Hearing Shang Lin's words, Lin Shengqi, who was still not in a good enough mind, walked up to She Jinxing and looked at him with great expectation and trepidation, asking, "Can my father be saved?"
She Jinxing wanted to say, "You should ask your classmate about this."
Seeing Shang Lin's confident demeanor, he replied with equal confidence, "Yes, don't worry. But more importantly, you haven't had breakfast yet, have you? You have to take care of yourself first while taking care of the patient, otherwise how can you take care of the patient?"
Lin Shengqi subconsciously touched his rumbling stomach and smiled somewhat awkwardly, "I didn't even realize it until my cousin said anything. I'll go buy breakfast now. You guys haven't eaten yet, have you?"
Shang Lin hurriedly said, "Don't go, let my cousin go. He can drive faster than you."
She Jinxing hadn't mentioned it, and Shang Lin hadn't felt hungry at all. But now that he mentioned it, he seemed to be starving and his stomach was aching. However, asking Lin Shengqi to buy breakfast for three people was a bit too much of a burden for him right now.
She Jinxing immediately put down the herbs in his hand and went out. His movements were so fast that Lin Shengqi didn't even have time to react. When he came to his senses, he immediately said to Shang Lin, "How can I accept this? I'll give my cousin the money."
Shang Lin immediately smiled, "It's just breakfast, he can afford it. Do you know how your uncle got injured?"
The mention of his father immediately distracted Lin Shengqi. “I don’t know either. The day before yesterday at noon, I was getting ready to go back to school when my dad’s coworker came to find me and said he was injured and hospitalized, and told me to go to the hospital as soon as possible. When I got to the hospital, he was awake and said he was fine, just a minor injury, but later… it got more and more serious.”
A fellow worker? Was he also carrying bricks on a construction site like She Jinxing? If he was injured on a construction site, someone should be responsible. Why is Lin Shengqi the only one in the hospital? Did he encounter a heartless boss?
Shang Lin hurriedly asked, "What does Uncle Lin do for a living? Is he in the county?"
Lin Shengqi shook his head. "He's not in the county. He travels around with a construction team, but he won't go to places that are too far away or to projects that take too long. He's worried about my safety being home alone."
In other words, Lin's father works in the surrounding area of the county, and the longest he works will not exceed the time Lin Shengqi is in school. Perhaps because of this, he earns less money than others in the team, so much so that when he was injured and hospitalized, the work was simply handed over to his son.
Fearing she might be wrong, Shang Lin asked again, "Have your father's coworkers or boss come to see him?"
"No, the uncle who brought me here said that I paid a 3,000 yuan hospital deposit, which shouldn't be needed."
At this moment, She Jinxing returned. The breakfast shop had only a limited number of steamed buns and pancakes left, so he only managed to buy four steamed buns and six pancakes, plus a bag of pickled vegetables from the small grocery store.
The three of them ate a bite, and Shang Lin's medicine was ready. It took a lot of effort to get the medicine down Lin's father's throat. He was unconscious and his jaw was clenched tightly. If it weren't for She Jinxing, they really didn't know how long it would have taken.
Less than an hour after the medicine was administered, Mr. Lin woke up. The first thing he did upon waking was to vomit violently. He hadn't eaten for several days, and what he vomited was mostly water, a dark green color that looked particularly frightening and smelled extremely foul.
Lin Shengqi held the basin he had prepared beforehand, his eyes reddening again. Even though he didn't understand anything, he was terrified by the dark green water. He just kept telling himself, "You're a boy, you have to hold on."
After vomiting, Mr. Lin was exhausted. His face was ashen and his breathing was weak. He seemed to have lost a lot of weight, which made his swollen arms stand out. But he was awake and smiled at his son, saying in a barely audible voice, "Dad is fine, don't worry."
Despite Lin Shengqi's constant reminders that he was a boy and needed to stay strong, he couldn't hold back his tears at this moment. Holding his father's hand, he said in a trembling voice, "Dad, you're awake. That's wonderful, that's wonderful."
Lin's father, utterly exhausted, said nothing, only managing a weak squeeze of his son's hand...
Shang Lin came over with the topical medicine and comforted him, "Don't worry, Uncle will be fine."
After saying that, he looked at Lin's father and said, "I'm going to apply medicine to Uncle. It will hurt a lot, so Uncle has to bear with it."
She Jinxing hurriedly reached out and pressed several acupoints on Lin's father before explaining, "He's too weak right now and can't help it."
Shang Lin quickly removed the gauze. The wound looked even more frightening now, but the blood that was flowing out was no longer so dark. He carefully applied the medicinal mud little by little, afraid that applying too much at once would be too much for Lin's father to handle.
Even so, Lin's father was in so much pain that his muscles trembled slightly. If She Jinxing hadn't pressed his acupoints, he probably wouldn't have been able to hold on. Of course, without the enormous energy expenditure of the previous three days, it wouldn't have been this serious.
When half of his arm was completely covered with medicinal mud, She Jinxing released the pressure points on Lin's father and began to feed him water. Half an hour later, he fed him a small bowl of porridge. Shang Lin asked him how he felt.
Mr. Lin replied, "My arm doesn't hurt as much now. It feels tingly and numb, like being bitten by countless ants."
Shang Lin nodded and went to the kitchen to work on the medicinal herbs. Lin Shengqi saw that his father had woken up and was lying peacefully in bed, so he said, "I'm going to buy groceries to make lunch. If Dad needs anything, just tell my classmate or cousin. I'll be back soon."
Lin's father said weakly, "Take some money and buy some good food for your classmate and cousin."
Even though Mr. Lin didn't know that he had gone to the hospital before, he woke up at home, but he could still see clearly what Shang Lin and She Jinxing were doing. However, he was now so tired that he could barely speak, so he naturally avoided saying anything.
Lin Shengqi nodded and went out. The wind outside finally calmed his buzzing head, and he was able to think things through. However, considering that Shang Lin had to go back to school in the afternoon, he could only focus on buying groceries and the delicious food his father had mentioned.
Shang Lin did not stop Lin Shengqi's actions. No matter what the situation, one must know when to advance and when to retreat, otherwise, kindness may turn into hatred. He has seen far too much of human nature.
After watching Lin Shengqi leave, Shang Lin immediately whispered to She Jinxing, "Can you read human memories?"
She Jinxing paused, then said somewhat awkwardly, "My cultivation is not very advanced, but the little things that have happened recently have been alright."
"Then try to read Lin's father's memories of how he was injured?"
"Why doesn't the sect leader just ask directly?" She Jinxing asked, his eyes full of doubt. "He is sober now."
Shang Lin spoke frankly, "I'm worried that he's hiding something or can't remember clearly, and now is the perfect opportunity."
"Okay, I'll give it a try."
Although She Jinxing didn't quite understand why Shang Lin was doing this—was it not just about saving people, but also about catching the culprit?—he naturally had to obey the sect leader's orders.
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