Chapter 1600: 1549 Envious You Have a Well‑Behaved Girlfriend

"No." The middle-aged man said firmly, then hesitated a bit.

Zheng Ren felt something was wrong, turned his head, narrowed his eyes, and stared at him.

"Do weight-loss pills and health supplements count?" the middle-aged man asked hesitantly: "Besides starting to dress up, what Fairy Water... Doctor, is Fairy Water something you drink or what? Does drinking it really make you become an immortal? Or does it make you grow young again?"

Zheng Ren gave a wry smile; he too had heard Xiao Yi Ren and Chang Yue mention Fairy Water. But this thing, he and the middle-aged man alike, didn't understand it.

This guy is probably honest and straightforward; at home he's been overly suppressed by his wife, so when I ask about his condition, he habitually starts complaining.

It might also be that the imperial capital is far away, away from his wife's side, so his speech has relaxed.

The middle-aged man complaining about his wife is also normal.

Just complaining like this really delays taking the medical history.

Seeing this, other doctors and nurses came to work one after another.

"Wait a moment, I'm about to start shift change." Zheng Ren put on a standard fake smile and said: "After the handover, I'll ask you about your medical history."

The middle-aged man said nothing, bowed deeply, then left the office.

"Zheng Lao Ban, it's a strange disease." Liu Zewei said from behind: "Before you arrived, I asked the patient's family; they said they had many people look at the images, and the diagnosis was always incomplete intestinal obstruction."

"Well, on imaging it's clearly this disease. But the treatment given by City First Hospital is also about the same. At the very least, gastrointestinal decompression should have helped." Zheng Renye also found it strange.

"When chatting with the patient's family, they also kept complaining. They suspected the patient had reached menopause and started acting out." Liu Zewei rubbed his bald head and said with a laugh.

Zheng Ren thought for a moment, then shook his head.

Most symptoms of menopause are neurological, but the patient's intestine already has organic changes, which is unmistakably incomplete intestinal obstruction.

In the briefly written medical record, it mentions that the patient has no history of surgery or trauma. This part, I'll ask the family later; maybe there was some surgery he forgot.

"Zheng Lao Ban, actually what I envy most about you isn't your high surgical skill or diagnostic level." Liu Zewei rubbed his bald head and said emotionally.

"Huh?" Zheng Ren was taken aback.

"What I envy most about you is that your girlfriend is obedient and sensible." Liu Zewei said.

Chang Yue was working, but her ears unconsciously perked up.

"Normally, for doctors who are always at the hospital and not at home, the household isn't very harmonious. Women need companionship, but if they spend too much time accompanying, they have no time to pursue a career and may be looked down upon as lacking ambition." Liu Zewei's bald head grew shinier as he spoke.

"Just now the patient's family kept nagging me about this."

"That's not quite right either." Zheng Ren thought of Xiao Yi Ren, a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth—indeed, that's true. But he didn't want to discuss this topic; talking too much could lead anywhere.

"Just now the patient's family told me, his wife now spends more and more time on makeup and dressing each day, buys increasingly expensive cosmetics, things like Fairy Water; if money is tight, she'll complain he earns too little."

"Having a whip at your back driving you to work isn't so bad either." Zheng Ren laughed.

"Hehe, I think he's worried about being cheated on." Liu Zewei said with a squinting smile: "Makeup doesn't count, but the clothes he buys are getting more revealing, and he keeps getting his hair done—once a month, with the color changing on average every three months."

"How fresh, red hair, dark green hair, granny gray—really fresh." Su Yun chimed in from the side.

Chang Yue's ear twitched again.

"Speaking of dyeing hair, Old Liu, how often do you oil your head? I can see your bald spot is all shiny black." Su Yun asked with a smile.

"Usually once a month; without oiling, the white hair makes one look older." Liu Zewei said.

As they were speaking, other doctors came in one after another, preparing for shift change.

This is a routine procedure; everyone stopped chatting and waited quietly for Director Kong to arrive.

When there are no major incidents in the department, shift change is quick, and rounds are even faster. Each team-leading professor knows his patients well, so Director Kong doesn't need to say much.

As for Zheng Ren's side, the patient was discharged today, a new batch of inpatients arrived, and Zheng Ren had nothing interesting to see.

The patient and family expressed gratitude, each in high spirits. After all, being able to leave the hospital and go home is a joyful thing.

Moreover, it's a recovery discharge; the ascites decreases day by day, the belly flattens at a visible speed, and they also clearly see the condition seems to have improved.

Zheng Ren is too lazy to listen to thanks; it's related to his personality.

After finishing the handover and seeing the patients, Zheng Ren returned to the doctors' office, called the patient's family from Hai Cheng, and continued reviewing the films.

"Where were we just now?" Zheng Ren asked.

"..." The patient's family also felt a bit lost; who remembers what we were just talking about?

"Do you or your spouse have any serious illness or injury? Have you had any surgery? For example, a C-section?" Zheng Ren asked.

"No, nothing at all." The patient's family said firmly.

Just after asking that, a family member of a patient about to be discharged sneaked over to the doorway. Seeing Liu Zewei and Chang Yue there, they showed sincere smiles.

"Director Liu, Doctor Chang, we're here to present a banner of honor." Several patient family members each took a banner and said, not wanting to be outdone.

Liu Zewei's face turned somewhat pale.

These patient family members said they were presenting the banner, mentioning only themselves and Doctor Chang— isn't that just putting eye drops on themselves in front of Zheng Lao Ban?

This isn't a banner of honor; it's a death talisman.

Chang Yue didn't mind, laughing and chatting with the patient's family. They get along well, and Chang Yue isn't particularly concerned about Zheng Ren's feelings.

Lately he goes to the Emergency Department right after surgery every day, or to gastroenterology and hepatobiliary, busy as hell. The surgery is also done by Liu Zewei, while Zheng Ren stands aside tapping the hemostatic forceps.

The patient doesn't even know Zheng Ren exists, which is also normal.

Every morning during rounds, the patient looks at Zheng Ren with a strange gaze; this has already become routine.

"Zheng Lao Ban, would you like to take a photo together?" Liu Zewei felt a bit embarrassed, rubbed his head, and moved closer to Zheng Ren.

Taking such photos is also for publicity. Later patient family members, seeing so many people ahead of them recover, naturally develop a sense of trust.

But Zheng Ren was deeply pondering the case of incomplete intestinal obstruction, had no time to placate, merely shaking his head impatiently.

"Old Liu, you're busy; the boss is here looking at the films." Su Yun said with a smile: "It's fine, the boss doesn't care about this, you can relax."