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[Breath of Destiny]

[Episode 4]

No, I didn't mean to do that.

I...

I'm sorry.

Keep me company.

Pay you?

Well...

I'll pay you, okay?

Huh?

I...

-You need to pay for... -There you go.

Wait a second.

This is enough.

Thomas.

Have you seen my senorita?

You never know how sexy she looks.

I just fixed it.

But

that Dr Zhou

broke my mirror.

What?

I don't know. I just...

asked her for a ride.

But...

Why? Did you provoke her?

Daniel.

You've got to help me check on a patient.

Thomas, come with me.

You know this patient.

Come here.

Little Four.

-Why are you here? -Mr Qiao.

Mr Qiao.

You haven't given me the red envelope.

I've kept it for you. And I'll give it to you once you've recovered.

Let Mr Qiao and Daniel check on your injury first, okay?

I must pick this up. Just a moment.

Don't.

Be good.

Her leg was cut by a nail last week.

And it hasn't been attended to.

When I bumped into her on the day the quake happened,

the wound has become infected.

And I got her a debridement.

I asked her to go home and take some rest.

Who knew

she'd ask the sorceress to seal the wound

with herbal medicine and mud.

She even went into the water to catch fish.

That's why it ended up like this.

Also, she's been having a fever since she got back on that day.

-It hurts? -Does it hurt?

More than 48 hours have passed since then.

Little Four.

Your wound is infected.

That's why you're having a fever and feeling unwell.

But you see, the wound has now turned red.

So it's no longer some common fever. Got it?

Could it be cellulitis?

Is it very serious?

Am I going to die soon?

Am I...

Dr Li.

Dr Li.

All I'm thinking about is this.

Have you ever seen that beautiful motorcycle of mine?

This mirror

was broken by Dr Zhou.

Daniel.

I'm thinking if I should replace it with a golden one.

A golden one must be beautiful.

Can you let me ride on it?

Do you want to?

I asked the entire hospital. Nobody wanted to go for a ride with me.

Are you sure? How old are you?

Sixteen years old.

That's the legal age to ride on one.

Here.

Let me take pictures of your wound.

It...

It's so ugly. Don't take it.

It's really ugly.

It's all right.

I'll take some pictures because I want to study this wound.

I won't show them to anyone. Okay?

Don't take too many of it.

Okay.

Rest assured. These pictures.

It's between both of us. I won't show them to anyone.

Done.

Stop pulling a long face.

Take a photo with me, too. Okay?

Here.

Here. Say cheese.

Cheese.

Another one. One, two.

-All right. -Daniel.

Look.

-Does it look nice? -It does.

I'll develop it for you.

I'll be waiting for you.

Little Four, take a good rest first.

How is she?

It's bad.

Daniel.

Go...

Get a sample sent to Western District Hospital at once.

Okay.

Let's wait for the result.

All right.

Okay, I'll get back to work.

All right, see you.

Doctor, how is she?

She's awake from the anaesthesia

and is doing well today.

Let her rest.

Keep the wound clean to avoid infection.

And have her try to walk as much as possible these days.

Sis Hong.

Keep a close eye on the patient's situation.

Let me know if something goes wrong.

Sure.

Can Ansha have more babies?

Why not?

That's what the operation was for, right?

So how can she get pregnant again?

First,

she should have a test antenatal test

before pregnancy.

To see how well the wound has healed.

And to see if the uterus

is fit for pregnancy or not.

If she were pregnant,

then she should get an ultrasound

to check the position of gestational sac.

In case there's any scar pregnancy.

Either way,

if she wants a baby,

antenatal care is a must

for lowering the risk.

So she can have more babies?

Did you hear that?

You can still have babies.

Isn't Dr Zhou your saviour?

Dr Zhou.

Thank you.

Don't mention it.

Here's the recovery situation of the wounded

who got his external carotid artery repaired.

Not bad. Thank you.

I just did a warehouse inventory.

And the situation is very worrying.

After all the major surgeries,

we've now run out of large gauze dressings.

Also,

we don't have all sizes of steel plates for Orthopaedic Department.

Some local doctors even ask their patients

to buy them from the main island.

They say they're not doing surgeries without suitable steel plates.

I've discussed it with the Chinese Embassy in Maribor Main Island.

Once shipping is available,

they will allow Qiao tribe's ships

to send us what we needs.

How about this?

I'll send a list to the embassy.

Please come in.

Leader Huo.

Dr Liao.

I've got

a rather urgent case here.

I'd like you to take a look at it.

Who is this?

It's a girl from our hospital.

She's working at Qiao's Tropical Plant Extraction Research Institute.

