Chapter 34 High Fever
Although he said so, children have very short memories. After just one night, Lin Qingxu had almost forgotten about it.
Kan Zhao didn't care much. After all, he had been bullying Lin Qingxu for a long time. Every time, Lin Qingxu would take the initiative to look for him.
If you set the flag too early, you will easily be slapped in the face by reality. The turning point happened one autumn evening.
Kan Zhao had a fight with a little boy in the neighborhood for some reason, and Lin Qingxu was right next to them at the time.
The community has good greening, with trees, flowers and ponds.
They were at the edge of the pond at the time. Someone accidentally bumped into them, and Lin Qingxu fell into the water. Fortunately, the pond was not deep, and Kan Zhao immediately pulled Lin Qingxu ashore.
Lin Qingxu was soaking wet. It went without saying that if he took her home like this, Kan Zhao would definitely get another scolding.
Not wanting to listen to what Kan Zhenzhong had to say, Kan Zhao ordered Lin Qingxu not to go back. Lin Qingxu obeyed him obediently.
The sun was blazing outside, enough to roast an egg on the ground. Kan Zhao, with rare patience, accompanied her in playing with sand in the park for a while, then periodically checked to see if Lin Qingxu's clothes were dry.
After making sure that Lin Qingxu's parents would not notice that he had fallen into the water, he left Lin Qingxu aside and went out to surf alone.
He obviously did not take into account Lin Qingxu's poor physical condition.
When Lin Qingxu was brought home by Gao Luo in the evening, he was in good condition, but he developed a high fever at night.
Lin Haidong was the first to notice. He got up in the middle of the night and went to Lin Qingxu's room to see if she had kicked off the quilt. However, he saw through the bedside lamp that Lin Qingxu's cheeks were red, and when he touched her forehead, it was burning hot.
I was in a hurry, unable to find anything I needed, and I couldn't find the thermometer. I woke up Kan Zhao's door in the middle of the night to borrow it, and when I took the temperature, it was close to 40.
This is not a temperature that a child can bear.
Suddenly, the two families were in a state of panic. We quickly drove to the hospital for emergency treatment. Along the way, we wiped the baby's body with warm water and gave him more water, fearing that he would suffer from dehydration shock.
Perhaps he was possessed by a nightmare. Lin Qingxu could not be woken up no matter what he did. He kept crying heart-wrenchingly, calling for his parents and saying he was scared.
Gao Luo wiped her tears and comforted her.
After finally arriving at the hospital, the doctor directly admitted me to the hospital. Sure enough, after testing, it was found that the high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and white blood cell platelet index were not good.
The doctor put fever-reducing patches on Lin Qingxu's neck, stomach, and forehead, and gave her a fever-reducing injection. It took about an hour or two for her temperature to drop a little.
Lin Qingxu couldn't have a fever for no reason, so Kan Zhenzhong asked Kan Zhao what he had done.
Kan Zhao explained the whole story in detail.
Who was Lin Qingxu? She was the apple of Kan Zhenzhong's eye, infinitely more precious than Kan Zhao. Kan Zhao had secretly criticized her countless times when he was little.
That's why I concealed it at the beginning, but I didn't know there would be such consequences.
After hearing this, Kan Zhenzhong was out of breath. After a long time, he picked up a stick-like object in the ward and chased Kan Zhao to beat him.
How could they really watch Kan Zhenzhong hit a child? Gao Luo and Lin Haidong quickly stopped him, saying that the child was ignorant and not to make a fuss.
Kan Zhenzhong pointed at Kan Zhao and told him to stay away from Lin Qingxu in the future.
Kan Zhao of course refused and glared at him: "Why?"
Kan Zhenzhong was livid: "Do you know your sister isn't in good health? We asked you to take care of her in the kindergarten, but instead of taking care of her, you bully her every day! We found out, and you didn't even bother to stop. Okay, now we're throwing her into the water! Can't you see all the medicine she's been taking since she was a child? Every time she cries, it's because of you!"
Kan Zhao still glared at him, his hands clenched into fists, but his fighting spirit was gone.
Lin Haidong sighed and pulled Kan Zhenzhong out: "Okay, okay, Kan Zhao is still young now, he will be sensible when he grows up."
"What do you mean by small? He's even older than Qing Xu. How can you act like a brother?" Kan Zhenzhong roared.
Kan Zhao looked at Lin Qingxu who was sleeping in the hospital bed. Tears kept flowing from his eyes. He wiped them away casually to stop them from falling, pushed Kan Zhenzhong away and rushed out of the ward.
"Little bastard!"
"What are you arguing about?" Fang Yun stopped wiping Lin Qingxu's hands and scolded Kan Zhenzhong, "You're the loudest. If you want to make a fuss, go out and don't disturb Qingxu's rest."
The body temperature remained stable for only one day, and Lin Qingxu had a fever again the next night.
Various tests couldn't pinpoint the cause: it wasn't a bacterial or viral infection, and the C-antiprotein level wasn't high. I couldn't get any medication to go in, and no matter what I tried, I ended up vomiting it out. I couldn't eat anything, and if I did, I'd vomit. I felt like I was going to throw up bile.
