Chapter 8: Too Many Surprises
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Luo Ziling, while gathering herbs on the mountain, heard a huge roaring sound from afar and then saw a helicopter flying past the valley, disappearing into the woods, but the buzzing noise continued.
When he saw the helicopter flying by, Luo Ziling didn't think much of it.
Although this small mountain village was very secluded and rarely visited by outsiders, military helicopters would occasionally fly in this direction.
It was probably a flight path that passed over the small village.
But after the helicopter flew by, the sound didn't fade away quickly; the roaring was still ringing in his ears, and he felt something was off.
His heart stirred, and he immediately thought of something. He stopped gathering herbs and quickly emerged from the cedar forest, running towards the direction of the village.
He even left his backpack behind in the woods.
He ran at breakneck speed, almost sprinting the whole way.
Gasping for breath, he pushed open the door and hurried to the bed where the woman had been lying.
Without any surprise, the woman was gone.
The bed was still warm, and the set of clothes that the woman had been wearing, which were his clothes washed and hung out to dry in the yard, were still dripping.
The woman's clothes that had been folded by the bed and her personal belongings had all disappeared, leaving only her scent in the bedding.
Luo Ziling felt a sense of loss, as if he had lost a treasure, and sat down woodenly at the doorway.
Although the woman was cold and not fond of talking, Luo Ziling, who had always lacked playmates since childhood, still liked having her around.
It wasn't that the woman made his hormones surge and his thoughts drift to matters of men and women, but having someone his age in the house made him feel less lonely.
Although his grandfather was very affectionate towards him, staying with his grandfather all the time didn't let him feel the vibrancy of his youth. Being with someone of a similar age was what brought the restlessness of youth, the passion and the blood boiling—it was still related to whether the hormones were surging.
There were children in the village, but his grandfather didn't let him play with them, and he didn't like playing with them either, without knowing why.
When he was very young, he had a companion, a girl who was a year and a half older than him, a pretty little girl.
He didn't remember why the girl came to their small village, he only knew that they spent two months together.
The girl wore beautiful clothes and was proud like a princess. At first, she was indifferent to him, but he still liked playing with her. With her by his side, he felt he had a playmate and was no longer alone.
Later, they became friends.
He took her to play on the mountain behind, taught her to recognize various plants and herbs, picked wild fruits, and even caught a wild rabbit for her. Once, when they went out to play, she twisted her ankle and couldn't walk, and it was Luo Ziling who massaged her, treated her with herbs, and then carried her back down.
But in the end, she still left the small mountain village and he never saw her again.
Luo Ziling also believed that the woman he had saved would also probably never be seen again after she left.
Thinking of this, and the incredibly tempting sight of the woman, his heart felt tight with gloom.
Luo Ziling didn't go back to gathering herbs but just sat idly in the yard for half a day.
He felt very depressed, having spent many days with the injured woman, but not knowing who she was or even her name.
Everything was so muddled, it really felt lackluster.
And just as Luo Ziling was sprinting towards his house at the speed of a hundred-meter dash, on a hilltop a few hundred meters from their village, two women and a man stopped just before crossing the ridge.
After stopping, the tallest woman signaled her two companions to let go of her.
Standing alone, she turned around, looked back at the small village that was still clearly visible, and at the house on the edge.
Suddenly, she saw a figure in the distance running quickly towards the village, and she understood what was happening.
Seeing that figure dash down the hillside, not even bothering to open the gate, and jumping over the fence with an unbelievable leap into the yard, directly rushing into the inner room, she was stunned, and her eyes felt unexpectedly warm with astonishment.
After looking for a moment, she stood straight towards the direction of the house, raised her hand to her forehead, and silently thought, "I owe you my life!"
The man and woman with camouflaged faces beside her also stood straight, raised their hands to their foreheads, and gave a solemn military salute towards the same direction.
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Two days later, Grandfather Luo Liansheng returned.
Luo Ziling had already tidied up the house well, and all traces of the injured woman were gone.
Luo Ziling couldn't have imagined that his grandfather's return would bring him a huge shock.
"What? Grandfather, you want me to go to Yanjing to study?" Luo Ziling was stunned as he took the admission notice from Yanjing University's Medical College handed to him by Grandfather Luo Liansheng.
Strictly speaking, Luo Ziling, who had never attended school, didn't even qualify as a primary school graduate and couldn't possibly take the college entrance exam, but his grandfather had managed to get him an admission notice to Yanjing University's Medical College, telling him to go to Yanjing for university.
He couldn't figure out where his grandfather had gotten the admission notice from.
Looking at the university admission notice in his hand, Luo Ziling no longer believed that his grandfather, in his twilight years, was an old man who stayed out of worldly affairs. He believed that his grandfather, in his youth, must have been a person who had a tumultuous and magnificent life.
Otherwise, where did he get this university admission notice for him?
But then he immediately thought that perhaps the admission notice wasn't arranged by his grandfather, but by someone else.
"Don't ask so many questions, if your grandfather tells you to go, then just go," Grandfather Luo Liansheng, with his white hair and beard, looked at Luo Ziling with a loving gaze, "Some things, you don't have to ask your grandfather, you will know in the future, understand?"
"Grandfather, I just want to know, did you arrange this, or was it someone else?" Luo Ziling thought for a moment and finally voiced his doubts, "Is it you who wants me to go to Yanjing to study, or is it someone else?"
Not expecting Luo Ziling to ask this, Grandfather Luo Liansheng was taken aback for a moment, but eventually smiled and shook his head, not directly answering Luo Ziling's question, but simply said, "You can't stay in this small mountain village forever, you have to go out and see the world."
Hearing Grandfather Luo Liansheng say this, Luo Ziling basically understood what was going on, and his heart couldn't help but be moved, but he was also filled with anticipation.
Anticipation for a woman, for another kind of life.
After thinking for a while, he asked another question, "Grandfather, you once said that my medical skills have truly been passed down from you, and with enough experience, I could become a great doctor. If that's the case, then why do I still need to go to medical school?"
This was Luo Ziling's biggest puzzle.
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