Life is really bitter

  After being released from detention, Zhenming went to a public bathhouse, took a bath, and put on the same suit he had worn three days ago for his blind date. He then boarded a bus.

  The NC Medical University is one of the top universities in China with extremely high fees and abundant medication, people who come here to see a doctor are either rich or noble, if you don't spend tens of thousands of yuan for just a cold, it's embarrassing to ask for reimbursement.

  The hospital has been established for a hundred years and has welcomed and bid farewell to many social celebrities, with a high reputation.

  Zhen Ming got off at the hospital entrance and bought some daily necessities in the shopping mall at the entrance, then walked into the inpatient department.

  The fifth floor of the inpatient department is the intensive care unit. It's already past visiting hours, but Zhen Mingshu is an exception. Almost all the nurses in the hospital know him, and they don't stop him when they see him coming in.

  "Ah, Mingku, you're here? I haven't seen you for days! You're all dressed up, going on a blind date again, huh? How was it, is the girl okay?" A nurse who was working the night shift in the building smiled warmly and teased him.

  "People are quite good, it's just that they don't take a liking to me." Zhen Ming said with a bitter smile.

  "What kind of girl is so blind, come on slowly, there will definitely be girls who appreciate you."

  "Heh heh, thanks for the comfort. I'll go take a look at my uncle." Zhen Ming walked into the last room in the ICU with a bitter smile.

  The nurse who was joking with him walked to the nurse's station, a young and elegant female nurse leaned over and whispered: "Head Nurse, do you know him? Who is he, so scary?"

  The head nurse bowed her head and wrote a prescription, "He's the relative of the patient in ward six. From now on, when you see him coming, don't stop him."

  "Sixth bed?" The young nurse suddenly said: "So he is Zhen Mingku!"

  The head nurse looked up in surprise: "Do you know her?"

  The young nurse shook her head and smiled: "I don't know him, but I've heard people in the hospital talk about him before. They said that there was a high-level quadriplegic patient with severe brain damage in the inpatient department who miraculously survived for five years, all thanks to a young man who fed him, changed his clothes, and took care of his daily needs every day. I've always wanted to meet this person, and unexpectedly met him on my first day of work. Nurse, you seem to know him well, tell me about him."

  "Why are you so nosy about other people's private affairs?"

  "Others are curious!"

  The head nurse put down her pen and smiled, saying: "Actually, this is not a secret at all. I met him more than ten years ago when I first started working as an intern nurse in this hospital. On my first day of work, I received a severely burned little boy who was sent to the hospital along with a charred corpse that was unrecognizable. It was said that the orphanage director had poured gasoline on himself and set himself on fire to resist demolition. The child saw the director on fire, cried out, and went up to pat out the flames while tightly hugging him. No matter how others tried to pull him away, he wouldn't let go. In the end, the director was burned alive, and the child was also severely burned. Fortunately, he was rescued in time and his life was saved, but a scar remained on his face."

  "At that time, I thought this kid was quite endearing. Think about it, third-degree burns are so painful that even adults can't help but cry out loud, but a six-year-old child just gritted his teeth and didn't cry. When asked why he wasn't crying, he said that if he cried, the hospital director would laugh at him for not being strong. Every time after getting an injection, he would ask 'why hasn't the director come to see me?' It's heartbreaking to think about it. In the blink of an eye, this little guy has grown up so big."

  The young nurse asked curiously: "How did his uncle get hurt so badly?"

  "Alas, it's not a tofu dregs project. He has been living under the Tianqiao Bridge with his uncle since he was six years old. Five years ago, the bridge collapsed due to an overloaded truck, and more than a dozen vagrants sleeping under the bridge were crushed to death. Fortunately, he was working on a construction site at that time and didn't return home; otherwise, he would have been killed too."

  The head nurse sighed and said, "When his uncle was sent to our hospital, he was already in a critical condition. You know the hospital's rules - no deposit, no emergency surgery. At that time, he was only 17 or 18 years old, but somehow managed to scrape together 20,000 yuan for the hospital's rescue fees, which saved his uncle's life. However, after being rescued, he became a paralyzed patient who had difficulty speaking and needed someone to take care of him for everything, including eating, drinking, and using the bathroom. This child worked to earn medical expenses on one hand, while also coming to the hospital every day, running back and forth between work and the hospital, without complaint. He didn't even mind the dirty work, taking care of his uncle's feces and urine every day for five years..."

  The little nurse listened with rapt attention. The head nurse opened her mouth and couldn't stop: "That day, his uncle wasn't on a hunger strike or something, I saw this kid get so angry for the first time, the whole building could hear it, no one could persuade him to calm down, his uncle was over 60 years old and was actually scolded by him until he cried, later he himself also cried, the nurses in the hospital knew him for so many years, saw him cry for the first time, that impression was especially deep, couldn't help but follow with tears, this heaven is too cruel, either give people a quick death or just let them suffer like this, lying down and suffering, even affecting the people around him to live a life worse than death, if it wasn't for this young man's strong character, if it were someone else, I estimate they would have run far away long ago."

  The nurse listened quietly and curiously asked, "He's staying in a single room, although he hasn't been taking much medication, but the hospitalization expenses are not small every month, right? I took a look at the payment slip, it seems that there is no insurance reimbursement, did he pay for it all by himself?"

  "No, people like his uncle, a vagrant, belong to the three-no crowd. The tens of thousands of yuan donated by kind-hearted people in society at the beginning were used for medical expenses, and afterwards he relied on himself doing odd jobs, earning nearly 10,000 yuan per month. I also asked him, he said that now apart from going to work, he also does some part-time jobs, and surprisingly, he can pay off these hospitalization fees, never delaying payment."

  The young nurse looked surprised: "Working so many shifts, doesn't he need sleep?"

  "Alas, I sleep for three or four hours a day. Sometimes I really can't hold on and fall asleep at the edge of his uncle's bed. I'm afraid he'll catch cold and get sick with no one to take care of him."

  "Haha, hearing you say that, I think he's actually a pretty good person."

  The head nurse said with emotion: "To be honest, I've been a nurse for so many years and have seen many people. Someone as kind-hearted as him is really rare. His uncle's health has been getting worse over the past two years, and he doesn't know when his time will come. Maybe he wants to fulfill his uncle's last wish, so whenever he has free time, he goes on blind dates. Looking at how he's dressed today, he must be going on a blind date."

  The head nurse said, suddenly remembering something, turned her head to look at the young female nurse, and smiled: "Right, Yan Yan, you don't have a boyfriend yet, why not let sister introduce you to him? If you marry him, I won't say anything else, but guarantee that you will be one hundred times happier than those women who cry in their BMWs."

  The female nurse hurriedly laughed and shook her head: "Forget it, even if I wanted to, my parents wouldn't agree, besides, just because someone is nice doesn't mean I like them, I still prefer someone who's more handsome and taller."

  "Hey, you girls don't know the value of a good man these days. All day long, you're thinking about marrying someone handsome and rich. But after you get married, you'll realize that handsome men aren't worth looking at. After a while, what's handsome or not becomes superficial and childish. Don't even mention being pampered by him, it's possible you'll have to pamper him instead! Is it worthwhile for women to marry such a man?"

  "Haha, is it because the head nurse married a handsome husband? Standing and talking doesn't hurt your waist."

  The head nurse's face was filled with happiness, and she smiled: "At your age, you're still so handsome. Now when I go home and see my old man sitting there waiting for me to serve him, it gives me a headache. There's not one thing that makes my life easier. Honestly, sister, let me advise you..."