“She has a pet name or intimate name, called Yueliang.”

That man turned around and said.

“How do you know?” Chang Yuncheng looked at him.

Chang Yunqi smiled slightly.

“I just know.” He said.

Chang Yuncheng looked at him without speaking.

Yueliang…

He turned around, looking at the group of people walking in the opposite direction.

They were chatting and laughing animatedly.

“Come on, let me see…”

“Really? Yueliang became famous just after going to Nanyun?”

“Like father, like daughter. With Dr. Qi there, how could Qi Yue be any different…”

Qi Yue!

Qi Yue!

Yueliang!

One person! The same person!

Chang Yuncheng lifted his foot and followed.

People came and went in the corridor, but he couldn’t see anyone else. His eyes only held these few people in front of him. Upstairs, downstairs, elevator, through doors.

Father Qi sat down and took out his glasses.

“Look at this.” Huang Ying spread the newspaper in front of him happily, pointing with her finger. “…saved a severely injured farmer…”

Father Qi put on his glasses and looked with a smile, then he laughed heartily.

“Little Huang, this is a soft advertisement for this company…” He said.

“Uncle, so what if it’s a soft advertisement? Why don’t we see others being written about in soft advertisements?” Huang Ying said. “Opportunities only come to those who are prepared. Yueliang is just that kind of person who can get opportunities anytime, anywhere.”

Father Qi shook his head and smiled.

Huang Ying also smiled. The call bell rang, and she hurriedly gathered her things.

“Uncle, take a good look. I specially got this Nanyun Province newspaper. Take it back for Auntie to see too.” She said.

Father Qi waved his hand.

“Go quickly, go quickly.” He said.

Huang Ying walked out with a smile, suddenly startled by someone standing outside the door, nearly bumping into him.

Chang Yuncheng stepped aside. Huang Ying glanced at him, still remembering this impolite man, too lazy to respond, and walked away quickly.

In the room, Father Qi took off his glasses, tapped the desk, then put his glasses back on and carefully read the newspaper, occasionally smiling.

“This girl…” He shook his head, his expression very pleased.

The door was knocked twice at this moment.

A patient?

Father Qi put down the newspaper, sat up straight, and called out “Come in.”

A man in simple black clothes and a white shirt walked in. He had handsome features and an upright posture, very pleasing to the eye. He bowed his head in greeting upon entering, then raised his head with an appropriate smile.

“Hello.” Before Father Qi could speak, he spoke first. “Are you Dr. Qi?”

Without waiting for Father Qi to respond, he took something from his pocket and handed it over with both hands.

“This is my ID card.” He said.

Huh?

Father Qi accepted it somewhat bewildered.

“Young man, this… you don’t need an ID card to see a doctor…” He said.

“I’m not here to see a doctor.” Chang Yuncheng smiled slightly. “I want to ask you about someone.”

At Nanzhai Township Health Center, the office phone rang spasmodically on an early winter afternoon, startling the old man who was dozing against the wall in the sun.

“Hello?” The cook-cum-gatekeeper answered the phone. “Health Center.”

“County Hospital, looking for Dr. Qi.” An anxious voice came from the other end.

“Dr. Qi went to the countryside.” The gatekeeper said.

“Why is her phone showing no signal?” The voice on the phone shouted. “Find her quickly, the ambulance is already on its way to pick her up. There’s a surgery that needs Dr. Qi!”

This was the first time the gatekeeper had received such a call since the township health center was established.

“She went to Tiantai Village, some places there have no signal. I’ll call the village secretary’s home phone.” He said cheerfully.

“Hurry, hurry, hurry!” The person on the phone shouted so urgently they seemed ready to reach through the phone.

The gatekeeper chuckled. Sometimes when the township health center encountered emergencies, they would call the county hospital in the same frantic manner, urging for ambulances and doctors. So this was how it felt to be on the receiving end of such urgency.

The call was quickly connected. When the secretary heard it was a matter of life and death, he immediately turned on the loudspeaker.

“Emergency case?” Qi Yue heard the heavily accented announcement from the loudspeaker and didn’t understand at first. Only after someone translated did she comprehend.

