“Miss Lin, wait, I… I misspoke, I have something to attend to. Miss Lin, I would like to trouble you to come with me to see our commander, is that alright?” Cao Kefeng asked hurriedly.
"Chief? Why do you want to see him?" Lin Yue was even more puzzled.
She doesn't know the leader, so why would she go to see him?
“Miss Lin, I know you are a doctor. Our commander is injured and is currently unconscious. No other doctor can help him, so I had no choice but to ask you to take a look.”
"If other doctors can't help, I'm a recent graduate who hasn't even finished my internship, so I'm even less capable of treating this. You should find someone else!" Lin Yue coldly refused.
The base commander was injured, and she didn't know why, but whatever the reason, she didn't want to seek attention.
If she gets the job done, she'll be a big shot in the base, making things much easier for her. But her freedom will definitely be restricted; if she doesn't get the job done, and the leader has any problems, it'll be because she got the job done.
Whether she participates in this campaign or not, it won't bring her any real benefit. These days, she never likes to do things that don't offer any advantage.
“Miss Lin, you must have a way. The medicine you gave Professor Xu is so effective. He was able to stand up after only a week of drinking it. The doctors at the base said they couldn’t help Professor Xu’s leg. Miss Lin, I beg you, if you can go and take a look, I’ll give you anything in exchange, and I’ll owe you a favor.” Cao Kefeng knew that it wasn’t easy to ask for help, so he offered his terms.
He knew Cang Yu had gone out, though he didn't know what he was doing. But since Lin Yue had specially arranged for a car to come back, he guessed that Cang Yu definitely wouldn't be back anytime soon. Lin Yue was alone at the base, and who knows when she might encounter some difficulties that required a convenient solution. He wasn't a high-ranking official, but he was quite convenient in getting things done.
Moreover, even if Cang Yu is at the base, his personal connections can still be used.
Lin Yue looked at Cao Kefeng again, his anxiety genuine: "What is your relationship with the leader? Why are you so worried about him? Do you need to owe him a favor to get him medical treatment?"
It's normal for subordinates to worry about their superiors, but that's mostly the case for direct superiors and subordinates. Someone like Cao Kefeng, who is at the company commander level, rarely has the opportunity to meet his superiors, so where does he get such strong emotions?
"The commander is my uncle, Miss Lin, please, I'm begging you, go and see him?" Cao Kefeng was truly desperate, which is why he came to Lin Yue's place.
"If you don't want to go, there's nothing I can do."
She was just asking; she didn't intend to get to know them or to judge them based on who they were with, since they weren't even close.
Cao Kefeng was taken aback. He thought that Lin Yue was asking him because she thought they knew each other and needed to see a doctor. Had his comprehension become distorted after being in the army for so long?
Lin Yue ignored Cao Kefeng's expression and decided not to go. She started to pull the movable board, but just as she was about to pull it up, a hand suddenly appeared and blocked the board.
The hand gripping the movable board turned visibly red.
Lin Yue frowned, her face turning cold, and pulled the control panel open again.
"Don't you want this hand anymore? Are you trying to use it to stage an accident?"
The gate to the courtyard was made of heavy metal, and the movable board wasn't thin either. It was only because she hadn't used much force that Cao Kefeng managed to break his hand today, unlike during her usual training.
Cao Kefeng was afraid that Lin Yue would pull the activity board up again, so he left his hand there, showing no intention of taking it down. His face still showed an anxious expression, without any sign of pain from his injured hand.
“Miss Lin, I didn’t mean to stage an accident. I’m a soldier, how could I possibly do that? I just want you to see the commander. Whether or not he can be cured, I just want you to go see him. Miss Lin, please.”
He's now treating this as a last resort, otherwise, given the lack of medical care and medicine, he doesn't know if his uncle will survive.
The base had only been built a short time ago, and if his uncle were gone, things would fall into chaos. Moreover, his uncle treated him like his own son, so he would always try his best to find a way to help.
Lin Yue glanced at Cao Kefeng's hand; the red areas had swollen and turned into purple bruises.
She was a little annoyed. Cao Kefeng, that greenhorn, was the most stubborn. Once he thought she could cure him, he might really stand in front of her door all day if she didn't go today.
If she really is the last doctor, maybe she can come every day from now on.
"I'm willing to go see him, but I have conditions." She still wanted some peace and quiet. Fine, she'd go see him, and then just say it couldn't be cured?
"Tell me your conditions, and I'll try my best to meet them." Cao Kefeng didn't dare to make a definitive statement, only daring to say "try my best."
"Try your best? Never mind then!" Lin Yue turned to leave.
He can stay or not as he pleases; at most, she can go into her private space to find some peace and quiet.
The possibility of "trying her best" is too high. Any factor can determine the outcome of "trying her best." What if the base turns its back on her and says there's nothing it can do? Wouldn't all her efforts have been in vain?
Does she seem like the kind of person who would be taken advantage of?
"Miss Lin, what are your requests? On behalf of the base, I promise to fulfill them." Another voice sounded from outside the door.
"Secretary Chang, what brings you here?" Cao Kefeng asked.
Lin Yue turned around and looked at the person who had come.
Secretary Chang has an ordinary appearance, but his upright character makes him hard to ignore.
"Does Secretary Chang keep his word?" Lin Yue asked.
One of the reasons she didn't agree earlier was because she felt that the base might not necessarily honor the promises of a nobody like Cao Kefeng.
As for his personal favors, she didn't think they were of much use. She lacked nothing and could live a comfortable life.
Now, a Party Secretary is coming. According to the war movies her father used to watch, the Party Secretary's position is quite high, on par with the commanders, and represents the base's promises, so it should carry weight.
"I will definitely keep my word. Miss Lin, please feel free to make any requests," Secretary Chang replied solemnly.
Why would he lie to a young girl for no reason?
The priority now is to wake up Old Cao. No one else can do anything about it. The only thing he hasn't seen before is the little girl that Cao's nephew mentioned, and he just wants to try his luck.
"Hands." Lin Yue looked at Cao Kefeng's hands with disdain.
"Oh! Okay!" Cao Kefeng immediately withdrew his hand.
Lin Yue pulled up the movable panel and then opened the door.
“Secretary Chang, if I can save the leader, I have only three requests: First, whatever I want to do in the future, the base must give me absolute freedom; second, if I want to exchange anything with the base in the future, no matter what it is, the base must exchange it with me unconditionally, of course, only once; third, I want a blank promise that whatever I want to do in the future, I hope you and the leader can agree to it. I also promise that whatever I want to do will be within the scope that you and the leader can do.”
Lin Yue clearly stated her requirements.
It's not that she doesn't respect the People's Liberation Army soldiers. If this had happened outside the base, she would have saved them because they are heroes of the people, and then left.
But now that they're at the base, she doesn't think that she can get the leaders and secretaries to keep giving her preferential treatment just because of a personal favor. So, it would be better for everyone to negotiate based solely on mutual benefit.
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