Chapter 367 The Orphanage's Lies: The Handsome Flower Boy 67
The state-run restaurant is a long-established brand. The wonton soup they sell is clear, the filling is generous, the thin skin reveals the pink meat inside, and it's topped with bright green scallions and seaweed.
The aroma alone is enough to make anyone's mouth water, let alone someone who has been starving for a long time.
Wang Zixuan scooped up a spoonful with a white porcelain spoon and clumsily fed it to her father. She had never done anything like serving others before.
Zhou Weimin was starving. He opened his mouth with great effort and swallowed the wonton. The satisfaction from that bite was so good it made his scalp tingle.
The soup was warm and very delicious. He hadn't eaten for several days and ate the wontons in big mouthfuls. He was so hungry that he didn't even bother to chew properly.
It's been almost 30 hours since he fell into a coma, and he's been kept alive by IV fluids the whole time.
The mother-in-law sat on a chair to the side, watching her son-in-law eat so messily, she had no desire to serve him at all, and pursed her lips.
"Eat slowly, no one's going to take it from you. Don't eat like you're starving."
Zhou Weimin ignored it, too hungry to care. After eating five or six wontons in a row, his stomach felt warm, and he slowed down a little.
He turned his head to look out the window. The snow had stopped, and sunlight streamed in through the glass, casting bright spots of light on the concrete ground.
It's so good, it feels so good to be alive.
Just then, the ward door was pushed open.
Nurse Xiao Liu came in carrying a treatment tray and immediately turned pale when she saw Zhou Weimin eating.
"Who let him eat?!"
The old mother-in-law was startled by the rebuke, feeling as if she was about to have a heart attack, and immediately retorted.
"What's wrong? The patient is awake and hungry, can't he even have a bite to eat?"
It's not anything hard, just wontons, all soupy..."
This young nurse is really something. She's young and not mature enough. She makes such a fuss about everything. I'm sure she'll complain about her later.
Nurse Liu snatched the wonton bowl from Wang Zixuan's hand and saw that only a few wontons were left.
"Nonsense!"
The patient suffered severe frostbite and multiple fractures. He has just transitioned from the shock phase and is now in the reaction phase!
His gastrointestinal function hasn't recovered yet, how can he eat? Are you trying to kill him?!
The old mother-in-law couldn't understand these medical terms; she knew that people had to eat when they were hungry, or they would starve to death if they didn't eat.
She understood the word "killed".
"Wh-what period?"
"I only ate a few wontons, it can't be that serious."
Nurse Liu was so angry that her face turned red. She had only been gone for a short while, and there had been someone by the bedside just now.
"Not that bad?"
I clearly told Comrade Wang Zhenguo, who was taking care of the patient, yesterday that the patient should not eat or drink for at least three days, and should only be given liquid food after the intestinal function has recovered!
Didn't he tell you?
The old mother-in-law was stunned. Wang Zhenguo had indeed stayed at the hospital all night yesterday.
But the person who came today isn't here either; she doesn't know where they went.
She was startled by the nurse and stood up helplessly.
"I...I don't know, the old man didn't tell me."
Zhou Weimin's expression gradually changed; he understood what he had heard.
The wontons I just ate are churning in my stomach, like they're fighting, and I have a burning sensation in my stomach.
He frowned deeply, wanting to tell them to stop arguing because he wasn't feeling well, but his throat tightened and he couldn't speak.
The nurse forgot about arguing and noticed that something was wrong with the patient.
"Quick, go call the doctor!"
But the three wooden figures in front of her seemed to be dumbfounded, not moving an inch, so she had no choice but to rush out herself.
"Dr. Li! Something's happened in bed 3!"
The ward was in chaos.
Wang Zixuan was so frightened that she dropped her spoon on the floor. Zhou Zihan stood blankly by the bed, at a loss for what to do.
The old mother-in-law was extremely anxious.
"What, what should we do?"
If I had known, she shouldn't have been so kind as to bring a bowl of wontons. Wasn't she just worried they would be hungry?
Zhou Weimin felt the burning sensation getting stronger and stronger, as if his stomach was on fire.
That damned mother-in-law, she deliberately brought him food to harm him. He just woke up, how could she know that he can't eat yet?
But surely my mother-in-law knew?
He tried to sit up, but the movement aggravated the injury on his leg, causing him to groan in pain.
A wave of intense nausea immediately rose in my throat.
"puff!"
A mouthful of dark red liquid spurted out, splashing onto the snow-white sheets; the color was shocking.
"Blood! He's vomiting blood!" the old mother-in-law screamed.
Half a bowl of wontons was ruined; it poisoned the son-in-law.
Zhou Zihan and Wang Zixuan shrank back in fright, their faces pale. Hurried footsteps echoed down the corridor as doctors and nurses rushed in.
Wang Zixuan was too frightened to look, after all, it was he who fed her those wontons.
The doctor began examining Zhou Weimin's condition.
Get out of the way!
Stress-induced ulcer bleeding! Prepare ice-cold saline solution for gastric lavage! Quickly!
The ward suddenly became busy and crowded. Nurses pushed treatment carts, fetched instruments, and prepared the necessary medicines. The mother-in-law was squeezed into a corner, watching her son-in-law curled up on the bed in pain.
Dark red blood kept gushing from its mouth, and it didn't look like it was going to survive. This really terrified her.
"I don't know, I really didn't know I couldn't eat. Nobody told me."
She muttered to herself, as if she were defending herself, or as if she were trying to convince herself.
A young nurse glared at her as she passed by.
"Aren't there still people at the door?"
Even if the elderly don't know, shouldn't the younger generation at least remind them?
The old mother-in-law suddenly remembered that there were indeed two people standing at the door just now, wearing masks and their faces were not visible.
She rushed out of the ward, but the corridor was empty, with only a few family members from other wards peeking out.
Where are they?
She looked around blankly.
Meanwhile, at the corner of the corridor, Shen Ci and Lu Jinnian were leaning against the wall, listening to the sounds coming from the ward.
Lu Jinnian's hands were a little cold. Shen Ci held his hand and said softly.
"See? This is the consequence of not understanding basic medical knowledge."
But more importantly, this is a mess they created themselves.
She turned to look at the boy, not wanting him to have any psychological burden.
When Zhou Weimin left you in the snow, did he think about whether you would be cold?
Did he even consider whether you could eat? Did he ever think you were just a child?
Lu Jinnian shook his head, his eyes filled with complex emotions.
"So, I let him experience what it's like to freeze in the snow all night."
He's an adult, and physically stronger than a child, so I told those people to go all out and break his leg so he'd have trouble walking in the future.
This is double the punishment, because he committed double the sin.
Lu Jinnian wanted to say that his crime did not warrant death, but he swallowed the words back. If it were the old him, he would never have had such a thought.
It is because he has now experienced love and kindness that he feels compassion and tenderness. Only when he has enough love within himself can he be able to love others.
Think about it rationally, does he really not deserve to die?
If the people at the welfare home had discovered it half an hour later, they would have frozen to death long ago. What difference would that make from murder?
The fact that he survived is a matter of luck, but it doesn't mean that Zhou Weimin didn't abandon children.
He couldn't forgive Zhou Weimin on behalf of his four-year-old self, otherwise it would be bullying him.
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