Translator: RandomAlex
Editor: Makoto
By the time the fire was finally put out, it was already very late into the night. Most of the citizens had already fallen asleep, blissfully unaware of how many lives were lost tonight. On the other hand, there were also people who were woken up from their sleep to attend to work because of this incident.
Doctors and nurses who weren’t on duty tonight suddenly received calls for them to return to work quickly. There were too many casualties, and all major hospitals had their work cut out for them. Yin Zhuo, who had just been lying down for less than an hour, received a summons as well.
The operation he did today seemed endless, and he was kept busy until midnight before he got off work. Furthermore, he also had a major operation to attend to early tomorrow morning. As he planned on taking whatever rest he could, Yin Zhuo randomly padded his stomach with snacks after work, went home, and fell asleep without taking a bath. In his sleep, he dreamed that he had rested for 10 days in a row. Then, he received a phone call that jolted him awake. The middle-aged man struggled to get out of bed, wiped his face quickly, put on his shoes, and walked to the hospital.
His wife was also a doctor, but she was an obstetrician and gynecologist, and she worked the night shift tonight. When the two were buying a house, they deliberately bought one close to the hospital so that they could come over as quickly as possible in case of an emergency.
As he walked, Yin Zhuo saw an ambulance whizzing by.
Although it was already late at night, the road was busy, and people were out and about. Those who were slightly injured didn’t take an ambulance, but drove by themselves or were brought to the hospital by their relatives. Some residents who hadn’t slept came downstairs to inquire about what happened.
Yin Zhuo slept for an hour in total, and at the moment, when the cool breeze blew in the evening, he felt that his whole person was being swept away. He pressed his temples, thinking about his mental state, and he evaluated that he was in no state to conduct the operation tomorrow.
The middle-aged man then walked onwards to the hospital with weak footsteps. Suddenly, when he reached the stop sign at a junction, he lost his focus for a moment, and a scream echoed in his ear. Confused, he looked back to see a group of people surrounding the stop sign, but he could not for the life of him figure out what they were looking at.
As usual, when something lively happened, a crowd would gather.
Yin Zhuo didn’t like to spectate these things, and the hospital urgently needed manpower anyways, so he quickened his pace and ignored the excitement behind him. He still felt very weak, wondering if cold wind in the middle of the night was exacerbating it. Yet, with every step he took away from the stop sign, he felt his discomfort lessen, and his whole body felt more refreshed.
Soon, he entered the hospital where people were coming and going, and squeezed through the crowd towards his own department. The surgery department had become a mess now. Doctors and nurses came and went in a hurry, not even greeting Yin Zhou in passing. He couldn’t find the director anywhere, so he went to his office, put on a white coat, and started to treat the patients’ wounds.
“It hurts… It hurts…”
Sitting down at the hallway was a patient whose arm was cut off, and he was bleeding profusely. His body had wounds scattered all over as well. His face was contorted as he shouted in pain while pressing his arm to stop the bleeding. Unfortunately, no matter how strongly he pressed it, blood still flowed out.
Although doctors and nurses were busy passing by along the hallway, no one noticed this patient, who was practically sitting in a puddle of his own blood.
Seeing this patient, Yin Zhuo was shocked as he hurriedly ran over to help. He started disinfecting and bandaging him first.
“Hurry up and arrange for stitches. He can’t go on with this bleeding.”
After barely stopping the bleeding, Yin Zhuo stood up and called out an order to a nurse standing close by, but the nurse seemed to notice nothing and left in a hurry.
“Mianmian, Mianmian?”
He shouted a few times, but the nurse turned a deaf ear, leaving Yin Zhuo helpless. He then squatted down and slowly helped the wounded man stand. “I will take you to the treatment room first…”
“No, it doesn’t hurt anymore.”
The wounded man’s bloody hand pressed on Yin Zhuo’s. His wrinkled face, which was grimacing in pain earlier now had a grateful smile. He then said, “I’ve been in pain for 10 years, and finally, someone has stopped the bleeding for me.”
Yin Zhuo froze.
