There's a big problem with dreams in this world.

Current skill level: Basic acting skills 100%

"........."

After a moment of silence, Lu Qing said quietly, "System, are you trying to say that my acting is very good?"

For some reason, a sense of guilt suddenly welled up inside me...

She shook her head, folded the letter she had written, put it in her pocket, and then turned and left the girl's house.

Next, she will go back to "her" home to take a look. If I'm not mistaken, during this time, Dina will also be developing a serious lung disease.

"........"

Even though I knew I was in a hallucination, I couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness.

Furthermore, there is one thing Lu Qing must be aware of: once back home, the doctor's consciousness will inevitably take over.

However, during her free time at work, she must return home.

Lu Qing couldn't quite explain why she had to go back, but she just felt in her heart that she had to. Lu Qing thought this might also be related to breaking the illusion.

So, will she be able to maintain her consciousness when she returns home?

Thinking this, as Lu Qing walked back, she kept telling herself, "I am Lu Qing, I am Lu Qing, I am Lu Qing..."

Although this method sounds clumsy, the effect is real. With Lu Qing constantly giving herself positive self-talk, she did not lose control of her mind even when she arrived at her doorstep.

Reaching out and pushing open the door, Lu Qing noticed that Diana wasn't in the living room. Stepping inside, she instinctively called out, "Dina?"

"doctor?"

A slightly surprised voice came from the bedroom. Lu Qing followed the sound, pushed open the bedroom door, and saw Diana wearing pajamas, getting off the bed.

"Oops........"

Almost the instant he saw Diana, the doctor's previously suppressed consciousness gradually returned.

Upon realizing this, Lu Qing could only quickly pinch her thigh hard to suppress the doctor's consciousness again.

The moment she suppressed the doctor's consciousness, a memory entered her mind.

Diana seems to have admired her father since childhood and has developed a certain yearning for the medical profession.

So when she grew up, Diana, like her father, applied to medical school and became her father's assistant after graduation.

Hmm... Perhaps it's out of her seriousness about the medical profession or some other reason, but Diana usually calls her father "doctor," and only in closer situations will she call him "father."

The memory ended there. Lu Qing watched as the girl in front of her put on her slippers, then smiled at her and said, "Welcome home, Dad."

"Ah."

As another part of the doctor's memories resurfaced in her mind, Lu Qing nodded to Diana but didn't say anything.

"Doctor, you must be very tired after a long day of work. If you want to rest, go lie down in the bedroom. I'll prepare dinner for you," Diana said after receiving Lu Qing's reply.

"I......"

Lu Qing originally wanted to say that she had already eaten, but after thinking about the porridge in the basement and the home-cooked dishes made by her daughter, she felt that it wouldn't be a problem to eat a little more, so she nodded and said, "Please."

"Okay, then I'll go prepare now~" Diana smiled, then quickly left the bedroom and ran towards the kitchen.

Lu Qing left Diana's room and went to her own bedroom, where she collapsed onto the bed to rest.

I have to say, after getting used to the wooden planks in the basement, this soft mattress feels a bit strange.

Lu Qing smiled bitterly, but did not get out of bed.

It's one thing to be unaccustomed to something, but it's quite another to be comfortable with it.

Let your body rest well, but you can't relax mentally yet, since the doctor's mind could rebound at any time.

..........

About five minutes later, the aroma of food began to waft through the air. Lu Qing sniffed, and her stomach immediately started growling.

Opening her eyes, Lu Qing got out of bed and entered the living room.

She looked into the kitchen and saw Diana pouring a pot of broth into a bowl; her slender arms, however, possessed remarkable strength.

"Doctor, you're here! I've already prepared the food, so please eat quickly," Diana said with a smile as she saw Lu Qing come out.

She placed a plate of roasted potatoes on the table and then pulled Lu Qing to the dining table.

"Doctor, you eat first, I'll go back to my bedroom to rest now," Diana said to Lu Qing with a smile, and then prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute..." Lu Qing suddenly thought of something, her mind went blank, and she quickly reached out and grabbed Diana's wrist.

"What's wrong?" Diana looked at Lu Qing with some confusion. For some reason, Lu Qing felt that there was something strange about Diana's voice.

"Are you hiding something from me?" Recalling her previous speculation, Lu Qing's heart sank.

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Chapter 364: The Doctor Was Right

"No... cough cough, cough cough cough!" Before Diana could finish speaking, she couldn't hold back the feeling in her throat and coughed.

"As expected..." Lu Qing's expression hardened. Just as she had thought, Diana had already contracted lung disease at this time.

She had no way to treat lung disease because she was just a doctor who could only use medicine and make simple herbs, but could not make medicine that could cure lung disease.

