Chapter 347: No chatting allowed

The attendant led the five of them all the way toward the venue.

No one spoke.

Only the heavy footsteps of the big macaques and the huffing sounds from their large nostrils, like four turbo fans.

The handsome young man followed closely behind Du Ruo, keeping far away from the two people from the Ghost Fang Kingdom, looking as if he wanted to keep his distance.

Such a large villa naturally required maintenance.

Along the way, they encountered several servants, some cleaning, some watering, some digging soil to fill pits, all busy and happy.

Du Ruo observed curiously as she walked.

The Commandery Prince Ji's mansion had just transferred a villa to her, and she hadn't had time to see it yet. She didn't know what the situation was inside or if it needed repairs. Perhaps she could get some inspiration by looking at someone else's villa...

Just as she was watching with great interest, a scream suddenly came.

The few turned their heads in unison to look.

They saw an old woman lying by the corridor not far away, face up, looking painful and crying out in pain.

Beside her on the ground was a basin of water, which was already quite murky, and the old woman was holding a rag.

It looked like she had accidentally slipped while working.

If she were young, it wouldn't be a big deal; at most, her bones would ache for a few days. But it was different for the elderly. Most elderly people have underlying conditions, and combined with osteoporosis, even a minor fall could very likely cost them their lives.

Dr. Ke subconsciously wanted to go over and take a look, but was stopped by the attendant.

"Don't worry about her." The attendant's face was full of impatience. "There are still so many people waiting in line behind; we don't have time to waste on her."

Hearing this, Dr. Ke was unhappy.

"How can you be so cold-blooded? Human life is at stake. Will you take responsibility if something happens?"

The attendant had an indifferent attitude. "It wasn't me who pushed her, so what does it have to do with me? My duty is to lead you in; I treat everything else as if I didn't see it."

The old woman seemed to hear their argument and became anxious, struggling to raise her hand and wave it toward them. "Trouble you all... help me up, I can't get up..."

Dr. Ke glared at the attendant. "Did you hear that? She can't get up!"

The attendant, however, refused to let them go, insisting on taking them away.

Du Ruo always felt something was wrong.

First of all, with such a grand Medical Conference, was there a shortage of manpower? Why would they let an old woman work as a servant?

Secondly, the attendant's performance was overly ruthless and deliberate, which did not fit the purpose of the Medical Conference.

There was likely some trickery involved.

Thinking of the man faking illness yesterday, and the snail-like speed of entering today...

Du Ruo suddenly realized.

She curled her lips imperceptibly, then ignored the attendant's obstruction and walked straight toward the old woman, saying righteously: "As a doctor, how can one see someone dying and not save them? If you are afraid of delaying time, take the others and go first; we will go over ourselves later."

Dr. Ke snorted, pushed the attendant aside, and followed behind Du Ruo.

The handsome young man looked at Du Ruo and the others, then at the two big macaques, and followed as well.

The attendant looked helpless. "Suit yourselves, anyway, if you are late and miss the competition, that's your own business."

As he spoke, he turned to look at the two medical envoys from the Ghost Fang Kingdom, putting on a smiling face. "And you two? Are you going or staying?"

"Of course we're going. They aren't our people, why care if she lives or dies?" one of the big macaques said gruffly.

"Exactly," the other added. "Where we come from, only useful people are worth saving. For useless trash like this, it's no pity if they die!"

The attendant's face stiffened for a moment, but soon returned to normal.

"Alright then, please follow me, you two."

The three went into the venue on their own.

Du Ruo and the others had already helped the old woman up. The old woman groaned while gratefully thanking them. "It's really thanks to you all, you are all such good people!"

Dr. Ke took her pulse to confirm she was fine before feeling relieved.

Du Ruo also scanned her with the system.

Indeed, there was nothing wrong; no broken bones, just a few common geriatric diseases, but nothing major.

After giving a few instructions, Du Ruo and the others left quickly and hurried to the venue.

Fortunately, the competition hadn't started yet.

Du Ruo and Dr. Ke found two empty seats and sat down. The handsome young man sat on the other side of Du Ruo, stealing glances at her from time to time.

Dr. Ke was very vigilant and immediately swapped seats with Du Ruo, turning to glare at him unhappily. "Hey kid, what are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen a beauty?"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was abrupt." The handsome young man apologized repeatedly. "I didn't mean anything else, I just thought this young lady looked a bit like my master, so I couldn't help but look a few more times..."

So that was it.

Dr. Ke's expression softened a lot, and he laughed. "So your master is also a female doctor!"

The handsome young man shook his head. "No, he is a man."

Dr. Ke's smile froze on his face.

Du Ruo chuckled. "You mean, I look like a man?"

"No, no, no, I didn't mean that, I..."

The handsome young man looked panicked, the more he explained, the more confused it got. Finally, he gave up explaining and introduced himself directly. "My surname is Mo, called Mo Changsheng. You can just call me Changsheng. I came from a very far place, and it took me half a month on the road. How about you? What are your names? Where are you from?"

This person was really noisy.

Based on the warning motto of not talking to strangers, Du Ruo just gave a faint "Oh" and ignored him.

Dr. Ke directly pushed Mo Changsheng far away with his butt, forbidding him from chatting with Du Ruo.

You can know a person's face but not their heart. Don't look at this kid having a simple and harmless face; who knows what kind of ghost ideas he has in his heart? What if he is a wolf in sheep's clothing?

He had to keep a good watch for his Master-in-law.

When the sun was high, there was finally movement on the stage, and the judges took their seats.

Wen Shiyuan, the head of the Medical Conference, walked to the front and announced loudly: "The second round of the competition has ended. There were a total of 538 people, and 250 passed!"

The list was posted quickly.

The crowd below exploded, everyone whispering and discussing.

Bang!

The people from the Ghost Fang Kingdom were the first to stand up, slapping the table and roaring at the stage: "Bullshit! When was the competition held? How come I didn't know?"

Seeing someone take the lead, those who were eliminated also started arguing.

"Exactly, what was the competition even about?"

"Even if we die, we should die knowing why. You can't just say who passed and who didn't. Please produce evidence!"

"There's a dark secret in the competition, we don't accept this!"

The scene was in chaos.

Wen Shiyuan wasn't in a hurry. After they had argued enough, he spoke calmly. "For those who say they don't know what the competition was, let me remind you. I believe all of you saw someone injured when you arrived, right? Since you saw it, why did some care, while others chose to ignore it?"

"As a doctor, medical ethics always comes first, and medical skills come second."

"A person without a heart of compassion, what is there to talk about saving lives? Even if such a person has excellent medical skills, they are not worthy of being called a divine doctor!"

Once these words were out, the scene fell into silence.

Many people showed expressions of shame on their faces.

Indeed, they had seen it at the time, but in order not to delay entering the competition, and because it didn't concern them, they all pretended not to see.

They didn't know this was actually a test...

"Alright, since everyone has no objections, let's proceed to the third round of the competition," Wen Shiyuan said. ===== CHAPTER 348 =====