The strong man was somewhat incredulous. He stared at Lu Yuan for a good long while before slowly lowering his head.
Lu Yuan: "Now I'll let you choose again. If you stay, you will die."
"She is currently unconscious. If you want to leave, just go."
The strong man looked at Qiu Ying lying on the hospital bed, his eyes brimming with fragmented tenderness converging into a pool.
"Dr. Lu, I said to give her the chance, so I'll give it to her."
Lu Yuan: "..."
Suddenly, Lu Yuan tapped the bed railing with a ballpoint pen.
Zzaappp---
Electric arcs flashed over and Qiu Ying lying on the hospital bed slowly opened her eyes.
Seeing Lu Yuan standing at her bedside, Qiu Ying shuddered in an instant. "I-I'm back again?!"
Lu Yuan smiled and said, "You fainted by the roadside. One of my night shift nurses carried you back. Don't worry, it's nothing serious."
"I didn't know you now need nutrition for two people. If I had known earlier, I would have asked Liu Yuan to increase the nutrients in your IV."
Hearing Lu Yuan's words, a trace of panic flashed in Qiu Ying's eyes. She hurriedly glanced at the strong man.
With tears in his eyes, he choked out, "Little Ying, take good care of...take good care of our child after you leave here..."
In a moment, Qiu Ying's expression was quite colorful. She deliberately pretended as if she knew nothing: "I-I'm pregnant?! Really?!"
"Dr. Lu, I'm pregnant?! Is it true?!"
Lu Yuan smiled and said, "It's true, congratulations."
Qiu Ying put on a prudent appearance again: "Dr. Lu, I didn't mean to hide it from you!"
"I was too afraid to stay downstairs, so I've been using my own ability all this time. You know my ability is to conceal my presence..."
Lu Yuan nodded: "I understand. This is nothing."
Qiu Ying glanced out the window and timidly asked Lu Yuan, "Then, Dr. Lu, can I...?"
Lu Yuan said matter-of-factly: "As a doctor, I suggest you stay here to recuperate for a while."
"Of course, it still depends on your personal wishes in the end."
Delight flashed in Qiu Ying's eyes. "Then Dr. Lu, can I leave?"
Lu Yuan nodded. "You can go."
Then he looked at the strong man, "You can go too. Go far away, you understand?"
Still immersed in grief, the strong man was a bit dull in responding. "Dr. Lu, me?"
Lu Yuan impatiently waved his hand. "Don't waste words. I can't stand types like you. If you want to leave, hurry up and go. I only have one requirement - go far away."
Qiu Ying immediately nudged the strong man and nodded vigorously. "Okay, okay! Thank you Dr. Lu! We'll come see you in the future!"
She then jumped out of bed to leave. Reaching the door, she found the strong man still standing there and glared fiercely at him.
In the strong man's spinning tearful eyes, a certain emotion seemed to emerge. "Dr. Lu, am I...really leaving then?"
Lu Yuan: "Yes, go on now, go far away."
"I understand. Thank you Dr. Lu."
The strong man bowed solemnly to Lu Yuan. At the door, he looked at Qiu Ying and revealed an honest, silly smile.
But no matter how his smile looked, it did not seem to match the expression in his eyes.
"What are you smiling foolishly for?! Hurry up and go! We'll come see Dr. Lu again in the future!"
"Yes! We'll come see Dr. Lu again!"
...
The strong man and Qiu Ying left.
Under the eaves of the clinic, Lu Yuan and Liu Yuan watched the two depart into the night.
When their figures disappeared into the darkness, Liu Yuan said to Lu Yuan, "That strong man is No. 46."
"But No. 47, that woman called Qiu Ying, is carrying No. 48's child. You told that to the strong man too. He...why did he..."
Lu Yuan said lightly, "This is called true love."
Liu Yuan: "No. 48, that infected person you killed downstairs, he was actually the first to get together with Qiu Ying."