“Thank you. Hurry back, your family is waiting for you.”
“Remember, turn left out the door and leave in the direction you came in.”
The wounded man was getting ready to leave, but he then looked up somewhat cautiously at the door before turning back to the doctor and said, “Come on, let me send you. The road is a bit difficult.”
Leave?
Doesn’t he still have to help the wounded here?
Why would he leave?
What did he mean by saying ‘the road is a bit difficult’?
Yin Zhuo was full of questions. Yet, before he could ask them, the bloody wounded man suddenly looked behind Yin Zhuo with fear in his eyes.
Yin Zhuo turned around subconsciously to see a Daoist priest.
The Daoist priest was wearing a dark black robe, with handsome facial features and white jade-like skin that shone under the bright lights. Yin Zhuo had seen many people, but few of them were this good-looking. He then watched on as the Daoist priest, who was completely out of place, pulled out a surgical mask from his pocket.
Yin Zhuo merely looked on at the man in front of him, who was holding the mask between two fingers, as the man turned his eyes onto the bloody wounded man behind him. His eyes were very strange, faint, as if everything he saw was unworthy, and that he was all-knowing.
Working in a hospital, he had witnessed many kinds of people, but Yin Zhuo had never seen such a strange and calm man. He always felt as if he was a little afraid of the person in front of him, but obviously, he has never seen him before.
“Why are you still here?” the Daoist priest asked.
“Doctor Yin is a good man, and I want to send him back.” The wounded man, clutching his hand, boldly replied to Wei Mingyan. “I’ll leave after sending him off.”
Wei Mingyan was carrying a mask, and his shoes fell stepped on the ground but no sound came out. He slowly came to Yin Zhuo.
Finally, Yin Zhuo discovered that something was amiss. They had been standing on the left side of the corridor this whole time. However, as patients, wounded, nurses, and doctors passed by them, not a single person had so much as glanced at them.
It was as if… No one could see them.
As he realized this, the handsome Daoist spoke. “You, go.”
Wei Mingyan glanced at the wounded man. “Since your obsession is now resolved, it would do you better to leave quickly.”
“But he…”
“I will send him back.” Wei Mingyan looked at Yin Zhuo all over as he said in a clear and light voice, “He is a good man indeed.”
Yin Zhuo didn’t know what they were talking about, but he saw the wounded man relax and smiled as the Daoist said that. The wounded man then patted Yin Zhuo on the shoulder as he said, “Doctor Yin, hurry back. Your wife and child are waiting.”
“Do you know me? My child… Since when did I have a child…?”
He and his wife have been married for a long time, but because of their physical reasons, they have never had children. The doctor said that their chances were very slim. Although Yin Zhuo had some regrets, he had come to accept this fact. After all, before he got married, his wife had already made it clear to him that they might not have children. The first time they visited their relatives, they saw the children of their relatives who were either well behaved or naughty, their hearts a little envious.
“Right, you can’t see him.” The wounded man continued, “He is a very clever little fellow. He has always wanted to be your child, and he lingered for a long time before he had his wish granted. You may have forgotten that 10 years ago, you gave me treatment. I didn’t have any money either, and you paid it for me. One night, I came over in order to find you to return the money, but unfortunately I died before I arrived here…”
The wounded man said so, smiled and took out something from his pocket. He took out two 100 yuan bills, and handed it to Yin Zhuo. “Although it is a little late, please forgive me.”
As Yin Zhuo received the money, the wounded man showed a simple and honest smile. “I have paid my debt at last. I’ll go first. Please leave with Master Wei.”
“Eh? That…”
Yin Zhou took the bloodied money in confusion. He helped a lot of people and paid for a lot of them. He really couldn’t remember who it was.
Also, this was 10 years ago…
The middle-aged doctor looked up and wanted to ask him more questions, but there was no one in front of him.
“Don’t bother looking for him, he has left for reincarnation.”
Wei Mingyan then handed him the mask in his hand. “Put this on. There are too many strangers outside. You have just left your body and could easily be scattered.”
