“Go back, stop making a scene. Do you think I want this? Don’t you think about what will happen if you leave like this and get sick and infect your family? Chong’er is still young. Do you want him to become a motherless child so early?” The man frowned and tried to comfort the woman who was sobbing.

A minute passed quickly. Jiang Ling stretched out her arm and pointed to the exit of Lujia Village. "Think it over. Whether you stay or leave, I won't stop you!"

Jiang Ling's face darkened as she glared angrily at the people around her.

Everyone was startled by Jiang Ling's appearance and all considered going back.

Watching them gradually retreat, Jiang Ling's previously anxious heart calmed down. In fact, she had also taken a gamble just now, and fortunately, she won.

Jiang Ling turned to the security team, handed them the masks she had bought from the mall, gave them a few more instructions, and then left.

...

The plague spread faster than Jiang Ling had anticipated. In less than a day, many people in the village developed the exact same symptoms as Lightning's father.

The number of people inside the shampoo factory is also increasing.

The pungent smell of Chinese medicine gradually enveloped the air above Lujia Village. Jiang Ling was also busy, buying a lot of Western medicine and Chinese patent medicine for the plague in the mall.

While Zhu Langzhong wasn't looking, they secretly fed it to that group of people.

For three whole days, Jiang Ling and Doctor Zhu were busy. During those three days, Jiang Ling didn't even dare to go home, for fear of infecting her child with the plague.

"Yaojie's mother, Yaojie's mother, Magistrate Duan is here! Go to the village entrance quickly, we can't stop him!" Jiang Ling was secretly feeding him medicine when Lu Renjia from the guard team ran breathlessly to the entrance of the shampoo factory and shouted at the top of his lungs.

Jiang Ling was very puzzled when she heard this. She quickly put away the medicine in her hand and walked out.

"You mean Magistrate Duan has arrived?" Jiang Ling asked, worried that she hadn't heard clearly.

Lu Renjia nodded vigorously, pointed towards the village entrance, and stamped his feet anxiously. "Yes, yes, Yaojie's mother, you should go and see! We...we really can't stop them!"

Before Jiang Ling and Lu Renjia even reached the village entrance, Jiang Ling saw County Magistrate Duan arguing with the other security team members, while Zhao Liu, standing to the side, looked very troubled.

"What are you doing?" Jiang Ling shouted at the crowd.

When Magistrate Duan saw that the speaker was Jiang Ling, he tried to rush into Lu Family Village, but he was still firmly stopped by several security guards.

"You did a great job. Don't worry, I'll take responsibility if anything goes wrong!" Seeing this scene, Jiang Ling was worried that the security team would overthink things, so she kept reassuring them.

The security team seemed greatly encouraged by these words, and they tightened their grip on Magistrate Duan's hand even more.

Magistrate Duan was, after all, a scholar. His arm was gripped painfully by these roughnecks, but he couldn't retaliate because Jiang Ling was present.

"You guys go and rest for a bit, I'll take care of things here!" Jiang Ling quickly instructed, noticing Magistrate Duan's predicament.

"What exactly happened? Yesterday, Zhao Liu went to search the streets and suddenly heard that no one was allowed to leave or enter your place. I was worried about your safety, so I rushed over after finishing what I was doing. But I didn't expect that the villagers wouldn't let me in at all!" Perhaps out of concern, Magistrate Duan didn't care that there were other people present and grabbed Jiang Ling's hand to ask.

Jiang Ling was startled. An indescribable feeling surged into both of their hearts. Jiang Ling thought she would resist or refuse, but strangely, she did not pull her hands away from the grasp of Magistrate Duan.

The atmosphere gradually became somewhat ambiguous, but an anxious, slightly aged voice broke the ambiguity.

"Yaojie's mother, Yaojie's mother! What's wrong? I heard from Lu Renjia that Magistrate Duan is here?" The village chief ran towards them breathlessly.

The village chief's voice was like a thunderclap out of nowhere, instantly waking the two hearts that had just begun to show signs of budding romance.

Jiang Ling quickly pulled her hand out of Magistrate Duan's large hands, and Magistrate Duan hurriedly coughed to cover up his embarrassment.

"My goodness, Yaojie's mother, why is your face so red? You wouldn't have..." The village chief, panting, ran over and exclaimed in surprise when he saw Jiang Ling's flushed face.

For a moment, the county magistrate, Zhao Liu, and the village chief all focused their attention on Jiang Ling.

Jiang Ling glanced at the village chief with a hint of helplessness, muttering to herself, "This guy, how come I've never noticed how sharp his eyesight is before?"

However, she maintained a calm expression and replied, "No, wearing a mask is uncomfortable and stuffy! I'm fine, don't worry!"

Hearing Jiang Ling's words, the village chief breathed a sigh of relief. He patted his chest and looked at Magistrate Duan, saying, "Magistrate, you should leave for now, lest the plague infect you!"

"What? Plague?!" The village chief's words made Magistrate Duan feel as if he were facing a formidable enemy. He stared at the village chief and asked.

In the village chief's mind, Magistrate Duan had always been a good-tempered magistrate, so this ferocious face really startled the village chief.

The village chief took a few steps back, nodded, and whispered, "Yes...our village has been infected with the plague!"

"You...you..." Upon hearing the word "plague," Magistrate Duan nearly lost his mind. He looked at Jiang Ling with a frown, and hesitated several times without saying anything.

"Sir, the village chief is still here!" Zhao Liu, who was standing nearby, hurriedly reminded him, worried that Magistrate Duan might lose his composure.

Reminded by Zhao Liu, Magistrate Duan nodded and immediately changed his expression, asking, "Since you have contracted the plague, why didn't you inform me? After all, your Lu Family Village is under my jurisdiction!"

"This..." The village chief didn't know how to answer for a moment, so he looked to Jiang Ling for help.

“My lord, the plague is highly contagious. I was afraid of spreading the virus to the town and county, so I didn’t report it. Now the plague has been effectively controlled. I hope you will forgive me. Once the plague problem is resolved, I will personally visit you to apologize!” Jiang Ling said, looking at Magistrate Duan with a cold gaze.

Magistrate Duan's heart skipped a beat as he looked at Jiang Ling. He stroked his beard and frowned, thinking, "Could she be angry with me? Oh dear, what should I do if I've offended someone?"

While Magistrate Duan was deep in thought, Jiang Ling, not wanting to linger too long, patted the village chief and said, "You should try to persuade Magistrate Duan. I'll go back first; too many people can't leave over there!"

The village chief looked helpless after hearing this, but since lives were at stake, he had no choice but to accept the task.

Jiang Ling disappeared from their sight without looking back. Seeing this, Zhao Liu whispered a reminder, "My lord! Jiang Shi is gone! Why don't you say something?"

"What?" Upon hearing Zhao Liu's reminder, Magistrate Duan hurriedly turned around and saw that Jiang Ling had indeed disappeared.

"Sir, please go back. Our village is in great danger right now, so we won't keep you for dinner!" the village chief said cautiously from the side.

The village chief's words were true, but Magistrate Duan was worried about Jiang Ling's safety. After thinking for a long time, he frowned and said to the village chief, "You must protect yourselves!"