Chapter 64: Tian Zhenzhen Seriously Injured

Chapter 64: Tian Zhenzhen Seriously Injured

Gu Pan was certain of it now. She quickly ran over: "Brother Tian Lei?"

Lu Ruisheng and Shi Liang followed behind her.

Hearing Gu Pan's voice, Tian Lei seemed to have found a savior: "Gu Pan, it really is you. It is so good to see you. Please help me think of something, save Zhenzhen."

Gu Pan asked, "What is wrong with Zhenzhen? Where is she?"

Tian Lei said, "On New Year's Eve, our home was robbed. Someone hit Zhenzhen on the head with a club, and she fell unconscious. Thanks to the smoke grenade you gave us, we managed to escape, but Zhenzhen has been unconscious ever since. I didn't know where your new home was, so I couldn't find you. I had no choice but to go to these exchange points to find a doctor and medicine. Gu Pan, Zhenzhen really depends on you now."

Gu Pan said, "Take us to your shelter right away." Then, she turned to Shi Liang: "We will come to see you in the next day or two."

She did not give Shi Liang his New Year gifts here because there were too many people, making it easy to attract unwanted attention. It would be safer to bring them directly to his place when she had time in the next day or two, and she also needed to exchange for gold.

Shi Liang could see that Gu Pan was in a hurry, so he quickly said, "Go ahead. Saving lives is urgent."

Lu Ruisheng asked Tian Lei, "Is the place where you live far from here?"

Tian Lei nodded, "Not close. I've already been to the closer trading posts. When I said someone was unconscious, they all advised me to give up. But Zhenzhen is only twenty-five years old; how could our family give up on her?"

Gu Pan said to Tian Lei, "Wait for me here. I'll go get the snowmobile." Time was life at this moment, so she had to move at maximum speed.

Tian Lei quickly agreed, "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you."

Lu Ruisheng bid farewell to Shi Liang, took Tian Lei to a spot further away from the crowd, and waited for Gu Pan to pick them up. Together, they headed toward the location Tian Lei had mentioned.

Since there were no vehicles on the road, and the snowmobile was fast, they arrived at Tian Lei's current residence in a little over twenty minutes. It was an old residential complex, which looked relatively safer than the luxury apartments because very few people came here to rob; most of those who ended up here had already been robbed before.

Upon arrival, Lu Ruisheng locked the snowmobile with three different locks before heading upstairs with them.

Reaching the third floor, Tian Lei gave the secret knock to his family, and they were let in.

Inside, without exchanging pleasantries with the Tian family, Gu Pan asked straight to the point, "Where is Zhenzhen? We need to check her condition first, and then Ruisheng can go back to fetch a doctor, so the doctor knows what emergency tools to bring."

Tian Lei hurriedly led Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng into the inner bedroom. Tian Zhenzhen was lying motionless on the bed, her face deadly pale, while her mother held her hand with red, swollen eyes.

Lu Ruisheng stepped forward, looked at the injury on Gu Pan's head, and then said to her, "I'll go back to fetch Doctor Feng. Be careful with everything."

Gu Pan understood her husband's meaning. In the doomsday, they could not completely trust anyone, so when acting alone, they had to remain highly vigilant and cautious about their safety.

She agreed, "Understood. Be careful on the road."

Lu Ruisheng nodded, took the keys, and walked out briskly.

Gu Pan walked to Tian Zhenzhen's side and took her hand: "Zhenzhen, it's Panpan, your best friend. Can you hear me?"

Tian Zhenzhen's hand moved slightly, then went still.

Fear crept into Gu Pan's heart because Tian Zhenzhen's condition really looked grim.

In her past life at this time, neither Gu Pan nor her husband had a spatial dimension or foresight, struggling just to scrape together a bite to eat. Back then, everyone was barely able to survive on their own, so they had lost contact by this point. Thus, Gu Pan did not know when Tian Zhenzhen had died in her previous life.

Thinking that when Feng Zheikai arrived later, the medicine and alcohol he brought might freeze on the way, Gu Pan walked to the living room, unzipped her hiking backpack, and pulled out first-aid supplies from her spatial dimension.

Father Tian looked at the items, genuinely surprised: "Gu Pan, with you here, my heart feels much more settled."

Gu Pan said, "Uncle Tian, I will do everything in my power to save Zhenzhen."

"I believe you. If it weren't for all the supplies you gave our family earlier, we wouldn't have been living so comfortably. Uncle truly thanks you," Father Tian said with heartfelt gratitude.

"Uncle Tian, our two families have been neighbors for so many years. It's only right," Gu Pan replied.

At that moment, Tian Zhenzhen's sister-in-law poured Gu Pan a cup of hot water. To keep this room warm for Zhenzhen, their family had continuously burned firewood, so hot water was always boiling.

Gu Pan accepted it but did not drink it because it was made from melted snow. She was used to drinking water from her spatial dimension, but she held the cup in her hands to warm herself.

Gu Pan quite admired the Tian family. There were no conflicts between sisters-in-law, nor any between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Although her older brother used to live separately, he lived in the same residential complex as Tian Zhenzhen's parents, and they all maintained boundaries—the parents did not interfere with the younger generation, and the younger generation did not create trouble for the elderly. It was truly a good family dynamic.

After they had talked for a little while, Lu Ruisheng arrived with Feng Zheikai.

Gu Pan directly led Feng Zheikai into the bedroom. Tian Zhenzhen's mother quickly stepped aside, leaving all the space to Feng Zheikai.

After taking out his medical instruments and examining Tian Zhenzhen, Feng Zheikai took a deep breath, looked at Gu Pan, and said, "Xiao Gu, let's talk outside."

Gu Pan quickly followed Feng Zheikai out.

In the living room, Feng Zheikai told them, "Intracranial hemorrhage. The current environment and medical equipment cannot meet the minimum requirements for craniotomy. I'm afraid it's a matter of a day or two."

Hearing this, Gu Pan could finally no longer hold back, and tears streamed down her face.

Lu Ruisheng gently patted his wife's shoulder to comfort her.

Father Tian, Mother Tian, and the others also silently wiped away their tears. Because Tian Zhenzhen was still conscious, everyone was afraid she might hear them. Even though she was not going to make it, they still cherished her deeply.

Seeing that everyone had calmed down slightly, Feng Zheikai said, "While the patient is still conscious, family members should go in and make their final farewells sooner rather than later."

Wiping away her tears, Gu Pan said to the others, "I'll go in first to say a few words to Zhenzhen."

Father Tian and Mother Tian both nodded.

Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng entered the room first. Gu Pan took Tian Zhenzhen's hand: "Zhenzhen, don't worry. As long as I am in the same city as your parents, I will come to check on them regularly. You can rest easy. Besides, this doomsday is going to last a very long time, and it's full of hardship. You leaving first is perhaps going ahead to enjoy blessings early. Zhenzhen, I am so glad to have known you and to have been your friend."

Tian Zhenzhen's grip on Gu Pan's hand tightened slightly before releasing, as if responding.

Gu Pan's tears burst forth again. She wiped her eyes repeatedly, unable to speak any further. She stroked Tian Zhenzhen's face: "Let's be friends again in the next life."

Then, she walked out, crying.

Tian Zhenzhen's parents, brother, and sister-in-law walked into the bedroom.

Standing by the window, Gu Pan looked out into the distance, recalling the times she, Tian Zhenzhen, and Dong Mingyue had spent playing together many years ago, as if it were only yesterday.