Chapter 12

The final item was a test, a practical ability test. Ni Xia took out a plastic human model, simulating an injury to the left leg in an earthquake, and asked Shi Yi to treat the wound on the model.

Treating wounds was actually what Shi Yi was best at.

She liked to be mischievous when she was little and often got bumps and bruises, and after growing up, she had often fought with others in the orphanage.

During the five years in prison, being bullied and beaten was a daily occurrence, and new wounds appeared on her body almost every day. And all the wounds on her body over these years were treated by herself.

Heh, after treating them so many times, she had gained experience.

Shi Yi calmly put on gloves, then picked up a tourniquet, tied it 10 centimeters above the wound using a towel as a cushion, and loosened it every once in a while to prevent limb ischemia and necrosis. Next, she carefully rinsed the wound with normal saline to clean out foreign objects like mud and sand, then disinfected the skin with iodophor. Finally, she opened a sterile dressing pack, took out gauze of the appropriate size, and wrapped it in a spiral from the distal end of the limb to the proximal end for bandaging.

Throughout the process, Shi Yi handled it cleanly and neatly, without any dragging or hesitation, and the final bandage was also beautiful and of moderate tightness.

A transparent drop of sweat dripped down from her pale forehead.

Shi Yi looked up at Ni Xia, her pair of amber eyes filled with bright light.

"Teacher Ni, the wound treatment is complete, please check."

Ni Xia's heart moved slightly. She felt that there was a very special temperament about this girl—pure, cold, steady... but also inexplicably making people feel a bit heartbroken.

"Well, you performed very well today." Ni Xia smiled slightly, "We will formally notify you of the exam results by phone later."

Shi Yi breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

She bowed deeply to Ni Xia.

"Thank you, Teacher Ni!"

"You're welcome, you can go back now."

Shi Yi nodded and turned to walk out. Just as she reached the door and raised her hand to push it open, she suddenly hesitated for a few seconds... and finally stopped in her tracks.

"Teacher Ni, I... I have one more thing I want to tell you." Shi Yi turned her head and looked into Ni Xia's eyes.

Ni Xia raised her eyes.

"You have something else you want to tell me?"

"Yes."

"Okay, if you have anything to say, just say it directly."

On the other side, Su Yichen had just finished a surgery and returned to his office on the top floor. From afar, he saw a familiar figure walking out of the "International Medical Department" office.

Su Yichen's pupils shrank.

Shi Yi?!

"Xiao Yi!"

Su Yichen shouted, but the girl not far away didn't look back and instead quickened her pace. Su Yichen chased after that figure and finally intercepted Shi Yi in the garden downstairs.

"Xiao Yi, why are you hiding from me?"

Shi Yi pursed her lips helplessly, having already cursed the heavens countless times in her heart. Why was she so unlucky to run into Su Yichen!

"I'm not hiding from you, Su Yichen, is there something you need?"

Su Yichen's eyes were full of concern.

"Xiao Yi, why did you come to our hospital today?"

"Nothing, just picking up some medicine," Shi Yi casually found an excuse to brush him off.

Su Yichen was a smart person. He had long heard that during this period, the hospital had received a notice from the higher-ups and was organizing a "Medical Team to Sozali." People came for interviews every day, and the location was the "International Medical Department" where Shi Yi had just walked out of.

Looking at Shi Yi's dodging eyes, he became even more suspicious in his heart. Could it be... that Xiao Yi also went to interview for the "Medical Team to Sozali"?!

"Xiao Yi, tell me the truth, what did you go to the International Medical Department for? Was it to interview for... the Medical Team to Sozali?"

Shi Yi's face sank, and she said coldly:

"That has nothing to do with you."

Hearing Shi Yi say this, Su Yichen was startled. Shi Yi didn't deny it, so the matter was basically true.

"Xiao Yi, do you know where the Sozali Republic is?!"

"I know."

Su Yichen saw Shi Yi's calm and composed expression and said anxiously and angrily:

"But do you know how dangerous it is there?! War-torn, disease-ridden, extremely poor medical conditions, you could lose your life at any time! And now, a new virus has appeared there, with an extremely high infection rate and a very high mortality rate, spreading rapidly. With your body, you simply can't withstand that kind of environment!"

Shi Yi replied expressionlessly:

"I know all of this, but I've already made my decision."

"You've already decided?!" Su Yichen was so angry his nose was smoking. He never expected that Shi Yi would make such an outrageous decision on her own. If it weren't for running into her by chance today, he wouldn't even know by the time she reached Sozali.

"Are you stupid? Don't you know that no one is applying for this project at all! Isn't it good to stay in the country? Why go take risks with your own life?!" Su Yichen said through gritted teeth.

Shi Yi couldn't be bothered to explain to him, and didn't even want to say a word of nonsense to him.

She curled her lips slightly and spat out a few words sarcastically:

"My life isn't worth any money."

Su Yichen only felt that in an instant, his heart felt as if it had been shot by an arrow.

"Are you deliberately trying to anger me?! No one has ever said your life isn't worth money! Xiao Yi, I know I've done things that let you down, and I don't expect you to forgive me. But my feelings for you haven't changed to this day!"

"Have you ever thought about what I'll do if you leave?! I'll live in fear every day, worrying about whether you're safe, whether you're eating enough, whether you're sick! I can't live without you, please think for me, okay?"

Su Yichen knew that Shi Yi liked him; as long as he used himself to beg her or threaten her, she would soften her heart.

But this time, the routine that had always worked in the past was like a punch hitting cotton.

Only hearing Shi Yi say coldly:

"Su Yichen, what nonsense are you talking about? You and I have long had nothing to do with each other. I don't like you anymore."

Su Yichen only felt his breathing choke.

The thousands of apologies, pleas, and dissuasions that were already on the tip of his tongue couldn't be said even by a single word.

The air went quiet for a moment, as if one could hear a needle falling on the ground.

"If there's nothing else, I'm leaving."

Shi Yi turned and left. Just then, her arm was gripped by a large hand, and her body couldn't move at all.

"Su Yichen, what are you doing? This is a hospital, and it's also where you work. Do you want to do something to me here?!"

"I won't do anything to you."

Su Yichen said in a low voice, his voice carrying a trace of faint helplessness and sadness.

The next moment, he took out an exquisitely packaged small box from his bosom, and then, caught off guard, knelt on one knee in front of Shi Yi:

"Yi'er, I like you, marry me."