Chapter 102: Squad Leader: Are You Hinting at Me?

By the time the Zhao family was still hesitating, Lin Jingyue had already gone inside. Seeing the pale woman lying on the heated brick bed, with one arm hanging uselessly at her side, her heart gave a sudden lurch.

The woman wore a shabby cotton padded jacket, mended again and again with patches, and it was clear it no longer offered much warmth.

She lay there on the bed, fine beads of sweat breaking out across her forehead.

Lin Jingyue’s brows drew together. She walked over, took the woman’s hand, and felt for her pulse.

That single gesture made the others believe a little more that she truly knew medicine.

“Don’t worry. There’s nothing else wrong. I’ll deal with the arm in a bit,” Lin Jingyue said, noticing the old Zhao woman’s anxious gaze and letting a faint smile touch her lips.

In these times, a mother-in-law who worried for her daughter-in-law was rare indeed.

“Then why did my daughter-in-law pass out?” The worry on the old Zhao woman’s face had clearly not yet faded.

“She’s pregnant and the fetus was jolted, but it’s not serious,” Lin Jingyue said as she pressed several acupoints on the woman’s body.

Before the Zhao family could even feel relieved, the woman slowly woke.

“The arm is a little troublesome. If you take her to the hospital, she’ll need surgery, but the break isn’t severe. If you trust me, I can use medicine and bandage it properly. With two months of rest, it should be about healed,” Lin Jingyue said, checking the rest of the woman’s body.

There were no other injuries.

“Lin, we trust you, we trust you...” Before Old Zhao could say anything, the old Zhao woman hastily spoke up.

What Lin Jingyue had just done was plain for all to see.

In the blink of an eye, someone who had been unconscious had awakened.

“Mm. Then that’s fine. I happen to have medicine at my place. I’ll bring it over later,” Lin Jingyue said, standing up and looking at the dazed team leader and party secretary. “Where’s the other patient?”

The team leader came back to himself and gave her a complicated look. “Next door.”

Lin Jingyue went next door as well.

This time, Jiang Xun and the team leader waited at the door. The eldest daughter of the Yu family had injured her leg.

It was inconvenient.

The Yu family had also seen Lin Jingyue’s skill, so naturally they had nothing to say. They only watched her anxiously.

Yu Daya had broken her leg, and the pain had left her face as white as paper. She lay on the heated brick bed, and the moment she saw Lin Jingyue, a trace of shame rose in her.

Lin Jingyue was the moon hanging high in the night sky, while she...

“I’ll check your leg. It may hurt a little, so bear with it,” Lin Jingyue said, her brows lightly furrowed. Yu Daya’s condition was somewhat serious.

Hearing her cool, clear voice, Yu Daya paused, then nodded and clenched her teeth. “I can bear it.”

“Good.”

Lin Jingyue nodded and began the examination.

It really did hurt. Yu Daya cried out instinctively, her face growing even paler.

Her mother and grandmother stood by helplessly.

Yet they did not dare to lay a hand on her. If they had not just seen Lin Jingyue’s skill, they would have thought she was simply pressing aimlessly.

After a thorough examination, Lin Jingyue’s brows knotted. “The situation is a little bad...”

“Comrade Lin, please. My Daya isn’t even married yet. Her leg cannot be ruined. Whatever you need, we’ll pay it,” Yu Daya’s father said, rushing in from outside at once upon hearing this.

The others, seeing that Yu Daya had already been covered with a quilt, also came inside.

“Comrade Lin, please just say it plainly,” the party secretary said, having already caught her meaning.

“Her condition is more serious. The entire femur is broken. Even if I explain it, you probably won’t understand; in short, it’s very dangerous. Taking her to the city won’t be easy either. If the broken bone accidentally punctures a major artery, no one will be able to save her...” Lin Jingyue drew a deep breath, a flicker of irritation rising in her heart.

Honestly, treating people was far too troublesome.

At her words, the women of the Yu family began to cry, and Yu Daya’s face on the bed changed as well.

“Then what do we do now? Is there any other way?” The party secretary and the team leader both inhaled sharply.

None of them had expected it to be this serious.

She could not be moved. No, even if she could, there was no way to get to the city now.

“Comrade Lin, please save my Daya. She’s getting married after the New Year. Please...”

“Comrade Lin, please save Daya...”

“Comrade Lin, our family has some savings. Use whatever medicine you need, as long as you can save Daya.” The old Yu woman let out a long sigh.

She did not especially care for her granddaughter, but she could not simply watch the girl die.

Besides, if her granddaughter ended up lying in bed for the rest of her life, who would care for her then?

The men and women of the Yu family all looked at Lin Jingyue with pleading eyes.

It made her sigh inwardly. There were plenty in the brigade who favored sons over daughters, but there were also many who did not treat their girls badly.

“I can treat her, but I can’t guarantee her leg will recover completely. I can only do my best to make her as normal as possible. She may still limp a little, but her life will be saved for sure. If you can accept that outcome, then I’ll do it,” Lin Jingyue said, not liking trouble, so she put the hard truth first.

“If, afterward, you come looking for trouble, then sorry—I’m not the sort of person who can be pushed around. You’ve all seen what happens to people who cause me trouble.” Her words carried an unmistakable warning.

As soon as she said this, the team leader’s mouth twitched hard.

Why was everyone looking at him?!

“Yes, yes, we understand. We know. As long as she can walk, that’s enough. As long as she can walk...”

The Yu family nodded frantically.

Compared with losing her life or ending up bedridden, a slight limp was nothing.

Lin Jingyue was reassured. “Then I’ll go back and get some things and medicinal herbs. I’ll come back shortly to treat her. No one is allowed to move her. Yu Daya, you yourself must not move either, understand? If anything goes wrong, I can’t guarantee the outcome.”

The Yu family and Yu Daya nodded eagerly.

Watching Lin Jingyue and Jiang Xun walk away, the team leader and the party secretary exchanged a glance, and no one else knew what they were thinking.

But both the Zhao family and the Yu family had relaxed half their hearts.

And before long, the matter spread throughout the entire brigade. No one had imagined that Lin Jingyue possessed such skill.

In order to avoid drawing attention, Lin Jingyue prepared all her medicinal herbs inside her spatial realm.

Li Cuihua must have seen it—such a deep and calculating mind. She must have been the one time she and Tie Dan and the others were cutting pig fodder near the edge of the mountain and stumbled upon a patch of notoginseng, which she casually dug up.

Li Cuihua probably never imagined that she really knew medicine.

Maybe she had only wanted to watch her make a fool of herself.

Ridiculous. That lunatic, and here Lin Jingyue had thought she had quieted down.

“Have a roasted sweet potato first before we go.” Lin Jingyue returned to the house to get her needles and herbs. When she came out, she saw Jiang Xun digging out several sweet potatoes from the stove.

The sweet, warm aroma of the roasted sweet potato instantly flooded her senses.

“Okay.”

The two of them were equally lacking in conscience, and neither had any sense that saving people should come before all else. They simply squatted beside the stove and ate roasted sweet potatoes.

Lin Xinjian glanced over several times, clearly wanting to speak but stopping himself.

She noticed his look, but did not care. So what if Lin Xinjian was suspicious?

In An City, they had no idea what she was really doing. Aside from attending class, she spent the rest of her time running wild outside.

Otherwise, how could she have learned something like picking locks?

Lin Xinjian absolutely would not dare to make a fuss.

No family affection is absolute, and neither is good nor evil. The people I write about are all complex, in truth. No matter how vile a person may be, there is always a good side to them. Human beings are complicated to begin with. As for Song Qinglan, what can I say? It depends on the reader.