No one knows better than Lan Jingtang how tough it is to study medicine.
In this era, doctors were all men, which indirectly illustrates that learning medicine was not easy, and it was even more difficult for women.
Because of the shortage of doctors, doctors held a very high status in Shengjing.
In Lan Jingtang's view, An Yuan'er was delicate and frail, exuding a faint peach blossom fragrance. She could clearly dance and admire flowers like other girls, so why did she have to sit in front of medicinal herbs day after day?
Studying medicine requires patience, and An Yuan'er has never been the type to sit still.
Lan Jingtang's disagreement was within An Yuan'er's expectations.
However, An Yuan'er did not give up and shared her thoughts.
"In Shengjing City, it seems to be the norm for men to hold official positions and women to manage the household. Among women, Mo Ran, who fought on the battlefield, is one of the truly outstanding ones and can be called a heroine. But apart from that, even if a woman is talented, she is confined to the inner chambers and has no room for development."
“I often ask myself what I want to do in the future. I don’t like reading. When I was a child, even though Ali was a strict teacher, I often couldn’t memorize the texts. Although I have some knowledge of music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, I don’t plan to spend too much time on them. I don’t want to live an ordinary life like this. I’ve thought about it a lot. If I want to help people, I must first have the tools to help them. I want to study medicine to save more people.”
"As for enduring hardship. Although Yuan'er is proud, I am also an extremely stubborn person. Even if I start late, once I make up my mind, I will definitely succeed. If you don't believe me, you can supervise me. If I can't do what you ask, you can fire me, and I will have no complaints."
An Yuan'er's words struck a chord in Lan Jingtang's heart.
That girl shared the same unspoken understanding as he had once. Many years ago, when he was full of passion and hope, he also wanted to use his medical skills to help more people. The girl's thoughts coincided with his; in a way, they were unexpectedly in sync.
Lan Jingtang's gaze drifted northward. He remained silent for a moment before finally speaking slowly: "Yuan'er, besides these reasons, there's also... about him."
As expected, everything about An Yuan'er could not be kept from Lan Jingtang.
He was like a tapeworm in An Yuan'er's stomach; he could see through all of An Yuan'er's little thoughts.
An Yuan'er frankly admitted, "I never want to be powerless when the person I love falls in front of me again. I want to wait for him to come back; I want to save him..."
A faint bitterness spread through Lan Jingtang's heart. Even though An Yuan'er didn't say it, he knew what she was thinking.
But when she actually spoke of her deep affection for another man, Lan Jingtang was driven almost mad with jealousy.
His voice was hoarse as he asked painfully, "But Yuan'er, if he really doesn't come back, and you can't wait for him anymore, what will you do?"
The northern border is desolate, and Yi Chen's departure there was a desperate gamble. The probability of death far outweighs the probability of survival.
The girl knew this perfectly well, but she was still willing to hold onto that glimmer of light and live on.
An Yuan'er's gaze also drifted away.
The girl's voice was soft, filled with lingering longing: "He will come back. He knows I'm waiting for him, how could he bear to leave me! Lan Jingtang, I really want to have a dream that I'll never wake up from, a dream in which he will come back. Please don't ruin this dream for me, okay?"
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