Chapter 2284: 2207 Midnight Raw Meat Consumption (Alliance Leader - Stopped Beating - Extra Chapter 4)

The situation is just like this, there's not much to ask about. Even if you spill the beans, it's just about swallowing a necklace. If nothing unexpected happens, it will pass out on its own in a few days.

When Zhou Litao asked about the medical history—whether the patient had ever experienced something similar before—Zhang Mengxue's lover pressed his lips tightly, making Zheng Ren a little suspicious.

According to Zhang Mengxue's lover's account, nothing like this had ever happened before. But his expression was very strange, and Zheng Ren sensed there was a story.

Zhou Litao had nothing else to ask, so he went to do the examination, to see if there really was a metallic object in the gastrointestinal tract.

Zheng Ren felt curious; it wasn't originally a big deal, but the patient's lover always seemed to be hiding something.

"Manager Zhou, you're busy; I'll take the patient for the examination and have a quick look," Zheng Ren said.

"Then thank you, Boss Zheng." Zhou Litao was happy to have Zheng Lao Ban accompany them; if there really were a problem, he could directly send the patient to the gastroenterology surgery or the digestive internal medicine department.

The patient walked down the hospital corridor, feeling somewhat timid.

She never imagined that coming to the hospital for treatment would result in three doctors following her. This treatment didn't make her feel flattered and surprised; instead, she was genuinely startled.

"Doctor, I won't die, will I?" the patient's voice trembled as she asked Su Yun.

"Why would you think about dying?" Su Yun asked with a laugh.

"I've heard people say that when doctors and nurses are chatting and laughing during a checkup, it means everything's fine. But everyone here is very solemn—one moment an old doctor comes, the next another—this means something serious has happened and they're looking for someone to fix it. And if one person can't handle it, just thinking about it is frightening."

Zhang Mengxue said this while cautiously glancing at the three young doctors, feeling a bit panicked and also doubtful.

"It's fine." Su Yun laughed: "We were just looking for the inpatient chief of the Emergency Department to discuss something, and we happened to run into you."

"Oh." The patient was still doubtful, but didn't continue asking.

Zheng Ren could see the patient's anxiety, but there wasn't much to explain.

Even if the necklace had been swallowed and wasn't lodged anywhere, the system wouldn't give a diagnosis. Let's do the examination first; we'll decide the next steps after seeing the results.

Arriving at the Radiology Department, they waited in line. Zheng Ren put his hand in his white coat pocket and carefully observed the patient's family member.

He was in his thirties, looking very kind, circling around the patient front and back, showing utmost care.

"What are you thinking about, Boss?"

"Don't you think the patient's family member seems to be hiding something?"

"I have a feeling; when giving the medical history, it seems like he's lying. What do you think the problem is?" Su Yun also noticed the family member's odd expression and asked softly.

The family member's performance was rather clumsy, far from being a natural-born actor. When asked about the medical history, he lied, trying to conceal something, but it was obvious at a glance.

Not everyone could notice it, but for doctors with rich clinical experience, it's basically something you can see at a glance as problematic. Lin Yuan, however, belongs to the academic faction, has little clinical experience, and thus failed to spot where the key problem lay.

After waiting over ten minutes, the patient went in, and Zheng Ren came to the operating room. Su Yun greeted the technician familiarly twice, and they gathered together to look at the screen.

The metallic image of the necklace appeared very clearly in the patient's intestinal tract, leaving no doubt.

"Did he swallow a necklace? He really will eat anything." The doctor performing the fluoroscopy said with a chuckle.

"Who knows, Boss—can you get it out? Should we send him to gastroenterology or digestion?"

"Wait a moment; let the patient sit outside for half an hour, then do another fluoroscopy to see if the metallic object moves downward," Zheng Ren said.

Su Yun was a bit doubtful, but soon realized what Zheng Ren intended. It definitely wasn't as simple as he made it sound; this guy had other ideas.

"You want to talk to the patient's family member alone?" Su Yun asked directly.

"Mm."

"Lin Yuan, you stay with the patient." Su Yun then said.

"What gives you the right!" Lin Yuan grew angry; Zheng Lao Ban wanted to talk to the patient's family member, and she was especially curious. Putting herself aside like this didn't seem right.

"The patient is a bit anxious; keep her company and chat for a while—we'll be back soon." Zheng Ren directly arranged.

So annoying, Lin Yuan puffed her cheeks, pouting as she lowered her head to look at the ground. Everything Zheng Lao Ban said was correct; she had to carry it out, and this ironclad rule surfaced in her heart.

However, as soon as she lifted her hand a little, she felt a sudden pain in her wrist. Although she was angry, she still put her hand down, not daring to put it in her mouth to bite her nails.

Su Yun went to explain things to the patient and the family member, then took the family member away from the Radiology Department.

Arriving in the lobby, Zheng Ren didn't waste time and asked directly: "Just now in the Emergency Department, when Manager Zhou asked whether anything like this had happened before, I noticed your expression was off."

"..." The family member stared for a moment.

The three of them stopped in their tracks.

"If you have something to say, tell the doctor; otherwise, what's the point of coming to the hospital?" Su Yun said.

"Uh..." The family member was still hesitating.

"This time you swallowed a necklace; next time it might not be just that." Su Yun said with a chuckle, the threatening tone not too obvious.

"..." The family member was speechless; he didn't dare lift his head, making eye contact, but instead looked down at his own toes.

"I guess you must have known for a while that your loved one gets up unconsciously in the middle of the night and eats things at random." Seeing him silent, Zheng Ren directly voiced his guess.

"..."

The family member jerked his head up, his eyes darting about, as if he had seen a ghost.

"It's nothing, just dream-eating syndrome; you've turned a minor issue into a major one by making such a fuss." Zheng Ren comforted him with a laugh.

"I... I..." The family member was obviously nervous, his hands trembling.

"Hey buddy, want a smoke?" Su Yun asked.

The family member nodded.

"Find a quiet spot to have a cigarette and calm down."

"I... my loved one?"

"With our doctors keeping you company, there'll be no danger in a moment." Su Yun said with a smile.

The three came to a slightly quiet spot outdoors; Su Yun took out a cigarette and handed it to the family member.

"Doctor, how did you know my loved one gets up at night to eat things?" After taking a puff, the family member's emotions eased a little.

"Just by looking at your expression." Zheng Ren laughed, "I just don't know why you're so tense—it's only ordinary dream-eating syndrome, not a serious illness."

"What is dream-eating syndrome?" Although the family member could guess the meaning from the name, he still asked.

Zheng Ren stared intently at his eyes, observing his gaze.

Suddenly, Zheng Ren laughed, he asked: "Did you see your beloved get up in the middle of the night to eat raw meat, think she might have a serious problem, that's why you want to conceal it?"

The patient's family stared at Zheng Ren in shock, cold sweat pouring down.