Yin Zhuo froze and put on the mask. “That man, he…”
“He had an obsession when he died, and it hurt too much. He couldn’t enter reincarnation because of it, so he could only suffer.”
Wei Mingyan walked forward slowly while speaking, and looked back at Yin Zhuo. “He has been in pain for 10 years, and you have helped him.”
“I… helped…?”
Yin Zhuo’s whole mind was in a mess. Then, he heard the man in front of him continue to speak in a low voice, “Have you saved him before?”
“I don’t remember…”
Yin Zhuo really had no impression of the man at all. He had been a doctor for so many years, and the number of people he saved couldn’t be counted. How is it possible for him to remember so well?
“Also, is my wife pregnant…?”
“Yeah, she’s pregnant.”
Wei Mingyan’s tone was understated, just like ‘Oh, I bought a cabbage for you’ statement.
“You should have been destined to be childless, but there was a child abandoned by his mother’s abortion, with no one to remember him. Only your wife got him incense, so that he wouldn’t get scattered by the mortal world’s Qi. He died before he was born, so he should be able to reincarnate. It just so happened that this child had been waiting until now because he wanted to be your child.”
“He came to beg from me last week, and I sent him to your wife’s stomach.”
Yin Zhuo was even more confused. He could understand these words individually, but they did not make any sense when they were combined.
“That, I…”
“You are dying.” Wei Mingyan said, seeing the person beside him with his eyes wide open and gasping, “But you are not unsaveable.”
“It’s the type where your body is still alive, but your soul left it, and it generally won’t last long and will soon be scattered by the mortal world’s Qi. However, you are lucky because you haven’t stayed outside for long before you ran into a ghost entity.”
“Such a coincidence or a grace remembered.” The handsome Daoist glanced at the shoulder where the wounded man patted Yin Zhuo earlier. “He divided some of his soul with you. Although your injury is serious, you should recover very soon.”
“I’m seriously injured…?”
Yin Zhuo has been completely overwhelmed by this huge amount of information, and his brain went blank. He followed Wei Mingyan in a trance through the hallways.
Translator: RandomAlex
Editor: Makoto
By the time the fire was finally put out, it was already very late into the night. Most of the citizens had already fallen asleep, blissfully unaware of how many lives were lost tonight. On the other hand, there were also people who were woken up from their sleep to attend to work because of this incident.
Doctors and nurses who weren’t on duty tonight suddenly received calls for them to return to work quickly. There were too many casualties, and all major hospitals had their work cut out for them. Yin Zhuo, who had just been lying down for less than an hour, received a summons as well.
The operation he did today seemed endless, and he was kept busy until midnight before he got off work. Furthermore, he also had a major operation to attend to early tomorrow morning. As he planned on taking whatever rest he could, Yin Zhuo randomly padded his stomach with snacks after work, went home, and fell asleep without taking a bath. In his sleep, he dreamed that he had rested for 10 days in a row. Then, he received a phone call that jolted him awake. The middle-aged man struggled to get out of bed, wiped his face quickly, put on his shoes, and walked to the hospital.
His wife was also a doctor, but she was an obstetrician and gynecologist, and she worked the night shift tonight. When the two were buying a house, they deliberately bought one close to the hospital so that they could come over as quickly as possible in case of an emergency.
As he walked, Yin Zhuo saw an ambulance whizzing by.
Although it was already late at night, the road was busy, and people were out and about. Those who were slightly injured didn’t take an ambulance, but drove by themselves or were brought to the hospital by their relatives. Some residents who hadn’t slept came downstairs to inquire about what happened.
Yin Zhuo slept for an hour in total, and at the moment, when the cool breeze blew in the evening, he felt that his whole person was being swept away. He pressed his temples, thinking about his mental state, and he evaluated that he was in no state to conduct the operation tomorrow.
The middle-aged man then walked onwards to the hospital with weak footsteps. Suddenly, when he reached the stop sign at a junction, he lost his focus for a moment, and a scream echoed in his ear. Confused, he looked back to see a group of people surrounding the stop sign, but he could not for the life of him figure out what they were looking at.
