After hanging up the phone, Su Wantang didn't break down in tears as expected; she remained surprisingly calm.
She took the life-saving pills and quickly packed her things.
Almost as soon as she finished packing, Zhou Qing knocked on the courtyard gate. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the two got into a military vehicle and headed to the provincial capital's airport.
"Sister-in-law, don't worry, the battalion commander is a lucky man and will be safe."
Su Wantang gave a brief "hmm" and asked, "Do you know how Huai'an was injured? And what the specifics of his injuries are?"
Zhou Qing was stunned for a moment, clearly not expecting Su Wantang to be able to calmly ask this under such circumstances, and couldn't help but admire her.
"I don't know the details, but the news that came back was that the battalion commander was hit by several bullets while covering the comrades' retreat."
After that, neither of them spoke.
An hour later, the car arrived in the provincial capital.
Seeing Zhou Qing board the plane together, Su Wantang frowned.
Zhou Qing, being observant, noticed this and proactively explained, "Sister-in-law, I'm also from Beijing. I took leave to go back and visit my family, and I'm also worried about the battalion commander."
"Thanks."
Three hours later, the two disembarked from the plane.
The bodyguards sent by Lu Yuanyang to pick them up were already waiting at the airport. They got into the car and drove all the way to the hospital.
It was raining heavily when they arrived, but the weather has cleared up now. However, the people sitting in the car looked solemn.
Upon arriving at the hospital, Su Wantang followed the guard and quickly walked towards the operating room door.
The operating room lights were still on; the surgery wasn't over yet.
Wen Wanqing went abroad for the trial, and Lu Zhentian couldn't handle the shock, so only Lu Yuanyang stayed here to watch over her.
Upon seeing Su Wantang approaching, Lu Yuanyang immediately stood up.
"Wantang, you've arrived."
"Dad, how many hours has it been since Huai'an entered the city?"
"Half an hour short, ten hours short. The doctor said the most serious injury was the gunshot wound to the chest, which missed by just one millimeter..."
Su Wantang's heart tightened. When she helped Lu Yuanyang sit down, she noticed that he was trembling all over, and her nose suddenly stung with tears.
"Dad, everything will be alright in Huai'an!"
Even though he was used to the ruthless cruelty of the battlefield, Lu Yuanyang was still afraid when facing his proud and only son.
"Definitely! Definitely!"
He murmured, unsure whether he was comforting Su Wantang or reassuring himself.
Waiting is always agonizing.
Time passed slowly, and finally, an hour later, the operating room lights went out.
The moment the lights went out, the two people who had been staring intently at the operating room stood up at the same time, rushed to the operating room door, and spoke one after the other.
"Doctor, what's the situation in Huai'an?"
"Doctor, how is my son?"
The surgeon who operated on Lu Huai'an was Dr. Gu, a renowned surgeon at the hospital, and Yu Manfan was his apprentice.
"The surgery was a success."
Just as Su Wantang and Lu Yuanyang breathed a sigh of relief, they heard Old Master Gu say again, "But the situation is still not optimistic."
"What's the meaning?"
"The injuries are too severe. The patient is in a semi-comatose state. Whether he can pull through depends on whether he can regain consciousness in the next few days."
"You should prepare for what will happen after you die."
Lu Yuanyang staggered twice.
Old Gu sighed and turned to leave.
Yu Manfan, who was standing beside him, glanced at Su Wantang a couple of times and then gently comforted Lu Yuanyang, saying, "Yuanyang, don't worry, Huai'an is lucky, she will definitely pull through."
"Dad, Director Yu is right, everything will be alright in Huai'an."
Director Yu...
It's her.
Yu Manfan finally remembered where the familiarity with Su Wantang came from.
Wen Wanqing, with her proud and arrogant nature, actually agreed to marry a woman from a capitalist family.
Su Wantang arrived by car at two o'clock in the afternoon, and it was already dark outside.
“Dad, you’ve waited so long. Go home and rest first. I’ll take care of things here in Huai’an.”
Just as Lu Yuanyang was about to refuse, Su Wantang, noticing his thoughts, added, "Dad, Grandpa is at home and still needs your care."
Thinking of Lu Zhentian, Lu Yuanyang swallowed the words he was about to say.
"Okay, Dad will make arrangements to find a caregiver to help you. Don't overwork yourself."
"Okay, Dad, don't worry."
"Yuanyang, don't worry. If anything happens, I'll be here at the hospital to help Wantang."
Su Wantang frowned.
She always felt that Yu Manfan's words were strange, but if you were to say there was anything wrong with them, it didn't seem like anything at all. Su Wantang simply assumed that she was overthinking it.
After Lu Huai'an was wheeled out of the operating room, Lu Yuanyang and Zhou Qing glanced at him and then left together.
They hadn't been gone long when Yu Manfan said, "I'm going to get busy now. Call me if you need anything."
After saying that, he didn't give Su Wantang a chance to speak and turned to leave.
That decisive manner didn't seem like he was genuinely concerned about Huai'an; otherwise, why wouldn't he have said a few more words?
The hospital is so big, and she just arrived. How are we supposed to find her? Even if we manage to find her, what if it delays her treatment?
After only a short time interacting with him, Su Wantang felt that Yu Manfan was a bit fake.
Su Wantang was worried about Lu Huai'an and didn't think too much about it. She got up, went forward, and closed the ward door.
Remembering what the doctor said, Su Wantang was still worried, so she fed the life-saving pill to Lu Huai'an.
After feeding him, Su Wantang grabbed Lu Huai'an's hand and quietly stayed by his bedside.
In the middle of the night, Lu Huai'an started to have a fever. Su Wantang subconsciously forgot that she also knew medicine and almost rushed out to call a doctor.
In her excitement, she let go of Lu Huai'an's hand, then suddenly remembered something, checked his pulse, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
It is the pill that is exerting its medicinal effect.
She fetched some warm water, wrung out a towel, and wiped Lu Huai'an's forehead, armpits, joints, and other areas to help him sweat.
As dawn broke, Lu Huai'an's body temperature finally dropped.
Su Wantang fetched another basin of water and wiped Lu Huai'an's entire body clean.
After she finished doing all this, she finally drifted off to sleep.
She was woken up by being shaken.
Yu Manfan: "Is this how you take care of patients? You're sleeping soundly yourself."
"Director Yu, you promised Dad you'd help me, but you only disappeared for one night, and the next day you blamed me, the junior who had just taken a nap after taking care of him all night?"
Sensing the hostility in Yu Manfan's tone, Su Wantang didn't hold back and retorted directly.
"Can I be the same as you? I'm busy with my shift."
“Oh…” Su Wantang drawled, her tone full of sarcasm, “Then please, Director Yu, don’t make promises you can’t keep next time.”
"you--"
"What's wrong? It sounds like you two are arguing?"
Lu Yuanyang walked in carrying breakfast, his voice extinguishing the tension in Su Wantang and Yu Manfan's conversation.
"Dad, it's nothing. Director Yu and I were just chatting."
Before Su Wantang could finish speaking, Yu Manfan interrupted, "Yuanyang, I am an elder and should not speak ill of Huai'an's wife. However, when I first arrived, she was sleeping in the ward. I couldn't stand it and said a few words to her, but she talked back. Now I'm the one who's in the wrong."
"But I'm also worried about Huai'an! He's at a critical stage right now. What if something unexpected happens, and we're not able to react in time...?"
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