He Teng didn’t respond to Lin Chan, he went straight past him, with a trembling hand, under the watchful eyes of several doctors and nurses, he slowly lifted the white cloth. When he saw the pale face underneath was not someone familiar, his heart finally returned to his chest.
"It’s not her." He Teng couldn’t describe his feelings at that moment. He had mustered the courage to lift the white cloth, for a moment there, how he wished, it would turn out to be a prank by He Zhilan.
"Are you a relative of the deceased?" The doctor asked, puzzled.
"No, Doctor, he made a mistake! Our person is still in there being resuscitated!" Chen Xiting stepped forward, pulling He Teng back a few steps and explained to the doctor, then pointed at the operating room nearby and said to He Teng, "Zhilan is still being treated in there."
Lin Chan, standing at the side, scoffed. Just when he was about to mock He Teng some more, the operating room door suddenly swung open. Lin Chan, quicker than anyone else, darted to the front and grabbed the doctor’s arm, "Doctor, how is she?"
"She’s out of immediate danger. We need to move the patient to the ward now, we’ll talk more later." The doctor waved his hand and let the nurse push He Zhilan to her ward.
Only then did He Teng start to recover, not uttering a word, silently walking next to the stretcher, his gaze fixed on the pale face of He Zhilan on the bed, his eyes hardly blinked.
In just one night, she lay there like a paper doll. During his agonizing five-hour car journey, she had been undergoing life-or-death surgery.
After leaving the operating room, He Zhilan was wheeled by the medical staff to a private room on the third floor. He Teng gently lifted He Zhilan onto the hospital bed without waiting for the medical staff’s assistance. He then stood by the side, his eyes slightly red.
The doctor followed them all the way here, removed his mask, surveyed He Teng and Lin Chan, and then asked, "Who’s the family member of the patient here? I need to discuss a matter with you!"
He Teng and Lin Chan both spoke out at the same time. He Teng glanced at Lin Chan, then told the doctor, "I’m her husband!"
"What husband? You mean soon-to-be ex-husband! I’m her brother!" Lin Chan pushed He Teng aside and was about to follow the doctor out.
But in terms of strength, Lin Chan was no match for He Teng. With just a stretch of his arm, He Teng easily picked him up and walked out of the ward before Lin Chan, who followed out fuming.
The doctor recognized Lin Chan and didn’t stop him. But when he started speaking, he looked at He Teng, "I suggest you report this to the police and get them involved. During resuscitation, we found an undissolved sleeping pill in the patient’s nasal cavity. We also found abnormal fluid accumulation in her lungs, indicating drowning. We suspect the patient didn’t take the sleeping pill on her own accord, but it might’ve been dissolved in water and force-fed while she was sick and weak."
With this, the doctor paused for a moment, then turned to look at Lin Chan, "The sleeping pill that Lin Shan gave me when he brought the patient in has been tested by my colleagues. It’s a foreign medication, not available for purchase domestically, not even in our hospital. I believe this could be a clue to provide to the police."