695 Blood (1/2)

Zuo Cidian sat across the old fisherman and calmed down before he re-examined his injury.

After a brief examination, when Zuo Cidian understood the situation, he raised his head and looked at the old fisherman.

The old fisherman did not say anything throughout the entire process. He looked at Zuo Cidian with his slightly-yellowish eyes as if he was watching his catch from the boat.

Zuo Cidian was a bit nervous. Strictly speaking, the procedure just now had wasted the patient's time. If he were in the emergency room of the hospital, the patient would probably point it out and complain.

Zuo Cidian felt even more diffident while he was in the hospital ship. This was not his turf. If the patient had pointed at him and scolded him, there was probably no one who would stand up for him.

”Tell me if it hurts.” Zuo Cidian moved the old fisherman's arm slightly. He then saw the old fisherman frown, but still did not speak.

Zuo Cidian also frowned.

”Can you speak?” Zuo Cidian could not help but ask.

”Yes,” the old fisherman said briefly.

Zuo Cidian smiled at a loss. He asked, ”Why don't you say anything if you could speak? Doesn't it hurt?”

”It hurts.”

”Tell when it hurts, don't bother to deliberately hide it. I mean, tell me if it hurts so that I can make a better call as well.”

”Ok.” The old fisherman still seemed as if he did not want to speak.

Zuo Cidian let out a smile to ease the atmosphere and asked, ”You don't like to talk?”

The old fisherman glanced at Zuo Cidian. His meaning was clear.

Zuo Cidian smiled. ”You have to talk to the doctor. Just like now, you have to express pain. Otherwise, I can't handle your situation properly, and if the bones are not connected well, this will last for your entire life.”

”It's better than dying,” the old fisherman finally uttered a short sentence, but it left Zuo Cidian speechless.

”Was the accident scene... really that terrible?” Zuo Cidian could not help but lower his voice.

The old fisherman nodded.

”What... was it like? I mean, there seems to be a storm at the scene? Is it still raining?”

The old fisherman only continued to nod. Just when Zuo Cidian thought he did not want to talk, the old fisherman slowly said, ”It's like cooking fish in a big pot. When the wind is strong, the fish can fall apart in the pot. Humans are like shredded meat. They have to stay together like a large piece of meat in order to survive. If they scattered, they would fall apart. The boat coming from behind would be dragging out fish meat and scooping out shredded meat... ”

The abstract and simple description made Zuo Cidian stunned.

The position where the hospital ship was anchored was far from the storm zone. It can be said that the waves were calm. Zuo Cidian had to recall how storms were like from movies in order to have a relatively objective understanding of the scene described by the old fisherman.

Zuo Cidian could not help but think of the vice-captain who was being rescued in the operating theater, and an inexplicable thought came to his mind, 'Shredded meat saving shredded meat.'

Several pieces of shredded meat twisting into a rope to save another shred in the boiling soup ...

Perhaps the feeling of fighting the waves was so great was because the human body was so fragile ...

”Did you take a scan? Let me take a look at the scan first.” Zuo Cidian felt his emotions fluctuating again. He stood up and took some time to observe the scan as well as compose his emotions.

Zuo Cidian switched on the lightbox that was against the wall and inserted the scan. However, he could not help but think about the situation below deck.

'At this time, the surgery downstairs should have begun. I wonder if they have enough blood plasma.

'I don't know what's going on inside that guy's abdominal cavity. I hope there aren't too many places that are ruptured.

'It shouldn't matter if a little more is ruptured. Doctor Ling's suturing skill is top-notch... Don't think too much about it, I have to first finish my task at hand…'