Chapter 117 White Wall
Perhaps because this guess was too bold, the ward fell into a long silence.
After a long while, Fatty Qi finally tried to break the deadlock: "Are we being ignored? Or does he really not see us?"
After saying that, he sent a meaningful look towards the bedside... Regardless of whether he really ignored it or pretended not to see it, the remaining mother and daughter had definitely interacted with them.
And according to his rich experience of encountering ghosts recently, in this situation, the ability to communicate is obviously more suspicious.
Everyone here is an acquaintance now. With a bold guess and careful verification, one can pretty much figure out who the owner of this crack is. And once they find the source, wouldn't it be a natural progression for them to leave this damn place?
However, Qing Bai did not look at Qi Xiaopang, but just shook his head, his expression a little serious, and it was unknown what he was thinking about.
On the contrary, Tong Jiunian, who had rarely spoken, suddenly seemed to be in the mood for conversation. With a smile on his face, he asked them, "Do you think she can be saved?"
It's about 'can' it be saved, not 'can' it be saved...
Everyone present was an expert at catching words, and they reacted almost instantly upon hearing what was said, carefully pondering the possible deeper meaning behind the difference of one word.
Only Qing Bai's expression became more and more solemn... Although he had the gentle smile that Tong Jiunian usually wore, his words were filled with cold irony, which was really... a bit serious.
Although the three people present had not yet spoken frankly, they all knew that there was something wrong with this "Tong Jiunian". Many of their previous exchanges had been very restrained and to the point, and they had not had any direct communication with him throughout the whole process.
But now that people have taken the initiative to ask, they can't just pretend not to hear, right?
Qi Xiaopang glanced around and found that none of his reliable companions were willing to respond. He had no choice but to grit his teeth and, with the heroic spirit of "if I don't go to hell, who will?", he continued to talk nonsense along with Tong Jiunian: "Hahahaha, medicine is so advanced now, and so many difficult and complicated diseases that were once considered incurable have been conquered. She..."
Qi Xiaopang glanced at the girl lying on the hospital bed, whose only visible part was the quilt. He continued to talk nonsense, lying against his conscience: "Her situation is a bit strange, a bit unusual, and a bit troublesome, but it's not to the point where she has no choice but to lie down and wait for death..."
The smile on Tong Jiunian's face gradually faded. He stared at Qi Xiaopang with his beautiful yet inexplicably cold eyes. Just before Qi Xiaopang was frightened back behind Qing Bai, he suddenly looked away and raised an objection word by word, as if it were a serious discussion: "But her mother has no money."
Qi Xiaopang felt something was amiss with this, but he didn't have time to dwell on it. He subconsciously offered the solution he'd thought of when the man was settling the score. "There are always more solutions than problems. Since this disease is so strange, it must be worth researching, right? Contact some major hospitals and social welfare organizations. There's always going to be inquisitive medical professionals and kind-hearted individuals willing to lend a hand... Maybe it'll even become a classic case in a medical textbook."
After saying this, Fatty Qi realized that he seemed a bit too ostentatious and timidly sought confirmation from his brother Qing: "...right?"
Qing Bai smiled and thought to himself that this was the typical thinking of a happy kid in an ivory tower who had never been hit hard by life... but there was nothing wrong with it.
So he nodded.
Tong Jiunian saw Qing Bai nod and sneered, as if mocking their naiveté: "Then continue to watch."
Hmmmm? How come it's like they've made a bet with him in just a few words?
And even if it's a bet, there has to be fairness, right? What if this gap is controlled by you? Then you can let her live or die as you wish...
No... Xiao Wu, who was complaining in his heart, couldn't help but slap himself hard, secretly scolding himself for being careless - except for these few big 'living people' who were calculated to come in, who else could the other 'people' be?
No matter what it looks like on the surface, things like "disease", "birth" and "death" are actually facts that have already happened.
Who can bet against the facts?
They are doomed to lose.
After thinking it through, Xiao Wu had already pessimistically prepared herself mentally for the possibility that after the results came out, everyone would start fighting over a disagreement and this broken hospital would be turned into a morgue or crematorium. At this moment, she was only glad that she was cautious enough and had enough life-saving equipment with her... No matter what, she would put a life-saving talisman on Xiao Lingxi first.
Qing Bai had no idea that someone was worried about his life. He was pondering the few words that this 'Tong Jiunian' said since he appeared. They were few in number but full of connotation.
In other words, he has been on guard against this 'Tong Jiunian' who should never appear since he entered this hospital, and he has never relaxed for a moment.
However, the development of the situation was not beneficial to his unilateral vigilance. Everything happened too quickly. The girl who had been calling for her mother and rubbing her forehead against her mother's palm just a moment ago suddenly started coughing up blood without any warning. It was like a faucet that had been out of repair and the switch was broken. She vomited blood in large mouthfuls in a terrifying manner. There was no pattern and it never stopped. Later, her mouth was not enough and the bright red blood flowed directly from her nostrils... I don't know where so much blood came from in such a small body. The pillows, sheets and quilts were dyed red, and the red dripped all the way from the ward into the emergency room.
