Chapter 104: Running Into an Old Acquaintance

After that rare experience, she was sent back to the country.

From then on, even when she wanted to go out, the teacher wouldn’t agree.

Xu Jia looked at Luo Qianyun in front of her, finally relaxing the furrow between her brows. “I know your teacher is Professor Chen Mingsheng, so I’ll trust you for now.”

“Don’t worry, I won’t embarrass my teacher,” Luo Qianyun instinctively smiled.

“…Stop smiling. In our line of work, just looking good isn’t enough.” Xu Jia said.

“But sister, looking good is just the least remarkable of my many strengths,” Luo Qianyun smiled.

Xu Jia was left speechless by her response.

Seeing Xu Jia leave, Qian Meimei bit into the bread in her hand. “Nice one, do you know who she is?”

“Xu Jia, the only daughter of the dean of the First Hospital, and the all-rounder in emergency surgery. Do you think I’m an idiot? How could I not recognize her?” Luo Qianyun said softly.

“Then why did you act like you didn’t know her?” Qian Meimei asked.

“The teacher instructed me to do so before we left,” Luo Qianyun said helplessly.

Upon hearing this, Qian Meimei couldn’t help but marvel, “Director Chen really treats you well. Was that talk about 13 surgeries just now something he taught you to say, to impress Xu Jia?”

“That’s true, no need to fabricate anything,” Luo Qianyun replied.

Seeing Luo Qianyun’s response, Qian Meimei became even more curious, but Luo Qianyun wasn’t saying anything more.

After all, this was a situation where she got in through the backdoor.

Not long after finishing the bread, the sky grew completely dark, and everyone continued to rest.

Soon, the lights inside the bus turned on, and Qian Meimei woke up Luo Qianyun. “We’re almost there, eat something quickly, we’ll be busy soon.”

Everyone gradually woke up and had some quick snacks.

Outside, the wind and rain were howling, with a torrential downpour as if the heavens had opened.

The power outage plunged the world into darkness, with only occasional lightning illuminating the devastated scene.

At this moment, the bus suddenly braked hard. It turned out that a fallen tree and electric pole had blocked the road, preventing the medical team’s vehicle from passing.

This was the only road leading to the disaster area, and all the other smaller roads were flooded. Even if the bus could make it through, the risk would be too high.

In other words, they couldn’t even think of taking another route.

“How far are we from the camp? If it’s too far, we’ll just walk there,” someone said inside the bus.

After all, the fallen trees and electric poles could block vehicles, but not the people.

Dr. Dong, the team leader, made a phone call. After hanging up, he said to everyone, “The rescue team has arranged for people to come. They’ll be here soon. Everyone rest for now and replenish your energy.”

When the team leader said this, everyone quieted down.

Not long after, a military truck appeared in the distance, and a group of people got off and began clearing the roadblocks.

Luo Qianyun couldn’t see the details of the rescue workers from the bus, but she saw the debris and branches being whipped around by the strong wind, hitting the rescuers.

Thankfully, the fallen tree and electric pole were soon cleared, and the medical team’s bus was able to pass smoothly.

Luo Qianyun wondered if it was her imagination, but just as the bus passed the rescue team, she thought she saw someone familiar.

Soon, the bus arrived at the temporary medical camp, and Luo Qianyun got off with the others.

At that moment, someone in the crowd suddenly called out, “Sister-in-law?”

The voice wasn’t loud, but the familiar tone made Luo Qianyun look up, and there she saw Bai Minghui, eyes wide open.

When he saw Luo Qianyun looking at him, he rubbed his eyes, thinking he was seeing things.

Luo Qianyun confirmed it—she had indeed seen Old Chen earlier, and it wasn’t a mistake.

However, after their brief exchange of glances, they didn’t waste time with pleasantries. Luo Qianyun nodded slightly at him before heading toward the medical point.

There weren’t many medical staff at the medical point, so the injured patients were temporarily placed to the side. The arrival of their team brought a sigh of relief.

After a brief conversation with the person in charge, Dr. Dong quickly assigned the doctors and nurses to their positions, and the medical supplies they brought alleviated the immediate shortage.

Luo Qianyun had just put on her white coat and sat down when an elderly person came over holding a little girl. The little girl’s face was flushed, and when Luo Qianyun touched her, she confirmed that she had a fever.

After some questions, it turned out that the little girl had been injured by a falling wall, and her wound had become infected, causing a high fever.

Luo Qianyun gently pulled apart the little girl’s now darkened princess dress. The injury was horrifying, with redness and swelling around it, and pus leaking out.

“Sister, am I going to die?” the little girl asked weakly, lying in the elderly person’s arms, her eyes showing a hint of sadness.

Luo Qianyun wasn’t sure why the girl was so pessimistic but still comforted her, “Don’t think like that. It’s just a small problem, I’ll help you take care of it. It’ll hurt a little, but you need to bear with it.”

When the little girl heard that she wouldn’t die, she bravely nodded.

Luo Qianyun immediately used saline solution to carefully clean the wound, trying to be as gentle as possible, though the little girl still felt pain.

But she didn’t cry. She bit her lips tightly, enduring the pain, and tears welled up in her eyes.

Fortunately, it was over quickly. Luo Qianyun applied anti-inflammatory ointment and skillfully bandaged the wound.

“It’s all taken care of. The pain will subside soon,” Luo Qianyun said as she patted the little girl’s head, then reminded the elderly person to go get fever-reducing medicine.

“Thank you, sister,” the little girl sweetly said, and the elderly person also expressed their gratitude.

Meanwhile, at the collapsed ruins, the wind whipped up dust and debris, blurring their vision. All around were broken walls and rubble, and faint cries for help could be heard from under the wreckage.

However, the deafening sound of the rain made it even harder to distinguish the cries.

“Listen, the sound is coming from over here. Be careful,” an experienced rescuer cautioned, crouching down and carefully searching for the source.

Soon, Lu Yunzheng and his team located the exact spot and quickly gathered the rescue team.

Then, he led the way, using his shoulder to lift a heavy stone slab. After a tense and coordinated rescue effort lasting several minutes, the heavy stones and wooden boards were moved, and the trapped civilians were freed.

Looking at the injured disaster victims, Lu Yunzheng said in a deep voice, “Send them to the medical point.”

With that, he continued heading towards the next rescue operation.

Meanwhile, at the medical point, Luo Qianyun had just finished stitching up an elderly person’s arm and had handed over the follow-up care to the nurse when she entered the next surgery.

In the makeshift operating room, Luo Qianyun focused all her attention on stitching the wound, her fingers nimbly threading the needle.

When the surgery ended, she finally had time for a sip of coffee.

Beside her, Xu Jia, who had also just finished surgery, remarked, “Already tired? Do you need coffee to stay awake?”

Luo Qianyun glanced at the coffee in her hand and smiled, “It’s the coffee that Xiaowan made for me just now. I can’t waste her good intentions. Anyway, I’ll drink whatever I can now. The supplies are tight, so I can’t be wasteful.”