When the sun rose high, Qi Yue stood at the Nanzhai Township Health Center, where the director had been waiting for a long time.

“Dr. Qi, Dr. Qi, thank you for your hard work, thank you for your hard work.” He said excitedly, extending both hands.

Qi Yue reached out and shook hands with him.

“Director Qin, please take good care of me.” She said with a smile.

Two recently graduated intern doctors and three temporary nurse workers from the hospital also came out, looking at Qi Yue with some shyness and unease. They had all changed into medical uniforms today, which made them look even more constrained.

“What are you all standing around for!” Director Qin shouted. “Quick, quick, move Dr. Qi’s luggage to the dormitory.”

Only then did everyone rush forward to help. Despite Qi Yue’s repeated polite refusals, they still carried away her suitcase. Here, they had a lively welcome ceremony with people from the provincial hospital, county hospital, provincial health system, and county health system, followed by an essential welcome lunch. It wasn’t until the afternoon that Qi Yue finally stood in her own dormitory.

“It’s actually a suite.” Qi Yue said with a laugh, somewhat surprised.

“It was temporarily renovated. Since Dr. Qi will be living here, it was indeed inconvenient, so Director Zhang had it renovated and equipped with a kitchen and bathroom, so Dr. Qi can live more comfortably.” Director Qin said with a cheerful smile. “It’s just that the place is a bit small…”

“It’s not small at all. I’m really troubling you all.” Qi Yue said with a smile as she walked inside, looking around. It was a south-facing room, bright and warm in the autumn day. Obviously all new furniture, and someone had thoughtfully placed a vase with a bunch of unknown wildflowers blooming brilliantly.

Qi Yue couldn’t help but smile. She walked over and stood by the window, opening it to face a mountain ridge that was now colorfully splendid.

“Is that Hedu Ridge?” Qi Yue asked, pointing with her hand.

Director Qin nodded.

“Yes, this is our most famous scenic area here. Dr. Qi, the air is good, you can go mountain climbing every day. Don’t worry about tickets, I’ll write a note for them.” He said enthusiastically, with some urgency, facing someone from the big city. This was the only thing he could show off about.

Qi Yue nodded.

“Thank you so much. I love mountain climbing the most.” She said.

Having one’s good intentions accepted is very gratifying. Director Qin rubbed his hands and laughed.

“Good, good, you rest first. If you need anything, come find me downstairs. Oh, my home isn’t far from here either. The gatekeeper and cook all know, and all the neighbors around here are fellow villagers. If you need anything, just tell them the same. Dr. Qi, please don’t be a stranger.” He said.

Qi Yue thanked him repeatedly and watched Director Qin close the door and leave.

The mountain town was quiet and peaceful in the afternoon. Qi Yue leaned against the window looking at Hedu Ridge across the way and took out her phone.

“Hello, is this Qi Yue?”

The other end answered the phone, and Huang Ying spoke first.

“Sister Huang, how boring. Can’t you play a guessing game?” Qi Yue said with a laugh.

“Guess your head! There’s no intellectual content at all. A Nanyun Province number – who else could it be but you?” Huang Ying said irritably.

Qi Yue chuckled.

“This is my new number. Remember it. When you come here to visit, call me.” She said.

“What can a small broken township doctor like you do for me? I’ll call you when I go there.” Huang Ying said with a dry laugh.

“Oh my, you’re such a dignified head nurse of the brain department at Beijing Hospital. Why are you paying so much attention to me, a township doctor? Did you know about my suite dormitory before I did?” Qi Yue asked with a laugh.

Huang Ying snorted, tacitly admitting it.

“Alright, I won’t chat with you anymore. The phone bill is too expensive.” Qi Yue said.

Huang Ying made a dismissive sound.

“You ungrateful friend who values romance over friendship.” She said, pausing, then asked, “What are you doing now?”

Qi Yue looked out the window.

“Me?” She said leisurely, smiling slightly. “I’m watching over the person I want to watch over.”

Somehow, hearing this sentence, Huang Ying’s tears suddenly flowed down. She hastily wiped them away, covering up her loss of composure.