The forest has been sealed off, and unless she can find the medicine to treat her lung disease in some of the dilapidated houses inside the forest, Dinah is basically doomed.

They were too preoccupied to eat anymore; Lu Qing's thoughts at this moment were completely aligned with the doctor's.

"Sit down quickly, let me check you out." Lu Qing stood up with a serious expression and pressed Diana into a chair.

"I'm fine, it's just that my throat is a little sore," Diana said, forcing a smile as she saw Lu Qing's serious expression.

"Whether you're alright or not is up to me," Lu Qing said expressionlessly.

Suppressing her conscious thoughts again, she immediately came up with some methods for examining patients without tools such as stethoscopes.

"Come on, open your mouth..."

"Let me see your eyes..."

"Where does it hurt the most, and exactly how does it hurt?"

[Basic medical skills proficiency increased by 20%.]

Current skill level: Basic Medicine 20%

The voice in her mind made Lu Qing pause slightly before returning to normal.

She didn't continue examining Diana after that. To be honest, she couldn't figure anything out at the moment. Without the equipment to check, she could only guess that Diana might have a problem with her throat.

It could be inflammation, or it could be due to internal heat; either way is possible.

But this is based on the premise that Lu Qing is unaware of the truth. Knowing the truth, she is well aware that if the condition continues to deteriorate like this, Diana will definitely die from lung disease in the end.

"What's wrong? Is it serious?" Diana asked, a little frightened, when she saw that Lu Qing didn't speak.

"Ah, it's nothing, I was thinking about something else." Hearing Diana's words, Lu Qing forced a smile and said, "Take a good rest these days, maybe you caught a cold."

"Okay." Diana nodded obediently, then looked up and smiled at Lu Qing, saying, "In that case, Dad, you can eat here slowly. I'll go back to my room to rest first."

"Mmm." Nodding, Lu Qing sat down in the chair under Diana's gaze and picked up a piece of meat with her chopsticks and put it in her mouth.

Seeing this, Diana's smile widened. She turned around, coughed twice, and went back to her room.

After Diana left, Lu Qing put down her chopsticks.

In this situation, how could she possibly have the appetite to eat?

But then she thought that Diana might be sad if she saw that she hadn't finished her meal, so she obediently picked up her chopsticks again. However, she kept thinking about other things while eating and hardly enjoyed the taste of the food.

After finishing her meal, Lu Qing carefully searched the doctor's house. There were indeed many medicines he carried with him, but most of them were cold medicine, anti-inflammatory drugs, and antibiotics.

"I wonder if antibiotics will work..." Lu Qing frowned as she looked at the antibiotics she pulled out of her backpack.

In my memory, doctors had given antibiotics to patients with infectious diseases, but unfortunately, they were completely ineffective; these infectious diseases simply did not respond to antibiotics.

In any case, it's always good to give it a try.

That evening, Lu Qing watched as Diana gave her some antibiotics, just in case, hoping they would have some effect.

........

The next morning, Lu Qing returned to the church and found that there were some extra items among the supplies delivered that day. Sure enough, they were the blankets she had applied for from the village chief.

From this perspective, the village is still relatively humane now, but it's hard to say what will happen in a while. The Tree God Cult has probably already started taking action.

Shaking her head, she temporarily put these messy matters behind her and called Duda out of the basement to help move the morning's supplies into the basement.

"Doctor, do you know my sister?" the little boy asked excitedly when he saw Lu Qing return.

"Of course I found it." Lu Qing smiled, then took the letter she had written out of her bosom.

“This is a letter your sister wrote to you,” she said, handing the letter to the little boy.

"Really? Thank you so much, doctor!" The little boy eagerly reached out and took the letter, his face unconsciously revealing excitement.

“Hehe…” Lu Qing smiled as she saw the little boy take the letter, then waved her hand and said, “You can read it slowly for now, I’m going to get back to work.”

"Hmm." The little boy awkwardly opened the letter and nodded.

Turning her head to look at the little boy's expression, and seeing that there was nothing wrong with his face, Lu Qing breathed a slight sigh of relief and returned to Duda's side.

"Doctor, three people died last night."

Upon seeing Lu Qing return, Duda deliberately lowered his voice and spoke.

Someone died?

Upon hearing Duda's words, Lu Qing was taken aback for a moment before realizing that Duda was referring to the patient in the basement.

"The news hasn't gotten out, has it?" Lu Qing asked Du Da in a low voice.

Because those patients who were critically ill and near death were isolated in another room, the patients in this room should not know about this.

The patients needed hope, so Lu Qing didn't want the patients in this room to know about this.

“Nobody knows except the patients in the critical care unit,” Duda said in a low voice as well.

He paused, his expression somewhat forlorn, and said, "Actually, of the three people who died last night, one committed suicide."