Divorced woman with child travels through time

In late December 2019, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, Chen Wenfang received a phone call from Teacher Hu at her kindergarten in the afternoon.

"Hello, are you Chen Xuanyu's mother?" Teacher Hu asked somewhat hurriedly.

"Hello, I'm Xuanyu's mother. What's wrong with my child?" Chen Wenfang immediately sensed that something had happened to her son.

"I am Teacher Xuanyu. He has a slight fever. I put a fever-reducing patch on him, but it's not very effective. Please take him to the hospital as soon as possible," Teacher Hu said.

"Okay, okay, I'll be right there." Chen Wenfang hung up the phone, asked her boss for leave, and then rode her electric bike to pick up her child.

Back home, Chen Wenfang touched her child's forehead; it was a little hot. She took out a thermometer, shook it down to 0 degrees Celsius, and placed it under the child's armpit.

“Baby, look at Mommy? Are you thirsty? How are you feeling?” Chen Wenfang asked the child.

"Mom," Chen Xuanyu said in a hoarse voice, pointing to his head and saying it hurts a lot, then pointing to his neck and saying it hurts a lot too.

"My sweetie, don't be afraid. Mommy will take you to see the doctor, and the pain will subside soon." Seeing her child's reluctant expression, Chen Wenfang felt a little scared. She touched the child's forehead and gave him 5 ml of ibuprofen. As a divorced mother raising her child alone, she always kept some medications at home, so she wasn't too worried.

Time passed slowly, and Chen Wenfang stayed by the child's side without leaving for a moment. She took out a thermometer, looked at it, and saw that the temperature was 38 degrees Celsius. Fortunately, Chen Wenfang felt a little relieved. She then brought over a basin of warm water and kept wiping the child's palms, soles, and armpits.

Two more hours passed, and it was almost dinnertime when the child's fever spiked again. Chen Wenfang panicked and quickly carried the child to a clinic not far from home. However, she found the clinic packed with patients with fevers. Chen Wenfang then took a taxi to the county hospital. Before she even reached the hospital, the road was already crowded. Chen Wenfang paid the fare, got out of the car, picked up the child, and headed to the hospital.

The child, who is over four years old, is not light, and Chen Wenfang had some difficulty carrying him.

"Baby, baby, are you listening to Mommy?"

"Mom..." Chen Xuanyu groaned weakly.

Chen Wenfang put the child down, but the child was a little unsteady on his feet, so she quickly supported him, saying, "Come on, baby, Mommy will carry you."

Chen Wenfang rushed to the hospital carrying her child, only to find it packed with people. She struggled to squeeze in.

The doctor said urgently, "Mom, the hospital is short-staffed right now, you'll need to wait in line."

Chen Wenfang said, "My child has had a fever for more than three hours, and it keeps going up and down. I don't know what to do."

The doctor said, "As you can see, the hospital is full of patients, and many of them are unconscious. We can only focus on treating the critically ill. If you have any medication at home, please take it to control the symptoms. The hospital is short of medicine right now, and I can't even arrange an IV drip for you."

Having no other choice, Chen Wenfang carried her child on her back and took a taxi home.

When Chen Wenfang got home, she found herself feeling a little dizzy. She picked up a thermometer and took her temperature—good heavens, 38.5 degrees Celsius!

Before losing consciousness, Chen Wenfang struggled to give her child some more medicine, then forced herself to take some, made a phone call to her mother, and collapsed beside her son's bed. "My baby can't be hurt..."

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"Mommy, Mommy..."

Chen Wenfang was awakened by her son's weak voice.

Why is it a bit cold? The sunlight is so bright. Did I forget to close the window before I went to bed? Chen Wenfang wondered.

I opened my tired eyes with great difficulty.

Wow... Damn... Where am I?