The fever recurred for several days and did not go away. Lin Qingxu still had the energy to call mom and dad in the first one or two days, but later he had such a high fever that he couldn't even open his eyes.
In just a few days, she seemed to have lost a lot of weight.
"Maybe he's been possessed by something." On the fourth night of his fever, Lin Qingxu's temperature reached 41 degrees Celsius. How could a child withstand such a high temperature? Gao Luo cried in pain. Kan Zhenzhong and Fang Yun returned to their hometown overnight to worship the Buddha. This was a tradition in their hometown, and they would do it when they were seriously ill as children. There was no other way. Medicine was useless, so they could only turn to metaphysics.
Kan Zhao comes to see Lin Qingxu every day after school these days.
Sometimes he would talk about interesting things in class, and sometimes he would ask Lin Qingxu when he would get better.
During this time, Kan Zhao saw her wake up once, her face was burned red, and she smiled and comforted Kan Zhao: "Brother, I'm fine."
But most of the time Lin Qingxu was sleeping, as if he would never wake up again.
Hearing that Lin Qingxu couldn't even take her medicine, Kan Zhao thought she was afraid of the bitterness. He smashed the golden piggy bank in the bedroom, took out all the coins and banknotes inside, and went to the supermarket to buy chocolate. He dragged the shopping bag, which was heavier than himself, back to Lin Qingxu's hospital room and hid the candy in the drawer.
Adults don't let children eat too much candy. When Lin Qingxu woke up, Kan Zhao was going to tell her to eat it secretly.
But Lin Qingxu was always drowsy.
Kan Zhao stopped going out to play and ignored the other kids' provocations. Every day, whenever he had time, he would stay in the ward, sitting on a chair in front of the bed, dangling his legs, and wait.
It always gets dark quickly, and Kan Zhao has to go home as soon as it gets dark.
So when will Lin Xiaoxiao wake up?
Kan Zhao hooked her little finger and promised: "Lin Xiaoxiao, don't sleep anymore. I will treat you well in the future, I promise."
"We'll make a promise and stick to it for a hundred years."
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After about a week, Lin Qingxu's fever finally subsided. He was able to wake up, eat, and not vomit after eating.
But Gao Luo and the others soon discovered a new problem: Lin Qingxu was not very talkative after waking up. Apart from his parents' occasional response, he ignored everyone else and seemed a little shy.
The doctor wasn't surprised. He recorded Lin Qingxu's temperature, heart rate, and other test results. "It's normal. The high fever caused brain dysfunction. He probably has amnesia. It will be fine in a few days. It's possible that he won't recover at all."
"The child is lucky to have been saved. Many people have died from high fever and become mentally retarded. Keep warm and eat a light diet. Don't speak too loudly. Children can't stand being frightened."
Lin Haidong followed the doctor to the office to handle follow-up matters.
Kan Zhao pursed his lips and suddenly looked at Lin Qingxu: "Lin Xiaoxiao, do you still remember me?"
Lin Qingxu shook his head hesitantly.
Kan Zhao lowered his head and it would be a lie to say that he didn't feel disappointed.
But he quickly cheered up. Compared to remembering him, Lin Xiaoxiao's health was more important.
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Probably from that time on, Kan Zhao changed his personality a little. He stopped bullying her and, just as the two families had hoped from the beginning, began to protect Lin Qingxu on his own initiative.
It was one afternoon in winter, with the sun shining brightly.
The kindergarten teacher organized the children to move their small stools and go outside to bask in the sun.
Lin Qingxu followed the teacher's instructions, took his own stool, found a place and sat down obediently.
Being picked on.
It was a tall and strong-looking little fat boy. The boy asked Lin Qingxu to move away quickly because he wanted this seat.
"No, this is the location I saw first."
The boy's eyes widened. He had always been the little bully in the family, his grandmother's beloved grandson. He could get whatever he wanted at home, so how could he accept such a rejection? He angrily threatened: "Are you going to leave or not?"
"If you don't leave, I'll beat you."
Lin Qingxu ignored him.
The little fat boy, feeling his dignity trampled upon, became even angrier. Seeing the kindergarten teacher wasn't around, his arrogance only intensified. So, he threw his fist.
His hand was just in the air, but his body was knocked to the ground.
His head hit the sharp corner of the bench, and blood seeped out.
The little fat boy had a splitting headache and howled "Wow".
Kan Zhao didn't care.
Ride on him.
He got angry and punched him in the face again and again.
He grabbed the boy's short hair with one hand, forced him to look him in the eye, and said word by word: "How dare you bully my people!"
The little fat boy was puzzled and asked while crying and howling: "Why did you hit me?"
"Lin Xiaoxiao can only be bullied by me!"
Lin Qingxu glanced at them indifferently. According to Kan Zhao's words, she would still be bullied in the end?
Lin Qingxu silently uttered the first word of "lunacy" in her life.
This was the vocabulary she learned last night when she watched an idol drama with Gao Luo.
Ignoring Kan Zhao, she silently carried the stool back to the classroom. She didn't want to bask in the sun anymore, so she went to take a nap first.
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