Chapter 50: Hero Saves Beauty, But Angers Her

One of the captured boys started to play the role of a rogue. “How can you do this? I’m going to report you for using your position for personal gain. You see that someone has connections and you don’t arrest them, but you just keep on oppressing us poor people who don’t have connections, right?”

His voice was already choked with tears as he spoke, his eyes filled with grievance. It was clear that he was forced to take the path of profiteering out of desperation.

But before he could finish, he was kicked by the red armband. “Don’t talk nonsense. She has connections, she’s Director Yan’s sister. Does she need to go to the black market to profiteer? You’re still feeling wronged? You’re wronged, but you still go to that kind of place. You’re asking for it, aren’t you?”

Yan Jin stopped the red armband’s violence and handled the situation kindly.

“Comrades, he’s not very old, he must have been blinded by greed for a moment and made a mistake. As public officials, we can’t just focus on arresting people. The most important thing is to help them correct their thinking, so that they won’t make mistakes again in the future and can live a good life with their feet on the ground. Don’t you think so?”

“Director Yan is right. Actually, our place is quite lenient compared to other places. Let’s take them back for education, then punish them as they should be punished, and deal with them as they should be dealt with. After all, everyone is struggling, but they have violated the policy. We can’t pretend not to see it. Otherwise, everyone will follow suit, wouldn’t that be chaos?”

“Comrade is right. But for first offenders and young people, we should give them a second chance after educating them. We can’t just condemn them. Especially those who are in difficult situations, we should give them appropriate help. This will prevent them from continuing to make mistakes.”

Everyone knew that Yan Jin had some connections in town. In fact, if he hadn’t disagreed, the leaders would have wanted to transfer him to work in town.

So, they had to give him some face.

“Director Yan is right. We are all here to serve the people. We will never oppress the people.”

“Then you’re busy.”

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, they left.

Jiang Nian had already retracted the silver needle in her hand. She spoke up, “Thank you, Director Yan, for speaking up for me. But these two comrades really have bad eyesight. We clearly came from the supply and marketing cooperative together, but they wouldn’t believe it. If it weren’t for Director Yan today, I would have been in a lot of trouble.”

Ye Zhiqiu was also afraid that her master would get into trouble, so she quickly agreed. “Yes, my teacher and I have been together. We bought cloth and some food at the supply and marketing cooperative. The saleswoman can vouch for us.”

Yan Jin didn’t expect to have such a chance to be a hero and save the beauty.

He was still pushing his bicycle, and he smiled. “Doctor Jiang, you don’t have to be so polite. After all, you are the famous miracle doctor of our Yanjiazhuang Commune. The health of our commune’s people is in your hands. It’s my honor to be able to help you.”

His words were really flattering Jiang Nian.

Fortunately, she had a thick skin and didn’t feel embarrassed.

“Director Yan, you’re flattering me. I only have this much ability. But yesterday, I heard Zhiqiu say that you were looking for me. I was collecting herbs in the mountains at the time and couldn’t be home. I’m really sorry.”

“Actually, it’s nothing serious…”

Suddenly, there was a loud clap of thunder in the sky, and large raindrops fell on their faces.

As if it had started, the rain came down in a torrent.

“It’s raining, Master…”

Ye Zhiqiu exclaimed, instinctively grabbing Jiang Nian’s arm.

The supply and marketing cooperative was not far behind them, and it was clearly the best place to take shelter from the rain.

Jiang Nian looked at Yan Jin in front of her. “Director Yan, we’re going to the supply and marketing cooperative behind us to take shelter from the rain. We won’t delay you. We’ll go first.”

She pulled Ye Zhiqiu and ran. In a few words, many raindrops had already fallen on them.

The saleswoman in the supply and marketing cooperative saw them turn back and quickly brought over a towel. “Oh my, this weather is really something. It wouldn’t rain when it was supposed to, and now it’s raining when it’s not supposed to. You two should dry yourselves off. It’s so cold, it’s not good to get wet in the rain.”

“Thank you, Sister. We’ll trouble you to let us take shelter from the rain here.” Jiang Nian said.

“It’s fine. There’s no one here today anyway. I’m bored by myself. You two can stay here and chat with me.”

Yan Jin parked his bicycle outside and then followed them in. “I have to take shelter from the rain with you too.”

Jiang Nian smiled politely. “Director Yan, didn’t you say yesterday that you had something to talk to me about? It’s a good time now, since we’re both free. Would it be convenient to talk? It’ll save you from having to make another trip in this heavy rain.”

The saleswoman took two stools from inside. “I can tell you two have something important to discuss. This rain probably won’t stop for a while. You can sit down and talk.”

“Thank you, Sister.” Jiang Nian quickly took them.

Yan Jin’s smile widened. “It’s like this. I’ve heard a lot about Doctor Jiang treating people recently. Your medical skills are excellent, and the prices are affordable for the villagers. You’ve solved the problem of villagers having difficulty seeing a doctor. With your medical skills, it’s really a shame to just stay in a small clinic. So yesterday, I specially applied to expand the Zhoujia Village clinic. I also applied for drug supplies from above. Another issue is that we can’t call it Zhoujia Village Clinic anymore. It needs to be changed to Yanjiazhuang Health Center. The reason for changing the name is mainly because Yanjiazhuang Commune has a wider reputation, so that everyone can clearly know. And the town has also allocated funds to build a health center. You will be in charge of managing it in the future. But the location needs to be moved to the side of the main road in Yanjiazhuang. After all, it’s all for convenience…”

The more she listened, the darker Jiang Nian’s face became.

The saleswoman was still agreeing with him. “Oh, I told you Doctor Jiang was capable. Look, it’s only been a while, and the town has approved the construction of a health center for you. This is really a great thing. By the way, you can’t call her Doctor Jiang anymore, you have to call her Director Jiang, right?”

Only Ye Zhiqiu was looking at her master’s face cautiously. No one knew better than her that her master wasn’t a diligent person, and she didn’t have any spirit of selflessness.

She just wanted to live her life freely and unrestrainedly.

From the name she gave herself, it was clear that she wasn’t the kind of person who wanted to be bound by anything.

“Director Yan, before you applied to the town, didn’t you consider my opinion? Did you ask me if I was willing?”

As expected, she was angry.

This was something that both Yan Jin and the saleswoman didn’t expect.

“Girl, you’re not happy to be the director? This is something that others would beg for.”

Yan Jin was also confused. As the saleswoman said, this was something that others would beg for. He didn’t know why Jiang Nian was angry.

But after all, she was the girl he liked, so he patiently said, “I’m sorry, I didn’t discuss this with you beforehand. It was my fault. But Jiang Nian, your medical skills are excellent, they shouldn’t be buried. Building a health center is an opportunity for you, isn’t it?”