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♪Don't be afraid of the long journey♪

♪Love will comfort your missing♪

♪All the wounds will scab over♪

♪And turn into the blossoms of time♪

♪Someone will wipe them away for you♪

♪Don't feel lonely, moving on♪

♪Share your story with time♪

♪It will respond with a gentle beam of light♪

♪Wishing you find her in the crowd♪

♪And rest content with a simple life♪

♪Even though life is full of regrets♪

♪May you always maintain enthusiasm♪

♪For every winter and summer♪

[Love Is Panacea] [Episode 1]

[The show is the Major Project for Supporting Literature and Art]

[in Sichuan Province in 2022]

[Based on the novel "Healer" by Ningmeng Yuyan]

(On the 478th day of providing medical aid in Lacaya,)

(I just flew to a neighboring city)

(to guide a resection surgery of a huge meningioma tumor)

(for a patient with heart failure)

(then rushed back to Lacaya)

(where another major operation is waiting for me.)

(Our mission here is twofold:)

(first, to save more lives)

(under the harsh local medical conditions;)

(second, to teach them the skills)

(so that when we leave this land,)

(the local doctors)

(will still be able to provide)

(the best treatment for patients.)

[Friendship Hospital]

[Lacaya International Airport]

Has the transferred patient arrived?

Yes.

The patient suffered an injury from a falling object

with skull fractures and enophthalmos.

There's significant nasal discharge now.

Due to the limited conditions of the local hospital,

we only did simple dressing for open wounds.

The patient is currently mildly comatose.

What's the GCS score?

Six.

I think it's

a comminuted skull base fracture with cerebrospinal fluid leakage.

Send me the CT scans right away

and get ready for surgery within an hour.

I upgraded my seat to first class

so I could come out earlier to save time.

Tell the driver to meet me

at gate three in five minutes.

[Lacaya]

Here are the charges for the consignment.

You can pick up the goods.

Thanks.

Hi.

[Kweichow Moutai Co., LTD] Carry these two cartons to my car.

A dollar for each carton.

A dollar for each carton.

Fine.

[My group is coming out soon.]

Clients are coming!

Boss,

the car is stuck in traffic on the way to the airport.

The traffic in Lacaya is very bad.

The time saved by the upgrade might be wasted.

Can you wait for a bit longer?

No. I will figure something out.

Hello.

Everyone, follow me.

What special local product does Lacaya have?

Over here, we can see...

(Taking a cart in such a tiny airport?)

Welcome to Lacaya.

What's this?

Here.

Do you guys need Moutai?

I guarantee the authenticity.

Here, split the flyers.

Buying Moutai in Lacaya,

are you joking with me?

That's right.

Sir, you don't know how it works.

It would be a huge loss

if you didn't buy a bottle of Moutai in Lacaya.

The price is 100 USD for each bottle.

How is that?

You can't buy half a bottle at that price in China.

So cheap. Are they fake?

Right. How can I trust you?

Exporting Moutai to Lacaya is subject to taxes,

costing only 400 to 500 RMB per bottle.

Young lady, you are making too much profit!

Come on,

it's just a small business.

I had to pay for customs,

space, rent, labor, etc.

After all that, I'm really not making so much.

Still not reliable.

What if they are fake?

If we drink fake alcohol...

It's indeed too cheap.

Your body won't take it.

It's fine. You are here to travel,

so I won't force you to buy anything.

General Kouyate has booked my alcohol.

He will be serving it at his family banquet tomorrow.

Wait!

Moutai in Lacaya

is indeed much cheaper than in China.

It's not so expensive that you can afford to drink it yourself.

I will have one.

Alright!

Really?

Yeah!

Alright!

Thank you!

Wait for your turn!

Be patient!

Anterior skull base comminuted fracture.

We must remove the bone fragments

that are embedded in the brain and compressing the optic nerve now.

How is the patient?

The patient has just had an epileptic seizure,

lasting over five minutes.

We've given barbital for symptomatic treatment.

