At around one in the morning, Zhou Ziyi received a call in his sleep.
He didn't even look carefully at who was calling, and picked up the phone subconsciously. Just as he said "Hello..." slowly, he heard a quick and urgent voice from the other end: "Mr. Zhou Ziyi? This is XX Hospital. Zhou Wenwen's condition suddenly worsened and she is receiving emergency treatment. You'd better come to the hospital as soon as possible..."
Zhou Ziyi sat up suddenly.
He didn't even have time to clear his mind, his body had already rolled and crawled off the bed. It was as if his consciousness was outside of his body, he instinctively grabbed two things, and stumbled to open the bedroom door.
He rushed out of the house, took a taxi, went to the hospital, and went straight to the operating room. Zhou Ziyi could not recall the whole process afterwards, but he had already completed everything subconsciously. The only thing he had a vague memory of was saying to the driver, "Hurry up!" "Hurry up!"
When he came to his senses, he saw the words "Operating Room" lit up on the door.
He stared at the three words blankly for a long time before blinking.
...What happened to her?!
It was not until this moment that Zhou Ziyi remembered to ask someone about the situation. But in the hospital late at night, only the operating room was busy, and there was no one in the empty corridor. Zhou Ziyi suddenly raised his foot and walked to one end of the corridor.
By a tiny bit of luck, he ran into a nurse just as he walked out of the corridor.
"Nurse, I'm Zhou Wenwen's brother!" Zhou Ziyi quickly grabbed the other person, "Do you know what's going on with Zhou Wenwen? What happened to her?!"
This nurse happened to be the one on duty for Zhou Wenwen. Her wrist was sore from being grabbed, but she understood the family's anxiety and patiently replied, "She just had an emergency, but we immediately took measures to rescue her, and the doctor is treating her. Don't worry, wait outside for a while, I still need to get some notices for you to sign."
Zhou Ziyi pressed on: "Is her life in danger now?!"
"I can't answer that, but the situation is indeed not good. We'll have to see what the doctor says later." The nurse couldn't help but remind him, "Family member, please loosen your grip..."
"...I'm sorry." Zhou Ziyi realized that he had been holding her and quickly let go. "Then do you know why this happened?"
"Zhou Wenwen seemed to be in a bad mood this afternoon. Her readings were a little unstable during the ward rounds, so we kept a close eye on her." The nurse thought for a moment and replied, "She recovered a little in the evening, and we thought she was getting better. But then the alarm suddenly went off at around one o'clock, and we immediately started the rescue..."
After the nurse explained the general situation, she said she was going to prepare some things and left.
After a few minutes, when the nurse came back, she found Zhou Ziyi still standing there. He looked in the direction the nurse had left, and only moved his eyes when the nurse came back.
"Sir, there are some documents that need your signature..." Seeing him in a daze, the nurse sighed inwardly and pointed to the bench outside the operating room door and said, "Sit there and sign."
"No, no, I'll sign it right away..." Zhou Ziyi picked up the document and was about to sign it on the pad. But when he put the pen down, he found that his right hand was shaking all the time. No matter how hard he tried to control it, the words he wrote were terrible.
He looked at the handwriting that could barely make out his name and asked in confusion, "Do you want to... sign it again?"
"No, I understand." The nurse had seen all kinds of anxious family members, so she didn't make it too difficult for him. "You should sit down for a while, sir... You're still wearing slippers."
Zhou Ziyi looked down and realized that he had unconsciously put on the slippers when he got out of bed and walked out of the house. He grabbed two things when he left the house, one was the mobile phone on the bedside, and the other was the coat on the bedside.
He came to the hospital wearing only pajamas, slippers and a coat, and his condition was no better than that of the patients.
The young man didn't know how to respond, so he just mechanically said, "I'm sorry..."
What was there to apologize for? The nurse thought he was so anxious that he lost his mind and reminded him, "Just sit and wait. You'll know the result when it's over."
Zhou Ziyi followed the instructions one by one, and finally turned around slowly and walked to the chair, then sat down on it like a zombie.
The nurse left, the corridor returned to silence, and Zhou Ziyi looked at the operating room alone. It was only then that he began to smell the unique smell of disinfectant in the hospital, felt the cold of the night, and realized that the bench under his butt was a little cold.
His head began to ache dully, so he lowered his head, first covering his head and then his face.
Bend over and stick to your legs.
He sat like this for a long, long time, like a statue.
People who saw him might think he was asleep, but in fact his head hurt so much that he had to stay awake. He couldn't even tell where the pain was, he just felt a buzzing in his ears and the world was spinning.
There seemed to be an invisible person in his mind, replaying the conversation between him and Zhou Wenwen yesterday over and over again. He seemed to remember every word he and Zhou Wenwen said, the tone of their voices at the time, and even all the thoughts that went through his mind at the time. These words and thoughts mixed together and crowded into Zhou Ziyi's mind, turning into a huge roar.
He didn't mean to blame Zhou Wenwen at that time, but when he was asked about his daily expenses, a small thought suddenly popped up in his mind.
——He is burdened with so much debt and wants to take a break occasionally.
——He hopes that Wenwen can be as happy as possible and keep the situation stable, but also be considerate of herself occasionally.
It’s just that the way he “asks” for this kind of consideration is so self-righteous.
Even though it was Zhou Ziyi who shouldered the foreign debt and paid Zhou Wenwen's medical expenses, he still shouldn't have spoken to his own sister in a condescending and superior tone. It would have been fine if Zhou Wenwen was an ordinary, healthy child, but she couldn't stand the stimulation. Zhou Ziyi knew this very well and had kept the foreign debt a secret, but a conflict broke out because of a small matter... Zhou Ziyi didn't know what he was thinking at the time.
