Chapter 51: Long Qinxin Arrives at the Hospital
“Ha… ha…”
Bending over and slightly panting, Long Qinxin stood in front of the hospital where Lu Zhiyin was admitted. After leaving school, she withdrew a large sum of money and then went searching for Lu Zhiyin in various hospitals in the city.
After visiting two major hospitals, she finally arrived at this somewhat old, small hospital.
This was the only hospital in the residential area. If it wasn’t necessary, Lu Zhiyin would only appear in the residential area.
Upon learning that Lu Zhiyin had been in a car accident, Long Qinxin was too flustered to think clearly about where Lu Zhiyin might be.
In fact, if she had calmed down, it would have been easy to deduce that Lu Zhiyin would be in a nearby hospital.
“She should be here, right?”
On the deserted street, Long Qinxin tightened her hoodie. She hadn’t had time to change clothes, and it was inevitably cold at night.
However, compared to Lu Zhiyin’s safety, this bit of cold seemed bearable…
After resting for a moment, Long Qinxin started walking, stepping onto the stairs and entering the hospital lobby.
There was only one person on duty in the lobby, and the air was filled with a faint smell of medicinal solutions. Long Qinxin didn’t particularly like hospitals, especially the unique smell in this kind of hospital.
She frowned slightly and then looked up at the ceiling.
The ceiling, which should have been painted a flawless white, had paint peeling in many places. She noticed that one of the light strips had also dimmed.
The conditions here were indeed not good, which was actually to be expected.
This city was not fair. The vibrant nightlife of the red-light district, the bustling traffic of the apartment area, the rows of villas and mansions in the affluent area, and the desolation of the residential area were clearly demarcated.
Lu Zhiyin lived in the residential area. Many facilities here were very old. There were few factories and companies, people’s wages were low, yet prices remained at the same level as other prosperous areas, causing the people living in this area to naturally become poor.
When people are poor, they are afraid to go to the hospital for treatment. Without income, the repair of facilities and procurement of equipment become nonsensical.
Long Qinxin could understand why this place was so run-down, but she was still uneasy about Lu Zhiyin staying here.
She thought that if she found Lu Zhiyin, she would take her to a well-equipped hospital in the affluent area.
“Excuse me, is there a patient named Lu Zhiyin here? I’m her girlfriend.”
Reaching the front desk, she glanced at the on-duty nurse, who was dressed somewhat revealingly, and knocked on the glass.
“…”
Looking up, the nurse saw the short girl outside tapping on the glass. The girl’s face looked somewhat haggard, and her black hair was a bit messy. Her eyes were an unusually rare shade of green.
She had a strong impression of the name Lu Zhiyin. She was a very beautiful girl, but she was severely injured and almost didn’t survive the rescue.
What confused her was not the name Lu Zhiyin, but how Long Qinxin referred to herself.
Ah… she vaguely remembered that the person who said she was Lu Zhiyin’s girlfriend last time didn’t seem to be this person? The procedures before the surgery were also signed by someone else.
“Are you her girlfriend too?”
A bit bewildered, the nurse thought, so that person who looked so pure at first glance also had multiple relationships… they really were all the same in their playfulness.
Silently complaining in her heart, the nurse wouldn’t hold back from saying what she shouldn’t. Her salary wasn’t high, and with only two thousand yuan a month, she couldn’t possibly think about all sorts of unnecessary things.
Moreover, she wasn’t a professional nurse. She lacked both professional knowledge and professional ethics. She just found a casual job to get by and wait for death, while also hoping to encounter a rich old man who would take care of her.
Although she felt that this goal was a bit difficult to achieve. There were no rich old men in this dilapidated residential area. Even if there were, they would have been killed by home invaders.
“… You mean she has other girlfriends?”
Slightly shocked by the information from the nurse, Long Qinxin’s tone rose. She looked at the nurse behind the glass with her hands, her eyes filled with emotions that were hard to decipher.
Hesitation, anger, sadness, bewilderment – various emotions intertwined as she heard an answer she didn’t want to hear.
“Uh-huh, why else would I lie to you?”
The nurse had no intention of concealing anything for anyone. She touched her hair.
“…”
Silently taking half a step back, Long Qinxin’s breathing became rapid.
She touched her chest, trying to calm herself down.
It’s okay, it’s probably just Leng Qing Qiu who said that herself, it has nothing to do with Lu Zhiyin’s thoughts.
After taking some time to calm her emotions, seeing that she had quieted down, the nurse began to ask again.
“So, are you still going to see her?”
With a hint of curiosity, the nurse looked at Long Qinxin’s slightly heaving chest, and the wallet hanging from her body, which looked expensive at a glance. She was calculating how to extort some money.
“… Phew… Mm, take me to see her.”
Taking a deep breath, Long Qinxin tapped on the tempered glass in front of her again.
“… Tsk…”
She didn’t quite understand why wealthy people would act like this, pursuing someone even after hearing they already had a partner. However, this didn’t stop the nurse from wanting to get some money.
After all, not making money when it’s available makes one a bastard.
“Yes, that’s possible… however, we have an obligation to protect our guests’ privacy…”
First, she put on a look of difficulty, and then the nurse extended her hand from the counter.
“It’ll cost extra.”
The so-called protection of privacy was just idle talk. The most important thing was the extra charge that followed.
“No problem.”
Agreeing readily to the nurse’s request, while proving a relationship might be difficult, paying money was an easy matter for Long Qinxin.
Rummaging through her wallet, Long Qinxin handed a stack of banknotes to the nurse.
“Here’s a thousand yuan, is that enough? If it is, then take me to see her.”
Because of what the nurse had said earlier, her mood was not good. Even the action of handing over the money was done with great force, causing the nurse some pain.
Well… a pleasant pain. What common person wouldn’t enjoy being hit with money?
Smiling, the nurse took the money and put it in her pocket. She then walked out from the side door.
“Okay, I’ll take you to see her now.”
Her improved mood significantly improved her attitude, and she even used polite language.
In fact, she had considered extorting more, but wealthy people were always dangerous. In this city where laws were often not very effective, offending a rich person would likely be dangerous.
After much consideration, the nurse decided to be content with what she got. After all, a thousand yuan was a lot; it was half her monthly salary.
One could only say they were worthy of being rich, casually pulling out so much money.
While marveling in her mind, the nurse led Long Qinxin to Lu Zhiyin’s ward.
