After listening to this, Lu Lin fell into a long silence. No matter what the result was, Li Guifen could not accept it.
"I know this is too cruel for Mom, but the facts are before me, and I must be mentally prepared."
Jiang Manyue knew that it would be difficult for Li Guifen to accept this situation, but she didn't want Li Guifen to suddenly lose Lu's father when she was unprepared.
"I'll talk to Mom. I can't hide Dad's affairs from her."
After Lu Lin finished speaking, he filled a pot of water and walked towards the ward. His back looked particularly heavy.
Jiang Manyue took several deep breaths and followed him to the ward.
"No, what does vegetative state mean? Does it mean that they're like a tree, not eating, not drinking, and not moving? How is that different from being dead?"
As soon as Jiang Manyue entered the room, she heard Li Guifen questioning the vegetative patient.
"No, he's unconscious, but he's eating, drinking, defecating, and urinating normally. He just can't speak or move."
"Isn't that just the living dead? What's the difference between him and being dead? He's lying there, unable to speak or move. Isn't that suffering?"
Lu Lin tried to comfort her, but Li Guifen was still very agitated and couldn't hear what he said at all.
"Mom, Dad..."
Before Lu Lin could finish his words, Li Guifen interrupted him again, "The doctor has no other options? Can they just watch your dad lie there like this?"
Faced with her son's silence, Li Guifen understood and broke down crying.
"Your father will never wake up again, right? He won't be able to recognize people anymore, right?"
Lu Lin hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.
Li Guifen's mood became even more broken. "I told him to accept his age and take a break. Why is he working so hard when his son is so successful? Why is he working so hard when he is old? If it weren't for the small work in the fields, how could he be like this?"
Jiang Manyue also came over to comfort Li Guifen, but she really needed to vent her emotions, so she told her the whole story while crying.
It turned out that it was the spring plowing season, the busy farming season, and the work in the fields was heavy. Lu Qingyou still took on the burden of a strong laborer and went to the fields to plow.
But no one expected that while pulling the plow, Lu Qing fell headfirst and could not be woken up no matter how hard they tried.
Everyone rushed to the health center, and the health center quickly sent him to the county hospital. After a long time, he was finally able to save his life temporarily.
"I've already told him that! He's an old man, what can he do? He's so old, and the team only needs him to pull the plow?! Now he's pulling like this, what are we going to do in the future?"
Li Guifen really fell into a huge collapse. She was afraid of losing Lu Qingyou, and even more afraid of dragging down her son's family. At this time, she could only cry helplessly and blame Lu Qingyou for showing off.
Jiang Manyue walked over and patted Jun'an, motioning him to go and comfort his grandmother, and then pulled Lu Lin out of the ward.
"Lu Lin, didn't you tell Mom that Dad is in danger and might not survive?"
Lu Lin sighed, "Let Mom take it easy. First, tell her about the vegetative state so she can be prepared. Then, slowly infiltrate her and tell her the worst possible outcome."
Jiang Manyue glanced around the ward and said, "But Mom seems to be having trouble accepting the fact that Dad has become a vegetable. If I tell her that Dad might not make it, I'm afraid she won't be able to hold on."
Lu Lin also followed her gaze and looked towards the ward. "What else can I do if I don't accept it? Dad's condition is here, so I have to accept it even if I don't want to."
Jiang Manyue suddenly hugged Lu Lin and said, "It's our fault. If we had taken our parents to Yunzhou, this wouldn't have happened to Dad."
Lu Lin hugged her back, tears welling in his eyes. "This was an accident, no one could have predicted it. Besides, my parents are used to their hometown and don't want to stay in Yunzhou any longer. Don't blame yourself."
Jiang Manyue wiped her tears and was about to speak when Lu Junan suddenly opened the door of the ward, "Grandpa is awake!"
Lu Lin and Jiang Manyue were both shocked and rushed into the ward.
Lu Qingyou, lying on the hospital bed, seemed a little confused as he looked at everything in front of him, not knowing where he was.
Li Guifen cried and laughed at the same time, "You old man scared me to death! The doctor said you're in a vegetative state! You'll never wake up again! You scared me so much that I almost became a vegetable too!"
Lu Lin and Jiang Manyue stood in front of the bed, both of them couldn't believe it. The person woke up just like that?
Jiang Manyue suddenly reacted, "I'll go find a doctor!"
But when the doctor learned that Lu Qingyou had woken up, instead of being happy, he walked quickly to the ward with a heavy face.
Jiang Manyue's heart suddenly sank, and she followed the doctor into the ward with somewhat panicked steps.
Lu Qingyou was talking to Lu Lin at this time, and Li Guifen was smiling and wiping her tears. Everything seemed like a miracle that happened suddenly.
The doctor walked to the bedside and looked at Lu Lin politely, "Comrade, let me examine the patient first. We can talk later."
Lu Lin quickly stepped aside and let the doctor give Lu Qingyou a simple checkup.
After the examination, the doctor smiled at Lu Qingyou and said that there was nothing wrong and asked him to rest well.
Then the doctor winked at Jiang Manyue, indicating that she should come out and talk alone.
"Just because a patient wakes up doesn't mean they'll get better. His condition, in layman's terms, is called a terminal lucidity. You, the family, should be aware of this."
At this time, Jiang Manyue was like a person who had been swimming in the water for a long time and suddenly saw a piece of driftwood. When he was about to hug it happily, the driftwood broke into pieces and could not be put together at all.
"He, he's having a terminal lucidity? Didn't he wake up? You said before that he couldn't wake up after the brain hemorrhage. He can't just wake up like that after a terminal lucidity, right? How about you check it out again? Take an X-ray or something?"
Jiang Manyue couldn't believe it, but the doctor's eyes said it all.
In the ward, one could still hear Li Guifen complaining about Lu Qingyou, as well as the voices of Lu Qingyou and Lu Lin talking.
Jiang Manyue leaned against the wall outside the ward, tears falling unconsciously.
Now everyone in the ward thought that Lu Qingyou had gotten better, he had woken up, and maybe he would be discharged from the hospital soon. But all this was just a dream and would soon be shattered.
Jiang Manyue stood outside the ward for a long time until Lu Lin realized something was wrong and came out to look for her, only to see her leaning against the wall crying.
"Man Yue, what did the doctor say to you just now?"
Jiang Manyue cried and threw herself into his arms, "The doctor said that Dad was just having a last gasp, he's not fully recovered!"
Lu Lin's body suddenly became stiff and he didn't speak for a long time. Jiang Manyue panicked and quickly let go of him to check his expression.
"Lu Lin, don't scare me, say something!"
Lu Lin shook his head. "I'm fine. I just can't accept this fact for a while."
Jiang Manyue pointed inside the ward and said, "What should Mom do? She must think Dad is getting better. How can she accept it if I tell her it's a terminal relapse?"
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