"Boss...can you hear me?" Ran Jiang's urgent tone came from the other end of the phone, as if he was breathing heavily as if he had just gone through a fast long-distance run.
Cao Aiqian sat up from the bed and asked, "What's going on?"
"My sister...my sister...she is dying!" He spoke in a nervous and anxious voice, with a hint of forcefully pretending to cry, "I...I don't know what I would do without her...I can only think of you!"
"Don't worry, I'll find you right away wherever you are." Cao Aiqian put her cell phone on the bed and turned it on speakerphone, and used one hand to grab a coat from the closet and put it on.
The winter in Sengkang City in December was colder than any winter in Cao Aiqian's memory. Especially at night, she stood under the dim street lights and tried to wrap up her coat tightly. There were only a few pedestrians on the roadside hurriedly walking with their heads lowered.
A light gray taxi drove over and stopped in front of her. He slowly rolled down the window and asked her where she was going with a kind smile. His tone was white in the cold air.
The car quickly stopped at the entrance of Shengkang Hospital. After simply paying the fare, he ran towards the hospital lobby.
"Hello, madam, do you have an appointment?" The sweet voice of a little girl wearing a nurse uniform sounded at the reception desk.
Cao Aiqian raised her face and looked at her, "Excuse me, on which floor and room number is a patient named Ran He hospitalized?"
"Please follow me." The nurse receptionist checked in front of the computer and took Cao Aiqian to the third floor in the elevator.
The night is as thick as splashed ink.
Incandescent hospital lights illuminate the hallways.
In the spacious and narrow corridor, a nursing bed looked particularly out of place.
Ran He curled up into a small ball, holding on to the thin quilt with both hands. His lips were pale and chapped without any bloodshot eyes, and his eyes were filled with tears. The tear stains were clearly visible on his small cheeks.
The electronic clock beside the hospital bed made a tinny sound.
"Dr. Cheng, it's so cold in winter. Please let my sister stay in the ward. I will find a way to solve the problem. I will help you get it together tomorrow morning." Ran Jiang pleaded to Dr. Cheng with an anxious look on his face.
Behind Ran Jiang stood a woman in a white coat and gold-rimmed glasses, who looked very gentle and kind.
But Ran Jiang knew that such people were the most difficult to deal with, because they had desperate medical ethics.
Dr. Cheng glanced at him and shook his head: "You haven't paid your medical and hospitalization fees for three days. The hospital is short of beds and we can only provide beds to patients who have paid hospitalization fees first."
After saying that, he looked at Ran He who was lying on the bed, measured her temperature with his hand on her forehead, and left silently.
"Brother is fine. It's great that Dr. Cheng can let me use the free bed in the corridor." Ran He comforted him in a gentle tone, while tugging at the corner of Ran Jiang's clothes with his hand.
The steel frame of the nursing bed that Ran He was sleeping on was cracked and deformed. The hospital was preparing to take it for repairs or scrap it. Ran Jiang begged the nurse to keep it temporarily.
Ran He's voice came from in front of Cao Aiqian, and her heart clenched tightly.
"Boss!" Ran Jiang shouted excitedly as if he had seen a savior when he saw Cao Aiqian.
Cao Aiqian stepped forward, patted Ran Jiang on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, I will help you pay the medical bills first." After that, he gave the bank card to Ran Jiang. There was not much money in it, but it could temporarily cure the current embarrassment.
"Boss...I..." Ran Jiang was trembling a little as he spoke. He couldn't help but shed tears when he saw Cao Aiqian. He wanted to thank him but found that he couldn't say a word.
"You go and pay first, and I'll find the doctor in the duty room to change Ran He's ward." Cao Aiqian finished speaking calmly and walked towards the duty room.
Ran He lay on the bed and squinted her eyes. When Cao Aiqian walked away, she asked gently: "Brother, who is this beautiful sister?"
"He is the person who can save your life." Ran Jiang looked at Cao Ai Qian's retreating back and wiped the corners of his eyes with his hands.
After briefly handling Ran He's matter, Cao Aiqian lay down on the edge of the bed and fell asleep. She really didn't have the energy to take a taxi home alone.
At about five o'clock in the morning the next day, she was awakened by the noise outside. She looked into the corridor and saw the family members arguing loudly with the doctor. The doctor-patient relationship will still be an unresolved issue even 20 years from now.