She's having a high fever

and received a debridement four days ago.

And we got rid of mud and herbal medicine from the wound.

And now we found out that

the wound has turned dark and the blood dark red.

And there's crepitus under the skin.

Did she seal the wound

after it was attended to?

She needed to catch fish in the water.

So she went to find the local sorceress

who sealed her wound

with mud and herbal medicine.

She said it'd recover quicker.

That's ridiculous.

Can we do an pathological examination?

We've sent a sample to Western District Hospital.

I came across this kind of case before.

Dr Li.

I'm sure you've had it, too.

Yes.

This.

It's my another patient from Afghanistan.

Their wounds are similar.

Since Leader Huo is a virus expert

and Dr Liao is a surgeon,

we should be of the same mind.

The wound was once sealed.

And the patient is down with a high fever.

If this keeps going, she might get sepsis.

Black wound. Dark red blood.

And crepitus under the skin.

Gas gangrene.

Gas gangrene caused by anaerobic infection.

A gas gangrene patient

experiences rapid clinical course

and tends to get sepsis.

It comes with high fatality rate.

If it's really gas gangrene,

such a young girl...

The test result is out.

It's gas gangrene.

How careless I was.

I claimed it's cellulitis without no reason.

What if we use both clindamycin and penicillin together?

It's too late.

Little Four is facing extensive necrosis.

To save her life, she must have her leg amputated.

Inform her family of it.

And ask them to sign the consent form.

How about this?

Dr Liao

will be in charge of this surgery.

He's a very outstanding surgeon.

Her family will feel relieved.

Zhou Yue.

You'll be in charge of comforting the patient and her family.

Okay.

Little Four is an orphan.

My brother took pity on her

and let her work at the research institute.

And now she needs to have her leg amputated.

What does she do after that?

She's so pitiful.

Isn't there any other way?

Aren't you experienced experts?

Think of a way!

Dr Qiao.

Calm down.

You're a surgeon, too.

You know better than anyone that there's no other solution.

Little Four can wear a prosthesis

and pick up some skills.

But there's no hope unless we save her life.

As for the surgery,

you can put your faith in me.

There won't be any problem.

I'm sorry, Dr Liao.

I have total faith in your skills.

It's just that...

It's just that Little Four and I are very close.

I really can't accept it.

Okay, let's get ready for the surgery.

I don't want an amputation!

I don't want an amputation!

No!

Little Four.

Little Four, don't panic.

Don't panic. Listen to me.

Actually, we can do many things about it after that.

For example, we can

put on a prosthesis.

When you're wearing long pants or a long dress,

people won't notice it. Okay?

No!

I'll look ugly without a leg.

No, you won't be ugly.

You're a pretty girl after all.

Hello.

Doctor.

Are they beautiful?

Yes.

Ms Qiao will arrange the flowers in a vase.

What's wrong?

Doctor.

I don't want an amputation.

I don't want to have my leg cut off.

I'll look ugly.

You don't want an amputation?

I think, if you don't want it,

these doctors

won't force you into it, right?

We won't have it, then.

Okay?

Does it look nice?

I like it.

Little Four.

Does your leg hurt now?

It does.

It hurts so much.

Did you know? The pain will get worse day by day.

It will become increasingly serious.

By then, your leg

will start to rot.

Just like a rotten meat.

It'll be full of maggots.

-It smells so bad. -Hey.

Then...

But don't you worry.

Because you'll be

dead soon.

Dr Li, what are you saying?

After you die,

no one will remember you.

And you won't feel pain anymore.

It doesn't matter

if you look pretty or not.

You may leave now.

No.

It's all right.

No, Dr Li.

After you die,

you won't be able to see Ms Qiao.

You won't get to receive Mr Qiao's red envelope

or see such beautiful flowers.

And you won't get to take photos like this. Cheese.

Then what happens after I die?

I don't know.

No one here knows.

Daniel.

-Must you do that? -Yes.

Little Four, you're sixteen years old.

And in Zal Island, you're already an adult.

You need to know what's happened to your body.

She has the right for that.

If you die,

you'll cease to exist.

And when everyone who remembers you forgets you,

it's as if you'd never been to this world.

And everything you like. You'll nothing to do with them.

Your lovely parents

are already gone.

If you die,

no one will know

that you used to live a happy life

together with your parents.

I miss Dad and Mom so much.

Before they passed away,

they reminded me

to take good care of myself.

Then did you take good care of yourself?

Without a leg,

you'll definitely struggle in life.

But you can still live every day to the fullest.

And we can still go to the beach.

We'll pick flowers together.

And you can still meet those you like.

