Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!

Chapter 280 - 272: Everyone Blushed

"No problem, I’ll ask Uncle to come and consult right away," Han said confidently.

Cheng Xiaoxiao raised an eyebrow, as expected of my second brother, always reliable. Let’s make that old guy do more consultations and tire him out.

Cheng Hao noticed his sister’s teasing gaze and returned her a mischievous smile, ensuring her, "Don’t worry."

It felt great to see his brother giving others a hard time.

Getting back to business, Cheng Xiaoxiao continued with the arrangements...

The more seriously injured patients were grouped together for Doctor Han to attend to, while those with lighter injuries were assigned to another barefoot doctor.

Additionally, more than a dozen people were reassigned to act as nurses; the team had plenty of good caregivers.

Due to the sheer number of injured, Cheng Xiaoxiao also set up a tent to disinfect, medicate, and bandage the lightly wounded.

All the sisters came to lend a hand.

The haggard men, clad in worn and patched coarse hemp shirts in the dead of winter, only a few had old cotton-padded clothes, most were numb from the cold. Their wounds were not only festering, but their hands and feet were sore, filthy, and stinking. Cheng Xiaoxiao fought back her nausea and patiently cleaned the pus and blood, applied medication, and bandaged them.

They were all a pitiful group!

Even though the sisters found it unpleasant, they felt a lot of compassion for these men. Had it not been for Xiaoxiao, they might have shared the same fate, living precarious lives teetering on the edge of death.

Despite the pain in every part of their bodies, the men queuing in front of Cheng Xiaoxiao’s tent were all rather excited, having heard that there were beautiful young ladies inside, eagerly supporting each other and waiting in anticipation.

The ones waiting were full of expectation, while those who entered the tent felt very awkward. They were too filthy, seeing a clean area with several busy and pretty figures made them feel like they had no place to put their feet.

This was exactly how Tie Niu felt at the moment, thinking that this was not a place for a scruffy man like him.

Cheng Xiaoxiao glanced at the big guy who had just entered, looking lost and bewildered. "Nolan, please register the new arrival," she said.

"Sure!"

Immediately, Tie Niu saw a pretty young woman walk towards him with a smile, and his ears instantly turned red.

"Come here to register, please: your name, age, and the cause of your injury," Nolan gestured for him to come and sit.

Tie Niu stiffened and mechanically followed the instructions, forgetting that he came to get treated for his injuries.

"Name?"

"Tie, Tie Niu."

"Age?"

"Age, oh, right, I’m twenty-one this year. No, twenty, twenty."

Nolan put down her pen and looked him straight in the eye, "So, are you twenty or twenty-one?"

"I’m twenty, when my mother reported my age, she exaggerated by a year." Having explained, he immediately lowered his head, not daring to meet her gaze.

Nolan nodded and continued writing with her pen, "Cause of injury?"

Cause of injury? They were war injuries; what else could they be?

Seeing Tie Niu unable to answer, Nolan patiently explained, "I mean, what kind of weapon caused your injury, and how long since you got hurt?"

"Oh, oh!" Tie Niu suddenly understood, showing his bruised and swollen arm, "I fell!"

"You fell?" Nolan put down her pen, furrowing her brow, and leaned over the low table to check on Tie Niu’s injuries. That’s unlikely; such light injuries wouldn’t be sent to their tent.

The girl’s long, thick eyelashes suddenly lifted, looking at Tie Niu, "Do you have other injuries?"

Tie Niu, caught peeking, was extremely embarrassed, his heart raced uncontrollably, his ears were so red they looked like they were about to bleed. The unique fragrance of the girl so close flooded his senses, making him forget how to breathe.

"Other injuries? Hey, Tie Niu, silly Tie?" Nolan couldn’t help teasing, waving a hand in front of his eyes.

He only saw a pretty small hand waving back and forth, making his heart sway rhythmically.

Cheng Xiaoxiao had just finished treating a teenager, and this one, too, was staring straight at her. However, there was no malice in his eyes, only confusion and curiosity, as if he had thousands of questions but didn’t dare to ask.

She turned her head and saw the amusing scene, as Nolan was telling Cheng Xiaoxiao in all seriousness, "Xiaoxiao, do you think this guy has brain damage?" gesturing to her temple.

Cheng Xiaoxiao burst into laughter.

"Oh? What’s his problem?"

Nolan explained truthfully, "He’s a bit simple-minded, and his arm injury isn’t serious, it just needs some medicated alcohol. It shouldn’t have been sent to us. I asked if he had other injuries, but he couldn’t say."

Hearing the young lady say he was simple-minded, Tie Niu finally snapped back and stood up, "Tie Niu is not dumb; Tie Niu is strong and even a squad leader."

Nolan turned to look at the big guy, "Oh, then why didn’t you honestly report your injuries and stayed silent instead?"

"I, I, I..."

How could he admit that he had taken a liking to the girl in front of him, unsure how to communicate?

Although he was usually quite carefree and didn’t understand romance, his father once taught him if you meet a girl who makes your heart race and you instantly like her, then be brave and pursue her. But the current situation was tough, he had nothing, not even a grain of food, let alone silver coins to support a wife.

Tie Niu was sincere, having helped run his father’s blacksmith shop in the past. Ten days ago, his father died in battle, leaving him alone. His father’s dying wish was for Tie Niu to continue the family line, a promise he vowed to fulfill.

The girl he liked was right in front of him, but he lacked the courage to say anything. Regarding the questions she asked, he found it even harder to speak.

Nolan recalled the scene when Tie Niu entered, his walking posture was a bit uneven, "Is your leg injured?"

"No, no, it’s not." Hearing this, Tie Niu shook his head vigorously.

Such a quick denial was definitely suspicious. Nolan pointed to the bed on the left side of the tent, "Lie down over there, and we’ll take a look for you."

"No, no, no, I’m fine, I’ll just take my leave now." He turned to leave.

"Stop right there."

With Nolan’s authoritative command, Tie Niu stopped in his tracks.

"What’s the deal with you patients, getting all tense over a simple check-up? We’re not monsters; why are you so scared?"

Nolan swiftly blocked Tie Niu’s path, her challenge leaving him speechless.

Just then, from the right side, Yalan, who was bandaging another person, tied a pretty bow, then popped her head out and called to Nolan, "Sis, could it be his ’third leg’ that’s injured!"

With those words, everyone inside except Cheng Xiaoxiao blushed collectively.

Especially Nolan, who was still standing in front of the poor guy feeling utterly embarrassed. She bit her lip, "Then, you should go find Grandpa Huang!"

She said and was about to flee the scene, glaring at her sister who had made the inappropriate comment, to cover up her own embarrassment.