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Without waiting for Chen Daniu to call, someone had already brought Xiang Minghui over.

Xiang Minghui carried his medicine box, placed his stethoscope on Yang Xiliu to listen, but couldn't detect any illness. He pretended to be professional and said, "Sudden fainting, rapid heart rate, suspected stroke. I will first use acupuncture therapy on her."

With that, he went to his medicine box, took out a needle over seven inches long, and without disinfecting it, prepared to insert it directly into Yang Xiliu's fingertip.

Seeing that he was about to prick her, he stopped an inch away from her finger. It took him half a day to prepare himself mentally, but still unable to overcome his fear of blood, he handed the needle to Chen Daniu. "Listen to me. I'll tell you how to prick, and you just do it."

Chen Daniu quickly waved his hands. "I don't know how! I don't know how!"

Xiang Minghui's face darkened. "What time is it? You still say you don't know? Is this your wife? Take it, quickly! I'll tell you how to prick, and you just do it!"

With a miserable face, Chen Daniu took the needle. But thinking that Xiang Minghui's consultation wouldn't cost money as long as they didn't take medicine, he steeled his heart. Guided by Xiang Minghui, he closed his eyes and pricked hard into Yang Xiliu's middle fingertip.

The needle slipped, and the long needle slid along the nail crevice into her thumb. Blood seeped from Yang Xiliu's dirty nail crevice, and even through her short thumb nail, the inserted needle tip was visible.

Yang Xiliu, who was unconscious, let out a sharp howl from the pain and woke up. But since her mouth was stuffed with a rag, the sound she made was muffled.

Although her entire body was numb and weak, when she saw clearly that the person pricking her finger was her husband, she spat out the rag and cursed loudly, "You plague-ridden wretch, are you trying to kill me with pain?"

Seeing that Chen Daniu had slipped, Xiang Minghui's heart had been in his throat. He knew this couple was famous in the village for being difficult. If they caused a scene, his small body wouldn't survive their beating.

Seeing her wake up now, he quickly took credit. "It's fine, it's fine. Didn't I say this therapy is good? See, she's awake, isn't she?"

With that, he pulled the needle out of Yang Xiliu's finger, eliciting another cry of pain from her.

"She's awake, so my job is done." He put the needle back into his box, turned, and ran.

The couple looked at each other. They wanted to say Xiang Minghui's medical skills were terrible and he was just giving random orders, but hadn't he saved her life?

But saved or not, it really hurt like hell!

Yang Xiliu looked around. Seeing neither Hua Jinyin nor that lazy, gluttonous educated youth, her heart was filled with anger.

Others didn't know how she had fainted, but she knew very well. The moment she slapped Hua Jinyin, her entire body felt as if it had been struck by lightning. It must have been those two playing tricks.

She had heard of a device called an electric baton that made one's entire body numb upon contact. Although she hadn't seen how Hua Jinyin used it, her sudden numbness and fall must have been caused by Hua Jinyin's electric baton.

But she had no evidence, and she had offended Hua Jinyin. Would she shock her again?

Daring not find trouble with Hua Jinyin, Yang Xiliu remembered the dirty, smelly rag in her mouth when she woke up and cursed, "Which immoral bastard stuffed dog feces into my mouth while I was unconscious? Don't let me find out who did it! Otherwise, see if I don't pour human feces into their mouth!"

The woman who had stuffed it out of good intentions, fearing she would bite her tongue, became unhappy. She picked up her rag from the ground and said displeasedly, "You're like a dog biting Lu Dongbin, ungrateful for good intentions. I was afraid you'd bite your tongue, so I stuffed a rag in your mouth. Was that wrong? Next time you have an accident, don't use a rag, just let you lie there. If you don't die, it's your luck; if you die, you deserve it!"

With that, she spat at Yang Xiliu, carried her tool basket, and left.

The onlookers nearby also blamed Yang Xiliu for being ungrateful, and then left one by one, leaving the couple staring at each other. In the end, Chen Daniu carried Yang Xiliu home on his back.

Late at night, when all was quiet, Hua Jinyin and Xia Yu came out of the educated youth building and headed straight for the back mountain.

Reaching the peach orchard, they saw a few figures standing ahead in the dim light. Xia Yu mimicked a bird call, and the other side responded with a cat meow.

Xia Yu nodded to Hua Jinyin, and the two ran toward the source of the sound.

The two sides met. Hua Jinyin saw that besides Sui Yong, Old Madam Sui and Sui Huan also came, along with six strangers—four men and two women.

Although they didn't know each other, upon seeing Hua Jinyin, the six of them enthusiastically stepped forward to shake her hand. "Comrade Jinyin, we've heard of your great name for a long time, but never had the chance to meet. This time we finally meet the real person. I am Mu Jin, also a plant superpower user."

"I am Shan Dian, a speed superpower user."

"I am Hei Yi, a flight superpower user."

"I am Zhi Zhu, a summoning superpower user."

"I am Zhua Tie, a metal claw superpower user."

"I am Mo Li, a toxic plant superpower user."

Hua Jinyin felt their superpowers suited them very well, but a girl named Zhua Tie surprised her a bit.

Could this girl turn her hands into metal claws? Was it a physical mutation or a metal-element superpower?

"Hello everyone, I am Jinyin. Everyone says I have a plant superpower, but I'm not quite sure myself." Meeting their burning gazes, Hua Jinyin shook hands with each of them, feeling very much like a leader meeting subordinates.

When shaking hands with Zhua Tie, Hua Jinyin instinctively became more careful, fearing she might squeeze her hand and turn it into a metal claw, giving her a piercing blow. Fortunately, nothing happened. The girl Zhua Tie's hand was soft and delicate, and felt smooth to the touch.

The baby-faced girl Zhua Tie smiled and said, "Sister Hua, I like your strawberry superpower the most. Those strawberries are really delicious."

Hua Jinyin smiled. Immediately, a strawberry seedling sprouted in her hand, growing rapidly and bearing a string of strawberries, making Zhua Tie swallow her saliva involuntarily.

Hua Jinyin stuffed the entire strawberry plant into the girl Zhua Tie's arms, and when she raised her head, she saw a row of envious gazes.

Hua Jinyin smiled helplessly and stimulated a plant for each of them. With such a long way to go, eating while walking could count as entertainment.

Old Madam Sui said disapprovingly, "We are here to catch people. Comrade Jinyin is responsible for finding and scouting the way, which is when her superpower is truly needed. How can you all be so shameless as to make her waste her precious superpower on this just because you want to eat strawberries?"

Clearly, the usually gentle and approachable Old Madam Sui was different when she was at the department. The few of them hung their heads low, holding their strawberry seedlings.

If someone hadn't stuffed a strawberry into their mouth from time to time, Hua Jinyin would have believed they were too scared to speak by Old Madam Sui's words.

Hua Jinyin smiled and said, "It doesn't consume much superpower, and it can recover while we walk."

Old Madam Sui just didn't want them to form a habit of bullying the newcomer. Hearing Hua Jinyin's words, she snorted at them. "Only Jinyin would say that. Otherwise, I would have dragged you all back to write a two-thousand-word self-reflection!"

With that, she folded her arms and stood to the side.