Chapter 148

Liu Siyu spread out her palms, and the wounds on her palms looked like they were occupied by a group of crazy ants. Several scratches that were originally just bleeding were now frighteningly red and swollen.

At first, it was just a sharp, burning pain when the skin was scratched, which was still within the range that Liu Siyu could bear.

But after applying the ointment handed to him by Chen Zhaoyue for only ten minutes, a numbing itching that made his scalp tingle emerged densely from deep within the wound, quickly covering up the pain and spreading wildly.

The itch was not on the surface, but was deeply scratched into the skin and flesh with countless tiny hooks. It was like a weak electric current, and waves of sore and numb tremors reached the bone joints.

Liu Siyu clenched her fists suddenly, digging her nails deep into the palm of her other intact palm, trying to cover up the bone-eating itch with a sharper pain.

This is definitely not a normal reaction!

Chen Zhaoyue's face, which always wore a gentle and harmless smile, swayed in front of Liu Siyu's eyes.

Liu Siyu was not stupid and quickly realized that the problem was with the ointment Shen Zhaoyue gave her.

Liu Siyu's brain was thinking rapidly. Why did Chen Zhaoyue give her a problematic ointment to harm her?

Could it be that Shen Zhaoyue saw the scene that happened in front of the health center this morning?

But Wen Yanxi didn't catch her at all, and there was no ambiguous atmosphere between them. Even if Chen Zhaoyue was jealous, she couldn't be jealous!

The frustration in her heart and the strange feeling in her palms tortured Liu Siyu so much that her eyes turned red.

Liu Siyu didn't even bother to wipe the cold sweat from her forehead. With a strong sense of grievance, she rushed straight to the pharmacy.

"Sister Chen!" Liu Siyu's aggrieved voice trembled undisguisedly, like a pair of rusty scissors cutting through the usual smell of disinfectant and whispers in the health center.

She suddenly stretched out her red, swollen hand, the skin on the palm stretched shiny, in front of Chen Zhaoyue. There were traces of blood between her nails from pinching herself. "What did you use on me? Look at my hand, it hurts and itches, like it's going to rot~ Woo woo~ What on earth did you put in the ointment?"

Chen Zhaoyue was so startled by her sudden question that his hand trembled, and the scales in his hand fell to the table with a "clang" sound, making a dull sound.

Chen Zhaoyue's face showed just the right amount of confusion and helplessness, his clear eyes slightly widened, with a hint of frightened watery light, like an innocent frightened deer.

"Nurse Liu." Chen Zhaoyue's voice was light and soft, with just the right amount of confusion and worry. "What's wrong with you? The ointment I gave you is the ointment from the health center! I didn't do anything?"

Chen Zhaoyue subconsciously took a half step back, her eyes falling on Liu Siyu's red and swollen hand that was stretched out in front of her. Her delicate eyebrows frowned in worry, "Oh, why is it so swollen? I just told you to clean and disinfect it properly, otherwise it will easily get infected. But you were afraid of the pain and didn't dare to use alcohol to disinfect it."

Chen Zhaoyue paused, then added: "Or maybe you just used something else and it caused an allergic reaction."

Liu Siyu's trembling fingertips almost poked the tip of Chen Zhaoyue's upturned nose, tears of grievance welling up in her eyes, "I just used the tube of ointment you gave me just now! It turned out like this after I applied it~ I think I've been nice to you usually, why did you hurt me? What are you thinking?"

She looked at Shen Zhaoyue’s “little white flower” appearance and just wanted to tear off her hypocritical mask.

"What's going on? What are you arguing about?" Gao Wen heard the quarrel between the two and interrupted with a calm voice. She had just come out of the intensive care unit, still holding a notebook in her hand, and walked over quickly with a frown on her face.

She first glanced sternly at the emotional Liu Siyu, then her eyes fell on her obviously abnormal hand, and her eyes became sharp.

"President Gao! You have to make the decision for me!" Liu Siyu seemed to have found her backbone. She immediately turned to Gao Wen, crying with grievance, pointing at Shen Zhaoyue and accusing her, "There's something wrong with the medicine Doctor Shen gave me! Look at my hand! It became like this after I applied the ointment she gave me! It hurts and itches!"

Gao Wen ignored Liu Siyu's accusations and reached out to carefully lift her wrist, examining the redness and swelling. Her fingertips, with their professional coolness, touched the burning, itchy skin, causing Liu Siyu to instinctively pull her hand away. Gao Wen examined it closely, even gently pressing the edge with her fingertips.

Gao Wen put down Liu Siyu's hand and turned to Chen Zhaoyue, asking in a businesslike tone, "What medicine did you give her?"

Chen Zhaoyue quickly pointed to the ointment neatly stacked on the counter next to him: "It's this ointment. I used it on a few young soldiers who scraped their knees and elbows yesterday. It worked very well. I haven't heard of any problems."

Chen Zhaoyue's tone was sincere and a little eager to defend the ointment.

Gao Wen nodded, picked up the tube of ointment, read the label, unscrewed the cap and sniffed it, then looked at Liu Siyu, her tone unquestionable professionalism and calmness. "Nurse Liu, this medicine is purchased by the hospital. Someone used it yesterday and it worked normally. In your case, the redness and swelling have clear boundaries, and there are a few small blisters in the center. This is a typical contact allergy reaction. Think carefully, besides this ointment, have you touched anything else today? Any wild flowers or weeds? Or have you been allergic to any medication before?"

As soon as Gao Wen finished speaking, a young nurse who was copying medical records next to her whispered, "Yes, Nurse Liu, allergies are hard to predict. Maybe you accidentally got exposed to some pollen." There was a subconscious sense of protection for Shen Zhaoyue in her tone.

Another military doctor who was looking at the door of the pharmacy also said: "Xiao Shen has always been careful in his work. He always takes the medicine according to the rules and will not do anything rash." He looked at Shen Zhaoyue with obvious trust and recognition.

"That's right," another voice rang out. It was Li Xiaojuan, a nurse who was usually close to Shen Zhaoyue. "Nurse Liu, don't worry. Allergies are uncomfortable, but you can't just blame others."

The sound was not loud, but it was like basins of cold water, pouring on Liu Siyu's heart one after another.

Liu Siyu froze in place, her painful and itchy hand seeming like ridiculous evidence of her unreasonable behavior. She looked around in disbelief, seeing every familiar face subtly favoring Shen Zhaoyue.

The looks that fell on her contained sympathy (for the allergy), confusion (for her accusations), and even a subtle hint of disapproval.

When does it begin?

Liu Siyu's heart felt like it was being gripped tightly by an ice-cold hand. In just a few months, Chen Zhaoyue had achieved such a high status in the health center?

She started working at the health center on the same day as her. They were both new here, so why were so many people on her side?