Regarding My Recent Leave of Absence

I never imagined that, living in a society governed by the rule of law, I would one day witness a knife attack right next to me.

At 11:40 a. m. on July 17, 2022, my father was stabbed multiple times with a knife at the entrance of his residential community. He had knife wounds on both sides of his chest, left armpit, left shoulder, upper right abdomen, and the back of his right wrist.

After being taken to the county hospital by a friend, he was immediately transferred by ambulance to the city's central hospital because the county hospital did not have the facilities for surgery.

As a 25-year-old, I never imagined that I would be riding in an ambulance for the first time in this way.

Looking at my father's increasingly ashen face and his constantly rising blood pressure in the ambulance, my heart turned cold.

I even heard the doctor say something about a will (or maybe the doctor said medical advice, but I was too confused and disoriented to hear clearly).

After arriving at the hospital at 4 PM, he was immediately taken to the emergency room and underwent surgery for more than five hours, but is still not out of danger. →

From the night of the 17th until the morning of the 19th, I stayed outside the ICU. I slept on the floor outside during the night. I didn't bring my computer, and I didn't even bring my phone charger. Therefore, I was unable to update my novel and had no heart to write.

Today, at 11:00 AM on the 19th, my father was finally wheeled out of the ICU and has now been transferred to the intensive care unit. (It's not a regular ward, so family members still can't visit for extended periods and can only wait outside.)

Fortunately, those knife wounds did not seem to have any effect.

It can damage organs and important blood vessels.

I don't know why my father, a 50-year-old teacher, suffered such a misfortune.

I have already reported the case to the police, but my focus is Saine's side my father's safety, so I haven't inquired about the specific progress of the case yet.

This morning, after my father was transferred from the ICU to the intensive care unit, I spoke a few words with him briefly. My father was still very weak, but the doctor said that his vital signs were stable and his spirits were relatively good. The anxiety I had felt for the past two days and nights has finally subsided for the time being.

The first thing my father said to me after he regained consciousness was to ask about my Mother's condition.

My Mother has always been in poor health. After my father had this accident on the 17th, the whole family didn't dare to tell her. It was my aunts, uncles, cousins, and other relatives who helped me.

The reason I haven't posted a separate chapter to ask for leave, nor have I mentioned it in groups or on public accounts, but only mentioned it in the book community, is because my Mother and elderly grandparents follow my novels, and I'm afraid they'll find out.

I haven't told my Mother yet, but Mother and my maternal grandparents actually found out yesterday because the whole county is talking about it; they heard it from other people.

I wanted to stay by my dad's side, but after he regained consciousness today, the first thing he told me to go home and take care of my mom. My aunt and uncle are Saine's side the hospital.

So I got home at 4 p. m. today.

My Mother seemed very strong, and I talked to her about some family matters.

My younger brother, who is still in junior high school, doesn't know anything about our father's situation. Today he even told me he wanted to call my dad, but I stopped him and tried to dissuade him from doing so through other means.

The law was over; he thought my father was away on a business trip.

For the next month or two, my updates will be affected.

Because I was working until dawn every day, I didn't have any drafts saved up, and I would definitely be going back and forth between the hospital and home, and my own writing condition wasn't very good either.

But I definitely need to write this down, because I'm making money from it now. I've already spent 70,000 to 80,000 yuan at the hospital. Before leaving the hospital today, I gave my aunt another 20,000 yuan, in case there are any fees to pay.

I wrote one chapter after getting home this afternoon. I'll continue writing tonight because I need to earn money.

I'm posting this separate chapter to explain to my readers the reason for taking a two-day break from updating, and that updates may be unstable and irregular for some time to come.

While in the hospital, I was actually reading Zongheng Book Circle. Because writing novels is my livelihood, outside the ICU, late at night, sleeping on the cold hospital floor, I kept asking myself, if... could I really support this family?

I hope this separate chapter won't spoil your enjoyment of reading my novel.

The original plan was to maintain five updates a day for the first two months of the new book's release, but it seems that's no longer possible. I can only try my best to keep updating.

Of course, I didn't have much to do at the hospital or at home. Besides taking care of my father and Mother, I mostly just wrote.

I will try to write more, and I will post it as soon as I finish writing.

Some readers have been sending me private messages asking what happened. Thank you all for your concern.

I'm okay, I will keep being strong and working hard. — 8:45 PM, July 19, 2022, I Love Little Bean.