Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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After settling Jiang Chi down, Jiang Lan returned to work the next day.
Xue Meng howled even though he just hadn’t seen him for a day: “Dad, you’re finally here!”
Jiang Lan calmly pushed his big face away and said, “Did you drink too much over the weekend and are still not sober?”
“You don’t know, I don’t even have anyone to talk to when you’re not in the office. I suspect they are using cold violence against me.”
Xue Meng made an exaggerated fake crying expression and pointed at the cool guy who was petting the cat in an accusing manner: “This guy, you can’t get anything out of him even if you hit him with three sticks. I suspect that there are only cats in his mind.”
“Well,” Xue Meng said softly, pointing from Cool Guy to Xiao Xiaoyu, “I suspect she’s heartbroken. She’s been listless and in a trance since yesterday. It’s good enough if she can reply to one out of ten sentences.”
Xue Meng continued to nag: “I don’t dare to say anything and I don’t dare to ask. I’m afraid I’ll be beaten if I say a few more words.”
“Xue Meng, are you itching for trouble?” Xiao Xiaoyu in front of him turned her head sinisterly, the two huge dark circles under her eyes making her expression look even gloomier: “You pinch your throat and talk like a duck, do you think I can’t hear you?”
Xue Meng was startled by her black eyes and said, “You organized a group session all night long?”
Xiao Xiaoyu immediately looked at him with murderous eyes.
Xue Meng immediately got scared and laughed dryly: “I mean playing Fight the Landlord[1].” He drew a circle around his eyes: “Look in the mirror, your dark circles weren’t that serious yesterday, were they?”
“Did something really happen?” he asked again cautiously.
Xiao Xiaoyu took out a makeup mirror from the drawer, looked at herself, then quickly grabbed the mirror and cursed.
Jiang Lan also felt that her condition was a bit serious and asked worriedly, “Insomnia? Why don’t you take a day off and rest?”
Xiao Xiaoyu looked at the mirror in impotence and rage for a while, then angrily drank the remaining half cup of coffee in one gulp, and then said in a devastated voice: “Don’t mention it. After returning from the weekend dinner, I didn’t sleep all night and had nightmares all night. I was confused when I woke up in the morning. I finally got home from work and fell asleep, but I was woken up by a nightmare again. After waking up, I couldn’t fall asleep, and I felt like someone was watching me from outside the window.”
She rubbed her temples irritably: “I stayed up for two nights without sleeping at all.”
“I remember you live on the thirteenth floor, right?” Xue Meng was frightened by what she said: “How could there be anyone outside?”
Xiao Xiaoyu was actually a little unsure. Lack of sleep definitely did not let her feel better. She also suspected that she had an illusion because she didn’t get enough rest: “I felt like there was a pair of eyes looking at me from outside the window, but I opened the window to check and there was nothing outside. It might have been an illusion.”
She waved her hands with a tired look on her face: “Stop talking, I’m going to take a nap and go back to my parents’ house tonight to stay for a few days.”
Seeing this, Xue Meng stopped talking and muttered, “Go to sleep, go to sleep, someone is here to call you.”
Xiao Xiaoyu was catching up on sleep, and Cool Guy was petting cats, while Xue Meng was furtively playing with his phone, and Uncle Zhou was visiting another office. The atmosphere in the entire office was very gloomy and negative. Only Jiang Lan was still working hard to finish the report and write a summary of the Dragon Boat Festival activities.
Tuesday just ended so abruptly, and the office didn’t become active again until the end of the day.
Xiao Xiaoyu was the first to clock out, change into sneakers, and rush back to her parents’ house to catch up on some sleep. Xue Meng who could finally speak loudly, exhaled a long breath, and restarted the chattering machine mode: “Did you really take in that child?”
He had forgotten to ask because he was distracted by Xiao Xiaoyu’s matter.
“Well, his grandmother is still in the hospital, so he can stay in my house for a while. I will find a suitable place for him later.” Jiang Lan said.
Xue Meng gave him a thumbs up: “If you need help taking care of the children, you can find me.” Then he pointed his thumb at himself: “I am the neighborhood’s child king. I am a professional in taking care of children.”
Jiang Lan was amused by him: “Then you definitely can’t carry me.”
Xue Meng was not convinced when his professional level was questioned, and he kept telling Jiang Lan to bring his kids to play when he had the chance, to see if he could do it.
He could bring a bronze player to a king level, let alone a kid?
While talking, Jiang Lan had already turned off the computer and packed up his things. He looked at the time and knew Jiang Chi should be in the hospital at this time. He was a little worried and decided to go to the hospital to check on him for the first few days.
He waved at Suan Ni who was still playing with Zhang Tianxing and said, “Let’s go.”
Suan Ni responded with a meow, waved goodbye to Zhang Tianxing, and then swiftly jumped onto Jiang Lan’s shoulder.
The long furry tail hung down behind him and swayed back and forth. Jiao Tu, who was in the bag, saw it and couldn’t help but lean out to pull his tail.
Suan Ni let out a loud cry and turned around to see who had attacked him, then he saw Jiao Tu quickly hiding in his snail shell.