“Quick, you take a car first and meet the county hospital’s ambulance halfway.” The director said.

Qi Yue nodded, hurriedly got in the car with the driver, and the vehicle bounced as it rushed out of the village.

An hour later, the ambulance arrived at the hospital but couldn’t get in.

Looking at the crowd completely blocking the hospital entrance, Qi Yue was extremely anxious.

“What’s happening here?” She asked.

“It’s about last night’s car accident. When brought in, he was already in critical condition. After observing all night, the brain injury was too severe. The hospital recommended immediate transfer, and the family initially agreed, but somehow changed their minds this morning. The provincial experts won’t arrive until evening, so we had no choice but to ask for Dr. Qi… How did this turn into a riot?” The ambulance driver said in confusion.

He increased the siren volume again, but it had no effect on the gathered crowd.

“Let us through quickly, we’re here to save lives!” The driver shouted loudly.

Qi Yue also jumped down and tried to squeeze through the crowd.

“I’m a doctor, please let me through.” She shouted loudly.

“Save lives? This black-hearted hospital is killing people!” Someone shouted.

With this shout, the crowd became even more agitated, raising the black-on-white banners higher. Qi Yue, who was trying to squeeze inside, was immediately surrounded.

The ambulance driver was startled and rushed forward to intervene.

“…This is Dr. Qi, she’s going in to perform surgery. Let her through quickly, or the person really won’t be saved!” He shouted.

Hearing this, the noisy crowd quieted down slightly.

Two people in the back of the crowd exchanged glances.

“Lies! Didn’t they say to transfer the patient? Why is a doctor here now? They’re lying!”

“Why couldn’t they treat him before but can now? Are they trying to cheat money?”

“The person is already dead, what’s the use of bringing a doctor!”

Someone raised their voice and shouted.

This voice stirred up the surrounding crowd again, and they all surged toward Qi Yue, talking over each other demanding an explanation.

Seeing people rushing forward, the ambulance driver became frightened and began pushing and shoving to make these people stand back. In his panic, his movements were too forceful, and an elderly woman stumbled and fell to the ground.

“They’re beating people!” She screamed, lying on the ground and thrashing about.

This made the crowd explode even more.

“Beat them!” Cries arose from all sides. Stimulated by these shouts, someone nearby got heated and raised their fist.

The ambulance driver and Qi Yue instinctively dodged to the side, but the fist never fell. From somewhere, at some point, a tall figure flashed over and blocked the falling fist.

“Damn meddler…” The person whose fist was blocked immediately began cursing.

Before the curse was finished, he felt dizzy, and his whole body was thrown out. Only after hitting the ground did he feel bone-deep pain and began howling while clutching his arm.

This sudden event stunned all the noisy crowd present. The old woman who had been thrashing and crying on the ground also fell silent.

“Go.” The man said, lifting his foot and stepping forward.

“They’re beating people!” The dazed crowd came to their senses and began shouting again.

This time the shouts carried more genuine emotion than before.

People around surged forward angrily.

Qi Yue and the ambulance driver instinctively stopped, but saw the man ahead sweep left and right, easily clearing a path.

His movements looked effortless, but every person he touched fell to the ground unable to get up.

Back and forth, everyone could see that this person was really serious and had real skills.

Finally, a path was cleared.

“Go ahead. I’ll handle this.” The man said.

Qi Yue thanked him and ran inside.

The doctors hiding inside saw Qi Yue rush in and hurriedly came out from behind the glass door to receive her.

“Car accident, forty-five years old, low blood pressure, left femoral fracture, massive subdural hematoma, brain herniation, brain contusion…” The receiving surgeon didn’t say a single unnecessary word, directly reporting the condition.

Qi Yue nodded, listening while following him in a sprint toward the operating room.

At the moment of entering, she looked back.

That person, was he hospital security?

The man at the entrance had also entered the hospital, but had turned around. With his back to her, facing the crowd gathered outside, she could only see his tall figure, not his face.

Qi Yue ran into the elevator, and the door closed.

The operating room light finally lit up.

