Chapter 31: Thinking by Day, Dreaming by Night

For the next two days, Lan Mo received no news about Li Jiaojiao. She had thought Li Jiaojiao had once again escaped this calamity.

On the fifth day, Wang Lihua said to Lan Mo with a smile, “Doctor Lan, my friend’s matter has been cleared up. I don’t know who did the good deed and wrote that report letter to our hospital director.

Li Jiaojiao has been sent to a farm for re-education. Even Deputy Director Li got implicated this time—he was dismissed and is now under investigation, and he won’t even get his pension anymore…”

“Didn’t you say the patient’s family framed your friend, and it was the vice director and his daughter behind it? If Deputy Director Li was only dismissed and investigated, why wasn’t he also sent to the farm for re-education?”

“The problem is that it was Li Jiaojiao herself who took the money to bribe the family. Deputy Director Li never showed his face in the matter. If Li Jiaojiao hadn’t personally admitted that her father taught her to do this, Deputy Director Li probably wouldn’t have faced any consequences at all.”

“What about the head nurse of the Emergency Department? She didn’t step forward to speak up for your friend. What happened to her?”

“She received a verbal reprimand…”

“That’s it?”

“Yes, because she performed first aid on the patient in time and also comforted the patient, her merits offset her faults. In the end, she only got a verbal reprimand.

Let me tell you, after Li Jiaojiao was sent away, Deputy Director Li and his wife moved back to their old house in their rural hometown. The hospital housing was taken back, and I don’t know who it will be assigned to.”

Whoever it’s assigned to, it certainly won’t be given to young doctors like them.

It’s good that they’re gone, so those two, father and daughter, won’t keep coming around to disgust her. Although she’s doing well in the Orthopedics Department now, who would want to be arbitrarily transferred around?

“Doctor Lan, I heard our hospital director is looking for the whistleblower, saying he wants to give them some reward. If I could write such ugly handwriting, I’d go claim that reward myself.”

It would be strange if she could write beautifully with her left hand, especially since she isn’t left-handed. As for the reward? Is Director Liang really that kind-hearted? Ha, only a fool would walk right into that trap.

Lan Mo gave an awkward smile. “Since it was an anonymous report, that person naturally left quietly after the deed, keeping their contributions hidden.”

“Yes, you’re right…”

Director Qin had been chattering nonstop in Lan Mo’s ear these past few days, talking about how good that young man Gu Yan’an is, how outstanding he is in the military, how many military achievements he’s made, and how many times he’s been injured…

It got to the point where Lan Mo dreamed of Gu Yan’an last night, dreaming that he went to the battlefield, got injured, and came back to her for bandaging.

Lan Mo sat up and looked at her watch. It was only 4:50 AM. Damn it! How bizarre—why would she dream of him?

Could it be that thoughts by day bring dreams by night?

Forget it. It’s too early to get up but too late to go back to sleep. Might as well get up and steal some vegetables.

Now her farm had finally reached level eight. Just two more levels, and she could start taking things out from her space to use. Thinking of this, Lan Mo felt overjoyed.

Over the past month, everyone in her family had remained largely unchanged, except for her—she was becoming more and more beautiful, her complexion was improving, and her face was starting to fill out.

It made her feel too embarrassed to keep eating alone in her space.

Huh, the golden coconuts from “Lives by the Sea, Meddles in Everything” were ready to harvest, and the sapodillas were ripe too.

She had never eaten sapodillas in her previous life. She wondered what they tasted like.

Lan Mo flipped through her farm settings and discovered that she could only plant coconut trees once her farm reached over level thirty, but she couldn’t plant sapodilla trees at all. She had no idea why.

Since she couldn’t plant them herself, she had no choice but to steal from others. This time, she stole a hundred golden coconuts and two hundred catties of sapodilla fruit.

The icon for “Farmer Has Some Land” also lit up with a little paw mark. Could he have planted watermelons again? Lan Mo clicked into his space and saw that it was filled with apple trees instead.

