level of education and worked with Grandpa Huang for decades, only then did she produce Huang Hongyuan, a college student who was admitted to a 985 university. Huang Hongyuan also worked hard and became the general manager of a medium-sized company ten years after graduation, with an annual salary of one million and share of the profits.
Grandma Huang didn’t know what organ failure was. She just felt that it was because she didn’t take good care of Xiaohe that her usually well-behaved granddaughter suffered like this.
"Mom, mom, Xiaohe's current condition has nothing to do with you, don't blame yourself... maybe this is just fate," Wang Li is a city dweller with a well-off family. She often has conflicts with Grandma Huang over their living habits, but at this moment, she really feels sorry for this old woman who knows nothing and only knows how to blame herself.
"You guys think... can Xiao He get better?"
"If, if Xiaohe can get better, I will accept it even if it takes my life!" said Grandpa Huang after a long silence.
The old man and the woman were crying together. Huang Hongyuan, who was always full of vigor and vitality, had an untidy beard and wrinkled clothes. He slid down the metal waiting chair dejectedly and sat on the ground helplessly. In his heart, he prayed to all the gods and Buddhas that he had previously sneered at.
It doesn't matter who it is, as long as they can save his daughter...
Just as he was thinking this, his cell phone vibrated as he lay quietly on the cold metal chair, and a new reply popped up.
[The master of Fu'ai Temple Qi Gugugugu V: Address, I'll go check it out]
Huang Hongyuan was overjoyed and tremblingly sent out the address. But then he thought that the other party should be in another province, and was afraid that he would not want to come because the distance was too far. He typed quickly as if he was grasping at a life-saving straw: [Let me book a flight for you. Is business class ok? 】
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After Qi Gu had his midnight snack, he was about to bite the bullet and read two more pages of the management rules when he received a message from Huang Hongyuan.
The other party spoke sincerely and said that as long as Qi Gu was willing to help, he would pay any amount of money.
Qi Gu clicked on his homepage and found that the other party’s personal certification was the general manager of a company... A general manager should have some management experience, right?
Qi Gu decided to go immediately. As long as his daughter could be cured, Huang Hongyuan would definitely be willing to give guidance on management matters.
The two parties added each other on WeChat, and Huang Hongyuan quickly sent the information about booking the air tickets, which showed how anxious he was.
By the time I finished negotiating with Huang Hongyuan, it was already one o'clock in the morning.
Qi Gu realized belatedly that he still owed Lin Hanzhi a list of snacks, so he quickly opened the shopping app, took a screenshot of his order record and sent it to her.
Not long after, I received a reply.
【Lin Hanzhi: Got it.】 】
It’s so late, why haven’t you slept yet?
Qi Gu thought of the other person's fragile body and pale face, and felt that it was not appropriate.
But he didn't intend to say anything. After all... it was just a chance encounter.
[Lin Hanzhi: I saw you said on Weibo that you were going to renovate the Taoist temple. I will go there to pay my respects when you are done.]
[Lin Hanzhi: This crappy class has been getting busier and busier lately. I have to make a wish and ask God to give me a capable colleague as soon as possible.]
The other party complained about his work in a very familiar manner.
Qi Gu didn't think that he and he were close enough to complain to each other, but when he thought about the fact that the other party was taken back to work right after appearing on the variety show, he couldn't help but curse in his heart what a unscrupulous boss this was.
Qi Gu kindly comforted: [It will happen]
[Lin Hanzhi: With your words, I feel at ease (laughing)]
Qi Gu:? ? ?
He wasn't so effective that his words could come true.
But he didn't think much about it, just turned off his phone and continued to sleep.
Because the air conditioning was not powerful enough, he slept intermittently. He was woken up by the heat twice every few hours and had to go to the bathroom to take a cold shower and continue sleeping.
The next day at noon, Qi Gu arrived at the Capital Airport wearing a mask.
He thought he didn't need to wear one, but as soon as he arrived at the airport, he was recognized by several people, who surrounded him and asked for photos and autographs. After breaking through the siege, he hurriedly bought a mask at a convenience store and put it on.
As he followed the crowd through the long, transparent corridor bathed in sunlight, he felt like a crispy roast duck hung in a glass oven and automatically rotated.
Fortunately, Huang Hongyuan did not let him wait. He drove to the airport exit early and waited for his arrival.
Huang Hongyuan looked similar to his Weibo profile picture, a tall, honest-looking man with a buzz cut. When he saw Qi Gu, he forced himself to smile, "Master Qi, thank you for coming over."
"You're welcome. Let's look after the child first." Qi Gu's straightforward attitude made Huang Hongyuan like him even better.
Based on his years of experience in society, he believes that those who speak nicely are generally mediocre in ability, but those who speak directly usually have some real talent.
Of course...some of them really have low emotional intelligence.
"The back seat is cool, please get in, there is ice water." Huang Hongyuan greeted Qi Gu warmly.
The car slowly drove towards the hospital among the sea of cars.
About an hour later, the two arrived at the hospital parking lot, and it was exactly two o'clock when they arrived outside the ICU ward.
There were many family members waiting outside the ICU ward to visit the patients. They all cherished this hard-earned time and arrived early.
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