And I like the curry made by Auntie Pan.

Auntie Pan's curry.

That's the best thing in the world.

I promise you.

After the surgery,

I'll be waiting for you here with Auntie Pan's curry.

But Little Four,

we need your consent for it.

It's an urgent matter.

We really can't wait no more.

Dr Liao.

It's confirmed that you're Little Four's attending physician.

Please help me to get Leader Huo's approval.

If Little Four agrees to have an amputation,

I'd like to join the surgery.

Dr Li.

Why did you say such a cruel thing to Little Four?

I was telling the truth.

Yes.

You're telling the truth.

But she's still a child.

And you did so in such a simple and cruel manner?

Also, she's our patient.

A doctor should be careful with what he says to a patient.

You didn't take that into consideration.

I'd like to know how you're going to do that.

By tricking her into having the surgery?

And when she woke up to a missing leg,

you'd tell her life without a leg

would be more wonderful?

She's a child. But she's not an idiot.

Of course I'm aware of that.

If you had given me more time,

I'd have persuaded her just now.

Have you ever heard about patients who became emotional and killed themselves

upon finding out their worsening conditions?

There were many of them.

What if Little Four does such a thing?

I did give you time. But what did you plan to do?

To make friends with her?

To wait her to open up and listen to your condition report

before deciding whether to have the surgery or not?

We're talking about gas gangrene and anaerobic bacteria.

I could give you time. But not the bacteria.

In a serious case, the patient can die within a few hours.

Have you ever come across one?

I have.

That'd cost Little Four her life. Are you aware of that, Dr Zhou?

Of course I'll protect her life.

I'm talking to you about the way to do it.

Anyone could do it in a simple and brutal way.

But that's irresponsible.

To be irresponsible is to be unnecessarily sentimental.

Little Four has agreed to it.

In Zal Island, a sixteen-year-old can sign a consent form by himself.

But she's got a request.

She wants Daniel to be her attending physician.

I agree to it.

Me too.

Having listened to what you said,

I believe in you.

I'll assist you

in this surgery

to repay your favour.

Thanks.

Yu Qian.

-Go inform Dr Ge of it. -Okay.

And you'll persuade Leader Huo, Dr Zhou.

Sure.

And you can't afford to fail the surgery.

Yes, sir.

Uncle Wen.

-The battery. -Okay.

It's dead.

Let me have a look.

-I'll check on the spare battery. -All right.

Here's the spare battery. I've got it fully charged.

-Go ahead. -Thanks.

Now it works.

Slowly.

Don't worry.

Little Four.

Don't be nervous.

I'm going to give you spinal anesthesia.

It doesn't hurt.

-Dr Li. -Little Four.

Are you all right?

Do you feel nervous?

Dr Li.

Can you take this off for me?

My legs hurt so much from being strapped to it.

You're talking about this?

That won't do. It's used to protect your leg.

Little Four, don't worry.

With Dr Li being your attending physician,

you'll definitely pull through it.

Little Four, don't be nervous.

It doesn't hurt at all.

Put your hand here.

All right.

Dr Liao is going to disinfect your leg.

Does it hurt?

No.

Can you feel it?

Are you aware I'm tickling you?

No.

That's right. Because Dr Ge has given you the anesthesia.

That's why you don't feel the pain now.

Do you know why we need to disinfect it?

Because your wound is full of bacteria.

Dr Liao needs to disinfect your whole leg first

with this iodine tincture.

So that other wounds won't get infected during the surgery.

I'm going to get ready for it, then.

See you later.

Hey.

We've run out of hand wash.

Use the soap instead.

I haven't used one for so long.

Yeah.

It's Matron Ye's private possession from the country.

We've run out of hand wash long ago.

I'm used to washing hands without soap.

When I was in Africa,

it's very hard to keep up this kind of disinfection measure.

I usually wore two layers of gloves and get on with the surgeries.

-I remember... -Oh yeah.

Based on Little Four's situation,

I suggest you to amputate the calf,

not the thigh.

We'll ligate the blood vessels and nerves first.

Then,

get me a long skin flap.

She's a girl after all. I want to make her wound look better.

Thirty minutes.

Thirty minutes?

Are you kidding me?

It takes a normal doctor

one and a half hour to do it.

Am I a normal doctor?

I'm Li Tian Cheng.

Little Four.

Relax.

When you wake up, the curry rice will be served.

Dr Ge.

Marker pen.

Sis Hong.

-Inflate the tourniquet. -Okay.

Let's begin.

Scalpel.

The surgery was a success.

Luckily we did the surgery before it's too late.

Daniel was truly brilliant.

There are two more left. Let's share them.

