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After feeding the baby, Ye Min shouted "OK" at the door of the ward, and saw Liang Juan push open the door and lead Meng Zheng in.

It was a very common action, but Ye Min suddenly had an idea: "It seems that the bolt of this ward has always been broken."

Liang Juan pushed the door against the wall, kicked a stone next to it, blocked the door and said casually: "It's a hospital, people come and go, it's normal for something to break. Anyway, we can't stay here for a few days."

Ye Min was not surprised to hear the indifference in Liang Juan's words.

In fact, she found out about the broken door bolt on the first day she was pushed into the ward after giving birth, but she didn't care about it.

Although it was not the case that people left their doors unlocked at night, petty theft was rare. Moreover, this was a hospital, and the people who came and went were either patients or their families. No matter how wicked a thief was, he would not steal things here. In addition, there was someone on duty at night in the inpatient department, so after she moved into the ward, she did not think about applying for a replacement bolt.

It was not until now, when Ye Min thought of the subtitles above her daughter's head, that she realized how big a loophole the broken door bolt was.

Who would have thought that someone would steal a child in a hospital!

Thinking of this, Ye Min said, "That being said, it's definitely safer with a bolt on the door, and this cabinet isn't locked either, the money and bills I brought are all inside."

Liang Juan's expression changed. She walked to the bedside and asked in a low voice, "Are you short of money?"

Ye Min was stunned. After seeing her expression, he shook his head and said, "The money is not missing, but I felt like there was someone wandering outside last night. I don't know if it was a thief or someone else."

"As long as the money is not missing," Liang Juan breathed a sigh of relief and added, "Aren't there nurses on duty at night? Why are there people hanging around outside?"

"The nurses are on duty at the nurses' station, which is a little far from the ward. They also have to sleep at night, so it's inevitable that they won't be able to take care of us." Considering that she couldn't just say someone switched the children, Ye Min said, "I'm mainly worried that someone will come in and steal things when we're asleep at night."

Liang Juan was convinced by Ye Min's last words. She was not worried when she was awake during the day, but if someone came in after she fell asleep at night, she could not guarantee that she would wake up.

"Okay, I'll go talk to the nurse about this."

Liang Juan worked quickly and decisively. She immediately went out to find a nurse after making the arrangements with Ye Min.

Not long after, she led a young nurse into the ward and said she wanted to find Ye Min to find out what happened, namely, someone was hanging around outside at night.

Of course this was fake, purely made up by Ye Min. However, facing the young nurse's questions, she looked frank and had no guilt at all, and she made it sound like the truth.

She had thought about it in her mind.

After the nurse heard what she said and reported the situation to her superiors, it would be beneficial for her whether the hospital immediately arranged for someone to replace the door bolt or increased patrols at night.

Needless to say, as for the former, after the bolt was repaired, she locked the door before going to bed at night. Unless the person behind the scenes was a ghost, it would be impossible for him to sneak in without alerting others.

The latter was because Liang Juan and she were both awake during the day, so she thought the person who stole the baby must have done it at night. If the hospital could strengthen patrols at night, that person would be wary and not dare to act rashly.

As long as she can get through these few days and be discharged from the hospital, she and her child will be safe.

After hearing what Ye Min said, the young nurse did not dare to be careless and quickly reported the situation to her leader.

But the answer I got was not good. There was no bolt in the logistics warehouse, and it would take at least a week to apply for a replacement. In addition, the hospital was short-staffed, so there was no need to think about strengthening patrols at night. At most, I could ask the night nurses to pay more attention.

These words are as good as nothing.

It's just that Ye Min is also a nurse herself. Although she has never worked in a hospital, she knows that the larger the unit, the less say the small employees have. The nurse has no choice but to retreat and ask, "Can I change the ward?"

The young nurse was stunned for a moment: "You can change, but there are only three wards in the obstetrics department. The other two are six-person wards, and the environment is not as good as the ward you are staying in now."

Ye Min is not afraid of the poor environment, but her daughter's so-called "adoptive mother" lives in a six-person room. She is not sure whether changing the ward will keep her away from danger or put her in danger.

But she didn't dare to gamble, so she had to ask: "Are there any wards in other departments?"

"Yes, there are, but other departments all have mixed housing for men and women. You..." The young nurse glanced at the little girl lying next to Ye Min, "It might not be convenient for you to move there."

Ye Min fell silent. She didn't expect that several of her escape routes were blocked.

"You don't have to worry too much. I've been in the hospital for several years and I've never heard of a thief. Maybe the noise you heard at night was not from bad people, but from someone in another ward getting up to go to the bathroom." The young nurse said guiltily, "Besides, if there is any noise at night, just ring the bell and the nurse on duty will come right away."

Although her words were not without reason, Ye Min was not comforted. After thinking for a while, she asked, "Then can I buy a bolt and install it myself?"

"Ah?" The young nurse was a little dumbfounded. "You will be discharged from the hospital in a few days. There is no need for this."

Liang Juan also thought it was unnecessary and said, "I'll be there tonight too, so it should be okay, right?"

