Social Death Patient 076
Ever since netizens reminded the tourist Jiang Ruo that he was in the live broadcast room, the excited tourist never showed up again to speak for Gan Bo.
No matter how much people talk about Gan Bo, he has never spoken up for justice again. His justice is so short-lived that it is a bit ridiculous.
The tourist's attempt to hide his identity further confirmed everyone's speculation about his identity, because he felt guilty and did not dare to face his first wife.
There were actually two people in the small window. A gentle and clean man occupied the main screen. Jiang Ruo was next to him, with only half of his face exposed. It was hard for Gan Bo not to notice Jiang Ruo at first.
Both of them watched the farce calmly, without being annoyed by the interruption of the connection, as if Gan Bo was just an insignificant person.
Then the elegant and clean man in the small window asked Bai Jiesui: "Can I bring Jiang Ruo to see you offline?"
"Okay, come on. I also want to see her legs first." Bai Jiesui replied readily.
After hanging up the call, Meng Yushi turned to Jiang Ruo and gave him an expectant smile. It was obvious that he was full of hope for the subsequent treatment.
But Jiang Ruo herself was not as excited as he was. She just smiled cooperatively and turned around in her wheelchair.
The smile on Meng Yushi's face faded. He walked around Jiang Ruo's wheelchair, squatted in front of her, took her hand and looked up at her.
"Don't you want to go?"
"No, just arrange it yourself." Jiang Ruo smiled hard and tried to turn the wheelchair.
However, Meng Yushi held down Jiang Ruo's wheelchair and prevented her from leaving.
"Let's give it a try. There's nothing to lose anyway. If Dr. Bai can find a way to cure your leg, you can fulfill all your wishes. If she can't, we can just treat it as a trip. Haven't we been out playing this year? I heard there's a 4A-rated ancient city over there. We can go and take a leisurely stroll around. I'll find some pictures for you. You're sure you'll like them."
As he spoke, he busily took out his phone to search for pictures online.
Jiang Ruo covered his hand and gave him a bitter smile: "I'm afraid you will be disappointed."
Meng Yushi shook Jiang Ruo's hand. "We can't stop trying just because we're afraid of disappointment, right? You're such a talented person, with so many creative ideas and thoughts you haven't implemented yet, yet you've been trapped by this chair for over twenty years."
Jiang Ruo: "I don't think there's anything bad about it now. When filming on the set, I have to take care of everything. I have endless worries and endless dinners every day. Writing at home is much easier than being on the set. As long as I give the script to you, I don't have to worry about anything. You just help me shoot it and that's good enough."
Meng Yushi stared into her eyes and shook his head. "No, that's different. I've always hoped that one day you could film what you wrote as you please. Your films have a unique charm and flavor. I'll never be able to capture the soul of your work."
Jiang Ruo wrote and directed all of her previous works herself. She is a very versatile and talented director.
Her main job now is to write scripts. Although she is generally satisfied with what Meng Yushi shoots, and he also knows what kind of effect she wants to present, it is not her who is in charge of it personally, so there will be some discrepancies between her own ideas.
Meng Yushi: "And I hope you can stand on the podium yourself and receive the honor that belongs to you."
Jiang Ruo looked into his sincere eyes and clenched her palms slightly.
Like Jiang Ruo, Meng Yushi has entered middle age, but one can still see the pure and passionate light of his youth in his eyes.
This reminded Jiang Ruo of when she first met him. He was just as pure. As long as it was something he decided on, he always seemed to have hope for the outcome.
At that time, Jiang Ruo suffered several blows in succession. The biggest blow was naturally her spinal injury. The doctor said it would be difficult for her to stand up again; the second blow was that her then-husband Gan Bo had an affair. Not only did Gan Bo cheat on her, but he also secretly transferred a lot of the couple's joint assets; the last blow was the work she put all her efforts into, which ended up making Gan Bo successful and bringing his career to a whole new level.
Jiang Ruo was busy cooperating with the treatment in the hospital. She had no time and energy to take care of work and family matters. She could only watch Gan Bo use her to gain power, and then watch him kick her. She couldn't even sit up, so what could she do to the treacherous Gan Bo?
