378 All Hail Understanding (2/2)

The coach stopped slowly at the mountainside of Goose-quill Mountain.

This place was located next to Yun Hua City. During the day, it was crowded with endless cars and tourists. At night, after all the hustle and bustle during the day was gone, the quiet unique to mountains would arrive.

The coach was parked in a very steady manner. The three expansion boxes attached to the coach were slowly pushed to the sides and the back. It increased the interior space by a huge margin, and the long, narrow width of the coach, which had been limited to its current width by road safety regulations, was now no longer limited, and it became much wider.

The dumplings that were immersed in the water that Tian Qi had added cold water to thrice after the water boiled had now become cooked.

She opened the sunroof of the coach, made the light inside the coach dimmer to allow some starlight inside.

Ling Ran took the initiative to get up and put the sauces and dishes on the table. Then, he watched Tian Qi who used a colander to fish out the dumplings. The freshly cooked dumplings were stuffed full with ingredients, and they gave others the feeling that they were very heavy.

”Try it.” Tian Qi was slightly nervous as she looked at Ling Ran. Although the dumplings were made by Aunt Liu, Tian Qi was the one who cooked them.

Compared to the previous spoon-feeding sessions, this spoon-feeding was obviously more commemorative.

Ling Ran did not hold back at all. He picked a dumpling and dipped it in a little bit of vinegar and chilli before he blew at it and put it into his mouth.

The thin dumpling skin was torn through in one bite, and the thick broth gushed out.

”Whew.” Ling Ran sucked in a breathe. It was slightly hot, yet it tasted great.

Tian Qi laughed and said, ”You can take two bites.”

”If I can't eat one dumpling in one bite, the broth stuffed in the dumpling will be wasted,” Ling Ran answered firmly.

Tian Qi was stunned. She asked, ”Why? The broth is still there.”

”If you eat a dumpling in two bites, you must make the dumpling vertical. If that's the case, the first bite you make will be the first half of the dumpling without any broth, because the broth will flow to the other half. But when you take the second bite, the broth will be too thick.” Ling Ran spoke of his own experience as he picked up another dumpling.

Tian Qi was dumbfounded by what she heard. She immediately picked a dumpling and covered her mouth with the dumpling between her hand and mouth before shoving it in.

Ling Ran quietly picked up the third dumpling. This time, he observed the appearance of the dumpling before he put it into his mouth.

He was slightly hungry.

It was tiring enough to perform a full day of surgeries. The last AIDS-related knee arthroscopy even took a lot of energy from Ling Ran… as well as his spirit.

Ling Ran took a cup and drank all of it at once.

”Are you not in a good mood?” Tian Qi got another cup of lemonade for Ling Ran.

”Some patients simply can't be treated.” Ling Ran turned the cup around before he took a small sip from it.

”So… you're feeling slightly frustrated?” Tian Qi asked Ling Ran tentatively.

Ling Ran exhaled again, but he did not say anything. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.

All this while, the surgeries he performed had been limited to surgeries for traumatic injuries alone. Regardless of whether it was the M-Tang technique, finger replantation, Achilles tendon repair, and meniscoplasty, the surgeries he performed could heal the patients and let them recover to a normal state if the surgery was performed well.

Compared to them, AIDS was not that simple. Although the development of modern medical technology had improved to the extent where AIDS patient could now live for a long period of time, their immunodeficiency caused by HIV was always a ticking time bomb.

Surgeons could never do anything to defuse that bomb.

Meanwhile, Xu Yongchang's actions today inevitably made Ling Ran become alert. He could not help but think of another serious question. 'Why?'

And when he pondered about this kind of question, he would eventually get an answer that would just make him gloomy.

”When I was young, I always wanted a deer, like Bambi. But my father said that deer were too dangerous. Later, he gave me a horse, and I named it Bambi. It was an Arabian horse, and it actually grew very big. It was white and pretty, but I still kept calling it Bambi…” Tian Qi tried to comfort Ling Ran with stories.

She looked at Ling Ran and said seriously, ”When I was sixteen, Bambi got into an accident. My father helped me bury it in our family mountain creek of our family ranch. I was extremely sad and extremely depressed. Then, one day, I ran out and played. As I continued playing, I went near the mountain creek, I saw a deer in front of Bambi's grave. At that moment, I felt really relaxed.”

Ling Ran could not help but looked at Tian Qi.

”What I want to say is, life continues in different ways. Don't take too many responsibilities on your shoulders… Even the top veterinarians and zoologists could not save Bambi… This is just like what my father said, there's always a limit to human abilities…” Tian Qi's eyes were watery as she spoke.

Ling Ran looked at her. He thought of the moment Department Director Huo patted his head today. The feeling had been strange, but it was not bad. With slightly stiff actions, Ling Ran extended his hand and patted Tian Qi's head gently.

”It's okay, didn't you find a deer?”

His long fingers, light pats, and gentle breathing…

The sudden intimate contact made Tian Qi feel slightly at a loss for what she should do, and she felt her heart skip a beat.

She nodded vigorously and said, ”Scarlet Bunny is a big deer now. He has his own herd. My father bought the nearby ranches, and we make sure no one can enter the mountain. The herd of deer live a good life now…”