CHAPTER 539: CHAPTER 523: VEGETATIVE PERSON

Old Mrs. Song is making dumplings.

Two-year-old Tang Yuan is happily helping the old lady make dumplings.

Ever since he helped his mother make wontons last time, he’s definitely unlocked a new skill in household chores.

But the result of unlocking this skill is that his face and head are covered in flour, looking just like a tabby cat.

The phone rings.

Old Mrs. Song laughs and wipes the flour off Tang Yuan’s nose tip, calling out to Old Sir Song.

"Old man, quickly answer the phone, can’t you see the two of us are busy?"

Old Sir Song helplessly raises his head from the newspaper.

"Do I even need to say? It must be the eldest calling at this time; he’s leaving on a flight tomorrow, and wouldn’t he call today to say goodbye?"

"Just tell the eldest to come over for dinner; we’re making dumplings today."

The old lady is also pondering that with her son gone, they won’t see him for at least three years.

Old Sir Song picks up the phone, and after a while, the phone crashes onto the glass coffee table with a loud bang.

Old Mrs. Song looks up, only to see the old man’s face looking grim, his expression serious.

Her heart tightens.

The old man hasn’t made this expression in many years; the last time was when their daughter-in-law passed away.

"Old man, what exactly happened?"

The old man’s lips quiver slightly, "Quickly, quickly, the eldest is in trouble."

The old lady is startled.

"What could possibly happen to the eldest? Isn’t he at school? He’s supposed to go abroad tomorrow."

Panic quickly surges in her heart.

The elderly couple hurriedly ask the driver to take them to the hospital.

Tang Yuan stands bewildered with dumpling skin in his hand, while the auntie beside him sighs.

The Song family sure is having a tumultuous autumn.

Always something happening!

"Tang Yuan, let’s make dumplings!"

Tang Yuan laughs heartily, raising the dumpling skin in his hand, which has already become a mess.

Outside the operating room, it is crowded with people; Dean Zhang, Deputy Dean Jia, and several school directors are all in the corridor outside the ward.

Of course, there are a few police officers taking statements from them.

When Old Sir and Old Mrs. Song arrive, everyone rushes to meet the two elders.

"What happened to Qingyun?"

The old lady tries to stay calm, but her fingers tremble slightly.

Old Sir Song supports his wife.

Afraid she might faint.

Dean Zhang apologetically explains the situation.

When someone had passed by Song Qingyun’s office after work and noticed the door was ajar, they thought he had forgotten to close it when leaving, so they decided to help him lock it.

Who knew upon pushing the door open, they’d find Song Qingyun collapsed on the floor, with a pool of blood by his head, and immediately reported it to the police.

The entire campus was actually already in chaos, with police cars and ambulances terrifying the students.

This is a criminal case.

In broad daylight, a respectable professor was attacked; if it hadn’t been discovered, he would have died.

The police feel this incident is going to be big.

The case of Old Sir Song was one of the motives for a severe crackdown back then, yet the perpetrator wasn’t caught, and now his son is in trouble again.

What face do the police have to live?

Old Sir Song asks the doctor with a solemn expression.

"How is Song Qingyun now?"

"Old Sir Song, Professor Song’s condition is very serious, with severe head trauma from being struck by a heavy object. If it wasn’t for the timely discovery, he would have... The surgery is done now, but the situation is still dire. Professor Song might... might..."

The doctor looks at the old man’s momentarily lifeless eyes and pale white hair, realizing that even a strong old revolutionary like him is still just an elderly man.

Sending off young ones with white hair, how can an old father accept?

Old Mrs. Song grabs the doctor.

"Doctor, what will happen? Tell me? What will happen? The eldest won’t die, we’re not dead yet, how could he possibly die? Impossible."

The old lady mutters incoherently, feeling dazed.

The eldest has always been kind to people, fearing the child might not withstand trouble during practical courses, in college this child is most passionate about academics, how could he have enemies?

Reluctantly, the doctor states, "Very likely unable to get through this; even without life-threatening injuries, Professor Song is likely to become a vegetable, like this for life."

Old Mrs. Song rolls her eyes and completely faints.

Old Sir Song quickly embraces the old lady, "Xiao Wang, take the old lady to a ward."

At this moment, he cannot fall, in wartime he didn’t fall, and now he must not fall.

The enemy lurking in dark corners wants them dead, wants his pain, but he cannot let that be easy.

"Dad, what happened to my big brother?"

Song Qinghe arrives at the hospital, gasping for breath, with Mrs. Song beside him.

Fang Xiaohui and Song Mohuan also tag along.

Fang Xiaohui is delighted that she has gained fifty bad luck points.

Indeed, the surprise about Uncle Song wasn’t orchestrated by her directly, for her to receive fifty bad luck points is still due to Uncle Song being her relative!

Fang Xiaohui cannot figure out what this system is, but as long as it’s useful, it’s good.

She urgently needs bad luck points now but doesn’t know how to gather them.

Fang Xiaohui has been troubled for years.

She cannot fathom how to get these bad luck points.

Old Sir Song dejectedly waves his hand, "Your big brother might become a vegetable."

Song Qinghe instantly becomes silent.

Tears start falling.

The big brother always looked after him, treated him well, his big brother is well-hearted, at home he’s like the eldest, leading in everything, protecting his siblings, being filial to parents, in his heart, the big brother is omnipotent, their shield, their reliance.

Suddenly, the big brother becomes a vegetable.

Song Qinghe silently crouches on the ground, crying uncontrollably.

A police officer approaches Old Sir Song.

"Old Sir, regarding this incident, we’ve been investigating through the night, Comrade Song Qingyun was attacked from behind, bludgeoned in the head. After a preliminary scene investigation, it’s concluded that it was done by someone familiar, Professor Song had no defense against them, which led to his attack from behind without a struggle."

They must give Old Sir Song an answer, policemen surveyed the scene through the night, directed by higher-ups to solve the case quickly.

Without an answer, they’d fail Old Sir Song, the esteemed contributor.

Old Sir Song wearily nods, "A familiar perpetrator, please resolve this case quickly, capture the culprit, I want him to pay in full."

The police salute.

Song Qingyun passes the dangerous period but truly becomes a vegetable.

Suddenly, in the medical university, everyone is on edge and fearful of every shadow.

Everyone guards against those around them, seeing everyone as a suspect.

Jiang Xiaoxiao buries herself in the laboratory, completing her experiments. She locks herself in her hospital for a week, never stopping the peach experiments.

This is her latest discovery.

The peach tree in the Spiritual Spring has borne new peaches.

This time the peaches have a different effect.

She can only conduct experiments on white mice, who dares to try recklessly? Fortunately, she has her own hospital, tailored with this particular laboratory.

Otherwise, she’d have no idea what to do.

Jiang Xiaoxiao takes a good bath, changes clothes, and heads to school, having taken a week’s leave.

Now, no matter what, she should cancel the leave.