The public opinion environment at that time was relaxed and the media communication methods were limited. Gan Bo's behavior did not affect his future career development at all, and few people mentioned his scandal after the incident.
The only thing to be thankful for is that Gan Bo never produced any well-received works since then, and that award seemed to be his last glory.
But that period was the darkest moment in Jiang Ruo's life. She painfully cooperated with the treatment in the hospital and watched Gan Bo shine on various podiums.
The dark side of Jiang Ruo's heart emerged at that time. She always hoped that Gan Bo would be unlucky and suffer the same accident as her, or even worse than her.
It was at this time that she met Meng Yushi.
Meng Yushi came to the hospital to visit his family and unexpectedly discovered that Jiang Ruo was also receiving treatment in the same hospital.
He recognized Jiang Ruo at that time because he studied film and television photography. He had watched Jiang Ruo's movies countless times, studied the beauty of Jiang Ruo's lenses, and also specially sought out Jiang Ruo for an interview.
Meng Yushi liked the movies directed by Jiang Ruo very much and admired Jiang Ruo's talent. He always hoped to have the opportunity to talk to Jiang Ruo in person, but he didn't expect that the first time he met her would be in the hospital, when Jiang Ruo was at the lowest point in her life.
He did not directly point out Jiang Ruo's identity, but pretended to be a stranger and tried to talk to Jiang Ruo.
At first, Jiang Ruo ignored him. She had neither the mood nor the energy to do so.
But Meng Yushi didn't seem to care about her cold face at all. She would greet her warmly every time she came to the hospital. When she peeled fruit for her family, she would remember to give her a small plate. When she brought delicious food, she would also bring her a portion.
After a while, Jiang Ruo was not so indifferent anymore, and would chat with him for a few words every time he came.
Meng Yushi had a gentle temper and a stable personality. He often comforted and encouraged her. Jiang Ruo's mood improved a lot and her body recovered much faster. Except that she still couldn't stand, she could at least sit up after the treatment, although it didn't last long.
As they got along, they had more and more topics to talk about, and they got along better and better, especially when it came to work. They had endless topics to talk about, and often discussed for a whole day, from well-known foreign masterpieces to classic domestic masterpieces.
Jiang Ruo was treated in the hospital for two years, and Meng Yushi stayed with her in the hospital for two years.
Meng Yushi proposed to her on the day she was discharged from the hospital.
Jiang Ruo had a good impression of him and felt impulsive at the time, but in the end she politely rejected Meng Yushi.
Meng Yushi is younger than her. As a young man with a bright future, it would be easy for him to find a partner.
Jiang Ruo used to be very confident and she knew that she was very good, but now she has become a burden to others. She can't work and needs help in her life.
And the most important point is that she felt that if Meng Yushi's family knew about it, they would definitely not agree.
After being rejected, Meng Yushi was not discouraged at all. He still came to her and went to her house to help as usual.
He seemed to have put himself into the role of boyfriend and was very confident that he could make Jiang Ruo change her mind.
He persisted in this way for seven or eight years, and Meng Yushi's family never showed any disdain for Jiang Ruo.
In the end, Jiang Ruo followed her heart and agreed to Meng Yushi's proposal when she was 34 years old and had known Meng Yushi for the ninth year.
After marriage, Meng Yushi was just as active as before marriage in finding rehabilitation experts for her and accompanying her to seek medical treatment everywhere.
However, most people were disappointed, and many experts directly told them not to waste their money.
Jiang Ruo had already accepted the fact a long time ago, and she always accompanied Meng Yushi in order not to spoil his fun.
But Meng Yushi's enthusiasm never diminished. He always believed that he would find a way to cure Jiang Ruo, and he always encouraged Jiang Ruo not to give up.
He always had good hopes for Jiang Ruo's recovery, just like when he was in the hospital, he believed that he could be friends with Jiang Ruo and convince Jiang Ruo to accept him.
