Urban Seduction: Housewives Club

Auntie's words made Wan Qingsi feel somewhat depressed. She drove, speeding to Longhua Town, and then drove around the town aimlessly. She wasn't sure if she wanted to "accidentally" run into her Eric or simply vent her frustration.

It was already past three in the morning, and Wan Qingsi still didn't feel like going home. However, she had circled the streets of Longhua Town several times and didn't want to wander around there anymore. So, she drove the car towards the outskirts without any particular destination, just wandering.

As the town gradually receded, the surroundings became more and more desolate, with only occasional lights from farmhouses in the distance.

Suddenly, under the illumination of the headlights, a white figure appeared lying across the road ahead. Wan Qingsi was shocked and quickly stepped on the brake, luckily not hitting the person.

After calming her racing heart, Wan Qingsi carefully inspected the white object through the windshield. After a while, she confirmed that it was not a sack, not a wooden stake, and certainly not one of those unclean things from legends, but a person.

Qingsi was somewhat undecided. As a journalist, she knew that many people used this method to rob drivers who stopped to check. But what if it was someone in need of help...

After some consideration, Wan Qingsi's kindness prevailed, and she decided to get out of the car and investigate.

She wasn't very afraid, as she was not a weak woman without any strength. Due to her father's influence, although she had never joined the military, she had learned a lot from her time in the military compound.

Although she couldn't compare to real experts, dealing with seven or eight big guys would be a piece of cake! Those experts wouldn't stoop to robbing people here...

She got out of the car cautiously and approached to take a closer look. The person turned out to be a beautiful young woman, with her eyes closed and blood on her face.

Having grown up in the military compound, having handled guns and shot targets, Wan Qingsi almost immediately recognized the bullet hole on the woman's head.

Qingsi's heart skipped a beat. She reached out to the woman's nose and could still feel a faint breath. She didn't dare to delay and immediately lifted the woman into the car, turning back towards the city. She called her aunt on the way.

As soon as the call was connected, before she could speak, her aunt started talking quickly, "Qingsi, where are you? Why has your phone been off? It's so late, you..."

Hearing the concern in her aunt's words, Wan Qingsi felt a warm feeling in her heart. The resentment caused by her aunt's words earlier disappeared in an instant.

But now she didn't have the mood for small talk. She interrupted her aunt and said, "Auntie, contact the Du Hospital for me and have them gather experts. Prepare for a craniotomy, I'll be there in a while..."

"Qingsi, what's wrong? What happened..." Her aunt's voice revealed infinite anxiety.

"I'm fine, it's just that I have an injured person here, and her condition is not good..."

"As long as you're okay!" Her aunt immediately relaxed, "I'll arrange everything for you, but drive slowly..."

Drive slowly? If she drove slowly, the person might die!

Although she had this thought, Wan Qingsi didn't retort. She just said, "I know, I'll hang up."

After hanging up the phone, the car immediately accelerated. Speed cameras and security cameras flashed along the way, and who knows how many speeding tickets would be issued on this road.

Due to speeding, running red lights, and the late hour with few cars, Wan Qingsi arrived at the hospital run by the Du family in just over half an hour.

At this time, her aunt had also arrived at the hospital and was waiting at the door.

When she saw Wan Qingsi getting out of the car carrying a woman covered in blood, her aunt immediately rushed up. She quickly had the hospital staff who were prepared to take the injured woman into the operating room, while scrutinizing Wan Qingsi from head to toe.

After making sure she was okay, her aunt scolded her with relief, "You little brat, you scared me! If something happened to you, how would I explain to your sister and brother-in-law..."

Qingsi smiled sweetly, took her aunt's hand, and didn't say anything. She just followed the injured woman to the operating room and sat down on a chair outside.

She looked very worried, and her aunt couldn't help but say, "Don't worry, the surgeon is the best neurosurgeon in our hospital. Everything will be fine!"

