The aloof military doctor arrives at the unit, and the tough guy can't sit still.

"Ward rounds, patient's name."

Just as Ma Daguang touched the doorknob, Xia Qiuran walked in wearing a mask.

Seeing this, Ma Daguang could only temporarily step aside.

Sun Xiaocao, who was sitting on the bed, finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw someone coming over. However, because she was seeing a doctor, she was too embarrassed to look up and only whispered her name.

Xia Qiuran pretended to write something down in her notebook, and while Ma Daguang wasn't paying attention, she kept making gestures to Sun Xiaocao, but Sun Xiaocao never noticed.

"Extend your hand, let me take your pulse," Xia Qiuran said as she walked to Sun Xiaocao's side.

"etc".

Just as Xia Qiuran was about to grab Sun Xiaocao's wrist, Ma Daguang suddenly walked over and stared straight at her.

"Doctor, your voice sounds familiar."

"I'm not a singer, I just have a normal voice, what's so familiar about that?"

Xia Qiuran spoke with her back to Ma Daguang, deliberately lowering her voice.

Ma Daguang felt increasingly uneasy as he listened, watching Xia Qiuran approach little by little.

"Dr. Xia, you've gone far enough. If I'm not mistaken, this is Dr. Zhong's bed, isn't it?"

Just then, Bai Xia, who was making her rounds in the ward, suddenly walked in.

Xia Qiuran's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down.

Bai Xia walked over with a cold face. Every patient has their own attending physician. Xia Qiuran's meddling in other people's patients' affairs made Bai Xia furious. She was determined to teach her a lesson.

"Director Bai, it's because you haven't assigned me any patients. I have no choice but to find patients myself. Otherwise, if you deduct my salary at the end of the month because of this, who can I complain to?"

Xia Qiuran, fearing that Ma Daguang would become suspicious, deliberately spoke in a sarcastic and mean tone.

Upon hearing this, Ma Daguang's initially wary gaze gradually softened. The person with the similar, meddlesome voice in his memory didn't seem to speak like that.

But Bai Xia interpreted this as a veiled reference to the fact that she had been penalized with two months' performance bonus.

Anger flared up instantly.

"You're not allowed to break the rules. Don't forget, I'm still the director. You have to listen to what I say." Bai Xia pointed at Xia Qiuran and scolded her.

Xia Qiuran curled the corners of her lips: "Yes, Director Bai, you may be putting on airs now, but who knows when you might completely lose your official authority."

Unexpectedly, Xia Qiuran dared to openly defy her. Bai Xia's chest heaved twice, and her eyes looked like she wanted to devour someone.

"If you want to argue, go outside. My wife needs to rest now."

Ma Daguang frowned deeply. His good mood had been interrupted by this unnecessary noise, which made him angry just thinking about it.

"Get out of here right now, and stop yelling at me," Ma Daguang shouted.

Bai Xia glanced at Ma Daguang with a sinister look in her eyes. It was already kind of them not to ask for red envelopes from a patient who came to see them, yet they dared to talk to her like that.

He immediately instructed the person next to him: "Xiao Liu, arrange for two more patients to be admitted to this ward later."

We'll assign you two patients who need cough and asthma medication, and see how you manage to rest.

Xia Qiuran stopped at the door, her voice tinged with displeasure.

"The ward door must not be closed; the nurses will come to check at any time." After saying that, he raised his head and walked out.

Unable to refute what he heard, Ma Daguang angrily punched the bed.

What a terrible hospital! He wants to be transferred to another hospital after these two days, no matter how well he gets there.

First, he encountered a doctor who acted as if he owed her a lot of money, then he met two doctors who were competing to be the most mean-spirited. The worst part was that they all took their anger out on him. If he hadn't been so anxious to get Sun Xiaocao better quickly, he would never have come to this lousy place in his entire life.

...

Ma Daguang kept a close watch, and Xia Qiuran hadn't found a chance to speak to Sun Xiaocao alone. After thinking for a while, she could only turn around and go back to find Zhong Wenmei.

