Ding Jiayi seemed to have lapses in her memory. She could only remember that Qiao Dongliang was into an accident and was hospitalized two years ago. She did not remember what happened after he was discharged and the incidents within those two years.
“Old Qiao, w-what’s wrong with me? This is wrong. You should be the one resting on the hospital bed. Old Qiao, since you were hit by a car, it is more important for you to rest. I am merely taking care of you. It is not an issue that I tire myself out for one or two days. Why do you insist that I sleep on the bed while you sit by the side? It is unsuitable. Come on. Lie down on the bed. I will take a seat over there.” When Ding Jiayi woke up, gone was her temper, she was very nice to Qiao Dongliang.
However, when Ding Jiayi tried to sit up from the bed all at once, she exerted herself and felt pain in her ribs. She turned pale in pain. “W-what is wrong with me? Why do I feel pain in my abdomen? It is as if I broke the rib bones.”
“You have indeed broken your bones.” Qiao Dongliang narrowed his eyes at Ding Jiayi. It was strange that she uttered a bunch of incomprehensible words as soon as she woke up. “Ding Jiayi, what are you up to today?”
“What do you mean? Old Qiao, I don’t seem to understand your words. Moreover, didn’t you suffer injuries from the accident? Why have I broken my bones?” Ding Jiayi looked confused and perplexed. “Old Qiao, where is Zijin and Qiao Nan? Shouldn’t they be in the hospital to take care of you? What is going on? I remember you don’t stay in this ward. Why is it that everything is so messed up?”
Ding Jiayi woke up and realized that Qiao Dongliang had changed his ward. Moreover, she was injured and felt pain all over her body. She felt perplexed and baffled.
Qiao Dongliang frowned. He stared at Ding Jiayi intently, refusing to play along with her.
“This won’t do. Old Qiao, I feel dizzy all of a sudden. Let me rest for a while.” Ding Jiayi clasped her forehead, lying down in agony. She fell asleep and started to snore within three minutes.
Now that Ding Jiayi was asleep, she no longer made any noise. Qiao Dongliang could not be bothered with her. He did not pay attention to what she had said just now.
The doctor came to the ward to check on the patients and asked about Ding Jiayi’s condition at about eight o’clock in the evening. Ding Jiayi shouted loudly at the sight of the doctor. “This is not right. You are not the doctor who tended to Old Qiao. Who are you? Old Qiao, when did you change the doctor? Why didn’t I know about it? This is Doctor Wang. I remember that the doctor who treated you is Doctor Zhou!”
“This patient over here, don’t be agitated. You must not be agitated.” Ding Jiayi struggled to get out of bed, saying that the doctors and nurses were not the same as before. The doctor and nurse hurried to each of her sides to hold her down. They were worried that she would tear her wounds by moving about.
“Comrade Qiao, what is wrong with your wife?” Doctor Wang was in a difficult situation. When women acted in frenzy, they would have a lot of physical strength. Besides, he was a man. It was not suitable for him to get too close to Ding Jiayi. He seemed to be at a loss.
Luckily, Qiao Dongliang stepped in to help and calm her down finally.
“Patient, I am not your doctor in charge. Comrade Qiao, have you ever been hospitalized? If so, your wife may be suffering from memory problems. If not, your wife…” She might suffer from delusions.
“I have an accident and was hospitalized in this hospital three years ago. At that time, it was indeed a doctor by the surname Zhou who attended to me.”
“Three years ago?” Doctor Wang was startled. “Comrade Ding, do you remember what year it is now?”
“1997.” Ding Jiayi answered matter-of-factly.
“No, how could it be in 1997…” Doctor Wang frowned.
Ding Jiayi refused to believe the doctor. “Why is it not in the year of 1997? I remember clearly about it. I know who I am. I have a husband and two daughters. Are you lying to me? Old Qiao, the new doctor is not as good as Doctor Zhou. He makes strange comments.”
“It is wrong.” Doctor Wang shook his head right away. “Comrade Qiao, come out with me.”
Qiao Dongliang glanced at Ding Jiayi before following after Doctor Wang.
Doctor Wang thought for a moment. “On the surface, it seems as if your wife… is suffering from amnesia.”
“And the truth is?” He did not believe that she would wake up suffering from amnesia after one night of sleep.
“If your wife suffered a concussion from the car accident, it is possible that she suffers from partial memory loss. However, when she was sent to the hospital, she sustained injuries to her chest and abdomen areas. There was no lump on her head. Besides, in general, if one is to suffer from amnesia, they will show signs of memory loss on the first day they wake up. This is the first time that someone suffers from amnesia after being in the hospital for half a month and being transferred to the normal ward.”
It could not be explained from a doctor’s point of view.
Could it be that she was not only injured in her chest and abdomen, but her brain also suffered from a concussion? However, it was strange that the symptoms only appeared half a month later.
Could she be playing a joke on them?
“Doctor Wang, I understand what you mean.” What the doctor meant was that Ding Jiayi had pretended to be suffering from amnesia.
“I have heard about your family situation. After all, she is a patient. Don’t give her too much stress.” She had resorted to feigning amnesia. Doctor Wang felt helpless. He was not a quack. He had been giving her proper treatment. It was just that the patient’s condition was quite peculiar. She would come up with illness by herself. There was no doctor who could cure her.
In order to ensure that his diagnosis was correct, he made a thorough check on Ding Jiayi’s head area when he was holding her down just now. He was certain that she did not have any lumps on her head.
In short, she did not sustain any injuries to her head. In fact, her head did not suffer any blows in the accident.
He heard that after the patient was knocked down by a car and she fell backward into the arms of someone. The person was shocked and he helped the patient lie down slowly.
Doctor Wang thought of all possibilities that might have resulted in the patient suffering from a concussion and amnesia.
If it was not due to a medical condition, it must be the act of man.
“Doctor Wang, it is really hard on you.” Doctor Wang had made himself clear. Besides, Qiao Dongliang never believed that Ding Jiayi really suffered from amnesia.
Now that Doctor Wang had said this, he knew what Ding Jiayi was up to.
Ding Jiayi insisted that her memory was only until the year of 1997. Therefore, she had no memory of what happened in the following three years and felt that Doctor Wang was lying to her.
As a result, Ding Jiayi had been treating Qiao Dongliang with the same attitude that she had two years ago. She was no longer distant and cautious when she spoke to Qiao Dongliang. Instead, she seemed to be on close terms with him.