Chapter 14 Deliveryman (14)
"I'm not a patient! I'm not a patient!"
Bai Ye immediately struggled, trying to break free from the person holding him.
However, those two people, who looked very thin, were surprisingly strong. No matter how hard he tried, the force on his wrists and ankles was like an iron clamp.
Two people dragged Bai Ye out of the wall and onto the operating table.
"Clatter—"
"Clatter—"
Bai Ye's limbs were immobilized.
The cold touch of the metal belt, the cramped operating table that prevents turning over, the blindingly bright overhead lights...
Everything was frightening.
"I'm not a patient, you've arrested the wrong person. Let me go! I'm a family member, a caregiver!"
The two people nearby paid no attention; one was busy preparing a scalpel, and the other was preparing an IV drip.
Bai Ye shouted until his voice was hoarse, then suddenly realized that the two people beside him might be similar to NPCs, and without specific conditions, they could not be triggered to communicate with him.
So he turned his head and looked at the other side of the operating room.
Indistinctly, a figure could be seen moving behind a glass door.
The figure moved back and forth, and after a while, the glass door opened and the person walked out.
The other person was wearing a surgical gown, a cap, and a mask, with only their eyes showing.
But when Bai Ye saw those eyes, he immediately recognized them as those of Lin Xiaojuan, a psychiatrist.
"Dr. Lin, Dr. Lin!"
Bai Ye was immediately overjoyed, as if he had met a savior. "Dr. Lin, it's me, Bai Ye! I'm the errand boy, I'm not a patient, please let me go!"
Lin Xiaojuan walked to the operating table, her eyes gentle and her voice soft, "It's alright, it's just a minor surgery, you don't need to be afraid."
"Dr. Lin, I'm not a patient, I'm not sick! I'm Bai Ye, I—"
"Still talking nonsense. Look at the bracelet you're wearing."
Lin Xiaojuan raised Bai Ye's right hand, the red bracelet shining like blood under the light.
The next second, Lin Xiaojuan brought a device close to the bracelet, and the information inside was quickly read out: Yao Tao, 68 years old, intracranial hemorrhage removal surgery, urgent at night.
"Ms. Yao, please listen to me. Only surgery can completely remove the lesion. Don't be afraid, you'll feel better after a good night's sleep, and you can be discharged after you wake up."
"Dr. Lin, the anesthesiologist just called and said he's not feeling well and won't be coming over tonight," one of the people nearby said, leaning over.
Lin Xiaojuan frowned, but quickly relaxed. "It doesn't matter, I can handle it without anesthesia."
Turning his head, he gently patted Bai Ye's hand again, "Don't worry, the surgery will be quick, and it can be done without anesthesia."
Bai Ye's heart clenched, his eyes staring blankly ahead, almost unable to focus. He felt his body floating, as if his soul was about to be ripped away at any moment.
His fingers were trembling, his toes were curling, and the muscles in his thighs were shaking. He was like a sieve, shaking violently, with holes everywhere.
A wind is blowing from all directions, icy cold, and it's seeping into my body.
"Ugh!!!"
The stinging pain on the back of his hand startled Bai Ye awake. He turned around and saw Lin Xiaojuan injecting herself with medicine.
The medicine was viscous and blood-red, with thin, black worms clearly visible crawling inside.
Lin Xiaojuan was going to inject this disgusting stuff into her body!
Bai Ye began to struggle, struggle desperately, struggle madly, shouting and screaming without regard for anything else.
"Stop! Stop right now!"
"You heartless doctors, you corrupt hospital, you depraved bastards, you deserve to die a horrible death!"
"Let me go! I'm not sick, you're all sick! You're all sick!"
"Help me, help me, someone please help me! I don't want to die, I don't want surgery, Aunt Yao, Aunt Yao..."
Bai Ye screamed until his voice was hoarse, making accusations again and again, but even after his lips were almost dry, there was still no response.
Finally, murmuring the words "Aunt Yao," she began to consider whether to abandon the mission.
Just as I was struggling with this decision, "smack—"
The surgical light overhead exploded.
Immediately afterwards, "slap—slap—slap—"
One by one, the lights in the operating room exploded.
Lin Xiaojuan's gentle gaze suddenly turned sharp, and she waved her hand, "Go and see who's causing trouble."
The two people next to him immediately put down what they were doing and turned to walk out of the operating room.
Bai Ye wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he thought he heard fighting sounds outside. The sounds were getting louder and louder, and seemed to be getting closer to him.
Is it to earn money to level up to level two? Did he come to save me?
Bai Yexin felt a surge of hope and shouted towards the operating room door, "Brother, I'm here, come quick!"
"Bang--"
The operating room door broke open.