Thank you.

Have you known Daniel for long?

Has he always been childish and unpredictable?

Does he fall out with people all the time?

Actually, I find him more mature than ever.

He used to be worse than this.

How should I describe it?

He was erratic and elusive.

Does he treat his family differently?

He's got no family.

No family?

It's not my place to talk about his private affairs.

Anyway, he's a very lonely person.

A lone ranger.

I can see that.

He's quite unusual.

But many girls like how unusual he is.

They're fascinated by him.

I remember when he and his brother were studying medicine in Europe,

I went to visit the latter.

And I found out that

they're the most popular boys in the campus.

A white horse and a black horse.

In the end, many girls get jealous of Kelly.

He's a man who can't make a girl feel secure.

Why would they be fascinated by him?

He's executed a perfect surgery.

Aren't you fascinated by him?

Let's go.

Hello, Dr Xie.

Where did you get that?

It's the leftover from Ying.

And she asked me to finish it.

It tastes quite good. It's yogurt flavour.

This yogurt is the specialty of Zal Island.

Why were you looking for me?

I've handled over everything.

I know.

Once they've allowed us to move,

whether it's a plane or a ship,

you'll pack up and leave, right?

But I heard from Leader Huo that

there's something

you haven't handled over.

That's my personal belonging.

I have the right not to hand it over.

You promised Leader Huo

that you'd hand it over to the next team leader.

It's not so appropriate if you don't do so.

I thought you could tell right from wrong.

I never thought you're...

No, I simply judge it on its own merits.

Also, all of us always find it very strange.

Did something happen between you and Leader Huo?

You're a piece of work.

Both of you are grown-ups.

But you're acting like kids.

What happened between us.

You don't understand it.

Fine.

I don't understand it.

Are you making the mobile library?

I'm interested in this kind of handicraft, too.

Can I help you?

You don't know how to do it.

That's why I need to learn it.

Get over here, then.

Drive this screw into it.

Sure.

Do you have a favour to ask me?

No. I just

like it.

Actually, I heard it from Xiao Cong.

You told the hospital's Youth League Committee

that you'd like to donate two hundred

comic books and fairy tale books.

It's impossible that you'd read them.

We're aware of it.

You always pull a long face as that of a horse.

But you're very kind-hearted.

Is it because I was born in the year of the Horse

that you think I pull a horse face?

What if it were the year of the Pig? I'd pull a pig face?

No, Dr Xie. I didn't mean it that way.

You look better than a horse.

What face do I have?

A donkey face?

I'm sorry, Dr Xie.

What I want to say is that

everyone in our team, especially me,

hopes you can lend us a hand.

Having mingled with

the patients these days,

we think there are indeed some strange situations in the island.

I have to take over from you and carry on promoting health education.

But you refuse to guide me on it.

Are you going to see me going astray?

Zhou Yue.

Most of my jobs

are of little importance.

And people tend to get offended by them.

Have you made up your mind? Are you up for it?

I've made up my mind.

I'll do it.

It's been three days since the last quake.

I guess this natural disaster is over.

Well, come along with me to Linshui Village tomorrow.

Experience it by yourself

and determine what's not normal about it.

When we get back, let's analyse

the diary.

Maybe when you arrive at the village,

you'll quit.

I won't.

I can handle over the diary.

I'm doing this for you

and the whole medical team,

not that person.

Got it.

-[Hello?] -Hello.

It's me Wen.

Xie Hua can't leave now.

And he said he'd take someone to the village for an investigation.

[This darn quake!]

[Let's just get rid of him!]

Mind your mouth.

I won't help you with that kind of thing.

[Just saying.]

[Get rid of him and I'll be in deep water.]

Exactly.

Actually...

Actually, we just need to figure out a way

to make people disbelieve

and ostracise him.

He'll leave Zal Island once they've allowed ships to enter again.

There's no use suspecting things.

[All right.]

[I'll think of a way.]

Thank you, Dr Zhou.

Don't cry.

Little Four, don't cry.

There, there. Don't cry.

My leg is gone.

My leg has gone missing.

-It's gone missing. -Don't cry.

Don't cry.

If you keep crying, the wound hurts more.

Got it?

Little Four. Once you've recovered from it,

Auntie Shu Hui will cook you nice food, okay?

Yes, she'll make you delicious food.

Dr Zhou, what should we do now?

Don't panic.

Shu Hui, could you do me a favour?

Come.

Oh yeah. Dr Daniel brought you

your most favourite chicken curry made by Auntie Pan.

And there's sticky rice, too.

Let me feed you, okay?

I don't want!

It's him.

He cut off my leg.

He cut off my leg.

