The Beauty Said She Has A Secret Crush On Me - Chapter 13

Chapter 13

When Wu Nianxi rushed to the city hospital after Zhuang Lu, she saw Zhuang Lu busy running up and down. Cai Jing lay in the emergency room looking helpless, her lips slightly pale, but she otherwise looked quite normal. Wu Nianxi initially thought she had slit her wrists, so she looked at Cai Jing’s wrists but saw no scars. Wu Nianxi, who always considered herself indifferent, still breathed a sigh of relief. However, seeing her lying alone, with nurses and doctors coming and going but none focusing on her, felt strange. She quickly caught up to Zhuang Lu, who was paying the fees. “Zhuāng Zhuāng, where are her roommates and the student union people? Why are you paying the fees?”

Zhuang Lu handed the items through the window. “Her roommates said they had class this afternoon. The student union senior said he needed to report to the leadership. She needs perfusion immediately, so I paid first.” To keep herself from looking too naive, Zhuang Lu added, “I’ll ask for it back when her family arrives.”

Wu Nianxi didn’t stop her; she just gently pushed Zhuang Lu aside.

“What’s wrong?”

Wu Nianxi took out her credit card from her cute, camel-shaped little bag. “Let me do it. Didn’t you just buy a gift for your aunt?”

Zhuang Lu was indeed short on cash and had mentally prepared to eat instant noodles for a few days if she couldn’t recover the advance payment.

Seeing her silly, honest smile, Wu Nianxi understood her thoughts. While paying, she couldn’t help but murmur, “Look, even her roommates aren’t helping, but you’re so kind-hearted.”

Once the payment was made, the two returned to the emergency room and saw Cai Jing lying flat on the bed, already undergoing emergency perfusion. A rubber tube entered her nostril and extended to her stomach. There was a stomach pumping machine at the head of the bed, operating with a loud noise that startled Wu Nianxi. Zhuang Lu was also stunned. The two stood like wooden figures, staring intently at the machine, watching it pour clean water into her stomach, and then brownish liquid flow out. The smell was unpleasant.

Wu Nianxi was the first to turn away, moving to an adjacent passage to breathe fresh air. Two doctors walked past, discussing the case.

“The patient said she drank Paraquat herself?”

“Yes, a university student, too young. When she felt desperate, she bought a bottle of pesticide from a street vendor near the school. She had no idea what Paraquat means.”

“How much did she drink?”

“A little less than half a bottle. It’s already over the lethal dose.”

The inquiring doctor frowned. “Where are the family members? I need to talk to them.”

“The patient refuses to notify her family no matter what we say. Only her classmates are here now.”

“Isn’t this ridiculous?”

Wu Nianxi was alarmed by what she heard and quickly returned to Zhuang Lu’s side. Just as she was about to speak, she saw the two doctors beckon to them.

The doctor asked them, “The blood test results are very bad. Her hemoglobin level is dropping extremely fast. Do you have any contact information for her family? Tell them to come quickly. I can tell you directly that very few people survive after drinking Paraquat! You need to understand the seriousness of this matter.”

Zhuang Lu looked serious and nodded. “Doctor, I will find a way to contact her family. Please do your best to save her.”

After the doctors left, Wu Nianxi gently held Zhuang Lu’s arm, reassuring her. “Don’t worry. I know a teacher in the academic affairs office. I’ll ask him to find Cai Jing’s parents’ contact information.”

Wu Nianxi was well-liked and had high credibility. After a phone call explaining the situation, she got the contact information from the teacher. However, it wasn’t for her parents; the contact left in Cai Jing’s file was her cousin’s.

When they successfully contacted the cousin, Zhuang Lu looked at Wu Nianxi with sparkling eyes, her mouth full of admiring words. “Niannian, you are amazing! You are awesome!”

Zhuang Lu’s words lacked flowery language; the single word “awesome” had a touch of bravado, yet Wu Nianxi’s heart fluttered. Then, all the blood in her body seemed to rush to her cheeks, a slight blush spreading over her fair, small face. She buried her face into Zhuang Lu’s bicep. “Just generally awesome.” She spoke modestly, but the smile at the corner of her mouth remained.

The goddess looked so cute when she was shy. Zhuang Lu couldn’t help but pat Wu Nianxi’s head.

While the two successfully contacted Cai Jing’s family, Cai Jing’s condition was not good.

Cai Jing had finished the stomach pumping and enema procedures. Her face, which had looked somewhat rosy, was now utterly exhausted. By the time her cousin arrived, she was already lying exhausted on the hospital bed. Remnants of what she had vomited remained on her clothes and the bed, and a foul odor of poison mixed with pervasive sourness filled the air.

Her cousin was the beautiful woman who had taken Cai Jing away, claiming she would call the police during Zhang Kunrong’s violence. She was dressed in a strong, stylish suit, the black trousers making her legs look long and straight.

