CHAPTER 460: CHAPTER 460: SHE CAME TOO

"What are you thinking about?" Jin Juan was determined to get to the bottom of it.

Qin Xiangyang took a long time again, but in the end, he shook his head.

"I, um, I forgot."

Just as Jin Juan was about to come forward and wring it out of him, Qin Xiangyang cleverly dodged, knowing he couldn’t be too forceful with women—better to dodge if possible. This was the experience he had learned over the years with Jin Juan—stop pinching me, it doesn’t hurt me, but your hand must be sore.

Jin Juan really didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at this point, and she couldn’t bring her hand down.

"Alright then, quickly tell me, how is Nuannuan doing?"

"It’s nothing," Qin Xiangyang said and couldn’t help but heave a sigh of relief, "It’s pneumonia, but it’s not SARS."

"That’s good," Jin Juan’s hanging heart also finally settled, "No, I’ve made up my mind," she suddenly declared, "I’m going to the hospital to see her, to see if there’s anything I can do to help." Saying so, she was ready to grab her things and go to the hospital.

"No," Qin Xiangyang quickly stopped her, "Zhiqing is there, he told us all not to go, saying Tuantuan is still small, after all, the hospital takes in many patients with fever, afraid we might all catch something."

"But..." Jin Juan always felt it wasn’t right, how could they not visit when a family member is hospitalized?

"It’s okay, this is what Nuannuan wishes, saying that since Tuantuan is still small, she’s worried we might pass it to him."

Qin Xiangnuan knew that Jin Juan felt uneasy, so she comforted them, and even he himself felt somewhat uneasy, after all, that is his dear sister, who has been dependent on him since childhood, but Jian Zhiqing’s words were right, both he and Jin Na are teachers in the school, they have to consider the students as well as themselves.

Moreover, now with Qing Zhiqing and Qin Xiangnuan in the hospital, and the clothing store and internet cafe also needing people, they didn’t tell Granny Lu about this, only saying that Qin Xiangnuan and Jian Zhiqing were busy with something, and are not at home right now, so as not to worry the elderly.

Meanwhile, in the hospital, Qin Xiangnuan was admitted and had a fever for a day, but for the next few days, her temperature was normal and she didn’t feel uncomfortable in any other way, except for the injections, she had to take many injections a day. Ke Zhiqing was staying with her, fortunately, neither of them had another fever, so Jian Zhiqing’s quarantine was lifted, meaning neither of them had contracted SARS, though they were in the same hospital, the feeling was different from when they first came in.

At least, it wasn’t a life-threatening disease, without the weight on their minds, they recovered particularly quickly and were in good spirits. It was just the food in the hospital was not very tasty and it was quite crowded at times. Whenever they encountered a patient with a fever, the whole hospital seemed to get tense.

"What would you like to eat today?" Jian Zhiqing pulled the book out of Qin Xiangnuan’s hands, "You have been reading for a long time, take a rest for your eyes, be careful or you might become short-sighted and need glasses."

Qin Xiangnuan blinked, "I don’t want to eat the hospital food," and she’s long past the age for getting glasses, anyways. As for what to eat, honestly, she didn’t know, because the food in the hospital was terrible.

"I’ll go outside and buy something for you," Jian Zhiqing knew she was tired of eating hospital food, being so picky.

"I want dumplings," Qin Xiangnuan craved the dumplings made by Granny Lu, but it was impossible for Granny Lu to make dumplings for her now.

"I’ll go buy some," Jian Zhiqing grabbed his wallet and was ready to go out and buy dumplings for the young lady.

"Remember to wear a mask," Qin Xiangnuan said weakly, feeling like her constant lying in bed had turned her into a waste.

"I know," Jian Zhiqing took a mask and put it on himself, preparing for a trip outside.

When he stepped outside, just as he reached the entrance of the hospital, he unexpectedly saw Qin Xiangmei also about to enter the hospital, and she was alone. She seemed to be not feeling well, with a pale face and unsteady steps, and there was no one beside her.

She must have come to see the doctor herself.

Jian Zhiqing felt no sympathy for her.

Usually for those who enjoyed creating drama, he only had one phrase for them: "The pitiful ones have reasons to be despised." He strode past the hospital, and as he brushed past Qin Xiangmei, her steps paused slightly, sensing something strange, but couldn’t pinpoint what it was. She coughed, her face extremely pale. The people in the hospital, when they heard her cough, couldn’t help but give her a wide berth, especially since she wasn’t wearing a mask.

Qin Xiangmei took out her phone, but didn’t know who to call. It was only now that she realized what it meant to have no one to turn to. She couldn’t rely on anyone in her family; although Song Wang was nice to her, when she had a fever, not a single person from the Song Family bothered to care. Even the housekeeper stayed three meters away from her, dropping her off at the hospital entrance and then running off, making up a bunch of excuses, all out of fear of being infected by her.

Humph, if she had SARS, none of them would be able to escape it either; they’d all have to be quarantined.

She searched for a while and finally decided to go and register.

The nurse at the registration desk asked Qin Xiangmei, "Which department do you want to see?"

How would Qin Xiangmei know which one to go to?

"I have a cold and a cough."

Once she said this, the faces of the people queuing behind her, including the nurse’s, all changed. They avoided her as if she were a venomous snake or a wild beast, fleeing as far as possible.

"There is a fever clinic over there, you go there," the nurse pointed down a corridor. How could she not have seen the big sign for the fever clinic? Not realizing she had a fever and possibly SARS, she still tried to squeeze into a crowd of people. Does this person have any sense of public duty?

Qin Xiangmei felt extremely upset, but she didn’t want to make a scene in the hospital, so she could only head towards the fever clinic. Being sick and alone made her feel particularly lonely and uncomfortable, as if the whole world was against her.

She felt like she was going to go crazy soon. If she really did have SARS, then she would infect others. It wasn’t fair for her to be sick while others lived well.

After entering the fever clinic and following the procedure, she had to get a blood test and her temperature checked.

Qin Xiangmei was so feverish that she was somewhat delirious; her temperature was 39.5 degrees. The hospital quickly administered a fever-reducing injection, and the lab results also came back. It must be said that Qin Xiangmei was lucky; she didn’t have SARS but a common upper respiratory infection. Nevertheless, she needed to be hospitalized for observation due to the fever.

The door was opened again, and Qin Xiangnuan opened her eyes, thinking that Jian Zhiqing had returned so quickly. Could it be that there were no dumplings, and she had to eat boiled cabbage and tofu again today?

Unexpectedly, when she saw who it was, it was Qin Xiangmei.