As usual, when something lively happened, a crowd would gather.
Yin Zhuo didn’t like to spectate these things, and the hospital urgently needed manpower anyways, so he quickened his pace and ignored the excitement behind him. He still felt very weak, wondering if cold wind in the middle of the night was exacerbating it. Yet, with every step he took away from the stop sign, he felt his discomfort lessen, and his whole body felt more refreshed.
Soon, he entered the hospital where people were coming and going, and squeezed through the crowd towards his own department. The surgery department had become a mess now. Doctors and nurses came and went in a hurry, not even greeting Yin Zhou in passing. He couldn’t find the director anywhere, so he went to his office, put on a white coat, and started to treat the patients’ wounds.
“It hurts… It hurts…”
Sitting down at the hallway was a patient whose arm was cut off, and he was bleeding profusely. His body had wounds scattered all over as well. His face was contorted as he shouted in pain while pressing his arm to stop the bleeding. Unfortunately, no matter how strongly he pressed it, blood still flowed out.
Although doctors and nurses were busy passing by along the hallway, no one noticed this patient, who was practically sitting in a puddle of his own blood.
Seeing this patient, Yin Zhuo was shocked as he hurriedly ran over to help. He started disinfecting and bandaging him first.
“Hurry up and arrange for stitches. He can’t go on with this bleeding.”
After barely stopping the bleeding, Yin Zhuo stood up and called out an order to a nurse standing close by, but the nurse seemed to notice nothing and left in a hurry.
“Mianmian, Mianmian?”
He shouted a few times, but the nurse turned a deaf ear, leaving Yin Zhuo helpless. He then squatted down and slowly helped the wounded man stand. “I will take you to the treatment room first…”
“No, it doesn’t hurt anymore.”
The wounded man’s bloody hand pressed on Yin Zhuo’s. His wrinkled face, which was grimacing in pain earlier now had a grateful smile. He then said, “I’ve been in pain for 10 years, and finally, someone has stopped the bleeding for me.”
Yin Zhuo froze.
“Thank you. Hurry back, your family is waiting for you.”
“Remember, turn left out the door and leave in the direction you came in.”
The wounded man was getting ready to leave, but he then looked up somewhat cautiously at the door before turning back to the doctor and said, “Come on, let me send you. The road is a bit difficult.”
Leave?
Doesn’t he still have to help the wounded here?
Why would he leave?
What did he mean by saying ‘the road is a bit difficult’?
Yin Zhuo was full of questions. Yet, before he could ask them, the bloody wounded man suddenly looked behind Yin Zhuo with fear in his eyes.
Yin Zhuo turned around subconsciously to see a Daoist priest.
The Daoist priest was wearing a dark black robe, with handsome facial features and white jade-like skin that shone under the bright lights. Yin Zhuo had seen many people, but few of them were this good-looking. He then watched on as the Daoist priest, who was completely out of place, pulled out a surgical mask from his pocket.
Yin Zhuo merely looked on at the man in front of him, who was holding the mask between two fingers, as the man turned his eyes onto the bloody wounded man behind him. His eyes were very strange, faint, as if everything he saw was unworthy, and that he was all-knowing.
Working in a hospital, he had witnessed many kinds of people, but Yin Zhuo had never seen such a strange and calm man. He always felt as if he was a little afraid of the person in front of him, but obviously, he has never seen him before.
“Why are you still here?” the Daoist priest asked.
“Doctor Yin is a good man, and I want to send him back.” The wounded man, clutching his hand, boldly replied to Wei Mingyan. “I’ll leave after sending him off.”
Wei Mingyan was carrying a mask, and his shoes fell stepped on the ground but no sound came out. He slowly came to Yin Zhuo.
Finally, Yin Zhuo discovered that something was amiss. They had been standing on the left side of the corridor this whole time. However, as patients, wounded, nurses, and doctors passed by them, not a single person had so much as glanced at them.
It was as if… No one could see them.
As he realized this, the handsome Daoist spoke. “You, go.”