This fool…

Qi Yue didn’t know about Huang Ying’s emotional breakdown. After finishing the call, she tidied up the room a bit, hung clothes in the closet, set up the computer on the desk, boiled water to make tea, checked the time, changed into exercise clothes and shoes, and went out.

Because it was autumn, Hedu Ridge scenic area had more tourists than usual, especially some city government units that would organize staff to come mountain climbing and autumn outings. But this liveliness was only lively in the morning; after noon, it returned to its usual quiet.

The scenic area management staff leaned against the entrance chatting and laughing.

“…This is called tiring? It’s just a few more tourists, cleaning up is a bit more troublesome. Think about last month…”

“…Right, right, cleaning up is nothing. That crazy person last month was what made us tired…”

“…Oh my, exactly. Those few days exhausted me…”

“…Exhausted? More like scared to death. Those few days I heard crying from the tomb every day. I heard it even when sleeping at night. Couldn’t sleep for days and nights…”

Everyone was chatting animatedly when they saw someone had somehow walked to the ticket booth.

“Hey, someone’s here.” The management staff reminded each other, straightening up and looking at the woman in casual clothes walking over.

“Miss, don’t go too far up the mountain at this time. When it gets dark, don’t… ah… how is it you again!” The manager reached out to check tickets while reminding her, then looked up clearly at the person in front of him and was startled, accidentally tearing the ticket in half.

Qi Yue smiled slightly.

“I told you I’d come back.” She said with a laugh, stuffing the remaining half ticket to her. “Then I’m going in.”

The management staff came to their senses and hurriedly tried to stop her.

“Oh, right, I’m now a staff member of your township. I won’t cause trouble. This is my work ID.” Qi Yue said again, taking out her work ID and tossing it over.

One manager caught it.

“I’ll leave it as collateral with you. I’ll take it back when I come out.” Qi Yue said with a laugh, waving her hand and going in.

The management staff gathered around and opened the work ID.

Nanzhai Township Health Center Physician Qi Yue.

The steel seal from the Health Bureau was clear – it couldn’t be fake.

Really?

They looked up and saw that the woman had already walked to the tomb entrance.

Oh my, wouldn’t that mean they’d have to hear crying every day from now on?

Disaster…

The manager who followed in didn’t hear any crying, only saw that woman stop outside the glass cover, silently looking at the bones for a moment, then looking around. Because of the increased tourists, there was more plastic garbage in the tomb chamber that the management hadn’t had time to clean up.

“You’re such a particular guy, you must be angry, right?” Qi Yue shook her head and said, bending down to pick up sausage wrappers and drink bottles one by one. “I came to tell you, I’ve moved here, not far from the foot of the mountain, at the health center. Come with me to get familiar with my home.”

She finished speaking and walked out.

A gust of wind passed by. The manager standing nearby only felt his hair stand on end.

Get familiar with home…

Mama, I’m going to be scared to death…

From then on, this woman came every day, sometimes in the morning, sometimes in the afternoon, rain or shine. Although she didn’t suffer or destroy cultural relics anymore, this behavior was too strange and still caused much discussion.

“This won’t do. How can we let such a person stay here…” The scenic area investor finally heard the rumors and became angry.

He wasn’t making money to begin with, and with this woman’s ghostly antics, it looked like he was going to lose money!

“But she really is a doctor, with Health Bureau certification. And they say she was sent down from above.” Someone said in a low voice.

“Doctor! What proper doctor would come to this broken township health center! A traveling quack trying to cheat food and drink!” The investor snorted. “You people have no sense either. Just because you hear she’s from Beijing, you think she’s amazing. You’d worship any fake certificate as an ancestor. Don’t you know there are swindlers everywhere now! Taking advantage of local government’s desire for political achievements!”

The investor became more and more angry. He even suspected this was a competitor deliberately coming to ruin his business!

“Come on, come on, I’m going to see this mystical doctor.” He said. “Let you all see how I expose her! Trying to deceive me!”

Hearing there was excitement to watch, a large crowd followed noisily. Several cars stopped at the entrance of the township health center, and curious children, elderly people, and women all looked over.

The investor swaggered out of the car, but before he could step into the health center, he was nearly knocked out by a terrible stench.

