Xu You hadn’t finished speaking when Dr. Jin pushed her aside.
“Dr. Xu, you really aren’t being professional at all. The patient already said that the abdominal pain only started tonight and that she came straight to the hospital. How could she possibly have been bleeding a few days ago?”
Regiment Commander Peng immediately sensed that the two doctors had given different accounts. He turned to the older Dr. Jin.
“Doctor, what exactly is going on?”
Dr. Jin said, “Dr. Xu is very eager to learn. She taught herself gynecology, and after assisting our obstetrics and gynecology director with a cesarean section last time, she apparently thought she had already mastered the basics. Now she insists that Comrade Zhang Yan must have secretly taken abortion medication, resulting in an incomplete miscarriage…”
“That’s impossible! My wife hasn’t even left the military base recently. How could she possibly have gotten abortion medication?”
Regiment Commander Peng looked at Xu You with displeasure.
“Dr. Jin, I’ll have to leave my wife in your hands.”
Dr. Jin nodded. “Don’t worry. As soon as I come on duty tomorrow morning, I’ll arrange for Comrade Zhang Yan to be admitted for miscarriage prevention treatment. Rest assured, the bleeding has stopped for now.”
Regiment Commander Peng repeatedly thanked her.
“I’m entrusting my wife and child to you, Dr. Jin.”
“Don’t worry. I’ll work a little overtime tonight and stay here in the resuscitation room to keep an eye on her.”
Dr. Jin deliberately tried to curry favor with Regiment Commander Peng.
The area outside the resuscitation room fell quiet again.
Regiment Commander Peng finally relaxed. Only then did he notice Chu Ying.
“Thank goodness you were here, Comrade Chu. If you hadn’t brought my wife to the hospital, I’m afraid my son might not have made it.”
Chu Ying shook her head worriedly.
“Yan Yan and I are close friends. Taking care of her is only natural.”
“I’ll stay here and keep watch. Comrade Chu, you should go back and get some rest.”
Chu Ying shook her head.
“I’m worried about Yan Yan. I’ll stay here and wait for her.”
As she spoke, she coughed several times.
Regiment Commander Peng thought for a moment, then asked Dr. Jin for a bed and had Chu Ying lie down to rest for a while.
Dawn was just beginning to break.
Suddenly, a desperate cry for help came from the resuscitation room.
Dr. Jin immediately rushed to Zhang Yan’s gurney.
What she saw was blood.
The entire gurney was covered in blood!
Zhang Yan was hemorrhaging heavily!
Xu You watched as Zhang Yan gasped desperately for breath.
“Xiao Xie, check her blood pressure!”
“Xiao Li, Xiao Liu, open her legs. I need to check whether the cervix has dilated!”
This time, Xu You saw it clearly.
Zhang Yan’s cervix was still open. In fact, tissue was being expelled along with the bleeding!
Nurse Xiao Xie shouted, “Dr. Xu, her blood pressure is dropping rapidly!”
Xu You urgently said, “Dr. Jin, this is definitely an incomplete miscarriage.”
Dr. Jin collapsed onto the gurney beside them.
“But she said she hadn’t taken any abortion medication. How could this happen…?”
The moment Xu You saw Dr. Jin’s state, she knew she couldn’t count on her.
She hurriedly said, “Xiao Xie, find someone to go to the family housing compound and call the director of obstetrics and gynecology! She needs surgery immediately, or her life will be in danger.”
The bleeding was so severe that it could no longer be controlled.
Xu You could only increase the dosage of the hemostatic injection to buy time for the surgery.
Nurse Xiao Xie immediately ran out to get help.
As soon as the door to the resuscitation room opened, Regiment Commander Peng rushed inside.
When he saw the bed drenched in red, he stumbled toward it and tightly grasped Zhang Yan’s hand.
His tears could no longer be held back.
“Wife, you absolutely cannot let anything happen to you.”
Zhang Yan shook her head.
“It’s all my fault. I couldn’t save your child.”
Regiment Commander Peng said, “If we lose the child, then so be it. We’ll have plenty of time to have another one. You absolutely cannot let anything happen to you.”
Xu You said coldly, “Regiment Commander Peng, please leave immediately. We need to transfer Comrade Zhang Yan to the operating room. We’ve already sent for the director of obstetrics and gynecology.”
Regiment Commander Peng angrily shoved Xu You aside.
Xu You’s back slammed directly into the railing of the gurney.
Nurse Xiao Li hurriedly supported her.
