Lin Bingqiang could hardly imagine, how Lin Wu had carried Lin Guixiang down from the mountaintop on her back.
He immediately took Lin Guixiang off Lin Wu's back, "Xiao Wu, what happened to your mom?"
"My mom drank some medicine..." Lin Wu said.
Drank medicine?
Upon hearing these words, Lin Bingqiang almost lost his footing, but he forced himself to remain calm, "It's okay, Xiao Wu, we're going to the hospital right now!"
Lin Bingqiang didn't come alone.
Many other villagers had also followed to look for Lin Guixiang.
The people in the village were mostly simple and kind, always ready to lend a helping hand whenever a family was in trouble.
Even if there had been past grievances, they would set aside their disputes at times like these.
Hearing that Lin Guixiang had taken medicine, everyone was filled with dismay.
"Guixiang is such a fool! No matter what, you shouldn't drink pesticide! Xiao Wu is still so young!
The elders began to comfort Lin Wu, "Don't worry, Xiao Wu, if the sky falls, your Third Grand-uncle will be there to hold it up."
"Yes, Yes, Yes, we are all here! Don't be scared, child!"
"..."
The night journey was difficult enough, and with the complexity of the mountain paths, many people brought machetes. A few of the younger generation improvised with materials on hand, chopping down some trees and quickly assembling a stretcher to carry Lin Guixiang down the mountain at speed.
Fortunately, Lin Bingqiang had driven back.
The drive to the town's hospital took only about half an hour.
It was nine-thirty in the evening.
Lin Guixiang was taken to Lin City County Hospital for an emergency gastric lavage.
Lin Bingqiang stood at the door of the emergency room, chain-smoking one cigarette after another.
Zhao Cuinong hurried over, too anxious to scold her husband for smoking, "How is my older sister doing?"
She could never have imagined the typically weak Lin Guixiang would actually drink pesticide!
Lin Bingqiang shook his head, "She hasn't come out yet."
After taking a puff of his cigarette, Lin Bingqiang continued to ask, "How about Guodong?"
"Sent to my mom's place." Right after, Zhao Cuinong fished out a bunch of Renminbi from her pocket, stuffing all the scattered cash into Lin Bingqiang's hand, "This is all the cash we have at home. If it's not enough, I'll go to the bank to withdraw more!"
The most urgent priority was saving a life.
Lin Bingqiang looked at his wife, choked up and momentarily speechless.
His usually penny-pinching wife had now pulled out all the cash they had at home.
Zhao Cuinong moved next to Lin Wu, her eyes full of tender concern. This child must have been terrified tonight.
"Xiao Wu, don't be afraid, your uncle and aunt are here! Your mom is definitely going to be okay! And don't you worry about the money, your uncle and I have plenty!"
Such a good child.
How could Lin Guixiang be so shortsighted?
Slap—
Just then, the door to the operating room opened.
A doctor in a white coat came out.
Lin Bingqiang immediately approached him, "Doctor, doctor, please, you must save my older sister! Money is no object!"
The doctor pulled down his mask, "Don't worry, the patient is no longer in mortal danger. She has been transferred to a ward for an IV drip, but she's very weak right now and will need to stay at the hospital for observation for a couple of days."
"It's fortunate that you brought her in on time, and it's a good thing your family took emergency measures. Without one of these, we doctors would have been powerless."
Emergency measures?
At this, Lin Bingqiang was a bit puzzled; they hadn't really taken any emergency measures.
However, Lin Bingqiang had no time to dwell on that now, and with a smile, he said, "As long as my sister is okay, that's all that matters! Doctor, thank you!"
——
Elsewhere.
Jiang Shaoyun received a call from Heizi.
"Young Master Jiang!"
Jiang Shaoyun was on the school's rooftop, stargazing, "Did you locate Dr. M's burner address?"
As soon as he heard the name Dr. M, Lu Ye extinguished the cigarette in his hand.
On the other end of the line, Heizi's face was downcast, "How easy could it be? The big shot hacked my computer with a reversal!"
"How did that happen?" Jiang Shaoyun furrowed his brow.
Heizi, true to his name, was a renowned international hacker and rarely met his match.