“What, what’s that smell?” He shouted, turning around to see a large crowd of people surging over chaotically.

“Doctor, doctor…”

A group of men shouted frantically, carrying someone on a door board and rushing over. As they came, the terrible stench spread, and people around covered their noses, with some fleeing in panic.

“What happened? Did someone fall into a cesspit?”

The investor couldn’t bother about entering the township health center anymore and hurriedly tried to get into his car, but was stopped by someone shouting.

“Boss Dong!” They shouted shrilly. “We were just looking for you! There’s been an accident at the construction site!”

The investor was stunned. Construction site, accident.

Accident! This was the word every investor least wanted to hear!

That meant money! My money!

He suddenly turned around, no longer caring about the stench.

“What happened?” He shouted.

People from the hospital also came out.

The scenic area was clearing mountains, planting trees, and creating scenery, doing pure natural green breeding. The investor had manure applied for fertilizing and plowing the land. During plowing, this farmer was cut by the plow on his left leg, with a large bleeding wound, and his whole body was covered in manure, seriously contaminated.

A young nurse came over and after just one look at the wound, was so sickened she went aside to vomit.

“This won’t work. The wound is too seriously contaminated. Quickly send him to the county hospital.” An intern doctor said, standing aside and looking at the wound. “If this wound isn’t handled properly, someone could die.”

Die! If someone died, that would be trouble! Just writing situation reports to superiors could kill you with work! And regardless of fault, public institutions would need to find a scapegoat!

The health center director immediately thought.

Die! At current rates, one death would cost at least six or seven hundred thousand in compensation! That didn’t include money spent dealing with media identification and rabble-rousing!

The investor’s mind immediately calculated.

“Quick, quick, send him to the county hospital.” They shouted simultaneously.

“What’s wrong?”

Qi Yue’s voice came from outside the door. She and a doctor had just returned from the village distributing epidemic prevention brochures printed by the Health Bureau and doing a free clinic. Seeing this chaotic scene, she hurriedly asked.

The director quickly explained the situation.

“Let me take a look.” Qi Yue said hurriedly, standing in front of the injured person and reaching out to examine the wound.

“Dr. Qi, it’s just a wound on the lower leg. Better send him away quickly…” The doctor who had examined it earlier couldn’t help but say in a low voice.

This is that mystical Dr. Qi?

Boss Dong frowned.

“Hey, you, don’t delay treatment…” He shouted.

Before he finished speaking, Qi Yue raised her hand to interrupt him.

“No, it’s not just the lower leg that’s injured.” She said, tearing open the injured person’s already torn pants. Her hand pressed on the injured person’s thigh. “Here too.”

The two doctors looked through the filth while covering their noses and mouths, and indeed saw a wound.

“Moreover, this might be a penetrating wound.” Qi Yue said, reaching in to explore the wound.

The injured person let out even more terrible screams, and watching the scene, people around couldn’t help but feel their legs go weak.

“Better send him to the county hospital…” The director said hurriedly.

“No, if the femoral artery is bleeding, there won’t be enough time.” Qi Yue said, raising her hand. “Prepare for emergency surgery, debridement and suturing.”

Huh?

Everyone present was stunned.

“But, but we don’t have any conditions here…” A doctor said in a low voice.

Qi Yue glanced at him.

“Do you have an operating room?” She asked.

The director and doctors nodded.

“Do you have anesthesia?” Qi Yue asked.

The director and doctors nodded.

“Anti-inflammatory drugs, sterilization pot, surgical instruments?” Qi Yue asked again.

Everyone nodded.

“Then what do you mean by having no conditions?” Qi Yue said with a laugh, standing up. “You haven’t seen what really means having no conditions…”

What really means having no conditions?

Everyone was confused and couldn’t follow.

“Hey, hey, if you treat him to death, that’ll be your responsibility.” Boss Dong didn’t care about those irrelevant things and said hurriedly.

Qi Yue looked back at him.

“How much is this person’s life worth?” She suddenly asked.

Not expecting her to ask this, Boss Dong, who was calculating losses, answered without thinking.

“About seventy-eight thousand…” He said.

After speaking, he quickly covered his mouth.

