Johann's gaze became sharp at once, then he replied, "Miss, you'll have to be responsible for what you said just now if the hospital looks into this matter. Half of the cigarette Ms. Norman smoked was taken away by the nurse yesterday. She did not throw it away. The laboratory test report came out today. The cigarette contains herbal ingredients that are not added to other cigarettes. It can harm every organ in the human body, which explains Ms. Norman's situation now. It caused her liver to worsen when it was already not functioning properly. You're the one who gave her the cigarette. Now, she's lying on the bed, unconscious. You're responsible for this."
Mandy took a few steps backward, shook her head, and said, "I don't know about that. It was Leia who said she wanted to smoke. Please excuse me. I should leave."
She immediately left after that.
Queenie stomped angrily. Leia told her that one of her best friends who lived abroad had returned yesterday. She had been abroad for many years, so she did not know the situation in the country. That was why she would not inform Luke about her whereabouts.
Queenie thought that Leia would not fuss over getting discharged from the hospital if someone was here to keep Leia company and talk to her.
She did not expect the arrival of this woman to screw things up and put Leia in danger.
As Luca watched Mandy leave from behind, she suddenly remembered what Luke had told her. She frowned and pondered.
“That should be her,” said Johann.
Luca nodded. That woman should be the one who fled, but it was up to Queenie whether she wanted to get even with her for this.
Queenie walked toward Leia's ward bed with reddened eyes. She could not help but sob. “Leia, look at the friends you've found. She's the one who made you sick. What should I do..."
Luca could not bear to hear Queenie sobbing like that. She glanced at Leia, who was lying on the ward bed. It was as though Leia had nothing to do with this.
It was her weak body that made her fall deeply asleep.
"Dr. Park, I'd like to try.." said Luca. She hesitated at first, but she could not bear to see Queenie cry again.
Queenie was her biological mother, after all. Luca hated to see her like this.
"Okay. Did you bring the needles you usually use?" Johann knew Luca had a set of needles that was specially made for dry needling. Luca would feel more comfortable using them.
“Yes..." Luca nodded as she walked toward the ward bed and looked at Leia.
She had no confidence today, but she wanted to wake Leia up so that Queenie would not be worried about her. It was up to Johann how he was going to treat her.
“Luca.." Queenie lifted her head as her eyes welled up with tears.
Luca looked at Queenie's hair. As someone who was always concerned about her appearance, Queenie was worried about Leia to the extent that she could not be bothered about her looks. There were a few strands of gray hair at her temples.
She was a senior official’s wife.
However, she was so pale and haggard now.
“Mrs. Norman, please step out for a moment," said Luca. She was worried that Queenie would pass out when she watched Luca perform the dry needling on Leia.
Queenie was worried that she would affect Luca too. She wiped her tears, quickly walked out of the ward, and closed the door.
Luca took the set of needles out of her briefcase.
“This is my last set of needles. I’ll have to look for the craftsman to customize another set of needles after this," Luca muttered. She did not expect that the needle sets she brought along with her would finish so quickly.
Besides, Luca dared not to ask for the needle sets from Shanks. If Abel found out that she was not carrying out the mission he had assigned her but was doing such things instead, she dared not to imagine what the consequences would be.
However, the needles. Other than the thickness, she had requirements for the weight of the needles too. If the needles did not meet her requirements by a whisker, it would affect her sense of touch.
The most important thing was no matter how good the craftsman was, there was no fixed mold.
“I know a craftsman. He can help to customize the needles. If you’re looking for someone to make a new set of needles, you can pass the needle set to me after this. I’ll ask him if he can make these," Johann suggested.
“Thank you." Luca nodded. Then, she put on the disposable medical gloves and unbuttoned the hospital gown Leia was wearing.
There were no gender differences in front of the doctors. Luca did not ask Johann to go out. Instead, she picked up the disinfected needles and began to perform dry needling on Leia in front of him.
Half an hour later, Luca removed all the needles on Leia's body and carefully put them aside. She said, "Let's see if she can wake up now."
"Why didn’t you wait until she's awake before removing the needles?" Johann asked with confusion.
Luca helped Leia to put on the hospital gown, looked at the monitoring equipment, and replied, "She's too weak. I'm afraid she can't take it."
Johann nodded, indicating that he understood.
There were times when Luca was bold enough. It was just like when she was performing dry needling on Tyrone last time. She did not make any minor mistakes.
However, Luca was also very careful at times. It was probably because the person in front of her was related to Queenie. She was afraid that her boldness would make Queenie cry. That was why she was so careful, and she was not as efficient as she used to be when she was performing dry needling.
Once someone had feelings and something to worry about, the way they handled things would change...
Johann had seen too many of such situations.
“Dr. Park, sorry to trouble you." Luca handed the needle set to Johann after she disinfected the needles.
"I'll try my best. But if the craftsman is unable to make these, then I guess no one else in A City can make these. When the time comes, you might need to ask your guy to look for someone else," said Johann as he took the needle set from her.
Her guy.
Luca's face reddened as Johann teased her. She wondered if sharing secrets was something men would do too.
Otherwise, why would Johann say something like that?
"Please ask Mrs. Norman to come in. She must be worried," replied Luca. She made her way to the door and opened it.
Queenie was waiting outside the door. She asked her immediately as soon as she saw her, "Luca, how's Leia?"
"We'll have to wait now and see if the procedures have any effects on her," answered Luca. She glanced at the time. They only needed half an hour to know if it worked on her.
After all, Leia was weak now. It would take some time for her to wake up.
"If she wakes up, all she has to do is to receive treatments and wait for a liver donor. Then, she'll be fine," Johann added. He mumbled to himself that the precondition was Leia should stop getting herself into trouble.
Leia's condition should not be deteriorating this quickly.
If Leia had taken the medicine prescription Luca gave her or the medicine the hospital gave her back then, she would not have ended up like this today.
After that, Leia constantly asked to be discharged from the hospital before her condition stabilized. This was another reason that aggravated her condition. This content belongs to Nô/velDra/ma.Org .
In the end, this was what happened to her.
Johann recalled everything she did. He could not help but shake his head. He had seen people who made such stupid mistakes, but Leia was the first one who put herself on the verge of death.
Sure enough, Leia would still be the same despite her getting into the entertainment industry.
"Okay, okay." Queenie listened to them and hurried over to the bed. She sat on the chair with a pale look on her face. She murmured, "Leia, you have to get better. I haven't had the chance to see you get married yet. Hang in there.."