But considering this is a hospital, any piece of equipment here would be very valuable.

In order for the equipment inside to operate normally, the hospital had to find a way to turn on the central air conditioning.

Xu Lai was stunned by the hospital being packed with patients.

Not to mention the payment hall and pharmacy windows on the first floor, even the outpatient hall was full of patients lying on the floor.

"Doctor, quick, quick, my husband is dying!"

The doctors and nurses in their white coats were already extremely busy, but upon hearing the cries for help coming from the outpatient department entrance, the doctors whose patients were not in critical condition rushed over.

Standing by the gate, Xu Lai witnessed a middle-aged man, still wearing work clothes, being brought in, convulse and then go into shock in the blink of an eye.

Two nearby doctors rushed over and, while lifting him into the ambulance and pushing him toward the emergency room, performed artificial respiration and CPR on him.

Xu Lai waited in the outpatient hall for less than half an hour and saw no fewer than five people being brought in for emergency treatment.

Moreover, many people come to see a doctor because they feel unwell.

When Li Qingya came out carrying the insulated box, Xu Lai saw that no fewer than three people had not been saved.

The weather is hot now, and it's not suitable for those who have passed away to stay in their homes for an extended period of time.

To avoid unnecessary health problems caused by the decomposition of corpses, the funeral service department must be notified immediately after a person dies.

The hearses waiting at the hospital entrance would come in every ten minutes or so to pick up people.

"Xu Lai, could you please bring Qingya here?"

When Li Qingya came out, Xiao Rui saw her off.

Hearing the voice, Xu Lai looked up and saw that the young man, who was usually very particular and always kept himself impeccably groomed even in the face of a rainstorm disaster, was now unshaven and had bloodshot eyes.

In just a few days, she not only lost a lot of weight, but also looked extremely tired.

"With a relationship like ours, there's no need for formalities. But no matter how busy you are, you should get some rest!"

As a neighbor, seeing Li Qingya's heart pounding with heartache as she went along, Xu Lai didn't say much, only offering a word of advice.

After all, when natural disasters and man-made calamities keep happening one after another, it's good to make sacrifices, but you should pay more attention to your own health.

As the pillar of the family, if something were to happen to his health, the whole family might be ruined.

Xiao Rui understood what Xu Lai meant and gratefully said "thank you" to her.

Xiao Rui was about to say a few words of comfort to his wife when, before he could even speak, a nurse's voice rang out behind him: "Dr. Xiao, Dr. Xiao, another person here is going to die..."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Rui didn't even have time to offer words of comfort before turning around and rushing over.

"this……"

Xu Lai, fearing that Li Qingya would worry, offered her a few words of comfort.

"Don't worry about me, Lai Lai, I understand!"

Li Qingya sat next to the driver's seat of the electric tricycle, placed the insulated box in the back of the vehicle, rubbed her nose with one hand, and forced a smile.

How could she not understand?

She still remembers that on their first night of marriage, he was notified by the hospital overnight to undergo emergency surgery before returning home.

Later, whether it was coming home from get off work or on holiday, being called back to the hospital at the last minute became extremely frequent.

As doctors who save lives, we are destined to pay a higher price than ordinary people!

Seeing that Li Qingya had calmed down, Xu Lai rode his electric tricycle home.

In less than two hours, the two of them went to the hospital and witnessed several lives end in the sweltering heat.

Xu Lai was alright, after all, she had experienced two months of extreme heat in her previous life and was already used to life and death.

But Li Qingya remained silent on the way back.

"Lai Lai, what should we do if this heatwave continues? Can we hold on?"

As an intellectual, Li Qingya was acutely aware of how insignificant human power is in the face of natural disasters!

During torrential rains and floods, as long as there is food and a place to take shelter, people can survive.

In extreme heat, you might die at any moment if you stay at home!

Xu Lai was in a much better mood than Li Qingya, who was on the verge of a breakdown. As she drove her electric tricycle, she optimistically comforted Li Qingya, saying, "Sister Qingya, some areas in India have summer temperatures of over 50 degrees Celsius every year. There's no reason why we can't adapt if they can!"

Li Qingya recalled how, before the natural disaster, she would see news online every summer about people in India dying from heatstroke in temperatures over 50 degrees Celsius.

However, most people in those high-temperature regions of India still have to endure the sweltering heat to make a living.

"That's true. Once our infrastructure is all rebuilt, we won't be afraid of anything. This heatwave can't go on forever, can it?"

As they approached the entrance to the residential compound, Li Qingya's mood improved considerably.

When Xu Lai rode his bike with her into the residential area, they both felt that the atmosphere in the area had become much more relaxed and pleasant.

Is it because it's getting dark and everyone is coming out for some fresh air?

Both of them had some doubts.

Even a few days ago, when the sun was setting, some elderly people and children came out for fresh air, and some people went to work.

Most people weren't silent; they were complaining, "This awful weather is unbearably hot," "Without 24-hour electricity, it's inconvenient to even go upstairs," "When will the water come back on? It's so hot, I can't even take a shower," and so on.

With a puzzled look on her face, Xu Lai parked her electric tricycle downstairs at their apartment building and finally overheard the conversation between the two middle-aged women who came down from the building.

"It's so hot, but the water's finally back on! I took a really nice shower and it feels so good!"

Another woman, holding the hand of a boy who looked only six or seven years old, chimed in with a smile, "That's right, my grandson has been soaking in the bathtub for almost an hour and doesn't want to get out!"

"Is the water coming back on from the tap?"

Li Qingya's eyes lit up as she spoke.

"That's right, you two young ladies must have gone to work and didn't know, our apartment building has had running water again for an hour and a half. We won't have to go through the trouble of draining water and fetching water anymore!"

The middle-aged woman holding her child's hand said happily.

Since the torrential rains and floods damaged the water supply system in City C, residents have been relying on manual labor to fetch water.

During heavy rain, it's manageable. If you need water, simply place basins or buckets on the balcony, hang umbrellas upside down outside the balcony, and let the collected rainwater flow into the basins or buckets on the balcony. Then, boil the collected water.

But after the torrential rains and floods ended, we are now experiencing extremely high temperatures every day, even though there is still water in the ponds and reservoirs outside.

But the small animals and human corpses that were washed into the water during the torrential rain disaster began to decompose.

The government broadcasts daily to inform the public that it is strictly forbidden to use water directly from ponds and reservoirs.