The GCS has dropped to five points.

Moderate level of coma. Left pupil dilated.

Continuously monitor the patient's vital signs.

If GCS drops one more point,

operate immediately without asking me.

But Boss,

I...

There are no "buts."

Fang Mingfan,

brain herniation won't wait for you to be ready.

(Isn't this the rich guy taking the cart just now?)

I need to hang up now.

My fellow Chinese,

where are you heading to?

I can give you a ride.

No need.

I'm taking a taxi.

Taxi?

You need to be ready then.

Traffic on the main road from the airport

to downtown will frustrate you.

Take my ride.

I guarantee that it will only take 50 minutes

to get to anywhere in the downtown area.

Fifty minutes?

Are you sure?

Are you in a rush?

How about this?

Since we are both Chinese,

I charge you 100 dollars, no more no less.

A hundred dollars?

Time is gold.

I'll pay you 100 dollars if I go over time.

Where is your car?

Deposit first.

Here's 100. Let's go.

Quite generous! Follow me.

We've been walking for eight minutes.

Where on earth is your car?

I'm really in a rush.

Almost there.

A convertible vehicle with leather seats.

The owner personally takes you there.

This bike?

Where do I sit?

Right here.

How about the luggage?

That's simple,

here.

I drive very smoothly. No problem at all.

Rest assured.

Are you serious?

As a doctor,

being helpless in the face of illness

is actually the greatest pain.

Um,

if you think my bike is crappy,

you should just take a taxi.

I can pay you back.

Get going now.

Ten minutes have passed.

You have forty left.

Hurry up.

So,

where to?

Friendship Hospital.

What are you looking at me for?

Eyes on the road!

Can you be faster?

Hold on tight!

What are you doing?

Are you blind?

Traffic jam? Come on.

Looks like a car accident.

Any other ways we can go?

Sit tight!

You need to pay extra for speeding.

I asked you to drive fast, not to fly!

I don't want to die because of you!

[Friendship Hospital]

Slowly!

If the General's alcohol spills,

we...

Wait...

What now?

We made it here ten minutes early.

Extra money for speeding, right?

No.

Fifty is already double the price.

I should give you 50 back.

Never mind.

[Gu Yunzheng]

Boss,

I should hand this to you.

Vital signs?

Vital signs.

Heart rate 65BPM,

high pressure 120mmHg,

oxygen saturation 92%,

vital signs stable.

Dr. Fang,

the surgery is very timely.

Hello, Jiang.

Next month. I'll be back next month.

You think I would believe you?

Su Wei'an,

you said that every month.

What kind of excuse will you give me next month?

Traffic jam?

Stomachache?

You slept in?

According to you, the airline has had two strikes.

I promise I will be back next month.

OK?

Enough.

Come pick me up at the airport.

Airport?

What airport?

The airport of Lacaya.

Su Wei'an,

you are so bold.

I just found out

that you haven't been studying in Paris for these three years

but in Lacaya!

How dare you hide this from Lan and me for three years!

Just you wait!

You have to explain it to me when we meet.

Wait...

You didn't tell Lan that I'm in Lacaya, did you?

You don't want me to tell your mom?

Then come here and get me.

But I am delivering alcohol

to the General's Manor.

You have to wait for over an hour.

Don't you know French?

You can take the shuttle bus.

Hello?

Wei 'an?

Jiang,

I'll send you the address.

Be safe.

[East of Longjiang Road Intersection]

(Your father, Su Jianguo, passed away on the way to the hospital.)

(It has been determined that he was fully responsible for this accident.)

Hey, don't move him!

Put him down!

Are you a doctor?

A doctor! Lord, he will be saved.

(Unilateral pupil dilation,)

(dyspnea.)

(Oh, no.)

(It's probably traumatic intracranial hemorrhage.)

(High intracranial pressure is very likely to cause brain hernia.)

Where is the closest hospital?

Downtown. It's an hour and a half away.

I can drive him there.

An hour and a half...

Where is she going?

