Chapter 2: Showing Off In Front of an Expert

"Doctor Yu, I only found a few stalks of Oxtendon Grass, will that suffice?" the young man asked as he wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Although they hadn't found the few medicinal herbs Doctor Yu had mentioned, being an assistant at the clinic, he knew that Oxtendon Grass had effects for treating trauma injuries and external bleeding. It should suffice, right?

Hearing how the young man referred to the uncle, Qin Xiaoruo's eyes flickered, "Uncle, are you a doctor?"

She hadn't given herself away just now, had she?

Seeing the other person nod with a smile, eyes filled with inquiry, Qin Xiaoruo's dark little face stiffened, "I didn't know you were a doctor, uncle. It's embarrassing to have boasted in front of you; you must find it amusing."

The uncle and the young man were somewhat unfamiliar to Qin Xiaoruo. She guessed they were probably not from Houling Village, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, she reminded herself to be more cautious in the future to avoid raising suspicion.

In order not to raise Doctor Yu's suspicions, Qin Xiaoruo hurriedly bid the two farewell and headed deeper into the mountains. Therefore, she missed the thoughtful look in Doctor Yu's eyes.

Qin Xiaoruo felt frustrated just thinking about it; in her past life, she had just graduated from medical school and started working at a top local hospital. Less than three days into her job, she "accidentally" shielded a senior colleague from several stabs. At first, she thought it was just a violent incident, although she hadn't intentionally taken the stabs for her colleague, deep down, she still felt that she had performed an act of "self-sacrifice" and that the hospital should surely commend her for it. (At that time, she didn't know she would die.) Who would have known that only seconds before she breathed her last, she finally understood that it was all about an "affair"!

The man who had stabbed her was the husband of the lover of her senior colleague!

Coming to know the truth, she refused to close her eyes, and in a dazed and confused state, her consciousness entered this body...

Qin Xiaoruo didn't want to go back and face that unfamiliar "fiancé." Loitering on the mountain, she had gathered half a basket of medicinal herbs and also picked a large bunch of tender green wild vegetables. Guessing that it was past lunchtime and that her whole family would have gone to the fields, she began to descend the mountain.

"Ah—"

Because she was preoccupied, her foot got tripped by something, causing her and her basket to tumble forward, crashing against a tree trunk before falling into a bush.

Qin Xiaoruo grimaced as she got up, noticing that her dress was stained with mud and grass juice, and the cloth at the elbow had been torn. She immediately felt a headache coming on.

This dress was something Mother Fu had forced Fu Jingwen, her future sister-in-law, to lend her. To have torn it after just one wear, and considering the hostility Fu Jingwen held towards her, Qin Xiaoruo was sure to face trouble upon returning.

According to the memories of the original host, Fu Jingwen's hostility stemmed partly from the fact that Qin Xiaoruo's stepmother had abandoned her at the Fu Family's doorstep, forcing them to take her in begrudgingly, and partly because Fu Jingwen had once seen Qingsheng helping the original host with farm work, leading her to prematurely conclude that Qin Xiaoruo had wronged her older brother, Fu Hanwen, thereby treating Qin Xiaoruo with scorn.

Only heaven knew how innocent she was!

As Qin Xiaoruo was pondering how to reduce Fu Jingwen's anger to the minimum, out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly caught sight of a person lying on the ground where she had tripped!

Qin Xiaoruo took a closer look and jumped with fright.

There was so much blood on this person!

Driven by her instinct as a healer, Qin Xiaoruo rushed forward without thinking to check the carotid artery on his neck and then his breathing.

His breath was faint, but at least he was still alive!

Qin Xiaoruo's expression eased slightly, then she muttered to herself: With an uncle who had twisted his ankle before, and now a "Bloodied Man" in front of her, was this life testing her unfulfilled ambitions from her past life, gathering them to give her a chance to showcase her skills?