Chapter 429: Chapter 429: Eye Problems
 

The waitress came over to clean up, and I hurriedly stepped forward to stop her,

“Hey, someone is still here!”

“Oh, sorry, miss, the gentleman here has already paid the bill. I thought you all had finished eating!”

“Sir, where did the gentleman who was sitting here just now go?”

“It seems he left with the lady he was sitting with.”

The waitress’s answer shocked me.

Isn’t Jiang Jiaying the only lady?

How did he leave with Jiang Jiaying?

And he didn’t even say goodbye.

The situation was indeed a bit strange…

I tried calling Lin Nansheng’s cell phone, but nobody answered.

In the afternoon, Jian Jing called me to say something happened to the child and asked me to lend a hand at the hospital.

I didn’t give Lin Nansheng’s situation another thought and headed straight there.

In the lobby, Jian Jing was holding the child and crying.

“What’s wrong?”

“Yu Jiahang, that darn jerk. My mom has been sick these past few days, so she couldn’t take care of the child for me. So, I sent the child to my mother-in-law’s place for Yu Jiahang to look after for a bit. Who knew, when I went to check on the child at noon, my mother-in-law was playing mahjong, and the child was asleep on the floor with wet pants that nobody bothered to change. The worst part is, the child caught a cold and developed a high fever, and no one cared. I got angry and argued with my mother-in-law, and Yu Jiahang came over and quarreled with me.”

“He said since I wanted to take care of the child, I shouldn’t work. If I want to work, then I can’t make too many demands… What demands have I made? The child is already half a year old, and the Yu family has not bought a thing for the child, nor taken care of him for even one day… The child isn’t just mine; he’s part of him too. Why doesn’t he want to put in any effort at all? He doesn’t provide for milk formula or want to take care of the child; I really must have been blind to end up with this kind of man.”

Jian Jing was trembling with anger, and I quickly tried to soothe her.

“Let it go, don’t be angry now; the child is burning up. You should hurry and go to the emergency room.”

“We’ve already registered, but there are so many emergency cases today. There are still over a hundred numbers ahead of us…”

Jian Jing was a mess. Her hair was disheveled, the dark circles under her eyes were very apparent, and her face was the picture of anxiety.

The child in her arms had a little face that was flushed with fever, and despite the fever-reducing patch on his forehead, he clearly wasn’t well and kept crying out.

Jian Jing kept calling Yu Jiahang.

After four or five calls, Yu Jiahang finally showed up leisurely.

He seemed impatient,

“Don’t you know I’m at work? I was in a meeting just now; you’ve bombarded me with hundreds of calls.”

“The child is sick. Shouldn’t you come and take care of him?”

“You really are a piece of work. With so many demands for how my mom should care for you. You say you can’t manage it yourself. What exactly do you expect from people?”

“Is this my fault? Have you seen your mother’s attitude? The child’s pants were soaked and she didn’t even think to change them, she let the child get a fever. If she agreed to take care of the child, can’t she show a little care? Forget that this is her own granddaughter, even if it were the neighbor’s child left in her care, would she neglect them like that?”

“The way you talk, it’s like my mom intentionally made the child sick! You acknowledge she’s her own granddaughter, who would intentionally make their own granddaughter sick? And you, what’s with your attitude? My mom is your elder after all. She worked hard all her life to bring me up; now is the time for her to enjoy her twilight years. You should be filial to her, not criticizing her here.”

“Did I ask her to take care of the child? It was you, okay! We both have a responsibility to take care of the child. I am looking after the child 28 days a month; what about you, taking care of the child for two days? Your mom is fulfilling your responsibilities!”

As soon as these two saw each other, they started fighting.

In fact, there were quite a few young couples in the hospital arguing over their children.

All I could do was remind Jian Jing,

“Stop fighting, Jian Jing, the child looks very sick! We need to find a way to get a doctor to see him first.”

“But there are no acquaintances in the hospital; we have to wait in line.”

It was already a very hot day, and there were a lot of people in the waiting room.

In such a situation, even adults are uncomfortable, let alone such a small child.

The child kept crying, and Jian Jing was so anxious she was almost crying too.

“Stupid woman, you only know how to cry when things happen…absolutely useless!”

“If you’re so capable, find someone to treat the child.”

“Of course I’m capable, just wait! I have a buddy who’s particularly close to the hospital director.”

Yu Jiahang, in order to demonstrate his masculinity to us, actually took out his phone and made a call.

He had initially been full of assurances, claiming to know some hospital director…

As Jian Jing and I watched from the side, he, with one hand on his hip, picked up his phone and made calls, first to this leader, then to that official. After a long time, it seemed as though he had made no progress…

Jian Jing was utterly disappointed by his display.

“Ayun, do you have any solutions?”

If it were before, I might have sought out Ding Yinuo, but now, I simply couldn’t ask Ding Yinuo for help.

I might even end up being counterattacked by him.

Suddenly, a familiar face passed by in front of me. I waved my hand, and he came over.

Clad in a white coat, he was conspicuous among the crowd. In fact, I also didn’t know if he could help, but at least there was a glimmer of hope.

“Hey, Doctor Jiang!”

Jia Musen greeted me,

“Miss Song! Are you here for a consultation today?”

“Not really, this is my friend’s child. He is quite seriously ill. Could you maybe pull some strings?”

Jia Musen and I were quite familiar with each other. Actually, I hadn’t asked him for favors before, and I didn’t have much hope this time either, but he was the only one I could think of who might be able to help.

Unexpectedly, my actions at this moment provoked Yu Jiahang, who said with a sneer,

“He’s just an ordinary doctor, he can’t be of any help. This requires someone of at least the director’s level or above.”

Jian Jing said,

“If someone wants to help us, can’t you stop making those cold remarks?”

“This needs me to handle it, I’ll go find the deputy director…”

Yu Jiahang was still trying to act tough, but unfortunately, the rejection came quickly through his phone,

“Sorry, the deputy director doesn’t have time to take your call.”

At that moment, Jia Musen smiled at me and said,

“I have an old classmate who’s the head of pediatrics. Although he’s off today, he just asked me out for tea. How about I ask him to come in and take a look at your child?”

“Great, that’s wonderful!”

“Doctor Jiang, I really can’t thank you enough!”

“It’s no big deal, don’t worry about it.”

Afterwards, Jia Musen’s old classmate examined Jian Jing’s child. Upon confirming it was pneumonia, he immediately arranged for hospitalization.

Yu Jiahang’s face was somewhat embarrassed, but he was too ashamed to boast any further.

However, being someone with too much pride, later when Jian Jing asked him to apologize to Jia Musen, he refused.

After settling Jian Jing in, my eyes still felt very uncomfortable, tears kept streaming down during this time.

Jia Musen noticed something was wrong with me. Knowing that I had had eye surgery, he asked,

“Is there a problem with your eye?”