Doctor, I'm really sick

Only then did Qin Zhao reluctantly take the coat that Chu Sinian had given him and put it on.

"Protect yourself well." Chu Sinian said while helping Qin Zhao adjust the collar of his clothes, "You already know, right? The headquarters has informed that the Ark Hospital in Syrayal has been built. Wait for another five days for the sterile Once the convoy arrives, we can move on."

Ark Hospital has assembled more complete medical resources and equipment.This not only means that the cure rate of the patients in Em Village will be significantly improved after being transferred there.On the other hand, it also means that Chu Sinian's pressure and risks will be greatly reduced.

Of course Qin Zhao also knew the news.He nodded earnestly.

"Take care too. When the time comes, let's go together."

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Five days later, MSF headquarters indeed sent a convoy.Eight neat trucks parked at the entrance of Aim Village.Volunteers, doctors and patients got on the bus in sequence according to the ID cards issued by the MSF headquarters.

The team lined up from the entrance of the village in a mighty manner, which was a hundred meters long.Almost all of them had expectant and relieved smiles on their faces, and stretched their necks to look forward.Therefore, there is a tall figure in the crowd that is particularly conspicuous - he is different from everyone else, instead of looking forward, he keeps looking towards the end of the line.His anxious expression looked like ants on a hot pan.

Why haven't you come yet?

Qin Zhao frowned and looked at his watch anxiously.

There is still half an hour before the convoy will leave.What about Chu Sinian?Didn't they agree to get in the car together?

Seeing one car after another slowly drive away, there are not many seats left.Qin Zhao looked at his watch again, gritted his teeth, left the team, and ran to the camp where Chu Sinian worked.

"Hey! Hey! Don't leave the team at will!"

Someone behind him seemed to shout at him in surprise, but Qin Zhao ran out of the camp as if he couldn't hear anything.

Most of the MSF camp has been evacuated.Everywhere was empty and messy, and he hurriedly searched around, only to come across a little nurse.

The little nurse took Qin Zhao to the door of the temporary operating room set up by MSF.It was quiet all around here, Qin Zhao panted heavily, and looked through the crack of the door, there was indeed the light of the shadowless lamp inside.

"We were going to evacuate with you. But a patient's condition suddenly worsened and he had to undergo an operation immediately. So Dr. Chu decided..."

Qin Zhao frowned and looked at his watch: "How long will the surgery take?"

"At least 3 hours. This operation is complicated..."

3 hours?Qin Zhao frowned even tighter.But with only half an hour left, the convoy is about to leave...

Although the MSF evacuated in batches this time, the convoy left this time, and there will be another batch three days later.But Qin Zhao was always worried about Chu Sinian, so he immediately decided that if he left, he must go with Chu Sinian.

So Qin Zhao settled down and sat at the door of the operating room.But just after waiting for a while, there was a rush of running outside again.

"My God, I found you!" Andrew ran over panting, and grabbed Qin Zhao: "The car will be withdrawn soon, buddy, hurry up!"

Qin Zhao: "What's the hurry, wait for him to come out. I want to go with him!"

Andrew rolled his eyes: "Chu really knows you very well, and knows that you are unwilling to go alone. Well——"

Andrew said: "Chu didn't expect to be delayed because of the operation today. He couldn't let go of the patient, and he couldn't let go of you either. So before going to the operating table, he asked me to tell you. He has already greeted the headquarters and waited for the next bus. Make sure you go first. MSF's evacuation list is fixed, and you must obey orders."

"What order?" Qin Zhao said a little annoyed: "I have never taken a penny from MSF, but I paid a lot. Why should I listen to them? I won't leave. I will wait for him!"

"..." Andrew was a little anxious:

"I said, buddy, you think this is your back garden. You can leave or stay if you want? Chu is the team leader doctor. He has a mission. Of course, the headquarters is willing to let him stay. But what about you? A non-staff volunteer Or, the headquarters will not approve you to be a family member here, wasting a precious retreat quota in vain. If you don’t leave this time, you will have no chance next time. At that time, you want Chu to return to China alone go?"

