"Ling," after a while, Xiaolan turned to look at Ling with a smile, "How about we go there to find auntie?"
Ling shrank her neck and shook her head with some resistance.
"What's wrong?" Xiaolan turned around to face Ling.
"Mom won't let me interfere with her work matters," Ling timidly glanced in the direction of the skyscrapers, "Mom said children shouldn't know those things."
"What things? Work matters?"
Ling lowered her head and said "Yeah" melancholy.
Xiaolan thought for a while, "Does Ling want to know what her mother looks like when she is working?"
Ling raised her face and her eyes lit up.
"That's it, I'll go to the building and see how mom is working," Xiaolan guided, "Ling will wait here for me to come back, okay?"
Ling's shoulders straightened up, and she seemed to agree to the plan.
Xiaolan placed Ling on the chair and handed her the biscuit. After arranging everything, Xiaolan, who successfully got rid of Ling, set foot on the road to the skyscraper.
It was three or four o'clock in the afternoon, which should be the time when people in various industries are busy working. Xiaolan walked through the hurried crowd and stood at the door of the building.
Through the bright revolving door, you can directly see the gorgeous appearance of the lobby on the first floor.
Inside the revolving door, two security guards stood on one left and one on the right. In the lobby, four time card machines blocked the way to the elevator and stairs.
Xiaolan followed several adults in suits to the lobby and went straight to the front desk.
"Little sister," Xiaolan sweetly walked towards Rapunzel, who looked the kindest, "I...I'm here to find my aunt."
Rapunzel bent down towards Xiaolan with a slight surprise, "Kid, who is your aunt?"
The other two front desk ladies also came over.
"I don't know her name..." Xiaolan pretended to be disappointed, "I only know that her daughter is called Ling. I am her daughter's friend and I have something to give to her."
"Ling?" The long-haired girl looked at her colleagues on both sides in confusion.
"Sister Ling," the girl with a round head on the left elbowed Rapunzel, "The director of the investment company on the thirteenth floor is a very nice person. She even gave us gifts. Her daughter is very cute."
"What? People say her daughter is called Ling." Rapunzel retorted.
"Sister Ling has the same name as her daughter. She told us before," another girl with short curly hair interrupted, "but this kid shouldn't be talking about her. I heard that Sister Ling hasn't gone to work for several days.
.”
"Why haven't you gone to work for several days?" Xiaolan saw the opportunity and asked quickly.
"Yes, why?" Rapunzel also asked.
The girl with short curly hair glanced around and cleared her throat mysteriously, "You... haven't you heard?"
Xiaolan and the other two girls shook their heads gossiping.
"Sister Ling seems to have... something happened," the girl with short curly hair lowered her voice, "It seems to be quite serious."
"What happened?" Rapunzel asked.
The voices of the three people became lower and lower. Xiaolan stood on tiptoes and listened hard. Finally, the girl with short curly hair noticed the eavesdropping figure. She quickly stopped talking, bent down and said to Xiaolan, "Kid, please go back.
, the person you are looking for is not in the company now."
"Then where is she?" Xiaolan asked persistently.
The girl with short curly hair sighed, "Kids, we are just the front desk in this office building and we don't know the specific movements of employees in each company."
"But Ling is really anxious. She hasn't seen Auntie for many days." Xiaolan stamped her feet anxiously, "What happened to Auntie?"
The girl with short curly hair looked around, straightened up impatiently, and said angrily, "Her daughter doesn't even know, how could we know."
"Mengmeng, don't be like this," the girl with long hair pulled away the angry girl with short curly hair, and bowed to Xiaolan and said, "Little girl, you saw it too, we really don't know what happened, but
...But I can give you the contact number of our colleague on the 13th floor. If there is anything urgent, you should find her. Oh, by the way, kids, try to contact that sister during off-duty hours."
The long-haired girl said and handed Xiaolan a piece of paper. On the paper was a string of phone numbers and a name written in carbon pen - Li Li.
"Xiaocan, you..." The girl with short curly hair seemed not to understand what the girl with long hair was doing.
"Oh, what if something really happens," the long-haired girl waved her hand, looked at Xiaolan with a smile and said, "Kid, it's almost time for us to get off work here, please go back quickly."
