2 posts tagged with "Social Tragedy"

The autumn wind paid no mind to human affairs, still whistling as it blew, sweeping up a few withered yellow leaves from the ground only to slam them back onto the hospital's grey concrete floor. Old Chen sat on the bench outside the intensive care unit; it was already the third day. The bench was cold, like his heart at this moment.

Liu Fang's heart felt like it was being brutally scrubbed with sandpaper, each stroke bringing a bloody pain. She stared at the small, pale face; it was her son, Xiaojie, a boy who should have been celebrating his third birthday tomorrow. Now, he lay there quietly, like a discarded, broken toy, having stopped breathing forever.