After discussing it for a while, the two decided to bring Sun Xiaocao out under the pretext of an inspection.

Ma Daguang looked reluctant when he received the notice for another inspection.

"Didn't you just have a check-up before being admitted to the hospital? Why do you need to have another check-up?"

Upon entering the consultation room, Ma Daguang spoke to Zhong Wenmei with a stern face.

After each examination, the doctors would look at him with strange eyes, their eyes full of contempt, as if he were some heinous pervert.

What did he do wrong? She's his own wife; he can treat her however he wants.

Chung Wen-mei, as always, gave a curt reply.

"Don't you know how serious her injuries are? How can we treat her without a thorough examination? We doctors don't even complain about the examinations, but you're the one who's annoyed. If you don't want to wait, you can go back to your ward."

"Forget it, let's hurry up and check." Ma Daguang reluctantly walked to the door to wait.

Sun Xiaocao, head down, limped into the examination room and onto the examination bed.

Xia Qiuran, who had been waiting inside, immediately came over and grabbed Sun Xiaocao's hands.

Sun Xiaocao was startled at first, but when she saw that it was Xia Qiu, she couldn't stop the tears from flowing down her face.

She held Xia Qiuran's hand tightly, and all her grievances seemed to well up at once. Then, she tearfully recounted her recent experiences.

It turned out that about a week after Xia Qiuran left, Sun Xiaocao's stepmother discovered that she was faking illness. After beating her up, she called Zhao Feng that same day, and Ma Daguang arrived before evening.

To avoid any further complications, he raped her that very night in Sun Xiaocao's storeroom.

She screamed all night long, but her family didn't come out to see her even once.

Having tasted the sweetness of success, Ma Daguang was not stingy. After paying the money generously, he took Sun Xiaocao back to the city.

They call it a bride price, but it's really just money to buy her life.

During the days since returning to the city, Ma Daguang would lock her at home while he was at work, or have his parents come to watch over her. After get off work, he would do everything he could to take care of Sun Xiaocao.

In just one month, Sun Xiaocao went to the emergency room three times and to the illegal clinic countless times.

This time the infection was so severe that Ma Daguang was afraid she would die, so he had no choice but to take her to a large hospital for treatment.

"Qiu Ran, it's so good to see you again. Don't save me anymore, and don't give me any medicine. Just let me die like this. It would be a relief for me." Sun Xiaocao wiped away her tears and said with empty eyes.

Xia Qiuran held Sun Xiaocao's hands tightly the whole time, trying her best to comfort her.

"Little Grass, you've survived such difficult times at home before, how can you give up on your life so easily now?"

Sun Xiaocao's eyes were already brimming with tears. "Qiuran, you've never experienced it, so you'll never understand that feeling. He's a complete pervert. He... he puts all sorts of things in there. I've really reached my limit."

As she finished speaking, Sun Xiaocao unconsciously gripped her hair with both hands, as if she could no longer control her emotions, and her whole body trembled as she cried.

Xia Qiuran felt a pang of sadness in her heart. What had Sun Xiaocao done wrong? Just because she was born into a poor family, did she deserve to be treated like this?

"Little Grass, I know you're very sad right now, but you're not afraid of death anymore, so why would you be afraid of living? Go look at those beggars on the street. Even with broken legs, they're still desperately trying to grab food. There's hope for people as long as they're alive."

"I've already contacted the Women's Assistance Association. I've already inquired about it. Your situation falls under the category of abuse, domestic violence, and they will take care of it."

Xia Qiuran held Sun Xiaocao in her arms, and tears streamed down her face involuntarily.

"Is the check done? Why is it taking so long?"

Just then, Ma Daguang, who had been waiting outside for a long time but no one came out, shouted anxiously.

Upon hearing this, Chung Wen-mei immediately replied, "It will be ready soon. No men are allowed to come in."

"Xiao Cao, to make a long story short, I'll come find you tomorrow morning. We'll go to the Women's Association together. Do you dare to report Ma Daguang?" Xia Qiuran asked after wiping away her tears.