The medical staff who came to check on the patients were quite frightened by what they saw and quickly tried to dissuade the perpetrators.
"Comrade, you were still vomiting yesterday, and your body is currently weak and has not fully recovered. You need to rest in bed."
"You're not old enough to move around freely yet. To recover your health as soon as possible, please listen to the doctor's advice. Just let us know if there's anything you need to do."
"No, I don't want to run around."
As the girl's figure disappeared from sight, Lin Banxia was extremely anxious.
She pointed outside with one hand and clutched her chest with the other, explaining urgently:
“I just saw someone walk past the ward who looks a lot like my daughter.”
"No, it's not just that she looks like me. She is my daughter. She must know how much her mother misses her, so she came back to see me."
Lin Banxia's voice was choked with sobs, and tears were about to fall as she spoke.
"I just want to find my daughter. I really won't wander around. Please let me out."
Seeing her red-rimmed eyes, the medical staff shook their heads, feeling a deep sense of sympathy.
They patiently held Lin Banxia's hand, comforting her.
"Comrade, we know you've been under a lot of mental stress. It's normal for patients like you to sometimes experience hallucinations."
"You don't need to feel burdened. As long as you get plenty of rest and take your medicine on time, you will definitely recover as soon as possible."
Seeing that no one believed her, Lin Banxia was extremely anxious.
“I know you mean well, but I really didn’t hallucinate. I really saw my daughter just now.”
She really didn't know how to convince everyone to let her go, and just when she was feeling helpless, Zuo Wenxuan came in.
Looking at the messy room full of people, he placed the fruit he had brought on the table and asked in surprise:
"What happened?"
Lin Banxia saw him as if she had seen a savior, and quickly told him what had just happened.
"Senior brother, I saw my daughter. She just walked past my ward door. I saw it clearly, I'm not lying. You'll believe me, right, senior brother?"
Zuo Wenxuan also wanted to believe her, but this scene had already been repeated hundreds of times before.
Whenever Lin Banxia is mentally unstable, she experiences hallucinations, saying that she sees her lost daughter.
In the end, all that effort only left him battered and bruised.
Zuo Wenxuan felt particularly sorry for her and quickly joined the nurse in comforting her.
"Banxia, I know you're worried about your daughter, and we're doing everything we can to find her as soon as possible, but this isn't something that can be done in a day or two."
"Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Just stay in the hospital and rest well to recover."
Since no one believed her, Lin Banxia couldn't help but start to doubt herself.
Her legs went weak, and she collapsed onto the hospital bed, muttering to herself.
"Could it be that I was mistaken, and everything I just saw was just an illusion?"
Lin Banxia's heartbroken eyes were painful for everyone to see. Zuo Wenxuan, fearing he couldn't persuade her, quickly brought in reinforcements.
“When I came here just now, I went upstairs for a walk. The doctor told me that Song Mingqian should be able to wake up soon.”
"You need to get well first, then you can go with him to find your daughter."
Lin Banxia couldn't sleep for several days, and her eyes were bloodshot.
Upon hearing this, she seemed to have all her energy drained away instantly, and she lay back down on the hospital bed, feeling utterly weak.
"Pinellia..."
Zuo Wenxuan was about to say something when Lin Banxia waved her hand and refused.
She stared at the pale ceiling above her, and as if hypnotizing herself, murmured again:
"Yes, I made a mistake just now. My daughter shouldn't be in Beijing, so how could she be in the hospital?"
A faint smile slowly spread across Lin Banxia's pale lips as she turned to look at the people surrounding the hospital bed, her eyes filled with apology.
"I'm sorry, it was a moment of confusion on my part that caused everyone trouble."
The medical staff and Zuo Wenxuan were heartbroken to see her like this, but they really didn't know how to comfort her, so they could only sigh silently.
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This wasn't the first time Lin Banxia had hallucinated. In the past, after experiencing such a blow, she would always hide at home and silently succumb to depression for a few days.
When he reappeared, he swallowed all those negative emotions.
She wanted to continue searching for her daughter in the best possible light and spirit.
Zuo Wenxuan was both her senior and her colleague, and he had witnessed everything that had happened over the years.
He always felt that Lin Banxia, though seemingly weak, would always radiate a tenacious vitality like wild grass when facing her daughter.
Zuo Wenxuan thought that since he had experienced hallucinations this time, Lin Banxia would be able to adjust her state quickly.
But to his surprise, Lin Banxia's mood visibly worsened after that day.
Lin Banxia is someone who is prone to internal conflict.
Although everyone around her said it was a mistake, she always felt that the person who walked past the ward door that day was her daughter.
The problem is that there's no evidence to prove anything.
Lin Banxia questioned herself day and night.
In order not to worry those around them, they had to desperately suppress their emotions and pretend to be nonchalant.
But how could an already fragile emotional state withstand such a blow?
No matter how hard Lin Banxia tried to disguise it, her complexion visibly worsened.
On one occasion, even in front of Song Xunying, he looked dazed and raised his hand towards the outside of the ward.
"Huan'er...you've come back to see your mother, haven't you?"
Song Xunying and her two daughters exchanged glances, both extremely worried about her condition.
"Banxia's health was already poor, and if this continues, she will eventually give up."
The three of them couldn't sit still any longer and immediately went to ask the doctor for advice.
"Doctor, is there any way to stop her from overthinking?"
"Mental illness requires mental medicine. No matter how much medicine is taken, it can only have a physical effect. If you really want the patient to get better, you have to see if she can overcome the knot in her heart."
The doctor couldn't help but sigh when he talked about it.
"The patient's condition had improved considerably and she could have been discharged, but given her current unstable mental state, it would be unsafe for her to go home. She must remain in the hospital for further observation."
Just then, Lin Banxia's attending physician arrived and, after overhearing their conversation, joined in.
"The patient only feels better when she hears news about her husband."
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