Noticing Chen Fan's odd behavior, the two female nurses were about to cry out.
"Help!"
But Chen Fan was quick. Before they could speak, he rushed in front of them, his hands clamping onto their necks.
Instantly, they were silenced. Their eyes bulged, their faces turned purple, clearly on the verge of suffocation.
Chen Fan was utterly enraged. His mother was in such a state, yet she was being abused. At that moment, he wished he could strangle these two people on the spot.
"Who did it? Hitting the second young lady of the Long family, even if I don't kill you, the Long family won't let you go," Chen Fan's icy voice echoed again.
The two women panicked. Facing the fear of death, they instinctively nodded, daring not to hide anything.
Chen Fan lowered himself, allowing their toes to touch the ground so they could catch their breath.
The female nurse on the left said in a hoarse voice, "It, it was the sir. He's the one who hurt the madam!"
The female nurse on the right quickly nodded, confirming her statement.
Chen Fan could tell these two wouldn't lie to him.
With a thud.
He released their necks, and the two nurses collapsed onto the ground, gasping for air, their faces etched with terror.
"Doctor, the madam's injuries were truly not our doing, you must believe us!"
"We are just the nurses attending to the madam. Even if we had a hundred times the courage, we wouldn't dare to hit her. These things really have nothing to do with us."
The two were terrified and kept explaining to Chen Fan.
"Huangfu Qinyuan, why did he hit the second young lady?" Chen Fan asked.
"This, we don't know," the two replied, heads bowed, afraid to meet Chen Fan's gaze.
Chen Fan said coldly, "It seems you don't understand the seriousness of this matter. If you don't explain clearly, when I report this to the Long family, what do you think your fate will be?"
Hearing Chen Fan's words, the two shivered in fear.
One of the female nurses explained, "I, I only heard it through hearsay."
"What?" Chen Fan's gaze fell upon her.
The female nurse dared not hide anything and quickly said, "It's like this, I heard that before the madam married the sir, she lived with someone else, and, and even had a child. This made the sir unable to hold his head up in front of many people, even becoming a laughingstock. This made the sir harbor resentment. Years ago, the sir brought the second young lady here from the Long family. Periodically, the sir would come over, ostensibly to see the madam, but actually to inflict abuse and vent the humiliation he suffered back then."
"Didn't you try to stop him?!" Chen Fan glared at the two furiously.
"We, we are just ordinary nurses. How dare we say anything? Doctor, what we're saying is true. Please, please don't tell the Long family about this, or we're finished!" The two pleaded with Chen Fan.
Chen Fan took a deep breath and glanced at his mother lying on the bed with her eyes closed, his gaze filled with self-reproach.
If he had known his mother's whereabouts sooner, he would have rushed to rescue her from this sea of suffering and prevented her from enduring such abuse.
"I can keep quiet," Chen Fan said, looking at the two again.
Before a smile could appear on their faces, Chen Fan spoke again, "But you also have to agree to my conditions."
"What conditions?"
"First, when I'm treating her, I don't want anyone present. You wait outside the door."
"Okay," the two agreed without hesitation.
The main house had three rooms. Whenever Huangfu Qinyuan was present, they would retreat to another room.
"Second, from now on, no matter what happens here, notify me immediately," Chen Fan added.
"Okay, we agree to everything!" the two quickly nodded.
"You may leave. I need to start treating the second young lady," Chen Fan waved his hand.
Hearing this, the two female nurses dared not delay. They stood up and hastily left the room.
Seeing them leave, Chen Fan's gaze returned to Long Zhiyun lying on the sickbed, and tears finally flowed uncontrollably.
When he entered the room, he had already observed that there were no surveillance or listening devices.
Now that the two nurses were gone, Chen Fan's emotions were finally released.
"Mom," Chen Fan slowly knelt by the bed and softly called out.
"Mom, do you know how much I've missed you, how much I've wanted to see you, to call you Mom to your face?"
Alas, the emaciated Long Zhiyun showed no reaction.
Chen Fan rested his head on Long Zhiyun's arm, his dry palm gently touching his own face. "Mom, I've grown up. Do you feel it?"
But at this moment, Chen Fan vaguely saw Long Zhiyun's arm again.
Slowly lifting Long Zhiyun's sleeve, Chen Fan looked at the patches of bruises and his entire body trembled.
"Mom, I'm sorry, I came too late."
"Huangfu Qinyuan, I will make you pay back double for everything you've done to my mother!" Chen Fan had never been so angry.
He had already resolved in his heart that no matter how powerful Huangfu Qinyuan's background was, he would make him pay the price!
"Mom, don't worry, I will definitely wake you up!"
Chen Fan wiped the tears from his face, forced himself to calm down, then held his breath and looked at Long Zhiyun.
As Chen Fan had learned, Long Zhiyun was no different from being dead. Brain death indicated severe and irreversible damage to the brain.
As for the rest of her physical condition, it was also very grim.
Prolonged use of a ventilator had caused damage to Long Zhiyun's trachea and lungs. Although someone moved her joints daily, lying down for twenty years had taken a toll on her organs and bones.
Under these circumstances, Chen Fan could only conclude that his mother's time was running out.
More importantly, given Long Zhiyun's current physical condition, she could not undergo brain treatment. Only by temporarily strengthening her constitution could they proceed to the next step.
Chen Fan opened a backpack he carried and took out an iron box, which contained the muscle-building paste he had concocted.
To avoid attracting attention, Chen Fan slowly stood up and walked out of the room.
"Sir, do you have any instructions?" Seeing Chen Fan emerge from the room, the two female nurses sitting in another room quickly stood up and asked.
"I have made my diagnosis. Today, you must apply this to the second young lady. Remove it after it has scabbed over. I will come again tomorrow. If you haven't done as I said, you know the consequences," Chen Fan commanded coldly.
"Yes, yes! Don't worry, sir, we'll apply this to the second young lady right away." The two quickly stepped forward and took the item from Chen Fan.