Hearing his father's words, Jian Ning couldn't help but hold her breath.
A vague sense of foreboding rose in her heart.
Although the old man was eighty years old, his body was still strong.
Let alone eighty, some people would believe he was fifty.
It was precisely because of this that they agreed to let the old man live in his hometown.
But they never expected him to have a stroke at this critical juncture.
"Quick, quick, quick, drive to the town hospital quickly!" After hanging up the phone, Jian Jianhua yelled at the driver.
"Dad, what exactly happened? Grandpa was so healthy, how could he have a stroke for no reason?" Jian Ning asked anxiously.
Jian Jianhua shook his head, wishing he could sprout wings and fly to his father's side.
Half an hour later.
The Mercedes arrived at Taoyuan Town Hospital.
Before the car even stopped, father and daughter pushed open the doors and rushed into the emergency room.
"Second brother, how is Dad?"
Jian Jianhua asked his brother who was waiting at the entrance of the emergency room.
"Still being resuscitated." Jian Jianjun, over forty years old, was eight feet tall with dark skin, but tears welled up in his eyes now: "Big brother, I didn't take good care of Dad, I'm sorry to him, and to you!"
He squatted on the ground like a child and cried heartily.
"Second Uncle, please don't be like this. No one wants Grandpa to be in trouble, so don't blame yourself!" Jian Ning comforted her second uncle.
The reason they agreed to let the old man live in his hometown was ultimately because Jian Jianjun was a filial son and took meticulous care of his father.
They all believed that if anything unfortunate were to happen to the old man, he would be the most heartbroken.
Another half hour passed.
The emergency room door was pushed open.
"Doctor, how is my father's condition? Has he passed the critical stage?" Jian Jianhua asked the doctor nervously.
The doctor said, "The patient's physiological indicators are all normal, but why he is in a deep coma, we haven't found the cause."
"I suggest you transfer him to Jizhou Grand Hospital, where the experts should be able to provide a better treatment plan."
"Okay, okay, okay, we'll arrange the transfer now!"
Jian Jianhua immediately called several friends, telling them to book a private room at the First People's Hospital in Jizhou.
Then, father and daughter, along with Jian Jianjun, transferred to an ambulance and rushed to Jizhou under the night sky.
"It's all my fault for not taking good care of the old man. Otherwise, the birthday banquet wouldn't have turned out like this..." Jian Jianjun was still consumed by self-blame.
Jian Jianhua immediately became angry: "Can't you change this self-critical personality of yours? If I had known you were like this, I wouldn't have let you take care of the old man."
Jian Jianjun lowered his head: "If you hadn't let me take care of the old man, this would not have happened today!"
Jian Jianhua was so angry his lungs were about to explode.
"The patient needs quiet," the nurse accompanying them interrupted the brothers' argument.
Taking a deep breath, Jian Jianhua tried to calm himself down: "Although this eightieth birthday banquet did not go smoothly, as children, we must fulfill our filial duties." He said, taking out a brocade box the size of his palm from his briefcase. When it was opened, a jade cicada lay quietly inside.
"Dad, this is the jade cicada I found yesterday. I originally wanted to give it to you today to make you happy, but I never expected you to fall into a coma."
"I don't know if you can hear our conversation. If you can hear it, please move your fingers and let us know you are still by our side, okay?"
Jian Jianjun was overjoyed: "It moved, it moved, the old man's finger moved!"
"It seems the old man is still conscious. He must really like this gift," Jian Jianhua almost shed tears.
The doctor had said when arranging the transfer that the patient was in a deep coma, and they should try to say things that might stir his emotions by his ear as much as possible, which would be beneficial for his recovery.
As long as the patient regained consciousness, he would not be far from waking up.
And now.
They saw a ray of hope!
"Dad, where did you buy this jade cicada?"
Jian Ning's voice trembled, her face full of unease.
"This jade cicada?" Jian Jianhua said with a smile, "I went back to the antique market yesterday and met a middle-aged man. He sold it to me! What's wrong?"
Jian Ning swallowed: "Was that person in his forties, hunchbacked, with yellow teeth?"
Jian Jianhua couldn't help but say, "You've met him?"
Jian Ning said nervously: "Yes, he came to the store and wanted to sell me this jade cicada for twenty thousand yuan..."
"Good heavens, father is calling out good heavens!" Jian Jianhua's mouth twitched uncontrollably: "Twenty thousand yuan is already very low? Why didn't you buy it? If you had bought it, would I have spent two hundred thousand to buy it?"
Jian Ning: "This is a burial cicada!"
Jian Jianhua's eyes widened: "Who said that? How could this be a burial cicada? This should be a pendant cicada!"
He didn't believe it was a burial cicada because he knew it was something placed in the mouth of the deceased.
"Chen Nan said so," Jian Ning said, "Chen Nan stopped me from trading with that person, and said that this burial cicada is a burial object, and buying it will surely bring disaster!"
Jian Jianhua was furious: "Damn, how is this related to Chen Nan again?"
He really disliked that name.
But today, this name kept reaching his ears.
"Dad, why do you hate Chen Nan so much?"
Jian Ning also noticed that her father disliked Chen Nan, but she still said, "Even if you don't like him, he's right. This burial cicada is a burial object."
"It can bring bad luck to its owner and change the fortune of a family!"
"This is an ominous object!"
"Think carefully about what happened today."
"We first encountered a car accident in the city."
"That car accident seemed like a simple traffic accident, but how many dump trucks are there in the vast city of Jizhou?"
"Why did we happen to encounter a dump truck running a red light and hit us?"
"Why did Grandpa, who was originally in good health, suddenly fall into a coma?"
"Did it happen after you bought this burial cicada?"
"Even if you don't admit the magic of amulets, how can these things be explained?"
Jian Jianhua was angered and embarrassed: "There are many things that cannot be explained by science!"
Jian Ning said matter-of-factly: "That's right, so the end of science is metaphysics!"
Jian Jianjun quickly said: "Stop arguing, stop arguing, the old man's finger moved again!"
Father and daughter both looked at the old man.
They saw his right hand, which had been trembling, slowly extend a contemptuous middle finger.
As if to suggest that Jian Jianjun wanted to have a father and son reunion...
"I'll call Chen Nan right away. He could predict that I would have a bloody disaster and see that this burial cicada was a burial object, so he must have a way to wake Grandpa up!"
Jian Ning said, picking up her phone, but Jian Jianjun snatched it away.
Jian Ning asked in disbelief: "Dad, what are you doing? Why are you snatching my phone?"
Jian Jianjun's face was ferocious: "He's just a nobody, what right does he have to treat the old man?"