When the car arrived at Guo Zhi Hospital, it was nearly 6:30.
Xie Wanying and Doctor Zuoliang hadnāt eaten, and they hurried to the inpatient department to check on the patient first.
In the ward, Aunt Min was able to sit at the bedside and pour herself a drink of water. Hearing someone call her, she turned around to see guests and was very pleased, saying, "Yingying, youāre here, please sit."
"Auntie, how do you feel? Are you feeling better?" Doctor Zuoliang asked.
"Hello, Doctor Zuo. I canāt believe you came all this way just to see me. Please have a seat," Aunt Min was pleasantly surprised and said to them.
The two doctors noticed that the patient recognized them and behaved normally. Although the patient experienced temporary consciousness disturbance, no damage was apparent when she regained clarity. Overall, Zuo Liang felt he could breathe a sigh of relief. As long as the patient was fine, everything else was manageable.
Xie Wanying walked near the bedside and shook hands with Aunt Min, observing her radiant and healthy complexion, and couldnāt help but smile sincerely.
Aunt Min thanked her, saying, "My nephew told me it was your suggestion to bring me to Guo Zhi Hospital for treatment. The doctors here said my transfer was timely, so my recovery was fast."
The skills of the teachers at Guo Zhi Hospital are excellent. Bringing Aunt Min here was the right decision. Xie Wanying thought so too.
"Doctor Zuo, thereās a chair, please sit," Aunt Min turned back, warmly inviting her attending doctor from Beidou Third Hospital.
"I wonāt be formal," Zuo Liang replied with a smile, noticing the patientās family returning down the hallway with hot water. Remembering Du Haiweiās instructions, he went over to chat with them briefly to sort things out.
Doctor Zuo left. The person in the neighboring bed was absent, leaving only Xie Wanying and Aunt Min in the ward.
Aunt Min remembered something important, picked up her phone, and said to Xie Wanying, "Iāll call someone for you now."
Hearing Aunt Minās words and seeing her expression, could her previous episode be related to something with her mother back then? Xie Wanying looked toward the door, saw there was no one, closed it, and returned.
Aunt Min dialed a friendās number and asked, "Director Zhang, do you remember our last call, you only mentioned part of the matter about Sun Rongfang?"
"Are you feeling better?" Director Zhang inquired about her current condition, "Iāve been out of town, heard you were in trouble, how are you now?"
"Iām better, nothing serious," Aunt Min turned back to the main question, "Sun Rongfangās grades were once swapped, Director Zhang, you mentioned knowing the person who replaced her grades now works at Capital Hospital."
"I never said that," Director Zhang exclaimed in shock, denying it outright.
"Didnāt you say that? Wasnāt it just - wasnāt it inconvenient to say?"
"What I meant was - I really donāt know," Director Zhang almost wanted to cry, thinking of the misunderstandings and horrors caused by incomplete conversations, "How could I know who did the swapping? I wasnāt involved, nor did I experience it. I just happened to overhear others talk about it once. Iām not part of the health system, how could I know the specifics? If you want to investigate, you should ask someone in the health system to check. Whether they can find out what happened decades ago is questionable."
"Director Zhang, donāt lie to me," Aunt Min said.
"If Iām lying, may I be struck by lightning," Director Zhang swore by pointing at the sky, "I really donāt understand why you keep asking. Her daughter is now studying to be a doctor at Capital University, which is a good thing, helping her mother fulfill her dreams."