“Dr. Xu, are you okay?”
Xu You endured the pain in her back.
“I’m fine.”
She turned around and looked coldly at Regiment Commander Peng.
“Regiment Commander Peng, if you delay any longer, this really might become her last words.”
Regiment Commander Peng hurriedly scrambled to his feet, roughly wiping away his tears as he prepared to leave.
But Zhang Yan suddenly grabbed his hand from behind.
“Was it her who cursed our child to death?”
Upon hearing this, Regiment Commander Peng looked at Xu You with murderous hatred.
Nurse Xiao Li couldn’t take it anymore.
“Comrade Zhang Yan, you can’t be so heartless! Dr. Xu has been trying to save your life this entire time, yet you’re repaying her kindness by accusing her of something she didn’t do!”
Xu You’s expression didn’t change at all.
She should have known.
When someone secretly induces a miscarriage, they will always look for someone else to take the blame.
Yet she still couldn’t refuse to save her.
That was her duty as a doctor.
“Take the patient to the operating room. Prepare for surgery.”
Xu You saw that Regiment Commander Peng was still refusing to leave.
“If she dies, at most I’ll receive a disciplinary action. But you two will be separated by life and death. Think carefully.”
Zhang Yan panicked and released Regiment Commander Peng’s hand.
By the time the gurney reached the operating room, Zhang Yan’s consciousness was gradually fading from excessive blood loss.
She kept calling out again and again.
“I don’t want to die.”
“I don’t want to die yet.”
“Where’s the doctor? Why hasn’t the doctor come yet?”
“I never thought I would die…”
After the surgery was finally over, everyone was so exhausted that they collapsed to the floor.
Xu You hadn’t slept all night. She leaned against the wall, closed her eyes for just a moment, and fell asleep.
She didn’t know how long she had slept.
When Xu You opened her eyes, she rubbed her sore neck.
Then she suddenly remembered.
It seemed like she hadn’t dreamed just now.
Xu You hurried back to the emergency department, where Dr. Pan was having a young nurse tend to her wound.
Dr. Pan found a moment to speak to Xu You.
“Go back and get some sleep. Take it easy for the next couple of days.”
Xu You nodded. She had switched shifts with Dr. Pan and could now rest for two days.
She returned to the dormitory, took a cold shower, and slept deeply.
When she woke again, it was already afternoon.
A sharp pain came from her waist, making it difficult for her to bend over.
If she didn’t go into the city today, she had no idea when she would get another chance. By then, the Liang family would definitely make a scene.
Xu You quickly packed a schoolbag, went to the service station and bought half a pound of egg cakes, then went outside the base to wait for a vehicle heading into the city.
She casually sat down on a rock and ate two pieces of egg cake, but the bus still hadn’t arrived.
Just as she was preparing to come back tomorrow morning, she saw a Jeep drive past her, only to turn around and come back.
Chen Qingsong was driving. He rolled down the window and greeted her.
“Comrade Xu You, are you going into the city too?”
Xu You nodded.
“What a coincidence. The leaders and I are going into the city for a meeting. We can give you a ride. Sit in the passenger seat.”
“Thank you so much.”
Xu You got into the passenger seat and fastened her seat belt. Then she turned around and thanked the leaders in the back seat.
Unexpectedly, she saw Shen Xu, as well as another young leader.
Xu You sincerely thanked them.
“Thank you, both of you, for giving me a ride. I was just thinking that if I couldn’t get a vehicle soon, I’d have to come back tomorrow.”
Fang Zhiyang didn’t give Shen Xu or Xu You a chance to say anything. He immediately cut in.
“You’re Qingsong’s girlfriend, and you’re heading the same way. Since we happened to see you, of course we had to give you a ride.”
Xu You politely thanked them again. After exchanging a few pleasantries, she turned back around.
Once they reached the main road, Chen Qingsong chatted quietly with Xu You.
“You’re going into the city this late. Aren’t you coming back this afternoon?”
Xu You nodded.
“I have the next two days off, so I’m going into the city to look around. I haven’t had a chance to explore since I came to the base.”
Shen Xu hadn’t been sleeping well these past few days. Hearing the endless chatter from the two people in the front made him frown involuntarily.
Fang Zhiyang never expected that he would end up witnessing such a dramatic love triangle.
The secret male third party sat in the back seat, watching the two people in the front openly chatting away, while he could only frown and close his eyes, pretending to sleep.
How pitiful.