The kidnapping incident spread quickly in the hospital. Cynthia and Tina, who unfortunately became hostages, received the attention of many people.

This is how people greet each other when they pass by the ward:

"I heard that you were kidnapped? Fortunately, the group of people were all caught. God bless you all are fine."

It's really not God's blessing but Holmes' blessing, without the two of them.I'm afraid the next day's news is that the doctor died in the operating room, and the scalpel saved someone but killed himself.

It's a sad thing to think about, but the hospital is a place where sadness outweighs happiness.It witnesses the passing of each life, and it will usher in a new life.

The medical staff have seen enough patients who died of illness, and the sigh of regret will gradually fade away. Even Cynthia has gradually become accustomed to experiencing that kind of life and death.

It's just that there is a special patient today, a woman covered in injuries.The bruises at the corners of her eyes and the redness at the corners of her mouth were obviously from beatings. Cynthia's first reaction was to contact the police, but she was stopped by the nurse.

The nurse was obviously not seeing this scene for the first time, and she pressed Cynthia's hand.

Said to her: "It's useless, those policemen can't help anything and don't want to help. These all happened behind closed doors, and those policemen can't enter the door without permission, let alone collect evidence. There are too many times, they don't want to Tube."

This made Cynthia very surprised. She asked in confusion: "If the police can't help her, who will she go to? Who can rescue her?"

The nurse said as if she had experienced it: "The women's protection organization, the local church and the like will lend a helping hand to them. But the church will not persuade them to divorce, so they will eventually return to that home."

Therefore, there is no one who can really help the victims to isolate themselves from the harm, and their seeking help from others may cause more serious harm.

Cynthia stood there feeling lost. Britain can almost be said to be one of the birthplaces of the feminist movement, but there are still so many men who firmly believe in the old "goose bridge logic".Those polite men outside, who would have thought that they would look different when they returned home.

To their wives, they are less gentlemen and more devils.

While talking, the nurse motioned Cynthia to look ahead: "Look, the person in charge is here."

Cynthia turned her head and looked over, and found that she had seen the person who came before.

Mrs. Nancy Astor, whom she met again at school, was talking to the lady next to her.The two walked towards the ward of the seriously injured woman with a clear goal. Cynthia hurriedly said to the nurse that I will talk about it next time, and followed them in.

Nancy's husband, Waldorf Astor, has been a member of the House of Commons since 1910. After that, in addition to becoming a member of parliament's good helper, she also cared deeply about the rights of women and children.

She often appears in some slums in London to understand their needs and raise funds for them from caring people in the society.

Nancy is not opposed to divorce and has been divorced herself.Waldorf Astor was her second husband, from whom Nancy separated because of his alcoholism.

So when Cynthia went in, she happened to hear Nancy persuading the woman lying on the hospital bed to leave her husband.The secretary next to Nancy saw the uniform on Cynthia and knew that she was the doctor here, so she didn't stop her.

The woman lay powerlessly on the bed, didn't speak, but held Nancy's hand tightly.Tears kept streaming down her red, swollen and bruised face.

Nancy sighed deeply, and shook her hand back: "This time I am determined to stay away from him, and we will help you leave London. First submit a separation application to the court, and then divorce."

The woman shook her head slightly, "I, how can I survive alone. Also, there are children... woo woo woo."

Cynthia's eyes were sour, and she quickly turned her head away.There are some feelings that others cannot empathize with. Maybe many people will directly ask why they don’t get a divorce.

But just like this woman, there are too many worries and obstacles to leave.The people around her would not support her choice, and some people even thought it was wrong for a woman to hit her a few times.

The divorced man may not necessarily let her go, if he can only stay away from London for safety.Even if she had survived hard outside and had no money to pay for childcare, that man didn't know how he would slander her in front of the child.

Nancy is also a mother and can understand her thoughts.The smooth progress of her divorce before was only because the family gave her confidence, and her father's education made Nancy better understand the difficulties of the poor.

So she didn't directly persuade the other party more, "We will definitely come up with a better solution, you can live here with peace of mind first. Don't worry about the child's problem, we will take care of it."

The woman thanked Nancy and the others, and then stared blankly at a certain point.Cynthia could only see deep despair on her face. For her, life had nothing to look forward to, and every day was a torment.

Nancy's secretary put the condolences next to the hospital bed, in order to prevent her husband from taking all the money.They will not directly give condolences, but bought some food and fruits suitable for patients.

For the patient's rest, they did not disturb her for long.When Nancy backed out, she noticed Cynthia.She was already good at remembering people's faces, so she immediately thought of Cynthia.

"Have you started studying at the hospital yet? How time flies."

Cynthia is a little flattered that her idol can remember herself, "Yes, I am still in the learning stage. I cherish this opportunity very much. I can see more sides of the world in the hospital."

Just like the patient just now, Nancy nodded in agreement.

