Chapter 216 The High School Girl Who Mysteriously Fell into a Coma
Chapter 216 The High School Girl Who Mysteriously Fell into a Coma
"Here it comes, here it comes."
Jiang Xinlan ran to open the door.
As soon as the door opened, Shen Zixuan's flushed face appeared in the doorway.
He was flushed and out of breath, clearly having rushed over.
Behind him was a young man who looked about the same age as him, with a frighteningly pale face and large dark circles under his eyes.
His lips were chapped, his eyes were bloodshot and filled with anxiety, and he looked extremely haggard.
"Sister! Where's brother-in-law?" Shen Zixuan shouted as soon as he entered the door, his voice full of urgency.
"They're in the study. What's wrong? Why are they so flustered?" Jiang Xinlan looked at the two of them and asked in confusion, "And who is this?"
"Sis, this is my college classmate, Lu Mingyu, the one I hung out with at the party last time."
Shen Zixuan quickly introduced them, then pulled Lu Mingyu into the living room, "Mingyu, this is my sister Jiang Xinlan. My brother-in-law is in the study. I'll call him out right away."
Lu Mingyu forced a smile and bowed slightly to Jiang Xinlan:
"Hello, Ms. Jiang, sorry to bother you."
His voice was terribly hoarse, as if he hadn't had water in a long time, and had a heavy accent; it was clear he wasn't a local from Beijing.
"It's alright, it's alright, please sit down." Jiang Xinlan poured them two cups of warm water.
"Look how anxious you are, have some water first."
"Thank you, Miss Jiang." Lu Mingyu took the water glass, held it with both hands, but did not drink it. He just gripped the glass tightly, his knuckles turning white from the force.
At this moment, Shen Yu heard the sound and came out of the study.
Upon seeing Shen Yu, Lu Mingyu reacted as if he had seen a savior, abruptly standing up from the sofa. Due to the hasty movement, his knee hit the coffee table with a "thud".
But he seemed oblivious to the pain, quickly walked up to Shen Yu, and knelt down with a "plop".
"Mr. Shen! Please, please save my sister! I beg you!"
Shen Yu quickly reached out to help him up, saying, "Let's talk this out. There's no need for this."
"Yes, Mingyu, get up quickly. Tell my brother-in-law what's wrong, and he will definitely help you."
Shen Zixuan quickly spoke up, reaching out to help him back to the sofa and handing him a tissue.
"Don't cry, speak slowly and explain things clearly so my brother-in-law can help you."
Lu Mingyu took the tissue, wiped away his tears, and took several deep breaths before he could barely calm himself down.
He looked up at Shen Yu, his eyes red and swollen, and said in a hoarse voice:
"Mr. Shen, I'll never forget what happened at the party venue last time. If it weren't for your lucky charm, we would all have been in trouble that day."
I know you are a highly capable person, someone with real expertise. I was truly desperate this time, and I begged Zixuan for several days before he finally agreed to bring me to see you.
Please, I beg you, you must save my sister.
"Tell me slowly, what's your sister's name? How old is she? What happened?"
Shen Yu sat on the sofa opposite him and asked in a calm tone.
"My younger sister's name is Lu Yutong. She is sixteen years old and is a sophomore at Yuying High School in Yunshui County."
Yuying High School is the only municipal-level key boarding high school in our county, and its undergraduate enrollment rate has remained stable at over 83% for many years.
All the top students in the county are scrambling to get a spot in the school. The management is strict, with a fully enclosed boarding system, and students can only go home to visit their families for the last two days of each month.
My younger sister has been intelligent and hardworking since she was a child. She has consistently ranked in the top ten of her grade from elementary school to high school. She is quiet and reserved and never causes trouble.
Knowing her family was poor, she never spent a penny of her allowance, focusing solely on her studies, hoping to get into a top university, escape her small county, and ease her parents' burden.
"About two weeks ago, my mom called me in a panic, saying that Yutong's condition was completely off after she came home."
The once lively and cheerful girl now spends all day cooped up in her room, lost in thought. When called to eat, she says she can't eat, and she's lost a lot of weight.
I toss and turn in bed at night, unable to fall asleep, and often hide under the covers and cry secretly.
My parents pressed her for details, but she remained tight-lipped, only vaguely saying that they could hear girls crying intermittently in the dormitory corridor at night, sometimes near, sometimes far, which was unsettling.
"At the time, I just thought it was due to the excessive pressure of high school studies and the emotional sensitivity of adolescence, which caused me to have auditory hallucinations."
I made a video call to my sister overnight to patiently comfort her and advised her to calm down and ask her homeroom teacher for leave to go home and rest for a few days if she was really feeling unwell.
She just shook her head, said she was fine and told me not to worry, then quickly hung up the phone. I never imagined then that would be the last time I saw her sober and sensible.
As Lu Mingyu spoke, his voice choked with emotion, and his eyes were filled with regret.
"Last Wednesday, I was working a part-time job off-campus when my dad called me urgently, telling me that Yutong had suddenly fainted without warning in the corridor on the third floor of the teaching building."
After the dormitory supervisor discovered the incident, she immediately called for emergency medical assistance and the patient was taken to Yunshui County People's Hospital.
All the tests at the county hospital were completed, and no organic lesions were found from head to toe. Heart rate, internal organs, and blood indicators were all normal.
Unable to determine the cause of the coma, the doctor recommended immediate transfer to the intensive care neurology department of the city's First People's Hospital.
"I took leave overnight and bought a ticket for the last high-speed train back to the county. When I arrived at the hospital, Yutong was lying unconscious on the intensive care unit bed. No matter how we called out to her or shook her body, she did not respond at all."
After a day and a night of hardship, she briefly regained consciousness, but the moment she woke up, we were all utterly devastated.
She lost almost all of her memories for nearly a month. She didn't remember why she fell into a coma, she didn't remember anything that happened at school, and she didn't even recognize her parents whom she saw every day. She only recognized me, her older brother.
"After that, Yutong fell into a deep coma three times without warning. Each time she woke up, she lost a new memory. Now, she has been in a deep coma for more than 48 hours."
"We took her to all the top-tier hospitals in the city, consulted with all the top neurology experts, and had her undergo brain CT scans, EEGs, whole-body MRIs, and a full set of toxicology screenings."
All medical reports showed that there were no abnormalities in the body, no brain tumors, no nerve damage, and no signs of poisoning.
Experts could only tentatively diagnose it as an unexplained mass encephalopathy, and there was no effective treatment plan; they could only maintain her vital signs with intravenous nutrition.
Yesterday the hospital issued us a critical condition notice, saying that if we still can't wake up, we might... we might not wake up at all...
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