Chapter 203 Duties and Responsibilities
Si Chen’s team stayed in Shuitang Town for four days, with locals sending over people who were seriously injured each day, knowing there were doctors present. The team was as busy as spinning tops, searching tirelessly day and night for potential survivors. Si Chen would go to the surrounding villages to aid them during the day, returning at night.
Unfortunately, having waited too long, eight or nine out of ten people they unearthed showed no signs of life. Gradually, many began to head toward the relief Base, and the number of people in Shuitang Town dwindled. By the fourth day, they had originally planned to evacuate, but Si Chen requested to stay one more day.
Lin Man found this peculiar. She noticed that whenever Si Chen encountered survivors passing through from various places, he would always ask about a certain rescuing female. She wanted to ask who this person was, but Si Chen was always tight-lipped. Whenever she spoke up, Si Chen would just leave. He was extremely apathetic and unwilling to hold any unnecessary small talk.
Therefore, taking advantage of Si Chen’s absence, she asked the health workers who had come with Si Chen about him. Unfortunately, she didn’t learn anything. These people hardly knew Si Chen, only knowing that he was a doctor from Li City who had come to Kyoto to study and had coincidentally arrived here after the Qing City earthquake.
Once they arrived in Qing City, everyone was busy with rescue work, with no time for casual chatter, thus naturally didn’t know about Si Chen’s circumstances.
In those days, everyone saw that Lin Man had feelings for Si Chen. They even encouraged Lin Man to pursue him, saying the two of them were a good match. The idea of expressing her feelings filled Lin Man with joy, however, at that moment, her companion, who had come with her, found the place.
"Where have you been these past few days? We’ve been going crazy looking for you. Didn’t we tell you not to wander off?" Shi Yan was both stunned and exhilarated to see Lin Man. His worried heart finally settled down after days of tension.
They had lost track of Lin Man on their second day in Qing City. While they had agreed to rescue people with Lin Man taking care of the injured, Lin Man had vanished. They searched for several days and were on the verge of desperation.