Chapter 90 Accident
The interview questions are nothing more than how to manage the store and employees, and member maintenance, which ultimately comes down to how to achieve results.
Wang Miao looks serious, but he is actually quite friendly. After all, a leader has to have some authority in front of his subordinates.
After the interview, Ye Zhenzhen said goodbye to Wang Miao with a smile and strode out of the cafe.
Walking through the bustling crowd in the square and onto the sidewalk, the sun shines on the cedar trees, and the cool breath of the pine needles becomes a little warmer.
She thought the interview was difficult, but she didn't expect that she could handle it calmly. She felt a little proud. She took out her phone from her bag and prepared to check the time. The screen showed that Ye Mao had made more than a dozen calls.
Somehow, I felt panic for no reason. Ye Zhenzhen stood on the sidewalk, her body stiff and her thoughts frozen.
She called Ye Mao back with trembling hands, and the musical ringtone coming from the receiver kept draining her patience.
After waiting for a long time, the call was finally connected, and she found that the air on the other end of the phone was a little heavy.
Ye Zhenzhen frowned and explained while asking: "Ye Mao, what's wrong? I just had something to do and my phone was on silent..."
The person on the other end didn't speak either, and there was no sound for a long time. All I could hear was a chaotic sound in the background, as if there were many people.
Ye Zhenzhen was extremely anxious and asked again: "Speak..."
Ye Mao stammered, "Sister... I'm in the hospital..."
Hearing this, Ye Zhenzhen's voice became hoarse and her tone was a little erratic, "What happened?"
She moved towards the tree beside the sidewalk, and suddenly her eyes went dark. She stretched out her hands to support herself on the rough tree trunk. The dark brown bark was covered with cracks of varying sizes. She leaned all her weight on the tree, and the mottled cracks were deeply imprinted on her palms.
"Sister...something happened to Wang You..." Ye Mao replied incoherently with tears in his eyes.
The only sound left in her ears was a buzzing sound. Ye Zhenzhen's hands unconsciously dug into the bark, and her newly grown nails embedded in the cracks, leaving a small triangular notch on the edge of her thumb nail.
After learning which hospital Ye Mao was in, Ye Zhenzhen closed her eyes and relaxed, feeling a heavy feeling in her chest.
She rushed to the roadside to stop a taxi, opened the door with all her strength, jumped in and slammed the door shut. She didn't notice that the driver's face darkened.
She kept her hands on her chest along the way, not daring to move them even a little bit. There was a huge rock stuck on her chest, not moving at all, neither going up nor down.
At the door of the emergency room, Ye Mao looked as if all the bones in his body were broken. He lowered his head and slumped in the chair.
Ye Zhenzhen clenched her fist and pounded her chest, trying to calm herself. She walked over, sat down next to Ye Mao, raised her hand to hold Ye Mao's hand, and comforted him: "Xiao Mao, Wang You will be fine, not..."
Ye Mao's face was pale and his whole body was shaking. He raised his head and looked at Ye Zhenzhen, saying in great sorrow: "Sister, how could this happen? If anything happens to Wang You, I won't live either..."
When something goes wrong, he tries to die, as if death can solve the problem. When Ye Zhenzhen heard this, she became furious and burned like a prairie fire.
Ye Zhenzhen shook off his hand, stood up, and said angrily: "Ye Mao, can you be more like a man? Wang You is still being rescued, why are you getting angry!"
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. She pointed at Ye Mao's nose and angrily scolded him, "Who do you blame? Tell me who you blame! Why didn't you discuss it with me? Why did you go to a small clinic to save money? Why are you so stubborn? If you had discussed it with me, you wouldn't be like this now! Why didn't you tell me that you didn't have money?"
The lives of the poor are worthless, and they would rather gamble their lives to save money. Diseases that could have been cured with little money end up costing more money to save lives.
Everyone knows that big hospitals are guaranteed, but there are always people who take chances.
Ye Mao covered his face with his hands, leaned his upper body on his legs, and kept sobbing softly.
Worried about disturbing other patients, a nurse came over with a serious expression and shouted, "This is a hospital! If you want to make a noise, go outside and make it!"
Realizing her own gaffe, Ye Zhenzhen came to her senses, immediately put away her anger, and apologized to the nurse repeatedly.
"Xiao Mao, can you cheer up a little..." Ye Zhenzhen walked up to her brother, patted his shoulder, and her tone became much gentler.
"Sister, I'm sorry..." Ye Mao looked worried, his voice was low and hoarse, "We were afraid that you would worry about it, thinking that it was just a small operation and nothing would happen..."
Ye Zhenzhen's nose felt sore and she looked up at the ceiling. She hadn't taken good care of her brothers and sisters, but they were always thinking about her, afraid that they would drag her down.
The naughty little brother is growing up. Although he is immature, he has begun to learn to take responsibility.
Ye Zhenzhen took out a tissue from her bag and handed it to Ye Mao, asking him to wipe his tears. After he took it, he just wiped his face carelessly.
"Xiao Mao, have you paid for the surgery?" Ye Zhenzhen reached out to wipe away her brother's tears and said softly, "I brought my bank card..."
Seeing that Ye Mao didn't say anything, she thought her brother was worried about money, so she continued, "I have money, really. Don't worry, Wang You will be fine."
"Sister, the surgery fee has been paid..." Ye Mao's eyes flickered, and he didn't dare to look at Ye Zhenzhen.
His lips were cracked, probably because he was too anxious and didn't drink any water.
"I'll go get you some water..." Ye Zhenzhen patted his hands and prepared to get up.
Ye Mao held her hand tightly, his tone full of worry and fear, and said in a trembling voice: "Sister, I don't want to drink. Can you stay with me? I'm scared to be alone..."
"Okay, I'll wait here with you." Ye Zhenzhen said calmly, and suddenly remembered something, "Where are you going to get the money to pay for the surgery?"
"Compensation for the accident that Wang You's father had at the construction site..." Ye Mao replied guiltily. His eyes kept wandering, glancing at Ye Zhenzhen from the corner of his eye.
Wang You is from a single-parent family. Her father died in an accident at a construction site two years ago, and her mother is missing. Since her father's death, she has cut off contact with her relatives, and she has not said the specific reason.
When Wang You found out she was pregnant, they both felt that she was too young to have a child, so they decided to have surgery. They went to a simple clinic for convenience and did not do any preoperative examinations, but went to the operating table. They never expected that Wang You had congenital heart disease and almost died in the clinic.
Fortunately, the doctor in the clinic found something wrong and called an ambulance immediately.
Thinking of her brother being so confused, Ye Zhenzhen frowned a little. She asked helplessly, "Did you not tell your parents?"
Ye Mao was trembling, and he begged her tremblingly: "Sister, please don't tell my parents, okay?"
After sighing for a while, Ye Zhenzhen had no choice but to nod and agree. Her parents were thousands of kilometers away, and telling them would be useless. She didn't want them to worry, so she could only choose to report the good news and not the bad news.
The brother and sister sat side by side at the door of the operating room, facing the empty corridor filled with the smell of disinfectant.
Time is like a night clock, dripping down drop by drop at a constant speed.
The twilight outside the window gradually darkened until it was all around.