Wu Nianxi and Zhuang Lu were looking up Paraquat on Baidu when they saw Cai Jing’s cousin walk in with a powerful presence. Looking at Cai Jing, she said, clearly disappointed, “Was it worth it for a man? How am I supposed to explain this to your uncle and aunt?”

Tears fell from Cai Jing’s eyes, and she turned her head, unwilling to be seen by others.

Cai Jing’s cousin sighed and went to find the doctor. Zhuang Lu followed her out and explained what had happened to Cai Jing today. “Cousin Cai, don’t blame her. Under these circumstances, anyone would feel immense psychological pressure.”

Cai Jing’s cousin nodded and thanked her sincerely. “Thank you. Cai Jing has a stubborn personality. I hope this will be a lesson for her.”

Up until now, everyone thought it was just a bottle of pesticide and that she would surely be saved.

However, the doctor shattered this false hope. He spoke very seriously to Cai Jing’s cousin. “Paraquat is absorbed through the digestive tract, skin, and respiratory tract. So far, there is no effective antidote. Furthermore, the lungs are the main target organ of Paraquat. We often refer to it as Paraquat lung. Like weeds in a field, the alveoli and lung interstitium will undergo fibrosis, leading to respiratory distress. Other organs will also experience functional failure, and respiratory and cardiac arrest can occur at any time.”

Even the usually decisive Cai Jing’s cousin was stunned. After a long pause, she seemed to find her voice. “Doctor, given my cousin’s current condition, what are the chances of saving her?”

“The patient’s chest CT already shows pathological changes, and the electrocardiogram is also not ideal. Guarantee the treatment costs, and we will do our best to treat her. Next, we will start hemoperfusion, and she will remain hospitalized for observation.”

Cai Jing’s cousin nodded, her eyes heavy. “Doctor, I beg you, please save her. Both her parents were police officers who died in the line of duty when she was very young. She is so young, only a freshman. Her future has just begun…”

Cai Jing’s cousin went to pay the fees first. Zhuang Lu returned to the emergency room, deep in thought. The beauty Wu was sitting on a chair outside the emergency room, full of worry. “Zhuāng Zhuāng, what’s wrong? You look pale. Do you want to take a break first?”

“I’m fine. I’m going to check on Cai Jing.” Zhuang Lu was thinking to herself: I hope Cai Jing can successfully get through this. When she recovers, I must properly beat up all those scumbags! Not a single one can be spared!

Cai Jing’s first hemoperfusion was still in progress. She needed two hours of perfusion and three sessions a day.

Zhuang Lu had learned that Cai Jing’s cousin’s name was Cai Ya, a lawyer. Cai Ya proactively returned the money advanced by the beauty Wu. Her bright face was full of anxiety, but she still managed to express her gratitude to Zhuang Lu and Wu Nianxi, urging them to return to school as it was getting late.

Zhuang Lu disagreed. The thought of Cai Jing’s parents dying in the line of duty made her feel particularly uneasy. She just pulled Wu Nianxi to go eat and insisted on getting a takeout portion for Cai Ya.

Wu Nianxi saw that Zhuang Lu also looked depressed, unable to relax even with the food she usually loved. She couldn’t help but feel confused and asked, “Zhuāng Zhuāng, did you know Cai Jing before?”

“No.”

“Oh, then…..” Wu Nianxi gently bit her chopsticks. Then why are you so kind to her? But then, who isn’t Zhuāng Zhuāng kind to? Anyone who gets close to her can feel her passionate heart. Thinking of this, she couldn’t bring herself to ask.

Zhuang Lu unexpectedly understood the beauty Wu’s confusion. Her chubby big face was again clouded with haze. “Niannian, I just have a vague feeling that even though the times are progressing and society is getting better, reality is not kind to women. You don’t know, Cai Jing’s parents died in the line of duty when she was very young. Cai Jing was raised by her father’s three siblings in turn. Her upbringing was fraught with instability, leaving her without enough sense of security. I read a book before that said things that are clear and overly fragile also possess potential antifragility. If it weren’t for this incident, perhaps Cai Jing could have grown into a sufficiently strong woman in the future.”

Wu Nianxi pondered. “Her past determines her present, but her future depends on her present.”

“Yes! I hope she can successfully pull through. She hasn’t eaten better food, hasn’t experienced more wonderful feelings, and hasn’t seen a bigger world. This shouldn’t be her endpoint.”

For a split second, the headlights of a passing car on the road pierced the glass of the fast-food restaurant and shone on Zhuang Lu’s face. Through that exceptionally bright beam of light, Wu Nianxi seemed to see the sensitive and gentle, stubborn and profound soul beneath that plump exterior.

She thought, Such a pure person is someone I can never become. Cai Jing’s lack of security in her past created the Cai Jing of this moment. Wasn’t she the same? Everything in her past created the meticulously self-serving person she was. She looked so pure and beautiful, but in reality, she was just a petty person looking out for herself. Otherwise, how could she have so naturally resorted to intimidation when facing Tao Ru just now? It seemed the tactic of coercion and inducement was already deeply ingrained in her bones.

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