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When they arrived at the hospital just after the surgery, Ke Kailuo and Ai Ming were still out of breath when the nurse came out to find someone.

"Are you family members?"

"Tell me!" Carol said.

"The operation went well, and I'm in the recovery room now, and then I'll go directly to the surgical intensive care unit. You guys will come over after completing the hospitalization procedures." The nurse said, and then briefly explained the location of the ward.

Hearing that the operation went well, Ke Kailuo thanked God sincerely.Nerves were still tense, so Ai Ming accompanied her to go through the formalities.Seeing that Lisa, Xiao Ding were all there, and Xiao Ding's brother who was supposed to be there was also there, she was very grateful for the concern they all stayed all night.

When they arrived outside the intensive care unit, a doctor came out and called, "Tian Ruixin's family?"

"There are so many people...Which one is the family representative?" The doctor looked at them and asked,

Carol pulled Xiao Ding, "We are two. I am her cousin."

The doctor hesitated, "Is there no other relatives?"

"Correct."

"Okay, then you can come in and take a quick look." The male doctor scratched his head, "show them the sick clothes," he said to the nurse beside him,

"Put your clothes on, haven't you bought a mask yet, right? Don't talk when you come in, I'll let you ask questions when I come out." He turned back and confessed.

Carol anxiously and quietly stepped into the intensive care unit, feeling that the air was completely different from the outside, the sounds of various instruments came and went, and the capable figures of medical staff shuttled back and forth.She looked for the doctor just now. He approached a hospital bed in front, asked questions, and raised his hand to indicate something.Rui Xin must be there, Kai Luo's heart seemed to be popping out of her chest.

Finally she saw Rui Xin, with her pale face and her eyes closed, many bandages were wrapped around her upper body below her neck, with threads coming out to connect to the instrument, her right hand was fixed by something like a board.Her face was fine, and her limbs were still there, but those bandages made her feel very serious.Carol couldn't help covering her mouth, trying to suppress her panic.

"Blood oxygen... is normal. Where's the blood pressure?" The doctor muttered to himself, and the nurse next to him reported the number of blood pressure to him, and he nodded,

"Tian Ruixin's family members," the doctor turned to them, but his eyes were still on different instruments, and he tilted his head to think about something.

"Okay. The car accident caused fractures to the clavicle, ribs, and humerus of the right hand. These have all been treated. The ribs pierced the lungs, causing a large amount of hemothorax, so the chest was opened urgently, and it was repaired. The blood oxygen is normal now. This chest tube," he gestured to Billy's side, and Carol saw that there was a tube coming out of it, leading to a jar with something the color of tomato juice in it, and she tried to stay sane And calmly understand, "It will make the pressure in her lungs normal, so she can breathe, and it can also drain blood. When the situation improves, it can be removed." Listening to the doctor's words, she knew that it was the blood in Rui's heart and lungs. Run out so she can breathe?

The doctor didn't continue to speak, and Carol turned to look at the doctor, who was looking at the pile of papers in his hand. "The consciousness was clear when she was admitted to the hospital..." He turned his head and told the nurse that a CT scan was needed, and then he explained to Kailuo and Zhou Dingna: "We didn't expect her to be unconscious now, it may be caused by a concussion. I will do another CT scan Scan to confirm. Observation within 72 hours, many small blood clots or swelling will actually recover on their own." The doctor explained, but he looked at Rui Xin while talking, revealing his worry,

"How old is she?" The doctor didn't know who to ask,

"23" Xiao Ding replied,

"It's still very young, so it depends on her resilience. Young people are usually fine." The doctor said,

Kai Luo looked at Rui Xin, she wanted to get closer to see her carefully, and wanted to touch her.But the nurse stopped her, and the doctor told them to go outside, saying they could not come in until visiting hours.