He might die. What to do?

The patient is suffering from ventricular fibrillation.

Dr. Gu, the patient is suffering from ventricular fibrillation.

Defibrillator.

Defibrillator!

Move.

Give 1 mg epinephrine IV push.

What is she doing?

Two hundred and fifty joules.

Charge complete.

What are you doing?

Don't do that!

You will kill him!

Stop it. I'm saving him!

Two hundred and fifty joules. Try again.

She's not a doctor.

She's the devil!

Call the police!

She is murdering him!

I'll call the police.

Don't let her escape.

Three hundred joules.

The patient recovered a sinus rhythm,

with a heart rate of 65 BPM,

and an oxygen saturation of 92%.

Continue the surgery.

Yes.

Send him to the hospital.

Craniocerebral reconstruction finished.

Fang Mingfan, I'll leave the rest to you.

Rest assured.

My husband went back to his hometown.

I drove his car here for him.

What...

Where is my motorcycle?

Excuse me,

where's my motorbike, and my alcohol?

No idea.

We didn't see.

There she is.

Let's go.

My motorcycle and alcohol are gone.

Madam,

you are suspected of murder.

What?

You are mistaken.

Boss,

you worked hard.

This is my treasured

Dendrobium officinale from 1982.

I specially brought it here from home.

It benefits the stomach and produces fluids,

nourishing yin and clearing heat.

Please taste it.

Fang Mingfan.

Boss,

please give me some more time.

I know.

Ne-next time I certainly will...

Escaping is not the answer.

Are you going to be my first assistant for the rest of your life?

ER needs you.

The smell of alcohol is so strong.

Are you still going to drive after drinking?

Send his blood sample to the Medical Lab.

Get him to the OR now.

OK.

I'm innocent!

[POLICE] I was saving him, not killing him!

I'm innocent!

Police officers!

Shut up!

I'm innocent! Police officers!

Shut up! You're too loud!

This person located it by hand without a CT scan.

Lacaya actually has such an expert-like neurosurgeon.

Not really an expert.

Isn't the position of this hole opened precisely enough?

The left rear of the head was the direct impact point.

The impact caused a contrecoup injury to the right frontal region.

Ruptured intracranial vessels led to major bleeding.

The rescuer must have realized

the intracranial pressure was too high

for the patient to make it to the hospital,

so he conducted emergency treatment.

He did it quite steadily and precisely.

You still don't think the rescuer is an expert?

Thanks to the hole,

the intracranial pressure was lowered in time

to give us more time.

The bone fragments were shattered.

With such rusty skills, he dared to perform a craniotomy,

most likely an impetuous quack with limited abilities.

As the saying goes: lion's heart, eagle's eyes, and woman's hands.

This quack

has at least

the first two qualities of a good surgeon.

I'd like to meet this man.

Interesting, indeed.

Officers,

I was really saving him.

You can call a neurosurgeon if you don't believe me.

Alright.

I have informed FBI to investigate it.

When can I leave?

Be patient, lady.

The evidence and testimony against you are ironclad.

You'd better pray the victim pulls through.

The district court will hear the case in three months,

at which time you can apply for bail.

Three months?

Lady, you'd better learn to get used to this place.

(I will miss so many chances to make money.)

(If I don't deliver Moutai,)

(General will hunt me down.)

Officer!

Officer!

Which hospital was he sent to?

Friendship Hospital.

Officer!

Can you lend me a telephone

to make a phone call?

A hundred-dollar bill is not even enough?

How greedy.

Wait for a second.

[China Trade Corporation in Lacaya]

What kind of life is Su Wei'an living here?

Hello, Wei 'an.

I'm at your door.

Are you sure the address you gave me is right?

Jiang, listen,

I'm suspected of murder.

I'm at the police station now.

Murder?

Go to the Neurosurgery Department of Friendship Hospital right now

and look for a patient sent there today.

He's been in a car accident because of drunk driving

and had a whole drilled in his head.

