Lilin was still reeling from the shock of the car accident so she could not take in anyone's words. She cried even louder and shook her head fiercely. "I want my mommy! I want my mommy! I want to go inside to my mommy!"The nurse was at a loss for what to do. She tried to coax her gently, "The doctor is trying to save your mommy right now. You just have to wait here until she comes out since kids are not allowed into the emergency ward. Be a good girl and listen to me. Wait here quietly. You might affect your mommy's treatment if you keep crying and shouting like this."Her words did not affect Lilin. She continued to cry for her mother. "Mommy! I want my mommy!"The nurse became frustrated. She was at her wit's end."What's going on here?" Corinne asked after she came over.The nurse looked at her and sighed helplessly. "There was a serious car accident on Third Avenue. This little girl's mother sacrificed herself to protect her. My guess is she's not going to make it out of that
"The patient and I are strangers. I just so happen to pass by here and am willing to donate my blood," Corinne replied.The doctor was awed by her generosity. "It's certainly rare to come across someone as kind as you nowadays. Quick, take this kind of samaritan to do a blood test. You have my permission to collect her blood once the result comes back clear.""Yes, Doctor Kingsley," said the nurse with a nod.…Corinne followed the nurse to the blood collection room. She brought Lilin along with her because she was worried the little girl would start crying outside the emergency ward again. Lilin knew Corinne was going to donate blood to her mother, so she docilely followed her to the blood collection room. The little girl never so much as made a peep along the way.After collecting a sample of Corinne's blood, the nurse immediately sent it to the lab for testing. Her result came back with the confirmation of Corinne being Rh-negative so the nurse got ready to collect more of her
It was understandable that the hospital would not let a pregnant woman donate blood. They were just doing the responsible thing after all. Thus, Corinne was left with no choice but to look for someone who could spare some Rh-negative blood.The reason why Corinne was so confident she could find someone like that was that, at that very moment, two people were related to her by blood in this very hospital. One of them was Lucas and the other was Sunny. Lucas, especially, had a very high chance of having Rh-negative blood since they came from the same mother.Corinne left Lilin with the nurse; she promised the little girl she would be back within ten minutes, and then she went to look for the two brothers.…Meanwhile, back in the most expensive private ward room which was located on the topmost floor of the hospital, Lucas was still lecturing Sunny about his studies, his hobby of secretly hacking into other people's systems, and so on.Sunny listened to Lucas with his head drooping
'Why would Lucas want to talk to me alone at a time like this? I wonder what is he going to tell me.' Corinne was a little reluctant to talk to Lucas since she already confirmed Sunny to be Rh-negative. Thus, there was no need to waste her time on Lucas.Sunny was more naive than Lucas. That was why he was willing to donate his blood. Lucas, however, would ask for something in return for his blood."Mister Lucas, can we talk about whatever you want to talk about at a later date? I don't have the time now," she then turned to Sunny and said, "time is of the essence. Let's go!"Sunny wanted to go with her but chose to stay where he was when he saw the look Lucas was giving him.Corinne frowned when she saw Sunny not moving. She turned to look at Lucas and the man simply stared back at her."He won't go with you unless I've explicitly given my permission," he said indifferently. "You have two options now, Miss Corinne. One is to step outside and listen to what I have to say and two i
Corinne was completely speechless. The absurdity of the situation gnawed at her bones like a bitingly cold wind. The image of Lilin sobbing her heart out while she was waiting for her mother to come out of the emergency ward appeared in her mind, causing her to take a deep breath and say, "Okay, I promise you."Lucas let out another satisfied smile. "Your resolve impresses me, Miss Corinne. I trust that I have your word. Let's go."Corinne nodded, turned around, and headed straight to the elevator. Lucas followed her into the elevator and just like that the two of them made their way down to the blood collection room. It was eerily quiet in the elevator as there were only two of them inside.Lucas thought he should say something to break the silence so he casually asked, "Are you friends with the car crash victim.""Nope. I don't even know who she is," replied Corinne emotionlessly.This surprised Lucas very much. He looked at her in disbelief. "You don't know who the car crash vi
Corinne leaned casually against the wall and said nonchalantly, "I've always been very healthy so I know my body can handle this much. Besides, I'll only need to take some supplements later to be as good as new. Thank you for asking though."However, Lucas noticed her face was gradually getting paler by the moment. He frowned and said mockingly, "Well, you certainly treat others better than you treat yourself."For some reason, Corinne could not help but think he was denigrating instead of praising her but she could not care less even if he was. Instead, she said seriously, "Mister Lucas, can I uphold my end of the bargain on another day? Even though my body is perfectly alright, I still think it's best not to have surgery right after donating blood."Lucas narrowed his eyes. "Miss Corinne, are you trying to go back on your words?"Corinne shrugged and chuckled drily. "If you insist, I don't mind doing it right now."An indescribable feeling akin to pity started to rise in Lucas's
"Okay!"Thus, Corinne and Lilin left the blood collection room and went to wait outside the emergency ward for Lilin's mother to be wheeled out.As soon as they stepped out of the blood collection room, the two nurse interns on duty started gossiping with each other."Hey, did you hear that? It sounded like the good-looking man who came to donate his blood is asking Miss Corinne to get rid of her baby.""I know, right? Sigh, and here I thought there was finally a good-looking man who was decent too. Well, turns out he's just another deadbeat sc*mbag who doesn't want to take responsibility for his child."The nurse intern on the left curled her lips and shook her head. "I don't think they're romantically involved with each other. They look more like siblings to me. Don't you think they bear a passing resemblance to each other?"The nurse intern on the right gave her question some thought before replying, "Now that you've mentioned it, they do look alike! But it could be because th
Meanwhile, outside the emergency ward.After a seemingly unending hour passed, the emergency ward door finally swung open, and the medical staff wheeled out the unconscious patient on the hospital bed."Miss Corinne, we've managed to save the patient thanks to you," said the chief physician.Corinne nodded and said nonchalantly, "Glad to be of help."Lilin threw herself onto the hospital bed. She looked sadly at her mother and kept crying, "Mommy! Mommy!"The nurse bent down to comfort her. "Don't cry, little girl. Your mommy needs all the rest she can get. You can talk to her after she wakes up so be a good girl and let her rest."Lilin nodded vigorously and said, "Okay, I'll be a good girl and do as you say."Corinne walked Lilin to her mother's ward.According to the medical staff, the hospital managed to contact Lilin's family members, who were rushing over to the hospital as they spoke; they were expected to arrive in the afternoon.Corinne was relieved to know someone wo