After much persuasion, they finally agreed, and Ye Xiu and Bai Zhi returned to the room again. It was already midnight.
Beside them, Xianxian was sound asleep, while Ye Xiu and Bai Zhi had their eyes closed. Yet, it was clear to both that neither was asleep.
Bai Zhi was in pain. Lying down with her eyes shut only intensified her awareness of the agony.
The dense, unceasing pain.
Painful and numb, it was torment.
And Ye Xiu couldn’t exactly describe her feelings. Having lost control at last, she confronted memories of more than a decade, which were as frustrating as they could possibly be.
She felt heartbroken for her daughter. Plus, she had two sons who caused her headaches and needed disciplining. Truly frustrating.
As for Bai Da, who was unconscious, who cared about him?
He had also awoken from the pain, lying prostrate on the hospital bed.
Upon opening his eyes, he saw that there was no one beside him. His head was in severe pain—pain that made him want to hammer it, and pinching did nothing to help.
His back hurt even more; it pained him even to breathe.
"Is anyone there, anyone?"
Bai Da yelled loudly. He remembered that it seemed to be Bai Guang and Bai Xin who had brought him here, but now they had simply abandoned him?
A nurse came over, looking at Bai Da with impatience.
She really felt angry just by looking at Bai Da, seeing him as a troublemaker. Of course, she didn’t know exactly what Bai Da had said, but could anyone who harms a child be good?
"I’m in great pain, can you give me some painkillers?"
"No, but I have a pain injection. Shall I give it to you?"
Bai Da hastily agreed, believing himself to be not exactly afraid of pain, but it was just too much to bear.
The nurse quickly came over with the syringe.
A terribly long needle, which made Bai Da somewhat disbelieving.
"Isn’t this needle a bit too big?"
"Do you know better or do I?"
The nurse firmly administered it in one go.
"Ah." A scream that could chill the bones.
Wasn’t she stabbing a little girl? Well, I’ll stab you too!
Afterward, the nurse began to set up an IV drip.
The first attempt, she inserted the needle, fiddling around with it.
"Nurse, is this a vein or dough?"
Bai Da gritted his teeth, feeling the nurse was doing it on purpose.
"Oh, I know, I was just checking if the allies had gotten in. Looks like they haven’t, let’s switch arms."
The second attempt was unsuccessful.
In less than ten minutes, the needle slipped out, and Bai Da saw his hand swelling and started yelling.
Nurse calmly came over and pulled out the needle.
"It slipped, I need to reinsert it."
That night, the nurse felt it was indeed a good night shift with good mood and spirit.
Once again, she started, oh, and this time, it swelled again within ten minutes.
Bai Da felt absolutely miserable.
At that time, there was no such thing as filing a complaint.
"Why do you keep moving? If you move, of course, the needle will slip; who are you bothering in the middle of the night?"
Before Bai Da could speak, the nurse had already chastised.
Bai Da suddenly didn’t know what to say...
Finally, they inserted it in his head.
Being particularly conspicuous, generally only children, due to moving around too much, couldn’t have it in their hands. Or, because the veins in the head were easier to find.
It was indeed rare for adults to have it in their heads.
Early morning, sunlight covered the earth.
Miles and miles without a trace of cloud.
Today was an exceptionally clear day.
Thus, everything would go smoothly, Ye Xiu thought.