“Thank you, Doctor, well be on our way then.”
“No problem, please take your time.” With her hands in the pockets of her white coat, Lin Yilan watched the mother and son express their gratitude with a deep bow before sending them off at the door, then returned to her desk and sat down. It was her usual habit to treat patients without the arrogance some doctors displayed.
Lin Yilan was an outstanding junior student at a renowned medical university, often referred to by others as a “medical genius” with a promising future. However, she didnt see herself as extraordinary, just someone who loved medicine and spent more time reading and memorizing information. Her ambitions were modest; she never planned to compete for a position at a prestigious hospital after graduation, despite it being well within her reach.
What she enjoyed was helping out at her fathers community clinic during holidays, just as she was doing now. It was here that she felt she learned knowledge that surpassed what she gained at university.
In the eyes of others, Lin Yilan was an obedient student, a good daughter, and would undoubtedly become an excellent doctor. But no one knew that she yearned for a different life. Since she had chosen the path of becoming a doctor, it was destined to be a conventional one, so she hid her wilder side, presenting herself as a quiet, unsociable good girl as expected by others.
When choosing her career direction, she was more inclined towards traditional Chinese medicine, but she was well aware that Western medicine was more suitable for modern society, and her greatest wish was to be able to support her parents on her own.
Lin Yilan sat at her desk, lost in thought, with the faint smell of medicine surrounding her. She suddenly thought about spending her life this way, even if it was dull, it wasnt bad to be accompanied by the scent she loved for a lifetime, even if there was another lifestyle she desired, it could only appear in her dreams.
With a soft sigh, her unremarkable face was full of helplessness, but it was quickly replaced by shock and panic.
Although doctors should remain calm at all times, anyone would be panicked by a sudden earthquake.
After realizing the surroundings were violently shaking, Lin Yilans first reaction was to disregard her image and duck under the table for cover, but before she could act, she was plunged into darkness.
"Dad, Mom..."
When Lin Yilan opened her eyes again, the scene before her made her close her eyes, open them, close them, open them... Repeating this several times until her eyes were almost cramped, she suddenly sat up, touching the mosquito net on the bed in disbelief, then jumped out of bed to touch the ancient-style dressing table, looked around the room that was completely of ancient style, and then excitedly picked up the bronze mirror. Although it was not as clear as a modern mirror, she could still see that the face was indeed her own, but it seemed to have returned to when she was eighteen or nineteen years old. Her hair seemed to have grown longer, already past her waist, and she was wearing ancient clothing!
She had traveled to ancient times!
Squeezing her thigh in disbelief, she winced in pain.
Lin Yilan still couldnt believe it as she looked around. The simple room was awkwardly decorated with colorful glassware and treasures, making it quite discordant. What was originally a not-small room now seemed a bit cramped with the extravagant ornaments everywhere.
However, she quickly ignored this only dissatisfaction and began to run happily around the room, from the inner room to the outer room, circling and laughing at the sky: "Wow haha! God, it seems you received the incense I burned for you! Haha..." This was the life she wanted! A life completely of ancient times! Dad, Mom, I love you! I will miss you!
But soon she quieted down. According to her experience, no, her experience from novels, looking at this room, although not luxurious, it should be a wealthy family, right? There should be some maids and the like rushing up next, crying and saying, "Miss, you finally came back to life? I am so happy...呜呜..." But why now, not to mention the maids, not even a duck appears...
Its so cold...
Such a big room with only herself, too quiet, so quiet that even the footsteps outside can be heard...
Eh? Footsteps?!
Lin Yilans eyes lit up instantly, and she pounced on the person who just entered the door, hugging them tightly and crying and laughing: "Your young lady is back to life! Are you happy? ..." Like an octopus, she hugged the frightened pale face.
"M... Miss?" The maid who just entered the door was scared by this terrifying cry and laughter and almost smashed the basin in her hand at the dark figure pouncing over. Did the master go crazy after getting sick? Dont! Can she ask the housekeeper to help her change a master? 呜呜... She is already very depressed to follow a master with a very bad heart, and now the master has gone crazy for favor, what should she do? The more she thinks about it, the more sad she gets, and the water vapor in the young girls watery eyes is ready to be launched.
"Whats your name, little sister?" Lin Yilan tried to smile kindly, its always right to get close first. This is the most gentle smile she has ever had in more than twenty years, she cant believe she cant charm you!
But the child was so scared that she "bang" knelt down, or fell to the ground accurately, the basin has been thrown away, her face turned white, her whole body kept shaking, just like seeing a ghost: "M... Miss, I dont know what Xiao Mo did wrong, please forgive Xiao Mo this time, Xiao Mo will repay Misss great kindness and virtue by being a cow and a horse!"
Lin Yilans face was full of black lines, it turned out that asking a name can be magnanimous, great kindness and virtue?
Of course, Lin Yilan, who always listens and focuses on the key points, has already got the answer to the first question, and cleverly deduced that she and this girl should be the master-servant relationship. So she plans to sit down and talk, but she cant find what she wants around: "Uh, where is the chair?" Strange, there is a table but no chair?
Afraid that the ancient child couldnt understand, Lin Yilan danced her hands and feet for a while: "Its the one used to cushion the butt, with four legs... Maybe its not four legs here..."
Now the girl is shaking more and more, and said with a cry: "Miss, spare my life! Miss, spare my life! Xiao Mo knows its wrong! Miss, dont hit Xiao Mo..." In the end, she was so scared that she couldnt speak. Her young lady is really silly, and she is talking nonsense. What if she really wants to fight... 呜呜...
"Dont cry, its like Im bullying you." Lin Yilan pouted wrongly, "I just asked where the chair is, I want to sit down, I didnt say I was going to hit you."
"You... You said, to get a chair, is to sit on it?" She sniffed, looked up at Lin Yilan pitifully, and asked uncertainly.
Lin Yilan, who was climbing onto the table to sit down, almost fell off the table when she heard this. So she was deceived by the TV, the ancient chair is not for sitting on. She learned a bit of knowledge, remembered it carefully, and asked humbly, "So what is the chair used for?"
Xiao Mo shrank, looked at Lin Yilan timidly, saw that her master who was sitting on the table and swinging her legs really didnt seem to want to hit herself, and then said softly, "Miss doesnt often use the chair to hit Xiao Mo? So Xiao Mo hid the chair..." She looked at Lin Yilan again, saw that she was not angry as imagined, just surprised, and then continued, "Xiao Mo will go to get the chair right away