434: Chapter 423: First Aid 434: Chapter 423: First Aid Seeing Li Man’s desolate demeanor, Song Yun could only sigh helplessly.
Women aren’t foolish; how could they not see his true intentions?
It’s often said that women in love have zero intelligence, but this theory absolutely does not apply to the women in the villa.
“Something terrible has happened, boss, one of our people is injured!” a foreman burst in, shouting.
“People are injured?
Lead the way immediately,” Li Shishi frowned upon hearing the news.
She had repeatedly demanded that everyone adhere to the rules and regulations, so why were there injuries?
“Let’s all go,” Song Yun said gravely.
This was the mall he was investing in; he couldn’t detach himself from the construction site accident.
If it wasn’t a big issue, that would be fine, but if the construction had to halt due to the problem, the losses would be incalculable.
Before they even reached the crowd, they smelled a strong scent of blood, and there were specks of blood on the ground.
On seeing this, Song Yun quickly dispersed the crowd and moved forward to ask, “What happened here?”
“We don’t really know, just a moment ago, a steel rod suddenly fell from the second floor and stabbed into Xiao Wang’s leg.”
“Yes, I hadn’t even processed what happened when I saw Xiao Wang lying on the ground.”
With safety helmets on, the workers crowded together, creating a hubbub of voices from which Song Yun couldn’t glean any useful information.
Entering the midst of the crowd, Song Yun saw a brawny man lying on the ground clutching his thigh, his safety helmet scattered nearby.
His blue work uniform was covered with dirt, making him look very pitiful.
Also, a meter-long steel rod was embedded in his right thigh, with blood gushing from the wound, threatening a blood hemorrhage.
Seeing the man’s pale face and his grimacing, Song Yun shouted to those next to him, “Has anyone called 120 for an ambulance?”
“We’ve made the call, but Xiao Wang said it’s enough to go to a clinic to remove the steel rod; he doesn’t need to go to a major hospital,” his coworker whispered.
“Nonsense, at this rate, his leg will be ruined,” Song Yun said angrily.
But then he realized that going to the hospital was like declaring bankruptcy for workers who earned barely over a hundred RMB per day.
Real hospital treatment might require tens of thousands of yuan; although that sum might be trivial for a wealthy family, it was a matter of life and death for a worker’s family.
“Quickly call 120 for an ambulance,” Song Yun told Li Shishi.
Just after he finished speaking, Xiao Wang’s bleeding seemed to worsen; the blood was flowing faster and faster from his leg.
If they waited idly any longer, Xiao Wang could die from excessive blood loss before the ambulance even arrived.
“It’s not working, we need to get a vehicle now and take him to the hospital immediately,” Song Yun shouted to the anxious foremen.
“Didn’t you hear me?
Bring a car here, or it might be too late.”
“The problem is, all our trucks are out for delivery today,” a foreman reported with a sweaty forehead.
“And the project hasn’t reached a critical stage to require those large cement trucks.”
“Damn it, my car is parked nearby; it’d still take seven or eight minutes to get here and back,” Song Yun cursed under his breath.
“Li Man, didn’t you drive here?
Let’s get him to the hospital first.”
He called out twice but didn’t hear a response from Li Man, nor could he see him.
Damn it, the bastard always disappeared when needed most.
“Hold on, I’ll try to stop the bleeding,” Song Yun took off his outer jacket and ripped a strip from it, but then thought better of it.
With the steel rod still in Xiao Wang’s leg, they needed to remove it to effectively stop the bleeding.
“Song Yun, what should we do now?” Li Shishi said anxiously.
“I’ve asked the Disciples to fetch my car, but it’ll take seven or eight minutes.”
Song Yun found himself in a dilemma upon hearing this.
Since the steel rod was still in Xiao Wang’s leg, he didn’t dare to remove it carelessly.
The rod was temporarily slowing the blood loss, but if it was pulled out, it might cause severe hemorrhaging.
“Go find Li Man for me, damn it, he disappears like a coward when needed,” Song Yun shouted angrily at the Disciples.
“Boss, you have to save Xiao Wang.
His wife just had a baby, and the baby’s one-month celebration is in a few days.
He can’t collapse at such a critical time,” said a middle-aged man, evidently anxious and from the same village as Xiao Wang.
“It’s hard to say; I can’t tell how deep the injury is, and with the steel rod still in his leg, I dare not remove it.
But if I don’t, I can’t stop the bleeding,” Song Yun expressed his difficulty.
“Xiao Wang likely hasn’t hit a major artery, or he’d have bled to death by now.”
“Even so, the chance of lasting complications is still high; he could end up paralyzed if it affected the nerves.”
“What!” The middle-aged man became frantic, grabbing Song Yun’s arm and shouting, “No way, Xiao Wang can’t be paralyzed; he’s the main breadwinner of the family.
If he’s paralyzed, who will earn money to support his family?”
“It hurts…
so much, save me…
save me,” Xiao Wang, who was lying on the ground and had been listening to Song Yun and the middle-aged man, tried to rise but any movement tugged at his wound, and fresh blood started spurting from his leg again.
“Stay down and don’t move,” Song Yun sternly pressed Xiao Wang back to the ground.
“I’ll just have to give it a try.
If it doesn’t work, then we’re at the mercy of fate.”
Song Yun knew many workers who had been injured on the job only to go home with disabilities.
If the boss was kind, they could receive some compensation, which might help make ends meet at home, but if the boss decided they were responsible for their own medical costs, it would be a catastrophe for the family.
“I’ll go get the first aid kit,” a foreman announced.
“There’s a first aid kit here?” Song Yun said, surprised.
“We prepared it just in case of such situations; I didn’t expect we’d actually need it today,” Li Shishi said sullenly.