Chapter 58 12

The next day, outside the observation room of a hospital, Hao Mei and Lao Pan were sitting on a bench, looking very disturbed. Hao Mei hurriedly wrote something in a small notebook, tore it up and handed it to Lao Pan; after Lao Pan read it, he went to make a phone call. After a while, both Han Debao and Wu Zhenqing were called by the phone. They happened to meet outside the hospital building, and they hurried into the building asking each other what they were doing. Hao Mei, who was sitting on the bench, saw them, but she didn't move, she just stared blankly at them walking towards her.

Lao Pan understood who they were from Hao Mei's face, got up to meet them, and said something to them. Wu Zhenqing looked at Hao Mei anxiously while listening.They hurried towards Hao Mei, and then sat down next to her on one left and one on the right. Lao Pan stopped at a place far away from them.He took out his cigarette and found a no-smoking sign, and took the cigarette out of his mouth again—he was looking at a poster absently.Obviously, he intentionally gave Wu Zhenqing and Han Debao a chance to talk to Hao Mei alone. Wu Zhenqing nudged Hao Mei lightly with his elbow, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, Debao and I are here."

Han Debao also said: "Yes, there are us." Hao Mei nodded her head. Although neither of them glanced at each other, it was obvious that Hao Mei seemed to feel less isolated and helpless now that she had two comrades who could be trusted and relied on. The door of the observation room opened, and Yunyun was pushed out by a nurse. The three immediately stood up and surrounded the sick car. The doctor who came out stopped them: "I just took sleeping injections and painkilling injections." Looking at Hao Mei, then at Wu Zhenqing and Han Debao, "Mother of the child, please sit here first. Which one of you is the father of the child?" ,please follow me."

Wu Zhenqing and Han Debao looked at each other for a while, Wu Zhenqing said: "You stay with Hao Mei, I will go." He followed with strides, and Lao Pan also followed, and they all followed the doctor into the diagnosis room. The doctor said: "You two can't be the father of the child, can you?" Lao Pan said, "None of us... are..." "Then what are you all doing with me?" Wu Zhenqing said: "Doctor, please listen to me...the child, there is no father anymore. We are all relatives of the child..." The doctor sat down: "Dear ones?" He looked at them researchingly, "I can only talk to the child's immediate family about the child's diagnosis, or call her mother..."

Lao Pan looked at Wu Zhenqing anxiously. Wu Zhenqing said: "Doctor, I am the person who can best represent her. I have the right to know!" The doctor had no choice but to say: "Well, well..." He wrote a medical certificate and handed it to him, which read: Osteogenic Sarcoma. Wu Zhenqing asked, "Is this... a very serious disease?" "Another word for bone cancer," said the doctor. Wu Zhenqing said: "Doctor, I beg you, please try to save the child's leg!" The doctor said slowly: "This is a request that I could only consider a few years ago. Now, I can only tell you two things truthfully—or, try to satisfy all her wishes during the days when the child is counted, Try to minimize the pain during his lifetime; or, go to Beijing Cancer Hospital to obtain a more authoritative consultation from experts, and place the last hope that our diagnosis is wrong..."

Wu Zhenqing and Lao Pan's expressions suddenly changed, and they were dumbfounded. The doctor went on to say: "The latter hope is only one or two percent." Lao Pan grabbed the doctor's hand and almost cried, "Doctor, save the child's life, you can't Don't save yourself from death!" The doctor withdrew his hand and said coldly: "You all seem to love this child, but what are you doing?" Wu Zhenqing said: "A few years ago, the child and her mother were still in the Great Northern Wilderness. It's not like they haven't seen it. Some were diagnosed with arthritis, and some were diagnosed with bone spurs."

Lao Pan added: "After returning to the city, her mother took her to see her many times...Doctor, this child can bear it secretly! When waking up in pain at night, he often bites his own arm without screaming. I'm afraid that her mother will feel sorry for her..." Wu Zhenqing added: "Her mother is still unemployed..." The doctor said: "It's like this..." He started to write something, and while writing, he said: "He is indeed a good child! When he entered the observation room, he advised her mother not to be afraid for her. I have never seen such a special child. She seems to understand her illness..."

Lao Pan turned his back and cried like a child, Wu Zhenqing held back his tears. The doctor wrote down the medicine list and handed it to Wu Zhenqing: "I prescribed imported painkillers for you. Although they are too expensive, they are effective quickly. Currently, they are only used in high-ranking wards. I... can only do this It's..." The doctor was also very compassionate. Wu Zhenqing wept silently, his lips trembled, unable to utter a single word. Wu Zhenqing and Lao Pan came to the men's room of the hospital. They smoked and shed tears respectively. After that, Wu Zhenqing threw away the cigarette butts, washed his face, and after washing, he handed the handkerchief to Lao Pan and said, "Here you are!"

Lao Pan took the handkerchief Wu Zhenqing handed him, threw away the cigarette butt and washed his face. Wu Zhenqing said: "Listen, don't let Hao Mei see anything!" They returned to Hao Mei.Hao Mei looked at them anxiously, and Han Debao asked for her, "What did the doctor say?" Wu Zhenqing said: "Bone spur, but surgery is required. The doctor suggested to go to Beijing University Hospital, because it is too close to the nerves and blood vessels, and I have to be responsible for Yunyun." Lao Pan also said, "Yes, we must be responsible to Yunyun."

Hao Mei seemed to be less worried. Wu Zhenqing put a hand on Hao Mei's shoulder: "Get ready to go to Beijing! The sooner the better, the illness cannot be delayed... I will make the decision for you, huh?" He turned to Lao Pan and said, "You wait to pick up Yunyun in the afternoon and accompany the two of them home." Then he turned to Han Debao and said, "Let's go first, I have something else to tell you." When they came to the back of the hospital building, Wu Zhenqing said to Han Debao: "Yunyun's days are short..." Han Debao didn't seem to understand.

Wu Zhenqing said: "It's bone cancer. The doctor said that she can live for at most two weeks, with only a 12% chance. For this 12% hope, she must be taken to Beijing..." Han Debao was stunned. Wu Zhenqing already had an idea: "I'm in charge of borrowing money. Poor families are rich, so I can rest assured that you bring more money. You are responsible for taking two weeks off for yourself to accompany Hao Mei." Although Han Debao looked troubled, he pondered for a while, but nodded affirmatively. Wu Zhenqing said: "It stands to reason that I should go with me...but, I'm afraid that I will...you...tell Hao Mei on the way, and let her be mentally prepared." Han Debao put one hand on Wu Zhenqing's shoulder and said, "Don't worry." Wu Zhenqing added: "If possible, let Yunyun see Tiananmen Square... I promised her that one day, I would take her to Beijing to play and take a picture in Tiananmen Square..." He couldn't continue, and Han Debao's face was full of tears. Wu Zhenqing raised his face and said to himself: "Why do we have so many unfinished emotional debts? Why do we have so many responsibilities and obligations! I'm too tired, I can't take it anymore..." Han Debao couldn't help hugging him, and the two good friends buried their heads on each other's shoulders... Wu Zhenqing cried...