Game within game: chess player

Near the end of 2002, when Ye Fang was preparing to spend his first Spring Festival in South Africa, the latest news about Beijing came from Nanyi. Zhang Xiuying was hospitalized due to illness, and her condition was critical.

"The old lady went to Guangzhou ten days ago. She felt uncomfortable when she came back. At first she thought it was a common cold, but yesterday she was sent directly to the ICU because of difficulty breathing." Nan Yi said.

"Nanyi, it seems I can't go back to the capital if I don't want to." Ye Fang sighed and said.

"It's too dangerous for you to go back now. If you hold on for at least three more months, it will be safer to go back when the situation becomes clearer in three months." Nan Yi advised.

"I can hold on for another three months, but she may not be able to hold on for three more months. After all, she is older and less energetic. Now that the Ye family is implicated because of my affairs, if I am asked to do nothing at this time, If we know this, no one in this generation will feel at ease." Ye Fang said in a serious tone.

Nan Yi knew that now Ye Fang felt indebted to the Ye family, and now his mother Zhang Xiuying was seriously ill. Although the two were not even remotely related by blood, they were already better than their biological mother and son.

"Okay, I'll make arrangements and get a new identity for you," Nan Yi said.

"Okay." Ye Fang nodded.

Nan Yi's identity was obtained quickly, and then Ye Fang took off from Cape Town International Airport in South Africa with his new identity. The plane finally landed at Capital International Airport more than ten hours later.

This is Ye Fang's return to the capital after more than a year, and today is New Year's Day in 2003. What surprised Ye Fang was that there was very little passenger traffic in the entire airport. Everyone was wearing masks and hurried in and out of the airport, seemingly not wanting to stay outside for too long.

Not only is there a newspaper in the newspaper column in the corner, the front page headline reads "Production of Banlangen 24 hours a day", which means that an unknown pneumonia is spreading in Guangdong, and all Chinese medicine Banlangen is out of stock.

In the entire airport, only the six people from Ye Fang did not wear masks, which looked extremely unusual. Later, after being reminded by the airport service staff, the six people from Ye Fang put on the masks provided by the airport.

"What happened?" Ye Fang drew a big question mark in his mind.

Nan had already rented a car early in the morning and took Ye Fang out of the airport to the Military General Hospital. Only after getting into the taxi did Ye Fang and the others realize that an unknown pneumonia was spreading in Guangdong. It was said that many people in the capital were now infected, causing People in the capital are in panic, and everyone is waiting for official notification every day.

Through the window of the taxi, Ye Fang saw that the capital city was very depressed. There were very few pedestrians and motor vehicles. The occasional pedestrians who were seen were walking very fast. After seeing the scene in front of him, Ye Fang was even more worried about Zhang Xiuying's condition. He didn't know if there was any specific medicine to treat pneumonia caused by an unknown virus. After all, Zhang Xiuying was old and he didn't know if he could still withstand the disease. torture.

"Now major hospitals are overcrowded, and none of our taxis are willing to go there," the taxi driver said.

"Just put us at the nearest intersection." Ye Fang said calmly.

The taxi got off at the block nearest to the Capital Military General Hospital. Unlike other places where people were deserted, the streets around the hospital were full of cars parked on both sides. Although the weather was very cold, there were still many people lining up on the roadside. Get in line.

Ye Fang and his party walked along the block to the hospital gate, only to find that the entire hospital gate was closed. Only one side door was opened. Many medical staff wearing professional protective clothing were standing guard at the gate to register patients. In front of the gate A long passage was specially built, and the passage was now filled with patients waiting to see a doctor.

"It seems that the matter is more serious than what was seen in the newspaper." Nan Yi sighed.

"What I'm concerned about is how we can get in." Ye Fang said looking at the severe medical situation at the entrance of the hospital.

At this time, the doctor stepped forward and said, "I'm going to find a way to get some sets of medical protective clothing. When we put on the protective clothing, no one will be able to recognize us anymore."

"This is a good idea!" Nan Yi said.

"Okay, you don't need a lot. Too many targets are too big. Just get two sets. You and I can go in." Dr. Ye Fangchong said.

"No! At least three sets, I will go in with you." Nan Yi insisted.

"Looking at the current situation, the situation is not optimistic. You, Brother Jiu and the others will wait for me outside, and a doctor will follow me. Just obey." Ye Fang said.

"Okay, you must contact me if anything happens." Nan Yi said.

Soon the doctor disappeared in front of the hospital door. After a while, the doctor came out with two sets of medical protective clothing. Ye Fang asked Nan Yi to book a room in the hotel opposite the hospital, and then followed the doctor to change into it. The protective clothing slipped into the hospital easily.

