Act IV: Outside the Ward
Cheng Xiaonan drove his GSX1300R "Suzuki Falcon" to lead the way in front, and Dr. Shi drove her beige Beetle classic car to follow, and the two of them galloped along the elevated road across Z City, and after a while, they came to the Second Ring Road overpass and turned off the viaduct, and walked not far to the First People's Hospital of Z City.
Cheng Xiaonan parked the GSX1300R in the parking lot of the hospital according to the agreement with Dr. Shi, very solemnly, and reluctantly put the car key in the palm of Dr. Shi's hand. "It's yours from now on...... Please be kind to it......"
"I will, don't worry. Dr. Shi said. Cheng Xiaonan has made a very good impression on her so far, so she agreed to his request that was not too much. "Actually, I don't know how to drive at all, and I won't be driving this car in the future, but I'll find a good owner for it......"
"Okay, then thank you......" Cheng Xiaonan thanked Dr. Shi very seriously for his motorcycle, which shows the status of this GSX1300R in his mind, and Dr. Shi is also understandable for his reluctance. "There's one more thing I almost forgot, please wait a minute, I'll come when I go. After Cheng Xiaonan finished speaking, he turned around and ran out of the gate of the hospital, and when he ran back again, there was a bunch of delicate lilies in his arms.
Doctor Shi glanced at Xiao Nan approvingly, smiled and nodded, and the two walked into the second door of the central hospital side by side.
The First People's Hospital of Z City was founded in the 1920s of the last century, and was incorporated into the health and medical system of New China after the founding of the People's Republic of China. As an old hospital with a history of almost 100 years, although it has been engaged in infrastructure construction in the past ten years, the area has been greatly expanded on the basis of the original old hospital, and several high-rise buildings with modern medical facilities have been built, but the two-story medical building on the original site of the hospital exudes a strong style of the early Republic of China, and the Western-style garden surrounding the old medical building have been retained.
Cheng Xiaonan and Dr. Shi walked slowly along the green brick path paved with golden fallen leaves outside the old medical building, and the bright sunlight near noon, through the layers of yellow leaves of the tall and dense French plane trees on both sides of the green brick road, sprinkled on the top of their heads and shoulders.
Since the main medical departments of the hospital have long been moved to the modern high-rise medical building not far away, and the old medical building on the old site is now mainly used as a recuperation area, many patients who need observation and rehabilitation treatment after surgery are often arranged in this fresh and quiet environment, and are guided by professional rehabilitation personnel for rehabilitation training.
As for Xiaoting, who was injured in the spine, the operation only saved her life, and modern medical technology could not make her stand up again for the time being, so Xiaoting's parents had to accept the doctor's advice and temporarily move here to carry out some conservative rehabilitation treatment for Xiaoting.
Dr. Shi has already been to this place once. Even if she is just a witch doctor who is not legally licensed to practice medicine, she still needs to see the patient's specific situation before deciding what method to use for targeted treatment. Witch doctors are also doctors, not liars who dance gods, but the methods they use cannot be explained by known scientific principles, so they are not recognized by the orthodox medical community.
Walk through the curvy Western-style garden path, and go two more turns in front to Xiaoting's ward. Doctor Shi obviously felt that Cheng Xiaonan, who was holding a bouquet of flowers beside him, was a little nervous. Of course, she knew the reason for this, because the last time she came to see Xiaoting with Xiao Nan, she witnessed Xiao Ting's parents with undisguised hatred for Cheng Xiaonan, the "culprit" who "harmed" their baby daughter.
At that time, Cheng Xiaonan was also holding a bouquet of lilies in his arms like now, but Xiaoting's parents snatched the bouquet, threw it on the floor and stepped on it and then fell his face, cursing him with all kinds of vicious language, while violently pushing him out of the ward. And Dr. Shi, who was standing aside and watching coldly at that time, clearly saw that Cheng Xiaonan's eyes didn't leave the eyes of the girl lying on the hospital bed for more than a second.
Seeing this little couple being separated by the girl's parents, the reluctance and forbearance in the girl's eyes, and the pain and self-blame in the boy's eyes, finally contributed to the well-known witch doctor world, known as being able to bring the dead back to life, and Dr. Shi, who has countless mysterious legends, made up his mind to re-emerge and accept Cheng Xiaonan's commission to treat his seriously injured and paralyzed girlfriend.
"It's almost ......" Cheng Xiaonan suddenly stopped and turned his head to Doctor Shi and said: "Xiaoting's father should be in the ward today, if he sees me, he will definitely be furious, this may affect your treatment of Xiaoting, it's better for me to avoid it......"
