False evidence

Chapter 383 Virus
The old beggar didn't answer the question; he just stared at me with his aged, cloudy eyes. He looked at me as if he were scrutinizing a long-lost friend.

I asked Gao He: Do you remember the old man who gave me the iron skewer at the entrance of Elephant Trunk Alley?

Gao He was surprised: "It's him?"

The old beggar seemed completely unconcerned about our conversation. He stared at me for a long while, then said in a hoarse voice:

"You lied to me back then, didn't you? So many years have passed, she's long gone, isn't she?"

Before I could speak, he suddenly straightened up, grabbed my hand, and shouted:
"She must have relatives! You promised me you'd help me fulfill my wish, you can't go back on your word!"

"Don't get excited yet!"

I felt his whole body trembling violently. He had only said one sentence when I felt a sharp pain on the back of his hand.

Then look at the old beggar; his eyes are rolled back, he's foaming at the mouth, and he's lying on the bed convulsing uncontrollably.

"doctor!"

While Gao ran out to call for help, the monkey began to provide first aid to the old beggar.

When the medical staff arrived, I pried open the old beggar's hand that was holding me, pursed my lips, and walked out.

Monkey and Gao both said to me at the same time, "Go to the clinic and get a tetanus shot!"

I looked at my hand, which was bleeding profusely from being pinched by the old beggar, waved my hand, and said:

"Have you forgotten what I do?"

The monkey paused for a moment, then said, "Oh, right? You veterinarians seem to administer vaccines every six months, don't you?"

I nodded.

Veterinarians treat animals, and even the most docile animals can accidentally hurt a veterinarian with their claws or teeth, or out of self-preservation instincts.

Therefore, before classes even started upon enrollment, we received all the necessary vaccinations, including rabies and tetanus. We were also required to receive these vaccinations regularly throughout our studies and future medical practice.

I was scratched by an old beggar, not by an animal; saying that sounds insulting.

But... the old beggar was really too dirty.

The black grime under the fingernails smelled strongly of rotten fish.

That's why the monkey and Gao were so nervous when they saw that I had been scratched.

The monkey led me to the nurses' office and had someone treat my wound.

"It hurts a little, just bear with it."

Just as the head nurse, who was familiar with the monkey, pressed an alcohol swab onto the back of my hand, a commotion suddenly broke out in the corridor.

Gao He walked out with a frown on his face.

About ten minutes later, a man in a white coat rushed in and said:

"Quickly give me the phone number of Ma Guihua's family!"

The head nurse was about to bandage my wound when she heard this, so she dropped the gauze, rushed to the computer, and asked while operating the computer:
What happened to Ma Guihua?

The doctor in the white coat said, "It's an acute myocardial infarction. Director Zhang and his team are working on her. Contact her family as soon as possible and start surgery immediately..."

"Hello! Is this Qiu Moumou? Your mother, Ma Guihua, has suffered a sudden heart attack. She's at the First Hospital and needs immediate treatment..."

The head nurse dialed the number she had found and quickly and professionally explained the situation.

"Beep beep..."

The call ended, and I heard the sound of the hands-free landline.

The doctor in the white coat rushed forward and called back. The moment the call connected, the other end yelled, "Fuck you! I don't know that woman, don't bother me again!"

"Beep beep..."

The doctor in the white coat dialed twice more, but the other party simply turned off their phone.

"What the hell is this?!"

The doctor in the white coat finally gave up, cursing as he ran out.

Gao He walked in, brushing past him, his face extremely pale.

I asked him what was wrong?
Gao He said, "That caregiver is the one who slapped the old beggar before. She was probably in a bad mood and then verbally abused another patient, even pinching the old lady's cheek. The family happened to see it. The two sides started arguing, and she just lay down. They said it was a heart attack, and she's already been taken to the emergency room."

The monkey and I exchanged a glance, both thinking of the incompetent caregiver and recalling the words the old beggar had said to her.

The head nurse carefully bandaged my wound, saying as she washed her hands:

"Heaven's sins may be forgiven, but self-inflicted sins are unforgivable."

The monkey, who knew her well, asked, "Sister Meng, what happened? What's wrong with that horse...?"

"Ma Guihua!"

The head nurse, a straightforward person, waved her hand and said, "Lazy, greedy, and always talking nonsense. She's been complained about so many times, yet she's still here. How can she stay? Ha, Xiao Zhao, I don't need to say more, do I?"

The monkey asked, "She's just a caregiver, how come she has connections?"

"Hey, I wouldn't say he has a great background, but he 'knows how to get along with people'!"

The head nurse made a money-counting gesture. "You know how many ridiculous things happen in our line of work! Basically, everyone thinks she's no good, but she still 'sticks to her post' and makes a good living!"

Gao waved his hand to interrupt the monkey who wanted to ask more questions, and said:

"Ma Guihua has been taken to the emergency room. We need to contact her family right away!"

The head nurse pointed to the computer screen: "Her family's contact information is all up here, call them anytime! If I may say something inappropriate, I would respect anyone who can get through, who can persuade her family to come to the hospital, even just to see her for a moment, as a god!"

"Why?" the monkey frowned. "This is a matter of life and death, and not a single member of her family cares about her?"

How to show concern?

The head nurse sneered, "I told you I knew. When her son was six, she divorced her husband. She didn't take the house or the child; she just took all the family's savings. She said it was only 52,000 yuan, but that was a lot back then."

Two years later, her relationship with her lover broke down, and she reconciled with her husband. But a year later, they divorced again. She said she met a sophisticated, artistic young man from Shanghai, and the two fell in love at first sight. So they tore up their marriage certificate again and ran off to Shanghai with him.

Sixteen years passed in the blink of an eye! Sixteen years later, tsk, he returned. He said he had experienced the coldness and warmth of human relationships, seen all the worldly vanities, and finally understood the principle of returning to simplicity, wanting to grow old with his original wife.

What happened? Knowing her ex-husband had liver cancer, she insisted he had deceived her and went on to divorce him for the third time! This time, she didn't ask for anything, because the man was truly broke from medical expenses!
It's said that a strong soul is indomitable. Not long after, she found 'true love' again. The result was that she spent over 100,000 yuan tipping a male online streamer, almost selling her house... Finally, she reported him to the police for rape!

"Force her?"

The image of that 'heroine' appeared in my mind, and I tried hard to imagine what she looked like when she was young...

"In the end, the police handled the case as 'an unethical transaction that failed, leading to a debt dispute between the two parties.'"

The head nurse gently patted the back of my hand, which had just been bandaged, and winked at me.
Now you know what 'pursuit' means, right?

I recoiled in pain, pulling my hand back and wincing as I said:
"Isn't that just utterly despicable?"

The head nurse smiled, then suddenly her lips drooped downwards, as if she had become a different person. She stared straight at me and said, word by word:

"Do you think it's better for someone like that to live, or to die sooner?"

(End of this chapter)