Little Terrified Bun

The corridor in the hospital was full of the unpleasant smell of disinfectants. The fiery red light in the emergency room flickered nonstop like thick fresh blood. The nurses walking back and forth wore white overcoats like ghosts shuttling between the worlds.

A six or seven years old child wore wrinkled clothes. His black and bright hair was dyed with traces of blood. He hugged his knees and curled into a ball like a pitiful abandoned hamster.

“Child, come here. Sister will bandage your injury for you, okay?” The young nurse bent down and met eye contact with the child, coaxing him.

Wei Jing was confused and his mind was blank. He subconsciously hugged himself even tighter. After a while, as the nurse was about to consider forcing him to get bandaged, Wei Jing gradually shook his head, determined.

“I need to wait for big brother.” He said.

Pity flickered across the nurse’s face. It must be very painful to first get into a car accident and then watch your relative fall down in front of you.

“Let’s bandage the wound on your arm first. After it’s done, your big brother will be out.” The nurse coaxed the child.

“I need to wait here for big brother.” He repeated with a determined expression, not allowing room for negotiation.

The nurse paused, in a difficult position. In the end, his gaze landed on the man in a call. “Um…you’re the child’s father, right? This child refuses to get bandaged…”

The nurse was only halfway through with her words when the driver cut her off. The middle-aged man ruffled his hair, irritated. He smoked on a cigarette. The blood on his head was stopped and the dried up blood stuck to his face and skin. “The little young master refuses to get bandaged, so please bring the items you need to bandage the wound here. Sorry for the inconvenience.”

The elder master was still in the operating room. Wei Jing refused to leave. Wei Zhe was in danger!

The nurse couldn’t do anything about it, so she went to talk to the doctor about it.

The doctor was tactful and knew the situation, and how important this group of people was. Therefore, he personally brought the things over to treat the child and man.

The young man in the operating room was heavily injured in this car accident. The child and middle-aged man wasn’t injured as badly and their lives weren’t in danger.

The doctor extracted the broken glass in the child’s fair and delicate arm out and then sprinkled ointment to stop the blood…In the end, he wrapped gauze around the child’s arm. Even adults may not be able to endure the pain, but the child didn’t even cry in pain. Up until the process was over did he seem to process what just happened. He thanked them in a low voice.

His arm hurt a lot, feeling as if someone was poking his muscle with a sharp needle. His blood vessels, bone marrow, and heart were in excruciating pain. He couldn’t even breathe normally.

Wei Jing tilted his head and glanced at the operating room fixated. Why did it hurt so much? He felt worse than when he died.

Everything around him seemed to fade in the distance. Only the tightly shut door was deeply buried in his memory.

When Wei He came, that was the scene he saw. The elder son that he was most proud of was lying in the operation room and it was unclear whether he was alive or dead. The ‘illegitimate son’ that he hated the most was sitting on the chair, frozen. He was completely covered in blood. Even when Wei He came, Wei Jing didn’t react. The driver stood by the side, feeling anxious and regretful.

“What happened?” The man probed.

The driver recounted the event. The focus was on how the truck across from them suddenly became mad and crashed into them when they were just driving. The elder master didn’t choose a good seat, the truck crashed directly into his seat.

“Where’s the hit-and-run driver?” Wei He reached over and loosened the tie. His face darkened.

The driver said that he had called the police and they had caught the culprit. The other party seemed to be a drunk driver.

“So, this is just an accident?” Wei He narrowed his eyes and spoke in a peculiar tone. He seemed to be mocking but probing at the same time.

The driver lowered his head and his body stiffened. He said unhappily, “This depends on whether the police could find any other clues.”

“Ok.” Wei He nodded and sat next to the child while he was at it. He said nothing else and the two of them waited for the results of the surgery.

Time passed strangely slow at this time. Every moment and second, there seemed to be a naughty child holding the world’s clock in their hand, refusing to let time move ahead. It was unclear how much time passed but the light in the operating room suddenly dimmed.

Wei Jing suddenly jumped down from the bed and ran to the operating room quickly. Because he was overly anxious, he almost slipped and fell.

