Old Lady stayed with her through the night, making do with a sleep on the adjacent bed. In the early morning the next day, after having eaten the meal the Old Lady had prepared for her, she asked her to go back home.
"Mom, my fever has broken and I'm fine now. You've been tired all night, hurry home and rest, and please tell Xiao Xiao that I'm okay."
Thinking about her granddaughter needing to go to school and having to take her, the Old Lady didn't insist and took her lunchbox to go back home.
Gong Mingxia's health had always been good, except this fever was a bit recurrent. Thankfully, with the antibiotics, it hadn't turned into pneumonia.
Unexpectedly, at Noon, several strangers visited her hospital room, led by two women dressed in very modern fashion. Upon seeing her, they inquired,
"Comrade, were you the one who jumped into the river yesterday to save an old gentleman?"
Gong Mingxia was taken aback, then nodded, "Who are you?"