Half-Finished

Before starting university, Ai Qinghe imagined college life would be like the way it was portrayed in literature and film.

Full of freedom and opportunity, rich and colorful, the best memories of youth. Grades were just a number.

After starting university, Ai Qinghe discovered that college was even worse than her senior year of high school.

She couldn't even slaughter a chicken, yet she could cut open and skin rats, mice, rabbits, and bullfrogs;

She learned to keep a straight face in front of every kind of organ, and was at the front line of getting up close and personal with cadavers;

She made a fool of herself, but learned to recognize all kinds of pulse patterns;

She studied by lamplight, memorizing hundreds of Chinese herbs and prescriptions;

She was scolded by her clinical instructor, but eventually became fast and skilled at surgical sutures;

She learned to write papers and navigate social niceties, and even experienced workplace sexual harassment ahead of time.

But the seniors still said, "With only an undergraduate degree, you'll be half-finished at best."

At last, she reached her internship. This half-finished product set out nervously to become a clinical rookie.

Fortunately, another half-finished product was there to keep her company. His name was Meng Yanqing.

Reader's note:

※ The chaotic, happy campus life of future medical workhorses, before they become workhorses.

※ The initial timeline is around 2013. Due to the era, some policies and student training programs differ from those in effect today. Please treat any discrepancies as fictional details.

※ This story is entirely fictional. Please don't relate it to real-life details. The fictional elements are many and all settings serve the story. If you don't like it, you can leave at once. There are countless great stories on Jinjiang, and there's bound to be one for you!

※ The main references are textbooks and related websites from the 12th through 14th Five-Year Plan periods. Please point out any errors kindly. You don't need to tell me if you drop the story, and please don't make personal attacks or insult chickens. =_=

※ There are plenty of completed stories in my profile. Feel free to click and read~

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Title: Artemisia

Blurb:

When young Chen Jianwei used a long bamboo pole to help the little girl perched on the wall pick starfruit, he never imagined that he would spend the rest of his life taking orders from her.

Zheng Yinchen once thought she and Chen Jianwei were alike, both children unloved by their parents.

As adults, she realized they were different.

He was modest and gentle, serene and bright, like the moon hanging high in the sky.

She was the one on the ground gazing up at the moon, able only to admire his light from afar.

Until one day, the moon above lowered its gaze, unexpectedly discovered the feelings she had hidden deep inside, and came to her of its own accord.

Zheng Yinchen once asked Chen Jianwei, "How did you feel when you found out I liked you?"

Chen Jianwei answered, "I thought of the way you looked at the starfruit tree as a child. I couldn't bear to disappoint you."

But the truth was, he hated the two people who had given him his flesh and blood, without distinction. How fortunate he was that her wholehearted love could heal him.

Artemisia survives the winter, and Zheng Yinchen's love endures through the years.

Theme: A youthful commemorative song from an old dream.