Liangshan County has a complex terrain.

Qingshui Village is located in a remote valley at the foot of the mountains.

Once outside, Lin Fan rode his old bicycle, while Lin Shuying held Qiao'er in her arms and used her other hand to hold up a raincoat over their heads.

After riding for a short while, Lin Shuying noticed that Lin Fan in front of her was panting heavily.

It wasn't that Lin Fan was physically weak, but the road to the county town was almost entirely uphill, and with the rain making the roads muddy, it was very strenuous.

"How about I get down and walk, you can carry Qiao'er!"

Lin Shuying looked at Lin Fan, who was trying hard to keep his eyes on the car, and felt a strange, unreal feeling in her heart.

She pursed her lips, looking at Lin Fan's retreating figure with a complicated expression. She sighed softly, tugged at Lin Fan's sleeve, and spoke softly.

Lin Fan laughed without turning his head, "It's okay, your leg is still injured, getting it soaked in the rain will only make it worse, I'm not tired!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Shuying felt even more uneasy. A feeling she had never experienced before, one that was hard to describe, began to spread through her heart.

As for Lin Fan, he didn't feel tired at all!

After all, what he was holding onto was his happiness for the rest of his life.

In my past life, I had fantasized about this scene countless times.

If Lin Shuying's leg injury had been treated promptly by taking her daughter to the hospital in time, all this tragedy could have been avoided.

Will the Lin family stop abandoning him? Will she accept him back? Will Qiao'er be able to call him "Dad" again?

Now that heaven has truly given him another chance, how could he feel tired when he's holding onto the most precious treasure of his life?

The rain was drizzling, but it got heavier and heavier!

As dusk fell, the two finally arrived at the hospital!

Although Lin Shuying kept holding the raincoat over their heads, Lin Fan was still soaked from head to toe with sweat!

After arriving at the hospital, since neither Qiao'er nor Lin Shuying had any emergency conditions, the nurses told them to wait in line first!

After waiting for about half an hour, when the patients ahead of them had finished seeing their doctors, it was finally Lin Fan and his group's turn.

What's wrong with the child?

The doctor who treated Lin Fan and his companions was an elderly woman with gold-rimmed glasses that gave off a scholarly air. She sat quietly behind the long table.

Upon seeing a young couple with a little girl walk in, the doctor couldn't help but smile and softly inquire.

"Doctor, my daughter has had a high fever for several days and there's been no sign of it going down. It doesn't seem like a regular cold. Could you please take a closer look?"

Lin Fan hurriedly took Qiao'er from Lin Shuying's arms and handed her to the doctor.

He knew that Qiao'er's illness this time was unusual because she had not received timely treatment and her voice had even been burned, so he seemed a little nervous.

However, the doctor relaxed a little when he heard that it was just a fever. After taking Qiao'er's hand and asking her some questions and making a diagnosis, he frowned slightly and said, "It sounds like a viral infection. She'll probably need to stay in the hospital for two days for IV drips and observation. If the fever doesn't go down, she'll probably have to go to a big hospital in the provincial capital!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Shuying, who had been standing quietly to the side, immediately panicked.

She hadn't expected her daughter's illness to be so serious, not just a common cold or fever.

"Alright, then we'll have to trouble you, doctor. Please take good care of us. If we really need to go to the provincial capital, please let us know in time!"

Lin Fan nodded solemnly to the old doctor.

The female doctor smiled and reassured the two, "Don't worry too much. Although viral infections are not easy to treat, you brought them in in time. From my observation, two days of antibiotics should be fine!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Fan and the other person nodded with a sigh of relief!

Then Lin Fan looked at Lin Shuying beside him and said to the female doctor, "Doctor, can the surgery department treat her? She has an external injury, and it seems quite serious!"

The female doctor nodded gently: "Okay, where are you injured? Let me take a look!"

Lin Shuying hesitated upon hearing this.

Lin Fan quickly interjected, "Since we're already here, let the doctor take a look. I know you're worried about spending money, but if it's a minor ailment, it won't cost much. If it's really serious, no amount of money is more important than life!"

The female doctor nodded in agreement and looked at Lin Fan with a smile, saying, "Your husband is quite reasonable and considerate. Come and let me see where the injury is."

Lin Shuying blushed slightly, then immediately stopped hesitating and sat down on the bench next to her, rolling up her trouser legs.

The doctor removed the cloth bag that Lin Shuying had tied herself, and after taking a look at it, his expression suddenly became serious.

"This... how many days has this injury been going on?"

"It's been three or four days!"

"Sigh... Such a big wound, and it took three or four days to come, that's a bit troublesome!"

Lin Shuying was startled again, and was about to speak when Lin Fan quickly asked, "Doctor, can it be cured?"

The female doctor tapped the table and said thoughtfully, "The wound is severely infected and shows signs of necrosis, affecting the blood and nervous system. It might... require amputation!"

Medical conditions in the 1990s were relatively backward. Some serious injuries could only be treated with amputation. Otherwise, local wound infection and necrosis of the blood and nervous system could endanger life.

Upon hearing the word "amputation," Lin Shuying turned pale, her whole body tensed up, and her hands trembled slightly!

Lin Fan gritted his teeth and said, "Doctor, I beg you, please do your best to cure her. Use the most expensive medicine and the best equipment. As long as she can be saved, that's all that matters!"

The female doctor sighed softly, glanced at Lin Shuying's sallow and emaciated face, and couldn't help but say, "Your wife is very weak, has a low immune system, and I suspect she also has anemia. It will be difficult to treat this level of external injury. I will try my best to arrange surgery and clean the wound first!"

"Then antibiotics and nutrients will be used in combination for treatment. It is estimated that I will have to stay in the hospital for a period of time, and the cost will not be cheap. It may cost about a thousand yuan in total!"

These days, a pound of meat only costs one yuan and fifty cents!

A thousand yuan is already a lot of money.

"Then please arrange the surgery as soon as possible, doctor. Money is not a problem!"

Lin Shuying never expected that a simple fall would result in such a serious leg injury, potentially even requiring amputation.

She was helplessly wheeled into the operating room for debridement surgery!

They were busy until late at night. The female doctor was very considerate and arranged for Lin Shuying and Qiao'er to be in the same ward so that Lin Fan could stay with them.

And so the day finally came to an end. The rain outside the window had stopped sometime earlier, and the dark clouds in the sky had dispersed, revealing a clear starry sky!

Inside the ward, Lin Fan sat on the edge of the bed, resting his chin on his hand, quietly watching the mother and daughter lying together on the bed, both of them with IV drips attached.

After the surgery, Lin Shuying was covered in sweat and had already fallen into a deep sleep, completely exhausted.

Qiao'er was so delirious from the fever that she hadn't been fully awake all day and had been sleeping the whole time!

The female doctor just came to inform Lin Fan that both of them are in good condition and there shouldn't be any major problems. This finally put Lin Fan's mind at ease after he had been worried all day!

Looking at the peaceful mother and daughter, Lin Fan felt that being able to live a peaceful life with a healthy and lively mother and daughter like this was the greatest happiness in his life!

Thankfully... everything is still in time!

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