Chapter 330 The Turmoil Caused by Ignorance
Lu Chen stood up and poured himself a glass of water to moisten his throat.
He sat back on the coffee table again, his fingertips tapping the glass unintentionally, his thoughts surging like a raging sea.
It’s still the same premise. If what Lin Ya said is true—her brother’s life is in someone’s hands and he was forced to participate in this conspiracy, then promising that “accident” would not be simple at all.
He recalled the details of the day of the accident: Why did Lin Ya suddenly appear at the scene? Why did she push Xu Nuo away at the critical moment? And the driver who caused the accident is still missing...
"It wasn't a hit-and-run..." Lu Chen narrowed his eyes and whispered to himself, "The essence of that incident was not a traffic accident, but a premeditated conspiracy."
A terrible speculation gradually took shape - the driver might be the mastermind behind Lin Ya's manipulation, or even... the devil who threatened her brother's life.
After making such a guess, Lu Chen suddenly realized a more terrifying fact: if the other party's target was Xu Nuo, then she would be alone now...
He couldn't wait for Xu Nuo to call him any longer. He had to find a way to contact Xu Nuo tomorrow and make sure she was safe.
Around nine o'clock in the morning, Xu Nuo was awakened by a hurried knock on the door.
Last night, she was on duty until after five in the morning. She had just laid down when she was woken up by someone.
With two big dark circles under her eyes, she rubbed her painful temples, climbed out of bed, yawned loudly, stretched herself, and then went to open the door.
Several days of free medical treatment had exhausted her, but luckily everything at the primary school treatment center was sorted out yesterday.
As soon as Xu Nuo opened the door, Secretary Lu hurriedly said to her: "Oh, Doctor Xu, I know you're working hard, but now something has happened at the vaccination site, and there's a big commotion over there. Doctor Zhou can't handle it alone, so come and take a look."
As soon as Xu Nuo heard that something happened at the vaccination site, all his sleepiness disappeared.
"Wait a minute, I'll go after I wash my face." Xu Nuo said.
"Don't wash your face, just follow me!" Without saying anything, Lu Zhishu pulled Xu Nuo and ran out.
In the past few days, the vaccination was carried out at the village branch, but it disturbed Xu Nuo and his friends' rest, so the vaccination point was moved directly to the village entrance.
"Secretary Lu, slow down, slow down..." Xu Nuo didn't sleep well the previous night, and was dragged by Lu Mancang to jog all the way. Now his heartbeat was messy.
She felt that if she continued like this, she would probably die suddenly.
The two men finally arrived at the vaccination site. Before Xu Nuo had time to catch his breath, he saw a group of villagers gathered outside the vaccination site, and there was a noisy argument.
"Disperse, everyone disperse!" Lu Mancang shouted, "Speak if you have something to say. Why are you making such a fuss? Doctor Xu is here. Let her see what's going on."
Lu Mancang's words have no effect at all. Compared with the leader's words, gossip is more attractive.
What’s more, this gossip is closely related to the vaccines that children have to receive nowadays.
Xu Nuo couldn't wait any longer and pushed through the crowd to squeeze in. He saw Zhou Ling being grabbed by the arm by a sturdy peasant woman, her face pale.
"What kind of poison did you give my son?!" the peasant woman's voice was sharp. Behind her, a man was holding a boy about five or six years old in his arms. The child's cheeks were red and he was leaning listlessly on his chest. It was obvious that he had a high fever.
"Sister, a slight fever after vaccination is a normal reaction, don't worry..." Zhou Ling tried to explain, but was interrupted by the child's father with an angry face.
"Normal? My son has never had a fever like this! You guys from the city are using us as test subjects, right?!" His voice was rough and his saliva sprayed all over Zhou Ling's face.
The crowd began to stir. Some pointed and some echoed: "That's right, who knows what they are up to?"
Hearing these words, Xu Nuo felt heartbroken.
What are you thinking?
They were all almost dying of exhaustion, and these people were still asking them what they were thinking?
Zhou Ling was pushed and staggered back, her back against the wall, her voice trembling: "We use regular vaccines, which are issued by the Ministry of Health..."
"Stop talking nonsense!" The child's grandmother suddenly rushed forward, her skinny hand raised high, and was about to slap him.
"stop!"
Xu Nuo rushed forward and grabbed the old man's wrist. The scene was silent for a moment.
She stood in front of Zhou Ling, her eyes swept across the family, finally falling on the child's flushed face.
"The child has a fever, we are responsible for treating him." Her voice was not loud, but every word was clear, "But if anyone does it again, don't blame me for being rude."
After the child's grandmother was stopped, a fierce light flashed in her cloudy eyes, and her skinny fingers almost poked Xu Nuo's nose: "If anything happens to my grandson, I will risk my life to make you pay for it!"
After saying that, she turned around and waved her arms at the villagers who were watching: "Look everyone! We believed the government's propaganda and came here to get the injection, but in the end, a healthy child was burned like this!"
Xu Nuo suppressed his anger and spoke as steadily as possible: "Old man, we have said before that fever after vaccination is a normal immune response, and the village loudspeaker broadcasts this every day. You will know if you listen more. Moreover, this fever may not be caused by the vaccine, but may be caused by other reasons. Therefore, we have to diagnose and treat it before we can come to a conclusion. If you directly blame the fever on the vaccine, it would be a bit biased."
"Bullshit!" The old man pointed at the child's red face. "Don't bully us because we don't understand. You are here to treat the disease, and my healthy child has become sick after all this time, and you told me that this is a normal reaction. I have lived for most of my life, and I have never seen such a normal reaction!"
The crowd began to stir.
The villagers were not very clear about the mechanism of action of the vaccine to begin with, and with this family making a fuss, many people began to have doubts.
The old lady took the opportunity to yell at the top of her voice: "Don't give me the shot! Who knows what kind of poison they put in the syringe! They'll make you sick even if you're not sick!"
She suddenly pulled open her grandson's collar, revealing the rash on his neck: "Look! This is clearly planting the virus into the human body!"
Several middle-aged women who were originally queuing quietly retreated, and whispers spread among the crowd like a plague: "I heard that city people use country people to test drugs..."
"Ah? It's so scary! We don't dare to fight this thing!"
When Xu Nuo heard this, he was so angry that his face turned black.
Just as she was getting angry and wondering what to do, the women's director Liu Chunlan hurried over and said to Lu Mancang, "A senior leader in the army called us and said he wanted to see Doctor Xu. It seems he's a pretty high-ranking official."
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