“Doctor, is my big brother okay? How is he?” Right now, his voice didn’t seem childish and naive like a child. His voice seemed overly sharp as though resentful because he ran too quickly. Even more, it seemed bitter and stern.

Traces of blood got on the doctor’s lab coat when he was performing the surgery. It was bright and piercing. He took off his mask to reveal a tired expression. “The surgery is very successful. The patient is out of danger for now. We’re going to transfer him to the ICU now.”

That’s great. Big brother is okay. Wei Jing’s expression just relaxed when he froze after hearing the doctor’s words.

“But the patient’s heart had stopped beating for a minute or two back then. Although we recovered his heartbeat, it caused a definite damage to his head. Please be mentally prepared in the future. After all…there are a lot of places in the brain that we just have no idea about.”

“What do you mean?! Explain it clearly!”

The doctor looked up to see the man behind the child. He took in a deep breath before saying, “I’m saying that the patient may never wake up. Even if he luckily wakes up, his IQ is damaged.”

The doctor said this tactfully, but who of the three present didn’t understand the words?

“No! This is impossible.” Wei Jing walked ahead. He was short, so he could only tug on the doctor’s lab coat firmly. He said in a sobbing tone, “My big brother is amazing. He will become a very awesome person in the future. How could…could his IQ be damaged?”

“Sorry.”

Doctors had experienced many families mourning firsthanded. He was already numb. Besides this, he really didn’t know what to say.

“Is it possible to perform a surgery without operating on him?” Compared to Wei Jing who nearly fell apart, Wei He was a calm and ruthless father.

The doctor gradually shook his head.

“Wahhh! It’s my fault. It’s all my fault. If only I didn’t come here. If only I didn’t change. It’s all my fault…” The child kneeled on the ground, limp. His delicate hands supported himself up. Bitter tears dropped on the cold ground. He was muttering words that others couldn’t understand in a hoarse voice.

Wei Jing was small and curled up into a ball, making others pity him. The doctors sighed and carried the child, placing him on the chair. After shoving him a packet of napkins, he left.

Everyone had their own lives. There was nothing they could do.

Wei He glanced strangely at the child. He didn’t know when the two had such a good relationship.

“I heard Old Zhang talk to me about this before. It was because you wanted to buy something that Wei Zhe had gotten into a car accident, if I remember correctly, right?” Wei He slowly said this. Despite hearing that his son may become a human vegetable and a retard, he was only ill at ease for a moment before he quickly processed this and wanted to maximize the benefits from the situation.

Wei Jing raised his head, half understanding. His originally bright and black eyes were now pitch-black and empty.

Tst. Wei He felt his blood running cold when he saw Wei Jing’s gaze. He subconsciously took a step back. After he calmed down, he continued, “No one lives in the Wei Family’s residence anymore. Move back to your mother’s place. I will give you living expenses monthly until you’re an adult.”

Though Wei He said that, who knew if his words were true? When Wei Jing vanished completely from everyone’s memory, Wei He could do anything he wanted.

“What do you mean?”

“Exactly what I said.” Wei He revealed a face of disdain. He said peculiarly, “The Wei Family’s assets aren’t something you should covet.”

“You’re going to abandon big brother? Big brother…has always been outstanding and he will continue to be outstanding, and become a very good heir.” Wei Jing jumped down from his seat. He accidentally bumped his injured arm against the wall, but he couldn’t feel any pain. He glared at Wei He and said, “nothing is set yet. You can’t do this.”

There’s no one in the Wei Family’s residence. Wasn’t this his way of saying that he was going to…abandon Wei Zhe?

“Childish.” Wei He snorted. “You think that there are miracles?”

Miracles are invisible and untouchable. Instead of placing hope on miracles, he might as well consider abandoning Wei Zhe for now and then think about the next heir he should train.

Of course, he would also pay attention to Wei Zhe’s situation, so that he could make the best decision.

It was unclear how many times people walked back and forth around them. Wei Jing told himself that he couldn’t cry or be weak. No matter what happened to his big brother, he was still his younger brother. He was the most important big brother to him.

No matter what, he needed to take care of his big brother.

Therefore, how could he be sent away?

He didn’t need to shed these weak tears anymore. He must use his bargaining chip to negotiate with Wei He, so that he could stay by his big brother’s side.