The entire hospital is full of busy people, and all doctors and nurses wear heavy protective clothing to receive patients. The heavily armed doctor and Ye Fang followed the hospital signs and went directly to the intensive care unit. They easily found Zhang Xiuying's special ward. At this time, Zhang Xiuying was intubated and put on a ventilator. Her eyes were closed tightly and her expression seemed to be in great pain. Next to the hospital bed are various instruments and monitoring instruments.

There was a nurse on duty at the door of the intensive care unit. The doctor wearing protective clothing came to the nurse calmly and asked the nurse Zhang Xiuying's condition seriously. The doctor's calm demeanor and extremely professional questioning made him immediately recognized in the eyes of the nurse as an expert doctor coming to support from a large hospital.

"Open the door. I'll go in and check on the patient's condition." The doctor said calmly.

"Yes." Then the nurse opened the door to the intensive care unit.

Ye Fang firmly believed that it would be almost impossible to see Zhang Xiuying so easily at any other time. Not to mention that this was a military general hospital, or an ordinary tertiary hospital, it would be so easy for him to sneak into the intensive care unit without telling the nurse on duty. There is no chance at all, unless you fight all the way in.

The doctor who walked into the intensive care unit carefully looked at Zhang Xiuying's monitoring indicators and previous examination reports on the bed, and then said to Ye Fang, "The situation is not optimistic. I looked at the medication list and there are no specific drugs, except for regular anti-inflammatory drugs." , almost all of which are drugs that enhance the immune function. This means that hospitals currently do not have drugs for this virus. Before vaccines and specific drugs are available, they rely on the improvement of the patient's own immune function to fight the virus."

"How is she doing now?" Ye Fang asked worriedly.

The doctor took a deep look at Ye Fang and said truthfully, "The monitoring indicators are very pessimistic. This shows that the patient's will to survive is not strong enough. If this continues, the patient will not be able to hold on in a few days."

"What?!" Ye Fang looked at Zhang Xiuying on the hospital bed with tears welling up in his eyes.

"What do you need me to do?" Ye Fang asked.

"Talk to her. It's best to arouse her will to survive. This is very important. People's will to survive is very important. Not to mention this unknown virus, even cancer can be defeated! If the person she wants to see the most is you If so, I believe you can regain his courage to live." The doctor said.

Just when Ye Fang was about to go over to talk to Zhang Xiuying, there was a sudden noise outside the intensive care unit, and then four or five people came in, all wearing protective clothing.

"Who are you two?" the leader asked when he saw Ye Fang and the doctor in the intensive care unit.

Just when Ye Fang was thinking about what to say, the doctor replied directly in a calm tone, "Hello, I am a respiratory doctor at the China-Japan Friendship Hospital. My name is Koda Masaki. I am here to support the intensive care unit nursing team. I Bring my assistant over to inspect the ward."

"Ah, hello, hello! I am Hao Changfeng, deputy director of the Military General Hospital." Hao Changfeng introduced himself, and then introduced the entourage to the doctor. What surprised Ye Fang was that half of the four people They are all old acquaintances. One of them turned out to be his third uncle Ye Youxin, and the other was Xue Yuanshan. The two people accompanying them were all respiratory experts from the Military General Hospital.

Because Zhang Xiuying's condition deteriorated too quickly, Hao Changfeng knew Zhang Xiuying's identity and did not dare to neglect it. He quickly called Ye Youxin to report the condition. To put it bluntly, it was to allow the Ye family to be mentally prepared in advance.

After Hao Changfeng introduced each other to the people in the ward, he introduced Zhang Xiuying's situation. During this period, the doctor also expressed his own opinions. After all, the doctor was born as a top surgeon in Japan, so his opinions were naturally extremely professional, which made everyone No one could see any flaws, and Ye Fang, who appeared in the ward as an assistant, stood silently aside, not daring to make a sound, otherwise it would be very easy for his third uncle and Xue Yuanshan to recognize him.

At this time, everyone in the ward was wearing heavy protective clothing. The protective clothing concealed each other's identities very well, so Ye Fang was not worried about being recognized at this time.

"The patient's will to live is very weak now, and it is very dangerous to continue like this. You have to find a way to arouse her will to live." Hao Changfeng said.

Ye Youxin sighed and said, "There is only one person who can arouse her will to survive now, but this person...sigh..."

