Chapter 873 - Unbelievable (1/2)
”Unbelievable!!!!!”
The sound of a door slamming shut echoed throughout Imperial Military Hospital as Doctor Dong's voice full of rage follows behind. He stood in front of the door, and his expression was grim. One could even see how furious he was at this moment.
Yue Ling stood waiting outside of the room. She had promised Jianan that she would be with him throughout the entire checkup. However, when they arrived at the room, the little boy asked her to wait outside.
She stares at Doctor Dong with creased eyebrows. The doctor's breathing had turned rapid, and his expression was one she had never seen before.
Could it be that Jianan wouldn't proceed with the checkup?
”Doctor Dong, what's wrong? Did something happen?”
Hearing her question, Doctor Dong tones down his anger. He inhales a deep breath and rubs his forehead.
”Something did happen.”
His hand lowers from his face, and he looks at Yue Ling with seriousness.
”Who is that child? In what condition did you find him?”
Yue Ling's eyes moved from the elderly man to the door. It was as if she could see Jianan sitting inside.
”He is the younger brother of a boy my subordinates saved from Red Moon.”
She doesn't hide anything and proceeds to tell Doctor Dong everything about how they came into contact with Liu Ye and his siblings.
”We were able to get to them before anymore harm could be done on them.”
Doctor Dong listened until the end. However, the more he heard his blood boiled more inside.
He inhales a deep breath that makes his body tremble. He could see a quizzical expression Yue Ling and sighs.
”I asked because that child has a scar on his back.”
He used the stethoscope to listen to Jianan's heart then on his back to check his lungs during the checkup.
However, his hand accidentally touched a bump that didn't seem right to him.
He asked Jianan to raise his shirt, and it was then that he saw the scar. Although it seems to have healed with proper care, he couldn't help but grow angry.
Questions flooded his head, and he wanted to ask, but he didn't want to scare the boy.
This was the reason why he had stepped out of the room.
Yue Ling frowned when she heard Jianan had a scar on his back. She didn't know because she never asked. Fortunately, she made an appointment with Doctor Dong. If she hadn't, she probably would have never known about it.
”How bad is it?”
Doctor Dong's anger did not subside. He closes his eyes as he thinks back to the scar on the little boy's back.
”It's bad. Well, it was bad.”
His eyes open, and he looks at Yue Ling.
”His wound has healed due to proper care, though it left a scar. But considering the type of stitching he received and coming from a doctor who has dealt with many injured patients, I can assure you that his injury was deep and very painful. It was an injury even a grown man would not have been able to withstand the pain.”
Just imagining how Jianan got the injury, Doctor Dong was furious. He curses inside and pray that whoever harmed the boy will suffer a painful death.
”If the person who did this to him had aimed two centimeters higher, he would have been paralyzed.”
Yue Ling's eyes trembled at the pain Jianan suffered. He is only ten, yet, he had to endure such harsh treatment.
If her subordinates had saved Liu Ye earlier, would she have been able to prevent such mishaps from befalling the small child?
Her hand curls into tight fists, and she forces back the anger rising
inside her.
”Can I see him?”
Doctor Dong knew she was angry despite remaining calm on the outside.
He has watched her grow up from a young age and knew exactly what kind of person she has become.
He nods his head without saying a word, and Yue Ling opens the door.
As she enters the exam room, he leans against the wall to calm himself down.
Inside the room, Yue Ling sees Jianan sitting on the exam bed. His short legs dangle down and swing like a child waiting for his mother to come to pick him up.
Her eyes fixated on his tense expression, and her heart grew soft. She doesn't walk toward him but stops.
He was like any other child full of life on the outside, but he was a child whose spirit was on the brink of shattering on the inside.
Jianan stared down at the floor as he waited. He didn't know what he did that upset Doctor Dong and made the man storm out the room.
When he heard the door open and the sound of footsteps, he didn't dare to lift his head. He remembers his father once beat him up for looking up.
His father said he is a child and children should never question adults. However, not hearing the footsteps anymore, his heartbeat began to race.
He steals a hesitant glance to the side. He was expecting to see Doctor Dong, but his eyes lit up when he saw that it was Yue Ling.
”Miss Angel.”