Chapter 140 Did I do something wrong again?

Zuo Shi's voice was trembling. "Moved... what do you mean?"

Qiao Xi looked at her, tapping her finger on the screen.

"Here at the heart, these tiny white dots form a circle, clinging to the pericardium."

"Doesn't it look like..."

She didn't finish her sentence.

But Zuo Shi understood.

"Like... like petals?"

Qiao Xi nodded.

"Look at the lungs again."

She moved the image upward.

"In both the left and right lungs, these white dots are distributed along the trachea, becoming denser from bottom to top."

"What does it look like?"

No one spoke.

Qiao Xi said it for them.

"Like the stem and roots of a rose."

"Growing from the bottom up, sprouting two leaves, and then..."

She moved the image back to the heart.

"Blooming into a flower right here at the heart."

Shen Qingci's face turned pale. "Are you saying Lin Yue planted a Crystal Rose inside her body?"

This was also the first time Qiao Xi had encountered such a thorny problem.

Wang Mengmeng covered her mouth. "Then... can she still be saved?"

Qiao Xi looked at the rose on the screen and fell silent for a long time. "I'll do my best to take out those petals one by one and pull out the thorns, but she won't be able to do any strenuous exercise ever again."

"Never do strenuous exercise again..."

"But this is the apocalypse, and this is Road to Survival!"

"Can't the treatment be a little better? Dr. Qiao..."

Hearing the women's words,

Qiao Xi shook her head. "Our medical facilities are almost equivalent to more than half a hospital. Without these medical conditions, she would have died of internal bleeding within a few hours."

"To be blunt, there's no one in the entire Living Area who's a more skilled surgeon than me."

Silence fell over the hall.

No one refuted her.

Because everyone knew what she said was true.

Qiao Xi didn't waste any more time and looked around.

"Zuo Shi, you stay."

"I need you to hand me the instruments, wipe my sweat, and keep her body steady. Can you do that?"

Zuo Shi nodded frantically. "Yes! I can!"

"Mengmeng, go to the side hall and clean up the largest empty room. Put on clean sheets, as fast as possible."

Wang Mengmeng turned and ran. "Understood!"

"Deng Yuxin, Kexin, both of you go boil hot water, the more the better. Find all the usable towels, scald them with boiling water, and bring them up."

She assigned the tasks one by one.

Everyone had their own task and got moving.

But Lu Xiaoyu, who had just been staying in the side hall, hunched her shoulders and watched all of this.

She didn't know what she should do, and she didn't dare to ask what she could do.

She was afraid of causing trouble for others, and even more afraid that they wouldn't even remember she was there.

She clenched her hands, and finally worked up the courage to speak, her voice as quiet as a mosquito:

"Um... Doctor, is there anything I can do?"

Qiao Xi was lowering her head to check the instruments and was momentarily stunned upon hearing this.

She looked up at the person speaking.

A strange girl.

Small in stature, covered in dirt, and missing a sleeve—she could only be described as pathetic.

Qiao Xi instinctively looked toward the door; this girl seemed to have been brought back by Chen Yu.

What was her name again... she didn't remember...

Lu Xiaoyu became even more flustered under her gaze. "I... I was just asking. If not, then forget it..."

"Gauze."

"Huh?"

Qiao Xi nodded. "Bring me that pile of gauze on the left, please. Thank you."

Lu Xiaoyu was stunned for a second, then hurriedly ran over.

And on the other side...

Chen Yu sat in front of Villa Number One. Zhang Zixuan lay quietly in the courtyard, her head buried low, motionless. Recently, she hadn't tried to escape and was incredibly well-behaved.

Others might think she had turned over a new leaf.

But Chen Yu knew her too well; she was still acting, still pretending, still trying to survive.

Not wanting to deal with her,

Chen Yu went directly into the regional chat.

He opened his private message list,

and scrolled down.

Lin Yue's chat box was already far down the list.

He hadn't opened it in a long time.

He clicked on it.

The screen popped up, full of messages, one after another, from top to bottom, packed tightly.

He slowly scrolled up.

At the very beginning, the words were still somewhat normal.

[Lin Yue: Chen Yu, what are you doing?]

[Lin Yue: Look, the snow is so heavy today. Is it cold where you are?]

[Lin Yue: Why aren't you replying to me?]

After scrolling through about three pages of her talking to herself, the tone began to change.

[Lin Yue: Is the Living Area comfortable? I heard you took Villa Number One?]

[Lin Yue: I've noticed that you and Senior Sister Shen... are getting closer and closer. I don't like it.]

[Lin Yue: Wang Mengmeng is also very annoying.]

Chen Yu continued to scroll up.

The words became crazier and crazier.

[Lin Yue: You smiled in the Villa Area today. You smiled at Deng Yuxin. It made me feel so uncomfortable.]

[Lin Yue: But you look so good when you smile. I was dazed just looking at you~~]

[Lin Yue: I want to form a two-person team with you. We would definitely be super, super powerful~~]

Chen Yu felt a bit helpless and scrolled to the very top.

The latest message was sent today—

[Lin Yue: I've sent Liu Xiaoqian back.]

[Lin Yue: Here, a gift. Do you like it?]

[Lin Yue: Do you like flowers?]

[Lin Yue: It's okay if you don't.]

Chen Yu stared at those few messages.

He looked at them for a long time.

Then he suddenly thought of the things Tang Jun had said.

Many people died at the Polytechnic University in Area A.

Chen Yu didn't plan to verify it first; instead, he typed and asked directly.

[Chen Yu: Why did you kill the Polytechnic students in Area A?]

After sending the message, he thought he would have to wait a long time.

But the reply came almost instantly.

[Lin Yue: Chen Yu! You finally asked me! I thought you would never talk to me again...]

[Chen Yu: Then can you answer me?]

[Lin Yue: Hmm... okay~]

[Lin Yue: But how did you know it was me? I wanted to give you a surprise~]

[Chen Yu: I guessed.]

[Lin Yue: Then you're really amazing~]

[Chen Yu: Stop the nonsense and answer me. There must be a reason, right?]

[Lin Yue: Yeah.]

[Chen Yu: Then tell me.]

[Lin Yue: Those people from the Polytechnic... they were badmouthing you...]

[Lin Yue: I saw it, and I was so, so angry...]

[Chen Yu: That's it?]

[Lin Yue: Hearing them badmouth you made me feel worse than if they were badmouthing me...]

[Chen Yu: I didn't ask you to deal with it, did I?]

[Lin Yue: But they also said they were going to get together and settle the score with you, so many people...]

[Lin Yue: I just wanted to help you...]

[Lin Yue: Did I do something wrong again?]

[Lin Yue: The Information Center said you were looking for Liu Xiaoqian, so I sent her over too...]

[Lin Yue: What else can I do... Why don't you understand me, Chen Yu? I've tried my best to be good to you...]