Chapter 706: [(706)] Are there any injuries? Chapter 706: [(706)] Are there any injuries? The two individuals, who were filled with self-reproach and anxiety, felt an instant comfort: “Yes, Teacher Tao.”
They then headed to the check-in counter, where the staff had them rebooked on the nearest international flight with a stopover at Capital Airport, taking off in twenty minutes. They calculated their timing and realized they could make it, which was very fortunate.
They followed the same boarding procedures as they did at Capital Airport and went through a special channel to board the plane. Before departure, Xie Wanying sent a text message to her senior to inform them that they were on the plane.
Soon, a four-character text message came in reply: “No need to panic.”
It must have been Senior Tao’s response. No matter the time or circumstances, a great teacher always had a strong heart protecting the patients. Xie Wanying thought of this, picturing Senior Tao’s eternally calm, smiling, baby-faced countenance in her mind.
The return flight took off.
Qiu Ruiyun’s heart finally settled a bit, and she shared her reflections with her junior: “It’s my first time going this far for an organ retrieval.”
In other words, like her, the senior had no experience with such twists on the road; they were equally panicked.
“After we get back, the department will probably have to review the lessons learned,” Qiu Ruiyun thought out loud.
“What do you mean, senior?” Xie Wanying asked, thinking that Teacher Tao hadn’t sounded angry on the phone, so it seemed very unlikely that their worries about getting reprimanded after the fact would come to pass.
“Teacher Tao definitely won’t scold us,” Qiu Ruiyun assured with the same certainty, “What I mean is that maybe in the future we won’t travel such long distances anymore, we might just give up directly. Teacher Tao values safety a lot. Taking any risks is never Teacher Tao’s choice.”
“If that’s the case, won’t some patients directly lose their last chance at survival?” Xie Wanying was a bit unwilling to accept this.
“Certainly. But if an accident were to happen, just look at what nearly occurred on the road a while ago–” Remembering the traffic accident that had happened midway, Qiu Ruiyun was still sweating profusely. She suddenly turned and gazed at her, “Are you really not hurt?”
“No,” Xie Wanying shook her head.
“I feel like my left arm is twisted, and you went to catch the box without any physical reaction at all?” Qiu Ruiyun, recalling the moment, found it very unusual.
The car accident happened too quickly; the driver who was steering and braking hit his head against the glass, and it went without saying that he had been thrown into his seat. How could she be unharmed and have managed to catch the most precious transplant box?
“Are you a superhero?” Qiu Ruiyun’s eyes roamed up and down over her as if two probing scanners were traversing her body, “Tell me, are you lying? Did you get hit at all? I should make it clear to you, it’s absolutely unacceptable to lie about injuries. If something happens to you later, I won’t be able to explain it to Teacher Tao and the others!”
“Senior, I am fine,” Xie Wanying reassured with a wave of her hand, explaining, “I am very physically fit, I run regularly, practice on the horizontal bar–”
“You think I am not physically fit?” Qiu Ruiyun’s face darkened upon hearing her explanation, “I was on the basketball team in medical school. When our hospital holds basketball tournaments, I play as a midfielder, involved in physical confrontations.”
After a second of being stunned, Xie Wanying responded, “No, I mean, I’m not as frail as the senior might think, even though I am a girl. Plus, my dad is a driver, I sensed the driver was turning the steering wheel too abruptly and had a premonition that something might go wrong, so I was mentally prepared. It just happened too quickly for me to warn anyone before the accident.”