Chapter 422
Chapter 422: A Dead Man Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
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You could hardly expect someone to care enough to pursue care of his long-ill parent .
This was an ancient Chinese saying, which made sense .
A lot of energy and patience were required to take care of a patient .
Long Tianyou didn’t say anything . He knew what exactly his father meant . In fact, he had already gotten sick of taking care of his father .
“Aye!”
Long Yunfei sighed . He had run out of his options . He felt ashamed .
Meanwhile, the doctors were having a meeting to discuss a patient in the People’s Hospital of Lianshan County .
This was not supposed to happen!
“How could this happen?” said a doctor . “He was in the last stage of cancer . ”
The laboratory results the doctors had belonged to Li Maoshuang’s uncle, who had a diagnosis of late-stage cancer .
“I didn’t expect our treatment could make such a big difference,” said another doctor .
None of these doctors could believe that the medication they prescribed could have such a wonderful effect . After all, it was not the first time they had treated a cancer patient . The treatment protocol and medications for all cancer patients were pretty much the same . The priority was to prolong a patient’s life and reduce pain . Li Maoshuang’s uncle was an exception . All of the doctors thought he was going to die soon . They even suggested his family to take him home . For a moment, it appeared that he had a momentary recovery of consciousness just before his death . However, the recovery was proving to not be momentary .
“Maybe we should observe him a bit longer?” suggested a doctor .
“How about changing the medication?” suggested another doctor .
“No, we don’t want anything to go wrong,” said the treating doctor .
It was so unusual for any cancer patient to get better, when they were late-stage . It was a miracle as well as glorious .
At the end of the meeting, the doctors decided to keep Li Maoshuang’s uncle at hospital for ongoing observation and treatment .
Hence, they saw Li Maoshuang’s more frequently .
“The doctors come here all the time!” Li Maoshuang’s cousins, of course, knew why they their father had gotten better . It really had nothing to do with the doctors in the hospital .
“They come all the time because Dad has gotten better over the past few days . They must want to know the reason,” said one of Li Maoshuang’s female cousin .
“Huh! Seal your mouth . We can’t tell them about Dr . Wang,” said Li Maoshuang’s eldest cousin .
“I see,” said the female cousin .
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Ginseng, wolfberry, gorgon, solomon’s seal, ganoderma…
Wang Yao was brewing a decoction .
All the herbs in the decoction were to improve one’s immune system . Wang Yao didn’t put Shanjing and Guiyuan, which were two licorice roots . Instead, e used other herbs to replace them . The decoction would work, just not as effective as the original Regather Soup .
It took Wang Yao a long time to brew the decoction, because he needed to make sure all the herbs were completely melted in the liquid .
As Wang Yao almost finished brewing the decoction, he took out some of the original Regather Soup and added it into the decoction . It was the finishing touch . Wang Yao hoped that the original Regather Soup would increase the effect of the decoction significantly .
The fire went out gradually .
The decoction was ready .
Wang Yao didn’t know how effective it would be . He needed to test it on a patient .
It was just the beginning . If it worked, he could apply the same method to other decoctions .
Meanwhile in Beijing, Song Ruiping asked Chen Ying to come to meet her .
“Ma’am,” said Chen Ying .
“Ying, I want you to go to somewhere for me,” said Song Ruiping .
“Where would you like me to go?” asked Chen Ying .
“Lianshan County . I want to you pay a visit to Dr . Wang,” said Song Ruiping .
“Pay him a visit? For what?” Chen Ying was a bit surprised, because it had always been Chen Boyuan who visited Wang Yao in Lianshan .
“To ask him when he’s available to come to Beijing, of course . Xiaoxue is recovering, but she has yet to fully recover . You can also ask him to see your brother,” said Song Ruiping .
“Okay,” said Chen Ying .
“Get yourself ready and leave as soon as possible,” said Song Ruiping .
“Okay, Ma’am,” said Chen Ying .
She went back to pack up her luggage right away . Actually, she had wanted to visit Wang Yao a long time ago . Wang Yao often mentioned to her about his village and Nanshan Hill .
She couldn’t wait to have a look at the village and the hill .
Another day passed .
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It was getting late .
Wang Yao’s mother was still walking back and forth in the room, because her brother’s wife was in the hospital . She would probably give birth to a baby at night .
“I thought they had decided she would have a C-section tomorrow,” said Wang Yao .
Nowadays a lot of pregnant women would pick a good day to have a Caesarean section for the best luck . A lot of people believed that the time of birth would have a lifetime impact on a person .
Wang Yao’s uncle and his wife were no exception . In fact, both of them were very superstitious, especially about child birth . They paid someone to predict the best time for their child to be born . However, one still had to expect the unexpected .
“Yao, can you go to the hospital?” asked Zhang Xiuying .
“Me? What can I do there?” said Wang Yao with surprise .
He didn’t know much about childbirth .
“You go and take a look at your uncle’s wife . Try to delay the child until tomorrow,” said Zhang Xiuying .
“Mom, are you serious?” said Wang Yao with a laugh .
“Well…” said Zhang Xiuying with a sigh .
“This is ridiculous . Your sister-in-law is giving birth to a baby, what can Yao do help her?” said Wang Fenghua .
“Mom, how about you give my uncle a call to ask if he needs any help with lifting the bed . If he needs help, I can go . You and Dad can stay at home,” said Wang Yao .
