When I'm on the night shift, all the department heads can't sleep.

As darkness fell completely, Dr. Han called Lin Ye and Ma Hao to the recording room.

"The city's emergency medical center has adjusted its schedule next week, so the practical training will end today."

Dr. Han closed the notebook and placed it on the table.

"Starting tomorrow, you don't need to come to the emergency center anymore."

"Teacher Han, thank you for your hard work these past few days."

Ma Hao added, "Thank you, Teacher Han."

Dr. Han put the notebook into the drawer and glanced at them.

"What's so hard about it? I'm just being a babysitter for the two of you. One of you is a reporter, and the other is always asking questions. I haven't had a moment's peace these past few days."

Lin Ye and Ma Hao exchanged a glance and both smiled.

"Alright."

Dr. Han waved his hand and looked at Lin Ye again.

"Go back and continue revising that paper. The training is over, but the work isn't finished yet."

"Um."

Lin Ye and Ma Hao handed in their student IDs and reflective vests, and then checked the records and consumables against the list.

The seven-day pre-hospital care session ended just like that.

Lin Ye returned to his residence and stood by the window, only then remembering the matter Liu Yang had asked him to do.

He wrote the number down in his phone's notes app but never called it.

Lin Ye took it out and looked at it for a long time before dialing.

"Feed?"

"Are you Liu Yang's sister? My surname is Lin, and I work in the emergency department of the First Municipal Hospital."

"What happened to my brother?"

The girl suddenly panicked.

"What happened to him?"

"Don't panic. He rescued a child who fell into the water this afternoon, but he also swallowed water himself. He's in the emergency room at the First Municipal Hospital now. The chest X-ray shows pulmonary edema. He's already on oxygen, and his vital signs are stable. He'll need to stay for observation overnight."

There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone, followed only by rapid breathing.

"He is conscious now."

Lin Ye said another thing.

"...I'm coming right away."

The girl's voice trembled violently.

"The First Municipal Hospital's emergency room, right?"

"right."

"I'll take a taxi; it'll only take thirty minutes."

"Don't rush, be careful on the road."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Ye stood in the room for a while.

When he left in the afternoon, Liu Yang was still in the emergency room. I wonder how he is now.

He wanted to go and see.

Lin Ye grabbed his coat and went out.

As Lin Ye entered the emergency room of the First Municipal Hospital, Nurse Zhao, who was behind the triage desk, looked up, saw him, and raised an eyebrow.

"Why are you back? Weren't you supposed to be with the ambulance at the emergency center?"

"The practical training is over."

"By the way, Sister Zhao, has Liu Yang, the one who was brought in for drowning this afternoon, been transferred to the observation area?"

"They've turned around; the person is conscious and is receiving oxygen."

Lin Ye nodded and was about to walk towards the observation area.

A middle-aged man walked in through the emergency room door, his shirt neatly pressed and a watch on his wrist, and headed straight for the nurses' station.

"Hello, I'm looking for the young man who brought my daughter here this afternoon, his surname is Liu, he saved my daughter."

Just as Nurse Zhao was about to give directions, Lin Ye spoke up.

"Liu Yang, right? He's been transferred to the observation area. I'll take you there."

The man thanked him, took a couple of steps, and then looked Lin Ye up and down.

"My wife told me everything that happened this afternoon. She said a doctor knelt down outside the emergency room to comfort our daughter and tell her not to be afraid. Was that you?"

Lin Ye was stunned for a moment.

"...It's me."

"Thanks to you all this afternoon."

"That young man saved my daughter, and I haven't thanked him in person yet."

"Mr. Liu is over here."

"I'll go with you. You need to inform the person under observation beforehand about the visit."

Have you notified your family?

"His sister was notified and is on her way."

Lin Ye led the man to the observation area and told the nurses what he wanted to do.

The nurse went in and asked Liu Yang, then came out and nodded: "Liu Yang said he knows him, let him in."

Lin Ye went in first and put his phone on the bedside table.

"Your phone was kept by the child's mother on the shore, and she asked me to bring it to you. Your sister is on her way."

Liu Yang was stunned when he saw the phone.

Thanks.

Lin Ye stepped back and gestured to the man, "Please go in."

The man thanked them and went into the observation area.

"I am the father of the child who fell into the water this afternoon."

"You saved my daughter, which means you saved my whole family. I've come to see you."

"Is the child alright?"

"It's nothing, I just went home and slept it off. It's you who's lying here."

"I should be fine. The doctor said it depends on the situation, and we'll decide after a follow-up check-up tomorrow morning."

The two had barely exchanged a few words when footsteps echoed from the other end of the corridor.

A girl in a school uniform ran in, her schoolbag half-slung over her shoulder, her hair disheveled, and her face covered in sweat.

She was stopped by a nurse at the entrance of the observation area and was so anxious that she stomped her feet.

"I'm looking for Liu Yang, I'm his sister!"

Lin Ye walked over and spoke to the nurse.

"It's Liu Yang's sister. I notified her to come."

The nurse checked the registration form, glanced at the monitor next to Liu Yang's bed, and then let him go.

The girl rushed in, threw herself at the bedside, grabbed Liu Yang's hand, and tears immediately streamed down her face.

"Brother! You scared me to death... My legs went weak when I got the call..."

"It's nothing, I just swallowed a little water."

Liu Yang raised his other hand to wipe away her tears.

"Didn't I tell you not to run?"

"Why should I not run?"

My younger sister was sobbing uncontrollably.

You promised to call me tonight, but all I got was you lying in the hospital.

Liu Yang paused for a moment.

"That child is only five years old, she fell into the water," he whispered. "If I hadn't jumped in, she would have been gone."

"What about you?" the younger sister cried even harder. "What will I do if something happens to you?"

"You can manage on your own."

"I can't make it!" the younger sister cried out, then lowered her voice, "After Mom and Dad are gone, you'll be all alone."

Lin Ye stood at the doorway, his steps halting.

The child's father stepped back from the bedside, stood at the doorway, and stood side by side with Lin Ye, looking inside.

My younger sister wiped her face, her voice hoarse: "Weren't you looking for a job these past few days? You said if you found something, you could save up for my tuition. But if you're bedridden, what's the point of me going to school?"

Liu Yang looked at her, opened his mouth, then closed it again.

Lin Ye then learned that Liu Yang's parents had passed away.

When this 24-year-old jumped into the river during the day, he probably didn't have time to think about what would happen to his sister if he didn't come back.

The child's father stood at the door for a while, then gently knocked on the door frame.

Liu Yang and his sister looked up at the same time.

"Sorry to bother you."

The child's father went in, stood by the bed, looked at Liu Yang, and his eyes reddened first.

"Young man, if it weren't for you this afternoon, I don't even want to think what would have happened to her right now."

He raised his hand and wiped the corner of his eye.

"Don't be shy about paying for your hospital stay. You saved her life, and I wouldn't feel right if you didn't let me pay for it."

"Really, I don't need it. I still have money."

"Please let your uncle pay. Not for any other reason than to put my mind at ease. When my daughter grows up, I need to let her know that someone saved her life."

Liu Yang's words stuck in his throat.

The child's father glanced at him again, as if he was thinking about something.

"Your sister just said she's looking for a job?"

Liu Yang was taken aback.

"My company is small, with only a few dozen people, and we're short of a position in the logistics department."

"If you'd like, come find me when you're better. Don't rush things about work; focus on getting better first."

Liu Yang leaned against the bed and only managed to say one sentence after a long while.

"I'll think about it."

"No rush."

The child's father took a business card out of his pocket and placed it on the bedside table.

"Call me anytime you've made up your mind."