Xia Chujian stopped and couldn't help asking the person posting the notice, "What are you renovating?"
"The top floor, the biggest apartment on the top floor."
The top floor only has two apartments, one is mine, and it's just been renovated.
The other one, I heard the owner sold it a few days ago...
Could it be the buyer of the big apartment that was sold is moving in? Xia Chujian's eyes flickered slightly as she asked in a low voice, "Is it apartment 122?"
Her apartment was 121, and there were only two apartments on the entire floor.
The person nodded, "Yes, it's apartment 122."
Xia Chujian smiled and turned to leave.
...
Taking the inner-city hover train from the entrance of the residential area again, Xia Chujian arrived at Imperial Official Hospital No. 892.
Her aunt, Xia Yuanfang, had been living here for three years due to a severe genetic disease.
To be precise, she had been in a coma for three years.
The reason she risked her life to go to the Exotic Beast Forest to find Kong Sang was because her aunt's Attending Physician Shen Junyi had told her that if she couldn't find an effective treatment, her aunt would only have a few months to live.
Xia Chujian, clutching the Blood Kirin and Kong Sang leaves, arrived at the hospital, intending to show them to Shen Junyi.
She wanted to ask Shen Junyi to help her sell the Blood Kirin to raise money for her aunt's medical expenses.
Of course, she couldn't reveal all of the Kong Sang at once, she had to reveal it little by little.
Xia Chujian already understood how precious this thing was, and if she revealed it all at once, it would attract unnecessary attention, which would not be good.
She went to her aunt's ward first.
It was only 8:30 in the morning, just when the staff on the night shift were leaving and the day shift staff were starting their shift.
Xia Chujian saw Nurse Liu at the door, bending over to cover her aunt with a blanket.
It was obvious that her movements were very gentle, and she was indeed taking care of her aunt wholeheartedly.
Xia Chujian nodded secretly.
She stood at the door of the ward until Nurse Liu turned around, then she greeted her with a smile, "Hello, Nurse Liu, thank you for taking care of my aunt."
"Oh, it's Chujian! I haven't seen you in a while, how are you? Did you get your things sorted out?" Nurse Liu greeted her with surprise.
Actually, it had only been a little over ten days.
But Xia Chujian used to come to the hospital to see her aunt every two or three days, so this time it had been a bit longer.
When Xia Chujian left last time, she told Nurse Liu that she was going out for a few days to take care of some things.
She nodded, "It's all sorted out, I came to see my aunt. How is my aunt doing?"
Nurse Liu said cheerfully, "I was just about to tell you, Chujian, your aunt's condition has improved a lot, she seems to be able to eat. I tried feeding her a bowl of porridge last week, and she actually swallowed a mouthful!"
Xia Chujian was pleasantly surprised, "... Ah? Is my aunt awake?"
"Uh... not really, it was just that one time. I think your aunt is not completely unconscious like before. Doctor Shen even came to see her later, and he said he wanted to contact you! I didn't expect you to come today!"
Nurse Liu said with some regret, because Xia Chujian didn't see Xia Yuanfang eating porridge with her own eyes.
She should have been happy, but Xia Chujian felt an ominous premonition in her heart.
A person who has been in a coma for three years suddenly being able to swallow, is this a sign of recovery, or... a final burst of energy before death? Xia Chujian tightened her grip on the electronic lunch box, and murmured, "... Doctor Shen wants to see me?"
"Yes..." Nurse Liu nodded, raised her hand to look at her smart bracelet, and exclaimed, "I'm on the night shift, and I have to leave now. The nurse who is taking over has already arrived, but she went to the tea room to have breakfast."
She was a little embarrassed to cover for the nurse.
Xia Chujian didn't really care.
Being a little late wasn't a big deal, everyone was just a working stiff, and there were times when they weren't paying attention, she wouldn't nitpick.
Xia Chujian said, "It's okay, I'm here anyway, I'll give my aunt a bath first. By the way, when was the last time my aunt had a bath?"
"... It was a week ago." Nurse Liu looked at the work calendar on the wall, "Here, it's marked."
For a patient like Xia Yuanfang, who is in a vegetative state, a bath once a week is already quite frequent.
Xia Chujian reached out and touched Xia Yuanfang's forehead, feeling her temperature.
Thankfully, it was still quite warm.
Getting closer, she didn't smell any strange odors either.
Xia Chujian took out a paper packet from her pocket and stuffed it into Nurse Liu's hand, "Thank you, Nurse Liu, I'll have to trouble you in the future."
Nurse Liu understood and smiled broadly at Xia Chujian, "Chujian, don't worry, with me here, I definitely won't neglect your aunt!"
After she left, Xia Chujian quickly sent a message to Attending Physician Shen Junyi, wanting to see him.
She really wanted to know what her aunt's condition was.
Before long, Shen Junyi replied to her message: [Chujian? I'm not at the hospital today. Something came up at home, and I have to go back for a few days. I'll contact you when I get back].
Xia Chujian didn't expect Shen Junyi to be away from the hospital today.
For the past three years, every time she came to the hospital, Shen Junyi was always there.