"It's a very good opportunity, and it also brings about the progress of society, doesn't it? It was hard to imagine the existence of female doctors a few decades ago. Cynthia, don't be disappointed in marriage just because you have seen too much dark side in the hospital. Even after going through a period Failed marriages, and don’t be afraid to start over.”

Cynthia knew that Nancy was using her own example to persuade her. As long as she was still in the hospital, she would continue to see such incidents. After a long time, it was inevitable that she would avoid marriage.

The two walked outside while chatting. Along the way, both nurses and patients looked at Cynthia with smiling eyes, and some couldn't hold back their laughter.

Cynthia was keenly aware of other people's gazes, and muttered inexplicably, "What happened?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Annie, the hospital's resident child, ran up to Cynthia from the opposite side.Little Annie raised her head and handed her a rose, and Cynthia pointed to herself.

After receiving a positive nod from Little Annie, Cynthia bent down to take the flowers.She twirled the rose strangely, not quite understanding why she suddenly received flowers.

"Annie, do you want to thank my sister? You don't need to buy flowers next time, and you can drink medicine and treat illnesses to thank us."

Unexpectedly, Annie shook her head, and said childishly, "I didn't give the flowers to my sister, but my uncle."

uncle?Just when Cynthia wanted to ask her who this sudden uncle was, a familiar voice appeared behind Anne.

"I said you can't call her sister and my uncle at the same time, it makes me look old."

Sherlock walked over from behind Anne holding a bunch of flowers that couldn't be held in two hands. The bright red flowers made Cynthia's eyes dazzle.

"But my mother said that people over the age of 30 should be called aunt and uncle. Sister Cynthia is not yet 20, but you are already over 30. Uncle, it's wrong to pretend to be young."

The child's childish words made everyone around laugh. Anne's mother blushed and pulled her over, saying sorry to Sherlock repeatedly.

"No, you're right and don't need an apology. If you apologize, the child will wonder if she did something wrong, and it will confuse her thinking. I should apologize to you, little Anne. You didn't say that." No, but to show how close we are, you can call me Sherlock next time. We're friends now, aren't we?"

A slightly exaggerated smile appeared on Sherlock's face. If Anne's mother hadn't known his identity, she might have thought he was a bad guy.Annie also disliked Sherlock's smile, but considering that he saved her that day, she reluctantly admitted to him.

"Okay, Sherlock."

After dealing with this little accident, Sherlock finally got into today's topic.He walked up to Cynthia with the flowers and held them up in front of her.

Cynthia looked around and chose to take the flowers first, and talk to Sherlock about his abrupt behavior later.

Nancy thought that she had persuaded her to come just now, "It seems that my worries are unnecessary. Congratulations, Cynthia."

Cynthia knew that she had misunderstood, and Sherlock's behavior was too outrageous.The British have always disapproved of ostentatious behavior, thinking that only the French would talk about love all day long, and the British should keep their feelings reserved.

"I'm afraid you misunderstood. Cynthia hasn't accepted my pursuit yet."

Nancy noticed Sherlock's conversation with Annie just now.Whether it's the detective in the newspaper who caught the murderer, or the gentleman in the hospital who upholds the children's worldview, Nancy thinks he's a nice guy.

"Then Cynthia, you should consider Mr. Holmes, he is a good man."

Some people say that Sherlock is an excellent person and a witty person, but few people say that he is a good person.Is he a nice guy?The person who catches the bad guy is of course a good guy, it's just that the Sherlock before him lacked a certain amount of empathy.

They'd rather call him a freak than a nice guy.That freak who was obsessed with thrilling cases, he didn't want to catch the murderer, Sherlock was just obsessed with this kind of excitement.

Cynthia turned to look into Sherlock's eyes, and Sherlock said to her, "It seems that you like roses very much. I thought his suggestion was useless."

"It appears that the proposer was a Frenchman."

Sherlock said happily: "Yes, his things were stolen as soon as he landed in England. It took me half an hour to help him find the thief. In order to thank me, he gave me a little way to court girls. Now it seems Great value."

Cynthia was really afraid that he would come again tomorrow, and it was not a good feeling to be watched by colleagues every day.

"No, no, I don't really like this bouquet of flowers, I just don't want to embarrass you."

"No, you like it. I also chose roses after some reasoning, and you wear roses as the main note of your perfume. At least a third of your handkerchiefs are embroidered with roses, and the garden of old Mrs. Grantham grows roses. Most of them are roses."

Cynthia: ...

It's really embarrassing for Sherlock, even the old lady pulled it out to show off.

The author has something to say: I'm really sorry, the mentality of the stupid fish has collapsed today.As soon as I left school, the teacher said that I would open a thesis defense again in the morning of the day after tomorrow. I was either in the car or on the way to see the teacher for the past two days, and the progress of the thesis was constantly being urged.Then I have to rush back to school after work tomorrow. I am tired. The update may not be stable in the past two days. I would like to apologize to everyone in advance.

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