Although Hao Changfeng is a hospital doctor, he is from the military system after all. He also knows something about the Ye family, so he naturally understands that the person Ye Youxin is talking about is Ye Fang. It's just that the name Ye Fang is now a taboo in the Ye family. No one dares to mention it in front of Zhang Xiuying, and they can't say anything bad about Ye Fang, otherwise Zhang Xiuying will go crazy.

"She has to live to have hope." Hao Changfeng sighed.

"Is there still no news about drug development?" Xue Yuanshan asked in a serious tone.

Facing Xue Yuanshan, Hao Changfeng did not dare to neglect, saying, "We are still in the process of researching this virus strain, and it will take at least half a year for specific drugs and vaccines to be available. Now we can only rely on the body's immunity to resist the virus. Patients with weak resistance will..." Hao Changfeng did not dare to say the second half of the sentence.

"What's the mortality rate now?" Xue Yuanshan continued to ask.

Hao Changfeng hesitated and reported a number.

Hearing this number, not only Xue Yuanshan, but also Ye Fang took a deep breath, and then turned to look at Zhang Xiuying, his eyes immediately changed. Ye Fang resisted the tears from falling, but his body could hardly control himself and wanted to pounce. .

At this time, the doctor on the side quietly pulled Ye Fang and reminded him to hold on, there is still a chance.

Afterwards, Ye Youxin and Xue Yuanshan took turns talking to Zhang Xiuying in front of her hospital bed, but Zhang Xiuying's eyebrows trembled slightly but could not open her eyes. It was obvious that Zhang Xiuying's body was extremely weak.

Even though various nutrient solutions are injected into Zhang Xiuying's body in turn every day, because Zhang Xiuying gradually gave up the will to survive, the body under this will has refused to absorb the nutrient solution and relies entirely on its own energy support. When does the body's energy When it disappears, people are gone.

Ye Youxin and Xue Yuanshan shook their heads and left the ward. The doctor found a reason to stay with Ye Fang.

"Mom, I'm back. If you can hear my voice, open your eyes and look at me."

"Mom, I'm Ye Fang. I'm not dead. I'm back to see you."

"There's nothing wrong with you!"

Ye Fang took Zhang Xiuying's hand and whispered beside the hospital bed. After a while, the originally silent monitoring indicators began to become active. The doctor noticed that the heart rate monitoring instrument showed that Zhang Xiuying's heart was beating unexpectedly violently. Then Zhang Xiuying's eyelids kept blinking. Trembling, and finally opening his eyes.

"Mom, you're awake! You're awake! It's me, I'm Ye Fang!" Ye Fang shouted happily, and then Ye Fang took off his mask and mask so that Zhang Xiuying could see clearly.

At this time, it was too late for the doctor to stop her. Ye Fang asked Zhang Xiuying to take a look and was immediately reminded by the doctor to put on a mask. Only then did Ye Fang realize the problem, put on the mask and knelt beside the bed, looking at Zhang Xiuying.

Zhang Xiuying's weak face finally had a trace of blood, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and a few tears shed from the corners of her eyes. Since Zhang Xiuying was intubated and unable to speak, Ye Fang could only speak and Zhang Xiuying listened. The doctor on the side carefully observed that Zhang Xiuying's indicators showed signs of improvement.

"It's almost done. We have to go. She's too weak now. We'll see her another day," the doctor reminded.

"Mom, you must get better. I will come to see you again." Ye Fang said and patted the back of Zhang Xiuying's hand gently. Zhang Xiuying blinked hard at Ye Fang and agreed.

Just when Ye Fang stood up, Zhang Xiuying's eyes suddenly changed, as if she saw something terrible.

Ye Fang and the doctor both looked back at the observation room of the intensive care unit at the same time. They saw a man in protective clothing standing there and staring at him. Ye Fang could tell from his body shape that he was his third uncle. , Ye Youxin.

"It's okay, it's my third uncle, let's go out." Ye Fang never thought that Ye Youxin would go and come back. At this time, Ye Fang had no time to hide and could only bite the bullet and walk out of the intensive care unit.

At this time, Zhang Xiuying, who was on the hospital bed, stared nervously at the uncle and nephew outside the observation room, while the doctor stood behind Ye Fang, ready to take action at any time.

For the doctor of the ghost team, he is now Ye Fang's private soldier. As long as the doctor gives the order, no matter who is standing in front of Ye Fang, he will take action without mercy.

"Third uncle." Ye Fang said slowly while looking at Ye Youxin opposite.

"As expected, it's your boy." Although Ye Youxin was extremely excited, he still maintained a calm tone, "I told you that people from the Ye family will not die so easily!"