There would be no results if they continued to pester. Xiaolan thanked the three of them, held the note in his hand and walked out of the building pitifully.
At least this trip was fruitful. Xiao Lan looked at the note in his hand and wondered where he could make a free phone call.
Xiaolan estimated that they should get off work at five o'clock, so she wandered around the street for a while. When it was a little after five o'clock, Xiaolan found a convenience store, and with her excellent acting skills, she successfully borrowed money from the store owner.
mobile phone.
When dialing the number, Xiaolan was still a little nervous.
Beep...beep...beep...
Connected.
"Hello."
"Hello, hello," Xiaolan held the phone tightly, "I...I am, uh...do you know Ling's mother? She also works in the building."
"Ling's mother?" The girl on the other end of the phone was a little confused, "Which Ling's mother?"
"Ling's mother's name is also Ling." Xiaolan hurriedly told the news she had just learned. "She is the director of the thirteenth floor. Her name is... Sister Ling."
The girl over there was silent for a few seconds, "Are you looking for Sister Ling?"
"Well, I am her daughter's friend," Xiaolan said, "She has something to give to her aunt."
Li Li sighed, "Sister Ling...Sister Ling is no longer in the company."
"Sister, do you know where I should go to find her?"
"Her daughter...is this something her daughter put at your place before?" Li Li's voice was muffled.
Xiaolan thought for a moment and agreed first, "Yeah."
"Oh -" Li Li was silent again, and then the sound of someone rummaging for something rang on the other side of the phone, "You go to the hospital to find her."
"M...hospital?" Xiaolan's surprise was genuine.
So, Ling’s mother is not dead?
"In Honglin Surgical Hospital, Ward No. 3 on the first floor, Sister Ling should not be awake yet, but her family members are there. If you have anything, you can give it to her family members," Li Li said in a low voice, "You now
Go give her the things, maybe... it will be of some help to her situation... Can you find it?"
"Ah? It's okay, thank you sister."
After hanging up the phone, everything that was once clear began to become blurry again.
Xiaolan originally thought this was the story of a dead mother who couldn't bear to leave her daughter and turned into a ghost to take care of her, but now it seems that it's not that simple.
But no matter what, it is a good thing to know that Ling's mother is not dead.
After asking the owner of the convenience store for the specific address of the hospital, Xiaolan walked there casually. It was almost six o'clock, and the sky had begun to change.
When she saw the huge signboard of Honglin Surgical Hospital, Xiaolan suddenly thought, why did Ling know nothing about something happened to Ling's mother?
Was it Ling's mother's request?
Xiaolan shook her head and walked towards the inpatient department.
"Hello, I would like to ask, there was a woman who had a car accident a few days ago. Does she... live here?"
Xiaolan felt a little guilty.
"Where's the patient's name? My little friend," the nurse asked gently.
"My name is Ling," Xiaolan lowered her eyebrows and pretended to be pitiful, "I am her daughter's friend, and her daughter has something to give to her."
"Ling?" The little nurse flipped through the register, "Please give me your full name, kid. There is more than one patient here with the word Ling in his name."
"Ward No. 3," Xiaolan said hurriedly, "She lives in Ward No. 3."
The little nurse flipped through the pages again, "Ward No. 3...Ms. Xu Yiling?"
"That's right!" Xiaolan nodded regardless of whether it was right or not.
The little nurse put down the booklet in her hand and looked at Xiaolan, "Are you a friend of the patient's daughter?"
Xiaolan straightened her body and nodded.
The doubts in the little nurse's eyes did not disappear. She pointed to the left, "The third room on the left corner."
It was dinner time, and there were many people in the corridor. There was a faint aroma of food floating on the entire first floor. Xiaolan counted the ward doors and stood at the door of Ward No. 3.
Take a deep breath.
Xiaolan was just about to push the door, but the door was pulled open from the inside.
A female nurse in white walked out. The nurse saw Xiaolan, was stunned, lowered her head and said, "Little girl, are you looking for someone?"
"I'm looking for Aunt Xu Yiling." Xiaolan looked in the door.
"Auntie hasn't woken up yet. What do you want to see her for?" the nurse asked with a smile.
