Chapter XXVII
The paper burned more than half, and the old lady saw that it was not early, stood up, and walked back in a trembling manner. I hurried over to help her, and she waved her hand: "You quickly carry the injured girl to the medical room, and I'll wait for her." β
I ran back to my room and woke up the two of them who were still asleep. Lu Wen is at my mercy, she can do whatever she wants, she seems to have no thinking. I beckoned the mute girl to help her out, and as soon as I reached the door, I saw the mute girl standing motionless by the bed.
I gestured for her to go out with me. The mute girl shook her head, meaning not to go. What's wrong with her, I feel a little anxious, this black light is blinding, there is a light rain outside, how can I leave her little girl here. I went to pull her, and the mute girl was quite stubborn, holding the head of the bed and just wouldn't leave.
I'm not in the mood to care about her, and I'm a little annoyed to see her now. But after all, she is a little girl who has been with us for so long, and she still has feelings. I gestured to her to be careful and not to run around. She nodded, climbed into bed, and curled up in the corner.
I had no choice but to help Lu Wen, step on the night, and go all the way to the medical room. I pushed the door and entered, the layout inside was quite large, facing a corridor, the room on the left was the infirmary, and the room on the right was the lounge, with several simple hospital beds and hanging bottle shelves at the head of the bed.
The old lady sat in the infirmary, dressed in a white lab coat, reading glasses and reading a yellowed newspaper.
Seeing us coming, she stood up and helped me help Lu Wen into the room and let her sit down. The old lady looked at Lu Wen's face and sighed: "How could it be so badly injured." β
I stood next to me and didn't speak.
The old lady gently touched Lu Wen's face with her hand, and Lu Wen groaned: "It hurts, it hurts." β
I said, "Lu Wen, now that I have found a doctor for you, of course it hurts to treat the disease, so you can bear with it." β
The old lady observed for a while and said, "The burns on the face have been delayed for a long time, and it is a bit troublesome to treat." But the most troublesome thing is these eyes. β
I had a bad premonition: "Eyes...... Couldn't it be better? β
"Not really." The old lady shook her head: "Now the flesh around the eyes is wrinkled together due to the high temperature, and the eyes are smudged to death. To determine if there is a problem with the eye, you must first undergo a minor surgery to cut the outer skin. β
"Isn't it like cutting a cataract?"
The old lady sneered: "It's kind of that meaning." It's all a layer of stuff over the eyes. β
Lu Wen suddenly grabbed my hand, and her voice trembled: "Liu Yang...... I'm scared. β
I'm not angry, is it easy to find a doctor, and said impatiently "It's okay".
The old lady said, "Without further ado, surgery will be performed immediately." She took Lu Wen's hand: "Girl, don't worry, the minor operation will be over in a while." β
Lu Wen trembled like chaff, as if she didn't even dare to speak, she leaned against me tightly and grabbed my trouser leg.
I sighed and stroked her hair. In fact, such an old lady who is about to die with a scalpel to perform surgery, I am definitely not at ease. Because I never trusted her from the beginning.
To make the decision to operate at this moment, to be honest, I have a lot of selfish intentions. Lu Wen's surgery was successful, and it was naturally good; If it doesn't work out, the medical malpractice will never get out of the hospital bed again, and that's what I'd like to see. First of all, the failure of the operation has nothing to do with me, the old lady did it; The other can also throw off this burden, and do not have to bear the condemnation of conscience.
Kill two birds with one stone.
Lu Wen fumbled and grabbed my hand, and her voice was sad: "Liu Yang, I'm afraid, let's go back, I won't do it." β
For a moment, I really relented, but I immediately persuaded: "Don't worry, it's fine after the operation, and you don't want to be blind for the rest of your life, right?" β
Lu Wen grabbed my hand and didn't let go.
The old lady stood up tremblingly and walked out tremblingly. She came to the hallway, turned on the light, pointed to the room at the end and said, "That's the operating room, you send this girl over first." I'm ready to have something, and I'll be right away. β
I helped Lu Wen through the corridor to the operating room, and when I opened the door, I was shocked. Is this also called an operating room? It's about the same as a grocery store. There was a mess inside, an operating table, a shadowless lamp on it, a desk safe or something in the corner, the table was full of pieces of paper, there was a musty smell in the room, and I don't know how long it was useless.
I put Lu Wen on the bed and told her to lie down. Lu Wen held my hand throughout the process.
I was comforting her when the door opened, and the old lady walked in with the operating box on her back and a black bowl in her hand. She walked and shivered, and the bowl was still full of water, and I was afraid that she would break the bowl with a shudder. Hurry over to help, the old lady said that the things in this bowl are called sesame oil water, which is the earthwork of the elderly, and the whole body is numb after drinking, which has an effect on the anesthetic used in Western surgery.
I helped Lu Wen sit up, holding the bowl in one hand and making Lu Wen open her mouth. At this moment, I clearly saw a tear oozing from the corner of Lu Wen's eye, flowing down her burnt cheek.
