Chapter 41

“Pretending to be so innocent, cut it out.”

Qiu Dazao rolled her eyes, quickly getting off the middle bunk. As she left the bunk, she even bumped into Zhang Hongyan.

Zhang Hongyan, already weak, stumbled and fell onto the lower bunk.

“Comrade, are you okay?”

Tang Wan was startled. She helped Zhang Hongyan, who was about to faint, but the next second, Zhang Hongyan collapsed onto the lower bunk.

Qiu Dazao was also frightened. She had only bumped into her lightly. Why was she so serious?

“Mom, Mom!”

Wang Shengli cried out in fear, then glared fiercely at Qiu Dazao, “You hurt my mother!”

“What are you crying about? Maybe she’s faking it!”

Qiu Dazao nervously shifted her gaze. The onlookers, who had been watching the commotion, stretched their necks to see what was happening.

Tang Wan was angry, but she didn’t want to waste time. Zhang Hongyan’s condition was clearly worsening due to heatstroke.

She quickly addressed the onlookers, “Please make way and let some air in. This comrade seems to have severe heatstroke. She needs fresh air. And someone go get the conductor. See if there’s a doctor on the train.”

As she spoke, she quickly pushed open the train window. Fortunately, the windows on trains in those days weren’t sealed.

Seeing Zhang Hongyan’s flushed face and closed eyes, Tang Wan was anxious to get a silver needle from her spatial storage device.

But she couldn’t. People were selfish, and she couldn’t harm herself.

So Tang Wan could only press Zhang Hongyan’s acupoints, pressing them one by one.

The onlookers quickly obeyed and stepped back. Someone also ran to call the conductor.

“Mom!”

Seeing that Zhang Hongyan wasn’t reacting, Wang Shengli cried in fear.

Tang Wan continued to press her acupoints, occasionally using the nearby water to scrape her skin.

Then she sprinkled some cool water on Zhang Hongyan to lower her temperature.

“She… she really fainted?”

Qiu Dazao was already scared to death. Seeing Tang Wan’s actions, she screamed,

“What are you doing? If you kill her, don’t blame it on me!”

“She was already feeling unwell, and you were so rude to her. You’re the one who made her faint!”

Tang Wan glared fiercely at Qiu Dazao. Qiu Dazao nervously shifted her gaze.

“It has nothing to do with me. I didn’t say anything. You guys can all testify. I didn’t do anything!”

She covered her chest. Wouldn’t she have to pay if something happened to her?

Oh my god, she shouldn’t have been lazy and tried to take advantage!

Someone couldn’t stand it anymore, “You say it has nothing to do with you? We saw you bump into her just now.”

“That’s right. Maybe you knocked her unconscious!”

“If something happens to this woman, you can’t escape responsibility!”

“…”

“You can’t slander me. I didn’t do anything.”

Qiu Dazao was in despair. This was the first time she almost got into trouble for taking advantage of someone.

Tang Wan didn’t pay any attention to her. She wanted to get a bottle of藿香正气水 (Huòxiāng Zhèngqì Shuǐ, a Chinese herbal medicine for heatstroke) from the medicine cabinet in her spatial store.

But the strong herbal smell would be too easy to expose her.

So she could only temporarily wake the woman up. She would have to get medicine from the conductor.

Seeing that Zhang Hongyan wasn’t waking up despite her efforts, Qiu Dazao’s eyes lit up and she said,

“You’re not a doctor. You’re messing around. If something happens to her, it’s your fault!”

“Shut up!”

Tang Wan was annoyed by her nagging. She fiercely yelled at her and gently pressed Zhang Hongyan’s wrist.

Suddenly, Wang Shengli cried out excitedly, “Mom, you’re awake?!”

Sure enough, everyone looked closely and saw that Zhang Hongyan had slowly opened her eyes. She was still weak, and her whole body looked sickly.

Qiu Dazao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

“Thank you, comrade.”

Zhang Hongyan saw that Tang Wan was pressing her acupoints and felt very grateful.

The onlookers were also full of joy, “This young comrade is quite skilled. She pressed a few times, and the person woke up.”

“She doesn’t look very old. Maybe she just poked her a bit, and it was just a coincidence.”

“Maybe not. Maybe she’s a medic.”

“…”

“You’re welcome.”

Tang Wan kept a straight face, “You have heatstroke, and it’s quite serious. You need to be careful.”

“Make way, make way!”

Just then, a conductor ran over, sweating profusely.

He was scared. If someone got sick on the train, all the staff would be in trouble.

“Where is the person?”

“Here, here.”

Qiu Dazao was afraid that Tang Wan and the others would say something, so she quickly said, “Conductor, she’s already awake.”

“Awake?”

The conductor finally stopped and looked at Zhang Hongyan. He breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhang Hongyan apologized, “I’m sorry for causing everyone trouble. This comrade helped me, and I’m fine now.”

“Are you a medic?”

The conductor’s eyes fell on Tang Wan with admiration. Tang Wan didn’t show any pride. She shook her head gracefully.

“I’m not, but I often get heatstroke. The old saying goes, ‘Long illness makes a good doctor,’ so I know a little about it. But her condition is a bit serious. Do you sell any heatstroke medicine on the train?”

“We don’t have any.”

The conductor sighed in frustration. “It’s still a few hours until the next stop.”

Tang Wan thought for a moment and her eyes lit up.

“If you have some light salt water or plum juice, or mung bean soup, that would work too.”

“We have salt, we have salt!”

The conductor immediately said to Tang Wan and Zhang Hongyan, “Wait here, I’ll get some.”

As long as the person was okay, that was all that mattered.

But with so many people watching, the conductor waved his hand.

“She’s okay, everyone disperse.”

“Thank you, comrade.”

Zhang Hongyan nodded gratefully to the conductor. Just as he was about to leave, Qiu Dazao’s eyes lit up.

“Oh, my head is spinning. I think I have heatstroke too. Can you get me some salt too?”

You don’t want to miss a chance to take advantage.

Tang Wan: “…”

She was speechless at her shameless behavior.

The conductor also saw through her intentions and smiled slightly, “Of course. Please prepare your money and coupons. I’ll get some now.”

“Why doesn’t she need money and coupons, but I do?!”

Qiu Dazao was dissatisfied. Zhang Hongyan pulled her lips in frustration, “I’ll pay for it.”

“Look at you, so high and mighty!”

Qiu Dazao grumbled and climbed back onto the middle bunk. She didn’t even feel like eating.

The crowd dispersed. Zhang Hongyan felt much better. Tang Wan said to her,

“If you feel uncomfortable, wet a towel and put it on your body.”

“Okay, thank you.”

Zhang Hongyan felt lucky to have met Tang Wan. She looked at Wang Shengli with tenderness.

“Shengli, thank the auntie.”

“Thank you, auntie.”

“You’re welcome.”

Tang Wan waved her hand and said to Tang Zhou, “Go wash your face. We’ll eat soon.”

“Sister.”

Tang Zhou opened his mouth, wanting to ask, “When did you start getting heatstroke often?” But he didn’t ask.

His sister must have her reasons for doing this.