"But because his withdrawal was not very good, if you knew about his relationship with Qiu Ying, it would only affect Qiu Ying's prospects for discharge."
Lu Yuan: "Yes."
"But Qiu Ying wanted to take her child with her when she left, so she seduced No. 46 who had better withdrawal symptoms. She was gambling that for two infected people who had developed feelings for each other and had relatively good truncation, you would most likely give them a chance?!"
Lu Yuan nodded again. "Yes."
"So Qiu Ying and No. 48 joined forces to set you up. That strong man is just a pitiful bug who got played. In this situation, how could you let Qiu Ying leave?"
"Also, Qiu Ying is pregnant with No. 48's child. A child of two infected people can certainly be confirmed as an infected person as well."
"Yes, Liu Yuan..."
"Yes?"
Lu Yuan took a deep breath and said, "What I released was not Qiu Ying. I gave that 'honest man' and 'pitiful bug' you mentioned a chance. I was giving him an opportunity."
"What...what's the difference?"
"The difference is, an honest man is still an honest man, and that's not the same as a wimp."
Liu Yuan was confused and didn't understand what Lu Yuan meant by that.
Lu Yuan turned and walked down the corridor. "Let's go, continue rounds."
"Oh..."
Lu Yuan and Liu Yuan continued their rounds, all the way to room 399.
After Lu Yuan went in and chatted with the person inside for a while, he came out.
Then a swirl of black mist surged from the front of the corridor and the purple-haired girl appeared again.
Chubby cheeks, delicate features - in terms of looks alone, the purple-haired girl was no less beautiful than Liu Yuan.
Compared to last time, she seemed unchanged except her hair was a shade more purple.
The purple-haired girl was enveloped by black mist. She stopped between rooms 399 and 400.
Liu Yuan went up and handed her the lantern and prop box, saying, "Thanks for your hard work!"
The purple-haired girl sneakily glanced at Lu Yuan and took the things from Liu Yuan's hands. In a charming voice she said, "It's not hard work. Please remember to close the door on your way out!"
The purple-haired girl then walked ahead holding the lantern. "Dr. Lu, please follow closely."
...
Coming up from the -3rd floor, Liu Yuan noticed the sky was almost bright already.
Just then, she heard a man and little girl's laughter coming from the reception hall.
Going over to take a look, the man turned out to be the strong man who had left just hours ago, and the little girl was Zhang Baobao.
The strong man was playing with Zhang Baobao in the square and from the looks of it, they were having a great time.
Lin Youyou stood watching them in her white nurse uniform swaying slightly in the night breeze.
Liu Yuan walked over and asked her, "The brat stayed up all night?"
Lin Youyou nodded. "Yes. Dr. Lu originally asked me and Zhang Fenglan to go, but Baobao insisted on tagging along no matter what. So she simply took Zhang Fenglan's place directly."
Liu Yuan frowned. "That Qiu Ying...she really held back the urge to eat Zhang Baobao?"
"For the infected people, a seemingly tender, cute little girl like this is a premium delicacy..."
"I guess Qiu Ying could feel movement in her belly."
...
Not until almost 7am when the sun was fully out did Zhang Fenglan fetch Baobao back to bed.
The strong man walked up to the two nurses with an honest silly smile on his face.
Liu Yuan asked, "Why did you come back?"
The strong man grinned. "Hehe! Nurses, I've decided - I'm not leaving! I'll just stay here accompanying Dr. Lu!"
Lin Youyou asked, "What about your lady friend?"
The strong man: "You mean Qiu Ying?! Oh well! I figured it out!"
"People have their own paths! Some things can't be forced!"
"Although she took advantage of me, I don't resent her!"
"Because I love her!"
"Loving someone should mean embracing her, accommodating her!"
"Besides, now she can't leave me anymore, her child can't leave me anymore either, we'll be a family forever!"
As he spoke, the pitiful honest man patted his belly and burped loudly.
