Chapter 205: Hearing it alone is enough to feel happy (Added by Alliance Leader Niu Niu Dian Dian Mao)

After another half hour, the two department heads had more or less figured out what Ji Xiang had done in Shanghai today.

Liu Zhuren stared blankly at his phone, and Zhao Xiangming also gazed vacantly at the doorway; no one spoke.

This was just too fierce.

When Ling Tian came to the Second Affiliated Hospital to "inspect" Ji Xiang, Liu Zhuren had worried that Ji Xiang was young and arrogant, thinking he had talent and wondering why he should accept Qin Chu, Qin Lao, as his teacher when he felt Qin was inferior to himself.

Such erroneous thoughts were unacceptable!

Therefore, whenever there was a chance during those days, Liu Zhuren would "nag" Ji Xiang, trying to guide him onto the "right path" in life.

The sound of those earnest teachings still echoed in his ears, and Ji Xiang had seemed to have some realization at the time; at the very least, Liu Zhuren believed he had listened.

But who could have known that not only did Ji Xiang not listen to a single word, but he had also gone to such extremes.

Pretending to go to Shanghai honestly, only to kick over Qin Chu, Qin Lao's, establishment, and even scold Qin Lao so viciously that he fainted.

Did he have to be so reckless!

Young people these days are truly fierce; neither Liu Zhuren nor Qin Chu would ever do such a thing.

The two sat opposite each other, the dishes gradually growing cold, but each had their own thoughts, and neither had any desire to eat.

"Knock, knock~"

A fat chef knocked and walked in, followed by a young apprentice holding a bottle of beer.

He was the owner of this restaurant and also the chef. Since two department heads from the Second Affiliated Hospital had come, he naturally had to offer a toast and build a connection.

"Two department heads, I haven't attended to you well, is there anything..."

After entering the room, the chef said half a sentence before falling silent as well.

The atmosphere in the room was too awkward and too strange, making one feel at a loss.

The chef saw that the two department heads from the Second Affiliated Hospital had an expression that every man understood, especially Liu Zhuren, whose solemnity was tinged with shame, the shame containing bitterness, and the bitterness mixed with world-weariness and exhaustion.

The expression was incredibly complex, yet strangely, it could be read clearly.

Zhao Zhuren, sitting to the side, seemed to want to laugh but was holding it back.

As for what exactly happened, the chef couldn't figure it out.

"Liu Zhuren, did something happen at home?" The chef took the beer from behind him and bit the cap off with his teeth.

"Bang~"

With a loud sound, Liu Zhuren even wondered if the bottle cap would fly into his windpipe.

"Glug, glug, glug~"

The chef filled a glass with beer.

"Well, what cat doesn't like fish, but it's awkward to get caught. It's fine, you're an old married couple, just go home and apologize, who would care." The chef was familiar with Liu Zhuren and said this while holding the drink.

"..."

Liu Zhuren was speechless.

"A while ago, the bank nearby, President Wei was also..."

"Was also what?" Liu Zhuren said unhappily. "Like Lu Zhishen—even though he had tattoos, drank, cursed, and killed, he was a good man?"

"Liu Ge, you've really touched my heart with that!" The chef paused; he was very honest and didn't catch Liu Zhuren's displeasure, so he excitedly raised his glass.

"Stop it, we have things to discuss." Liu Zhuren said. "It's not what you think. Forget the Munich sausage, I don't think we can eat much today. Never mind the beer, we both drove here, and we'd have to find a designated driver, which is a hassle."

"Then..."

Only then did the chef realize something seemed wrong, but he couldn't guess what.

Distracted, Liu Zhuren recovered slightly, and only after the chef left did he sigh.

"Zhao Zhuren, Ji Xiang is a good kid in every way, but his temper is just too hot."

"Lao Liu, that's not the right way to put it."

Zhao Xiangming finally relaxed and laughed.

"You're still laughing! Is it because you think Ji Xiang is back and someone is here to help you with the work?" Liu Zhuren glared at Zhao Xiangming.

"You don't know. Lao Liu, let me ask you, what kind of hospital do you think Mo Du Gan Bing Yi Yuan is?" Zhao Xiangming asked.

"A top-tier specialized hospital in the country."

"And their Interventional Surgery?"

"It must also be top-tier in the country!" Liu Zhuren looked at Zhao Xiangming in confusion.

"No, the industry's evaluation of Mo Du Gan Bing Yi Yuan is not good." Zhao Xiangming said. "Let me tell you a true story. During the annual conference, the seats around the doctors from Mo Du Gan Bing Yi Yuan were sparse; no one wanted to sit next to them."

"!!!" Liu Zhuren really didn't know about that.

Theoretically, top-tier domestic hospitals shouldn't be that bad; how could such a bizarre situation occur where no one would sit near them at an academic conference?

"They are too sloppy with their surgeries. In our interventional circle, we all think it's a pile of crap." Zhao Xiangming said with disdain. "I wouldn't dare say this at a conference; I know what I am."

"But, justice is in the hearts of the people. If I can't perform a surgery, it's because I can't, because my skills aren't enough, because I, Zhao Xiangming, am a coward and a fool. But Mo Du Gan Bing Yi Yuan, their sloppiness is truly meaningless."

"Oh? How come I didn't know that?" Liu Zhuren asked, puzzled. "And why didn't you tell Xiao Ji?"

"Tell him what!" Zhao Xiangming glared. "If you do surgery well, you'll be begging for food until you're old. They publish many papers, and their technical resources are sufficient. Years later, future generations will only look at the volume of surgeries and the number of papers published; who would go looking for the patients' post-operative survival rates?"

"Besides, even if they looked, they could just say the patients had been everywhere in the country and found nowhere else to perform the surgery, so they performed it out of mercy. Pfft, who doesn't know how their fifteen-minute interventional surgeries are done."

Liu Zhuren was speechless.

There are doctors in the Surgery Department whose skills aren't up to par, but such blatant sloppiness had never happened there.

It wasn't that it didn't exist, just that it was very, very rare.

"Aren't they afraid of something going wrong by doing it this way?" Liu Zhuren asked.

"The patients are all in the late stages of Tumor; if there's an effect, it's because of their high skill, and if there's no effect, it's because the disease had reached that point. Who can say for sure?" Zhao Xiangming laughed. "It had to be Doctor Xiao Ji, scolding that old fart. Even though I wasn't at the scene, just hearing about it makes me feel happy!"

That was true; Liu Zhuren secretly felt the same way.

Being a doctor is just a job, but having seen so many life-and-death partings, everyone has a scale in their heart; doing one's best is enough.

Seeing that kind of irresponsible Doctor get frustrated and be scolded until they fainted, who wouldn't be happy?

"Zhao Zhuren, speaking of which, will Xiao Ji get into trouble?" Liu Zhuren began to worry a little.

"A little bit, perhaps, but if they don't want to climb higher in the future and just want to live their life at our Second Affiliated Hospital, the heavens are high and the emperor is far away, so who could really manage them?" Zhao Xiangming curled his lip, "If you don't protect them, there's still me; what could that old thing Qin Chu possibly do to Xiao Ji?"

"I like this temper from the bottom of my heart. Let me tell you, Liu Zhuren, don't fight me for them."

Liu Zhuren chuckled, "Zhao Zhuren, they are a Standardized Training Doctor, rotating to the Radiology Department; their main tasks are taking films and writing reports. They'll be in your department for at most half a month, do you have the nerve to fight me for them?"

(End of chapter)