The flesh and skin of the eyes are sticking together, and I can squeeze out a tear, how much pain is this?!
At this moment, I was really heartbroken and felt a little too selfish. But after thinking about it, putting aside selfishness, there is nothing wrong with taking Lu Wen to the doctor. Even if she doesn't get treatment here, she will die sooner or later when she goes outside, at least there is hope here.
I half-filled and half-poured the whole bowl of water for her to drink. Not to mention that this medicine is really effective, after drinking it, Lu Wen breathed a long sigh of relief, her expression gradually relaxed, and a heartfelt smile appeared on her face.
She whispered two words: "Mom." β
The old lady also seemed to be touched, and took her hand and said, "Alas, good daughter, mother is here." β
Lu Wen shouted again: "Mom." Another tear flowed.
I hurriedly explained: "Old lady, this girl has a hard life, she was abandoned by her parents since she was a child, and she grew up with her grandmother. Don't be surprised. β
I think that Lu Wen at this moment, calling her mother is more symbolic than practical. Mom is not the woman who abandoned her in her heart, but a concrete form of maternal symbol. She called her mother because she was about to face an extremely important operation, and she was worried and wanted to find comfort.
The old lady glanced at me, and suddenly said something very inexplicable: "No matter how hard she is, she must know filial piety and know who brought her into this world." β
The topic of filial piety is difficult to break down clearly, especially in the case of Lu Wen. I think that her parents abandoned her first, and she has no responsibility for her in the first place, and Lu Wen doesn't need to repay her with filial piety, so she naturally has no responsibility for her parents. But the old lady seems to be dull-minded, and now is not the time to debate morality, so she can say whatever she wants.
The old lady asked me to go out and said I was going to have surgery. I came out of the operating room and wandered down the corridor for a while, estimating that it might take a long time, and it was full of the smell of medicine, so I couldn't stand it, so I walked out of it. The rain outside had stopped, and the air was crisp and very refreshing. I went back to the migrant workers' residence.
The mute girl slept soundly, and I was a little envious of her. Along the way, there have been ups and downs, life and death, and I am now physically and mentally exhausted, while this little girl is leisurely and leisurely, does not understand the world, but has turned danger into a disaster many times.
I lay on the bed, closed my eyes, and fell asleep in a daze. When I got up, it was still dark outside, and I was worried about Lu Wen, so I walked back to the medical room. Pushing the door in, it was empty, there was no figure, and the lights in the operating room were still on. There was no watch, no way to measure the time, and I don't know how long the operation had been done.
I walked to the front of the operating room, hesitated, and knocked lightly on the door: "Old lady, old lady?" Don't bother, right? β
There was silence inside, and I was suspicious, even if I was undergoing surgery, there would always be time to say hello. I wandered around the door twice and knocked again: "Old lady, do you need help?" β
There was still no sound inside.
I took a deep breath, grabbed the doorknob, twisted it slightly, and the inside was unlocked, and it opened. I said, "Old lady, I'm coming in." β
There was still no sound inside. I pushed the door open and looked in, but it was okay not to look at it, but I was stunned. The operating room was empty, and there was no one. Not to mention the old lady, even Lu Wen disappeared.
My brain buzzed, and the hair on my back stood on end. Where are the two of them? I was thrilled to think of the old lady's strange speech and demeanor, this person is definitely not as simple as she seems on the surface! Could it be that she took Lu Wen hostage and left? But what's the point of her doing that?
I took a closer look at the operating table and noticed that the white sheet was stained with blood, and the old lady must have operated on Lu Wen. Could it be that Lu Wen was cured? Went for tea with an old lady? I shook my head and dismissed the naΓ―ve idea. After checking around, I really didn't find any usable clues, so I picked up the scalpel on the operating table and used it for self-defense.
I came out of the operating room, looked left and right, and there was a security door at the end of the hallway, half-hidden. I thought about it, and in my memory, this door should have been closed at first, but now that I open a crack, there must be a cat.
I walked cautiously over, didn't rush in, and leaned down through the crack in the door to look inside. Inside is a safety staircase, there is no light, the staircase spirals downward, sticking into the darkness, and I don't know where it leads.
I thought about it, but walked through the security door and came to the stairs. It's supposed to be a basement or something, I'm shocked, damn it, this old lady can't be a pervert, right?
I held the knife and the handle, and carefully walked down the stairs, getting darker and darker the further I went. After walking for a while, there was a light in the distance, and when I walked to the bottom, I found that there was indeed a basement here.
The basement was unlocked, the door was open, and I slowly walked in. There wasn't much space inside, with concrete walls on all sides, and a fifteen-watt dim light bulb on its head. Right on the ceiling, an iron hook hangs down. The tip of the iron hook was piercing the base of Lu Wen's tongue, causing her to hang in the air.
Her body swirled slowly in the air, as if she had just died, her feet stiff and drooping, her tongue dragged long by a hook, and her death was extremely miserable.
What touched me the most was the faint smile on the corpse's face. It was as if she had seen the most beautiful thing in the world when she was dying.