“Okay, I’ll call him,” said Zhang Xiuying .
She rang her brother immediately, and was told that no assistance was required at this stage .
“Let me know if you need any help,” said Zhang Xiuying .
“Okay, I will,” said her brother .
Wang Yao left for Nanshan Hill after dinner . As he passed his clinic, he got a phone call from his mother, who told him that his uncle’s wife was about to give birth . Zhang Xiuying asked Wang Yao to go home immediately . So Wang Yao went back home to pick his car and drive to the town center .
“Mom, I can go by myself . You can’t have to come,” said Wang Yao .
“I must go, what if they need me to help?” Zhang Xiuying insisted .
There were not many cars on the road at night . Wang Yao drove fast . On his way to the hospital, Zhang Xiuying received a message that her sister-in-law’s water had broken .
The doctors must operate on her sister-in-law immediately .
It was past 8pm by the time they had arrived at the People’s Hospital .
Apart from Wang Yao and Zhang Xiuying, Zhang Xiuying’s youngest sister, her husband, and Wang Yao’s uncle’s brother-in-law had all arrived .
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“How is she?” asked Zhang Xiuying .
“She’s been in the theater for 20 minutes . The doctors are operating on her . ” Wang Yao’s uncle looked nervous . His face was pale .
It was a long wait, especially for the family members .
Time passed extremely slowly .
Finally, one of the doctors came out with a baby .
It was a baby girl .
Wang Yao’s mother took over the baby, and held her in the arm .
Wang Yao stepped forward to take a look at the baby . It was the first time he had ever seen a baby so closely .
Hmmm…
The baby looked a bit ugly .
Well, most newborns were ugly .
However, the baby was so alive .
She was so new to the world .
After a while, Wang Yao’s uncle’s wife was propelled out of the theater . The anesthesia was still taking its effect .
Wang Yao and Zhang Xiuying helped propel the mother into a hospital room, then transferred her onto the hospital bed . Wang Yao’s uncle arranged a nice hospital room for his wife . There were two beds in the room while the other bed was empty . That way, one of the family members staying overnight in the hospital could rest on the other bed .
“What a cute baby girl!” said Zhang Xiuying as she was holding the baby .
Maybe because it was a girl, Wang Yao didn’t think his uncle was too excited .
“I’ll let Mom know everything’s fine so she won’t be worried,” said Zhang Xiuying’s youngest sister .
“Right, go ahead,” said Zhang Xiuying .
Due to the arrival of the baby, one of the family members had to stay to take care of both the baby and the mother . Zhang Xiuying’s youngest sister was not well, so Zhang Xiuying decided to stay in the hospital . Wang Yao also stayed in a hotel in Lianshan overnight . He wanted to go to his sister’s place, but it was too late .
The next morning, Zhang Xiuying looked tired after staying up for the whole night .
“Mom, you should go home to have a good rest,” said Wang Yao .
“Okay,” said Zhang Xiuying . “By the way, can you go to your grandparents’ place to bring them to the hospital later during the day?”
“No problem,” said Wang Yao .
Wang Yao drove his mother back home, then drove to his grandparents’ house . His grandparents’ were about to leave for the hospital . If Wang Yao had gotten there a bit later, they would probably have taken the bus to the hospital . After he had dropped his grandparents in the hospital, he went to the town center .
On his way to the hospital, he got a call from a stranger .
“What? He’s dead?” asked Wang Yao with surprise . “I see . ” He hung up the phone .
“Is everything alright? Who’s dead?” Wang Yao’s grandparents overheard his conversation with whoever on the other side of the phone . The two of them were a bit worried .
“Yes, everything’s fine,” said Wang Yao with a smile .
He dropped his grandparents at the hospital and talked with them briefly before leaving .
At the moment he had something more pressing to deal with . One of his patients was dead .
It was the person who had a headache initially and was poisoned subsequently . He died in the People’s Hospital of Haiqu . The police had started to investigate his death . The person’s secretary, that middle-aged man, told the police everything the person had done in the last few days during an interview . The police noticed that the person had visited Wang Yao twice and taken herbs prescribed by him .
Such important information would, of course, attract the attention of the police . They quickly found Wang Yao’s number and gave him a call .
I suppose the police will come find me in the village .
As expected, two policemen came to the village from Haiqu in the morning . They found Wang Yao in his clinic, and asked him about the dead person .
“Had you ever seen him before he came to you?” asked one of the policemen .
“No, I’ve only seen him twice in two days . He came to complain about a headache in the first day . He came back the next day because he was poisoned,” said Wang Yao .
“Poisoned? Are you sure?” The two policemen immediately became alert .
“Yes,” said Wang Yao .
“What kind of poison?” asked one of the policemen .
“I’m not sure,” said Wang Yao .
“When did you obtain your medical certificate?” asked the other policeman .
“September this year,” said Wang Yao .
He showed the two policemen his medical certificate and permit of running a medical clinic . This paperwork indicated that he complied with the legal requirements of running a medical clinic . Otherwise, he would be in trouble .
“Do you know who he is?” asked one of the policemen .
“No . I only know that his surname is Luo,” said Wang Yao .
“His name was Luo Jiadong,” said one of the policemen .
“So was he someone special?” asked Wang Yao .
“Yes, he was,” said the policeman .