He reached up and touched the dense clusters of needle marks on the back of his left hand, gave a self-deprecating laugh, a bitter smile tinged with tears. Then he turned and walked into the noodle shop...
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Courtyard No. 1.
The phone rang urgently again and again until it woke Song Yunzheng from his sleep. It was a call from a colleague at the hospital. He picked up the phone and went to the living room balcony.
"Hey, what's up?" His voice was hoarse with sleepiness from just waking up.
"Dr. Song, our hospital has just admitted four patients with serious injuries from a car accident, two of whom are pregnant women. We need your help!"
Song Yunzheng's heart tightened, and his drowsiness vanished instantly. "Okay, I'll be right there." Saving lives is like putting out a fire.
He went back to the bedroom, glanced at the sleeping Lin Yue, suppressed the urge to kiss her, changed his clothes, grabbed his car keys, and quickly left.
Upon arriving at the hospital, the situation was far worse than he had imagined; one of the pregnant women had ruptured her abdomen, and the fetus had been squeezed out...
Song Yunzheng quickly changed into his surgical gear and strode into the operating room. As the door slowly closed and the operating lights came on, it was another battle against death...
The next morning, Lin Yue was woken up by her phone alarm. She kept her eyes closed and subconsciously reached for the spot next to her. Hmm? Why is no one here? The bed is still cold!
She sat up abruptly, peered into the bedroom, and shouted at the top of her lungs, "Honey! Are you there?"
"..." The only response she received was deathly silence.
She hurriedly threw off the covers and got out of bed, running around the room barefoot. She searched the living room, kitchen, and bathroom, but couldn't find a single person!
"Where did you go? You disappeared first thing in the morning," Lin Yue muttered as she lay back down in bed.
She picked up her phone and dialed Song Yunzheng's number. The phone rang for a long time, but no one answered.
"Where did you go? You didn't answer your phone! Did you go to the hospital so early?" Lin Yue felt inexplicably panicked.
As her thoughts raced, her phone suddenly received a text message from an unknown number. Lin Yue opened it and saw a photo. After zooming in and recognizing the person in the photo, she froze, her mind going completely blank…
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