Chapter 312: Life Should Not End
The dinner was a little richer, with stewed bone soup, fried bacon and cabbage, and cooked multi-grain rice.
When the food was ready to be served, Wen Wan called Lu Donglin: "Wake up, get up and eat something before going back to sleep."
After calling out several times, no one responded. Wen Wan was startled and hurried to call Lu Dongping.
"Dongping, go check what's going on. Why is there no movement?"
Lu Dongping strode into the room, turned on the light and shouted twice beside the bed. Lu Donglin's eyelids moved and then there was no movement.
Lu Dongping reached out and touched his forehead, which was burning hot.
"He has a fever, and it's quite severe. We need to take him to the health center."
Wen Wan glanced at the sky outside. It was already completely dark. "Let's go to the hospital. There's no one in the clinic right now."
As he said this, he put on a thick coat and took Lu Dongping's jacket to wrap Lu Donglin. Lu Dongping then carried the man out.
"I can go by myself. You stay home. It's too cold outside."
Wen Wan gave him some money and said, "If it doesn't work, stay in the hospital for one night and get a thorough checkup. Who knows what happened to him all the way here? Put on your coat and don't get yourself sick."
Lu Dongping took the money, responded, and then carried the person away.
It was completely dark at this time and the shuttle bus had disappeared. Lu Donglin was so delirious with fever that he couldn't walk by himself, so Lu Dongping had to carry him on his back and walk to the hospital.
The person was unconscious and limp, and despite the freezing weather, Lu Dongping broke out in a sweat.
It's almost time for everyone in the hospital to get off work.
Lu Dongping went straight to the emergency room, then went through the hospitalization procedures and got an IV drip.
After calming down, he remembered Wen Wan's words, reached out to pull off Lu Donglin's pants and clothes, and then saw the shocking wound.
His gaze fell on Lu Donglin's blue face again. Looking at his sunken cheeks and eye sockets, the anger that had been suppressed with great difficulty rose again.
Of course, this anger was not directed at Lu Donglin, but at Lu Mingjiang and his wife.
He was lucky to have come to the capital from Xinxi penniless, otherwise he would not have survived until now and would have starved to death or frozen to death somewhere.
He himself didn't have the guts to run so far under such circumstances.
The telegram had to be sent, but as for Lu Donglin's matter, he had to ask the others about the situation first after they had recovered.
Wen Wan ate alone at home. Knowing that they might not come back, she didn't wait for them. She cleaned up and went to bed. She got up early in the morning, cooked the meal and kept it warm in the pot. She took an empty lunch box and teacup, put them in her pocket, and went to the hospital.
When we found the place, Lu Dongping was taking a nap beside the bed.
She called out, "Dongping."
Lu Dongping sat up and reached out to pull her: "Why are you here so early?"
"You came to the hospital without even having dinner last night. Don't you have to go to work later? Go home. The food is warm in the pot. Eat and take a nap at home. I'll stay here. I don't have anything to do right now."
Lu Dongping nodded: "Then I'll come over after I eat."
"No need to come. Why are you coming here? Wait and see if he wakes up. I'll go to the hospital cafeteria to buy him some food. I've brought the lunch box with me. Then we'll see how he's doing. If the fever doesn't recur, he can be discharged this afternoon. I'll take him back by car."
Lu Dongping nodded: "Okay, then you stay here and I'll go back first." It happened that today was the last day, so he didn't have to go tomorrow.
Wen Wan sat down on the still warm bench.
At this time, the Chinese New Year was approaching, and there were not many people in the hospital. There were four beds in the ward, and only Lu Donglin was occupying one, so the bed was empty.
Wen Wan glanced around and felt a little bored. What a mistake! She should have brought a book or a pen or some paper to pass the time.
When it was dawn, the doctor came to work and the nurse came to check on the ward and took Lu Donglin's temperature again.
"How is he?"
After checking the thermometer, the doctor said, "The fever has gone down, but we need to observe him for a while. Keep him warm and get enough nutrition. Also, have you applied medicine to his wounds?"
Wen Wan really didn't know: "It was delivered last night. I just arrived this morning and didn't know about it."
The nurse next to him said, "Yes, he was treated when he was brought in last night. He was seriously injured and infected."
"Yes, I need to change the dressing. A wound infection will also cause a fever. Family members, please pay attention. Call me when the patient wakes up."
Coincidentally, Lu Donglin actually woke up after hearing this.
He has really slept for a long time, from yesterday afternoon until now. He has never slept like this in his life.
The doctor patiently asked him again, and after he left, Wen Wan asked him, "How are you feeling? You'll need an IV soon. Do you want to go to the bathroom now?"
Lu Donglin nodded and sat up. Wen Wan helped him up. He felt dizzy and it took him a long time to feel better after holding on to the handrail.
When I came back from the bathroom and lay down again, the nurse came in again.