Qi Yue laughed.

“Good, if I cure him, remember to give me seventy-eight thousand.” She said.

Huh?

Boss Dong was also confused and couldn’t follow.

Here, Qi Yue called for people to start preparing for surgery.

“This is a minor surgery, don’t be nervous.” Qi Yue said, looking at the two intern doctors while skillfully administering anesthesia. Then she began cleaning and debriding the injured person’s wounds.

She alone was doing the work of three or four people in an orderly manner, which gradually calmed the two intern doctors who were operating for the first time.

“What did your clinical courses in school teach you?” Qi Yue continued talking without pause.

The two intern doctors seemed to be back in school.

“Calm, steady, thorough.” Qi Yue said. “With this patient, your initial examination was incomplete. You overlooked the thigh wound.”

She pointed to the injured person’s wounds.

The two intern doctors nodded.

“This is being not calm, being intimidated.” Qi Yue said, her hands working on the wound. “Second, even after I showed you the wound, you still didn’t take it seriously, thinking it was a small wound that wouldn’t affect blood vessels…”

The two intern doctors lowered their heads somewhat embarrassedly.

“So, as doctors, we can’t think about things one-sidedly.” Qi Yue said. “Alright, who wants to do the exploration?”

They were actually allowing them to do exploration? After making such mistakes?

The two intern doctors hesitated, then one boldly stepped forward.

Qi Yue nodded and stepped aside.

“Teacher! It really is a penetrating wound! The femoral artery is ruptured!”

The excited shout of the intern doctor rang out from the operating room.

The family members and others waiting outside shuddered when they heard this.

Femoral artery rupture – was that something to celebrate?

Artery – even though they were farmers, they knew that a ruptured artery meant massive bleeding, life-threatening in minutes!

Why were they inside celebrating like New Year’s? Was this really okay?

The director outside was now also clapping and exclaiming.

The family members couldn’t stand it and grabbed him to ask what it meant.

“What does it mean? It means if Dr. Qi hadn’t stopped you from sending him to the city, by now, the person would be gone.” The director said.

Only then did everyone realize, and they all began to feel frightened, sighing and thanking her.

Boss Dong heard this and repeatedly clasped his hands praying to Buddha, thanking the gods for protecting his seven hundred thousand…

The commotion outside could be heard clearly in this simple operating room, but no one was affected. Instead, they became happier and more encouraged.

Qi Yue was slightly dazed, moved by the intern doctor’s call of “teacher.”

Teacher…

“Master, am I doing this right?”

“Master, is this really okay? Why is this?”

Simple, eager, serious ancient faces appeared before her eyes.

“Ah, Dr. Qi, I’m sorry. I, I, I’m still not used to it. I still keep calling you teacher.” The intern doctor said sheepishly.

Qi Yue came back to herself and smiled.

“Being called teacher by someone is an honor.” She said with a laugh. “Come, you handle the debridement and suturing of the lower leg wound, I’ll handle the femoral artery vessel suturing.”

Two hours later, the surgery was finished.

“Patient’s condition is stable, surgery successful.” Qi Yue said.

There was a chorus of thanks all around. Looking at the injured person being pushed out by the nurse, who was still conscious due to local anesthesia, he also repeatedly thanked them.

In the crowd, Boss Dong was also smiling like a blooming flower.

“Rest well, we’ll cover the medical expenses.” He said loudly.

This caused another wave of thanks and gratitude.

“Boss Dong really is a good boss. As soon as he heard about the accident, he rushed over immediately.” Qi Yue also said from the side.

This made the people present even more excited, all moved by Boss Dong’s kind heart and generous virtue. Boss Dong accepted it all without hesitation.

“Call reporters later to do an interview.” He whispered to his secretary. “Remember to mention our company’s name several times, and also put in several scenic area photos discreetly…”

The secretary nodded in agreement.

After giving instructions, Boss Dong turned to see Qi Yue looking at him with a half-smile.

“Oh my, oh my, Dr. Qi. Thanks to you, I’ll definitely send you a plaque.” He hurriedly extended his hand with a smile.

Qi Yue shook his hand with a half-smile.

