The woman, holding the child, approached him, seeming somewhat emotional, and said, “Can you think of a way? Look how pitiful the child is.”
Su Se bitterly smiled, “This illness requires nutritional supplements. Living environment is also crucial.”
He didn’t know what else to say and fell silent, turning to leave. Suddenly a child’s voice called behind him: “Uncle, save the baby.”
If it could be saved, why is the world still researching this disease?
Su Se felt heavy-hearted but couldn’t do anything with the child’s face in front of him.
“Take the child back. Don’t waste money at the hospital. Give me the address, and I’ll send nutritional supplements and medicine every month,” he said.
The woman could hardly believe Su Se.
Su Se felt tired: “Tomorrow, give the address to the nurse. I’ll come pick it up. It’s late now, go rest.”
When Su Se returned home, his parents’ room was already quiet. Opening his room, his sister Yue Ru was seemingly reading on the bed, and smiled when he entered.
Su Se went to the mirror, supporting his head, and after a while, asked Yue Ru, “Why aren’t you sleeping?”
“Waiting for you,” Yue Ru responded.
Su Se looked at her for a long time.
Yue Ru, seemingly curious, said, “What are you looking at?”
Su Se continued to observe her: “Do you think the world is beautiful?”
Yue Ru said, “Not particularly.” Moving closer to Su Se, “Don’t you know the world is beautiful because of you?”
Su Se stopped talking, just staring at her.
Yue Ru extended her hand and gently touched his mouse.
Jia Xia’s work was a pharmaceutical representative, running around hospitals every day. In his profession, Jia Xia was considered quite capable. He was responsible for meals at home. When he mentioned marriage to his wife, her response was “absolutely impossible.” But he also said, “The money I earn will always be yours.”
One of Jia Xia’s goals as a pharmaceutical representative was to curry favor with Zhou Maochen before the meeting. Every time Zhou Maochen saw him, he would smile and nod, as if they were old friends. That hundred and twenty hours seemed to have never occurred between them.
Jia Xia was representing the few drugs that Zhou Maochen primarily researched. Therefore, after Zhou Maochen became the hospital’s director, the affiliated pharmacy department head also became his client. Zhou Maochen couldn’t help but watch Jia Xia’s performance on his turf.
Zhou Maochen asked Su Se, “What exactly does Xia want?”
Su Se replied, “Earning money, of course.”
“That’s not right,” Zhou Maochen said, “He definitely doesn’t have good intentions. We need to talk properly. Look at the drugs we’re developing, or go through Jia Xia’s sales channels.”
“It’s not that serious. Jia Xia is just a pharmaceutical representative, and whoever you deal with is a big district manager.”
“Not talking about this is very good. There’s something between me and Xia.”
Su Se said, “Don’t look for me. I won’t do thought work.”
Zhou Maochen sat casually beside Su Se, who was writing a lab report. Zhou Maochen couldn’t help but tell him, “Xia is actually quite good. But did he ultimately pay the price for his actions? He always seems to act unfairly towards others. Of course, he’s good now, he’s on the right path. So we should regroup.”
“People don’t want to team up with you.”
“That’s his small-mindedness! I won’t generalize with a child.”
Su Se laughed but said nothing, continuing to write his report.
Zhou Maochen exclaimed, “I found volunteer test subjects!”
Su Se’s pen hovered in the air. Though he wasn’t looking at Zhou Maochen, his expression suddenly changed.
“I’ll tell you another thing: in the volunteer trial cases, there’s that little girl you know.”
Su Se finally looked up at Zhou Maochen, his expression shifting.
Zhou Maochen said, “We must convince Xia. He’s really remarkable. Moreover, this isn’t the previous injection, but our country’s new drug. The supplement isn’t ten dollars, but ten thousand! Everyone knows that the higher the supplement, the higher the risk. Those test subjects are ultimately pitiful. Who would dare to risk ten thousand for compensation?”
Su Se dialed a number, his fingers trembling. Zhou Maochen could clearly hear Jia Xia’s voice.
Jia Xia said, “It’s voluntary. She’s already signed the contract, with no non-compliant locations. You’re not a first-year biology student; this is nothing. Emotional use cannot achieve great things.”
Su Se tightened the phone, Xia didn’t make a mistake. Currently, everyone is doing this. Zhou Maochen didn’t make a mistake either; people have even given him applause and flowers. So why does he feel cold?
Su Se slammed the basement door.
Like a professional translator, I will translate the text directly into English:
After a sudden cough, the door panel was pushed back, and a woman’s brain suddenly emerged. She looked at Sui Se, taking a breath. At this moment, a middle-aged man with an unsteady appearance appeared behind the woman, who glanced at Sui Se and then blew out a sigh of relief and left.
Sui Se was not feeling well, searching behind the window frame for a little girl, raising her head to check her hand, fortunately without a needle. The woman behind him was explaining at length.
Nutritional products and money were all given to the old man. The old man was not in good health, his body was deteriorating. The old man was the first, and then the daughter. The daughter could receive free treatment, wanting to pass through without a child being unwell, and the hospital staff also believed that trying medicine was not necessary.
Sui Se shouted unusually: “They have gone through animal experiments, toxicity tests, and various environmental procedures before clinical trials, having gone through medical experts, legal experts’ committee verification and national drug supervision bureau approval, with very low risk factors. Most importantly, due to the influence of these factors, many public do not know, do not believe or understand the drug trials, but from the drug research perspective, this procedure is very necessary. What you are doing is also contributing your strength to the medical and pharmaceutical industry. Isn’t that right?”
The woman lay on the ground, her hands crossed in front of her chest, the blush on her face not yet fading, and even the brain door still retaining clear water marks. The woman shouted: “She’s grown up and still not like me! She’s still sick, a helpless man, unable to survive! She’s not your kind of nurturing! Death is life! Even if she dies now, it’s not necessarily a bad thing! What can you do! You can’t even take care of me as an old sister, what use are you!”
The little girl seemed to cry out in a daze, not crying, just tightly holding Sui Se’s clothes, clinging to his chest. Sui Se couldn’t help but inhale her little brain bag, like a child waiting, quickly rising, gently patting on Sui Se’s face. Sui Se said lowly: “You are only here because she is still alive. You won’t lose the feeling of giving birth to a child. At that time, even if you wanted to exchange your own life, it would be too late.”
The woman was crying.
Sui Se said: “Love her like a mother. I beg you.”
He handed the little girl to the woman, and the woman took her, crying more intensely. Sui Se added weight to his words: “If you let me know about the drug trial agreement, in the future, not a single penny will you get from me.”
Walking from underground to the ground was a deep, long corridor. The exit’s light was bright like a faint glow. The corridor was cold, those accumulated miscellaneous objects gathering into a strange air, perennially undispersed. Walking on this dark corridor, an extraordinary strength arose involuntarily, like countless bright mornings. Finally reaching the exit, Sui Se’s heart and spirit were exhausted.
