CHAPTER 140: CHAPTER 12: THE DRAMA QUEEN SISTER REFUSES TO BE CANNON FODDER (PART 12)

Gu Han Yan specifically requested the person in the white coat.

She whispered to Jiang Chao.

"I’ve seen this person before. They’re not just a simple doctor."

"You don’t need to tell me all this. You have your plans. As long as the car runs, it’s fine."

The person in the white coat glanced at Jiang Lai, then immediately walked over to her and grabbed her sleeve.

"I came with her. To be safe, you guys should keep your distance from me."

"If you want to stay here with the group, you’d better talk to us first."

Now, Gu Han Yan had already confirmed that she considered herself as holding a deputy leader position. To bring someone in, at the very least, it needed her approval.

The person in the white coat looked at Jiang Lai and asked her.

"What do you say?"

As he got close to Jiang Lai, he could smell a faint bitter scent, the kind of traditional medicine smell, not strong but wafting with the movement of his clothes.

Jiang Chao’s eyes seemed a bit off, and Gu Han Yan also looked at Jiang Lai with deep meaning.

Under the gaze of everyone, Jiang Lai akimbo, frowned, and glared at Gu Han Yan with a sarcastic tone.

"Isn’t hogging my brother enough, you want him too? Do all the good-looking men in the world have to flock to you? He’s with me, why do you think you can do whatever you want? Today, I just won’t let him sit with you! You can drive the car or not, acting like we’re begging you to drive."

With that, Jiang Lai gave Jiang Chao another look, leaving Jiang Chao looking baffled.

"Don’t mind her, she’s just childish, there’s no malice."

In the car, Jiang Chao apologetically spoke to Gu Han Yan.

He was already used to situations like this, after all, Jiang Lai had caused plenty of trouble for him before, every time requiring him as the older brother to clean up her mess.

Gu Han Yan drove, her tone somewhat stiff.

"Childish? Who, besides you, treats her like a child?"

"Sorry, she’s changed recently. But today I’m curious, why did you want to sit with that man?"

"I told you, he’s no ordinary person. If you don’t believe me, there’s nothing I can do. Also, keep your sister in check so she doesn’t bother me again."

Jiang Chao frowned, pondered for a moment, then nodded.

"I’ll make sure to educate her properly."

He knew Gu Han Yan’s personality—straightforward and candid—but towards Jiang Lai, she indeed always carried an air of disdain.

Realizing this made Jiang Chao a bit uncomfortable, but he didn’t show it because, frankly, most of the group treated Jiang Lai this way. That girl indeed used to do many things wrong.

The interior of the car was spacious enough that Jiang Lai could finally stretch her legs. People around her curiously looked at the person in the white coat next to her.

"Are you a doctor?"

An elderly woman asked.

The person in the white coat nodded.

"Can you take a look at my son’s leg? It got crushed by a rock just now and he can’t lift it."

The person in the white coat nodded, checked the man’s injury, and after massaging his knee, took out a small kit from his coat. It was fully equipped with medical supplies, all neatly and comprehensively prepared for disinfection.

Everyone watched as the white coat took out a scalpel, made a couple of slashes at the wound, and without hesitation, plunged it in. Before the man could even react to the pain, a gush of pus-filled black blood was released, spilling on the ground.

The knife was quick, moving away before the blood splattered, and the person in the white coat skillfully avoided it, then handed him a roll of gauze.

"Wrap it up after the black blood has drained."

The man held the gauze, repeatedly thanking along with the elderly woman, as the doctor’s maneuver clearly made his leg feel much better.

In an instant, nearly everyone in the car gathered around to ask.

"Doctor, my tooth has hurt for days."

"Doctor, my stomach hurts."

"Doctor, could you check my eyes? I can’t see clearly."

...

The person in the white coat answered each case patiently and treated those he could. Soon, everyone developed a great deal of respect and affection for the "doctor," calling him doctor with a special touch of intimacy.

Since Jiang Lai called him "White Coat," the others followed suit by calling him "Doctor Bai," and the nickname stuck so much that Jiang Lai almost thought his surname was Bai.

"Doctor Bai, can you check my hand? Will it get better?"

When she joined in calling him Doctor Bai, the man adjusted his glasses.

"My surname isn’t Bai, it’s Lin Yan."

"Doctor Lin, my apologies. Could you take a look at my hand..."

Lin Yan looked at her hand and shook his head without expression.

"It’s hopeless."

"Really?"

"Yes, so you do know pain."

Jiang Lai furrowed her brows and sighed, looking at her darkened hand with a bit of melancholy.

"If it weren’t for my hand, would everyone have gotten out? Never mind, it’ll eventually get better."

After all, she was resilient.

Lin Yan took a small bottle of medicine from his pocket and handed it to her.

"Here, one a day, for a week."

Jiang Lai looked at the bottle offered to her, finding painkillers inside.

Painkillers were so precious these days, just three could be traded for a gun, and Lin Yan generously gave her a bottle with nearly twenty pills inside.

"Thank you, Doctor Bai!"

Jiang Lai delightedly accepted, and when the vehicle stopped to set up camp, she handed her share of canned meat to Lin Yan.

The man shook his head.

"I don’t eat canned food."

Jiang Lai looked at him, seriously saying.

"You’ll starve to death."

"You brought me out. I need sufficient fresh protein and vitamins daily. Can you provide that?"

Jiang Lai blinked, suddenly feeling quite inadequate.

"Where do I find fresh protein now?"

"That’s your problem."

With that, the man closed his eyes without even glancing at the can.

He really didn’t take a single bite, only drank some bottled water.

But no one would starve to death when food was present, she presumed he’d be fine with hunger, not expecting that by the second day, he still refused to eat canned food.

By the third day, Jiang Lai acknowledged defeat.

She realized that he might actually be more fragile than she imagined, some people really could starve themselves to death.

Having no choice, on the third day, Jiang Lai went with others to a nearby supermarket to scavenge for supplies, risking her life near a group of feeding zombies for a somewhat fresh vacuum-sealed corn.

"Jiang Lai, don’t waste time, grab useful stuff and get out quickly."

Jiang Chao, seeing her heading deeper into the store, couldn’t help but remind her.

"I’ll be back soon, three minutes, I promise I’ll return before you leave."

Jiang Chao checked the time; they still needed at least five minutes to move things, just as he was about to say something, Jiang Lai had already vanished with the cart.

He had no choice but to continue moving items.

Just a minute later, Gu Han Yan was already calling everyone to leave.