When Gu Wan arrived at the hospital, she asked the nurse at the consultation desk and rushed to the operating room on the fifth floor.

At this moment, the red light outside the operating room had already lit up. Outside the door, a man was anxiously walking back and forth. From time to time, he looked at the sky with his hands clasped as if he was praying.

"Uncle Guo, how's my mother?" Gu Wan hurried with full of worry on her face.

"Wan, your mother was just moved in. I don't know about the details yet!" Guo Qi's eyes turned red as he thought about how his wife had been sent into the operating room just now.

"What happened? Wasn't mom still well a few days ago?"

"Your mother... She..." Hearing Gu Wan's question, Guo Qi stuttered.

"What happened? Uncle Guo, tell me!" Gu Wan was so anxious that her heart almost jumped out of her throat when Guo Qi stammered. Why was her mother, who was still healthy a few days ago, suddenly hurt so badly?

"Wanwan, I don't know how your mother got the news that your father..." Guo Qi hesitated for a moment before telling her the truth, "She was so angry that she almost went crazy. She went to look for your father, but then I received a call in less than half an hour from the hospital saying that she had been hit by a car! I, I..."

Guo Qi's words made Gu Wan feel that her entire brain suddenly exploded at this moment. Her mind went blank as she stood there in a daze.

Mother got hurt because of her?

"What about the driver?"

"The driver runs away and hasn't got caught yet!" Guo Qi was dejected, then he seemed to have thought of something and continued, "Wanwan, don't be afraid. I am here. I will definitely protect you two!" Guo Qi was honest and simple-minded. Otherwise, Gu Wan's mother would not choose to be his wife in the end.

"En, Uncle Guo, don't worry. Mom will be fine!" When quieted down, Gu Wan could only comfort Guo Qi with these words.

"Qiao Jin's family, is Qiao Jin's family here?"

"Yes, yes!" Hearing her mother's name, Gu Wan ran up in a hurry, "Doctor, how is my mother?"

"Intracranial hemorrhage. The situation is very urgent. Please sign the consent form first!" The doctor took out the operation consent form and handed it to Gu Wan and Guo Qi.

Gu Wan took a quick glance at the consent form. After seeing this, she suddenly felt a chill of fear run down her body. She was trembling and her tone was demanding, "Persistent vegetative state? What does that mean?"

"Intracranial hemorrhage is identified. Her nerves might be constricted. You have to be mentally prepared! Just sign it! Time waits for no one!"

"Wan...Wanwan!" When Guo Qi heard that his wife could be in persistent vegetative state, his eyes turned red. The man didn't know what to do.

"I'll sign it!" Knowing that she could not hesitate at this moment, Gu Wan took the pen and tried a few times before she could stiffly sign her name.

In the afternoon, news came from the public security bureau. Guo Qi was asked to be there for taking a statement first.

After Guo Qi was left, Gu Wan was the only one who was waiting for her mother. The door of the operating room opened and closed several times. When the operating light went out, Gu Wan suddenly stood up from her seat. A man in a surgeon's gown walked out and Gu Wan rushed toward him.

"Doctor, how is my mother?"

"Fortunately, as she was sent here in time, the patient has been temporarily out of danger. But she needs to be sent to the ICU for observation. It will be good if she wakes up in the next few days. But if she can't wake up... You should be mentally prepared!"

"What, what do you mean?" Gu Wan's heart skipped a beat and she was stunned.

"She's also possible to be in a persistent vegetative state!"

"Per... Persistent vegetative state?"

*

ICU.

Through the thick glass, Gu Wan's eyes turned red as she looked at her mother lying inside. That tender and beautiful woman might never wake up again.

"Wanwan, you should go back and take some rest first. I am here to stay with your mother!" Looking at Gu Wan's haggard face, Guo Qi could not help but say so.

Gu Wan had been in the hospital for almost a week. No matter what Guo Qi said, she was always stubborn and unwilling to leave. Finally, Guo Qi had persuade her to go back and rest, but Gu Wan just took a bath at home and then went back to the hospital again.

If she continued, Gu Wan wouldn't be able to withstand it!

"Uncle Guo, it's all right! I'll take care of my mother here. It's not convenient for Linlin to stay at the neighbor's house. You can go back now. I'll look after my mother!"

"But..."

"Are you with the patient of Bed 9?"

Just as Guo Qi was about to speak, a nurse in a white gown came over with a thick stack of paper in her hand.

"I am. What's the matter?"

"Don't you know that your hospitalization expenses have been overdue for two days?" The nurse handed over the paper in her hand and said impatiently.

"Ah, I'm sorry, but can you give me two more days? I am really..." Guo Qi replied anxiously.

"I'm sorry, sir. This is the hospital's policy. If you can't pay the money by noon tomorrow, we may cease all the medication for the patient!"

"What happened?" When Gu Wan heard that the medication was going to be ceased, she looked over with a darkened face.

"Wanwan, I'm sorry. I..." Guo Qi looked awkward. Because the driver hadn't been caught, all the medical expenses were paid by him. Qiao Jin's daily medical expenses were around seven or eight thousand yuan, which made him unable to afford.

Guo Qi had tried his best to borrow money, but it was far from enough for Qiao Jin's daily medical expenses.

"You already owe 12,000 yuan. This is a hospital, not a charity!" The nurse's gaze swept across Guo Qi's face with full of impatience.

"I'm sorry, it was our negligence. I'll go get the money now!" Gu Wan thought for a moment, then left the hospital after giving a few random instructions.

Her phone buzzed.

As soon as she got into a taxi, her phone vibrated violently. Gu Wan looked at the number on her phone and hesitated for a moment before picking it up.