18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 460

Chapter 460

Stella grinned and asked, "Rosie, do you like the life you're living now?"

Without skipping a beat, Rosie replied, "I do."

Sure, there was some backstabbing among colleagues, but she had learned to handle it with ease, sometimes even finding joy in the challenge. The job was tough, but it allowed her to find her own worth.

"I think it's pretty great, sis," she said.

People always have their own agendas, but it was undeniable that everyone was striving toward a better future, believing that life would get better.

Stella smiled, feeling ready for a new beginning herself.

Later that evening, when Jasper came home and saw Stella packing, he couldn't help but ask, "How was the hospital today?"

The understaffed and under-equipped hospital was as you'd expect. But with Collin's presence, there was a newfound sense of hope.

Stella felt a pang of regret. "Dr. Garcia was pretty old when he joined the Kindle Society and fell ill soon after. Sadly, he didn't make it."

Dr. Garcia had been a towering figure in traditional medicine, and his formula for combating the smog virus had saved countless lives during the disasters. His passing was a great loss. If he had still been around, the restoration of traditional medicine would have been much faster.

Learning Stella had decided to work at the hospital, Jasper was thrilled. Nobody knew whether the disasters had truly ended, but life had to go on. Having a job could really ground a person.

"That's fantastic. We can commute together from now on."

said she wouldn't work a day in her life, yet here she was, back at a job. Used to sleeping in,

Jasper, who handed her a toothbrush slathered

she were going into battle. They barely caught the ferry, Stella collapsing onto Jasper's shoulder and falling

dropped her off at the hospital entrance.

affairs. Collin had worked

Western medicine. Stella, having spent some time with Hugh, couldn't claim to shoulder everything, but she was

of medical supplies the previous day.

morning, an injured worker was rushed in with a deep gash in his leg, bleeding profusely. Already in poor

patient was wheeled into the operating room, and Stella and Collin hurried to his side. Collin used acupressure and acupuncture to reduce the bleeding. Stella cleaned and disinfected the wound, then performed local anesthesia,

much as possible. Stella and Collin exchanged a glance, their expressions serious

her first day and didn't finish until eight.

ferry was a long wait, so they decided to row back in a dinghy. They got home after nine, and Rosie and Cooper hadn't returned yet. Cooper, left alone at home, clearly expressed his displeasure, and it took Stella

difficult at

beginning. With insufficient surgical

less than

expand the types of traditional medicines available and improve their quality. She arranged for a dormitory room at the hospital to make it easier to rest and have lunch. When Jasper wasn't busy, he'd come over to have lunch with her

collaborations between Stella and Collin, the integration of Western and traditional medicine became increasingly

a mix of mental and physical ailments. Those residing there, whether due to disasters or the force of circumstances, were a troubled

trouble, and many caregivers have been

with each person isolated and living separately. If it's the prion virus, we're indeed powerless, but if

weren't necessarily untreatable acute conditions. If even the mutated yellow croaker fish could eventually be safe

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