On the Ark.

Although he quickly realized he was wrong and immediately covered his mouth, Nightingale still noticed, her jewel-like eyes radiating a chilling aura.

Lin Ye coughed twice and walked over with a concerned expression: "How are you?"

Nightingale had no intention of answering Lin Ye. She felt that she had seen through Lin Ye and felt a deep sorrow that was worse than death.

Ignoring Lin Ye, Nightingale turned and left.

Lin Ye followed, asking, "Where are you going?"

"go home."

"Wait for me."

"I don't want you," Nightingale said stubbornly. "I want to go back by myself. You go away."

Lin Ye had no choice but to stop, scratching his head: "Oh, okay, then be careful."

Nightingale walked out of the training room without looking back. Her back looked thin and lonely, like a kitten leaving alone.

"Aren't you going to go after her?" Zilan had somehow walked up to Lin Ye's side.

"She probably doesn't want to see me right now, right?" Lin Ye said. "It's good for her to have some peace and quiet. I'll go find her later. Anyway, her place is right outside the training room, she won't get lost."

"No one will get lost," Zilan shrugged. "But... Melansha?"

Melantha and Finn also came over. Finn was holding a report in her hand. She said to Lin Ye, "These are the test results for Nightingale. Would you like to take a look?"

Lin Ye nodded, but after taking the report, he found that he couldn't understand the data at all, so he could only return it with a headache: "This... can you just tell me the result? I don't quite understand it."

"I see. As for the result..." Finn put away the report and looked at Melantha. "Melantha, you tell us."

“Yes.” Melantha nodded. “In terms of results, Nightingale passed the test.”

Lin Ye was very surprised: "She passed the test? Really?"

“I have no reason to lie about this,” Melantha said calmly. “During the test, Nightingale was able to fulfill her mission as a medic, healing her injured teammates with magic. It must be said that although Nightingale’s mental state is not very good right now, her strength has not declined at all, and her powerful healing ability is completely comparable to Shining.”

"Then why the nightingale..."

“I haven’t finished speaking yet.” Melantha interrupted Lin Ye’s question directly, “Although Nightingale passed the test, we still have to determine her test score as unqualified.”

Lin Ye was stunned: "Why is that?"

Melanie was about to speak when Finn raised her hand to stop her and took over the conversation.

“It’s the same problem I’ve mentioned countless times,” Fang said. “While Nightingale possesses powerful abilities, her mental state is still too unstable. Although she’s much better than before when she was ‘keep away,’ it’s still not enough, especially on the battlefield. In the test, Nightingale did perform magical healing on injured operators, but she still involuntarily felt fear, causing her movements to become distorted and her reactions to be a beat slower. Many injured operators couldn’t receive immediate treatment. Fortunately, this was just an exercise; in a real battlefield, operators would definitely die from not receiving timely treatment. From this perspective, although Nightingale passed the test, she is still very, very far from passing.”

Zilan sighed and said, "Although I know Nightingale has tried her best, I've been one of the people responsible for taking care of her since she came to Rhodes Island. So I'm already very surprised that she's been able to do this much. But as Finn said, it's far from enough. From a psychological point of view, this is just a test. Nightingale couldn't even control her emotions in the test, let alone on the battlefield."

“On the battlefield, she might be too scared to walk,” Melantha said, turning and leaving. “In her current state, she would only be a burden to us on the battlefield.”

“Melantha!” Zilan frowned. “Nightingale is still a patient!”

"Then focus on getting better." Melantha said without turning her head. "Let's not think about anything else for now."

As Fin watched Melantha leave, she said to Lin Ye with a sense of helplessness, "Please understand, that's just Melantha's personality; she doesn't mean any harm."

"I know……"

Lin Ye sighed. He didn't know why, but even though Nightingale failed the test, he felt a pang of sadness, like when his own kid failed a test and was gossiped about by the neighbor's kids.

"Don't overthink it," Zilan comforted Lin Ye, a rare occurrence for her. "We never intended for Nightingale to go on a mission at a time like this. We've already obtained the data we needed, and now it's time for further treatment. And just like I said before, it's only been three days. In just three days, Nightingale has already undergone a dramatic transformation. At this rate, she might be back to normal in a week."

“Yes,” Finn agreed. “You really don’t need to worry about Melantha’s attitude; that’s just her personality.”

Lin Ye was somewhat amused and exasperated by Zilan and Fen's barrage of words of comfort: "Why are you all trying to comfort me? It's not like I took the test, and I've only been at Rhodes Island for a few days. Your comforting me feels like family members comforting a doctor; it's really weird."

Fen and Zilan looked at each other, then burst out laughing.

“Of course we’re not trying to comfort you,” Finn said. “We just hope you can pass on our message to Nightingale. We don’t want this test to discourage her. Right now, on Rhodes Island, you and Shining are probably the people Nightingale trusts the most. Tell her not to overthink it; it’s just a trivial test. We all believe she’ll be alright.”

“She will become a medical operator as good as Shining… No.” Zilan shook her head. “It should be said that she has always been a medical operator no less than Shining, as long as she can recover from her illness.”

"Okay, I'll go find her in a bit." Lin Ye nodded. "But before that, can I ask you something?"

"Ok?"

Twenty minutes later, Lin Ye arrived at the door of the 9th floor dormitory.

"This should be the one."

He muttered to himself, then knocked on the door.

"Is this Jessica's room? I'm Lin Ye, the new psychiatrist. I need to talk to you about something. Could you open the door?" Lin Ye called out. "Are you there, Jessica?"

Chapter 42 Half a Box. Bullet

"Is this Dr. Lin Ye?" Inside the 9th floor dormitory, Jessica timidly placed a cup of tea in front of Lin Ye. "Please have some tea, and would you like some biscuits?"

