Hearing the cry, the doctor on duty, led by Zhao Xiaoqin, hurried to the ward to check.

Just as Zhao Xiaoqin described, Xu Zhuo, lying on the hospital bed, had a black face, dilated pupils, and weak breathing.

Seeing Xu Zhuo's symptoms, even Doctor Bai on duty was surprised. Doctor Bai initially judged that the patient was showing symptoms of poisoning.

After a simple examination, Dr. Bai found that the patient was in critical condition and his life was in danger at any time. He immediately arranged to take the patient to the emergency room for rescue.

Zhao Xiaoqin, who was originally panicking, watched Xu Zhuo being pushed into the emergency room. She breathed a sigh of relief, sat down on the bench opposite the emergency room, took out Xu Zhuo's mobile phone, and began to look through it...

About half an hour later, the door of the emergency room suddenly opened. Dr. Bai came out of the emergency room and began to call the attending physician of the relevant department with a serious expression.

Seeing Dr. Bai, Zhao Xiaoqin immediately put away her phone...

More than ten minutes later, Dr. Bai ended the call. Just as he was about to go to the emergency room, he caught a glimpse of Zhao Xiaoqin sitting on a bench.

As soon as he stopped, Zhao Xiaoqin couldn't wait to stand up and walked quickly to Doctor Bai. Before Doctor Bai could speak, Zhao Xiaoqin asked with a worried look on her face:

"Doctor Bai, how is Boss Xu?"

Doctor Bai held his eyes and told the truth in a serious tone:

"The patient is in a serious condition. The initial diagnosis is that he was poisoned. He is now unconscious and in shock. His life is in danger at any time. I have contacted the attending physician of the relevant department and are preparing to arrange surgery for the patient."

Zhao Xiaoqin looked worried and asked weakly, "Doctor Bai, can Boss Xu... be saved?"

"It's hard to say. The patient's condition is complicated, and we don't know what caused the poisoning. By the way, what did the patient eat during the day?"

Zhao Xiaoqin immediately replied, "I didn't eat anything, just like usual."

Doctor Bai muttered to himself, "Oh, that's strange..."

"By the way, Ms. Zhao, you are the patient's family member, right? Before performing surgery on the patient, you need to sign the informed consent form."

Zhao Xiaoqin immediately refused, "Doctor Bai, I'm not his family member, I can't take this responsibility!"

Doctor Bai reminded solemnly, "Then you should quickly contact the patient's family to come over. Once the other attending doctors arrive, they will perform surgery on the patient at any time."

"Okay, I'll try to contact his family."

Doctor Bai was very dissatisfied with Zhao Xiaoqin's answer and solemnly reminded her:

"You need to contact the patient's family immediately. This is no joke. The patient is in critical condition. A minute's delay could put his life in danger."

Zhao Xiaoqin said perfunctorily, "I know."

Doctor Bai reminded again before entering the emergency room, "Okay, that's it, contact the patient's family immediately."

Dr. Bai entered the emergency room and Zhao Xiaoqin sat on the bench in the corridor again. She took out Xu Zhuo's mobile phone, opened the address book, found the mobile phone number with the note "Wife", and after hesitating for a few minutes, she frowned and pressed the number.

However, no one answered the phone.

Zhao Xiaoqin called five or six times in a row, but no one answered the phone.

It was already four o'clock in the morning. Zhao Xiaoqin guessed that Xu Zhuo's wife must have put her cell phone in silent mode before going to bed.

He couldn't help but feel secretly happy.

This is exactly what she wanted...

She put her cell phone beside her, leaned back on the bench, adjusted herself to a comfortable position, and fell into a doze.

After tossing her around for several hours, she was really tired. As soon as she closed her eyes, she fell asleep...

She didn't know how long she had slept. In a daze, she felt someone shaking her body vigorously, and she could vaguely hear someone calling in her ear, "Hurry... wake up..."

When Zhao Xiaoqin opened her eyes, she saw Doctor Bai with a serious face...

Doctor Bai asked hurriedly, "Have you contacted the patient's family?"

Zhao Xiaoqin stood up, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and replied:

"Doctor Bai... I couldn't get in touch with him. Boss Xu's wife didn't answer the phone. I called her many times."

Doctor Bai complained, "If her husband doesn't answer the phone, then contact his other family members! Have you called them?"

Zhao Xiaoqin gradually regained consciousness and whispered, "No..."

Doctor Bai was obviously angry when he heard this. He urged anxiously, "Hurry up and call! The surgeon and anesthesiologist are here and will operate on the patient soon, but the family members haven't arrived yet. Are you kidding me?"

"Then I will contact his other family members now..."

Hearing what Zhao Xiaoqin said, Dr. Bai shook his head angrily.

Zhao Xiaoqin turned her head and found that the mobile phone she had placed beside her before going to bed was missing...

"Doctor Bai, something bad has happened. Boss Xu's cell phone is missing... I remember that I put it on the seat next to me, and then I fell asleep..."

Doctor Bai asked helplessly, "What should we do? Who will sign the informed consent form for the surgery? Do you still want to do the surgery? Does the patient still want to be saved?"

Zhao Xiaoqin muttered to herself: It’s best not to do it.

She immediately pretended to have done something wrong and remained silent in response to Dr. Bai's questioning.

Doctor Bai said angrily, "If you can't contact the patient's family, then you should sign the informed consent form for the surgery!"

Zhao Xiaoqin decisively refused, "No, I'm not a family member of the patient, I can't sign this!"

"What should we do? Why don't we just give up the surgery?"

Zhao Xiaoqin looked aggrieved and innocent, and complained:

"Doctor Bai, I think I have done my best. I cannot bear such a responsibility. It is better to let his family sign it."

"Then you should contact the family members immediately!"

Zhao Xiaoqin spread her hands and said, "How can I contact his family without their phone number?"

Dr. Bai was speechless. He really didn't have time to argue with Zhao Xiaoqin about this matter any further. He shook his head and turned away angrily.

He felt that Zhao Xiaoqin was simply impossible to communicate with. Even at this point, she was still so stubborn. If this continued, the patient's life would be in danger at any time.

But he couldn't force Zhao Xiaoqin to sign the consent form.

Helplessly, out of professional ethics and with the idea of ​​saving lives, he signed the informed consent form for the operation on behalf of the hospital.

Upon learning that Dr. Bai had signed the informed consent form, Zhao Xiaoqin cursed, "What a busybody."

It was confirmed that Xu Zhuo would undergo surgery, and the nurse urged Zhao Xiaoqin to go to the payment office to deposit the surgery and treatment fees in advance.

Sun Xue replied impatiently, "You should contact his family. I have no money. My mother is still in the hospital, waiting for the surgery fee."

Zhao Xiaoqin's attitude was very clear. She and Xu Zhuo were just ordinary friends, and she definitely could not come up with such a large sum of money as the surgery fee.

Helplessly, the hospital had to decide to perform surgery on Xu Zhuo first.

Soon, Xu Zhuo was pushed into the operating room.

Zhao Xiaoqin felt hungry and she was in no mood to stay outside the operating room, so she turned around and went downstairs.