In the evening, head nurse Zhang Wanqiu appeared.
As if nothing had happened, she brought Jiang Shan dinner as usual, and the smile at the corner of her mouth looked the same as before, as if she was not the one who ran away in panic because of a "dust" on the sole of her foot.
"Sorry, I have something to do this afternoon. How are you doing? Are you still feeling well?"
Jiang Shan paid attention to the soles of Nurse Zhang's shoes. They were clean as usual and no more "ash".
"fine."
Just Jiang Shan looked at the food on the plate. A clean and clear corn was placed on the white plate, with a cup of hot milk of the same white color next to it.
It was corn and hot milk every night, salad and soy milk for breakfast, and stir-fries and rice for lunch.
The order is the same every day, and the three meals remain the same, which seems to reinforce the concepts of breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Zhang Wanqiu asked: "What's wrong? Is it not to your liking?"
Jiang Shan looked at the plate in front of him. No matter how delicious the food was, he ate it every day, but now it was tasteless.
Jiang Shan said: "Can you tell me what day it is now?"
Jiang Shan finally asked the third question in this hospital.
Zhang Wanqiu looked at Jiang Shan, and Jiang Shan glanced over at the same time: "How long will I stay in this hospital?"
Zhang Wanqiu thought Jiang Shan didn't care about these issues, otherwise he should have asked them on the first day, "After we have fully examined your body, we will make further plans..."
Jiang Shan decided not to play riddles and said directly: "I have a tumor in my brain. The doctor said I won't live for two months."
Zhang Wanqiu remained silent.
Jiang Shan looked at her: "So, why am I still alive?"
Why is she still alive?
No matter how many days she had stayed in this windowless hospital day and night, plus the days in the barren mountains, she definitely lived for more than two months.
And she showed no signs of dying, and was getting more and more energetic as she continued to live.
It was perfectly normal for her, a patient, to ask such a question to the medical staff in front of her.
But Zhang Wanqiu obviously couldn't answer in front of her. She choked. Facing the straightforward Jiang Shan, all her words were ineffective.
Jiang Shan saw Zhang Wanqiu's chest rising and falling. She seemed to secretly adjust her breathing several times, and finally said to Jiang Shan: "There are still some examination items that have not been done yet, so... So, I still don't know what happened to you."
Jiang Shan didn't ask questions about when she would be discharged before because she had no relatives in the world and was terminally ill. For her, staying in the hospital with food and drink was much better than sleeping on the streets outside.
However, Jiang Shan could no longer pretend to be invisible as the strange things gradually emerged.
It is true that she is not going to die soon, but she also wants to die well, and does not want to be used as a human experiment for no apparent reason.
That would be a bit miserable.
"Where is Wei Yuan?" The milk and corn in front of Jiang Shan have gone cold. "Who is he and why did he send me here?"
Does Wei Yuan have the right to make decisions about her life?
Hearing Wei Yuan's name, Zhang Wanqiu's expression became complicated: "Even if he doesn't do this, you will be sent here."
The implication is that Wei Yuan cannot make a decision.
Jiang Shan looked at Zhang Wanqiu, so whether this was an ordinary hospital or not, and whether Zhang Wanqiu was an ordinary "head nurse".
"I want to see him." Jiang Shan said.
Compared to Zhang Wanqiu and this weird hospital, Jiang Shan was obviously more willing to talk to Wei Yuan's group. At least it was Wei Yuan who brought her down from the barren mountain.
Although I just came out of the tiger's den, I turned around and was sent into a place that I don't know if it was a "wolf's den".
Zhang Wanqiu's answer was also expected: "No."
Jiang Shan: "..." Even patients have basic human rights, why can't they?
Zhang Wanqiu said: "Before the agreed time, you can only stay here, and you only belong here."
Faced with Jiang Shan's showdown, Nurse Zhang obviously also had a showdown.
Jiang Shan's back was pressed against the soft pillow, but he felt like there was a thorn in his back. These words seemed to say that she was meat on the chopping board and had a time limit.
"What power do you have to do this?" Detaining people is a power that only the judiciary has, right?
How can a hospital have the confidence to say so bluntly that Jiang Shan only belongs here now?
Jiang Shan is an orphan, but he is also a citizen with a legitimate ID card and protected by law.
The look Zhang Wanqiu looked at Jiang Shan made Jiang Shan uncomfortable. His eyes seemed to be looking at a very innocent and funny person, but Zhang Wanqiu just warned: "Eat well, too much mood swings will also affect your health."
Like a head nurse who truly cares about people.
Jiang Shan: "..." For the first time in her life, she felt chest tightness and shortness of breath. It's not because of illness, it's because of anger.
Jiang Shan thought that he had abstained from the seven emotions and six desires, but it turned out that he had not.
Zhang Wanqiu gestured to the already cold "dinner" and stood by the bed looking at Jiang Shan, obviously determined to watch Jiang Shan finish the food.
Jiang Shan looked at the milk and corn in front of him and found it difficult to swallow for the first time.
The food is not poisonous, and it obviously won't be poisonous.
But anytime you are forced to swallow something, it will change its taste.
Jiang Shan picked up the glass of milk, and she realized that even what she drank must be black and white, absolutely "clean" and "white."
Seeing Jiang Shan finish the milk, she ate half of the corn and threw it aside.
This is the first time Jiang Shan has wasted food.
But Zhang Wanqiu still "let go" Jiang Shan. She picked up the empty cup and the remaining dinner plate and left the ward.
Before leaving, she turned off the light on the wall and said to Jiang Shan, "Good night."
The room was darker than the basement of the orphanage, and there was not even a trace of light. No matter how hard Jiang Shan blinked, he couldn't catch a glimmer of light in the darkness.
In less than ten minutes, the huge sleepiness rushed towards Jiang Shan, and the turbulence was like a ferocious beast, which was impossible to resist.
Jiang Shan knew this was the result, so he gave up resistance and fell into a dark dream.
But this time was different. Jiang Shan woke up in the middle of the night.
She clearly felt that she was awake, but she found that her eyes were still closed, and when she opened them with force, she found that she seemed to be unable to control her eyelids.
Not only her eyelids, she found that her body was not under her control.
It feels like only your consciousness is awake throughout your body, while your body is still sleeping.
What was even more terrifying was that Jiang Shan found someone touching her body.
Even gradually, she heard voices...
There was someone standing beside her bed, more than one person.
Someone lifted up her sleeve, and something cool was rubbed on the skin of her arm, "The blood vessels are so thin..."
Jiang Shan heard this sentence clearly in his ears. It was a man, and it was a voice that Jiang Shan had never heard before.
Later, Jiang Shan felt that the upper part of his arm was tightly wrapped around. It was the "tourniquet" that was wrapped around the arm to draw out the blood vessels before each injection.