No matter what,

you have to find his surgeon

and take the surgeon to the East District Police Station.

Only the doctor can prove that I wasn't killing the patient.

Time's up.

Remember…

Time's up.

The Neurosurgery Department of Friendship Hospital.

Hello?

My god.

(The Neurosurgery Department of Friendship Hospital)

[Friendship Hospital]

[Recruitment]

Hello!

Are you here to apply for the interpreter job?

No.

May I ask

if there was an emergency patient today

who got sent here

with a hole drilled in his head?

You mean the one from the car accident?

Yes!

What's your relationship with him?

I need to find his surgeon.

His surgeon is Dr. Gu.

What do you need from him?

I need to see him very urgently!

It's about someone's life!

Could you please help me find him?

Calm down.

You can go sit down for a while.

I will inform him now.

Thank you! Please hurry!

Excuse me.

So sorry.

It's fine.

Are you Chinese?

[Neurosurgery Department] Are you ill or visiting anyone?

Do you know Dr. Gu from the Neurosurgery Department?

I need him to save a life.

Save a life?

Are you not feeling well?

I'm also from this department.

Not me.

I need to see the surgeon

who treated the man with a hole drilled in his head.

I have to see him, and him only.

Talking to me is the same.

I was also in that emergency operation.

No, my friend said

I have to find the surgeon.

Are you the surgeon?

Dr. Gu is very busy.

Anything that doesn't relate to the patient

will be handled by me.

Who needs to see me?

Me, doctor.

Please come with me to the East District Police Station.

My friend was arrested by the police

when she was giving first-aid to someone,

accusing her of murder.

You are the surgeon of that patient,

so you need to come with me and prove her innocent.

Fang Mingfan,

hear her out.

If necessary,

give her a written explanation of the situation.

OK.

No, Dr. Gu.

Saving lives is a doctor's sacred duty.

How could you stand by and do nothing when a life is at stake?

So please don't waste my time when I'm saving lives.

Investigating and gathering evidence to get the truth

is the duty of the police.

My friend wouldn't have been wrongly accused

if the cops here were fulfilling their duty.

You're the only one who knows

whether my friend hurt or saved that man

by drilling a hole in his head.

Did your friend drill the hole?

Yes.

Wait for a second.

Let me arrange the work at hand

and I'll go with you.

But, Boss,

you never meddle in other people's business.

Why...

Fang Mingfan,

where's the blood test report I asked you to get?

Give that to me.

Wei 'an!

Jiang!

My gosh. Are you OK?

I'm fine.

I was so worried!

Where's the doctor I asked you to find?

Over there.

I didn't even waste one minute.

He's a very handsome Chinese doctor.

Dr. Gu.

Officer.

Your testimony and blood test results have been received.

You are good to go.

That gentleman,

is he okay now?

You're mistaken.

She's not a gentleman.

It's that crazy lady over there.

It's you!

What a small world, Dr. Gu.

Thank you for testifying for me.

You know each other!

Destiny.

Are you a doctor?

She is a medical student, studying for

eight years at Huaren Medical University and getting her Ph.D. Cool, right?

Are you a doctoral student in Huaren?

Yes.

But why are you an unlicensed taxi driver here?

Which year did you go to the school?

How long have you been graduated?

I didn't graduate.

I dropped out.

What? Why?

Then you have no clinical experience

and did not receive

remote professional guidance when providing first aid earlier.

I got my Certificate of Licensed Practicing Physician.

I have received specialized training in neurosurgery.

That means no experience.

Aren't you afraid that there were mistakes

in your previous actions,

causing the patient to die on the spot?

If that were the case,

how would you take responsibility?

He's still alive, isn't he?

You're just lucky.

No wonder you dropped out.

I see you have no respect

for medicine or human life.

Don't worry!

If he died, I would compensate him with my life.

Is your life not a life?

What exactly does human life

mean to you?

Is this how Huaren Medical University

teaches you to be responsible

for human lives?

Sign your name and you can go.

Are you that Gu Yunzheng from Huaren?