Dr. Shi smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "No, not only can you not avoid it, but when I treat Xiaoting, you must be by Xiaoting's side, otherwise I won't be able to do anything at all!"
"The most important part?" Cheng Xiaonan pointed to his nose, the expression on his face was obviously disbelieving. "I ...... I'd love to do what I can out of it, but I can't think of anything I can do."
"You are the panacea I want to give Xiaoting, just like a fairy grabbing it......" Doctor Shi saw Cheng Xiaonan's confused look, so he prompted: "Have you forgotten, I told you, you will have to pay a heavy price that cannot be regretted for Xiaoting's recovery......"
Cheng Xiaonan nodded as if he didn't understand. "I see, it's okay. However, if Xiaoting's father was here, he would never let me into the ward, and I used to only take the opportunity of him to go to dinner at noon to meet Xiaoting and say a few words, otherwise I would definitely be beaten out......"
"That's it......" Dr. Shi rolled his wrist and looked at his watch, smiled and said to Xiao Nan: "We have been running very fast all the way, and there is still a long time before noon, because my treatment must be done at noon when the yang energy is at its peak to achieve the best effect, so it can be carried out while Xiaoting and her father go to eat, and you just don't have to worry about being kicked out of the ward......"
"Really, that's great......" Cheng Xiaonan's face bloomed with a rare smile. "That'...... So what are we going to do now?"
"Hmm...... Why don't you tell me about you and Xiaoting......" Doctor Shi looked at Cheng Xiaonan's melancholy eyes hidden behind his messy hair and said, "I'm very interested in the story of your little couple, can you tell me?"
"Okay......" Xiao Nan nodded lightly, and pointed to the pavilion crawling with flowers and vines not far away, that location is relatively hidden, which can not only monitor the movements near Xiaoting's ward, but also will not be easily discovered by Xiaoting and his father, once there is a chance, he can rush to Xiaoting's ward as soon as possible. "Let's go there, there's a bench over there, we can sit down and talk......"
Doctor Shi nodded, judging from the fact that Cheng Xiaonan was able to find this excellent hidden position without thinking about it just now, he must have hidden in that small pavilion countless times in the past few months, looking at the girl he was worried about from afar like a thief, secretly waiting for the time to sneak in......
"Xiao Ting, she's just a stupid girl...... Xiao Nan leaned lazily on the bench, looking up at a group of pigeons flying in the sky, the group of pigeons hovering in the air, making a "buzzing" pigeon whistle......
The day half a year ago......
There is a long row of motorcycles parked on the side of the street, all of which are usually very rare large-displacement sports street sports cars, Honda CBR1000RR, Suzuki GSX1300R, Yamaha R1...... Although they are all second-hand cars, the paint on the bodies is all polished, and it is easy to see how much their owners care for these motorcycles.
A group of boys in their early twenties gathered around and had a heated discussion about something. Most of the boys were wearing motorcycle uniforms, and because of the hot weather, they all had their shirts open, revealing their T-shirts with strange prints underneath, and many of them had all kinds of strange hairstyles on their heads. Relatively speaking, Cheng Xiaonan's dress can be regarded as a conservative alternative among them, but his hair is a little messy.
"Hmph...... Retired race car driver?" Cheng Xiaonan extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand and threw it into the trash can on the side of the road. "Even if he is Valentino Rossi, you tell him that Baoquan Mountain is my home field, and I Cheng Xiaonan is the fastest legend in Baoquan Mountain, who wants this title, let's overtake my car first!"
"It's still Brother Xiao Nan's righteousness, I know that you won't leave your brothers alone. A group of young riders who surrounded Cheng Xiaonan echoed: "As long as our brother Xiao Nan comes out, even if he is the champion of the MAN Island TT race, he has to kneel!"
"This matter must not be known to Xiaoting, otherwise she will follow me again, and it will affect my performance at that time. Cheng Xiaonan scratched her messy hair, looking helpless. "I have to find a perfect excuse, don't be idle, help me think about how to talk to Xiaoting......"
Cheng Xiaonan was talking, and suddenly found that the guys in front of him were looking behind him with panicked eyes. "What's wrong with these guys?" he muttered as he turned his head to look, but before he could turn his head around, his neck was suddenly tightly strangled from behind by a snow-white, round arm.
"Cheng Xiaonan, what are you trying to hide from me? Do you want to sneak out and drag race again?"