The sudden death of his parents and the collapse of his family left Zhou Wenwen as his only remaining blood relative. If anything happened to her, Zhou Ziyi would not be able to bear it.
The young man vaguely remembered that when his parents passed away, Zhou Wenwen was also in critical condition due to the shock. At that time, Zhou Ziyi was waiting outside the operating room just like now. He was looking at the door of the operating room, and his mind was full of an idea.
——If Wenwen is gone...then what else should I hold on to?
——What else is there to pay back that 50 million yuan debt? Anyway, I definitely can’t pay it back even if I sell myself.
——If everyone is gone, I might as well end it all...
Fortunately, Zhou Wenwen survived at that time, and Zhou Ziyi temporarily gave up the dangerous idea.
Will Wenwen persist this time?
…
The lights in the operating room finally went out.
When the door opened, Zhou Ziyi stood up suddenly and greeted the person who came out: "Doctor, I am Zhou Wenwen's family member, how is she?"
"You are out of danger for now."
The doctor's first words made Zhou Ziyi's heart drop to the ground. But the next words made Zhou Ziyi breathe again.
The doctor said, "But it still needs observation. It is recommended that he stay in the ICU for two days. The family members can make the decision."
The ICU is well-equipped, but it is also a very expensive place, costing tens of thousands of dollars a day. Some family members cannot afford it and will reluctantly give up, so the doctor can only give advice.
"Come in, come in!" Zhou Ziyi said without even thinking, "I'll go and handle the formalities. Please make arrangements."
So he ran around again. Zhou Ziyi was in a daze, but the experience of doing these things before was like a mark engraved on his body, and he finished it in a trance.
Prepaid fees, very exciting.
Once Zhou Wenwen's condition stabilizes and she is released from the ICU, the numbers on the bill will be even more exciting.
The most direct reason for the conflict between Zhou Ziyi and Zhou Wenwen was to control the few thousand yuan. Now that he had to pay more than ten times the money, Zhou Ziyi felt that he was really ridiculous.
For that insignificant bit of "consideration", I spent more money, and what's more terrible is that I almost lost my own sister.
Zhou Ziyi begged the doctor, and the doctor agreed to let him see Zhou Wenwen outside the ICU. So Zhou Ziyi hurried to the ICU, thinking about how to raise money to ensure Zhou Wenwen's medical treatment.
If Zhou Wenwen's health had any problems, it would easily drain Zhou Ziyi's cash flow. Just like now, the prepayment had already drained Zhou Ziyi's emergency funds to the bottom, and Zhou Ziyi applied for early redemption of two small financial products on his mobile phone on the spot. He even wondered whether Yan Xiuji's so-called financial plan should continue.
Zhou Wenwen's illness would probably cost a large sum of money. If Zhou Ziyi didn't reserve some, what if it happened again... would he just delay it because he couldn't afford to pay at the moment? !
That's impossible!
Zhou Ziyi had a lot of messy thoughts in his mind. He stood outside the ICU and looked at Zhou Wenwen through the glass.
Zhou Wenwen had been suffering from illness for many years and had always been very thin. The sudden incident tonight made her look even paler. She lay between the bed and a pile of machines, looking so small that she seemed like she would disappear at any moment.
Once she disappeared, Zhou Ziyi's spiritual support after losing his parents collapsed.
Tang Shirong always said that without Zhou Ziyi, Zhou Wenwen would be doomed, so Zhou Wenwen should be more considerate of Zhou Ziyi. But in fact, if there was no Zhou Wenwen, Zhou Ziyi would probably have a hard time recovering from the blow of losing his parents; if he hadn't had to take care of Zhou Wenwen, Zhou Ziyi might have been crushed long ago.
It takes strength to hit rock bottom and get back up, and not everyone has that strength.
Zhou Ziyi is just a mortal.
He gained his strength by gritting his teeth and thinking, "At least I still have a sister."
***
After seeing Zhou Wenwen, Zhou Ziyi always felt that there was something left to do.
After wandering around the hospital like a headless fly, he finally found the doctor who was giving Zhou Wenwen emergency treatment.
Doctors said that the current treatment can only suppress the onset of the disease and delay its progression. To completely solve the problem, transplantation is needed.
"But you know how hard it is to wait for a donor..." the doctor sighed, "This is still a long battle. Family members should be mentally prepared, but also have confidence. Patients need to be more proactive to have a chance to wait for a donor."
"...I know." These are old sayings. Zhou Ziyi closed his eyes and said, "We won't give up. Please help, doctor."
The doctor was in a good mood and replied, "It's my duty. It's hard for you, a family member, to come here in the middle of the night. I guess I won't be able to visit her recently. Wait until she is stable and transferred to a general ward before coming. I'll notify you if anything happens."
Zhou Ziyi nodded and finally left.
When I got to the hospital entrance, I realized that it was already past five in the morning. The sky was still dark, and there was no sign of it getting brighter. The street lights in front of the hospital were on, and further ahead, there were still lights on the road, but no pedestrians or cars.
This hospital is located together with the sanatorium. To put it bluntly, it is in the middle of nowhere.
The environment is nice, the air is fresh, and the area is sparsely populated. Zhou Ziyi used the APP to call a car, and waited until the APP automatically stopped calling. There were no cars around at this time. If you want to call a car here, you have to wait until at least after 9 o'clock in the morning.
Zhou Ziyi stood blankly in the hospital lobby, staring at the night alone. His mind seemed messy, yet there seemed to be nothing in it.
In such a huge hospital, it seemed that he was the only one there, and the incandescent lights were on.
Alone, everything was silent, nothing would respond to him.
Wenwen is still lying in the ICU, where is he going?
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