Free Web NovelChapter 69: Chapter 69: The Medics Are Here
Shi Lan arrived outside the prison gates. A group of people stood at the entrance, led by a slightly older female. She wore a white medical uniform and glasses, giving her a stern, old-fashioned appearance.
However, when she saw Shi Lan appear, her eyebrows raised in surprise. Her grave expression softened, and she was the first to speak. "Hello, miss. Are you the current Prison Director here?"
Shi Lan nodded. Looking at the people in their identical medical uniforms, she asked with a puzzled expression, "Hello. May I ask what you’re here for?"
Hearing her voice, a young woman in the medical team couldn’t help but look up, her eyes showing surprise.
’Shi Lan? What is she doing here?’
Shi Lan didn’t notice this. She was focused on communicating with the team’s leader.
The lead doctor said, "It’s like this. We come every six months on schedule to provide medical treatment for the Vice Admiral and the others. This allows us to regularly check their condition and determine if there are any other treatment options."
"The people behind me are doctors from our medical team, and some are outstanding volunteers recruited from the public."
Seemingly noticing Shi Lan’s guardedness, she introduced herself while pulling out her doctor’s ID, and also opened a planet-entry permit approved by the administrator. Her documents were all in order.
Only after confirming that these were all genuine did the wariness in Shi Lan’s eyes lessen. She finally opened the gate. "Hello, my name is Shi Lan."
The leader extended her hand and shook Shi Lan’s. "Miss Shi Lan, you can call me Doctor Zheng."
"Alright, Doctor Zheng."
She switched terms smoothly. After they spoke, they started walking toward the prison’s detention area. On the way, Doctor Zheng asked, "How are the Vice Admiral and the others? Have they had any spiritual power collapses recently?"
Shi Lan knew she was asking this to better help treat them. Just in case these people discovered the situation with her spirit body, she first contacted Xiao Du in her mind, telling it to retract all of its spirit body offshoots. Only then did she reply, "Over the past month, the spiritual power of the Vice Admiral and the others has been very stable. There haven’t been any spiritual power collapses."
"Understood. And when was the last spiritual power collapse, approximately?"
Doctor Zheng continued to ask. A doctor behind her skillfully took a notebook from a storage space to record the details. Shi Lan couldn’t help but glance over, and when her gaze inadvertently fell upon another person standing behind that doctor, a look of astonishment appeared in her eyes. freewёbnoνel.com
’The female protagonist is actually here.’
Seeing this, Shi Lan, who had been worried that these people might inadvertently make things worse for He Hanshi and the others, suddenly felt much more at ease.
’With the female protagonist here, it looks like there’s hope for their recovery.’
Perhaps because it had been a while since she transmigrated into the book, Shi Lan had temporarily forgotten that the female protagonist only acquired healing abilities late in the story after getting her Golden Finger. Right now, she was just thinking that, since this was the female protagonist, she would surely bring them a chance at survival.
She withdrew her gaze and replied in greater detail, "I haven’t been working here for very long. During this time, I’ve encountered two people having spiritual power collapses. The last one was the Eldest Prince, and a bit before that was Vice Admiral He. Both were about three months ago. The others are in good condition and haven’t had this happen."
Hearing this, the worry in Doctor Zheng’s eyes faded a little. ’It seems the situation isn’t as serious as I imagined.’
However, Doctor Zheng still held no hope of curing their high-level spiritual power collapses. She was just thinking that it would be good if they could be made more comfortable and live a little longer.
Shi Lan led Doctor Zheng and her team toward the detention area. They walked and talked along the way, not moving very quickly, but for the few people inside the prison, it felt like the sky was about to fall.
After the mushrooms in the prison disappeared, the beasts—who knew this was Shi Lan’s spirit body—recalled what she had said not long ago. Their first reaction was that she had packed her bags and run away, that she no longer wanted to be their Prison Director.
Jiang Xia was so scared his fur stood on end. "It’s over, it’s over! Lanlan has definitely left."
Mu Tangfeng, his heart filled with rage, refused to admit it. "Impossible! Shi Lan gave us perfume. How could she really abandon us?"
Yan Huoshui frowned. "Actually, I felt something was off before. Why did Lanlan suddenly give us perfume?"
He hadn’t sensed any infatuation in her eyes. On the contrary, they were the ones who craved her gentleness and indulgence.
But no matter how he thought about it, he would never have guessed that Shi Lan, as a female, didn’t understand the meaning behind the perfume.
No one else had thought too deeply about it either. Perhaps because they once had so many female pursuers in the Empire, they had taken it for granted that Shi Lan would like them. They had forgotten that now, with their spiritual power collapsed, they were practically useless males.
What value could a useless male have to a female?
Hearing this, all the beasts fell silent. They still clung to their beautiful fantasies; even Yan Huoshui, despite his awareness, allowed himself to sink into them with open eyes.
Weren’t He Hanshi and Ye Ming the same? Even though they knew Shi Lan seemed to prefer Mu Tangfeng and Jiang Xia, they still greedily wanted to occupy a place in her heart.
The more they thought, the more dejected and desolate their expressions became. Even Jiang Xia retracted the hand he was about to press on the Emergency Bell.
Into this silence, the clamor of footsteps gradually grew closer and clearer.
Even though there were many footsteps, they could still pick out the sound of Shi Lan’s from among them.
In an instant, the light returned to the beasts’ dim eyes.
’Thank goodness, Shi Lan didn’t leave.’
A minute later, Shi Lan did indeed walk in, followed by a dozen doctors in white coats.
Seeing this, everyone knew the Empire’s medics had arrived.
Shi Lan made the introduction. "My lords, this is Doctor Zheng. She has specially brought a team to examine you."
Standing beside Shi Lan, Doctor Zheng discreetly observed the men in the prison. Their mental states did indeed look good, but... ’why is Young Master Mu wrapped in a blanket?’
In truth, Doctor Zheng was still a little intimidated by the prospect of treating these men. She had heard a thing or two about their reputations. They were especially known for having resisted the proximity of females in the past. Now that their spiritual power had collapsed, she still hadn’t figured out how to approach their treatment.
However, it was part of her professional duty, and even if she was reluctant, she had accepted the assignment.
Doctor Zheng retracted her gaze and waited for Shi Lan to finish before speaking. "Hello. We will need your full cooperation. First, we will conduct a test to measure the extent of your spiritual power collapse."
Since Shi Lan didn’t leave, the men weren’t so resistant to the treatment and obediently used their chips to undergo another spiritual power scan.
Even though she knew the female protagonist was present, Shi Lan wasn’t completely at ease. She was mainly worried that Mu Tangfeng or Jiang Xia might deliberately make things difficult for them.
She had heard about their dark histories from Jiang Yan. In the end, she hadn’t chosen to leave Black Star because she believed that true interaction was more convincing than hearsay.
’What you hear might be rumors, and what you see might be an illusion. Only through interaction can you truly get to know a person.’
Still, Shi Lan had some understanding of the men’s personalities. They weren’t nearly as restrained with others as they were with her, so she decided to stay and oversee things, just in case they tried to pull any stunts.
As it turned out, it was indeed useful.