Thanks.

Wasn't Gu Yunzheng your teacher...

Su Wei'an.

What happened to that man?

Did he pass out?

He had a seizure.

He was lucky enough that young Dr. Su was here.

He's being sent to the hospital now.

Dr. Su?

That's not accurate.

She's a student at Huaren Medical University.

She forgot her book.

This is the last subject of her finals.

[Sabiston Textbook of Surgery]

[We first serve the patients and learn from the process,]

[not to serve patients just to learn. - Academician Wang Zhongcheng]

[Clinical Medicine Class of 2012, Su Wei'an]

Practicing medicine without a license,

pay a $1,000 fine and you can go.

I am a licensed practicing physician.

Su Wei'an?

Su Wei'an, from Clinical Medicine Class of 2012.

Mr. Gu,

you still remember me.

I have not met many students who missed an exam

because of saving people.

Your name impressed me deeply at that time.

Su Wei'an,

I thought you would be an excellent doctor,

but I didn't expect you to drop out.

Why did you drop out?

It was too difficult to learn medicine and I had no money,

so I gave up.

Pay the fine now.

Can you give me a discount?

Fifty percent off?

Five hundred dollars?

OK?

You are bargaining about the fine?

OK?

That won't work, right?

Five hundred dollars?

What's wrong?

Where's my money?

Where's my money?

Oh no, I don't have enough cash either.

Dr. Gu,

you must have money.

Please help her.

Thank you, Dr. Gu.

Thank you, my teacher, Mr. Gu.

Don't thank me

or call me your teacher.

My students

never give up halfway.

Su Wei'an,

if I find out that you provide treatment

without permission again,

I will cooperate with the police to bring you to justice.

Keep that in mind.

Dr. Gu, we will pay you back.

Hello, Hong.

Hello, Mr. Zhou.

Hey, bud,

do you still have Moutai in your store?

Those bottles of Moutai I booked for you last month,

can I buy them back?

You drank all three cartons?

Only one bottle?

Two bottles? OK!

Fake..

No fake ones. I don't sell fake goods.

The General is an expert on China. You know that.

He will know if he tastes it.

Give me an offer.

What a rip-off!

What a hassle to get some alcohol!

Su Wei'an,

do you still see me as your friend?

I flew halfway across the world

today to see you,

spent the whole day running around for you,

even used my acting skills to cry for you,

- yet you won't look at me in the eye? - My bad.

My bad.

Come on, have some prawns.

Your favorite prawns.

Stop that.

Be honest. What's going on?

It's just...

I lost General Kouyate's alcohol

- and now I... - Stop.

Did I ask you about that?

I'm talking about Gu Yunzheng.

Dr. Gu, your teacher Mr. Gu.

Spit it.

Do you have feelings for him?

Enough, Jiang Muying.

I'm in big trouble now.

How can I even think about that?

If the General gets mad,

things will get out of hand.

Fine.

I won't ask you about Dr. Gu anymore.

Let's talk about you.

What's wrong with me?

Don't you pretend!

You are in Lacaya

but why did you lie to us about Paris?

Also,

when did you drop out?

And why?

Didn't I make myself clear

at the police station?

It's hard and makes no money, right?

Yeah.

Only Gu Yunzheng would believe that.

Don't you lie to me!

You've wanted to be a doctor since you were little.

Now you're telling me

you think there's no money in medicine,

so you want to give up.

Do you really think I'd believe that, Su Wei'an?

And you, Su Wei'an,

have never been the kind of person who loves money.

I do love money,

very much.

You came all the way to Lacaya

to earn dangerous money that risks your life.

Is it because of what happened with your essay back then?

Of course not.

Or because of your father's accident?

Jiang,

people change.

I just want to make money now.

I want to enjoy life.

I don't want to suffer every day in that medical school,

and work hard without earning much money.

You don't have to

struggle so hard here. Alright?

Go back to China with me.

Jiang, I know

that you care a lot about me.