When they got outside, the doctor told them that if they had any questions in the past few days, they could collect them, and the nurse would arrange for him to answer them during the time when he was not operating, or it might be a time for visiting patients.Kai Luo had just received a bunch of information, but her mind was almost occupied by the bandage on Rui Xin's body and the jar of blood,

"Doctor... In the end, is she out of danger? Is her life in danger now?" She suddenly heard herself asking,

"Thoracotomy is a major operation. Although it has been successfully completed, of course some risks will still occur after the operation... I hope that none of them will happen." The doctor said, "Brain problems will be clear after the CT scan. This is now It needs to be understood and observed. I can’t call you too optimistic casually, but I hope it’s not serious, and it’s very possible to wake up later.” Carol looked at the doctor carefully, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked at his watch. While taking off the mask, the stubble around the mouth came out,

"Thank you...doctor." Carol suddenly realized that it was he who tried his best to save Rui Xin from danger, and she couldn't help but hold the doctor's arm.

He smiled and patted Carol's hand. "Many people have helped. Well, see you later." He nodded and walked away quickly.

Ai Ming, Lisa and Xiao Ding's brother all looked at her, and Ai Ming anxiously asked her how Rui Xin was.They moved to the side seating area, and she and Xiao Ding explained to each other what they saw and heard.

Everyone was silent for a while, as if their brains had been synchronized, Rui Xin was lying on the hospital bed, wrapped in bandages, followed by a bunch of instruments.Amin broke the silence:

"The next visit will start at 11 o'clock. There are only three times a day. I just figured it out. From 11 to 12 in the morning, from 2 to 3 in the afternoon, and longer at night, starting at 8 o'clock for an hour and a half." In addition, only 2 people can enter at a time,

"You have to wear that dress, and look like you're wearing a mask." Lisa added that Carol didn't realize that she was still wearing this pale yellow hospital gown.After taking it off, she remembered that when she was hospitalized just now, she said that there was a locker that belonged to them. In a daze, she called Xiao Ding to take off her clothes and looked for the locker.

Xiao Ding appeared beside him and handed over a mobile phone. "Rui Xin's cell phone was given to me by her colleague."

Ai Ming was also asking about his colleagues. Kai Luo stared blankly at the phone while listening to Xiao Ding saying that Xiao Yan didn't leave until midnight. After arriving at the hospital, one of their female directors came, and Ai Ming was dealing with matters. After leaving a phone number for Xiao Ding, he left first.

The phone is fine, no damage whatsoever.I remember that Ruixin was only in a hurry to hand over her mobile phone to her colleagues at the first moment.What's the meaning? !Are mobile phones so important?Carol gritted her teeth, suddenly wanting to be angry with this little cube.

"Sister Carol, I have a question about Richard...Rui Xin's ex-boyfriend, about her family..." After Carol sat down, Xiao Ding also followed, and suddenly said to her.

"Ah, yes, we need to contact her family." Carol said, just now she was in a hurry, thinking that she should be allowed to lie about being her cousin.

"Richard told me that she has uncles and aunts in Changhua, as if her mother is still there..." Xiao Ding said, "but he has no contact information."

Carol thought about this question, and she knew about these things, but she did not ask their contact information before.She looked at Rui Xin's phone,

"Actually, I checked the contacts on Ruixin's phone at night. There is a mother and an aunt..." Xiao Ding said.Kai Luo looked up at him, he blinked, responding to Kai Luo's questioning eyes,

"I haven't played yet." Xiao Ding said,

"Let me fight." Carol decided,

"But, his family... not necessarily..." A boy's voice suddenly said, Kai Luo looked up, and it was Xiao Ding's brother who was cool and cool.Xiao Ding said that he was his brother A Fei.

"Not necessarily so?" Amin asked.

"Didn't his family ignore her all these years? If they come...in case," A Fei paused, looking at Carol and Aiming, "the opinions of relatives seem to be more important."

Ai Ming suddenly said "ah", and Carol understood.

But it is impossible not to inform the family, if there is any emergency.Thinking of this, Carol couldn't help covering her mouth with her hands again, as if this would make the thought disappear.

"I forgot to ask Fu Sen about this part! Ah, I'll let him come here and forget it!" Ai Ming took out his mobile phone and wanted to call Lawyer Fu.

