Chapter 192 Eleven calls, no one answered
Qiao Xi's legs felt like they were filled with lead as she watched the red light in the emergency room come on.
Her hands fell to her sides, shaking violently.
Her fair face was covered with black marks, and her almond-shaped eyes were red and full of moisture.
She felt weak all over, but forced herself to stand there.
A sharp pain spread from her heart to the entire room. Her throat choked with sobs, tears rolling down her face. The red light in front of her seemed to blur, momentarily hazy and then slowly becoming clearer.
She watched as her world was on the verge of collapse, then pieced together bit by bit, and then torn apart bit by bit.
"grandmother."
She shouted hoarsely.
If only she hadn't gone out tonight.
"Qiao Xi, grandma will definitely get better. Don't be too sad, good things will come to those who are lucky." Xu Yunye limped to her side and comforted her.
Qiao Xi slowly turned her head, her eyes painful and cold.
"What gives you the right to stand here?" Her voice was hoarse. "Xu Yunye, is this your Xu family's revenge on me? It's amazing to have power. Liu Huimin said she wanted to destroy my clinic, but she did it so easily."
Xu Yunye was stunned for a while and felt cold all over.
It turns out that in her eyes, the Xu family is so despicable.
"Qiao Xi, my mother has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. She was just saying it and would never do such a cruel thing." Xu Yunye knew that Liu Huimin felt sorry for Xu Xingluo, but he could not believe that she had done this.
"Who could it be? Was it really an accident?"
Qiao Xi lost her composure and was close to a breakdown. "I don't want to see you again. Go away! You shouldn't have approached us in the first place! Nothing good ever comes of meeting your Xu family."
"Let's go!"
Her eyes were red and swollen, and she screamed hysterically.
Xu Yunye opened his mouth, and suddenly felt a twitching pain in his heart.
For no reason.
"Qiao Xi, I will go home and find out! I will definitely find out the cause of this fire! If it is really my mother, I..." Xu Yunye was silent for a long time and limped back.
The wounds on his body were already bleeding.
Qiao Xi's head was buzzing, and she forced herself to calm down.
After Xu Yunye left, she fumbled in her pocket and realized that her cell phone had fallen out at some point, so she dragged her heavy body to the nurse's station to borrow the landline.
Her fingers were burned and had several blisters. She endured the pain and pressed the familiar string of numbers.
"beep……"
"beep……"
There was a clear busy tone in my ears.
Press break to replay.
"beep……"
"The user you are calling has switched off his phone. Please..."
She called Huo Xingzhou's number repeatedly, but couldn't get through. In Haicheng, she only remembered this number.
Qiao Xi bit her lip and shed tears as she stood at the nurse's station and made eleven phone calls.
No one answered.
Finally, shut down directly.
Her heart gradually grew colder and heavier.
She put the receiver back and said to the nurse on duty, "Thank you."
"Hey, Dr. Qiao, do you need to bandage your hand? Here is a clean towel. Your face..." the young nurse asked cautiously, but was afraid of touching her wound.
Qiao Xi shook her head and forced a faint smile: "No, thank you."
She walked along the hospital corridor back to the emergency room.
There were a total of 163 steps in this journey, and every step seemed to have exhausted her strength.
She looked at the words "rescuing" and her vision became blurry.
Qiao Xi prayed countless times in her heart, hoping that she would never slack off in curing illnesses and saving lives for the rest of her life, and that God would return her grandmother to her.
The hospital corridor was eerily quiet.
The scenes of the grandparents and grandchildren interacting with each other flashed through her mind again and again. Although they had no money in Moon Village, they lived a happy life. Since she was a child, her grandmother had loved her very much.
Zhao Yuzhen was an irresponsible mother, so grandma took all the responsibility.
In Qiao Xi's heart, grandma is her only relative in this world.
She wiped the tears from her cheeks with her hands.
No way!
Fate would not be so cruel as to take away her only relative.
She needs to be more proactive, because her grandma must be fighting desperately to get back to her.
"Don't cry." She patted her cheeks, sniffed, and said, "Qiao Xi, don't cry! Grandma doesn't like crying children, don't cry!"
But the tears fell uncontrollably.
"Don't cry."
She forced herself to hold back the tears.
Qiao Xi took a deep breath, and the air he inhaled felt like a knife cutting his throat.
Footsteps were heard at the end of the corridor.
Two police officers in work clothes walked up to Qiao Xi and said, "Ms. Qiao? We are from the police station investigating the fire. The fire has been put out, and we have some information we would like to discuss with you."
Qiao Xi turned to look at them and said in a hoarse voice, "What was the cause of the fire?"
"It has been determined that your grandmother accidentally started the fire while burning paper money in the clinic. The insecticide ignited, and the gas leaked into the closed room, causing an explosion. The fire spread, triggering a chain reaction."
Qiao Xi immediately retorted: "Impossible!"
"The clinic is my life's work. I told my grandmother I'd go back to the countryside to honor my father, and she promised me she wouldn't break her promise. This couldn't have been caused by burning paper money!"
Grandma would never do that.
"Ms. Qiao, we understand your feelings. However, the preliminary investigation results are here, and we still need further confirmation. The two apprentices at the clinic have provided relevant statements and have alibis.
The fire spread to two neighboring businesses, and the other party is also demanding compensation. If the fire is caused by you and your family, you will need to pay a large amount of compensation. If there are other reasons, then the relevant departments will compensate. Homes are generally covered by fire insurance, which can also compensate a portion of the damage.
They explained the matter clearly to Qiao Xi.
I also asked her some details.
Qiao Xi emphasized: "My grandmother would not burn paper money in the clinic. The pesticide was kept by Wang Lang, and I don't know where it was finally put. I was not in the clinic when the fire broke out."
"Thank you for your cooperation. We will contact you when we have news."
Their attitude was very objective and they did not make things too difficult for Qiao Xi.
"Um."
Qiao Xi responded.
"That's right."
One of them took out a cell phone and handed it to Qiao Xi. "This is a cell phone found by enthusiastic people at the scene. After checking, we confirmed that it is yours. Now I'm returning it to you. If there is any situation, we will contact this number."
Qiao Xi reached out, took the phone and said, "Thank you, this is my phone."
"Then we'll be leaving first. If you remember any clues, please let us know. And remember to notify us when your grandma wakes up. After all, she is a witness."
"good."
Qiao Xi held the phone and watched them walk away.
Many thoughts flashed through her mind.
The cause of the fire was definitely not burning paper money as they said. There are probably many misunderstandings here.
She firmly believes it!
Grandma would never joke about her hard work. She knew how much she had contributed to the clinic.
Buzz.
The phone in my hand suddenly vibrated a few times, and a new message was delivered.
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