The respiratory medicine ward has never been busier.
"If it weren't for you, my old man might be gone now. The Department of Respiratory Medicine is the benefactor of our family! Thank you, thank you!" The patient's family members spoke loudly and held the hand of the department director to express their gratitude again and again.
Then he took the banner from the people around him and solemnly presented it with both hands: "Thank you to all the medical staff of the Department of Respiratory Medicine..."
Someone in the crowd said: "Take a photo, hurry up and take a photo as a souvenir."
This was not the first time that a patient's family had sent a banner. The director was quite experienced in doing this. He quickly got into the role, shook hands gently, said kind words, and faced the camera with a smile...
Although he still hasn't figured out which patient's family member this is, who is the attending doctor, why the patient was admitted to the hospital, and when he was discharged from the hospital.
This time, the line-up to deliver the banner was larger than ever. When more than a dozen men, women, and children poured into the corridor, the head nurse was startled. She thought there was a medical disturbance and almost called the hospital security office to report it.
After learning the purpose of the visit, the tense atmosphere was instantly replaced by the harmony of doctors and patients as a family.
In almost every ward, patients or family members poked their heads out, and those with good intentions even came forward to watch the fun. For a time, the corridor of the already overcrowded respiratory medicine ward was filled with water.
The doctor's white, the nurse's pink, the patient's stripes were mixed with people dressed in various colors, including two police officers in plainclothes.
Duanmo leaned against the bed with one leg crossed, listening to the sounds outside. Faint thanks and laughter made her feel relieved. It was not a medical incident.
I flipped through my phone a few times with one hand. I don't know whether it was because I didn't sleep well last night or something else, but my eyelids gradually became heavy.
In the hazy moment, the door of the ward was pushed open from the outside. She steeled herself and wanted to ask what was going on outside. When she saw the wheelchair pushed in front of the hospital bed, her fingers holding the phone tightened. Then the phone slipped from her fingers and fell to the ground.
On the ground, the last consciousness rested on the pocket of the pink nurse's uniform with a small oil stain.
Fang Nuo walked out of the elevator carrying the bag containing the hospital's films, and was immediately stunned by the sight in front of him: "Damn, what's going on?"
"The patient's family members came here to send banners." A woman watching the excitement told her, "It is indeed a big hospital, and the technology is high. I heard that this old man was not alive when he was sent to the hospital, and he was rescued and stayed there for half a year.
Yue, I’m all gone now. If it weren’t for my age and family members, I would still want to come in person today.”
"It doesn't take so many people to send a banner, right?"
"My family is prosperous, and all my grandchildren want to come and express their gratitude."
This is true. Anyway, this is other people's business and has nothing to do with her. Fang Nuo feels that she can just be a common person.
His eyes accidentally caught a glimpse of a man and a woman squeezing out toward the inside of the corridor. As a family member of a criminal police officer, Fang Nuo's head rang with alarm bells.
Over the past few days, she had become quite familiar with the family members of the nearby ward. What were these two strangers doing in the single ward? Could they be taking advantage of the chaos to steal something?
Just when Fang Nuo was about to use his car-squeezing skills that he had practiced for many years to break through the crowd, he heard someone say: "Okay, let's not delay the work of other doctors. Let's go back!"
In an instant, people in the corridor began to disperse, and Fang Nuo clung to the wall to avoid being squeezed back into the elevator room again.
Seeing that the man and woman just now had arrived outside the crowd and were walking along the corridor, and were about to reach Duanmo's ward, Fang Nuo didn't care much and pushed his way past.
"Hey, who are you looking for?"
The woman glanced in through the small window on the ward door, her expression suddenly changed, and she ignored Fang Nuo and pushed the door straight into the ward.
"Who are you? Why did you break into a private house? I want to report..."
Before the word "police" was uttered, Fang Nuo, who rushed into the ward with his mobile phone, was also stunned.
There was no one in the ward, the quilts were scattered, and a corner was hung under the bed. The infusion tube hung down, and drops of medicine fell rhythmically along the needle to form a small puddle on the ground.
"The bathroom is empty!" the man growled, then put his fingers to his ears, "Report, Officer Duan is missing."
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When Duan Mo regained consciousness again, she was in a car. The van's cabin had been modified, half of the seats had been removed, and a soft bed had been installed, and she was lying on it at the moment.
The curtains were drawn on the car windows, and there was a baffle between the driver's cab and the car, so you couldn't see the outside. But judging from the flickering light coming out of the gaps in the curtains, it seemed like it was night.
Turning his eyes, Duanmo saw the slender figure sitting next to him and the familiar yet unfamiliar face.
"Where are you taking me?"
"woke up?"
Two voices sounded at the same time, one hoarse and the other deep. The former was Duan Mo and the latter was Xu Huaizheng.
"Drink some water." Xu Huaizheng took a bottle of mineral water, opened it, and handed it over.
She didn't pick up the phone and sat up slowly. The effects of the medicine made her still a little dizzy. She leaned against the car to relax. When she opened her eyes again, she regained clarity.
She curled up her legs and huddled into a ball, staring at the man opposite her.
Xu Huaizheng raised his hand and turned on the light on the car roof. Light and shadow fell between the two of them. In the dim light, his black and white eyes were full of vigilance.
Xu Huaizheng chuckled: "Why are you looking at me like that?"
He handed the mineral water forward again: "Drink it, your throat is hoarse. Don't worry, it's just opened, it's not poisonous."
Duanmo took it and took a long sip. Her throat was finally not so dry. She was not worried about Xu Huaizheng poisoning her. If he wanted to harm her, he would not wait until now.
"Eat, and then take the medicine." Xu Huaizheng took the thermos bucket from the seat on the other side and opened it. The aroma of seafood porridge inside suddenly overflowed.
I didn't feel hungry at first, but when I smelled the fragrance, I remembered that my last meal was the wontons and sugar cookies that Fang Nuo brought to the ward.
No matter what, I couldn't resist my stomach. Duanmo held the thermos bucket and drank the porridge by the spoonful, and asked vaguely: "What did you do to Nurse Xu?"
"Nurse Xu?" Xu Huaizheng frowned slightly and reacted instantly, "I didn't expect that nurse to be my boss. Don't worry, at most she won't dare to go to the bathroom alone in the future."
Hearing that Xu Xinglan was fine, Duanmo felt relieved and continued to drink porridge with his head down.
"How did you know it was her?" Xu Huaizheng opened another box of pea yellow, held it in his hand, and brought it to Duan Mo.
He took out a piece from it, took a bite, and then Duanmo said, "The nurse who took me away had a small piece of oil on her pocket. Fang Nuo gave Xu Xinglan two sugar cookies in the morning, and she put them in that pocket."
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"My service as a police officer these past two years has really been worthwhile." Xu Huaizheng chuckled.
"You still know that I am a policeman!" Duanmo put the thermos bucket with only the bottom of the porridge on the ground. "Then do you know that kidnapping a policeman will result in a sentence of more than ten years in prison or life imprisonment, as well as a fine or confiscation of property?"