Several people were shocked by the sudden attack. They watched the girl vomiting blood like puppets, watched the medical staff suddenly rush into the ward from nowhere, watched the medical staff push the girl who was almost soaked in blood into the emergency room for rescue, and then waited outside the emergency room door with the girl's mother, watching the red light on the door flashing.
"Look," Tong Jiunian said suddenly in the silence, "there's no hope."
Qi Xiaopang glanced at the woman leaning against the emergency room door, her forehead against the white wall, eyes closed in prayer, and a surge of irritation welled up in his heart: "Why are you so anxious? The patient is being treated right now, the doctor hasn't even spoken yet, and you're already issuing a death notice. Are you a living devil?"
Tong Jiunian didn't expect that he would be rebuked by Qi Xiaopang, who didn't even dare to look him in the eye, as soon as he opened his mouth. He was stunned for a moment, and then subconsciously looked at Qing Bai, who was obviously in a dominant position among the three.
The second person present was Qi Xiaopang, who had just spoken out for justice. Qi Xiaopang hadn't expected that his courage could still be improved, but the handsome and beautiful words had already been said, and if he said it back, wouldn't the whole thing fall apart?
There was no way Qi Xiaopang, who couldn't control his mouth, could only look at Qing Bai pitifully, hoping that his brother Qing could speak up and save him from the dire situation.
Qing Bai, who was being awaited by all parties, was observing the white wall with great interest.
This hospital is truly perfunctory in some areas. Not only is the infrastructure impeccable, but even the necessary doctors, nurses, patients, and families are present only when needed. But some unimportant details are damningly recreated, like the white wall outside the emergency room, which is covered with the words "peace" and "smooth" in various sizes, carved with keys or fingernails. The handwriting ranges from neat and tidy to missing strokes.
Obviously, this wall has heard countless devout prayers.
Xiao Wu pulled Qing Bai and gestured for him to say something... The man's expression was about to change, although he was already very cold.
"Then let's keep watching." Qing Bai repeated Tong Jiunian's previous words, "If you keep watching, you'll know whether he's the living devil or—"
Unfortunately, she was interrupted before she could finish her words. The door of the emergency room opened, and the nurse who came out was covered in blood. She didn't look like an angel in white, but more like a ghost that had just crawled out of a murder scene. As soon as she came out, she rushed straight towards the middle-aged woman. She spoke quickly and frequently, and mixed in many professional terms. Everyone recognized every word she said, but when put together, some of them were difficult to understand.
Qing Bai simply extracted some key words - the person who was still being rescued was in a very serious condition. He needed a knife to make an incision in his throat, and then use high-end medical equipment to prolong his life. As for the cost of prolonging his life... it was calculated on a daily basis.
The hospital has high-end medical equipment and doctors are on call at all times, but the life-saving fee must be paid first.
But as 'Tong Jiunian' said before... her mother has no money.
Without money, you are not even qualified to pray facing a white wall outside the emergency room.
Although the nurse's words were so obscure, the middle-aged woman reacted faster than the bystanders. She was stunned for a few seconds, and then suddenly gasped several times rapidly. Then she grabbed the nurse's hand, her eyes wide open and her tone firm, asking the doctor to perform the operation immediately.
"I have money! I have money! I have a lot of money! If you can save my daughter, I will give you all my money!"
The blood-stained nurse remained unmoved even as the middle-aged woman scratched her hands until they turned blue, repeating, "You have to pay first."
The middle-aged woman stared at the nurse's eyes closely for a few seconds, as if she saw something incredible, which made her shake off the nurse's hand that she had just held.
Xiao Wu, who was watching from the sidelines, was worried that she would say something irrational out of fear. After all, the nurse's eye sockets were pitch black, with no whites or eyeballs, and any normal person would be shocked to see it.
The middle-aged woman's reaction was beyond Xiao Wu's expectations. She was neither surprised nor frightened, and she didn't even move back away from the nurse. She just stood there looking around anxiously, as if looking for someone.
Soon, they knew who she was looking for. The man who had previously said he was going out to receive the teachers and classmates who came to visit Xiaoxin seemed to have received the news that his daughter was being rescued, and ran over here in a hurry.
The middle-aged woman's eyes lit up instantly when she saw the man coming. Without waiting for the man to stop, she rushed over, grabbed the man's collar and asked in a hoarse voice: "Where's the money? Give it to me!"
The man seemed frightened by the middle-aged woman's intense reaction. After a while, he asked dully, "What money?"
The middle-aged woman looked up at him as if he were her enemy. She gritted her teeth and said, "Be careful of the donations given to her by teachers and classmates at school!"
As soon as these words were spoken, a suffocating silence fell in front of the emergency room. All the activities in the hospital that were proceeding according to procedures stopped, and even the red signal light that had been flashing on the door stopped. The red light was like a sharp sword, which, without any warning and extremely brutally split the falsehood shrouding the hospital.
The 'actors' suddenly don't follow the 'script', and the 'person' who created this 'play' can't react and can only press pause on the stage.
As both an actor and an audience member, Qing Bai had anticipated this. He looked up at Tong Jiunian, who was staring blankly at the middle-aged woman, and whispered, "Do you want to continue watching?"
"Liu Yixin."
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