"I have something to give her." Xiaolan put her hand into her pocket as if there was something inside. "It belongs to her daughter."
The nurse's eyes flickered, she straightened up, stepped aside, and said, "Come in quickly."
There was no one else in the ward. Lying on the spacious hospital bed was a man covered in gauze. Various tubes were inserted into his body. His head was also wrapped in gauze. Only a pale face could be seen.
Outside.
There was an oxygen mask on her mouth, her eyes were closed, and she was motionless. Only the ECG monitor on the side could show that she was a living person.
Xiaolan sat beside the hospital bed and looked at the woman's face.
Although she was wrapped in gauze, Xiaolan could still tell that this was Ling's mother.
She's not dead.
She is still alive.
"Auntie," Xiaolan called softly, "Auntie, can you hear me?"
I don't know whether it was out of illusion or something else, but Xiaolan vaguely felt that the woman's eyelids seemed to be moving.
"Aunt……"
Suddenly the sound of two women talking was heard outside the door.
"Did you come to see your sister again?" This was the voice of the nurse just now.
"Yes, what else can we do?" Another voice was very unfamiliar, "By the way, nurse, how is my sister recovering? Did the incident the night before yesterday have a big impact on her?"
"Sigh - I can't hide it from you. This is indeed the first time we've seen this kind of thing, especially since the patient's body is still in such a state. It's impossible to say it has no impact... is that right?
"
The night before yesterday?
It was the night Ling saw something strange.
"That's what I said...Thank you for your hard work. My sister's condition lasts all morning and night...I'm also sorry for bothering you all this morning."
"You're welcome. What's the trouble? This is our responsibility. Don't worry, the patient's symptoms of cardiac arrest in the morning and evening have improved a lot after our treatment. Maybe they won't happen again tonight.
Similar symptoms, but as a family member, we still recommend that you stay with the patient often so that you can have immediate feedback on the patient's condition."
"Yes, yes, we all know that we are in bed with each other every night. Isn't it because I left early the night before because I had something to do, and this happened unexpectedly... It's really dangerous. Fortunately, I have you..."
"You're welcome... By the way, there is a friend of the patient's daughter in the ward who is visiting."
"Xiao Ling's friend?..."
As the two of them talked, the door opened with a creak. Xiaolan stood up in a hurry and looked at the two of them.
"You are..." A woman who looked a little older walked into the ward and stared at Xiaolan.
"Auntie, I am Ling's friend." Xiaolan quickly confessed.
At this moment, the ECG monitor suddenly sounded an alarm.
The nurse rushed into the ward to check the testing machine, and soon several people who looked like doctors and nurses rushed in.
Xu Yiling's head moved from side to side, her eyebrows furrowed, and she seemed to be struggling to wake up.
The middle-aged woman ran forward two steps to take a look at her sister's condition. After a while, she cast suspicious eyes on Xiaolan again.
"Have I seen you somewhere?" the woman asked.
Xiaolan's back stiffened, "I know Ling."
"I remembered!" the woman shouted, startling Xiaolan, "What kind of friend are you?! You are the little goddess who harms others!"
What the hell am I?!
"I……"
"It's you! My sister was cursed by you, so this happened!" The woman was about to pounce and bite Xiaolan, "It's you! How many times have I told her, you are a liar! A liar!
It's money! She doesn't believe it, it's all because of you!..."
Doctors and nurses surrounded Xu Yiling. Xiaolan was frightened by the middle-aged woman's menacing appearance and ran out of the ward. The woman chased Xiaolan out of the door.
"Auntie, there must be a misunderstanding here!" Xiaolan ran to the door of the inpatient building in one breath and shouted to the woman who was chasing her.
"Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding?!" The woman put her hands on her hips, "Did you curse my sister to have a car accident?! You even used her dead husband's story to trick her! Isn't this what you did?!"
Although Xiaolan felt aggrieved, she did not dare to deny it. She did not dare to fight back when the woman hit her, so she could only keep running towards the main entrance of the hospital.
"It's because of you! My sister still believes in you?! What kind of god?! I think you are a liar! If my sister wasn't stupid, how could she believe you?! How dare you say that she is our Xiaoling's friend?! Xiaoling, I'm cute