Chapter 623: My Brother is an Old Chinese Medicine Practitioner

"What kind of chuunibyou..."

Shang Rongyan felt speechless, but now wasn't the time to say anything.

The two of them had temporarily escaped danger. This platform was already quite low, less than one story high.

The back door was not far away. Compared to the dangerous front entrance, the fire here wasn't very large, and the chances of survival were much higher.

Furthermore, looking at the situation, Zheng Qian didn't seem to be injured that severely.

"Director! Director! Director A-Qiang! You don't need to run away anymore, you don't need to buy a plane ticket, they're fine!"

The assistant director tightly gripped Director A-Qiang's hand and hurriedly pointed at the screen in excitement, saying, "Look, this stunt double named Chen Chou is truly too fierce; he actually saved Shang Rongyan at the critical moment, and now they can leave through the back door at any time!"

"Hm?"

Director A-Qiang was just preparing to sneak away and had already called for a car.

Originally, upon being grabbed by the assistant director, he had wanted to backhand him with a slap.

But hearing this, he still swept a glance at the screen. Immediately, his heart settled, and he felt greatly relieved. "Hahahaha, I knew it! Not bad, very good! Who are they, anyway? This is called a noble person having their own good fortune. Uh, what's his name, go tell the person delivering the bento boxes to add a chicken leg for that, uh, Chen Chou when they eat."

"Hm... never mind, the economy is bad right now, chicken legs are too expensive, just add two extra pieces of green vegetables instead. Remember to put it on the company's tab. Report an extra thousand yuan and just say it's a subsidy for the temporary actors."

Director A-Qiang put down his backpack and lit a cigarette with lingering fear.

The assistant director cursed inwardly; the director was just too damn shady, finding excuses to embezzle even a thousand yuan.

Zheng Qian had also originally planned to take Shang Rongyan and leave, but just as they were about to depart, he heard a faint cry for help.

He hurriedly turned his head to search for the source of the sound. Suddenly, he saw Lin Youcai, whose leg was pinned by a heavy object.

"Hurry up and go!"

Shang Rongyan's senses were not as keen as Zheng Qian's, so she didn't know what exactly was happening.

Zheng Qian frowned and pointed toward the back door, saying, "The fire over there isn't big yet, if you rush over now, you'll still make it. Lin Youcai is in danger; she can't move right now, and if the fire spreads over here, it'll be troublesome. You go first."

As he said this, Zheng Qian prepared to get up and leave.

Shang Rongyan suddenly felt anxious. She subconsciously grabbed Zheng Qian's wrist and bit her lip, saying, "I... I, I'm really scared. The fire over there looks very frightening too. Can you... can you take me out first?"

"Besides! This Lin Youcai is just a minor actress, and I am..."

Before Shang Rongyan could finish, Zheng Qian's gaze suddenly turned cold.

"Just because she's a minor actress, does that mean she isn't a person? Enough nonsense. You still have time to run away now, so don't grab onto me. I'm going to save someone, and I'm warning you, the fire is spreading very fast right now. If you can't get out, don't come crying to me."

Having said that, Zheng Qian pulled his arm away without any room for argument and sprinted toward the direction of Lin Youcai.

"You!"

Shang Rongyan was stunned for a moment. Who had ever spoken to her like that?

Regardless of gender, who didn't fawn over her like crazy when they saw her?

But immediately, a surge of fury erupted. Just a moment ago, while in danger, she had been a very normal girl, but now that she was safe, she immediately revealed her arrogant and domineering true colors. Seeing that Zheng Qian had actually "abandoned" her and left, she stomped her feet in anger.

"I'll give you money! Save me first, okay?"

"You don't have more money than me."

After this sentence from Zheng Qian came from the distance, his figure could no longer be seen at all, swallowed up by the thick smoke.

This made Shang Rongyan laugh out of sheer anger. She clenched her pink fists tightly, her eyes filled with a strange, wicked fire.

Not as rich as you? She had to admit, this was the funniest joke she had heard since she was born.

Shang Rongyan had never encountered anyone richer than her own family.

At the very least, she had never seen one in the Nine Provinces.

Zheng Qian had astonishing eyesight; within a range where visibility was originally less than a meter, he still managed to find Lin Youcai.

She had indeed originally jumped onto the large mat, but at that exact moment, the explosives went off. A large box filled with various props just happened to crash down, pinning her leg.

Although it wasn't filled with heavy objects, there was gravitational acceleration.

Not to mention it was from a great height, so she immediately felt like her leg was about to break.

She couldn't move at all and could only watch helplessly as the flames kept encroaching.

The thick smoke made it increasingly difficult for her to breathe.

Without any surprises, if she hadn't received timely rescue, she would have suffocated to death due to lack of oxygen and excessive carbon monoxide inhalation. But, as expected, an accident occurred. Zheng Qian arrived at the critical moment and tossed the box pinning her leg to the side.

There were several bloody marks on her fair, straight long legs, which looked particularly shocking.

Zheng Qian frowned slightly. At this moment, he had absolutely no impure thoughts. While extending his hand to feel around, he asked, "Where is it uncomfortable? Is it more painful in the thigh, or the calf? How about the knee? Can you move it?"

"The whole leg hurts, but... the calf and ankle are more painful."

Lin Youcai's voice was very pleasant.

She furrowed her brows slightly, her pearly white teeth biting her lip tightly. Even though she was clearly in a lot of pain, she was still enduring it.

Zheng Qian took off her shoes and discovered that the shape of her jade-like foot, clad in a white cotton sock, looked a bit wrong at the ankle. He also checked other parts of her leg, especially sensitive areas like the inner thigh, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, it looked like it was just an ankle dislocation.

He had been worried that there might be issues with her femoral artery or similar, which would have been troublesome.

It wasn't that Zheng Qian hadn't thought about taking her out immediately; if there were issues like an arterial injury, he would have had to stop the bleeding immediately. But since it was only an ankle dislocation and didn't look severe, it at least meant that the overall situation wasn't too bad.

"Bear with it."

Zheng Qian immediately purchased "Ultimate Secret Transmission · Old TCM Practitioner's Manual Reduction Technique" from the Mysterious Shop.

He saw him holding the tarsus with one hand and the heel with the other, applying force to pull in the direction of the injury, then using the thumbs of both hands to press the bony prominence under the medial malleolus outward, while the remaining fingers grasped the foot, and while maintaining traction, forced the foot into extreme inversion and dorsiflexion.

Lin Youcai only felt a wave of intense pain wash over her.

But she still bit her lip tightly and didn't scream.

Just a very soft, barely audible "Mm," which almost made Zheng Qian think of something unhealthy.

"Ahem, alright, it was just an ankle dislocation. Fortunately, it wasn't serious, just a simple medial dislocation that could be reduced with manual techniques. But you'll need to have it immobilized and rest when you get back. Come, I'll carry you out."

"Tha... thank you, I..."

Seeing that Lin Youcai was still a bit shy and hesitant, Zheng Qian directly hoisted her onto his back.

With no time to consider the astonishingly delicate sensation of her skin, he immediately strode as if flying, sprinting toward the back door.

However...

"Hm?" Suddenly, Zheng Qian felt a surge of anger.

Why was Shang Rongyan still standing there?