Because of Meng Yushi's persistence and optimism, Jiang Ruo often didn't want to pour cold water on her, but she couldn't bear to see Meng Yushi working so hard for her.
Jiang Ruo: "Most of the money you've earned over the years has been spent on me. I think it's enough. Now that you and I are getting older, we need to save some money for our retirement."
Meng Yushi: "If I spend the money, I can earn it again. I'm only in my early forties, so I can work for another twenty years without any problem. Our savings aren't as much as rich people's, but they're not nothing either. It's more than enough to pay for your medical treatment, so don't worry about the money."
Jiang Ruo shook her head and said, "You've been running around for my sake for half your life. You've spent money and time on it, and you've done everything you could have done. I feel bad for you if you're not tired."
Meng Yushi was eager to speak, but Jiang Ruo stopped her by shaking her head. She wanted to finish what was on her mind.
"I'm almost fifty years old. Even if I stand up, what kind of splash can I make? I don't have the energy I had when I was younger, and I don't have the drive I had in my early twenties. Besides, I'm used to a leisurely life at home. I'm going to retire in a few years. You old man still want me to go out to work?"
Jiang Ruo scolded Meng Yushi with a smile.
She thought Meng Yushi would be able to listen to her at least a little, but Meng Yushi's thoughts did not change at all.
"You don't have to go to work now that you're on your feet. You can go out and play, travel, go wherever you want. When we retire, you can even go square dancing with me."
Seeing that she couldn't persuade Meng Yushi, Jiang Ruo could only talk about her own health condition.
"But I'm tired. You know I can't sit still for long. Every time I go out to see a doctor, I have to travel a long way. I'm getting older now, and I'm getting more tired every day. I can't afford to do this any more."
As expected, Meng Yushi hesitated this time.
But he still didn't want to give up this opportunity and wanted to try any chance.
"Let's go and see this time first, okay? We finally got connected. You see, God is blessing us. We must not miss such a lucky opportunity. Maybe this luck will always be with you, and you can stand up again."
Jiang Ruo couldn't help but find it funny. He didn't even realize that his rhetoric was always the same.
"When have you not said that?"
And this time it was even more outrageous. In the past, Meng Yushi always looked for doctors with a good reputation, but this time he looked for a doctor in an online live broadcast room and even planned to take her thousands of miles to see a doctor.
"But this time it's different. Didn't that guy just go to Dr. Xiaobai's live broadcast room to see a doctor?" He was referring to Gan Bo.
Jiang Ruo thought of the scene just now, with a faint expression and no words.
Meng Yushi: "Think about it, he's such a face-conscious person. If it weren't for Dr. Xiaobai's ability, would he have taken the risk of going to Teacher Xiaobai's live broadcast room to see a doctor?"
At this moment, Jiang Ruo even felt that Meng Yushi's analysis made some sense.
"If such a serious illness as his can be cured, why can't you have a little more confidence?" Meng Yushi grabbed Jiang Ruo's hand again. "Don't lie to me. I know your wish has always been to be able to stand up again. You make this wish every year on your birthday."
Jiang Ruo was surprised: "How do you know?"
Meng Yushi looked at her with sincere eyes: "Because my birthday wish is the same as yours."
Jiang Ruo saw herself in his pupils. She saw that she was no longer young, but her eyes were as firm as they were back then.
Meng Yushi: "No matter how long it takes, no matter how much it costs, as long as I can still walk, I will never give up. I hope you won't give up either. Work with me and make our wish come true."
Jiang Ruo could no longer utter a word of refusal.
"Okay, I won't give up. Let's work together."
I don’t know if it’s because Bai Jiesui’s live broadcast room is too popular, but Jiang Ruo’s name quickly became a hot search.
However, the reason why Jiang Ruo aroused heated discussion among netizens was inseparable from Gan Bo's contribution.
What could be more embarrassing than Gan Bo being exposed on the spot and then coincidentally meeting his ex-wife online? The degree of embarrassment can at least be ranked in the top ten of the year.
Afterwards, everyone was discussing whether Jiang Ruo could stand up, and they said all kinds of things.