She had no idea how large each plot of land in his space was. From thirty plots, she managed to steal less than two thousand catties of apples.

After stealing apples from “Farmer Has Some Land,” Lan Mo went to “I’m Your Grandpa” and stole three thousand catties of glutinous rice and two thousand catties of red sorghum.

Then, she stole a thousand catties of Chinese yam and five hundred catties of gastrodia tuber from “Yao Yao’s Medicine Field.”

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She stole all along the way. Although she didn’t manage to steal any Spiritual Medicine or Spirit Fruit from the big shots in the Cultivation World, she did manage to pilfer a considerable amount of various grains, fruits, and medicinal herbs grown by ordinary people.

Indeed, the early bird catches the worm. After stealing others’ “crops,” Lan Mo kept two hundred catties of sapodilla fruit unsold and sold everything else, earning over twenty thousand Gold Coins.

There was no other choice—she had to buy. Who told her she was poor? Without Gold Coins, not only could she not upgrade her villa, but once her farm reached level twenty, she wouldn’t even be able to unlock the Ranch without five million Gold Coins.

Her farm had already reached level eight last night. It shouldn’t take too long to reach level twenty, right?

A week ago, she spent fifty thousand Gold Coins to open another plot of land. This time, she dug up a bag of lavender seeds from the soil, but she didn’t plant them. She decided to keep these flower seeds for later use when needed.

Now, her farm had a total of five plots of land, all planted with tomatoes. While she was busy stealing crops from others, she forgot to harvest her own, only to find that her tomatoes had been stolen, leaving only sixty percent.

Lan Mo harvested the remaining tomatoes, kept a hundred catties to make tomato sauce when she returned in the evening, and sold the rest.

Time flew by so quickly. It was almost six o’clock, and she had to get up and exercise.

Every night, hiding in her space and eating alone, she felt like she was starting to gain weight around her waist. If she didn’t exercise soon, she might become chubby and lose her good looks.

Gu Yan’an didn’t know whether he and Lan Mo were destined to be together. If they were, why hadn’t she turned around even once these past few days, despite him following her to and from work?

But if they weren’t destined, how could they have bumped into each other so coincidentally this time?

Gu Yan’an was now flushed with embarrassment, unsure how to face the beautiful girl before him.

Having lived for over twenty years, this was the first time he had such a dream. He dreamed that Lan Mo married him, and they consummated their marriage that very night.

In his excitement, he pinned Lan Mo beneath him, kissed her lips, and tirelessly made love. When he woke up, he realized it was just a wet dream.

Gu Yan’an felt both ashamed and annoyed. How wonderful it would be if such a beautiful dream could come true!

While his aunt and the others were still asleep, Gu Yan’an quickly got up, took a cold shower, and changed his pants and bedsheets, washing them clean.

Just as he stepped out to clear his head, he bumped into Lan Mo, who was out exercising.

Lan Mo hadn’t expected to run into Gu Yan’an here either. Looking at Gu Yan’an, who appeared perfectly fine, she wondered if last night’s dream had been a premonition.

Would he still get injured? Should she warn him?

Lan Mo took the initiative to greet Gu Yan’an, “Comrade Gu Yan’an, good morning! Have your legs fully recovered? Why are you already starting to exercise now?”

“Good morning, Doctor Lan! I’m not running, the morning air is just nice, so I came out for a walk. You’re out exercising so early?”

“Yes, the morning air is good, and running is beneficial for the body. But since your legs aren’t fully healed yet, it’s best not to run. Comrade Gu Yan’an, you must take good care of your health and make sure not to get injured again. I’ll be going now, goodbye!”

Gu Yan’an was taken aback—Doctor Lan was clearly concerned about him, right? Did she perhaps have feelings for him too?

But then why did she give up on him? Could it be just because he was from Jingshi?

Maybe he should ask someone to pull some strings and find a job in Haishi, settle down here instead. After all, his parents had more than one son—they probably wouldn’t miss him, their eldest son, that much, right?