"No need," Lin Ye waved his hand. "I already feel bad for asking you to make tea."

“It’s okay, I don’t usually get many visitors anyway.” Jessica sat down opposite Lin Ye. “Generally it’s just Instructor Doberman… Ah, how about some cookies?”

"Really, I don't need it," Lin Ye said. "I don't like cookies."

"Is that so? Okay, fine." Jessica seemed a little disappointed. "It was just sent to me from home. It's chocolate flavored. Looks like I'll have to eat it all by myself again."

Chocolate-flavored cookies.

Lin Ye remained silent for a while.

“Although I don’t really like cookies, you should know I’ve been taking care of someone lately,” Lin Ye said. “She seems to really enjoy them, if possible…”

Jessica immediately stood up: "Night, Miss Nightingale, is that right? Okay, no problem!"

Seeing Jessica's happy expression, Lin Ye thought to himself, "What a kind child. I really can't let her kindness go to waste."

Two minutes later, Lin Ye wolfed down three chocolate chip cookies, almost shedding tears of happiness. After all, this place was different from his previous life. Although cookies weren't exactly rare or a luxury item, they were still quite expensive. Moreover, the flavors were very limited, just a few varieties over and over. Therefore, Lin Ye was unwilling to spend money on such food, only occasionally bringing back a few packs of dog biscuits from the vet for a taste. As for "high-end" things like chocolate chip cookies, he hadn't eaten them since his sudden death.

Having already devoured three pieces in one go, Lin Ye was still not satisfied and even wanted to lick his fingers. However, he thought it would be too embarrassing and suppressed the thought.

Jessica gave Lin Ye a pack of six cookies, which Lin Ye said was for Nightingale. So he couldn't finish them all, and could only "taste" them before putting them in his pocket. Then he said to Jessica, "I thank you on behalf of Nightingale."

"Uh, it's nothing." Jessica looked at the cookie stains on Lin Ye's lips and said softly, "How about I give you two more boxes? You seem to really like them."

Lin Ye almost nodded, but then he remembered that he had something important to ask Jessica to do, and he couldn't be too shameful, so he forced himself to shake his head, suppressing his heartache.

"No need, I don't really like cookies anyway." Lin Ye coughed twice, skipping the topic of cookies. "Actually, I came to see you to ask about the bullets."

"A bullet?" Jessica seemed somewhat surprised.

"Yes, Shining told me." Lin Ye said, taking the python out of his pocket, opening the magazine, and placing it on the table. "I heard you're an operator who uses guns, so I wanted to ask if you have any bullets of this caliber. If you do, please sell me some."

Upon seeing the gun, Jessica's expression became even more surprised: "You have a gun too? But you don't seem to be a Sarkaz."

Sarkaz was an angel, Lin Ye remembered.

“Yes, I’m not Sakta.” Lin Ye shook his head. “I just happened to get this gun. The owner gave me three bullets, and I’ve used them all up.”

"Is that so?" Jessica stammered. "Well, let me see."

Then she picked up the python, examined it carefully, and took out a bullet from her pocket to test it.

“It seems to be a different caliber than the gun I’m using now,” Jessica said.

"Really?" Lin Ye was somewhat disappointed. "Alright, sorry to bother you."

“I…I haven’t finished yet,” Jessica said. “I was going to say that I also have some bullets of this caliber.”

Lin Ye was taken aback: "But don't you not use bullets of this caliber? Do you mean your family sells arms?"

“Of course not.” Jessica shook her head. “I bought all my bullets with my own pocket money.”

Use your pocket money to buy bullets?

Lin Ye fell into thought. In his memory, due to the different manufacturing methods and the near-monopoly, bullets in this world were much more expensive than in his previous life. Yet Jessica could afford them with just her allowance. Could this cat-eared girl be a hidden millionaire?

As she was thinking this, Jessica had already returned to her room and soon took out a small box.

“This should be it.” Jessica placed the ammunition box on the table, then opened it. “This is all we have. Is this alright?”

The box contained half a box of silver bullets, with patterns engraved on the bullet heads that Lin Ye couldn't understand.

Although it was much less than he had imagined, Lin Ye was still quite satisfied with what he had received.

"That's enough," Lin Ye said. "You can sell me this half-box of bullets, right?"

Jessica shook her head: "I don't need to sell it, I'll give it to you."

"How can this be?"

“Really, I don’t need it.” Jessica refused again. “I don’t need bullets of this caliber anyway. They were a freebie from the seller, and there aren’t many of them. They’re only worth a few cookies.”

"No, I have to pay," Lin Ye insisted.

Even if Jessica were a wealthy woman, Lin Ye would uphold the principles of not being corrupted by wealth, not being swayed by poverty, and not being subdued by power. He would definitely pay what he owed; although he was poor, he could still afford a few cookies.

Seeing Lin Ye's insistence, Jessica had no choice but to nod and say, "Alright then."

Lin Ye was also very satisfied.

People who only care about taking small advantages will be looked down upon. Lin Ye didn't want to be looked down upon by a cat-eared girl like Jessica, who was much shorter than him.

"How much?" Lin Ye asked.

Jessica gave a number.

Lin Ye thought he had misheard: "How much?"

Jessica repeated it again.

Lin Ye fell silent.

After a long pause, he said softly, "Um, can I pay in installments?"

……

So why is there such a huge difference between people?!

This was Lin Ye's biggest regret after leaving Jessica's dorm. He had originally intended to leave a good impression on the wealthy woman he was meeting for the first time, but he never expected that half a box of bullets would be worth almost all of his possessions.

All of his possessions included, but were not limited to, selling his clothes for money.

It's just half a box of bullets.

Lin Ye clutched the half-box of bullets tightly in his hand, feeling as if his heart was bleeding.