Beacon 1937

November [-], [-], evening

Ai Wen was lying in the mansion with a high fever, and Frank invited his personal doctor...Mael Monet.This Frenchman over fifty years old is the exclusive doctor of the Eliade family, but was sent by the Duke to Shanghai to take care of his son.

"You mean he was hit on the head by a stone three days ago?" Dr. Monet could hardly understand Chinese, so Frank needed to be an interpreter in the middle.

"Yes, it's still bleeding. I sterilized and bandaged his wound, but I don't know how to sew it up. It was the devil's doctor who sewed it up for him." Li Ran looked worriedly at Ai Wen, who had a high fever and was unconscious.

Xiang Yinglan, who was sitting on the other side of the bed, was constantly wiping away his sweat, wringing out a towel soaked in cold water and putting it on Ai Wen's forehead.Mrs. Hall would come in every once in a while to change the water for them.

"Have you ever met a Japanese?" Frank asked in surprise.

"Yes, but it's a long story. There is a devil who knows Aiwen, and they want Aiwen to join, of course he will not agree."

"Know Aiwen?" Frank was even more confused, saying that it is not surprising which Chinese soldiers Aiwen knew, but which Japanese soldiers he knew...

"Ah, that's right! It's that devil from before!"

Frank suddenly understood something, because he had also seen that Japanese officer... in the dance hall.He guessed that the people Ivan saved were very important to those Japanese, that's why the officer...

Speaking of which, if it weren't for the Japanese officer, Ai Wen might have died outside the French Concession yesterday.

Frank stared at Ivan, who was unconscious and still dangling water in his hand, thoughtfully.

"Has he ever vomited before?" Dr. Monet, who was examining Ivan's head, suddenly asked, and Frank hurriedly translated.

"No, I've been with him for the past few days, and I haven't seen him vomit, but he almost fainted a few times after waking up from a knock," Li Ran recalled.

Dr. Monet nodded and stood up: "His head was concussed by the stone, but it should be mild. It's just that he didn't get enough rest afterwards and his nerves continued to be tense to make the condition worse. "

"Is it because of this high fever?" Frank asked.

"No, my young master, the high fever is not directly related to the concussion. Dr. Abel has not had a good rest for three months. You must know that it is not an easy job to be a doctor in the field. Combining the many situations he encountered before and after, it is the high fever. The reason why it doesn’t subside. I need to continue to observe. It’s lucky that I didn’t cause intracranial hematoma, but if the fever persists, it will be dangerous. Once the fever subsides and you get enough rest, you will recover slowly.”

"So... now is a dangerous period." Frank frowned, looking very worried.

"Yes, young master, we must try our best to bring his fever down."

November [-], [-]

Nanxiang, the seat of the Chinese government's Songhu Theater Command, abandoned its defense, and the Songhu Battle officially came to an end. The battle lasted for three full months.

On November [-], the Shanghai Shipping Investment Promotion Bureau moved to Hankou, and some government agencies began to move to Nanjing one after another.

That day, when physical cooling had no significant effect on Aiwen, Dr. Monet injected him with Analgin (Note [-]), and his body temperature was finally lowered, but it recurred at night.

On November [-]th, Aiwen was no longer unresponsive and lethargic. His body temperature would still fluctuate. Generally, when his body temperature rose again, he would have dreams, night sweats, and moaning in pain. Xiang Yinglan even saw him once. Sob and cry.

Frank was not at home at that time, Li Ran was sleeping beside him, and Dr. Monet had gone to the restaurant.Xiang Yinglan was really shocked to see tears rolling down from the corners of Dr. Abel's eyes.

The American doctor always smiled every time she saw him, even when he had to sleep on the street that day.Xiang Yinglan felt that he had never hesitated...he saved the Japanese in the dance hall without hesitation, and saved her mother without hesitation when the war broke out, even though the mother was still killed...

In any case, Dr. Alvin Abel was strong in her heart.She didn't know what he had been through at the front, she could only guess that it would never be pleasant.

His short black curly hair was wet with sweat, and his thin and fair face looked extremely pale.Xiang Yinglan silently wiped away his tears with a handkerchief, wiped off his sweat with a towel, and he didn't calm down until his body temperature dropped again.

On November [-], Aiwen's body temperature was stable and no longer repeated, but he was still lethargic.Boss Yan came to visit and wanted to visit Ai Wen, but when he learned that he was not out of danger, he left suddenly.

On November [-], the Japanese army threw incendiary bombs after capturing Nanshi and Pudong, and the fire continued to burn for four or five days.Shanghai has completely become their pocket, checkpoints have been set up on various borders, and the public concession north of Suzhou Creek has become the "Japanese Concession".

On that day, a person who was unexpected by everyone but expected by Frank appeared in front of the gate of the mansion.