Aunt Xie is the oldest among them and just celebrated her 80th birthday a few days ago.

According to their regulations, they do not accept people over 80 years old.

But Aunt Xie’s situation is really special.

Her son brought her here to register, and then disappeared, blocked her phone calls, and stopped replying to WeChat messages.

After school, Aunt Xie was waiting alone at the school and couldn't contact other relatives. Finally, the neighborhood committee came forward to find Aunt Xie's daughter-in-law and sent the old woman home.

Aunt Xie found out she had a heart attack during the physical examination before entering school.

Before this, her son either ignored the family's calls or cursed at them countless times. He never mentioned that Aunt Xie was sick, nor did he ask about her situation at school.

Lin Qinglan became more and more angry as she thought about it. She walked out of the emergency building and made a phone call: "Hello, I'm the president of Evergreen Senior University. Aunt Xie had a heart attack and fainted at school. She's in the hospital now. You have to come over."

The other party was silent for a moment before he started to curse, "Did that damn old woman ask you to lie to me? Tell her she's sick and wants to die."

"Can you speak properly? You can't speak but you're sitting at the same table with a dog. You just came out of the toilet with such a dirty mouth, you're a heartless dog." Lin Qinglan couldn't stand it anymore and chose to curse back.

The person on the other end hung up the phone without saying a word.

Lin Qinglan only hated that she didn't speak fast enough and her scolding wasn't harsh enough.

After returning to the emergency room, the doctor came out with a serious expression.

"Xie Qiao'e's family."

"Doctor, I'm here. How is Aunt Xie doing?"

The young doctor wore half-frame glasses and a mask covering most of his face. His exposed eyes looked distant and cold, but the fatigue between his brows and the dark circles under his eyes could not be concealed.

"I am the patient's attending physician. My last name is He. What is your relationship with the patient?"

"I am the president of the Senior Citizens University, and Aunt Xie is a student of our school."

Doctor He frowned and looked at her suspiciously, "Contact her family. The patient's condition is quite complicated. We need to talk to her family."

"Her family doesn't care. Aunt Xie is like this because of her son." Lin Qinglan's tone turned cold and she stretched her stiff wrist. "If you have any questions, just tell me directly. Aunt Xie's son is considered dead."

Doctor He made a few strokes on the medical record, looked up at her for a long time, as if to judge the credibility of her words, and nodded after a while: "The rescue was very timely before being put on the ambulance. Who did it?"

"It was me. I've learned first aid, but I was quite panicked at the time and my hands were shaking."

"You handled it very well. The patient's condition is basically stable now, but his heart problem is quite serious and he needs to stay in the hospital for observation." Doctor He looked at her approvingly and took her into the consulting room.

"Sit down and talk. There is something you need to know." He frowned and spoke in a serious tone.

Lin Qinglan moved her fingers nervously, and she could imagine that what the doctor said was definitely not good.

"The patient is suspected of having been abused."

Lin Qinglan stood up suddenly.

"She had many obvious wounds on her body, which were caused by human injury, some new and some old. The longest one was about 7cm long and looked like a knife wound."

"In addition, the patient's physical condition is very poor, and the preliminary diagnosis is that he has been malnourished for many years."

"The situation is quite serious. The hospital will call the police. I hope you will cooperate then."

Lin Qinglan looked at the pictures on the injury report, feeling a mixture of sadness and anger.

She suddenly understood why Aunt Xie always wore long pants and long sleeves no matter whether it was hot or cold.

"This beast." Lin Qinglan's eyes were grim as she suppressed her anger.

She guessed that Aunt Xie's son was not good to her, but she didn't expect that the beast would actually attack her eighty-year-old mother.

"In addition, we must pay attention to the patient's emotions not fluctuating too much, and try not to let inappropriate people stimulate her." Dr. He added.

"Have you found her previous medicine?"

Lin Qinglan was rummaging through the small cloth bag in her hand.