There won't be any problems, anyone who doesn't want Rui Xin is good, I can convince them of anything.Carol thought so, turned on Rui Xin's cell phone, and looked for the contact book.

As a result, "Mom"'s phone number was empty.Carol then dialed "Auntie", it was connected, and it rang for a long time...

"Hey?"

"Excuse me... is that Rui Xin's aunt?"

"Rui Xin?... Oh... Rui Xin! What's the matter with you?" Auntie sounded like she was outside,

Kai Luo briefly talked about Rui Xin's car accident, and asked if she or other family members wanted to see her.

"I... we can't go to Taipei right away... is the situation serious?" Auntie sounded worried and embarrassed,

"Seriously, but I will definitely do my best to take care of her, and she will get the best. Don't worry." Carol assured.

"Are you?" Auntie asked, and Carol realized that she didn't even introduce herself.

"My name is Ke Kailuo. I'm Ruixin's...good friend. We live together." She made up another identity.

"Well...but...if you need money, you need to be hospitalized..." The aunt seemed to be flustered, and then jumped to her troubled question,

"Auntie, don't worry, I have enough money, and I will help her find the best treatment."

"You are such a good friend, Miss Ke." Aunt sighed,

"If you guys want to come up, I'll text you about the hospital and wards, okay?"

"it is good."

"Well... I want to ask you again...Rui Xin's mother, we can't get in touch..."

"Her mother is in mainland China. After she remarried, she moved there for a long time, and there is no news of her..." said the aunt,

"Do you think you should contact her?"

"I'll find a way to get in touch..." the aunt promised her.Neither party knew what to say, and Carol politely ended the call.

"Auntie didn't intend to come right away... She said she would contact Ruixin's mother in China." Carol said to everyone,

"So, it's us." She then carefully looked at everyone, Ai Ming, Lisa, Xiao Ding and A Fei.

It was these people who kept watch all night and were as worried as she was. These people were Rui Xin's relatives.

"...Thank you." Carol said to them, and Aiming sat down with her hips crossed, put her arms around her, and patted her on the shoulder.

They discussed it. In the intensive care unit, there is not much they can do, because the doctors and nurses are already taking care of the patients here around the clock.Ai Ming wanted to ask the doctor's friend more, but Lisa said that she went out to buy some masks to be used later, and asked everyone if they were hungry.

Carol said she was not hungry and thanked Lisa, and Amin asked Lisa softly if she was going to work today.Ah Fei said that he should go to work first, and Xiao Ding said he wanted to keep it, so he took out his mobile phone to ask for leave, and then he seemed to call that Richard and told the situation.

Kai Luo looked at the time on the phone, it was still a long time before 11 o'clock... This is Rui Xin's phone, which she carries every day.Carol couldn't help but clenched it tightly and leaned against her chest.As soon as she calmed down, thousands of thoughts of worrying about Rui Xin came to the fore. Ke Kailuo covered her face and struggled with her regrets, her worries, and her belief in Rui Xin. .

Amin was talking on the phone at the side, "Lisa...help me buy a pen and paper, a notebook or something..." She heard Abby say this, and then she asked the other party on the phone if there was any familiar surgeon or brain surgeon. Department of the doctor's business. Abby…Abby, why are you so nice.

Ke Kailuo didn't want to raise her head, she felt that she was about to lose strength, what if Ruixin couldn't wake up?Can she live in a world without her?Then she thought of her daughter Lingling.

Then she thought of her family.She also has a responsibility to live.

What's more, Rui Xin's condition isn't that bad, is it?she told herself, and then she took a deep breath and looked up.She saw Xiao Ding hugging his chest at the side, closing his eyes as if he was resting, he was asleep...or about to fall asleep.

Ai Ming... walked to the far corridor, talking on the phone softly.Probably because she was afraid of disturbing them, did she think Carol just fell asleep?

Think about what Ruixin needs, think about what I can do.Ke Kailuo!cheer up!she said to herself.