At this time, police sirens also blared loudly outside. Five or six police cars rushed over, and the heavily armed police officers got out to see the scene before them and were all stunned.

They said there was a mob disturbance, but why were all the “mob” lying on the ground?

In front of the hospital entrance stood a man, leisurely tapping something like a police baton in his hand. Beside and behind him stood seven or eight security guards, all looking at the scene before them like chicks, both excited and nervous.

One man guarding the pass, ten thousand cannot force their way through – this was exactly that scene, wasn’t it?

“Who are you?” A police officer walked over, looking at this man.

The man looked at the police officer, then reached into his pocket and took out his ID card to hand over.

What an honest kid…

The police officer was somewhat at a loss. He didn’t seem to have asked for the ID card, and besides, this kind of dialogue seemed to be from Hong Kong and Taiwan dramas.

This first response of handing over an ID card was really too rare…

“Why did you hit people?” The police officer took the ID card and had to ask in a different way.

The man didn’t speak, again reaching into his pocket to take out another document and hand it over.

There’s more? What is it this time?

The police officer took it.

Central Guard Regiment…

The police officer’s hand trembled and nearly dropped it.

In the operating room, time passed minute by minute.

“Dr. Qi, there’s bleeding…” An assistant called out in a low voice.

Almost everyone saw blood suddenly well up in the surgical field.

“Suction.” Qi Yue said.

As the suction device operated, the blood was decreasing, but the effect wasn’t obvious.

“Blood pressure is extremely unstable.” The anesthesiologist’s voice came through.

The atmosphere in the operating room became tense.

“Dr. Qi, what should we do?” Someone asked in a low voice.

Qi Yue didn’t speak. She had seen this situation before, when her father’s surgery had complications. At that time, she wasn’t qualified to operate, only to assist.

It was exactly this situation then…

The patient was paralyzed after surgery.

“It’s okay.” Qi Yue said, her voice calm, her hands steady.

In a lifetime of medicine, how could everything be smooth sailing? There would be challenges, difficulties, and naturally failures. What was there to fear? Give your all with a clear conscience, do your human best and leave the rest to fate. There was nothing to be afraid of.

Her calmness made the assistants feel somewhat reassured too. The atmosphere in the operating room was tense but not uneasy.

When morning light shone into the corridor, the operating room light finally went out, the door opened, and the patient was wheeled out.

Qi Yue took off her mask and saw the sunlight in the corridor.

“It’s already dawn?” She said.

“Eight hours.” The other doctors said.

Everyone’s faces and voices were full of exhaustion, but their eyes held relief.

Many people rushed over to the corridor upon hearing the news.

“How is it?” The director asked tremblingly.

Qi Yue smiled at him and made an OK gesture.

Everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

“That’s good.” A police officer following nearby said. “The matter has been investigated. Because the hit-and-run vehicle wasn’t caught, the injured person’s relatives were afraid no one would pay the medical expenses, so under someone’s instigation, they came to the hospital to cause trouble, pushing the blame onto the hospital to get compensation. Rest assured, we will handle this matter strictly and won’t let these professional medical troublemakers get away with it.”

“Dr. Qi, Dr. Qi, thank you, thank you.” The director excitedly grabbed Qi Yue’s hand and shook it.

No matter what, whether intentional or not, as long as the patient was alive, that was always the best outcome and the most favorable evidence.

“Fortunately, fortunately we made it in time. A little later and it would have been too late.” Qi Yue said. Speaking of this, she thought of the tall figure who had protected her as she rushed in.

If anyone deserved thanks, it was that security guard.

“Dr. Qi, the dormitory is arranged, go rest quickly.” Someone said.

Qi Yue nodded. Eight hours of surgery was extremely physically demanding, and she was indeed about to collapse.

The elevator door opened, and Qi Yue, about to head to the dormitory, suddenly stopped.

In the lobby, a man stood looking at her.

“Qi Yueniang.” He called out.

Qi Yue felt her head buzzing.

Chang Yuncheng stood before her, smiling slightly.

“You foolish woman, the moment I’m not around, you nearly got beaten!” He said. “Without me, how would you manage!”