But

I need so much money right now,

the more the better.

Alright, I'll make money with you.

Since I was a kid, I've loved following you around.

This time is no different.

I bought a one-way ticket.

Either you go back with me

or I stay here with you.

I won't leave without you.

You won't leave without me?

Are you kidding?

Can your company grant you such long leave?

Well,

I quit my job.

Again?

Oh my god.

Our family's real estate income

from rent alone allows me to earn easily without effort.

Why endure humiliation for a salary

of just a few thousand?

I don't want that,

so I quit.

In two days?

That won't do.

If I don't get it today, I'm a dead person.

So what's wrong, Wei 'an?

Do you have to get enough Moutai for the General?

You only got this many bottles after all the effort tonight.

Did you ask the airport duty-free shops?

We can have someone go in and buy them.

It's not that easy.

He is an expert on China.

The ones in the duty-free shops are exported goods.

He wants the original Moutai.

What can we do?

We are here.

Who's that?

I don't know. I don't dare to answer.

They've been calling me all night.

Jiang,

why don't you just buy a ticket and go back?

I don't want to get you involved.

The General's men are scary.

I just got here. I won't leave.

Get out of the way. Get lost!

What's wrong?

Hurry!

No.

What's wrong?

Get out of the way!

Go there now!

Who are they?

The General's people.

Go there now!

There's a box here.

So many people!

Only one carton.

You! Carry this carton onto the car.

Catch that woman.

Hide yourself.

Smash the door open!

No!

All my money is in there.

Is your money more important than your life?

Where are you going?

My snacks and chili sauce!

Seriously? Chili sauce?

Your mom asked me to bring it to you.

You,

just stand there.

Yes.

Notify all locations

that if Su Wei'an is seen, report to the General immediately.

Move!

Let's go.

My money! Oh, my shop!

This is too scary!

Jiang,

we won't be able to go back today.

The General's men just said

that I screwed up his banquet today,

and they will capture me.

Why are his men

acting like gangsters?

We can just pay him back.

How could they smash and rob your home?

I'll call the police.

What can the police do?

He's like an emperor here,

not scared of anyone.

Where are we going to

spend the night tonight?

We can only find a hotel.

The General has given the order

that no facilities can take me in.

They will capture me the moment they see me.

Where can we go?

Hello!

Are you here to apply for the interpreter job?

I know a safe place to go.

You do? It's your first day here.

Let's go.

Just come with me.

[Friendship Hospital]

What are you waiting for? Let's go.

I'd better go back and make amends to the General.

He won't really take my life.

No.

You are not even scared of the General.

Are you afraid to come to the hospital?

Your shop is ruined and your business is gone.

It is the safest and best place for you.

Aren't you all about making money now?

They pay you weekly

and the pay is good.

What could be better for you

than this French interpreter job?

No way.

♪The night moves the hands of the clock♪

♪The noise replaces the silence♪

♪We act out a script of an encounter♪

♪The rainbow insetting the night♪

♪And the wind blowing over the desert♪

♪Were all once our witnesses♪

♪Who isn't lost in the vastness♪

♪Seeking a slim chance?♪

♪Trapped in this city called fate♪

♪Yet still chasing the stars♪

♪Don't worry, my lost loved one♪

♪Your lonely soul keeps warm with wine♪

♪Let me embrace your wounds♪

♪You shine bright as a star♪

♪Twinkling in the loneliest times♪

♪The night moves the hands of the clock♪

♪The noise replaces the silence♪

♪We act out a script of an encounter♪

♪The rainbow insetting the night♪

♪And the wind blowing over the desert♪

♪Were all once our witnesses♪

♪Who isn't lost in the vastness♪

♪Seeking a slim chance?♪

♪Trapped in this city called fate♪

♪Yet still chasing the stars♪

♪Don't worry, my lost loved one♪

♪Your lonely soul keeps warm with wine♪

♪Let me embrace your wounds♪

♪You shine bright as a star♪

♪Twinkling in the loneliest times♪