Chapter 59 Past Life and Present Life She seemed to suddenly understand Liang Shuyan's words...

After saying those words, Liang Shuyan regained her usual composure.

No matter how others try to subtly probe, she always deflects the topic with a few words, neither denying nor admitting it.

Wen Yu invited her to stay with him, but she simply smiled and declined, saying, "I'll stay at the clinic."

"The clinic is a deserted place, how can you stay there?" Chen Miaozhi asked hesitantly. "Why don't you move into my house? There's enough room."

Liang Shuyan also shook her head with a smile.

There happened to be a small room in the backyard of the clinic where doctors could rest during the night shift. She moved in with her luggage, her attitude so resolute that no one could persuade her otherwise.

Seeing this, Cui Pingchun's doubts deepened. He quietly pulled Wen Yu aside and whispered, "What's wrong with Shuyan? She just got the position of imperial physician and got along so well with us. Why does she suddenly say she wants to leave?"

She simply couldn't understand it.

Wen Yu couldn't very well say that it was because she was the employer and Liang Shuyan had come back with her, so she could only pretend to be confused as well: "I also want to know why."

She understood perfectly well.

Liang Shuyan chose to live alone in the clinic so that when she quietly leaves one day, she won't disturb too many people.

At that time, everyone will just assume that this "Taoist doctor" has returned to the mountains to cultivate in seclusion as scheduled.

But Wen Yu felt a dull ache in her heart.

Why was Liang Shuyan already fully prepared for the separation even before she had said anything about it?

This thoughtfulness only made her feel worse.

Cui Pingchun sighed: "Never mind, I'll find another opportunity to ask her tomorrow."

Unable to dissuade her from her wishes, everyone dispersed amidst their doubts. Chen Miaozhi, seeing that Jiang Mingpei was alone, simply pulled her over to stay at her home, hoping it would be more lively.

Having been away from Luxi for so long, Wen Yu didn't go straight home. Instead, she took a stroll around the village by herself to clear her head.

The academy had been closed for a while due to the freezing weather, and Xin Bai and Du Ran had been taken back by their families a few days ago, leaving only a few girls who were too far away to return home.

Ning Shengan stayed home to take care of her daughter, and the entire academy seemed particularly deserted. Only the dormitory manager and cook that Wen Yu had hired from the mall before leaving were still dutifully on duty in the academy.

It was cold and dark early, so the cook went to the eaves and lit a lantern, its warm yellow light illuminating a small patch of ground.

Wen Yu was about to head back home when she was drawn by the lights. She glanced over and saw the dormitory supervisor sweeping the floor at the entrance of the dormitory area as usual.

It seems like she does the same thing here at roughly the same time every day.

Wen Yu had talked to them before, but she always felt that they were programmed to avoid talking about the past whenever someone asked about it, and cleverly steered the conversation back to everyday trivialities.

Liang Shuyan, however, is different.

She would show a compassionate expression that was different from usual when she cared for patients, and she was exceptionally patient when teaching students. She was rigorous and meticulous in her work, and even if she found that others had missed something, she would always silently help others clean up the mess.

Are these differences due to the different levels of the NPCs, or is Liang Shuyan simply different from everyone else?

This matter weighed heavily on Wen Yu's mind, leaving her feeling somewhat depressed.

Even the system panel was deceiving her. When she opened Liang Shuyan's character panel, she could only see a description that was no different from when she hired him in the mall. It was flat and simple, as if it were describing a product.

She kicked away a pebble on the road, sighed, and turned to go home.

At Wen Qingshi's suggestion, Cui Ling brought Xia Qiudong and the other two girls to live in the Wen family home. There happened to be some empty rooms left, and Wen Yu readily agreed.

The house became lively again, with everyone busy preparing dinner, and laughter filled the air.

Wen Yu didn't want her mood to spoil everyone's fun, so she forced herself to join in the joking around, but everyone suddenly fell silent.

Wen Qingshi looked at her and said with concern, "If you are really tired, sister, you should rest early tonight."

Were you found out?

Wen Yu subconsciously touched his face.

The comments section erupted in agreement.

Wen Yu seemed completely exhausted; she was totally out of sorts all day.

She seemed to be sleepwalking when she wandered around the village today; she just walked alone without saying hello to anyone.

[Maybe they were just too tired from traveling?]

Do you think it's because something's on her mind?

Is it because of Dr. Liang's matter?

[Wen Yu, the most important thing for you right now is to lie in bed and get a good night's sleep.]

All right.

Wen Yu stopped trying to push herself and went to bed after dinner, intending to get some rest.

Just as she was about to fall asleep, she suddenly sensed that the crops in the spiritual field had ripened, and she mustered her strength to harvest them all with her mind.

After the harvest was complete, she put all the harvest into the system and extended Liang Shuyan's employment period by seven days.

"As long as I keep planting, I'll always find a way before the resources run out," she thought, biting her lip.

The system had promised her a permanent employment right as a high-level NPC once the task was completed. Although Liang Shuyan was only at the intermediate level, who knows?

As she pondered, exhaustion gradually crept in, and she unknowingly drifted into sleep, where she had an exceptionally vivid dream.

She saw Liang Shuyan in her dream.

Everything around was white, like being in a hospital, with the smell of disinfectant permeating the air, and the occasional beeping of medical equipment could be heard.

Looking into the distance, she saw Liang Shuyan sitting in the consultation room seeing patients.

