Chapter 32: Stepping on the Storm (Part 1)
Maria Hospital covers a large area. The core building complex is a rectangular U-shaped structure with a small park in the middle. The first floor is for emergency and general practice. The second floor is the examination room, which has everything from MRI to blood tests. The third floor is the intensive care unit and ICU. The intensive care unit refers to seriously ill patients whose conditions cannot be determined. The fourth floor is the operating room and the matching examination room. For example, craniotomy is not only a means of treatment, but also a means of diagnosis. It can cut out unknown objects in the brain and conduct tests immediately during the operation, so that patients only have to endure the pain of surgery once.
Sometimes diagnosis is far more important than treatment. In modern medicine, various diseases have corresponding treatment methods, or they are untreatable. The strength of the diagnosis team is directly related to the strength of the hospital. A serious disease usually requires consultation from experts in multiple fields.
Liang Xi made an appointment for flat feet and arrived at Maria Hospital on time. Although it was nearly four o'clock in the afternoon, there were still many people waiting for the appointment . Liang Xi entered the clinic, and the doctor told Liang Xi with regret after the examination that this disease could not be cured, but Liang Xi could be made more comfortable through physical methods, such as using insoles specially made for flat feet patients. The doctor suggested that Liang Xi choose more upper limb exercises, and did not recommend Liang Xi to engage in physical labor, long-distance running and mountain climbing. Not only because Liang Xi's feet lack endurance, but also because it is easy to injure his feet.
After a while, Liang Xi basically understood the layout of the first floor, took a nurse's coat and a mask from the emergency department, entered the elevator generously, and took the elevator to the morgue in the basement . So far, everything has been going well.
The morgue and the hospital's backup generator are both on the basement floor. There are three morgues, with an open office in the middle. An employee was doing paperwork. When the staff saw Liang Xi about to ask a question, Liang Xi covered his mouth, as if he wanted to vomit. The staff asked kindly, "Are you okay?"
"Traffic accident." Liang Xi pointed to his head and said, "Supervisor, let me calm down."
The staff understood Liang Xi's meaning. Liang Xi was disgusted by the scene when he was dealing with the injured in the traffic accident. Staff: "Just sit down for a while." Concentrate on doing paperwork. He has seen many similar situations.
Liang Xi paused for a moment and chatted with the staff. He learned that the three morgues here held different bodies. There was a morgue dedicated to infectious patients. There was a morgue where the cause of death had not yet been diagnosed, and the doctors would try their best to persuade the patient's family to donate the body for autopsy. There was also an ordinary morgue.
The staff member stood up, swiped the door lock with his ID card, opened the ordinary morgue, took the hardboard folder and went inside to register the cabinet that had been used.
The staff
Staff: “Six o’clock.”
Liang Xi nodded: "Thank you, I'm leaving now."
The staff member did not even raise his head.
…
Liang Xi came out of the elevator and saw a gun pointed at him. Holy shit! This security guard is awesome...
Then Liang Xi was pushed aside, and a man in his forties raised a shotgun and fired a shot at the ceiling, roaring: "Back off, back off."
What happened? It turned out that this man named Dolly rushed into the hospital with a gun and drove the waiting patients and medical staff to the corridor. The security guard did not dare to shoot rashly. When Dolly passed the elevator, Liang Xi came out and was swept into the group of hostages.
"Go in." Dolly fired again and ordered the seven hostages to enter the female staff locker room.
Baker's sister, Karin, was also among the hostages. She was ready to subdue Dolly when he turned his back to them. As soon as she approached, Liang Xi grabbed her wrist from the side. Liang Xi comforted her, "It's okay, it's okay, don't be afraid," and took off his mask.
"You?" Karin saw that Liang Xi was stunned for a moment. Why did Liang Xi come to the hospital to work as a nurse?
Liang Xi held Karin's shoulders and walked inside, whispering, "He didn't want to kill anyone."
Karin: "Oh!" She didn't dare to do anything rash now, as she was not sure she could deceive Liang Xi.
The layout of the women's locker room is similar to the Chinese character "王", with the main aisle on the vertical axis, lockers and chairs on both sides, and the shower room at the deepest end. Dolly closed the door of the locker room and reinforced the door lock with an iron chain disguised as a gold chain hanging around his neck. Dolly looked at the hostages and shouted, "Sit down, all of you sit down."
The hostages sat obediently on the long bench in the aisle. Dolly's phone rang, and the voice that answered the phone was very gentle: "Hey, baby, you're fine, I promise you. Be good and obedient, Daddy is busy, I will visit you later."
After hanging up the phone, Dolly lowered his head, leaned against the wall with his gun hanging down, and said nothing. Suddenly, Dolly walked quickly to the door of the locker room, opened the door a crack, and shouted outside: "Where are the police? Where are the police?"
Liang Xi and Karin sat side by side on the stool. Liang Xi patted the back of Karin's hand gently as if he was coaxing a baby: "It's okay, don't be afraid."
Karin looked at Liang Xi and wanted to laugh, but she felt helpless.
"Why are you here?" Karin asked.
When Liang Xi comforted Karin, he was looking at Dolly. When he heard the question, he turned around and was about to explain to Karin. He couldn't help but be distracted and didn't know what to say for a while. Karin turned her head in confusion, and her breath blew on Liang Xi's face, making Liang Xi's blood boil.
The fat nurse sitting opposite said dissatisfiedly: "This is kidnapping, can you guys be more serious?"
Liang Xi and Karin turned their heads together, Liang Xi awkwardly tried to find a conversation: "Why am I here?"
Karin felt a little uncomfortable. She hated the sudden subtle feelings, even if it was only a little bit. Liang Xi was good-looking, but only good-looking. Karin's target was at least a stronger man than herself. So how could Karin suddenly have subtle feelings for Liang Xi? From a psychological point of view, Liang Xi was simply attracted by his beauty. Karin was influenced by the signals Liang Xi released.
For example, in school, a man and a woman are often teased by their classmates, and then they are together for no apparent reason. When an outsider distorts a fact, the thoughts of the parties involved may also be distorted, which is called suggestion in psychology.
Fortunately, both of them are rational. Liang Xi knows that there is a big gap in status and class between him and Karin. Karin is a neurologist who is valued and trained by the director of Maria Hospital. She is beautiful, has a good figure, is well-educated, and has a promising future. He is a detective who makes a living everywhere. Liang Xi had this idea because of a hint. Although you think that detectives are great, the TV talk shows and online culture ruthlessly mock the detective profession, and the reactions of others after learning that you are a detective, etc., all indicate and imply that detectives are a low-level profession. People who work in low-level professions will naturally be classified as low-level people.
Although Liang Xi thinks that the detective profession is good, he is very clear about the outside world's views on the detective profession. He thinks highly of himself, but he also knows that others look down on his profession.
Karin really looked down on Liang Xi. She had no objection to being friends with him, but it was impossible to go further. As a strong woman, Liang Xi, a weakling, could hardly gain Karin's respect. Survey conclusion: The stronger a person is, the more he or she tends to use force rather than laws or rules to solve problems when encountering conflicts. What's more, Karin has never looked down on laws and rules.
The kidnapper Dolly sat on the ground, looking at the anxious hostages with a tired face: "As long as you cooperate, I won't hurt you."
A male patient in his sixties asked, "What's going on, man?"
Dolly shook his head, grabbed his hat to wipe away his tears, held his gun, leaned against the locker with lifeless eyes, waiting for the police to arrive.
