698 I’ll Do It! (1/2)

The three nurses sat in a row. There were hemostatic forceps, scissors, iodine, alcohol, blood bags, cotton swabs, disposable gloves, and other medical consumables on the table in front of them.

The members of the supply ship stood in queues of groups of threes and entered the place from one end of the passageway.

”Wang Yun, right?” A young nurse checked the member's identity. She then glanced at a blood bag and the tube attached to it and asked, ”Have you had your blood drawn for transfusions before?”

”If you mean voluntary blood donation, no.” Wang Yun shook his head.

The young nurse raised her head a little and asked, ”Does it mean that you have sold your blood before?”

”No,” Wang Yun said with a calm expression, ”But this is the third time I'm participating in a mandatory blood donation.”

The young nurse suddenly understood what was going on.

The supply ship member who was sitting beside Wang Yun laughed. ”This is my fourth time already. On average, this happens to me once every two years.”

”This happens to me once every one and a half years on average.”

”Just wait until you work for more years. It will be once every two years on average.”

”Our team goes on missions more than your team.”

”There're fewer people in my team.”

”Our blood… is thicker!”

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”Please sit for ten minutes after donating your blood before leaving,” the young nurse said in a gentle tone.

The burly men who were queueing up to have their blood drawn nodded. They then left with their blood donation certificates, as if they only nodded just now because an unknown force was moving their heads, as they were trying to impress the nurse in front of them.

Five members of the rescue team also joined them on the ship. They actually volunteered to have their blood drawn, but Lin Honghou said no without hesitation.

The five of them were among the first batch of rescue team members who went to the site of the storm and by now, they had worked for more than twenty-four hours. Their bodies would become overwhelmed if they were to participate in the blood donation.

There were not any suitable place for them to rest on the hospital ship either. Hence, even though they had the intention to be dispatched to the site of the storm again, without orders from the command center, they had no choice but to leave. They were regretful that they could not help, but were relieved all the same.

”It's a good thing to be able to return home in one piece, isn't it? Cheer up.” The supply ship members greeted them in an unconventional manner.

The men from the rescue team merely sat on the deck and said nothing.

”You guys have done enough by completing what is asked of you. Don't think too much. Just take a look at us. We didn't even go to the site of the storm and are merely responsible for sending supplies over. We'll still be proud of what we've done after we return to our homes.” The chief officer of the supply ship took the opportunity to console the members of the rescue team. Aside from ferrying supply, supply ships were actually also used to ferry members of the rescue team. If they were deployed a little earlier, they would probably be fetching rescue team members to the site of the storm right now.

This was why the chief officer of the supply ship could understand what the men in the rescue team were feeling rather well. He even had quite a bit of admiration for them.

The five members of the rescue team remained silent.

The chief officer of the supply ship spoke a few more words of consolation before going off to get some work done. The five rescue team members only stood up facing the direction of the site of the storm and offered their salutations when the hospital ship was about to leave.

The chief officer of the supply ship sighed. When the rescue team members were done with their salutations, he asked, ”I heard that things are pretty tough at the site of the storm?”

”Both ships were stranded and sunk. There are people who are stuck inside.” The team captain finally spoke. ”Since we are familiar with the site of the storm and are experienced too, we should have been dispatched again.”

”You should give the others a chance to contribute too. Just kidding.” The chief officer giggled. He then looked at the four other rescue team members. He tried to acquaint himself with them and said, ”We have just sent eight rescue team members over there just now. They look pretty capable. They are quite talkative too.”