I hate him.

I hate him.

I hate him.

My child.

You can't blame Dr Daniel.

He did so to save your life.

Don't blame him, okay?

I don't blame him.

I just hate him.

I'll be bedridden for my whole life.

-That won't happen. -I can never...

I can never walk again!

I guarantee it.

-You will walk again. -Really?

Yes, I can guarantee that.

Good girl. Don't cry.

If I stop crying, I'll be able to walk again?

I can guarantee that.

I'll be good. I'll stop crying.

Don't cry. Good girl.

Here, have some water.

Sure.

Go slowly.

Look. Who's here to visit you?

Dr Zhou.

What's with her today?

Just a second.

Look.

I'm going to walk now.

Look.

Where did this pretty sister come from?

Thank you, Shu Hui.

Little Four.

Do I

look good today?

Wait. You can't see it, right?

Isn't she pretty?

Do I look nice?

Nice?

-You look good. -Little Four.

-Look. -Spin around.

Do I look beautiful today?

Does this dress look nice?

-It's so beautiful. -I can even dance.

Isn't it beautiful?

Does it look good?

It does.

Look.

Her leg is gone.

Look, I can hide it

with the dress.

I can even walk.

Your state government has come up with the health care reform.

So you can apply for a prosthesis very soon.

That way,

you'll walk easier than now.

You'll have two legs.

You'll put on your most favourite floral dress

and arrange flowers.

You'll do what you like.

Thinking about it, it does sounds like a good idea.

I know many places.

That's awesome.

And we're still going to see lavendar in Provence.

Quick, make a pinky promise with Dr Zhou.

Here, let's make one.

We're going to see lavendar and

peony.

Peony. Sure.

It's a deal.

Dr Zhou.

I'll get going.

Focus on your recovery. Go for it.

Get well quick.

-Go for it. -Go for it.

White rice with cold luncheon meat again?

How can we eat that?

Here, wipe it.

What's wrong with white rice and luncheon meat?

Huh?

When our medical team first came here,

there wasn't luncheon meat.

Only white rice.

And what did we eat it with? Soy sauce.

Soy sauce with white rice.

-What more could you ask for? -Just be grateful.

Let's play a game, then.

What game?

Have you ever seen The Matrix?

It's about humans who travel to the future.

But they live in a virtual space.

Whatever you touch in it doesn't exist.

Same goes to whatever you eat in it.

But it's okay.

Your central nervous system tells you that

whatever you touch is real.

So is whatever you eat.

Is this kid having a hallucination?

No.

But oral taste

is after all

the axon of transfacial nerve,

tongue nerve, and vegus nerve.

It passes through the brain stem

to the solitary nucleus for neuronal changes.

It then makes way to the thalamus

and eventually reach the gustatory cortex in pars opercularis.

If it manages to agitate these nervous systems,

it's possible for that to happen.

Wow, Dr Liao is truly the young talent in our hospital.

You're undeniably professional.

That's what it is.

Dr Xie.

There's no signal. Why are you using the phone?

Look.

You're a man. Why did you take photos of these dishes?

You're a man. Why did you go sweets with so many out?

Go sweets with what?

If I wanted to get killed, I wouldn't bring a gun.

Go out with sweets.

I got those sweets for the kids.

Look what we have here.

How about this?

Mala crayfish. Let's have it today.

Thirteen spices.

It smells so good.

It smells really good.

-Have one. -Stop it.

I'm telling you. It really works.

No way, it's too childish.

It's not. Hurry up.

Sis Hong.

Hurry up. What do you want to eat?

I came from Hangzhou.

I'll have West Lake Fish in Vinegar Gravy and the like.

There you go.

Madam, enjoy your food.

Let me have a taste.

-Fresh. -How do you find it?

-Beautiful. -It tastes like the dish, doesn't it?

-It's delicious. -Keep it down. There are patients here.

Dr Liao.

Have your pick.

Enough. Stop fooling around.

Hurry up. Don't be so serious.

I came from Jiangsu.

Our hometown...

Our hometown is famous for stinky tofu.

Stinky tofu?

Dr Liao seems like a gentle person.

But he's into strong flavoured food.

-The stinkier, the better. -Here.

Try it. Does it smell stinky?

It does.

It's a five-star experience.

Eat.

Dr Xie.

Dr Xie.

Pick one.

What do you serve?

Anything you want.

I'll go with this one.

Grilled kidney skewers?

And it must go with Yanjing beer.

Here you go. Yanjing beer.

Take a sip.

Try it.

I never thought we're of the same kind, Dr Xie.

We must hang out when we get back to Beijing.

That's a must.