The golden cat’s eyes narrowed, and he got into the backpack, hugging Jiao Tu’s shell and rolling into a ball…
The backpack behind him kept moving, and Jiang Lan had no choice but to reach out and pat it, asking them to be quiet.
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When Jiang Lan arrived at the hospital, it was past the normal closing time and there were fewer people in the inpatient department.
He found the ward with familiarity and saw Jiang Chi and the nurse Sister Zhang in the ward, with a young doctor in a white coat talking to them.
Jiang Lan just happened to overhear what was happening as he walked in.
Sister Zhang said, “It was around eight in the morning. A patient I took care of yesterday had just been discharged from the hospital, so I came to the hospital early today to see if there were any caregivers needed. I met this young man. He looked quite normal at the time and spoke in a normal way. He asked me where the psychiatric department was. I showed him the way. He even thanked me. He didn’t look like a mentally ill person at all. I thought he was visiting family and friends.”
The young doctor’s voice was very friendly: “Thank you. The information you provided is very helpful for us to understand the patient’s condition.”
“His illness was sudden. He was too frightened and broke his leg. He can only stay in the ordinary ward for now. But don’t worry, his condition is stable and he is not aggressive. I hope the elderly and children are not scared?”
Sister Zhang waved her hands and said, “No, no.” As she spoke, she saw Jiang Lan and called out, “Xiao Jiang is here.”
The young doctor who had been talking to her also turned around, nodded at Jiang Lan, and then returned to the bedside of today’s new patient to check the records.
“How was your day?” Jiang Lan asked.
“Aunt Li is in a very stable condition. She was awake for a while today.” Sister Zhang glanced at Jiang Chi and said tactfully, “She just can’t express herself clearly yet.”
In fact, she was already a little confused and could only speak nonsense that was incomprehensible.
“As long as the condition is stable, thank you for your hard work.” Jiang Lan handed the fruits to her and asked, “What’s going on over there?”
Sister Zhang kept saying “it’s her duty” then took the fruit with some embarrassment. She sighed and lowered her voice, “That family is quite pitiful. When I was heating up the food at noon, I ran into the mother crying secretly. I chatted with her for a while and then I learned that the boy had been fine before and no one in his family had ever suffered from mental illness. It was just that he had not been able to sleep well in the past two days and had a bit of neurasthenia, so he thought of making an appointment for a check-up. Who knew that he suddenly became ill, and even the doctor couldn’t figure out the cause. I mentioned that I had run into him asking for directions in the morning, and I guess the child’s mother told the doctor, so now the doctor came to check on me and asked me a few questions.”
She pointed at the young doctor and said, “That’s the one. He seems to be a psychiatrist. His last name is Yu. Doctor Yu.”
Jiang Lan followed her gaze and saw Doctor Yu who had just finished reading the records and turned around. Their eyes met and he nodded gently to Jiang Lan.
Jiang Lan also nodded politely and said a few more words to Sister Zhang before taking Jiang Chi home.
On the way back, they passed by the new patient’s bed and brushed past Dr. Yu. Dr. Yu suddenly called him and asked politely and gently, “Are you the guardian of this child?”
Jiang Lan didn’t explain further: “Yes.”
Doctor Yu handed over a business card and said, “Some things are not convenient to say in front of children. I am the chief physician of the psychiatry department and I have done some research on child psychology. If you have any questions, you can contact me at any time.”
Jiang Lan frowned slightly. Was this a roundabout way of hinting that Jiang Chi had mental problems and needed medical treatment?
Jiang Chi’s character did have some problems, and it would take time to correct them. But Jiang Lan thought that this was caused by his environment, not by himself, and it was far from the point where he needed to see a psychologist.
Feeling the little hands tightening in his palm, Jiang Lan declined his kindness and did not take the business card: “Thank you for your kindness, but we don’t need it for the time being.”
After saying that, he nodded to Dr. Yu and left with Jiang Chi.
Doctor Yu followed their backs with his eyes, and turned around after a moment, asking Sister Zhang casually, “Was that the father of the child?”
Sister Zhang shook her head, but as Jiang Lan didn’t reveal too much to her, she just said: “No, it should be a relative or something like that.”
Doctor Yu said with a sigh, “Are the child’s parents not here? I think he’s not in good condition. If conditions permit, it would be better for him to see a doctor as soon as possible.”
After hearing what he said, Sister Zhang seemed to have found a kindred spirit. She sighed and said, “I also think that Jiang Chi has some problems. He is a good kid, but he is also really weird. He ignores people and doesn’t talk all day. His eyes don’t look like a child’s, and sometimes they are creepy.”
Doctor Yu shook his head and sighed, “I can only give some advice based on my experience. I can’t make a specific diagnosis, so I can’t say what the problem is. It’s still up to the parents to take it seriously.”
Sister Zhang sighed when she heard this. She had been here for two days, and only the child’s grandmother was in the hospital, and she hadn’t seen the child’s parents. She secretly guessed that Jiang Lan should be a cousin or something like that, who could help out, but after all, he was not as good as one’s biological parents, so how could he take care of the child so carefully?
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[1] A card game.