Daily Life in the Countryside After Being Reborn

Chapter 732: Chapter 83: Who Is She?

Before Xiao Xian planned to return to Huake Institute, another piece of good news came: Xiao Que had woken up.

The news was conveyed to Xiao Xian by Zhou Ziang. For some unknown reason, Xiao Que woke up three or four days later than Mei Nian.

In fact, before Xiao Que woke up, Mei Nian had already come to.

Xiao Xian had also asked Mei Nian about the scene when the ginseng spirit baby disappeared that day.

Mei Nian indicated that she couldn’t remember anything.

But Xiao Que is mute, so the piercing scream that day must have been made by Mei Nian.

However, after repeated recollection, she really couldn’t remember anything.

Therefore, inquiring about the ginseng spirit baby had to rely on Xiao Que.

"The person has already woken up, but her body’s muscles have suffered severe frostbite, and she remains in a semi-conscious state." The term semi-conscious state refers to a state as opposed to the full unconsciousness of a vegetative person.

Before Xiao Xian arrived, Zhou Ziang had already communicated with Xiao Que’s attending physician. When Xiao Que was brought in, the muscles and nerves throughout her body were in a very strange state, and the hospital could only define it as muscle and nerve freezing strain.

Wang Fenglei heard that Xiao Que had woken up and also rushed over. Although he had returned to Beijing, he did not move back into Wang Family’s old house. Assuming the air of an elder, he let Wang Shuai arrange a special ward for retired cadres in the hospital for his use.

Xiao Que’s eyes could move, and she could swallow in coordination with the feeding by the medical staff, but her limbs could not move.

She was originally a deaf-mute child, so the doctors couldn’t determine whether her other physiological functions were normal.

Zhou Ziang, in his white coat, had to explain when he saw the look of astonishment on both Xiao Xian and Wang Fenglei, who had rushed over after hearing the news.

"Xiao Que, what’s happened to you? Can you see me? Don’t worry, you’re out of Snow Gully now, we are all fine, and nothing has happened. This is a hospital in Beijing. Don’t be afraid, everyone is here; no one will hurt you," Wang Fenglei gestured.

Tears quickly flooded the little girl’s eyes, and her eyeballs sluggishly moved.

"Xiao Que? You, I’m talking about you, called Zhou Ziang, right? You’re supposed to be a doctor. I entrusted Xiao Que, such a good child, to the hospital. How could she have turned into this ghastly figure? You must find a way to cure her no matter what," it is no wonder Wang Fenglei was angry. Xiao Que used to be somewhat deaf-mute and simple-minded, but at least she was physically intact and could eat and jump around. What on earth is this condition now?

Two or three days after being sent to the hospital, there was no sign of improvement, only able to blink her eyes. If any family’s adult became like this, they would be unable to accept it.

Zhou Ziang signaled him not to make a fuss. Xiao Xian sat by Xiao Que’s bed, holding her hand and gently patting it.

The sick Xiao Que looked very pitiful; Xiao Xian covered her with a blanket with a heavy heart.

"Senior Wang, has Xiao Que had this kind of condition before?" Xiao Xian only knew roughly that Xiao Que was picked up by Wang Fenglei. When she was first found, she was only eight or nine months old. A child both deaf and mute, who would not cry or scream, was abandoned in the snow by heartless parents, frozen like an ice stick, nearly undiscovered.

It was Xiao Que’s fate not to perish; she encountered Wang Fenglei, who was accompanied by the White Spirit Mastiff, going into the mountains to search for ginseng spiritual veins. At that time, Wang Fenglei was resting in a log cabin, and he sent the White Spirit Mastiff out. When the White Spirit Mastiff returned, it had a bundle in its mouth wrapped around Xiao Que. Wang Fenglei made a porridge with snow water and raised her haphazardly, managing not to let the infant lose her life.

After Wang Fenglei picked up Xiao Que, he only realized she was a deaf-mute when she was about one year old. He then gave her a meaningful name "Xiao Que," which sounds like ’sparrow chirping.’

Xiao Que is nine years old this year, and from the time she was picked up until she was hospitalized, she had always lived in the mountains. Considering the circumstances of her deafness and muteness, Wang Fenglei could not teach her to read or write.

"No, she wasn’t too bright before, and if you believe in superstitions, this child has committed sins in her past life and lacks a soul and an orifice. However, she has always been obedient. If I gesture for her to go west, she would never go east," Wang Fenglei hesitated, with the loss of the ginseng spiritual vein, it was meaningless for him to stay in Changbai Mountain.

There was Zhang Lvxiao, that woman in Beijing, and Wang Fenglei felt uncomfortable staying there, it was only a matter of time before he left. Xiao Que must have someone to take care of her. It seems he must go back home and arrange for someone to look after Xiao Que.

Wang Fenglei said he would handle it and went off to instruct his son, even in his patient attire.

Xiao Xian’s annual leave had completely ended; it was time for her to report back to Huake Institute. She told Zhou Ziang to inform her if anything happened to Xiao Que. Then she said goodbye to Zhuo Feng and the others and returned to the science and technology college.