[Wow, that's great! When I first heard about Director Jiang Ruo's experience, I was thinking, if only someone could help Director Jiang Ruo get back on her feet. I really like the films Director Jiang Ruo has made. She's really talented.]
I heard that Jiang Ruo injured her spine back then, so being able to sit up now is already a blessing. Jiang Ruo has been paralyzed for over 20 years, so she must have seen many doctors during this period. If she really had the chance to stand up, she wouldn't have waited until today.
[That’s because she hadn’t met Teacher Xiaobai before. With Teacher Xiaobai here, there’s no disease that can’t be cured.]
[+1 Teacher Jiang Ruo is promising. Let's celebrate in advance~]
I'm so impressed by you, these brainless fans. You actually take the show's effects seriously? You expect someone who's been acting all day on TV to heal someone who's been paralyzed for over 20 years? LOL.
Some people can act dumb if they want. It's not us who will be embarrassed in the end. Her fans have praised her so highly, it will be painful if she falls.
Some of the words are hard to hear, but I hope everyone can calm down and not exaggerate Teacher Xiaobai. She is just a relatively skilled Chinese medicine practitioner, not a god. Can she easily cure diseases that other doctors can't treat?
Although I'm a fan of Dr. Xiaobai, I'm taking a wait-and-see approach to this matter. It seems Dr. Xiaobai has only taken people's pulses so far, and she only treats simple minor ailments. I'm afraid she hasn't treated anyone yet, let alone a chronic spinal condition like Jiang Ruo's.
How come you've never treated anyone before? Doesn't the treatment you just gave Gan Bo count? Doesn't that mean he has a chronic condition? He hasn't been treated elsewhere, but he still huddled into Teacher Xiaobai's livestream in dismay. Didn't Teacher Xiaobai easily solve the asthenospermia that other doctors couldn't? It's definitely going to be no problem this time, too.
[Help! Some people are truly outrageous. Bai Jiesui herself hasn't even made any promises, saying she needs to see how Jiang Ruo performs first. So why are there already people bragging on her behalf? Aren't you worried about her losing face?]
[Why can't you save face? When the time comes, just say that the situation is more complicated than expected and there's nothing you can do to cure Jiang Ruo's illness.]
[Don't do that! What if a medical miracle happens? You'll be slapped in the face, right? [Laughing]]
[Come on, come on, hit me in the face with a medical miracle [excited], if there is a medical miracle I will go to Bai Jiesui's live broadcast room to give gifts and a hundred deep-water torpedoes]
Although Bai Jiesui has taken pulses for many people, his ability in taking pulses is well known to be strong.
However, she has never actually treated a single case, especially a complicated case like Jiang Ruo's with a long-standing illness, so there are many voices questioning her online.
But Bai Jiesui never responded. She felt that some people's doubts were not unreasonable. Before she officially met Jiang Ruo, she could not guarantee whether she could cure Jiang Ruo.
She didn't respond, which made Yan Yushan and Zong Jin very anxious.
Zong Jin's behavior was rather simple and crude, and he directly confronted the haters online.
Few of the online haters can match his hand speed. For every one curse from a hater, he can curse ten times. He has many ways of cursing people, and he can quote from classics in every sentence. Haters even have to check online to know how he curses them.
He didn't utter a single curse word throughout the whole process, but the words he used were vicious and hurtful, and he scolded the black fan so badly that he had no power to fight back. He could only kneel down and beg for mercy, crying bitterly, and begging him to stop scolding him.
The onlookers said, "Why pick on Bai Jie Sui's number one boss when you can pick on anyone else? Don't you know how strong he is? Remember this: never say anything bad about Bai Jie Sui in front of him."
It was too late for Heizi to regret. He had already been scolded and felt sorry for the world and regretted appearing in this world.
It only took one night for Zong Jin to become famous outside of Lujiang. Everyone knew that he was the top brother in Bai Jiesui's live broadcast room, and they also knew that this top brother was not to be trifled with.
Yan Yushan's approach was a little more civilized. He hired someone to do the public relations.
