Chapter 223: Studying Medicine

Dean. She performed a student salute.

Then she said to everyone, "Mr. Ningguang."

"Please have a seat." Jiang Yunchu pointed to a straw mat on the side; this house was temporarily built, with limited supplies.

"You four are all here; the battlefield isn't as simple as you imagine. Zhiqiu, do you think the pain you just felt is already the limit?"

"No, that's just a beginning."

"The pain of suturing, the pain of broken bones, the pain of weapons piercing the body—all kinds of pain are far greater than the pain of disinfection."

Jiang Yunchu's voice was calm, carrying a hint of a smile—yes, a smile.

No one knew what emotion she was feeling now, nor did anyone know the comfort in her heart at this moment.

She never favored males over females, and she never thought that anything was something women couldn't do.

Just as her reputation as a military doctor echoed across the entire Blue Star.

"If you choose the battlefield, then think carefully whether these are things you can bear." She said softly, speaking slowly to give the children time to think.

She didn't oppose girls going to the battlefield, but if they went, what they would have to endure is often far more than what boys face.

For example, prisoners, gender differences, strength differences, and...

These are unavoidable; if you make a choice, these are things you must face.

"I won't go to the battlefield." At that moment, a voice carried calmness and childishness.

Calm and childish—what mismatched words.

But at this moment, they were fully displayed in a single voice.

"Nai Xin?" Kang Zi Wei looked at her sister.

Kang Nai Xin smiled, her small face showing a hint of understanding: "I'm not suited for that place."

Battlefield— that sacred place.

Kang Wen's goal was there, Ningguang's goal was there, and Zhi Xia's goal was there.

Many people's goals are on the battlefield, but their rear needs someone.

Those who can stay behind, and those willing to stay behind, are few.

Zhang Cunwen is one such person, and she wants to stay behind to guard the rear.

In a corner unknown to anyone, a little girl had long seen through the situation and understood people's hearts; she simply didn't want to say it, nor did she need to.

Does she like the battlefield?

She probably does, after all, the person she admires and the one she clings to loves that battlefield so much—how could she not long for it?

But she cannot!

She has people to protect, positions to hold; what she guards might not be any less a battlefield.

"Have you decided?" Jiang Yunchu looked at her, that girl who is ten years old.

Kang Nai Xin didn't say more, just lightly nodded, her pale lips slightly curved: "Decided."

Jiang Yunchu turned back: "Good."

"I'm going to suture now, Kang Zhiqiu—remember this pain, and protect yourself afterward." Jiang Yunchu's gaze shifted; her hand moved quickly, the white thread extremely fine, the oddly shaped needle constantly shuttling.

Ningguang everyone watched, Kang Zhi Chun watched, Kang Nai Xin watched, and Kang Zi Wei also watched.

Kang Zhiqiu bit her lip hard, "uh..." The intense pain made her involuntarily groan; human instinct isn't something you can just control.

Six stitches...

Jiang Yunchu quickly used scissors to cut the thread.

"If you choose the battlefield, pain may accompany you for life." She lifted her head, her eyes clear, as if devoid of emotion.

"Are you ready?"

"Ready...... ready......" Kang Zhiqiu's words seemed to seep out from between her teeth; the intense pain still made her body tremble, yet her gaze was so determined.

"Good!" Jiang Yunchu no longer objected, nor did she refuse.

Then she looked at Kang Zhi Chun; in the whole class, she was the oldest, a natural commander, emotionally steady, her words able to soothe hearts.

Such a person is what the barracks need.

"I've long been ready; from the day I accepted my mother's training, I had already decided." Kang Zhi Chun said without hesitation, a smile on her lips as she spoke.

During her training, her mother had already asked her if she had decided.

At that time, the young child's eyes were full of innocence and perseverance: "Mom, I've decided."

By now, Da Ning had fallen from a once-mighty nation to a border constantly harassed, its people struggling to survive; her belief grew ever stronger.

She wants to go out, to a frontier town, to that battlefield.

Who says women are inferior to men?

Kang Zhi Chun cannot change that, but countless Kang Zhi Chun will appear.

"Good."

Jiang Yunchu looked at Kang Zi Wei, the only person in this room who hasn't made a choice.

"Dean, I want to study medicine."

She used to think that as a person, she shouldn't be a man's appendage.

As her time at Chun Hua Xue Yuan lengthened, and as her companions' hearts grew firmer, she still hadn't found her own path.

Until...

Today!

Until...

Now!

She watched the Dean treat herself and treat Zhiqiu, and it seemed she had found it.

At that time, the Dean had no pressure, instead seeming to carry a faint light, with a gentle complexion and an approachable demeanor.

"Medical skill." Jiang Yunchu did not lift their head, but was treating Kang Zhiqiu's arm.

"The path of studying medicine is not only difficult, but also very painful."

She spoke softly, the washing motion of her hands never stopping, and she did not even look at Kang Zi Wei.

"I don't know what others have to go through to study medicine, but studying medicine with me..."

At that moment, she lifted her head and glanced at Kang Zi Wei, "You may have to endure inhumane treatment."

"For example, the male body, you need to understand."

"For example, you must associate with snakes, insects, and rats, testing techniques daily, and performing incisions and sutures every day."

"For example, you must go to disaster areas to provide free medical care, and go to impoverished areas to treat illnesses."

"Not only that; these are merely superficial."

It's not to make things difficult for others, but these are all things she has experienced; she came step by step, medical skill is not innate, it is the accumulation of over ten years from her previous life, drawn bit by bit from the battlefield.

The inner difficulties, from feeling nauseated at the sight of snakes and rats to later having a blank expression, these require oneself.

Seeing comrades leave, she was powerless, hating her own inadequacy; this path also requires her to walk it herself, no one can take her place.

Now......

This frail girl said, she wants to study medicine.

She helplessly recalled a modern saying: "Persuading someone to study medicine brings down heavenly thunder and lightning..."

When Jiang Yunchu said these things, Ningguang everyone's brows furrowed; she looked at Yun Chu's medical skill, which was not quite the same as theirs, being quicker and more convenient, never expecting that they had gone through so much.