She should have a pen and paper in her bag.Where is her bag?What about the suitcase?The suitcase... I didn't take it when I first entered the hospital, and it should still be in the car of Aiming's family.She looked around for her bag.There are some other people in the rest area, who also speak in low voices, or close their eyes to rest like Xiao Ding.

Approaching Ai Ming, it turns out that Ai Ming has her bag hooked on his hand.Standing beside Ai Ming, she had the urge to lean on her, but she just took her bag with her. Abby rubbed her eyes while listening to the phone.She should be told to go back and rest first.

Sitting down, Carol had forgotten why she was looking for a bag.Finally remembering that she was going to take out the pen and paper, she stared at the notebook with the pen, unable to remember what she was going to write down.It's something to help Ruixin...

"I'll call some doctors my brother knows later, and he said he'll sort it out first, and let me know." Ai Ming came back and sat down again.Carol gave up thinking about it and looked at Abby, wondering if she should ask her to go back and rest.She should not be willing.

Lisa bought things, water, bread and everything.They quietly waited for the time.

Carol finally thought of something to remember, and she wrote:

* Do you need clothes?ask the nurse

*Leave, report status

There should be colleagues in Ruixin's mobile phone, so I can find that Xiao Yan or Chen Fuli.They should be busy by this time, maybe noon.

Finally, it was 15 o'clock with 11 minutes to go. Ai Ming arranged for Xiao Dingkailuo to go in first, and then changed her to go in depending on the situation.

I don't know if it's because of wearing a mask. Carol was so nervous that she had difficulty breathing. When she stepped into the ward, she felt that it was brighter than in the morning. The whole ICU was brightly lit, like another world.

They walked to her hospital bed.Rui Xin was still the same as before, with her eyes closed.

"You can hold her hand and talk to her. It may help her wake up." The nurse said kindly.

"Excuse me...have the results of the tomography scan come out?" Carol immediately asked her,

"Well, there should be results. I'll see if the doctor will come and explain to you later."

"Thank you." Kai Luo Xiaoding said in unison.

She immediately held Rui Xin's hand, which was a little cold, which made her flustered.Taking a closer look at Rui Xin's face, it's not as pale as she thought, but it's still familiar, as if she was in a deep sleep.But looking at her whole body so closely still made Kailuo's heart tangle up.

The bandage firmly fixed her chest, the area around the right collarbone was the most densely packed, and a large area of ​​nearby skin was stained yellow with betadine.It can be seen that there is still a thick gauze under the bandage on Kailuo's side, her chest is rising and falling slightly, and the tube protruding from the side has some air bubbles, moving in the tube with her breathing , there was still some tomato juice-colored blood in the jar.

Kai Luo bit her lower lip, and tightly held Rui Xin's left hand in heartache.Xiao Ding stood on the other side, the upper arm of that hand was fixed with a splint, there must be a fracture there, Kai Luo saw that Xiao Ding hesitated to touch that hand.

"Rui Xin...can you hear us?" Xiao Ding approached her ear and said softly.Carol saw tears in his eyes.

Carol stretched out her hand, and touched Rui Xin's cheek lightly.

"Rui Xin," she finally called her.These two words, since they left her, have always carried the call of her longing, the confession of her hidden feelings, and the pleading that was hidden deep in her heart but finally revealed.

Rui Xin didn't respond, even though she touched her cheek again.

Her suffering, wounded body, which Carol dared not touch for fear of infecting her with her hands, but her face was still intact, perfect, just asleep.

"Rui Xin..." She pleaded again, but Rui Xin refused to accept, she was unmoved.

Helplessly, she looked up at Xiao Ding, who was looking at those instruments, and she also looked at these instruments with beating numbers or lines. What she saw on TV and in the film turned out to be true.These machines are monitoring and helping Rui Xin, and if something happens, the alarm may sound and the doctors and nurses will be notified to rescue her.Fortunately, they are now only regularly, echoing each other, accompanying Rui Xin just like them.