Thick smoke suddenly billowed from the entrance, and through the swirling smoke, a figure gradually approached.
"court death!"
Holding the syringe, Lin Xiaojuan turned and ran towards the figure. The distance of more than ten meters was covered in just one second.
Bai Ye lay on the operating table, watching two figures entangled in the smoke, occasionally letting out muffled groans, sometimes accompanied by tearing sounds and low growls.
He couldn't see or understand anything more.
As the smoke dissipated, Bai Ye was already drowsy. He struggled to stay conscious and looked over.
Someone walked over; it wasn't Lin Xiaojuan.
Is it about making money to level up to level 2?
yes……
"Aunt Yao!"
Bai Ye suddenly woke up with a start, sitting up abruptly in bed. His consciousness was still hazy, but his brain was working at lightning speed.
Where am I now?
I'm not in the operating room, I'm in... a hospital room?
Bai Ye turned his head and saw the familiar ward 2303. He was back.
The bed next door was still there, the curtain was drawn, but you could still see people walking around.
The bed on my side is empty. "Aunt Yao? Aunt Yao?"
Bai Ye jumped off the single bed and shouted, "Aunt Yao, where are you?"
"Don't make noise so early in the morning, or you'll disturb the patients in other wards," a nurse said as she walked in.
Bai Ye nodded and said okay, while continuing to call out, "Aunt Yao, Aunt Yao!"
"..."
The nurse was speechless and was about to issue a warning when the other person's shouting suddenly stopped, and then he rushed out like a madman.
"Aunt Yao!"
At the door, Bai Ye hugged the old lady who had returned, weeping with joy.
No one knows how I feel right now, no one knows the sense of security I feel holding the person in my arms right now.
Last night, what saved me wasn't making money to level up to level two, but an old lady!
"Aunt Yao, I...I..."
Bai Ye wanted to express his gratitude, but he stammered and didn't know what to say.
The old lady was in a good mood and reached out to pat Bai Ye's head. "Bai Mao, you're awake."
It was breakfast time, and there was no one else in the ward.
Taking the opportunity, Bai Ye recounted the horror of the previous night, then scratched his head sheepishly, saying, "Thank you, Aunt Yao. If you hadn't saved me, I probably would have been dead."
The old lady slurped down her white porridge, then started peeling an egg. "White Hair, did you have a nightmare? You kept kicking off the covers last night."
"Kicked off the blanket?"
“Yes, when I got up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, you were crying your eyes out. When I covered you with a blanket, you grabbed my hand and wouldn’t let go.”
Bai Ye was confused.
All day long, aside from necessary caregiving, I spent all my time thinking.
Last night's feeling was so real, so real that everything was happening in real time.
Even now, he can still recall every detail.
But the old lady said she had a nightmare and hadn't left her hospital room all night.
"Was it really a nightmare?" Bai Ye murmured to himself.
"Ward 2303, Zhang Jian's family." The nurses' station suddenly announced.
Bai Ye stood aside, watching a person walk out of ward 2303. The person had a very ordinary appearance, the kind of face that could be easily forgotten.
He was very tall and quite thin, with dark circles under his eyes and pale lips.
Bai Ye waited patiently on the sidelines, waiting for the person to finish talking to the nurse, and then stepped in as the other person turned away.
"Brother, let's get to know each other?" He wanted to confirm the other person's identity.
"Who are you?" the other person asked, looking puzzled.
Bai Ye introduced with a grin: "Brother, I'm the family member of the patient next door to yours. We live under the same roof, so let's get to know each other."
He then extended his hand, saying, "My name is Bai Tian."
The young man opposite him paused for a moment, then extended his hand as well. "My name is Zhang Da."
The two remained silent, and the atmosphere was quite awkward.
The other person couldn't take it anymore, silently withdrew their hand, and turned to walk towards the ward.
Watching the departing figure, Bai Ye was certain that this wasn't a player, and that this wasn't about earning money to level up to level two.
"So last night's story about making money to level up to level two was also fake?"
Bai Ye glanced at the clock in the corridor; the time showed 10:05 AM.
He glanced at his wristband, which was green, and then, as if remembering something, walked to the nurses' station. "Can I go out now?"
The nurse nodded. "Okay, but lunch is at 11:00, and then it's rest time. The passageway door will open again at 2:00 in the afternoon, so you need to be back before 11:00."
Bai Ye nodded and turned to walk towards the passage door.
When he got into the elevator, Bai Ye pressed the "4" floor button, as he wanted to see the operating room.
There was no entry or exit on the middle floors, but the fourth floor was reached quickly.
As Bai Ye stepped out of the elevator, a chill swept over him.
