Chapter 2535: 2444 Do You Still Know Anxiety

2444 Do You Still Know Anxiety? (Alliance Leader Quietly Watching Flowers Bloom and Fall, Bonus 2)

Lin Ge has been doing well lately.

In the science and education sector, he has taken step after step, each one unprecedented since the hospital's founding in 912.

Collaborating and exchanging with world-class top hospitals, with various publicity efforts, Director Yan always emphasizes praising Lin Ge's effective work at every hospital director meeting.

As time passes and the date of the Nobel Prize announcement draws nearer, Lin Ge grows increasingly nervous.

Whether he can push further beyond his limits depends on Young Zheng Lao Ban.

The more he looks forward to it, the more he dares not ask Zheng Lao Ban; while believing Zheng Lao Ban can do anything, he rationally judges that the chance of winning the Nobel Prize is not high.

Recently Lin Ge has been torn and worried; every day he refreshes the Nobel Prize official website, knowing the results won't come out that early, yet he can't help refreshing it ten or more times a day.

And as time goes on, Lin Ge's number of website refreshes on his phone keeps increasing.

That boring webpage is almost worn out from Lin Ge's constant refreshing, yet he still enjoys doing it tirelessly.

It's almost time to get off work; Lin Ge sits in his office, holding his phone and refreshing the webpage.

The Science and Education Department is great—no need to worry about who doesn't know when a clinical landmine will explode, no need to worry about patient complaints, and no need to stay late to smooth things over.

No need to worry about anything; just clock in and out, work happily, pressure greatly reduced, Lin Ge feels he's become younger.

At that moment, he received a phone call.

Seeing the phone screen show the three characters "Zheng Lao Ban," Lin Ge felt excited yet a little afraid. Although he knew Zheng Lao Ban wouldn't report to him about whether he could win the Nobel Prize, he still felt anxious and hopeful.

"Zheng Lao Ban."

"Um… I know. Okay, please wait a moment on your end; I'll come over right away."

After saying just a couple of sentences, Lin Ge hung up the phone.

His head throbbed in waves, and golden stars flashed before his eyes.

What is Zheng Lao Ban up to? He judged a patient with acute gastroenteritis as child abuse by the patient's family.

Child abuse— in the United States, even spanking a child counts as that. But domestically, it's truly unclear how it's determined. Moreover, what does it have to do with medicine? Isn't this just meddling like a dog catching a mouse?

Forget it; whatever Zheng Lao Ban says goes. Lin Ge sighed, also serving as deputy director of the Medical Department, responsible for Zheng Lao Ban's live-streaming affairs. He must manage what he needs to manage; relying on Zheng Lao Ban, he shouldn't get too comfortable.

Hurrying to the Emergency Department, Lin Ge inquired about the situation after meeting them; the more he listened, the more bewildered he became, the more he listened, the more confused he felt.

Zheng Lao Ban's judgment was…

No, this matter must not be left for Zheng Lao Ban to handle himself. Lin Ge made up his mind in an instant; even if there's a landmine, he will take responsibility.

Even if he himself gets into trouble, as long as Zheng Lao Ban is fine, he will have a chance to rise. Perhaps because of his misjudgment, he will suffer some setbacks, but later he will do better.

Just look at the little salesperson who always follows Zheng Lao Ban; with someone showing the way, Lin Ge doesn't need to think much.

"Zheng Lao Ban, I understand this matter. Should I talk to the patient's family?" Lin Ge said in a consultative tone.

Zheng Ren hesitated briefly, then nodded.

The pros and cons of this are not hard to calculate; Lin Ge is doing this to protect himself, to avoid a major fallout from a misjudgment.

Seeing Zheng Lao Ban nod, Lin Ge felt relieved; he had no resentment about taking the blame, and he cheerfully assumed responsibility for the matter.

Zhou Litao was somewhat taken aback: Is this still the Lin Director I know? When did he become so responsible?

"Lin Director, then I'll trouble you." Zheng Ren said, "The child should go for a gastroscopy; by now it should already be done."

"Yeah, once it's done, admit him to the hospital." Lin Ge said, "I'll contact the pediatrics department; after that, you don't need to…"

"I'd like to listen in as well." Zheng Ren smiled and said, "To be honest, I and Su Yun agreed on this judgment, but we lack solid evidence, so I'm feeling quite anxious inside."

Lin Ge thought, "Do you even know how to write the two words 'anxious'?" Such a diagnosis is basically unheard of domestically; if misdiagnosed, one would be blamed to death.

But he only thought that; he didn't show any emotion. With a smile like a spring breeze on his face, he said, "That's fine, but this matter belongs to the Medical Department; I'll first report to Director Ye."

Lin Ge's situation—holding a regular director position while not relinquishing his former deputy director role—should be considered a stopgap measure. The hospital likely considers Zheng Ren's live‑streaming model high‑risk and believes no one can provide cover for it.

Therefore, under this peculiar arrangement, Lin Ge can no longer simply pat his chest and say he'll take responsibility for Zheng Lao Ban as before.

He contacted Director Ye and reported the work. Sure enough, this hot potato is something no one wants to touch, let alone the slippery Director Ye.

Even after obtaining authorization, Director Ye's words were vague; Lin Ge understood the meaning between the lines.

"On Zheng Lao Ban's side, you've taken the biggest fruit; if anything goes wrong, you'll definitely be the one at the forefront."

But Director Ye ultimately told Lin Ge that if the situation becomes uncontrollable, he must report immediately and will come over from home.

After these procedural matters were settled, Lin Ge felt reflective, noting that even someone like Director Ye ultimately had to cover for Zheng Lao Ban.

Given Zheng Lao Ban's standing in the jianghu, saying he's at the height of his power is not an exaggeration.

Is Zheng Lao Ban just messing around? Lin Ge doesn't think so. Zheng Lao Ban has sound reasoning and evidence, and he gave examples; the forward and backward inferences show a considerable possibility.

This is also a surge of passion, not yet worn down by heavy clinical work.

"Done." Zhou Litao returned a call to report: "Lin Director, the gastroscopy showed no signs of reflux gastritis on the stomach wall, and the pylorus was not incompletely closed."

"Fine, admit the patient to the hospital; keep his attitude gentle, just as usual." Lin Ge instructed.

Zhou Litao nodded; to catch people off guard is the way to subdue them. Once there's mental preparation, this sort of mess will likely trouble them to the bone.

"Zheng Lao Ban, then I won't trouble you." Lin Ge said, "The Security Department has surveillance; if you want to look, let's check the footage."

Zheng Ren was stunned; shouldn't more people be better for this? A thunderclap strike, finally letting the patient's family admit or deny.

Once the patient's family loses emotional control, hurting someone further would be bad.

Seeing Zheng Ren's expression, Lin Ge gave a wry smile and said, "Dealing with patient families, I've had relatively more experience; I can be considered to have rich clinical experience. I think we should resolve this at the hospital level first, clarify things, then report upward. Otherwise…"

Zheng Ren knew the matter was extremely troublesome, but thinking of the child still under twenty‑four months old, he solemnly nodded.