Kai Luo found a chair, sat near Rui Xin's ear, tried to tell her softly that she was back, told her to wake up quickly, told her that everyone was here, and she also found her aunt.

Xiao Ding went around to her side, patted her, and told her that he wanted to bring Ai Ming and the others in.

When Amin came, Carol thought she would be surprised.But she is composed.She could see Abby watching quietly behind glasses and a mask, and Carol told her that she could talk to Rui Xin.

Ai Ming nodded, "Rui Xin, I twisted Kai Luo's ears and brought her here." As she spoke, Kai Luo felt A Ming smile wryly behind the mask.

"...Tian Ruixin's family?" Kai Luo turned her head when she heard the voice, and the doctor was standing at the end of the bed, holding a stack of papers.

"I've seen the scan results, and there are only one or two small blood clots in the brain." Only then did I feel that the equipment in this ward was quite loud. Kai Luo and the others approached the doctor to hear it clearly.

"That should absorb itself within a few weeks..." he said. "It won't necessarily cause a coma, but it could just be an effect, plus a concussion or a slight swelling..."

"In short, just observe again." He came to a conclusion.

"Besides observing or waiting for the blood clot to subside by itself, is there a more...positive way?" Amin asked.

"It's okay to have an operation to remove the blood clot, but it's usually not recommended. It's better to wait first," he said.

"Would you say that if this situation is not eliminated, there will be some permanent damage?" Ai Ming asked again,

"There should be no blood clots of this size. According to what I see now, they are still mild, and they will not affect the intracranial pressure."

Later, with 10 minutes left, Ai Ming changed Lisa to come in to see Rui Xin.Carol felt extremely sad when she thought that she would leave her later. She stared at Rui Xin's face without moving her eyes, hoping that she would wake up in the next second.

After leaving the ward, it was already noon.Xiao Ding said that he should go to work in the afternoon.Ai Ming also said he wanted Lisa to go to work.She first asked everyone to have dinner together, while discussing something with Lisa.Kailuo still misses Ruixin in her heart, and thinks that it will be around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and what if Ruixin wakes up in the middle.She doesn't want to leave here.

"Sister Kailuo," Xiao Ding called her suddenly, and Kailuo nodded to him. This boy is Rui Xin's best friend, and he is always here.

"You..." He muttered, scratching his head in embarrassment, looking at Carol,

"Are you really planning to leave Rui Xin?" He asked.

"Oh...God." Carol was startled by the question and blurted out,

"No, no, I won't." She replied hastily.

"But she told me..."

"I regret it, I... I'm sorry for her, I... always..." I always make wrong decisions and hurt others badly. When she thinks of this, she really feels guilty. In front of Rui Xin's good friend, she suddenly feels ashamed .

"It's okay, I just want to know your thoughts. I know you have been talking. I mean, your thoughts now...I mean..." Zhou Dingna has been trying to correct himself, his young face, deep Dark circles covered the scope of those square glasses,

"I mean, before Ruixin's accident, did you decide? I want to know what you think, what you really think." His eyes, just like his name, were fixed on Ke Kailuo.

Meaning, before the car accident, my thoughts?

My thoughts, if... If I figured it out earlier, if I figured it out earlier, if I told her earlier to make her feel at ease, it would be great, would this car accident not happen?Thinking of this, Carol's heart and stomach twisted into a ball again, causing her to hold the handle of the bag tightly in pain.

"What's the matter?" Ai Ming came over and looked at Kai Luo frowning, a little different from the atmosphere among the boys.

No, I will answer him.Rui Xin's good friend, "Please trust me, I will take care of her."

She looked directly into Xiao Ding's eyes, "I will change, I want to be with her forever."

She saw Xiao Ding nodded, and Ai Ming gently stroked her back with his hand,

But do they have a lifetime?Rui Xin... Rui Xin was hurt so badly, Kai Luo finally couldn't suppress the huge regret and worry in her heart, she still cried out.

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to be continued,

This part accidentally took twice as long as I expected, so there is another chapter for this chapter.