Wei Mingyan glanced at the wounded man. “Since your obsession is now resolved, it would do you better to leave quickly.”
“But he…”
“I will send him back.” Wei Mingyan looked at Yin Zhuo all over as he said in a clear and light voice, “He is a good man indeed.”
Yin Zhuo didn’t know what they were talking about, but he saw the wounded man relax and smiled as the Daoist said that. The wounded man then patted Yin Zhuo on the shoulder as he said, “Doctor Yin, hurry back. Your wife and child are waiting.”
“Do you know me? My child… Since when did I have a child…?”
He and his wife have been married for a long time, but because of their physical reasons, they have never had children. The doctor said that their chances were very slim. Although Yin Zhuo had some regrets, he had come to accept this fact. After all, before he got married, his wife had already made it clear to him that they might not have children. The first time they visited their relatives, they saw the children of their relatives who were either well behaved or naughty, their hearts a little envious.
“Right, you can’t see him.” The wounded man continued, “He is a very clever little fellow. He has always wanted to be your child, and he lingered for a long time before he had his wish granted. You may have forgotten that 10 years ago, you gave me treatment. I didn’t have any money either, and you paid it for me. One night, I came over in order to find you to return the money, but unfortunately I died before I arrived here…”
The wounded man said so, smiled and took out something from his pocket. He took out two 100 yuan bills, and handed it to Yin Zhuo. “Although it is a little late, please forgive me.”
As Yin Zhuo received the money, the wounded man showed a simple and honest smile. “I have paid my debt at last. I’ll go first. Please leave with Master Wei.”
“Eh? That…”
Yin Zhou took the bloodied money in confusion. He helped a lot of people and paid for a lot of them. He really couldn’t remember who it was.
Also, this was 10 years ago…
The middle-aged doctor looked up and wanted to ask him more questions, but there was no one in front of him.
“Don’t bother looking for him, he has left for reincarnation.”
Wei Mingyan then handed him the mask in his hand. “Put this on. There are too many strangers outside. You have just left your body and could easily be scattered.”
Yin Zhuo froze and put on the mask. “That man, he…”
“He had an obsession when he died, and it hurt too much. He couldn’t enter reincarnation because of it, so he could only suffer.”
Wei Mingyan walked forward slowly while speaking, and looked back at Yin Zhuo. “He has been in pain for 10 years, and you have helped him.”
“I… helped…?”
Yin Zhuo’s whole mind was in a mess. Then, he heard the man in front of him continue to speak in a low voice, “Have you saved him before?”
“I don’t remember…”
Yin Zhuo really had no impression of the man at all. He had been a doctor for so many years, and the number of people he saved couldn’t be counted. How is it possible for him to remember so well?
“Also, is my wife pregnant…?”
“Yeah, she’s pregnant.”
Wei Mingyan’s tone was understated, just like ‘Oh, I bought a cabbage for you’ statement.
“You should have been destined to be childless, but there was a child abandoned by his mother’s abortion, with no one to remember him. Only your wife got him incense, so that he wouldn’t get scattered by the mortal world’s Qi. He died before he was born, so he should be able to reincarnate. It just so happened that this child had been waiting until now because he wanted to be your child.”
“He came to beg from me last week, and I sent him to your wife’s stomach.”
Yin Zhuo was even more confused. He could understand these words individually, but they did not make any sense when they were combined.
“That, I…”
“You are dying.” Wei Mingyan said, seeing the person beside him with his eyes wide open and gasping, “But you are not unsaveable.”
“It’s the type where your body is still alive, but your soul left it, and it generally won’t last long and will soon be scattered by the mortal world’s Qi. However, you are lucky because you haven’t stayed outside for long before you ran into a ghost entity.”
“Such a coincidence or a grace remembered.” The handsome Daoist glanced at the shoulder where the wounded man patted Yin Zhuo earlier. “He divided some of his soul with you. Although your injury is serious, you should recover very soon.”
“I’m seriously injured…?”
Yin Zhuo has been completely overwhelmed by this huge amount of information, and his brain went blank. He followed Wei Mingyan in a trance through the hallways.