Follow the arrows on the ground and keep walking until you reach a large hall. The hall is crowded with people and noisy.
Bai Ye walked through the crowd, occasionally looking up at the large screen, which was full of surgical information.
So-and-so is preparing for surgery, so-and-so is undergoing surgery, and so-and-so is already in the recovery room...
In short, everything seemed perfectly normal.
Bai Ye spotted a man standing at the front row. The man seemed quite pleased, so Bai Ye boldly asked, "Brother, are family members not allowed inside?"
The man next to him glanced at him suspiciously and replied, "What are you going in for? You're not allowed in the operating room without a doctor's permission."
"So it's still possible to get in?" Bai Ye grasped the key point in the words.
The man nodded. "Of course, during some stages of surgery, the doctor will call family members in to watch. Like me, I was allowed to watch my dad have surgery in a little while."
“This isn’t something anyone can do. I bribed them and pulled some strings. It’s not that I don’t trust doctors; I just wanted to see for myself how my father had the surgery.”
As the man spoke, he raised his right hand and gestured to his forehead. "Brain tumor, it's grown big, it's affecting my thinking. My father should have been normal; he has a physiological mental illness."
Bai Ye didn't leave; he stood near the man, preparing to seize the opportunity to sneak into the operating room with him.
If they find out, the worst that can happen is they'll be kicked out.
If you're thick-skinned, it's others who will feel embarrassed.
So Bai Ye stood in the corridor, observing the layout of the opposite operating room, trying to find a route straight to the operating room door.
"Family member No. 68, family member No. 68, please come in with me."
“This! I am family member number 68.” The man suddenly raised his hand.
Bai Ye followed silently behind, keeping a distance of three or four steps, his expression equally excited, and strode quickly inside.
As Bai Ye passed the security guard, he nodded and smiled at him.
Although the security guard was puzzled by the presence of two family members, the hospital did not have a limit on the number of family members allowed in, so he let them through.
However, after walking for a while, the truth came out.
The family member of cell number 68, the man, noticed the person following him as he turned the corner and immediately called out, "Which cell are you from? Why are you following me?"
"Not family member number 68?" The staff member leading the way stopped.
The man nodded. "I'm family member number 68, he isn't. Are you bringing two groups at once?"
The staff member looked at Bai Ye, his gaze gradually deepening.
Bai Ye smiled and waved his hand, "Sorry, big brother, I made a mistake. I heard it as family member number 168."
"The surgery schedule for today is number 126." The staff member said expressionlessly.
Bai Ye's smile froze on her face.
"Your behavior of trespassing into the hospital's operating area is very suspicious. I suspect you are a patient, and that you are currently experiencing an acute episode."
The staff ignored the green bracelet on Bai Ye's wrist and beckoned him over, saying, "Come here and take him to the examination room."
Bai Ye was so frightened that she backed up against the wall. "I'm not a patient, I'm a family member."
While talking, he secretly glanced at the route, waiting for an opportunity to rush out.
It was a success!
Taking advantage of the moment when the other party was not paying attention, Bai Ye rushed to the entrance of the operating room. Just as he was about to press the power button, he was caught by the two people who had caught up with him.
"A patient here is having an attack, requesting backup." The staff member pressed the intercom.
Bai Ye struggled to reach the switch, shouting, "I'm not! I'm a family member, my loved ones are inside, I need to go in!"
Even the scariest thing in broad daylight is nothing compared to the horror of night.
He only had one chance, so even if he threw a tantrum, he was determined to stay there.
"bite--"
The operating room doors suddenly opened.
A person came out, wearing a green scrub suit, Crocs, and a face mask.
"What's going on?" The man stopped at the door.
Bai Ye's eyes met the other person's, and a chill ran down his spine in an instant.
It's these eyes!
It's her!
"Dr. Lin..." Bai Ye murmured unconsciously.
The person opposite him grunted, took off his mask, leaned closer to look, and said with a smile, "Aren't you that errand boy? You're Ms. Yao's caregiver, right? What are you doing here?"
"Dr. Lin, this person is causing a disturbance in the operating room; we suspect he might be a patient," the staff member explained.
Lin Xiaojuan waved her hand, signaling the person to let go. "He's a family member accompanying a patient; he's not sick. If there's any problem, it's probably because he's being influenced by the patient's mindset."
"Okay, I'll take her away and also check on the patient; it's possible that Ms. Yao's condition has worsened again."
Lin Xiaojuan led Bai Ye away from the operating area, and the two took the elevator to the 23rd floor.
The elevator numbers jumped up and down, but Bai Ye stood at the furthest point from Lin Xiaojuan.
He watched the other person's back, feeling puzzled and uneasy.
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