A Bumpy Road to Power

Chapter 252: Emergency Room


On the left and right, the difference in body shape and appearance between the two was quite stark.

The one on the left was short and plump, about five feet tall, weighing no less than two hundred pounds, with thick and short fingers pointing at the tall, skinny woman across, spit flying everywhere. In a few sentences, she had already cursed eighteen generations of the other woman's ancestors.

And the one on the right was wearing a trench coat.

Her hair was well-groomed, clearly a person with some class.

Facing this kind of "bombardment," she could only blush and couldn't get a word out.

After listening for a few minutes.

Dirk Carter could also understand what was going on.

Apparently, the tall skinny woman on the right found a wallet on the road, which contained a thousand yuan, and she stood there waiting.

After waiting for a few minutes or so.

The short, fat woman who owned the wallet came back for it.

After returning the wallet to her, the short fat woman not only didn't thank her but also claimed there were originally two thousand yuan in it, so now a thousand were missing and demanded the tall skinny woman compensate her.

The tall skinny woman kept arguing that she only looked inside the wallet after picking it up and hadn't touched the money.

And so, they started quarreling.

Bystanders were just there for entertainment.

Everyone knew that the short fat woman was trying to extort her, probably because of the other's strong foreign accent.

"Ladies, ladies, please stop arguing. Can I say something fair?"

Dirk Carter has always been someone who likes to meddle.

Seeing the tall skinny woman being bullied.

He squeezed out of the crowd and said to the two.

The short fat woman glanced at Dirk Carter and said, "Who are you?"

"I'm just a passerby, seeing you argue endlessly, I thought I'd say something fair,"

Dirk Carter said.

Upon hearing this, the short fat woman started speaking like a machine gun: "Then go ahead, I had two thousand yuan in my wallet, now there's only a thousand. If she didn't take it, who else could have?"

Dirk Carter took the wallet from her hand.

He took out the money and counted it; indeed, there were only a thousand yuan.

He turned to the tall skinny woman and asked, "Did you pick up the wallet?"

"Yes!"

The woman responded with a sound from her throat, her voice suggesting she felt wronged.

"Did you count the money inside?"

"I did, there was only a thousand yuan!"

The woman said in a low voice.

Dirk Carter nodded and then looked at the short fat woman, asking, "Are you sure there were two thousand in it?"

"What kind of question is that? How could I not know my own money?"

The short fat woman snorted coldly.

Dirk Carter nodded and said, "I believe you aren't lying."

These words instantly cheered up the short fat woman.

She said, "This young man is clearly someone who understands reason. I wasn't lying; there were indeed two thousand in it at the start."

The two exchanged replies.

The crowd gathered around began to buzz.

They thought Dirk Carter was a setup by the short fat woman.

Then they saw Dirk Carter ponder slightly.

He turned and looked at the tall skinny woman and handed the wallet back to her.

He said, "The lady behind me said her wallet had two thousand yuan, so this wallet isn't hers. I suggest you keep it and take it to the police station later."

With these words.

The short fat woman, who was quite pleased with herself, suddenly had her expression stiffened.

She immediately went berserk.

She came over with wild gestures.

Dirk Carter directly stopped her.

He said, "Miss, you just said your wallet had two thousand yuan. So, this wallet definitely has nothing to do with you. I advise you to go look for it quickly, or you won't find your wallet later."

The woman saw where things were going.

She started to stubbornly pester Dirk Carter.

Dirk Carter raised his phone and said, "You choose: either take your wallet and leave, or we call the police now and let them decide. I think the police will agree with me that this wallet isn't yours."

"Right, this wallet isn't yours."

"Quickly go and find it elsewhere."

...

The crowd, seeing Dirk Carter's cleverness, began to chime in too.

The short fat woman didn't care about other people's opinions. She repeatedly tried to snatch the wallet away.

Dirk Carter protected the tall skinny woman.

He said, "If you try to snatch a wallet that's not yours again, that's robbery. Robbery in public starts at no less than three years. Think about it."

Those words worked on scaring the short fat woman.

At once, she didn't dare to move.

Dirk Carter took the wallet from the tall skinny woman's hand again.

Handed it to the short fat woman.

He said, "She found your wallet and waited for you there, yet you not only didn't thank her, you also tried to extort her. If you keep acting this way, no one will help you when you actually lose something. I advise you to take care of yourself."

"Good!"

"Good, young man said it well."

...

Hearing this, the crowd around started clapping one by one.

The short fat woman wasn't overwhelmed with shame or anger.

She just snatched the wallet and slipped away in disgrace.

The spectacle was over.

Everyone naturally started to disperse.

Dirk Carter was about to leave.

The tall skinny woman suddenly said, "Thank you."

Only then did Dirk Carter notice the woman's distorted expression, her complexion was somewhat pale, and she looked quite haggard, even her lips lacked color.

"What's wrong with you?"

Dirk Carter asked.

The woman shook her head, and with great effort, said, "I don't know, it just suddenly happened."

Then.

She squatted down, covering her lower right abdomen with her hand.

Dirk Carter could not afford to hesitate anymore.

He grabbed her wrist and felt her pulse.

His expression turned tense.

He said, "Not good, her appendix is acting up."

The woman was already sitting on the ground in pain.

Dirk Carter looked around and noticed that the county hospital was about 200 meters away.

He couldn't waste any time.

He helped the woman up from the ground and then crouched down, carrying her on his back, sprinting towards the hospital.

Two hundred meters is neither long nor short, and Dirk Carter was in a full-blown sprint the entire time. By the time she was delivered to the emergency room, he was drenched in sweat. Watching the woman being pushed into the ward, Dirk Carter finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, a nurse rushed out.

She immediately saw Dirk Carter and said, "Family, we need an emergency surgery here, please quickly pay the fee."

"Oh."

After Dirk Carter responded, he ran to pay the fee.

Not knowing the woman's name or contact information, there was no other choice but for Dirk Carter to wait outside the operating room.

About an hour later.

The operating room door opened.

The woman was pushed out on a bed, looking extremely weak.

When the doctor announced the surgery was successful, Dirk Carter finally heaved a sigh of relief.

In the ward.

Dirk Carter waited another two hours before the woman awoke from anesthesia; by this time, it was already starting to get dark outside.

When she opened her eyes.

The first thing she saw was Dirk Carter.

The woman was quite surprised.

She certainly remembered it was Dirk Carter who got her to the hospital.

She just hadn't expected him to still be there waiting.

"You're still here?" she asked weakly.

Dirk Carter nodded, somewhat helplessly saying, "I couldn't reach your family, so I had no choice but to stay with you."

It was at this moment that Dirk Carter seriously observed the woman's face for the first time.

The woman's features were very delicate, her skin very smooth; even without blood color, she would likely be the fair type of beauty.

But that wasn't the most important part.

Most importantly, her eyes were deep-set, and her nose bridge was high; this face clearly wasn't an oriental standard, it leaned more towards a mixed-race appearance.

And it should be a Central European mix.

"What's your name?"

The woman asked with a whisper of a voice.

Dirk Carter tucked her in, saying, "My name is Dirk Carter. Miss, you're not fully recovered yet, your body is still weak. Try not to speak and get some rest first."

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