She closed her eyes and quickly fell asleep.
Yun Qiao was sleeping soundly in the middle of the night when he suddenly heard a hurried knock on the door.
Yun Qiao was startled and opened his eyes suddenly. The knocking on the door became more and more intense, and a female voice shouted, "Doctor, open the door quickly."
"Here I come."
Yun Qiao responded and quickly got up. He groped in the dark and grabbed the cord of the light beside the bed. He turned on the light, put on a coat, and went out to open the door with his shoes on.
Yun Qiao's eyes were a little sore from lack of sleep. Before opening the door, she dipped her hand in the basin with some water and rubbed her eyes to make herself feel more alert.
After opening the door, a woman in her thirties was standing outside. She was wearing a navy blue long-sleeved thin jacket with torn collar. Her face was red and swollen with finger marks and bloody scratches. It was obvious that she had just been beaten.
Yun Qiao was startled and said quickly: "Sister, are you... being bullied?"
The woman turned her head away with red eyes, avoiding Yun Qiao's gaze, and shook her head and said, "No, no, it's just that the couple had a conflict and had a fight."
Yun Qiao knew that many men in the countryside would beat their wives, and they never held back. In the short time she had been working as a health worker, she had already treated several women who had been victims of domestic violence.
She couldn't help but ask: "So... are you here to see your injury?"
The woman shook her head again, lowered her eyes, and said in a trembling voice, "No, no, here, get some medicine for my son. He, he has a fever. Doctor, please prescribe some medicine for him."
"Is the child here?" Yun Qiao asked.
The woman was stunned for a moment, then said a little slowly, "I'm coming. Right, right behind me."
Yun Qiao walked over the woman's body and saw a tall figure standing in the shadow not far from the steps, holding a small body wrapped tightly in a bed sheet in his arms.
Yun Qiao frowned and couldn't help but say, "It's summer now, and the temperature at night isn't cold. Since the child has a fever, don't wrap him up so tightly. It won't dissipate heat well."
The woman first said "ah", then "oh", and then her body suddenly began to tremble uncontrollably.
Yun Qiao didn't know why she was shaking suddenly, but seeing her pale face, he thought she was hurt, so he said considerately, "Sister, please come in first. After I finish treating your son, I'll apply some medicine to your injury."
The woman didn't enter the house. She just waved her hand and said, "No, no, it's just a minor injury. My son is fine, he just has a fever. Just give him some antipyretics."
Yun Qiao shook his head. "No, a child's fever is just a symptom. There are many reasons for a fever, and we need to treat it accordingly. It's not like just giving them some antipyretics will fix it."
"Antipyretics only reduce fever. They only treat the symptoms, not the root cause. The fever will return after the effect of the medicine wears off," Yun Qiao explained patiently. "Bring the child here. Let's take his temperature first and then check what's causing the fever. That way, we can prescribe the right medicine."
The woman's expression changed instantly. She waved her hands and stepped back, "Then...then we won't prescribe the medicine. We won't prescribe the medicine."
The woman was trembling all over, the muscles on her face were twitching unnaturally, and her expression seemed extremely nervous.
She kept backing away until she reached her husband, who was holding the child.
The two of them turned around quickly and ran away.
Yun Qiao's actions left her husband baffled. He subconsciously called out, "Sister, you're just leaving like that? You're not going to reduce the child's fever?"
The woman turned a deaf ear and walked faster.
The backs of the two people looked like they were fleeing in panic.
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Yun Qiao stared in bewilderment at the figure in front of him disappearing into the vast night, and it took him a long time to come to his senses.
What are you doing?
Now that you're here, why don't you treat your child?
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