Chapter 720: Urban Legends

"Bai Chuzhang, you really have... unique values." Ji Xiang thought for a long time, truly unable to find suitable vocabulary, and finally said it vaguely.

"A clear conscience is applicable wherever you go," Bai Chuzhang said. "Let me ask you something: why can't we doctors make money?"

"..." Ji Xiang shook his head.

"It's not that our standards are poor, but—damn it, human life really isn't worth much!"

Hearing this sentence from Bai Chuzhang, Ji Xiang felt inexplicably uncomfortable in his heart.

However, Bai Chuzhang was just rambling casually; he then smiled and said, "Xiao Ji, what do you think is the most hair-raising thing in a hospital?"

"The sound of gurney wheels colliding with the marble floor."

"No," Bai Chuzhang shook his head and said with a smile, "It's—well, let me say two more simple words."

"..."

Ji Xiang was stunned for a moment, speechless.

He hadn't expected that someone like Bai Chuzhang could actually have a playful side.

"Xiao Ji, what is the thing that left the deepest impression on you when you were in school?" Bai Chuzhang asked.

"Nothing particularly deep. My dad bought an old QQ account to impersonate a girl and flirt with me, saying it was to teach me a lesson. Does that count?" Ji Xiang asked.

Bai Chuzhang focused on thinking about what Ji Xiang said; he truly didn't know how Ji Xiang had survived growing up.

This kind of parent... is just too much!

But Bai Chuzhang thought again, not every parent has this ability; for example, himself—it would be absolutely impossible to have a conversation with his son.

Thinking of this, in the deepest part of Bai Chuzhang's heart, there was actually a hint of envy.

"Bai Chuzhang, what about you?" Ji Xiang asked.

This ending was still considered a bit better; Ji Xiang felt slightly more comfortable inside.

"What about now?" Ji Xiang asked.

"At the time, that brother said he was drunk. I think he was just an animal; any 'loss of control after drinking' is just an excuse," Bai Chuzhang said. "But a few years ago, I went to the South for a conference, and a class reunion called him."

It is said that when his incident came to light back then, the relationship between the two families was quite good; his dad hung him up and whipped him with a belt for a day, almost beating him to death.

"The marriage was set, and his family went bankrupt to buy him a bridal home. But what happened? The bridal home was demolished, and he was given 7 apartments over 100 square meters each. Later on, there was more demolition. Now he collects rent and drinks tea every day, and his son has already graduated from university."

"..."

People, oh, this fate is truly peculiar, Ji Xiang felt a bit of emotion.

"After we met, I saw he hadn't changed much, except that he was in a 'sage state' regardless of time or place."

"Heh heh."

"Right, when I was in school, I heard that in the 80s, there was a university in Chang'an City. Near graduation, 7 hot-blooded young men decided to commemorate their university life."

Seeing that Bai Chuzhang's mood had improved a bit, Ji Xiang followed his lead and continued to ask, "How did they commemorate it?"

"They called a prostitute," Bai Chuzhang said with a playful face.

"..."

"It was university graduation, after all. Their bodies were truly in good shape back then. The girl also stayed the night and even washed up in the morning. Later, she took the money and left. Originally, everything was fine, but right at the end, when she was leaving the campus, the girl fainted."

"As a result, all 7 of these guys were expelled. They didn't get their graduation certificates or completion certificates; it was treated as a malicious incident. Those university students back then, it's truly a pity," Bai Chuzhang sighed.

"It shouldn't have gone that far."

"Three or five years earlier, they would have all been collectively executed by firing squad. Unlike now, where the Obstetrics and Gynecology Outpatient Department has people lining up for abortions every day," Bai Chuzhang said.

"Bai Chuzhang, are you feeling better?" Ji Xiang asked.

"Yeah, I don't have any other way," Bai Chuzhang said. "Get used to it, accept it; what else can I do besides that? It doesn't matter if it's good or not, just muddle through."

"Why does that person need to rest?" Ji Xiang asked. "Could it be that looking into things for a patient also consumes a lot of energy? I've heard people say that such people generally don't live long."

"I don't understand, and you shouldn't ask around blindly. We should touch less of these people and these things," Bai Chuzhang said. "After she leaves, you stay behind. I'll find people from the Anesthesiology Department to come over, and I'll play the patient to see where the problem lies."

Ji Xiang remembered what Lu Zhuren Lu Gang and the Family Member had said.

Could it be that if the source of the problem is finally found, everything will still be credited to that master?

Ji Xiang felt a bit of injustice in his heart.

Damn it!

Why?

But Ji Xiang just cursed casually. Having experienced Empathy so many times, Ji Xiang's heart was no longer that of a naive youth; he had long since lost that kind of ignorant impulsiveness.

There were some things he could change himself, but Ji Xiang didn't want to rely on his family all the time.

Finding a parent—what kind of skill is that!

As Ji Xiang thought about it, he chuckled. In his heart, even going to the System Operating Room to find the system NPC counted as part of finding a parent.

"What are you laughing at?" Bai Chuzhang asked.

"I... remembered something," Ji Xiang turned the topic back to just now. "When I was in high school, there was a girl whose grades were always in the top five of the grade. Maybe because of the pressure, her brain was a little bit off."

"Oh? Did she jump off a building? A few years ago, a child jumped off a building because they got second place in the grade and couldn't stand the humiliation. When I heard that, I thought of my son. If only he had that kind of spirit," Bai Chuzhang said.

Ji Xiang discovered that no matter what he said, Bai Chuzhang could relate to it; this could be considered having rich life experience.

However, every family has its own difficult scriptures to read; it seemed Bai Chuzhang's son wasn't very promising.

"No, Bai Chuzhang," Ji Xiang said. "That girl, in her third year of high school, would use her hand to dip into her feces after every bowel movement and write math problems on the wall."

"..." Bai Chuzhang was also stunned for a moment.

"Many years have passed, and I almost forgot about this."

"This must be the legendary 'striving for self-improvement'."

"Hahaha, Bai Chuzhang, you really are humorous."

Messy footsteps suddenly came from the corridor, and someone was shouting loudly. However, their shouting sounded like singing in an opera, and Ji Xiang didn't understand which dialect it was.

Bai Chuzhang's expression tightened, and he stood up to return to the operating room corridor.

Ji Xiang followed behind Bai Chuzhang; he saw that the Dean's expression was wrong, his face was deathly pale, his forehead was damp, and he was clutching his chest, staring sideways at the other end of the corridor.

Myocardial Infarction? Ji Xiang thought.

But everyone's focus was not on the Dean; he must have seen something terrifying.

What on earth was going on?

Bai Chuzhang walked toward the Dean; his gaze swept over, his body visibly stiffened, and he stumbled, nearly falling over.

Ji Xiang raised an eyebrow.

(End of chapter)