Volume 1 Chapter 3 Happy To Have A New Sister (1/2)
Both Han Ying Wei and Qin Zheng were promptly taken into the ambulance. Assistant Tong had given Han Luo to Han Changhong as he had left with Officer Zhao Jie to be questioned. With much hesitance, Han Luo and her uncle had decided to sit beside their two dear family members on the ambulance.
Han Luo had become unusually silent. She tugged nervously on Han Changhong's reddened sleeve. ”Hungry, uncle, hungry.”
Han Changhong didn't have anything to give the poor girl, but he strived to keep her morale high. He stroked her small head gently and whispered, ”Wait a little more, Luo'er. We will arrive soon.”
Han Luo looked up to see her uncle's face. ”Uncle home home?”
”Yes, Luo'er, we are going home.” His hands were trembling as though he were caught up in the cold.
The paramedic monitoring Qin Zheng suddenly stated, ”The patient is not breathing.”
”What did you say?” his colleague immediately responded.
”Mommy?” Han Luo's eyes had begun to swell. She sensed that her mother was in pain.
Han Changhong hugged his niece tightly, in hopes that she could not even peek at her parents. ”Luo'er, why don't you try to sleep? When you wake up, uncle will buy you whatever food you want.”
”I want home” Little Luo wanted nothing but to go home and spend time with her mother and father her two rays of light.
”Your uncle promises you to take you home.” Han Changhong pledged as his heart twitched in pain.
The ambulance had driven to a local rural hospital with underdeveloped equipment. The Vice President had realized that there was no bright chance for this hospital to have sufficient facilities to save his family.
Han Ying Wei was still breathing but he had broken three ribs and damaged his spinal cord, leaving him in a coma. His brother quivered at the sight, cursing himself, thinking that God should have just taken Han Ying Wei instead of leaving him with a life of suffering.
Qing Zheng's case was unlikely to show any improvement. She was taken into cardiac arrest, and following external cardiopulmonary resuscitation, her heart started beating again. But this was short-lived. Despite the attempts to save her, Qing Zheng's internal injuries were too extensive. The resuscitation attempts and the internal cardiac massage were both unsuccessful. Qing Zheng's heart had been displaced to the right side of her chest, which tore the pulmonary vein and the pericardium. The doctors had spent three hours fighting for her, but Qing Zheng's inevitable death had soon dragged her into eternal darkness.
Meanwhile, little Han Luo drifted into a peaceful slumber, innocently unaware of the distressing truth that awaited her.
The next morning, Han Ying Wei's body was transferred to the military hospital in the city where the Han family lived. Han Changhong's soul felt hollow. He couldn't save his family, nor could he even take little Luo to her own home as he promised. The troubled Vice President was shrouded in guilt, so he decided to take his niece to the family main house.
Han Luo was left in the dark about her mother's death and her father's coma. Eventually her mind had forgotten about the disaster, but she still remembered the perpetual love of her parents.
There were three children in the main house; however, after Han Luo arrived in the main house, she wasn't able to talk to her aunt and three cousins. Du Liu, who was Han Luo's aunt and Han Changhong's wife, was already out on a trip to visit her parents, and she had taken her two younger daughters with them. Du Liu's son, Han Sheng Ming, was at his friend's house. But both of their day outs were cut short after hearing the tragic news about their fellow family members. Qing Zheng's funeral had been arranged.