Yi Qing's hand holding a custard apple paused. It seemed that she had been too excited today. She thought she had been very careful, but still someone had noticed.
"This patient is rather special. There are multiple comminuted fractures all over the body, the spine is injured, and there are internal injuries too. In principle, it's impossible for this patient to survive, but somehow the patient has been lingering on. I'd like to take on this challenge." Yi Qing said seriously.
Lu Tianxun was still a bit skeptical.
"Principal Lu, if Madame can't cure that person, we'll all be fed to the insects. It's quite normal for Madame to be concerned, isn't it?" Gan Ermei analyzed.
Lu Tianxun didn't quite believe Gan Ermei's analysis. He preferred to believe the reason Yi Qing had given.
"Alright, starting tomorrow I'll teach Ermei some new things. You'll be my assistant then." Yi Qing didn't want to talk about it anymore.
"Like when we treated Miss Yuan last time?" Gan Ermei's eyes instantly lit up, eager to try.
"It'll be a thousand times more difficult than last time." Yi Qing said straightforwardly.
"Okay." Gan Ermei got excited.
Outside, Wu Min heard their conversation and rolled her eyes slightly. Could it be that she had thought too much?
Yi Qing's behavior today made her feel that Yi Qing was hiding something from her. It seemed she was just a fool.
Although Wu Peng's cave was large, there were no partitions. Gan Ermei guarded Yi Qing and they slept inside, while Lu Tianxun slept on the other side of the cave.
Hearing Gan Ermei's snores, Yi Qing shook her awake and then gave her a few acupuncture needles. Only then did Gan Ermei stop snoring, and Lu Tianxun laughed from his side.
Yi Qing ignored him and lay down inside Gan Ermei to sleep.
When they woke up in the morning, there were still a few dimly - lit insects. There was a bit of daylight, but it was rather dim below.
Yi Qing looked up at the crack in the ceiling, wondering where in Southern Xinjiang this place was. If she had known she would meet Xiao Jinghan here, she would have gotten a map of Southern Xinjiang earlier to see which place was similar to this one.
"Did you sleep well last night?" Lu Tianxun also came out.
"Not bad." Yi Qing kept a distance from Lu Tianxun. "Principal Lu has lived a life of luxury since childhood. You must not be used to such an environment. When Wu Peng comes back, I'll have someone take you out."
Lu Tianxun indeed had never experienced such an environment. "What about you? How can a woman endure such hardships?"
"This is nothing." Yi Qing said directly. "I've been through even tougher times."
Lu Tianxun didn't know what Yi Qing had been through. "Do you mean when you were in the countryside before?"
Yi Qing didn't answer.
Lu Tianxun thought Yi Qing didn't want to mention those things. "It won't be like that in the future. If we have to stay here for a long time, I'll talk to Wu Min and have some things brought in. After all, if you don't rest well, it will affect your medical skills."
"Sure." Yi Qing didn't refuse.
After a while, the daylight became a bit brighter, and Wu Min came to lead them.
"Follow me." She said and walked in front.
Lu Tianxun quickened his steps and walked in front of Yi Qing. "Miss Wu Min, we..."
Wu Min suddenly turned around, reached out her hand towards Lu Tianxun. A half - foot - long centipede was lying on the back of her hand, arching its body towards Lu Tianxun.
Lu Tianxun was startled and stood still, staring at the centipede.
"Call me Saintess from now on." Wu Min said threateningly.
Lu Tianxun's heart was pounding fast. He was okay when facing people, but when it came to insects that he couldn't communicate with, he felt unsure. "Saintess of Wu Gorge, since we're going to stay here for a long time, we need to get some things."
Wu Min put away the centipede and turned around. "Write a list and give it to me."
"Okay." Lu Tianxun secretly let out a sigh of relief.
Just now, Yi Qing was also startled. Why did Wu Min start getting aggressive at the slightest disagreement?
The three of them followed Wu Min for a long time. Yi Qing felt that they might have taken another route because this way didn't pass by the forbidden area.
It was not until the sun shone directly inside that they reached a place. This place was quite open. Looking up, they could see a large expanse of sky, and there were many dense trees on it. It should be a huge sinkhole.
"You can make a fire here, but move a bit towards the middle." Wu Min walked up to Yi Qing and gave her a fire starter. "As for how to live, you figure it out on your own. Tell me if you need anything."
Yi Qing nodded. "Okay."
"You can move around freely here, but don't wander around in Wu Gorge. If you get poisoned by poisonous gu insects, I won't save you." Wu Min said and then left.
"How are we supposed to live like this? There isn't even a cave." Gan Ermei instantly thought it would be good to just have fruits to eat.
"A sinkhole usually has its own climate. It's not a problem to survive. Besides, she promised to get things for us." Yi Qing was quite optimistic.
Lu Tianxun nodded. "I'll go and take a look around first. You two don't wander around." He said and continued walking towards the middle.
"Madame, why doesn't she let us make a fire in the cave?" Gan Ermei was puzzled.
"Such cracks and karst caves are mostly of karst landform. Coupled with the humidity inside, if we make a fire, the wet rocks might fall when heated. In a more serious case, the whole cave might collapse." Yi Qing analyzed.
Although people had lived in this crevice for a long time, any accident could happen.
"Ah? It's that serious?" Gan Ermei didn't understand what karst landform was. She only heard that the result was very serious.
Yi Qing didn't know how the people in Wu Gorge knew this, but there must have been a previous example.
It seemed that there was only Wu Min in Wu Gorge, but there should be other people. Otherwise, who prepared things for Wu Min? She surely wouldn't prepare things on her own.
"Be careful. Although Wu Min said there are no gu insects here, there may be other insects." Yi Qing reminded.
"But there don't seem to be any insects at all." Gan Ermei was poking at the grass with a branch.
Yi Qing also noticed that there really seemed to be no insects here. She walked a bit further inside. The terrain there was a bit higher, and the grass was not that dense. There were no insects at all.
Lu Tianxun walked over. "I've looked around here. There are no caves for us to take shelter in. It seems we'll have to camp."
Yi Qing looked up at the trees above. "Can you build a thatched cottage?"
Lu Tianxun also looked over. "No."
"Can you cut trees?" Yi Qing planned to settle down here first.
"Yes." Lu Tianxun felt a bit embarrassed.
Originally, he was supposed to take care of Yi Qing, but now it seemed that Yi Qing had to look after him.
Yi Qing tore off the tree bark and kneaded it into ropes. Gan Ermei was very strong. By the time it got dark, they had already built the prototype of a thatched cottage.
There were no glowing insects here, but they could make a fire. Wu Min had someone send over some food. They ate a bit and then sat around the fire, twisting ropes and gathering the thatch together.
Seeing how proficient Yi Qing was, Lu Tianxun wondered if she could really go to such lengths for a stranger.
"You're a doctor. How do you know how to do these things?" Lu Tianxun asked curiously.
"A doctor has to survive too." Yi Qing saw Lu Tianxun's confusion. She thought she had to find a chance to get rid of Lu Tianxun. He was too smart.