Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Peking Union Medical College Hospital.

Two o'clock in the morning.

He Yushui stared intently at the unconscious Sha Zhu on the hospital bed. She had been watching over him since 11 a.m., and her eyelids felt heavier and heavier, but she dared not rest.

The doctor said that if He Yuzhu does not wake up within 24 hours, he will never wake up again. There are only 9 hours left.

If she fell asleep, it would be troublesome if He Yuzhu woke up and there was no one to take care of him. No matter how sleepy she was, she dared not sleep.

She is both hungry and tired. She brought He Yuzhu to the hospital at 9 a.m. and only in the afternoon did she get so hungry that she bought two steamed buns to eat. It has been more than ten hours since then.

Looking at He Yuzhu, whose face was as pale as paper, He Yushui frowned deeply.

I don't know what's going on, but why have so many things happened in the past six months?

First, He Yuzhu beat Xu Damao so badly that he was hospitalized. Later, He Yuzhu was arrested. In the end, it was only through the help of the deaf old lady and Yi Zhonghai that He Yuzhu was rescued. They borrowed 1500 yuan from Yi Zhonghai.

Not long after, He Yuzhu was attacked without warning, leaving him crippled. He was attacked again, stabbed in the kidney, and then shot dead.

Who exactly did He Yuzhu offend? What deep-seated hatred did they have? Why did they have to put He Yuzhu to death?

Looking back, aside from frequently beating people in the courtyard, He Yuzhu didn't seem to have any deep-seated grudges against anyone. He also didn't seem to have offended anyone at the steel mill. What's going on here?

This time she saw it with her own eyes. The bandit wearing a hat had a clear target. He came up and shot He Yuzhu without saying a word. Judging from the man's appearance, he didn't seem to be crazy. He couldn't have killed someone for no reason, right?

Besides this reason, it must be that He Yuzhu offended someone, and offended them badly, so that someone hired someone to kill him. That's why He Yuzhu was attacked one after another. But who exactly did He Yuzhu offend?

He Yushui frowned. She seemed to have discovered a key problem, but it also seemed like something was missing, as if a thread was not connecting the dots.

She had lived with He Yuzhu for over ten years. He Yuzhu did have a sharp tongue and liked to beat people in the courtyard. Xu Damao had been beaten by him since he was a child, but these were all minor squabbles and could not possibly have caused any deep hatred.

correct!

Xu Damao.

Previously, He Yuzhu injured Xu Damao. Later, Xu Damao reported to the police and He Yuzhu was arrested. In the end, He Yuzhu borrowed 1500 yuan from Yi Zhonghai, and with the help of the deaf old lady, He Yuzhu was released. Could it be that Xu Damao held a grudge against him and was dissatisfied with the settlement terms, so he kept spending money to hire people to cause trouble for He Yuzhu?

She hadn't suspected Xu Damao before, after all, He Yuzhu had beaten Xu Damao since he was a child and nothing had ever happened to him before. But now that she thought about it carefully, Xu Damao was the most suspicious.

The reason might lie in what part of Xu Damao He Yuzhu injured, how serious the injury was, why He Yuzhu never reported to the police before when he hit Xu Damao, but reported to the police last time? And the matter was so serious that it cost a full 1500 yuan to get Xu Damao to write a letter of understanding, and the deaf old lady had to use her connections to get He Yuzhu released.

At the time, she thought the matter was over and didn't think about it too deeply. Now that so many things have happened, the more she thinks about it, the more she feels that something was wrong with what happened back then.

Thinking of this, her heart sank.

Xu Damao had just gone to the countryside to show movies after the Lunar New Year when he was attacked without warning and seriously injured. He is still recuperating in the hospital.

Could this be related to He Yuzhu? Are they trying to hurt each other? If so, then everything makes sense.

He Yushui decided that if He Yuzhu could wake up, she would definitely ask him what exactly happened between him and Xu Damao.

With a sigh, He Yushui suddenly felt incredibly tired.

There's no use thinking about it now. If He Yuzhu can't wake up within 9 hours, she really doesn't know what to do.

......

Time passed second by second.

Time quickly came to 10:30 in the morning.

He Yushui's eyes remained fixed on He Yuzhu. There was only half an hour left. If He Yuzhu couldn't wake up by then, he would never wake up again.

He Yushui sighed inwardly. She had given up completely. He hadn't woken up for so long, and with only half an hour left, she figured He Yuzhu was really doomed this time.

Her feelings were very complicated. He Yuzhu had beaten her many times for Qin Huairu, and in order to please Qin Huairu, he had made her so hungry that she often couldn't sleep. He had also beaten her for Yi Zhonghai. She hated He Yuzhu very much.

But He Yuzhu was, after all, her own brother. After her father left Beijing, He Yuzhu took care of her when she was most helpless and they had depended on each other for so many years. Deep down, she didn't want to see He Yuzhu leave like this.

But there was nothing she could do. She had done her best, and if He Yuzhu really couldn't wake up, there was nothing she could do.

Just as He Yushui was thinking about how to help He Yuzhu with his funeral arrangements, the door to the intensive care unit was pushed open, and a doctor in a white coat walked in.

Upon seeing the doctor, He Yushui rubbed her reddened eyes and asked, still somewhat unwilling to give up, "Doctor, my brother still hasn't regained consciousness. Is there really no way to help him?"

The doctor didn't answer He Yushui's question. He went to the bedside, felt Sha Zhu's pulse, then lifted Sha Zhu's eyelids to look at him, and shook his head with a sigh:

"He Yuzhu's vital signs are very weak, and almost 24 hours have passed. It is estimated that his vital signs will disappear within two hours. It is basically certain that he will not wake up. Young lady, please accept my condolences and prepare for your funeral."

Upon hearing the doctor's definitive answer, He Yushui's eyes gradually reddened, and hot tears fell onto the cold back of her hands, her voice trembling.

"Is...is there really no hope?"

The doctor sighed, "Young lady, please accept my condolences. Go and complete the formalities later, and then send your brother back for burial."

After saying that, the doctor left the intensive care unit.

Looking at He Yuzhu lying motionless on the bed, He Yushui grasped He Yuzhu's large hand, her tears flowing uncontrollably.

Even if He Yuzhu had made a thousand mistakes, he was still her own brother and had depended on her for so many years. No matter how much she hated He Yuzhu, she didn't want to see him leave like this!