The best neurosurgeon at Du Hospital is the best in Shanghai, and even among the top three in the country.

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However, the woman sustained a gunshot wound. Although she miraculously did not die on the spot, a significant amount of time had been lost, and the chances of survival were not high.

Qingsi knew this well, so she just responded to her aunt's reassurance with a forced smile.

The aunt looked at the silent Wan Qingsi and asked, "Is the patient your friend?"

"No," Qingsi shook her head. "She's just someone I met on the road."

The aunt had a look that said "I knew it" and sighed, "You're still so soft-hearted, always getting involved in other people's business! Even an injured sparrow used to get your full care, and you wouldn't eat for two days after it died..."

"Aunt..." Wan Qingsi blushed slightly.

"Haha, okay, never mind," the aunt tactfully changed the subject. "What happened to the patient, a car accident? A fight?"

Qingsi's expression became serious as she slowly said, "It's a gunshot wound."

"What?"

"The patient's only injury is a gunshot wound to the head."

The aunt's gaze sharpened. She was not surprised that the patient had been shot, but rather that she had been shot in the head.

After all, unless it was an execution-style killing, it was rare for someone to shoot another person in the head.

"Aunt..." Wan Qingsi looked at her aunt's expression, asking anxiously, "Won't this cause any trouble?"

The aunt scoffed, "In Shanghai, there's nothing that can become trouble for the Du family..."

Qingsi finally relaxed and leaned back in the chair, waiting for the surgery to be completed.

The aunt frowned slightly and said, "Qingsi, in this cold winter, are you planning to stay here all night? You know craniotomy surgery takes a very long time, usually four or five hours..."

"I know. But Aunt, I can't put my mind at ease..."

"You..." the aunt shook her head, somewhat helplessly. "You've always been this way - tough on the outside but soft on the inside! I'm not telling you to go home, just to rest in the ward, at least there's a bed and air conditioning."

Without refusing the aunt's kindness, the two followed a nurse to a high-end ward near the operating room to wait.

After daybreak, the aunt and niece who had stayed up all night were both yawning and looking fatigued. Just as the aunt was about to take a short nap, a nurse reported that the surgery had been completed.

Qingsi was delighted and immediately prepared to go visit the patient, but was grabbed by her aunt.

"When have you ever seen a patient who's just had surgery be conscious?" The aunt gave her silly niece a look, blinking her dry eyes. "Now the patient is no longer in life-threatening danger, so you can rest assured. Let's go back and get a good sleep, and come back when the patient wakes up!"

Qingsi felt a bit embarrassed looking at her aunt, who had developed bags under her eyes from staying with her.

She nodded in agreement, but just then the nurse who had come to notify them said, "The woman who had the surgery is already awake!"

"What? She's already awake?" Wan Qingsi and her aunt exclaimed in unison.

"Yes." The young nurse, seeing her statement being questioned, nodded firmly. "You can go see for yourselves, the doctors are currently examining her!"

Qingsi and her aunt exchanged a glance, their fatigue swept away by surprise. The two walked out of the room together towards the special care ward where the patient was staying.

Outside the ward, they happened to see the surgeon who had operated on the patient.

Before the aunt could speak, the over-50 neurosurgeon said, "Manager Du, the patient sustained a gunshot wound, so you might want to notify the police about this."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"I'll handle that," the aunt responded.

The post-surgery doctor simply nodded and did not say more.

The aunt glanced at the anxious Wan Qingsi and asked, "Dr. Liu, how is the patient's condition?"

The somewhat weary Dr. Liu replied, "Manager Du, the surgery was very successful. The patient is no longer in life-threatening danger, but..."

"But what?" Wan Qingsi became slightly tense.

Dr. Liu glanced at her and said, "The bullet has just pierced through the patient's memory nerves, so the patient is likely to lose some memory. Moreover, these lost memories will be very difficult to recover!"

"Difficult? How difficult?"

"Difficult to the point of being almost impossible to recover."