Ye Min was very persistent, shaking her head and saying, "I want to sleep better in the next few days."

She knew that there was someone on duty at the nurses' station, otherwise she would not have been so careless as to live in an unlocked room. She also believed that if she heard any noise, Liang Juan would definitely wake up and stop the sneaky person behind the scenes.

But the original plot proves that it is useless for someone to be on duty outside, and the person who stole the child is most likely not from outside, but lives in a ward in the obstetrics department.

In addition, Ye Min didn't know whether Liang Juan was there in the next few nights in the original novel, but whether she was there or not, she felt that with her sleep condition in the past few days, it was impossible for someone to break into the room and steal her child without her knowing anything.

But in the original book, her daughter was indeed switched.

So even if Liang Juan was there for the next few nights, she couldn't be completely at ease.

Since the hospital was unreliable, she could only find a solution on her own, and the best way she could think of to ensure her daughter's safety was to change the door bolt.

She just didn't believe that even if she locked all the doors and windows at night, the person behind the scenes could still come in and steal her daughter without anyone noticing!

Ye Min was willing to pay for the replacement of the door bolt with her own money and receipt, so the hospital naturally had no objection. Although Liang Juan felt that it was unnecessary to spend the money, she gave up trying to persuade her seeing her firm attitude and went to the supply and marketing cooperative with the money and receipt.

Liang Juan left, but Ye Min kept the young nurse to inquire about the conditions of the two women in labor in the six-person room.

Although Ye Min felt that the person behind the scenes would not have another chance to strike after the bolt was installed, if the other party was really so powerful that he swapped the child, she knew where the family who took her daughter back lived and could also swap the child back.

But in order to avoid alarming the enemy, Ye Min did not ask too directly, but asked indirectly: "The ward next door seems to be very lively today?"

"It was very lively," the young nurse said with a relaxed look as she talked about gossip. "The patient in bed three next door gave birth to a son. I heard that it was the only child in three generations. When the woman in bed three's in-laws heard the news, they all came. There were more than ten of them, blocking the ward completely."

"Why are there more than ten people?"

The young nurse counted them off: "Her husband, her father-in-law and mother-in-law, her elder and younger sisters-in-law, and several daughters..."

"Wait," Ye Min stretched out her hand to interrupt, "Isn't it three generations of a single-line family? Why are there elder and younger sisters-in-law?"

"You favor sons over daughters! No concubines count," the young nurse said, then remembered that Ye Min also gave birth to a daughter, and quickly explained, "I have no other intentions..."

"I understand," Ye Min smiled and waved her hands, "Sometimes I don't understand those people either. In my heart, boys and girls are the same."

The young nurse believed this. She was an obstetric nurse and had seen many women sighing when they found out they had given birth to a daughter. Among these women, Ye Min was indeed different.

Moreover, the young nurse saw how she treated the child in the days after giving birth, and felt that she had a lot in common with him. She happily said, "Who says it's not true? Great men say that women hold up half the sky. In his eyes, we women are no worse than men. But in real life, oh! It would be fine if men favored boys over girls, but many of them are obviously women, but they look down on girls. It's really true!"

Ye Min nodded as she listened, and when she finished, she asked, "Do you always see things like this in the hospital?"

"Of course not," the young nurse nodded heavily. "Not to mention those far away, in the past few days, there are many patients in the ward next door who gave birth to daughters and are worried."

Ye Min's heart moved, and she continued to ask: "Are there many girls born in the ward next door recently?"

"A lot. Just in bed 215 next to you, there are three women who have given birth to daughters, and one in bed 216 has also given birth to a daughter." The young nurse paused for a moment and said, "But the woman in bed 216 is okay. She seems to love her daughter very much. Unlike the one in bed next to you, she didn't even want to hold the baby after it was born."

With four people, the area is not that big.

Ye Min thought for a while and said, "A few decades ago, there were wars everywhere, and the heavy taxes made people unable to stand up straight. Men were more labor-intensive and valued more than girls. But now it's a new society. Women can work and get paid like men, and those who can come to the county to have children are basically from the county. They have good family conditions and don't need a girl's food. Is it that important?"

"We don't think so, but some people may not think so," the young nurse said, and then she remembered, "But the mother in bed 1 is from a poor family. She lives in a nearby commune. If she hadn't had a difficult delivery, she wouldn't have been sent to the hospital."

"What about the others?"

"What?"

"The other women who are giving birth, they can't be from such poor families, right?"

"No, the other women in group 215 all come from decent families, and at least one of them is a worker. The women in group 216 don't come from very good families, but I think they are nice people and are more reasonable."

Ye Min said thoughtfully: "This is it."

The dialogue in the subtitles said that her daughter's adoptive parents had been relocated to the farm and were not financially well off, which means that they were probably between the 215-1 and 216 mothers in bed.

As for who it was, Ye Min was thinking about the words and was about to continue asking when she heard shouting from outside. The young nurse heard it and hurried to the door of the ward and shouted, "Coming soon." Then she turned around and said to Ye Min, "Someone called me. I have to go now."

