"I didn't eat anything I'm allergic to. I don't know what's wrong with me. I just had an allergic reaction all of a sudden. I feel very uncomfortable and can't fall asleep at all. That's why I came here to ask you to have a look," Nancy said, pretending to be innocent.
"I'll give you some desensitizer I advise you to try and figure out what may have caused the allergic reaction that you just had," Director Franco suggested. Nancy nodded in agreement a little.
"Okay, I will do that, Director Franco," she said.
"Doctor, is it dangerous?" Charles asked in a worried tone.
"Well, Mr. Fu, oftentimes people ignore the symptoms of allergy but as a matter of fact, some allergies are very serious. Those types can cause complications or physical discomfort. In the case of Director Nancy, I can't exactly tell you what is up yet because I will have to observe her condition first. But it does seem a little serious," Director Franco said after pausing for a while to think.
"Okay," Charles answered with a frown. He gave Nancy an angry look.
Nancy did this to hurt herself, but she was left with no choice. She was worried about Nana and wanted to find out who took her place in taking care of Nana. That was what urged her to do something to get to the hospital as soon as she could.
Besides, Charles did not need to go to bed, which meant that he could stay with her in the hospital.
"Nancy, how are you? Are you feeling bad?" Charles asked. He saw Nancy touching her belly and was worried about her.
"You were right. It will probably be affecting my intestines, too. I feel so uncomfortable right now, I might puke," Nancy said, struggling to even speak.
"Oh, my! Just hold on. The doctors will be checking up on you again soon." In his head, Charles was blaming Nancy for making trouble out of nothing, but he also knew that he couldn't show ruthlessness to her at that moment.
'Alas, I really don't know what to do with Nancy!'
It wouldn't be such a big deal if she yelled at him. She just hurt herself which made Charles feel bad and a little guilty.
After all, he was the one who made a decision without consulting with Nancy first. He took away her position in the hospital from her and trapped her at home.
'But this is the only way I can keep you by my side.'
Charles and Nancy proceeded to the ward that was arranged for them by Director Franco. An intravenous drip was then prepared for Nancy.
After an hour of waiting, Nancy's allergy symptoms were alleviated.
Dawn came.
Charles wasn't able to sleep all night.
When the Nancy was given an infusion, it caused her to fall asleep deeply, and Charles stayed up to look after her. He stared at the infusion dripping down from the plastic tube as if he was counting every drop. He couldn't sleep.
When Nancy finally woke up, she saw that Charles was looking so tired.
His eyes were all red and watery. Nancy said,
"Charles, why don't you get some rest? I feel much better now, anyway." But the reality was she didn't really feel sorry for him. It made her happy deep inside, seeing Charles suffer. She thought that if she had to suffer, then Charles also deserved to.
"I'm not sleepy. Do you want anything in particular that you want to eat? Tell me and I'll buy it for you," Charles said and looked at his watch.
"Oh, I'm starving but you don't have to worry. They sell steamed buns there at the hospital gate. They're delicious. That's what I want. Don't forget to add some vinegar, please. It took Charles twenty minutes to get to the hospital gate and buy steamed buns. There was no one waiting in line before him but he still had to wait for around six minutes for the buns. If there was someone who was waiting in line ahead of him, it would have taken him longer to come back. It might take an hour for him to get the buns that Nancy wanted and get back to the ward. Nancy could do a lot of things in one hour.
She would figure out a lot of things.
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