Fearmongering

“Is this Teacher Yan?”

“Yes, hello.”

“This is the library. A student from your department is having an emotional breakdown and shouting. Could you come over as soon as possible to handle it?”

“I’m sorry for the trouble. I’ll be right there.”

“Is this Teacher Yan?”

“Yes, speaking. Who is this?”

“This is the police station. Your student is here with us. We’ve finished taking her statement. Could you come by and pick her up?”

“Of course, of course. Sorry to trouble you, officers. I’ll be right there.”

“Teacher Yan?”

“Hello, Teacher Yuan.”

“There’s a student from your department who was caught cheating. She refuses to sign the paperwork and has also named several other students who tried to cheat. Could you come over?”

“All right, I’ll be right there.”

“Keep trying to save her! She’s only twenty-one! She went through so much just to make it to college. She can’t just die like this!” Yan Peiyan grabbed the emergency department chief at the Fifth Hospital by the arm, sobbing.

“Peiyan, we’re doctors, not gods.” Yu Wei put an arm around Yan Peiyan and tried to comfort her.

“You’re all famous department chiefs! Why won’t you save her?”

... ...

This was Yan Peiyan’s everyday work.

The Yan family was a family of doctors, and at first Yan Peiyan wanted to work at a hospital. But Yu Wei, the chief of cardiothoracic surgery at the Fifth Hospital, had always looked down on her and opposed the idea, shutting the hospital’s doors to her completely! After finally seeing just how much Yu Wei had scorned and ignored her over the years, Yan Peiyan gradually let go of her feelings for him and began focusing on her career.

But life can be strange sometimes. Take Yan Peiyan and Yu Wei, for example: when she talked about feelings, he talked about work. When she started talking to him only about work, he began talking about feelings instead... ...