Courtyard House: Drunk and barging into the Xu family's house, I woke up numb.

"See? I'm not a bad person."

Ding Qiunan thought to herself, "Are you a bad person? You are a bad guy, a rotten egg, with a really bad heart."

"Okay, wait a minute."

Ding Qiunan returned Cao Xu's work ID. She really wanted to kick him out, but he was the first patient she had treated since joining the factory.

Forget it, I'll just swallow my anger and treat it like I was bitten by a cat on the street.

After figuring it out, Ding Qiunan reached out to check Cao Xu's arm, and Cao Xu felt the coolness from Ding Qiunan's fingertips.

He looked up at Ding Qiunan, whose cheeks were puffed out, and seeing the look in her eyes that seemed to want to kill him, Cao Xu couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

Am I just bored and looking for trouble? Why am I flirting with this young girl? I wonder if she'll try something bad on me.

"Hey, Dr. Ding, I'm telling you, I'm the patient, and you're the doctor."

"We have a doctor-patient relationship now, so we can't settle personal scores."

Ding Qiunan thought to herself, "Now you know fear, huh?"

"Don't worry, although I've just started working, I'm a doctor with professional ethics."

"I won't resort to dirty tricks against you. Even if I were to hit you, I would do it openly and honestly."

Ding Qiunan pinched the muscles on Cao Xu's arm and then placed her palm on his arm to feel it.

After a thorough examination, Ding Qiunan asked.

"You've been pinned down."

Cao Xu realized that Ding Qiunan's tone wasn't a question, but a confirmation.

Well, this little girl does have some skills.

"That's right, he was the one who got pinned down. He was accidentally pinned down while catching a thief."

Cao Xu made up an excuse about his profession; he couldn't very well tell her that he had messed up a difficult game last night and ended up being pinned down by Lou Xiao'e.

Moreover, he wasn't lying. Ever since the steel mill took on the subway order and added night shifts, some people in the factory have been eyeing the scrap materials.

These days, the security department is paying extra attention to this matter and has caught many workers smuggling parts out.

Three days ago, when he went out on patrol at night, he single-handedly took down five guys who were stealing state property under the cover of night.

Zhao Dong, the sidekick, was even injured because of this, but that happened three days ago, before Ding Qiunan arrived.

It's okay for him to make things up now, and no one will be so bored as to go and verify it.

"If you don't have the ability, don't try to be a hero. This time you injured your arm, but next time you won't be so lucky."

Cao Xu said with a serious expression.

"Protecting national property is both a mission and a responsibility. This is what we in the security department earn our salaries from. This little injury is nothing."

"Besides, their fifth brother was more seriously injured than me. He's probably still in the hospital and won't be able to get out of bed for ten days to two weeks."

Ding Qiunan originally thought this guy was a newbie, but she never expected him to be a warrior who could take on ten men at once.

At this moment, she did not doubt the truthfulness of Cao Xu's words. First of all, no one would dare to tell such a lie, and secondly, she had already noticed it when she examined Cao Xu's body earlier.

Cao Xu's chicken meat was unusually firm, and his skin was particularly tight, clearly indicating that he was not an ordinary security guard.

Although she thought this way, Ding Qiunan didn't let Cao Xu off the hook with her words.

"Alright, stop bragging. You, taking on five at once?"

"Just don't get yourself into trouble. Next time something happens, make sure your own safety is the first priority."

Even so, Ding Qiunan's massage of Cao Xu was noticeably gentler.

Cao Xu didn't argue. He knew that this little girl was deliberately trying to provoke him in order to get revenge.

After more than ten minutes, Cao Xu felt that his arm had loosened up considerably and felt much more comfortable than before; at least he could no longer feel any significant pain.

Ding Qiunan placed her hands on her chest and reminded Cao Xu.

"Raise your arm, I'm going to put some more pressure on you, it might hurt a little, just bear with it."

After the sound faded, Cao Xu felt a sharp pain in the upper part of his arm.

"Hiss..."

This numb and painful sensation made Cao Xu feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Dr. Ding, could you be a little gentler?"

"It doesn't just hurt a little, it really hurts, it hurts even more than when I was being pressed down."

Looking at Ding Qiunan's fair and delicate hands, which were just as soft as cotton a moment ago, how come they are now as hard as knives?

Seeing Cao Xu's slightly pained expression, Ding Qiunan felt a little smug.

"Team Leader Cao, you're a grown man, fighting five against one, are you afraid of pain?"

"Please don't cry, I don't have any candy to comfort you."

Cao Xu was speechless. He knew that this little girl must be settling a personal score, and she had at least used more force than usual.

As she spoke, Cao Xu's arm was lifted up by her again, but this time the force was noticeably gentler.

Her eyes were constantly observing his arm, as if afraid of missing something.

"Ding Qiunan, can I ask you about someone?"

Ding Qiunan said.

"explain."

Cao Xu thought for a moment and then asked the question.

Do you know someone named Nan Yi?

"It should be at the machine repair shop."

Ding Qiunan thought for a moment and said.

Are you talking about Nan Yi, the cook at Nanshan Machinery Repair Factory?

Cao Xu had also forgotten which machine repair shop Nan Yi was in the drama, but since Ding Qiunan said it was Nanshan, then let's go with Nanshan.

"It seems so. Do you know him?"

Ding Qiunan said.

"When I was still working at the factory hospital, I went to the branch factory for an internship and spent a month at the machine repair shop."

"When I first arrived, he was working as a chef in the cafeteria. Later, I don't know what mistake he made, but he was punished by being sent to the cleaning team to clean toilets."

“When I came back last month, he was still with the cleaning crew.”

Cao Xu felt something was wrong when he heard this. Wasn't the scene where Nan Yi was punished to clean toilets the beginning of the TV series "People are Iron, Food is Steel"?

If he remembered correctly, the story started in 1963. How come it's already past New Year's Day 1966 and he's still cleaning toilets?

"Dr. Ding, may I ask how old you are this year?"

Ding Qiunan didn't want to answer the question, but after seeing Cao Xu's expression, she answered it anyway.

"nineteen."

"Team Leader Cao, you're only twenty years old this year."

"What's wrong? You think I'm too young and don't trust me?"

Nineteen years old? That's not right. It seems something must have changed.

However, Cao Xu soon stopped worrying about it. Ding Qiunan, who was originally supposed to marry Cui Dake, had already entered the steel rolling mill. What else was impossible?

When you have time later, go take a walk around and see for yourself to get a feel for it.

"No? How could that be?"

"If I didn't trust you, would I give you my arm?"

Hearing this, Ding Qiunan continued massaging Cao Xu's arm.

Unbeknownst to him, Cao Xu's eyes once again fell on Ding Qiunan, who was leaning against his arm.

I must say, this little girl is quite pretty, especially in that white lab coat.

The doctor, a young woman in a white coat—at that moment, Cao Xu suddenly felt a chill.

What's wrong with me? Could it be because I didn't sleep well last night? How could I have such wicked thoughts?

No, this habit must be changed, it absolutely must be changed.

He's an upright man; even if he doesn't commit to one person for life, he should at least see things through to the end.

But this girl is indeed quite pretty, and quite soft.

Wait, why does it feel so soft to me?

Cao Xu snapped out of his daze and looked in the direction of the hand he felt, only to be stunned by what he saw.

His hand was inside someone's chest, and the soft feeling in his hand was coming from that forbidden place.

This...this isn't small at all.