Qin Zhao's heart sank.Reason told him that what Andrew said was very reasonable.In order to prevent the spread of the virus, MSF has very strict arrangements for retreat quotas.If he disobeyed the arrangement, not only would it cause unnecessary trouble to others, but he would even be unable to return to the country with Chu Sinian.

But for some reason, there was a strange intuition in his heart, and his right eye was beating non-stop.

"I don't want to listen to what the headquarters says, but you always listen to what Dr. Chu says!" Andrew saw Qin Zhao's hesitation, and quickly grabbed his arm: "Okay, okay, my car is still waiting for you! When you arrive Ark Hospital also has work tasks, don't delay!"

Qin Zhao was dragged into the car by Andrew three times and two times.The truck was moving slowly, and the dust was flying.Qin Zhao narrowed his eyes and looked out of the car.From a distance, he could only see the small pointed roof of the temporary hospital where Chu Sinian was.His heart was inexplicably tugged again.

Three days, just three days.

Qin Zhao clenched his fists, secretly reassuring himself.

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Three days passed in a flash.But to Qin Zhao, every minute and every second seemed as long as a year.Early on the morning of the third day, Qin Zhao stood by the side of the road and waited early.Every five or six minutes, he couldn't help raising his wrist to look at his watch.

PM14:34.

According to MSF's regulations, the second convoy should have returned with the remaining medical staff and patients in Aim Village half an hour ago.

What about people?

Qin Zhao squinted his eyes, looking at the long, deserted winding road under the scorching sun.The weather was too hot, and the potholes and asphalt on the road seemed to have been roasted, exuding a pungent smell.And Qin Zhao's heart seemed to be slowly roasted on the road.

The waiting time was extremely long.After more than two hours, a few small black spots finally appeared at the end of the road.

finally come!

Qin Zhao was so excited that he almost cried out, and hurried over.However, when the train approached and he could see more clearly, Qin Zhao's pupils suddenly tightened!

I saw that almost every truck had more or less potholes and bullet marks, and even the windshields of three vehicles were shattered, and the tires of one car were even pierced by shrapnel, and could only be shot by the front The car wobbled and stopped when it was pulled.

What made Qin Zhao even more nervous was that there was no one else in each truck except the driver!

Andrew clutched his forehead, and just climbed out of the cab with a pale face when he was grabbed by Qin Zhao.

"What happened to you! What about the rest of the village? Where's Chu Sinian?!"

"You, calm down first!" Facing Qin Zhao's urgent questioning like a cannonball, Andrew was stuttering with a bandage on his head, and his face was extremely ugly:

"It's really unlucky. We encountered fighting from local armed forces on the road! God knows why they fought on the road. A shell/cannonball fell on the rocks on the roadside, and half of the rocks on the top of the hill were blown off. The two cars we led were almost buried. The road was blocked by stones, and we couldn't drive through, so we had to flee back!"

Qin Zhao froze, and hurriedly said: "Then, is there another way? Change another way, and I will pick up people with you!"

Andrew shook his head, his beard and eyebrows frowned and he was about to cry: "This is Africa, where are the roads leading in all directions? There is only one road to Aim Village. Half of the mountain is blocked there by stones, and it doesn't take ten days and a half months. Kungfu is not good enough..."

"There are so many of us, why can't we fix it!" Qin Zhao was in a hurry: "I'm going to call someone now, I don't believe—"

Before he could finish speaking, Qin Zhao was suddenly interrupted by footsteps behind him.

The person who came was Frank, the general manager of MSF's retreat plan.Frank is in his fifties, with gray hair and a straight back.His experience as a senior US military officer and his habit of giving orders for a long time made his face look extraordinarily serious.

Andrew's expression turned serious, and he quickly reported the team's affairs to Frank.

"Damnit!"