"Boss, you're awake!" Ran Jiang opened the door to the ward, holding a steaming breakfast in his hand.
He must have stayed up all night last night, his eyes were bloodshot, the corners of his mouth were also chapped, and he looked haggard.
"Yes." Cao Ai responded lightly. She had just woken up and had not recovered yet. Her head was still a little groggy. She raised her hand and pressed her temples gently. She frowned slightly and said, "Why did you go out so early?"
"Boss, I remember that your favorite breakfast is from Shengyue Baozi Shop in Dongcheng District. They open at five o'clock every morning and close at seven o'clock in the morning."
Ran Jiang put breakfast on the table, glanced at Ran He who was still sleeping, pulled up a chair and sat down, then muttered: "Boss, drink some milk first, I've heated it up."
When Cao Aiqian heard the words, a warmth surged in his heart, and he felt a little distressed when he looked at Ran Jiang's tired face.
Ding-ding-ring...ring-ring...an alarm came from the cell phone, reminding Cao Aiqian that it was time to go to school.
"Boss, there is something I have to tell you." Ran Jiang lowered his eyes and said with some embarrassment: "I saw that you were busy all night last night about Ran He, so I used your mobile phone this morning I asked Teacher Yan for half a day off."
"It's okay. If you don't ask for leave, I will ask for leave myself." Cao Ai responded with a slight smile.
The two had a simple breakfast. Cao Aiqian bought Ran Jiang a portable folding bed so that he could take care of Ran He at night, and then took the bus back to the rental house to catch up on some sleep.
She didn't have the energy to ask what happened to Ran He right now. She should wait until she calmed down before calling Ran Jiang to ask.
When she woke up at noon, the weather outside had cleared up a lot. The winter sunshine always gave people a warm and comfortable feeling. This feeling made Cao Aiqian forget the fatigue of the night.
But even so, the dizziness caused by staying up all night did not disappear. She took out the medicine prescribed by the school infirmary for hypoglycemia from the drawer of her bedside table and took it.
She lay slumped on the soft bed and stared at the ceiling in a daze, until a call from her cell phone interrupted her whimsical thoughts again.
"Ai Qian." Ma Teng's clear and hearty laughter came from over there.
Cao Aiqian didn't even think about it. He mostly asked if the last investment money had been received. So many days must have passed one after another.
"Mr. Ma, don't worry, I will definitely help you solve it." Cao Aiqian really didn't want to hear Ma Teng talk too much, so she cut off his question about money in advance.
A lot of things happened recently that made her busy and upset. She seemed to have forgotten that she was a 16-year-old high school student in time. Instead, she felt like a scheming middle-aged person.
When Ma Teng heard what she said, he breathed a sigh of relief and exchanged a few more polite greetings with Cao Aiqian with a smile.
In fact, Ma Teng did not want to count on a 16-year-old girl, but on the support of the entire family behind her. This 4 million must be just a drop in the ocean for Cao Kouwen.
Although Cao Aiqian was just an orphan adopted by the Cao Group, no one knew that the Cao couple pampered her into the enviable rich girl in Sengkang City before they were alive.
Even though we often hear rumors that Cao Kouwen has always looked down on this sister, there are also rumors in the market that the Cao couple secretly left a huge inheritance to her, otherwise she would not have said 4 million so easily.
As soon as Cao Aiqian entered the classroom in the afternoon, the class committee came to ask her about participating in the school sports meeting. At this school sports meeting, Teacher Yan mentioned that those with outstanding performance could represent the school in provincial competitions.
Xiao Yuanchen and Cao Aiqian get good results in the school sports meeting every year. This is something that Teacher Yan should be proud of in front of other teachers.
After entering high school, the school began to divide the elite class into the elite class and the ordinary class. According to Cao Aiqian's comprehensive performance in the past, she could not get into the elite class. If her family hadn't suddenly donated 5 million to the school for school expansion before she entered the class, she would not have been admitted to the elite class. So he made an exception and allowed her to study in the elite class.
Fortunately, although Cao Aiqian is usually naughty and mischievous, she has special advantages in sports. Now she is good. She has easily become a top student overnight, and has become a top student in the eyes of teachers and classmates throughout the school. of conversation.
