"The patient suffered severe head injuries at the back, accompanied by cerebral hemorrhage. We've really done our best," the doctor sighed. "The patient is now in a vegetative state."
The door of the emergency room opened, and the patient was wheeled out by the doctors. Watching Jiang Lihao being taken away, Gu Sisi took a few deep breaths.
"Doctor, is there still a chance for him to wake up?"
"Yes. It could be a week, or perhaps five or six years. But there's also a possibility that he'll never wake up," the doctor said as he put on his mask.
Leaving behind a sentence, "It depends on his fate."
Huo Cheng looked up and grabbed the doctor's collar. "Are you saying there's no hope for him?"
Seeing Huo Cheng suddenly lash out, Gu Sisi immediately panicked and tugged at his cuffs. "Huo Cheng, calm down!"
"Sir, please calm down. We've truly done our best," the doctor said with his eyes almost popping out.
Huo Cheng clenched his fists, then let go of the doctor and turned away.
"Sorry, sorry," Gu Sisi clasped her hands together and immediately followed Huo Cheng. She watched as he stood outside the ward, looking at Jiang Lihao inside, who was connected to straws and various medical devices.
Gu Sisi felt a pang of sadness in her heart. She wasn't completely unaware of what had happened. She knew that Jiang Lihao had taken a blow for Huo Cheng, which was why Huo Cheng was acting so abnormally today.
Yes, it was very abnormal. Huo Cheng was always rational. Even when he was enraged, there was always a reason. But today, he had acted impulsively towards a stranger.
"Don't blame yourself too much," Gu Sisi walked up to Huo Cheng and comforted him.
And there was also what he had said to her yesterday. This incident clearly wasn't Huo Cheng's fault, but he had taken all the blame on himself.
"Sisi," Huo Cheng turned around. "I've already called the driver. Go home and rest first."
There were still traces of blood on Huo Cheng's black suit. Although it wasn't his own, the usually neat and tidy him now looked a bit dejected. Gu Sisi couldn't bear to refuse his words and nodded.
"If you're tired, don't force yourself to stay up," Gu Sisi vaguely guessed that he might not sleep at all tonight.
"Sorry, there's nothing we can do," the doctor in the white coat shook his head.
This was the best brain specialist in the country that Huo Cheng had contacted and rushed here non - stop.
"Is there really no way at all?" Huo Cheng was much calmer now, but he still couldn't believe it.
"Don't be too negative. Clinically, the chance of waking up is quite high. It still depends on the patient's will to live. Have more people he's familiar with talk to him. Miracles may happen."
It was all up to fate in the end.
Huo Cheng sat beside Jiang Lihao's hospital bed. Looking at him as if he was just sleeping, he took a deep breath and continued to contact doctors.
If the doctors in the country couldn't do it, he didn't believe that none of the doctors in the world could.
Fate be damned. The truth his life had always taught him was that man could conquer nature.
...
The next day, when Gu Sisi rushed to the hospital, Huo Cheng was no longer in the ward.
"Madam," Chen Fang immediately stood up.
Seeing Gu Sisi's confused look, he replied, "Master left for another country on business last night. He asked me to tell you."
"Oh," Gu Sisi nodded. Although she didn't know why, it was within her expectations.
She took out the food box. "Are you hungry? I brought some breakfast."
It was originally for Huo Cheng, but she didn't expect things to turn out this way.
Chen Fang waved his hands hurriedly. He would only take it if he was crazy.
"No, no, no, Madam. I stayed up all night last night. I'm going home to sleep."
Gu Sisi slowed down her movements of taking out the food box. "I see."
She could understand. "Then I'll stay with him during the day."
"No need. There are people coming in shifts," Chen Fang continued to wave his hands.
"I'm free anyway. I'll just stay and watch. It'll make me feel more at ease," she said. After all, he was in a coma partly because he saved her. It was false to say she had no obligation.
"Alright then, Madam."
Chen Fang hesitated for a long time. But then he thought that since Mr. Huo had told them not to inform Jiang Lihao's family yet and just let people who knew Jiang Lihao come and accompany him before he came back, Madam was one of them, so it was just right.
Gu Sisi sat on the chair boredly. Occasionally, doctors and nurses came to check the bed and change the medicine. Other than that, there was no noise at all.
Gradually, before she knew it, it was noon, and the sun was high in the sky.
Gu Sisi woke up with a start from her dream. She shook her head, yawned widely, stood up, and stomped her numb feet.
When she looked up, she was stunned.
The two stared at each other for a long time. Finally, Gu Sisi spoke first.
"You're awake?" Her pupils dilated.
What was she seeing? Jiang Lihao was awake!
She rushed out to find the doctors and nurses, forgetting about the call button.
A group of people rushed in. The nurses and doctors all opened their mouths wide.
Oh my god! They had never encountered such a situation before. In just one night, the patient who was diagnosed as vegetative had woken up.
At first, everyone was in a panic, but then they gradually calmed down and checked all of Jiang Lihao's physical indicators.
"Just need to rest well," the doctor said with a voice trembling with excitement.
Gu Sisi nodded quickly. Although she didn't know the significance of this in the medical field, she was still very happy.
"Are there any things I need to pay attention to?"
The doctors took Gu Sisi outside. One doctor said one thing, and another said another, giving her a lot of instructions.
It took Gu Sisi a long time to come back in.
As soon as she entered the door,
"I'm hungry."
Gu Sisi hesitated for a moment and stared at the untouched food box on the table. But after so long, the food was cold. She'd better find something hot.
"Wait a moment. I'll call someone to bring you something," Gu Sisi was about to call Sister Hu.
"I want it now," the tone was very insistent.
Gu Sisi was a bit helpless. She opened the food box, saw that there was still a bit of heat, and then felt relieved. She put it on the bedside table.
"Eat a little to fill your stomach first. Eat less. You'll have something hot later," Gu Sisi was very patient.
"Feed me!"
Gu Sisi covered the phone, feeling speechless. Looking at the IV drip on his hand, she compromised and whispered, "Wait a moment."
After hanging up the phone, she picked up the millet porridge.
"Eat this first. It's good for you," Gu Sisi fed him spoon by spoon. Suddenly, she had a strange feeling of motherly love and got goosebumps all over.
She shivered and sighed. Although his condition had improved, the big bandage on his head was still very obvious.
"Thank you so much for what happened yesterday," Gu Sisi said sincerely. If it weren't for Huo Cheng and him coming to save her, she didn't know what would have happened and whether she would still be safe. Instead, she was sitting in front of the person who was injured because of her.
The man swallowed the porridge in his mouth and looked at her with a puzzled expression.
"Who are you?"
???
Gu Sisi was completely dumbfounded.