I was covered in blood as I walked alone toward the hospital.
A few elderly men and women who had come in for blood pressure checks were frightened out of their wits.
But the doctors attended to me right away and asked what had happened.
I spouted nonsense and said we'd been in a car accident.
I also said there were several others in the car and asked the doctors to receive them.
The tiny town hospital took in all six of us at once, throwing the entire hospital into an uproar and even alarming the hospital director.
A rural hospital like this definitely didn't have the capacity to handle such cases.
Pan Ling and Daoist Qingshan had fewer external injuries, but none of us had light wounds.
Master and Daoist Qingshan were also severely unconscious and couldn't be treated at all.
In the end, all of us were transferred...
I worked within this system, so I naturally knew what method would get medical resources the fastest.
Not long after the information on six seriously injured patients was reported.
Three ambulances arrived. Two people per vehicle, and all of us were sent to the city's First Hospital and Second Hospital.
Before getting into the ambulance, I handed the car keys to the hospital reception desk and sent Uncle Yu a text message before climbing in.
I was too exhausted. Having held on until now, I had completely run out of strength.
Lying on the stretcher, I drifted into a hazy sleep.
By the time I regained a little awareness, I realized we had arrived at the hospital.
A doctor was shining a flashlight into my eyes, checking my pupils' response...
The doctors' voices kept sounding beside my ears:
"Wake up. Can you hear me?"
"The patient has a light response,