Frank's expression changed instantly.He frowned, his face livid like a medieval stone knight.In the brief silence, he seemed to be making a difficult choice.Then, he whispered a few words to Andrew.

"Wait!" Qin Zhao hurriedly stopped Frank when he heard this: "What do you mean by the convoy temporarily resting? The remaining doctors and patients in Em Village are still waiting for you to pick them up?! You just don't care?"

Frank turned his head, raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise and displeasure: "Who are you?"

"He, he, he is a new volunteer! The donation of 50 US dollars that MSF received last time belongs to him!" Andrew added nervously, and suddenly added another sentence: "He is a friend of Dr. Chu..."

When he heard the word "Doctor Chu", a subtle emotion seemed to flash across Frank's face for a moment, like pity and guilt, but before Qin Zhao noticed it, his expression returned to the marble-like fortitude .

"I know you are worried about your friend. However, I hope you can understand that to get through the road blocked by gravel, not only will it take a lot of time, manpower, and material resources, but you will even have to risk being attacked by militants. danger." Frank said with serious eyes:

"At the same time, in addition to Aim Village, there are currently nearly a thousand doctors and patients from other 10 villages who need to be evacuated to the hospital here. Their current situation is almost as bad as Aim Village. Dozens more people will die in vain.”

Frank paused: "It's a pity. Judging from our current limited capacity, I have to make a trade-off."

Qin Zhao only felt a buzzing in his head, and rushed forward and grabbed Frank's lapel: "What do you mean, what choice? Who do you want to give up?"

Andrew was obviously also frightened by Frank's words: "No... Counting the patients, doctors and nurses in Em Village, there are a total of 96 people waiting for us to pick up? We have already moved most of the materials during the first transfer. It’s gone. The rest of the stuff won’t last for five days! Once the medicines and protective equipment run out, not only the patients, but even Dr. Chu and the others will be in danger!”

Frank was grabbed by the front of his clothes, and his breathing was so hard that his face was flushed, but he still suppressed his incomprehensible anger, and said firmly and heavily:

"—I'm sorry, between saving a hundred lives and saving a thousand lives, I must choose the latter first!"

"—You!" Qin Zhao raised his fist violently, and was about to smash it down in an instant, but his arm was raised in the air for a long time, and after all, it still hung down weakly as if deflated.

As a leader, Frank's choice at this time was unintentionally taking the overall situation into consideration. It was very correct, so what right did he have to blame?

——However, he is not reconciled!

Frank coughed violently a few times and recovered his breath.Normally, if someone dared to threaten him with raised fists so unceremoniously, Frank would not hesitate to let the other party suffer from the veterans.But this time, he did not do so for the first time.But just bowed his head in silence.

Qin Zhao never looked at him again, turned around and left.He strode back to his residence, and without a moment's pause, he began to quickly pack his backpack.

"Qin! What are you going to do?" Andrew rubbed his hands in fear: "Calm down! Frank said, it's not that I won't save Em Village, but that other villages should be given priority. Up to ten days, oh no, up to eight God, eight days! When the others have taken over, we will have cars and manpower to clear the road and save people! Don’t worry, Dr. Chu has always been very good. Don’t the villagers all praise him as the reincarnation of a god? Don’t worry. , he will definitely not be in danger, don't—"

Qin Zhao suddenly stopped his movements and stood up straight, with no expression on his thick black eyebrows.

"He's not a god." Qin Zhao took a deep breath, trying to suppress his emotions, and said solemnly, "He's a human being."

"Perhaps in your hearts, he is a god who dares to ask death, a doctor who is selfless and dedicated, and a brave and outstanding soldier in white. If he sacrifices one day, you will definitely say respectfully to him with tears." Hero is "great". But in my heart, I don't care what kind of hero he is, whether he is great or not, whether he is dedicated or not. I only know that he is a person who can be hot and cold, cry and laugh, tired and hurt , a living person."

"His name can only be engraved on the same tombstone side by side with my word 'Qin Zhao' a hundred years later, instead of being engraved on the monument to his death now."