Chapter 33
Ye Qiao spent most of her time dealing with her family matters, especially her father’s injury, which had to be treated immediately.
The biggest mistake that her father had ever made in the past was listening to her uncle-in-law, which led to a series of unfortunate events. He took the man’s advice and visited the uncertified clinic for sessions of acupuncture. The clinic did not even have a license and operated under unhygienic conditions. During the treatment, her father was, unfortunately, treated with unsterile needles. As a result, her father’s wound became infected and began festering, which left him no choice but to undergo a surgical operation.
His recovery did not go well as a result of malnutrition. The protein level in his body was too low to support his system, and yet he was unwilling to spend his money on the necessary supplements. Eventually, her father became incurably sick.
On the second day of Ye Qiao’s arrival, she immediately took her father to the best hospital in the city and registered him under the consultation of a reputable doctor.
The doctor only had to perform a very minor operation on his swollen leg to draw out the clogged blood. With the use of anti-inflammatory medication, her father should be able to start walking again in just a couple of days.
It happened that there was a newspaper booth right next to the hospital’s entrance, with a bright orange telephone that reminded Ye Qiao that she should be giving Lu Beixiao a call.
She hated to say it, but as soon as she picked up the phone, she realized that she had long forgotten the proper way to use a payphone.
It was already 2015 the year she died. By that time, pagers were already extinct for more than a decade. How was she supposed to remember how to call a pager?
With the help from the owner of the newspaper booth, Ye Qiao was finally able to make the call. The paging centers were still manually operated back then, but it did not take long for the paging operator to answer her inquiry, “Hello, please leave your message.”
“What’s there to be proud of by fighting all day and oppressing the weak? A real man should be fighting off criminals instead, with real swords and spears!” Xu Yi, a gangster among the crowd of onlookers, voiced his opinion.
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Very soon, a helicopter came to carry the A-Team of Blood Wolf away from the scene.