“I heard Boss Dong seemed to have opinions about me…” She said.

Boss Dong immediately interrupted her.

“Indeed, I’ve had big opinions about Dr. Qi for a long time!” He said loudly. “Dr. Qi, you’re from Beijing, I’m from Beijing too. Since we’re fellow townspeople, how could you still buy tickets to my scenic area! That’s really not giving me face!”

Qi Yue laughed heartily.

“I won’t buy them anymore.” She said with a laugh. “I’ll use the seventy-some thousand that Boss Dong spent buying someone’s life to buy tickets instead.”

Remembering their earlier conversation, Boss Dong chuckled.

Regardless of whether this doctor had mental problems, for now, having finally encountered a good publicity opportunity, he didn’t want complications and wanted to win over this doctor first.

“Just joking, just joking.” Boss Dong laughed it off, changing the subject.

After sending off Boss Dong and his group, they went to the ward to check on the injured person.

“I live on the second floor here. If you need anything, call me anytime.” Qi Yue said.

The injured person and his family thanked her repeatedly.

“Dr. Qi, you should go rest now.” They urged.

Qi Yue didn’t stand on ceremony anymore, gave instructions to the nurse about changing dressings, and went upstairs.

As soon as she entered the room, her phone rang. Qi Yue touched her pocket – the new phone was still there, but it was the old phone ringing in the room.

She hurried over to look – it was a call from home.

“…Mom, why are you calling this number again? This one is overdue and will be disconnected. I won’t use it anymore… Yes, new phone… Mm-hmm, didn’t little brother tell you?… Okay, write down the number again…”

At this point, the phone indicated another call coming in. She took the phone to look – it was an unknown number, from Beijing. Her mother was saying something loudly in the receiver asking her something. Qi Yue hurriedly continued listening to the call.

After finishing the call, she looked back at the missed call and called back, but it showed the phone was already off.

Qi Yue shook her head, closed the phone and casually threw it aside, picked up the new phone, and started sending her new number to everyone.

This way, people who knew her would naturally call the new number when looking for her.

As for those who didn’t know her, she had been in a coma for a year, and those who weren’t in contact had long stopped contacting her.

Chang Yuncheng held the phone in his hand, looking at it over and over, then tapping it – the screen remained black…

He opened the door and walked out.

He still lived in the old man’s house, going to guard the gate when he should, and returning leisurely when finished. The old man didn’t find it inappropriate, and he certainly didn’t find it inappropriate. The only person who found it inappropriate but had no right to speak was currently sitting on the sofa downstairs eating pomegranate seeds that the nanny had peeled.

“Wenjun.” He called.

Cao Wenjun looked up.

“The phone is broken. Come look at it.” Chang Yuncheng said, waving the phone in his hand.

Cao Wenjun pursed his lips.

“What’s it to me? It’s not my phone.” He said, continuing to grab a handful of pomegranate seeds and stuff them in his mouth.

“Your grandfather said he wanted you to keep me company, that’s why he let you move in.” Chang Yuncheng said leisurely.

Cao Wenjun choked on the pomegranate seeds and coughed repeatedly.

This bastard was actually threatening him!

“This is my house.” He glared and shouted. “My house! I can live here if I want to! What does it have to do with you!”

Chang Yuncheng said nothing, just curved his lips slightly.

It was this smile! This annoying smile!

Cao Wenjun pointed at Chang Yuncheng and stood up.

Bastard!

This bastard had mental problems and would really dare to tattle on him. If grandfather really kicked him out, wouldn’t he lose all the face he’d gained in front of his friends these past few days?

Cao Wenjun cursed viciously in his heart and stomped upstairs.

After looking at the phone, he was exasperated again.

“It’s out of battery!” He shouted. “Charge it! Both batteries are dead and you don’t charge them! How do you not even know this!”

Chang Yuncheng made an “oh” sound, looking at the strange thing Cao Wenjun was waving in his hand.

Charging…

He nodded.

“I know now.” He said, pushing the phone over. “Charge it up then.”

Damn! Cao Wenjun felt like bowing down and prostrating himself.

Damn it! Where did this bastard come from anyway! When will he finally get lost! How can life go on like this!