Chapter 321: Life doesn't have that much luck; there are gains and losses

When a person dies, the lamp goes out; their obsessions will cause them to appear in the dreams of their closest kin.

In a remote village, inside a mud-brick house, Lu Manman was fast asleep, her face pale, large beads of sweat sliding down her cheeks onto the pillow.

Her abnormal body temperature soon startled Zuo Weiguo, who was sleeping beside her.

His calloused hands struck a match to light the kerosene lamp.

Under the dim light, he saw the abnormality in his wife and hurriedly reached out to touch her—she was hot, extremely hot!

"Manman, don't be afraid. I'll take you to the clinic right now."

Zuo Weiguo hurriedly got dressed, put a coat on his wife, took all their worldly possessions from his bag, and rushed out with his wife on his back.

Yes, they had registered their marriage; they were now a legal couple.

At the same time he received the marriage certificate, he also received the newspaper clipping from his younger sister declaring their severance of ties.

He had no way back.

Look, he had married the person he had admired since his youth.

Life doesn't have that much luck; there are gains and losses.

Having gained love, he had to lose his family ties.

His sister had asked him, did he regret it?

He had only silently knelt in the direction of the family compound, kowtowed a few times, and then left the Capital with his wife without looking back, arriving at the village where he had been sent down.

Although the villagers looked at him with pity, thinking it was madness to take a madwoman as a wife, he did not regret it!

He knew his wife was feigning madness, and he knew she wasn't a purely good person, not a kind-hearted girl, but so what?

He loved her, and that was enough.

"Mom, I'm sorry, Mom..."

Lu Manman, delirious with fever, murmured unconsciously.

She was having a nightmare; her mother was bleeding from her seven orifices, questioning her: weren't you reborn?

Why did you take away Mom's retirement money, and why did you disappear?

Why didn't you come looking for her?

She had been looking for her daughter, searching and searching, asking if she had a heart at all!

"Mom..."

Lu Manman desperately wanted to explain; she hadn't meant to stay away, it was that beast Gu Tingchen who had locked her in a mental hospital!

She had been controlled by drugs, her mind unclear!

She had only recently escaped, and by feigning madness to cling to Zuo Weiguo, she finally had a place to settle down.

She had even thought that after a few years, when the situation improved, she would convince Zuo Weiguo to go into business, and once they turned their lives around, she would go to the Capital to bring Mom to live with them!

She really couldn't even take care of herself; she hadn't intentionally ignored Mom!

But no matter how she explained, Mom just glared at her with hateful eyes, even extending long fingernails to strangle her!

"You are just selfish, you are just a bad seed, you are just vicious!"

"No, I'm not, Mom..."

By the time Zuo Weiguo got her to the clinic, Lu Manman was already delirious from the fever.

The clinic doctor shook his head upon seeing her, saying he had no way to treat her; this situation was clearly a fever affecting the brain, and she needed to go to a large hospital.

"I beg you, Doctor, I just need my wife to live. I'll take responsibility for any other problems; I won't blame you!"

Zuo Weiguo pleaded bitterly. The large hospital was several hours away from this small mountain village, not to mention whether he had the ability to secure transportation.

Even if he really did, would she still be alive after those few hours of travel?

He just needed his wife to live; he could ignore all other problems!

"Fine, I'll give her a shot of fever reducer and then set her up with a bottle of saline. I can't guarantee if the fever will break or if there will be aftereffects. You'll have to bear the consequences yourself. Sign an informed consent form so I won't be left speechless later."

The doctor sighed, took paper and pen from the drawer, and wrote out a medication notice.

It wasn't that he was cold-blooded, but medical disputes had become more frequent these days.

When patients and their families were begging for help, they were all humble and submissive.

Once the person couldn't be saved, or if there was some mishap or problem, they would blame the doctor!

Now, among colleagues, this medication notice was popular—black and white, informing the family that you signed it, so I administered the medicine; if something goes wrong, the risk is yours to bear.

Although it couldn't be said to prevent it 100%, it provided the doctor with a safeguard, and if they really encountered a medical dispute, it could protect some of the doctor's rights.

Just like that, Zuo Weiguo signed, the doctor gave the patient the injection and hung the saline drip, and the rest depended on the family member constantly fetching water to wipe the patient's body for physical cooling.

The doctor on duty didn't dare to sleep.

He secretly read high school textbooks, immersing himself in the ocean of knowledge.

If only the college entrance exam were still around.

He would definitely give it a try; if he could get into university, he wouldn't be a doctor at a small clinic...

Zuo Weiguo focused entirely on lowering his wife's temperature, working all night until stubble appeared on his chin, looking utterly haggard.

What one fears, happens.

When day broke, Lu Manman, her fever gone, opened her eyes. The gloom in her gaze had completely vanished, replaced by clear-eyed ignorance.

"Uncle, who are you? Who am I? Where am I? I'm hungry."

"Why do I smell so bad?"

"Why are you crying? I didn't bully you."

The doctor, hearing the commotion, cast a sympathetic glance at the swaying man. Uncle?

This woman looked older than this man; how could she—wait, Uncle?

Good heavens, this woman couldn't have burned her brain out, could she!

"Manman, I'm your husband, I'm Zuo Weiguo."

Zuo Weiguo's heart stung, but he quickly regained his composure and soothed her:

"Let's go home. I'll make you something to eat when we get home."

"You're lying. My husband is tall and handsome. You aren't good-looking, and you aren't tall. How could you be my husband?"

"I'm not lying. We are a legal couple; we got our marriage certificate."

"I won't listen, I won't listen. I don't believe it, I don't believe it."

"Manman, don't hit your own head. If you want to hit someone, hit me. I'm thick-skinned; hit me, don't hurt yourself."

"Zuo Weiguo, my head hurts so much."

"Yes, I know. Don't be afraid, I'm here. I'll work hard to earn money to cure your headache..."

Zuo Weiguo didn't mind his current wife at all; it didn't matter, he would take care of her.

Lu Manman, whose brain was thoroughly burned, was truly mad now.

One moment crying, one moment laughing, one moment clear, one moment delirious, her temperament changed drastically...

The male doctor looked sympathetically at the man's back, thinking he would never like a madwoman!

He wondered what that man was thinking, why marry a madwoman as a wife?

Last night, when he was hanging the drip for the madwoman, he had inadvertently checked her pulse and discovered she had suffered a miscarriage and hadn't recovered properly, leaving her body severely depleted.

Not only that, he felt her pulse was chaotic, as if she had been consuming sedatives and sleeping pills for a long time.

Honestly, anyone who studied medicine knew that sedatives and sleeping pills shouldn't be taken too much.

If you take too many, you really will...

The doctor slapped his thigh; he had found the truth!

He had wondered how that madwoman had suddenly gone mad!

It turned out it was caused by drugs!

Pity they had left, otherwise he would have liked to check her pulse again!

He noted it down, quickly noted it down; it might be useful in the future. ===== CHAPTER 322 =====