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Elsewhere.
Several days had passed since the snow stopped, and slowly the city was returning to its original state.
The bustling traffic was resuming outside, many businesses had reopened after a few days of closure, and many people were still hustling for the year-end rush.
The Second People's Hospital.
As the year-end approached, the number of hospital visitors decreased. The predominating smells were those of disinfectant and other unidentifiable medicinal fluids. Along the way to the hospital, one could see many people struggling with their rehabilitation exercises.
A man rushed to the sixth floor of the inpatient department, finally locating room 613 amidst the overwhelming smell of disinfectant.
The room where his mother was staying.
When he entered the room, a nurse was moistening a woman's parched mouth with a cotton swab.
He had received a signing bonus of 60 million, plus a year-end bonus of 200,000.