Before Aunt Xie entered the examination room, the doctor told her to find the medicine Aunt Xie had taken before to treat her heart attack.

Lin Qinglan didn't find it on Aunt Xie, and guessed it was in her bag, so she asked a teacher from school to bring it over.

"This is it." Lin Qinglan took out a small medicine bottle from her bag and handed it to the doctor.

Doctor He glanced at the name of the medicine and hesitated: "It is indeed a medicine for treating myocardial infarction. Logically speaking, the condition should not deteriorate so quickly if taken normally."

He opened the bottle and noticed something was wrong. "This medicine has been expired for a long time. It's all sticky."

After checking the expiration date of the medicine, he pressed his temples, remembering that the person in front of him was not a direct relative of the patient, and restrained his emotions a little, "The medicine has expired for three years. Not only is the expired medicine useless, it will also accelerate the deterioration of the condition."

"Miss, please listen to my advice. The situation is very serious now. You must contact her relatives immediately. They are suspected of abusing the elderly."

Lin Qinglan felt a sharp pain in her heart. If she had been more careful, she would have noticed that something was wrong.

"Don't blame yourself, you've done well enough." Doctor He looked at the depressed Lin Qinglan and comforted her.

"Let's go see the patient."

Lin Qinglan stood up numbly and followed him to the ward.

Aunt Xie had woken up and was leaning weakly against the head of the bed, her eyes blank for a moment.

There was not a trace of blood on his sallow face, and his dim eyeballs seemed somewhat bulging out against his thin features.

Seeing Lin Qinglan come in, Aunt Xie struggled to get up. Her skinny hands grabbed the bed sheets tightly, and her cracked lips opened and closed but no sound came out.

"Thank you, Auntie." Lin Qinglan couldn't hold back her tears anymore.

She was not a crybaby, but Aunt Xie's appearance reminded her of her seriously ill grandmother and the pair of hands that she could never reach.

Doctor He, who was standing beside her, shook his head at her. Lin Qinglan remembered that she must not let Aunt Xie get too emotional, so she bit her lips and held back her tears.

Doctor He raised the bed a little higher to make Aunt Xie more comfortable. "You can give her some water to moisten her throat first."

Lin Qinglan picked up the warm water that had just been poured on the bedside table, poured a small sip into the cup, and handed it steadily to Aunt Xie's mouth.

Aunt Xie drank a little too quickly, so Lin Qinglan hurried to help her calm down.

Aunt Xie held the empty cup and stared at Lin Qinglan blankly: "Principal Xiao Lin, have I caused you trouble again?"

Lin Qinglan held Aunt Xie's outstretched hand and shook her head repeatedly, "No, Aunt Xie, don't think too much. You are just sick, and we will come to the hospital to treat you well."

"This is Doctor He. If you feel uncomfortable, please let me know immediately."

He Yu asked with concern: "Auntie, how do you feel now?"

Aunt Xie held Lin Qinglan's hand and nodded to the doctor: "Much better. I forgot to take my medicine at noon, which is why I made such a big noise. Sorry to bother you, doctor."

Lin Qinglan and He Yu looked at each other and realized that Aunt Xie was not going to tell the truth, so they continued to talk according to her wishes.

"Auntie, you were in a hurry to go out today, did you bring the wrong medicine? This bottle is expired. The nurse will come to deliver new medicine later." He Yu's expression did not seem unusual, showing his concern for the patient.

"Aunt Xie, new medicines and old medicines cannot be mixed together anymore. Something almost happened. I was worried to death." Lin Qinglan prepared to ask Aunt Xie about the situation at home in a roundabout way.

The nurse came in to pass on a message, and He Yu went out in a hurry.

After a moment, another person came in with a serious face.

"Auntie, let the family pay the fees. I'll sit with you for a while." As he said this, he pulled Lin Qinglan.

Lin Qinglan, who had already paid the fee before entering the ward, understood his hint and knew that the police had arrived.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he gave her an explosive piece of news: Aunt Xie's son was not her biological son.

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