She was wearing glasses and staring intently at the screen in front of her, her expression as serious as she often appeared.

Wen Yu waited listlessly at the door and saw that her name was number three, with two people ahead of her.

Suddenly, the sound of arguing came from inside the consultation room.

An agitated man jumped up from the consultation chair and slammed his hand on the table: "Didn't you say you could cure him?"

“If you can maintain your medication on time and have regular check-ups, the chances of a cure are indeed very high.” Liang Shuyan looked up from her computer, her tone still calm. “But you just said that you often stop taking your medication on your own and don’t have regular check-ups…”

"How would I know that much!" the man rudely interrupted her. "You only take medicine when you feel unwell. Why take medicine if you don't feel unwell? Why come to the hospital for a checkup if you're not sick or in pain? I think it's just a bunch of heartless doctors trying to find ways to rip you off!"

He kept touching his pockets, scratching his head anxiously, and after a long while he finally managed to say, "I checked Baidu and even asked AI, and they both said I don't need to take medicine all the time!"

The mindset of someone who treats Baidu and AI like sacred decrees is quite predictable.

Communication is almost impossible.

Liang Shuyan glanced at the man's medical report and said patiently, "Your condition has worsened since your last visit, so we hope you can actively cooperate with the treatment..."

"I have no money!" the man gritted his teeth.

"You can apply..."

A flash of cold light!

The man pulled a sharp knife from his pocket and lunged forward, yelling, "Stop rambling! You just want to scam me out of money! I'm not putting up with this!"

I don't know when I hid that knife on my person.

Liang Shuyan was also startled and hurriedly got up to avoid him, but the man grabbed her and pulled her to the ground.

With a muffled thud, Wen Yu's heart skipped a beat.

Oh no, he's going to hurt someone!

Others outside the ward also witnessed this scene, and someone screamed, "Murder!"

"Someone's carrying a knife!"

The scene immediately descended into chaos.

Some people rushed into the ward to help break up the fight, and people from other wards also crowded around, peeking out to see what was happening.

The hospital alarm blared in her ears, its piercing wail sending a chill down her spine.

Immediately following was a cry of pain from someone, whose identity was unknown.

"ah!"

Wen Yu's mind went blank. He tried desperately to push through the crowd to see what was going on inside, but he couldn't squeeze through no matter what he did.

The crowd in front of her seemed like an impenetrable wall, keeping her firmly outside.

She could do nothing but watch helplessly as everything unfolded.

The scene before my eyes gradually blurred, the noise faded away, and the smell of disinfectant dissipated.

She stood alone in a pure white expanse, while everything around her vanished into nothingness.

It was only then that she realized she was already in tears.

In the darkness, Wen Yu suddenly woke up from her dream, her chest heaving violently and her forehead covered in cold sweat.

The thick clouds outside the window dispersed, and the moonlight gradually brightened, illuminating the furnishings inside the room clearly.

She sat up in a daze, raised her hand to touch her cheek, and her fingertips touched a cold, wet patch.

That dream was so real, as if it had all actually happened.

She seemed to suddenly understand the meaning of Liang Shuyan's words, "to live again."

If that dream was real, then what did Liang Shuyan experience...?

She dared not think any further, hurriedly put on her clothes, got up, pushed open the door, and walked towards the clinic.

It was the dead of night, and the entire Luxi Village was immersed in sleep, broken only by the occasional crowing of roosters and barking of dogs.

Because it was late at night, Wen Yu's live stream was still in a dormant state, and it was unusually quiet in front of her.

The moonlight, as white as silver, bathed the entire path, and a faint light shone through the windows of the clinic. Liang Shuyan was still awake.

Wen Yu gently knocked on the door, and Liang Shuyan's calm voice came from inside: "Please come in."

She pushed open the door and saw Liang Shuyan sitting under the lamp organizing books. She turned to her and asked, "Is there something you need so late?"

Wen Yu stood at the door, the moonlight casting a long shadow over her.

She gazed at Liang Shuyan's soft profile under the lamplight, and suddenly didn't know how to begin.

“I had a dream,” she finally said, speaking slowly. “In the dream, there was a doctor wearing a white coat and glasses treating patients. She was very patient, but the patient was very unreasonable and kept accusing doctors of cheating people out of their money.”

Liang Shuyan's hand paused slightly.

"Then the patient pulled out a knife and pointed it at the doctor..." Wen Yu continued, her voice trembling slightly, "She was pushed to the ground, and a lot of people surrounded her. I tried desperately to squeeze in, but I couldn't get through..."

The clinic fell silent, with only the occasional crackling of the candlelight.

After a long while, Liang Shuyan put down the book in her hand, looked up at her, and the candlelight flickered slightly in her eyes, like ripples suddenly appearing on still water.

"Don't take it seriously, it was just a dream," she said calmly.

"Really?" Wen Yu took a step forward and pressed, "Then why does the person in my dream have the same face, the same eyes, and the same tone of voice as you?"

Liang Shuyan lowered her eyes, avoiding her gaze: "There are millions of people in the world who are similar."

“Liang Shuyan,” Wen Yu walked up to her, almost pleading, “tell me, what happened next?”

The candlelight flickered, casting dappled shadows on Liang Shuyan's face.

She remained silent for a long time, so long that Wen Yu thought she wouldn't answer.

"Some things are better left unknown," she finally said softly.

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Author's Note: Sister Shuyan is just that kind of woman, coming and going like the wind...