The car sped down the long street, silence enveloping the inside. Ping’an tightly held his grandpa’s hand, the tears he had been holding back still hadn’t fallen.
He couldn’t cry, because if he did, grandma would be gone.
The little boy understood what hospital ergency ant. Last ti, a friend’s grandpa was rushed to the hospital, and later his friend cried because his grandpa never returned.
He rembered asking mom, and she said that the elderly went to heaven. But he knew, from books, that it ant passing away, that is, death, end of story.
Grandma would take him to the theater, to the concert hall, to Old Mo’s, to the Beijing Restaurant, and to many other nice places...
She would make grandpa laugh, sing to grandpa, dance for him; he loved seeing grandpa burst into laughter...
When the car braked, as soon as the doors opened, Zhou Xiaozheng held Ping’an and Zhang Guoqing simultaneously got out. A crowd imdiately surged towards the ergency room.
Before reaching the door, a nurse was already waiting. Seeing the crowd, she imdiately approached.
"Chief, the madam has been resuscitated, please follow to the ward."
Zhang Guoqing quickly steadied his father-in-law, taking the child in stride, "Comrade, what was unclear over the phone earlier, could you please explain the situation specifically?"
The person walked briskly ahead, explaining as they went: "She was found in the suburbs and brought here imdiately, and after gastric lavage, she is out of danger. However, the patient’s emotions are very agitated, with a weak will to survive, and she refuses treatnt.
We hope you can try to convince her. The patient is now severely dehydrated, and the director is waiting for your decision on whether to force sedatives."
Zhang Guoqing glanced at his father-in-law’s ashen face, seeing he had no intention of responding, he continued, "We’ll make a decision after we see her."
At this point, Zhou Xiaozheng was filled with anger. How capable she was, even playing with suicide. If she really wanted to die, wasn’t there any easier way? Why waste pesticides and hospital resources?
Once he reached the ward’s door, Zhou Xiaozheng nodded to the doctors and went straight into the inner room.
He saw Lin Lishan at once, her eyes tightly closed, her face as white as paper, hands gripping the white mat beneath her, veins bulging on her hands.
Zhou Xiaozheng spoke up imdiately, "Open your eyes!"
Lin Lishan shuddered and slowly opened her eyes, which were dull and lifeless, blankly looking at him.
"Look at the ss you’ve made, it’s a disgrace. Cooperate with the doctors, and we’ll go ho early," he said.
At the ntion of going ho, Lin Lishan’s eyes slowly brightened, then dimd again as she recalled sothing, lowering her gaze, her chapped lips trembling slightly, "I know everything, I can’t go back."
Zhou Xiaozheng raised an eyebrow, "I permit you to go ho."
"I can’t go back, Brother Zheng, I really can’t go back."
"Lin Lishan, you’ve got so nerve, daring not to listen to ."
Zhang Guoqing, listening intently outside the door, holding his son, said to the people behind him, "Please wait outside for a mont, let the child say a few words to his grandma."
"Alright, make her cooperate with the treatnt as soon as possible."
Seeing everyone leave, Zhang Guoqing knocked on the open door, walked to the bedside, set the child down, and smiled, "Mom, you scared us to death. Get well soon, and we’ll go ho together."
Lin Lishan shook her head with tears, "I can’t go back. This ti, I truly can’t go back."
Zhang Guoqing was most annoyed with these won who talked about dying. Too bad she was his mother-in-law, if it were anyone else, he would have said, if you want to die, isn’t slitting your throat quicker?
Can’t go back, can’t go back...
Nothing about can’t go back, having been saved, not to ntion not being Gu Ruyi’s biological child, even if she were biological, his father-in-law wouldn’t dare to divorce.
When you raise a dog, it has feelings, let alone a married couple. Could his father-in-law really just watch her die?
Zhang Guoqing sighed inwardly and said to Ping’an, "Son, say sothing to your grandma."
Poor thing, making his son work so hard again.
Was it easy for his son? Such a young child worrying so much. Today, he was worried about whether his mom was in danger, and worried his grandpa had no one to protect him, and now he had to persuade his suicidal grandma.
From Beijing to the suburbs, then from the suburbs back to Beijing, and in the middle of the night racing from the Big Courtyard to the hospital. It was never-ending; his son’s life was really rough.
With tears in his eyes, Ping’an tightly gripped Lin Lishan’s hand, "Grandma, is soone bullying you? I’ll help you beat the bad people; I’ll help you get revenge.
Grandma, you can’t go to heaven, because once you go, you can’t co back. There’ll be no good food, no fun, and nothing nice to see, and if mom loses her mom, she’ll cry."
Zhang Guoqing listened, secretly laughing. His son’s persuasive effort was remarkable, addressing every key point. He understood his mother-in-law’s love for food, fun, and beautiful things and hit every one of her soft spots.
He glanced at his father-in-law, seeing his face still like iron, silently watching his mother-in-law. Zhang Guoqing looked at his son again, suddenly realizing that this occasion suited him better to exit.
Truly worried about his recent decline in intelligence.
Thinking of this, Zhang Guoqing quickly left the room, closed the door, went outside, and rushed over to stand guard with Xiao Wang and the others.
After his son-in-law left, Zhou Xiaozheng stepped forward, lowered his head, and whispered into Lin Lishan’s ear, "Silly woman, you’re not Lin’s child. Rember not to tell anyone first."
Finished speaking, he picked up Ping’an, ignoring Lin Lishan’s wide-eyed gaze, "Hurry up and get well to go ho, or else I’ve lost face completely in this life because of you."
"...Brother Zheng, I was drugged and can never have children again."
Zhou Xiaozheng, hearing this, exhaled, "I wouldn’t dare let you have more; if you birth another as dumb as you, what’s the use?"
"Brother Zheng..."
"Shut up, see how I’ll deal with you when you get back!"
Zhang Guoqing, listening clearly outside, only wanted to laugh out loud. To make his father-in-law so livid, this mother-in-law was indeed capable.
Zhang Guoqing greeted the doctors and nurses, then rushed back ho to make a call, instructing Aunt Chen to prepare things for the hospital stay. It’s troubleso without his own wife around.
He grabbed his car keys and raced back ho.
Hearing the car, Aunt Chen ran out, and upon seeing him hurriedly asked, "Are they really alright? Why didn’t you bring Ping’an back? Should I go to the hospital?"
Zhang Guoqing truly considered this issue. The hospital stay would be at least a week. As a son-in-law, it was inappropriate for him to be the caretaker, and his father-in-law sotis had overnight etings and couldn’t do it either.
"Auntie, it’s going to be hard on you for this period. It’s already late tonight, so get so rest, and go over early tomorrow to relieve my dad. Keep an eye on my mom, don’t let her see outsiders, this must be soone whispering sothing that distressed her."
Aunt Chen nodded, "I understand what you an."
Zhang Guoqing was embarrassed. Actually, he didn’t quite know what he ant either. But there had to be a plausible reason on the surface, or else whenever sothing happened it ended in suicide; the impact was bad, totally inconsistent with a soldier’s style.
He didn’t have ti to say more, went to his room to grab a set of clothes and supplies for a change for the child, a jar of milk essence, and picked up the hospital supplies Aunt Chen had organized, rushing back to the hospital.
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