The young nurse finished speaking and left the ward in a hurry without waiting for her to answer. Although Ye Min did not get more information, she was already satisfied that she could narrow down the candidates to less than two.

Anyway, the hospital will not run away and the nurses will always be here. If it really comes to that, she can just ask further based on the known information. The situation will never be worse than when she knew nothing in the original book.

But Ye Min's satisfaction didn't last long, because a subtitle popped up above her daughter's head:

【??? Is there this passage in the novel?】

[Isn't this plot wrong? Will the heroine be replaced after the door bolt is changed? ]

[There is no such part in the original novel. As for whether the heroine will be replaced, I think the answer is yes. The difference is also the difference between novels adapted into movies and TV series and the AI ​​plot simulations we are watching now.]

【The length of movies and TV series is limited, so when adapting, we will constantly make subtractions, while AI plot simulation is making additions】

[In addition, compared to AI plot simulation, the length of novels is also very limited, so the author cannot write in detail according to the timeline. Only the key events are written on paper, and even these contents are not very complete.]

[However, the AI ​​plot simulation will supplement the author's brief content based on the novel's worldview, thus generating the content displayed in the detailed mode that we are watching now]

[So the original model is to strictly follow the novel, with no additions or subtractions to the plot, and the simplified model is to make subtractions based on the novel? ]

[Yes, that's it]

[In other words, changing the door bolt is a supplementary content based on the novel's world view, and it will not change the original plot? ]

…

Seeing this, Ye Mindun felt disappointed. What was worse was that Liang Juan, who came back empty-handed, confirmed the speculation in the subtitles.

At that time, iron products were in limited supply, and not only did they require tickets, but they were also expensive. In order to save tickets and money, ordinary people would not use iron products unless they didn’t need them.

For example, the iron door bolts sold by the supply and marketing cooperatives are not very popular. There is no way to lock the door from the outside, so for the purpose of preventing theft, only iron locks can be used, but most people inside prefer to use cheap and sturdy wooden door bolts.

Ordinary people buy less, so the supply and marketing cooperatives naturally do not purchase much, and they often do not remember to replenish the stock after they sell out.

Unfortunately, when Liang Juan arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, the door was bolted and the stock was out of stock.

Ye Min was looking forward to such a result, and it was really hard for her to laugh. Liang Juan saw that she looked unhappy, and comforted her while drinking water: "Actually, I think you don't need to worry too much. Even if you don't consider what you heard at night, and don't mention the nurses on duty, there are still many people living in the wards on both sides. If there is any noise at night, they will definitely come if you shout. If you are really worried, put the money in your clothes and press it under your body when you sleep at night, it won't be stolen without anyone noticing, right?"

Ye Min forced a smile and said, "Sister Liang, I'm not worried about that."

"Then what are you worried about?" Liang Juan asked puzzled.

Ye Min rubbed his brows, not knowing whether he should tell it or not. If he didn't tell it, he was afraid something might happen at night. But if he told it, he was afraid Liang Juan wouldn't believe him and think she was hysterical.

But then again, even if it's considered hysterical, it's better than being silent and powerless and watching my daughter being stolen away.

"I……"

As soon as Ye Min opened her mouth, her son, who had been sitting beside the bed and remained silent, raised his hand and answered, "I know! Mom doesn't want bad people to come in!"

Ye Min was stunned and looked at Meng Zheng in surprise, and saw him continue to say confidently: "I have a way to prevent bad guys from coming in!"

"Yeah?" Before Ye Min could say anything, Liang Juan laughed first and teased him, "What do you have in mind? Tell me now."

Meng Zheng didn't say anything, but looked at his mother.

Ye Min didn't think he was wasting time, and with a smile on her face she encouraged him, "Well, tell mom about it."

Meng Zheng nodded, pointed to the cabinet next to the bed for patients to store their personal belongings and said, "We can push this cabinet to the door and block it!"

Although the boy's voice was full of childishness, his words were like enlightenment, instantly opening the minds of the two adults in the ward.

Liang Juan clapped her hands and said, "That's right! At night we can just push the cabinet over to block the door. Why do we have to replace the bolt? If you're worried that the cabinet isn't heavy enough, you can push the bed over. I'll sleep there at night, and I guarantee that no one will be able to push the door open!"

"That's right!" Ye Min also smiled widely, and couldn't help rubbing her son's head with her hands. "Why are you so smart today?"

Meng Zheng's hair was as long as his eyebrows. It was about to burst apart after being rubbed like that. He hurriedly stood up to avoid his mother's clutches while yelling, "Ah, my hair!"

After he finally stood still and tidied up the hair on his head, he proudly corrected Ye Min's words: "I didn't become smart today, I have always been smart!"

The problem was solved. Ye Min slowly let out the sigh in her heart and agreed in a relaxed tone, "Yes, yes, you are the smartest!"

At the same time, she was still thinking in her mind that the defense was ready, and she also had a backup plan in case the child was really switched. Next, she just had to keep an eye on the child and wait for the opportunity to respond.