"Burp~"
+【Epic Battles!】 "Your Highness, they say Linxi Temple is miraculous. Won’t you make a wish?" "A wish? It should be making wishes to me." "That may be so, but since you’re already here..." "..." "Fine. Then grant this princess a consort to play with." "He must be obedient, devoted, and utterly infatuated with my body—so much so that he’d kneel and kiss my feet." "Your Highness, that’s not a consort. That’s a dog." "Then add clever, witty, heroic, ambitious yet pragmatic..." "Hmm, that’s enough for now. I’ll add more later." After tossing out these words half in jest, Princess Anle departed the temple—only to catch a fleeting glimpse of the Bodhisattva statue smiling at her. Meanwhile, Yang An, fresh out of university, was having a very bad day. Good news: He’d transmigrated into another world with a cheat granting tenfold combat power. Bad news: He’d immediately fallen into the clutches of a certain villainess. Good news: Said villainess possessed peerless beauty and royal status. Bad news: She was absolutely monstrous!!! In the frozen wilderness, Yang An knelt beneath Qin Guo’er’s feet, drenched in sweat despite the cold. Desperately clutching her porcelain-perfect foot—the very one poised to crush his throat—he could only think: How do I survive this?! Need answers NOW!
saw a female celebrity tied up and stuffed in the trunk! Little did he know, countless cameras were aimed at him at this moment - this was a new type of reality show. The first randomly selected passerby was caught in less than an hour. But when Xu Moru was selected, things started to take an unexpected turn. "Damn, this isn't how the script goes. This Xu Moru is too bold, he's not following the rules at all." "Crap, is this guy taking it seriously?" "The female celebrity has been scared to tears!"
orn and Humiliation】【Forced Love】 In his past life, Lin Ran was betrayed and murdered by his girlfriend and family, while the yandere female aristocrat, who had treated him as a mere plaything, avenged him by doing in his enemies. Upon seeing the yandere female aristocrat lying in the same coffin, ready to die with him, Lin Ran realized how profoundly mistaken he had been. Reborn, he abandoned the fickle campus beauty and wholeheartedly embraced the yandere female aristocrat's arms. "Ran! If I dig out your eyes and turn them into a specimen, you'll only be able to look at me!" Lin Ran: "Darling, kiss me!" "Ran! If I break your legs, you won't run away anymore, right?" Lin Ran: "Love, hold me tight!" "Ran! If..." Lin Ran: "Hush now! Love me more!" Luo Yao: ... Seeing his scumbag dad: "Take him out!" Seeing his stepmother: "Get rid of her!" Seeing his brother: "Eliminate him!" Seeing his white moonlight: "Send that to Southeast Asia!"
Explosive Plot Song Gua crossed over into another world, bringing along a whole crew of his doppelgangers—all of them mischief-makers. This was a world where everyone could choose a class. Song Gua became a "Bondweaver," capable of borrowing power, while his doppelgangers took on a wide variety of classes, covering just about everything. The number of doppelgangers grew day by day, each one a talented individual with a charming way of speaking. Under Song Gua's brilliant leadership, they would "greet" each other daily and engage in friendly "sparring," pulling off one major scheme after another on Earth. Sometimes they were bandits—stealing bosses, plundering mines, snatching resources. Sometimes they were saviors—descending like divine warriors to face world bosses threatening to massacre cities. Sometimes they even went undercover, infiltrating various major factions to stir up trouble from within, keeping their enemies constantly on edge. To prevent their doppelganger abilities from being exposed, Song Gua made them wear masks with mahjong tile patterns and don Taoist robes in various colors. "Remember, in front of outsiders, call me 'The Dice.'" "Got it! Boss!" "Not 'Boss'—it's 'The Dice.' Think about the vibe, pay attention to the vibe." "Yes! Boss!" "For crying out loud..." From then on, whenever they appeared, they would have their own theme song playing: ~Hey~ paying respects at the mountain stronghold at night~ whose arm is draped over whose shoulder~ gather your courage and follow along...