This was the first time he took the initiative to arrange someone to do public relations. He had never cared about public opinion before because he had almost no negative news. If some people wanted to take advantage of his popularity, the studio would handle it quickly.
When the studio received his call this time, everyone was on high alert, thinking he had some earth-shattering news.
Who would have thought that they would be asked to control the negative public opinion about Bai Jiesui, and to do so at any cost, as they did not want to see any words cursing Bai Jiesui on the Internet.
After Yan Yushan finished explaining this, everyone in the studio seemed to be in an uproar. What was Teacher Yan's relationship with Bai Jiesui? Why did he care about Bai Jiesui's affairs? Could it be that Teacher Yan was also a fan of hers and couldn't stand the online public opinion? But Teacher Yan didn't look like that kind of person at all.
They didn't dare to ask Yan Yushan directly, so they went to ask Xiao Chu.
Xiao Chu knew the reason, but he couldn't say it. God knows he would be suffocated to death.
The next day, public opinion changed dramatically. There were almost no comments unfavorable to Baijiesui, and the Internet was clean and refreshing.
When they woke up in the morning, both of them felt that the refreshing online public opinion was their own credit.
Yan Yushan was cutting flowers in his own yard, a task assigned by his old lady.
Zong Jin was watering the medicinal herbs and catching insects in Baijiesui's yard, a job he diligently and proactively took on.
The two of them were still doing their work, not interfering with each other, but they both disliked each other.
Yan Yushan was especially furious every time he saw Zong Jin coming in and out of Bai Jiesui's house freely.
"Teacher Cao Wu, how long have you not worked? Aren't you planning to create new works? Your many fans are waiting for you."
"Teacher Yan has been resting for a long time, right? When will you join the crew? I'm looking forward to seeing Teacher Yan's new work. If you stay a few more days, my family will be disgusted with you."
"I've been filming for over 20 years and I'm tired so I plan to retire. I'll stop fighting and start filming new movies."
"I've already earned enough money for my next life, so why should I bother writing books? Writing books is such a drain on my brain, and my inspiration has dried up. I'm going to start enjoying life from now on."
Xu Ze said that his inspiration was like a waterfall, and Yan Yushan still remembers this sentence.
That's why he felt that Zong Jin was unreliable.
Not only is he willful and reckless at work, he is also lazy when doing any work and can't even do his job of watering the plants.
"You turned up the water pressure so high, are you trying to break Xiaobai's herb branches?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a herb was knocked down to its roots.
Zong Jin quickly put the water pressure gun aside, supported the herb, and carefully covered the soil around the roots.
Seeing his clumsy movements, Yan Yushan shook his head. "You're still working like this? Xiaobai's herbs are almost dead because of you. And you made the ground so wet. Aren't you afraid that Xiaobai will fall when he comes out later?"
After cleaning up the mess in front of him, Zong Jin looked over the wall and saw that Yan Yushan was no better than him.
"Teacher Yan, when you prune flowers, don't just prune one. You're almost pruning your grandfather's favorite one."
Yan Yushan looked down, his face slightly embarrassed, and then went back silently.
After a while, Yan Yushan came out again with a bundle of cable ties in his hand. He tied the cut flowers back one by one, trying to hide the truth.
The two of them looked at each other, and with that glance they seemed to have reached a consensus that they were grasshoppers on the same vine and had to keep secrets from each other.
As a result, they turned around and broke the agreement between the two parties and secretly reported it.
When they met again, they were identifying the crime scene.
Bai Jie Sui would not scold Zong Jin, but Zong Jin felt extremely guilty and really hoped that Bai Jie Sui would scold him.
Yan Yushan did not feel guilty, but he was scolded badly by the old man, and he wished that the person being scolded was Zong Jin.
In the afternoon, Jiang Ruo and Meng Yushi arrived, exhausted.
After seeing Bai Jiesui, they both looked apologetic and apologized for the trouble they had caused her.
"I'm so sorry that you've been subjected to unnecessary online criticism."
Bai Jiesui took a look at the two of them and found that they looked even friendlier than in the live broadcast room.
"It's okay, let's go in and take a look at the situation first."
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