After being hooked up to the water, Wen Wancai said, "Just lie down first, don't sleep, and watch the water. I'll go to the cafeteria to buy you something to eat. It's so early in the morning, and the doctor said you're malnourished!"
The hospital cafeteria has a lot of food, and some supplies that are in short supply outside are available here.
Wen Wan ordered half a teacup of brown sugar water, a portion of white flour dumplings, and two poached eggs, and took them back to the ward.
After drinking half a cup of brown sugar water, Lu Donglin felt warm all over. Wen Wan brought him the lunch box and he ate with a spoon.
After finishing his meal, he asked, "Sister-in-law, can we go home after the IV drip? I don't want to stay in the hospital." Staying in the hospital costs money. He felt a little dizzy, probably because he was hungry during this period. Staying in the hospital would be a waste of money.
"First, hang up the water. After that, I'll go ask the doctor."
Lu Donglin responded, and after a while he said, "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry for causing you trouble."
Wen Wan chuckled softly: "What are you saying? I've been away for a year and you've become so distant? What kind of trouble is this? It's better for you to be well."
After saying this, the smile on his face faded. "Although you're not feeling well right now, I still have to criticize you. What kind of weather is this? How dare you run away from home at this time? Tell me, what's going on?"
Lu Donglin was silent. He didn't know how to start. After a while, he finally said, "You knew when you were at home. My family had been looking for a partner for me for a long time. I didn't want to get married so early. I wanted to take my time like my brother and find someone I like. But my parents didn't agree. They insisted on interfering and asked me to listen to them. I'm looking for a partner to spend my whole life with me. How could I possibly listen to them?"
"Then it was quiet for a while. Who knew that when it was quiet for a while and I almost forgot about it, suddenly there was another person in the room."
"They brought me a wife without even saying hello. Isn't that ridiculous?"
"I was so angry that I went out and argued with them. I didn't want to be with them. Even if they found me a beautiful woman, I wouldn't want to be with them without my consent. It's a different era now, and the country has called for freedom of marriage, but they still want to force me to buy or sell."
"Then I left. I didn't know where to go. I had no money, and a letter of introduction was useless. I went to the county town first. I originally wanted to go to find Brother Dongfu, but I could only stay with him for a few days. In the end, I would have to go back. I really didn't want to go back. The woman they replaced was still at home, living in my room. What would I do if I went back? If I went back, would I have to sleep in the same room with her for the rest of my life? I thought, if I have to leave, I will leave far away and never go back in this life. If I die outside, it will be my fate, and I won't blame anyone."
After saying that, he leaned there and stared at the opposite wall with lifeless eyes.
Wen Wan asked him, "How did you get to the capital?"
He grinned and said, "I came here by hopping on the train."
Wen Wan had seen people evading fares on the train before: "You're really brave. Tickets are checked several times a day on the train. It would be very troublesome if you were caught."
"No one checked. I didn't steal from a car carrying goods, not a passenger car. There was a gap in the middle, so I got stuck in there and didn't move. No one noticed. I don't know how I got there, I just did."
Wen Wan's heart ached when she heard this. The gap in the truck he was talking about was the joint between the carriages.
Not to mention the likelihood of being discovered by the platform staff if she squatted there, nor the probability of being thrown out by the train when it started running, just on this day, she was shivering even when she walked despite being wrapped tightly in a cotton jacket. It was a miracle that she didn't freeze to death while squatting there.
She felt heartbroken and angry. If Lu Donglin wasn't still on IV drip, she really wanted to slap him to see if his head was filled with paste.
"You, you are really capable. Don't you think about what will happen if you get caught?"
Lu Donglin smiled a smile that was uglier than crying: "If I'm caught, the worst that can happen is that I'll be jailed. Even if I'm jailed, I'd rather not go back and sleep with a woman I've never met!"
Wen Wan took a few deep breaths. She was wrong. She shouldn't have asked these questions in the hospital. She should have waited until she got home and Lu Dongping came back to ask. After asking, she would just beat him to death.
"What about your injuries? They're infected, you have a fever, and you're unconscious. How did you get yourself like that?"
Lu Donglin said: "I was injured because I jumped out of the train when it was about to arrive at the station. I didn't estimate the speed and fell under the tracks..." It was really close, just a little bit. If I hadn't jumped far enough and fell directly into the tracks, I would have been crushed into a meat paste by the train and he would have been dead.
This was the boldest thing he had ever done in his life, and now he felt scared even thinking about it.
Ignorance is fearless. If he were to do it again at this moment, he might not have the courage and bravery.
"I don't know what to do. I've asked people for food a few times on the way. I've had a warm meal from the kind people I met, and then I've stuffed everything I see into my mouth. Now I've come this far, so close to you all. I can't starve myself to death now."
"I'm pretty lucky, I'm not destined to die!"
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