She almost forgot that although Shen Junyi was a doctor, he also had his own family and wasn't someone who lived at the hospital.
She quickly replied: [No problem. But Attending Physician Shen, can you give me a hint first? Is my aunt's condition good or bad? Nurse Liu said that my aunt even ate a mouthful of porridge last week!].
This time, she waited a little longer.
After quite a while, Shen Junyi replied: [Chujian, we're acquaintances, and you're your aunt's only relative, so I won't hide anything from you. Your aunt is indeed not doing well. After Nurse Liu mentioned the porridge situation last week, I checked the surveillance and her various data, and I found that her genetic disease has completely reached an irreversible stage. That day's situation was just a final burst of energy. The reason I said I wanted to contact you was to have you prepare for your aunt's funeral arrangements. I won't say more, I'll be back in Mulan City in a couple of days. Your aunt has at most a week left, so make arrangements early].
This reply was like a thunderbolt from the blue, crashing down on Xia Chujian's head with a bang.
She stared at the reply on her Quantum Optical Brain wristband, unable to recover for a long time.
"Impossible... it can't be... I don't believe it..." Xia Chujian murmured, wholeheartedly refusing to believe Shen Junyi's words.
Her gaze wandered, looking around the ward.
This was a single-person ward, and the room was cleaned very well, with nothing she needed to tidy up.
What else could she do?
Anything, as long as it kept her busy, she wouldn't have to think about how much her aunt's condition had deteriorated...
Her gaze wandered around the ward, and she saw the work calendar on the wall.
Nurse Liu had marked the days for her aunt's baths on it.
The last bath was last week.
Almost a week had passed.
Oh right, she had wanted to give her aunt a bath herself...
Xia Chujian forced all her thoughts to focus on giving her aunt a bath.
What should she do?
Xia Chujian recalled the process Nurse Liu usually used to bathe her aunt in her mind.
Because her aunt was in a completely unconscious state, they were especially careful, afraid that a moment of carelessness would allow someone to accidentally enter the ward.
Even unconscious patients have their own dignity and privacy.
So the first step should be to lock the ward door.
Xia Chujian sleepwalked to hang a "Do Not Disturb" sign in front of the ward, and locked the ward door herself.
This way, even if the nurse coming on duty arrived, she could only wait outside the door at this time and couldn't come in directly.
And Xia Chujian herself had a relative qualification wristband, so she could freely enter and exit the patient's ward.
If it were an outsider, they wouldn't even be able to enter the ward door.
Next, she opened her aunt's quilt, climbed onto the bed, and crawled under the quilt to check her aunt's body for any scars or bedsores.
Although she believed that Nurse Liu wasn't that kind of person, there were other nurses taking care of her aunt, so it was always good to be cautious...
There were surveillance cameras in the ward, so she certainly couldn't directly lift the quilt to check her aunt's body.
Hiding in the quilt like this, she checked her aunt's body all over.
Thankfully, there were no injuries on her aunt's body, neither new nor old.
There were no bedsores on her back, and her body had no odor.
This showed that Nurse Liu was indeed taking good care of her.
It was just that her aunt's hair was even more withered and yellow, her face even paler, and she was as fragile as a glass cup about to shatter.
Xia Chujian crawled out from under her aunt's quilt, her eyes glazed over, and said a little neurotically, "Aunt, you will get better! You will definitely get better! You must persevere! Attending Physician Shen... will definitely be able to cure you!"
She lifted the quilt, carried her aunt, who was wearing a hospital gown, off the bed, and walked towards the small bathroom in the ward.
There were no surveillance cameras in the bathroom, so she brought the gun case in as well.
There was no bathtub in the small bathroom, only a half-person-high bathing barrel.
While Xia Chujian was filling the tub with hot water, she took off her aunt's hospital gown.
She planned to wash her aunt's hair first.
Xia Chujian took a comb and only combed her aunt's hair once, but a large clump of hair fell out.
Looking at the hair that had come off on the comb, Xia Chujian was stunned.
Why was so much hair falling out? Was her illness really reaching its limit?
Shen Junyi's reply appeared in her mind again.
Xia Chujian panicked.
In the bathing barrel, Xia Yuanfang leaned against it motionless, her figure graceful, like a sleeping Bodhisattva with closed eyes, extremely serene.
Xia Chujian's hands trembled.
She rushed over to open the hidden compartment of the gun case, frantically searching for the fresh-keeping storage bags she had hidden inside.
There were two fresh-keeping storage bags in the hidden compartment.
One contained Kong Sang leaves, and the other contained nine relatively fresh Blood Kirins.
Xia Chujian had originally only wanted to take out the Kong Sang, but her hands were shaking so badly, her fingers were so tense that they were almost spasming, and she accidentally took out both storage bags.
She simply took them both and said to her aunt, holding them up, "Aunt, look, this is the treasure I found for you. I have confidence that you will definitely be cured! You will definitely get better!"
She waved the two fresh-keeping storage bags in front of Xia Yuanfang, but Xia Yuanfang still did not respond.
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