Heizi continued, "Young Master Jiang, why don't you and the boss come back first? I will inform you once I have tracked Dr. M's location."
Jiang Shaoyun hung up the phone and turned to Lu Ye, "Third Brother, Heizi says... "
Lu Ye, squinting his eyes, gazed into the distance, "I know, get ready, we will go back tomorrow."
Dr. M was no ordinary person after all.
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Learning this outcome did not surprise him.
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The following morning.
Lin Guixiang opened her eyes on the hospital bed.
Where is this?
Hell?
Seeing Lin Guixiang awaken, Lin Wu immediately took her hand, "Mom, how do you feel now? Does it hurt?"
Glancing at Lin Wu, Lin Guixiang was startled.
Her?
She didn't die?
It turned out that last night's experiences were all real.
She had always thought it was a deathbed hallucination.
"Xiao Wu..."
Looking at Lin Wu, Lin Guixiang suddenly burst into tears, thinking she would never see her daughter again in this life.
Fortunately.
Fortunately, the heavens had pity on her.
"Mom!" Lin Wu hugged Lin Guixiang, her eyes brimming with tears, "Please never leave me again, okay?"
Though it was a very faint sentence, it made Lin Guixiang cry aloud.
"Okay, Xiao Wu, I'm sorry."
Lin Wu, looking at her mother, continued, "Mom, dying not only proves nothing, but they will also use it as supposed karma to cement your guilt! From now on, you must not only live well but live a life so brilliant that those who bullied us will pay!"
Hearing this, Lin Guixiang's face was filled with determination.
Having walked through the gate of hell once, Lin Guixiang also understood a lot.
Her daughter was right.
Death didn't prove anything.
She would live well from now on.
Watching mother and daughter embrace each other, Lin Bingqiang's eyes also reddened. "Sis, Xiao Wu is right! You can't do anything foolish anymore! Once you recover, we'll head to Qing City! We must make a name for ourselves in Qing City and make the Zhang family regret!"
His sister's life had been too tough.
As bitter as bitter medicine.
As her brother, Lin Bingqiang hoped his sister's life would be sweeter from now on.
Lin Wu looked at Lin Bingqiang, "Uncle, before we go to Qing City, I want to change my last name."
Lin Guixiang was stunned.
Change her last name?
"What will you change it to?" Lin Bingqiang asked in confusion.
"Lin," Lin Wu pronounced each word carefully, "from now on, I am Lin Wu."
Hearing this, Lin Bingqiang and Zhao Cuinong were very supportive, "Great! Great, Xiao Wu! Your uncle and I both support you!"
The Zhangs are worth nothing!
He had long wanted Lin Wu to change her last name!
What Zhang Wu!
From now on, Lin Wu has nothing to do with the Zhang family.
Zhao Cuinong smiled and said, "What Zhang family's foremost talented lady? Our Xiao Wu is a hundred times better than her! Just wait for the day they will regret everything after Xiao Wu changes her name."
Lin Guixiang also agreed with her daughter's decision to change her last name.
In the afternoon, Lin Wu followed her uncle to the police station to process the name change.
The name change required a review, and it would take seven business days to get a new ID card.
--
Three days later, Lin Guixiang was cured and discharged from the hospital.
Lin Wu came to pick up her mother.
Mother and daughter walked down the bustling streets.
Lin City County wasn't very big, and for Lin Wu, who had seen much of the world, it couldn't be considered prosperous, but for Lin Guixiang, who hadn't seen much, it was already extremely vibrant. Watching the modern ladies dressed in branded clothes approaching, then looking at her own worn clothes, a feeling of inferiority surged in Lin Guixiang's heart.
Lin Guixiang then turned to look at her daughter by her side.
A seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, youthful and beautiful, and though the clothes she wore were not branded, her eyes and eyebrows were full of confident and soaring spirit.
Compared to the county's modern ladies, she did not seem inferior in the least!
Lin Guixiang straightened her back as well; with such an outstanding daughter, she as a mother could not let her down.
Lin Wu, holding Lin Guixiang's hand, said, "Mom, once we get our new ID cards, we can set off for Qing City!"
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