Chapter 399: 391 Good and Evil

Zheng Ren didn't know what to do with his hands and feet; facing the children's innocent, pure hearts, how should he express his own inner feelings?

However, the teacher from Jiu Xiao seemed to notice Zheng Ren's unease, immediately stood up, and said in a low voice: "The ceremony is over!"

The children lowered their hands, pairs of innocent gazes fixed on Zheng Ren.

"About-face, Teacher Sun, you take the kids onto the bus first; I need to chat a few words with Doctor Zheng." He said.

Another teacher nodded and led the children away.

The onlookers at the side spontaneously made way, many felt their blood boil, yet they didn't know what had happened; they only felt that their heart, already smoothed by life, began to throb again.

"Who is that? What are these kids here for?"

"A few days ago there was the Jiu Xiao campus attack; you haven't heard? It was all over the newspapers. Back then it was this doctor who rescued the injured teacher."

"I heard the teacher is still lying in the ICU."

"Not bad, I heard he was stabbed more than ten times; when he arrived he had no blood pressure."

"He could be saved like that? The doctor is amazing!"

"Of course, the day before yesterday there was a patient with cardiac trauma; at that time I was getting an IV drip in observation in the ER, I went to see with the IV bag. This doctor directly opened the patient's chest, blood spraying all over the room."

"I... could that person still be alive?"

"Of course he's fine, it's said he's already been transferred. This doctor is awesome; just watching him almost made me cry. If I could have such an experience in my lifetime, it would be worth dying for."

The onlookers whispered among themselves; the Jiu Xiao teacher came up to Zheng Ren, extended both hands and shook his.

"Doctor Zheng, this is a bit abrupt; it's the children's intention. I've persuaded them for a long time. But then I thought we should express gratitude, and this also sets a correct worldview for the kids." The teacher smiled and said to Zheng Ren.

"Doctor Zheng, thank you."

"It's fine, it's fine, it's just what we should do." Zheng Ren said.

"I was there that day too; if it weren't for you, Yang Lili would probably be dead by now." The teacher said: "Yang Lili's thanks—wait until she's transferred back to the ER ward so she can thank you in person. I'm merely speaking for the Jiu Xiao teachers, expressing our sincerest gratitude to you."

After speaking, he released Zheng Ren's hand and bowed deeply.

"……" Zheng Ren was speechless; thousands of words turned into a trickle, flowing in his heart.

"You're busy this morning, I won't disturb you further." The teacher raised his head, smiled, and said: "If there's a chance, let's talk again."

"Sure, there will definitely be a chance." Zheng Ren replied.

After saying that, the teacher bade farewell, turned and left; Zheng Ren saw him off all the way.

At the entrance of the City First Hospital's ER building, several school buses were parked, with the children sitting on them.

Seeing Zheng Ren come out, the children all surged to one side and waved at him.

Mountain flowers were in full bloom.

Zheng Ren waved, bidding farewell to the Jiu Xiao children; his heart felt sour yet also a little sweet.

The rescue was successful; the greatest sense of satisfaction is nothing more than this.

"Boss, you wouldn't have cried, would you?" Until the Jiu Xiao school bus left City First Hospital, Su Yun said in Zheng Ren's ear.

"No." Zheng Ren wondered why he found this guy so annoying.

Whenever he confronts his inner self, doesn't he know how to let himself be moved a bit longer?

"It's time for rounds; Yang Lili's condition is good, after the ventilator was removed she's fully awake, and today even the chest bottles can be withdrawn." Su Yun said.

"Can she be transferred the day after tomorrow?"

"I think it's enough." Su Yun said: "If it were an ordinary patient, she could have been transferred long ago. This isn't because the Education Bureau and the supervisor's deputy mayor are giving it special attention, is it? The hospital president Xiao comes for rounds every day. To show importance, she also needs to stay in the ICU a few more days."

This is human nature; Zheng Ren couldn't do anything about it.

"I heard you did eight TIPS surgeries in a row yesterday at the Second Hospital?" Su Yun switched topics so quickly it was astonishing.

"Hmm." Zheng Ren gazed into the distance, his brows furrowing.

"Boss, speaking of your surgical talent, it's really high enough to make people envious." Su Yun said.

"Not really, nothing to be jealous about." Zheng Ren answered offhandedly, his brows furrowing tighter.

"You're the type who stays thin and therefore always fearless." Su Yun laughed.

Speaking of Zheng Ren, he's no different; in the Imperial Capital, who knows how many people envy his talent.

It's just that I didn't expect, upon returning to Hai Cheng, to encounter another even more monstrous fellow.

Zheng Ren said nothing, merely gazing at the crowd not far away.

Su Yun quickly sensed something off, lazily asking: "Boss, what are you thinking about? You couldn't still be lost in the children's gratitude, unable to pull yourself out, could you?"

"No, call Fan Tian Shui. If he's not at the hospital, hurry over." Zheng Ren's voice sounded a bit tense.

"……" Su Yun was rarely speechless.

What's going on?

Zheng Ren fixed his stare on a man holding a child, the man hurrying, bearded, furtively looking around, his eyes somewhat slick.

Su Yun didn't know; on the system panel in the upper right of Zheng Ren's field of view, the child held in the man's arms showed a pallid white.

On the system panel there was no diagnosis, only a bleak white, like old frost that had accumulated for years in a mortuary freezer, thick and impossible to melt or scrape away.

If it were a few days earlier, Zheng Ren might have been dazed; after obtaining the system, he had temporarily never encountered such a situation.

But after experiencing the rescue of patients with cardiac stab wounds, cardiac tamponade, and cardiac arrest, Zheng Ren had gained experience.

A corpse appears on the system panel as a sheet of white.

Pallid white,

white that cannot be dissolved.

And that bearded man, the child he holds in his arms, is exactly this situation.

What's going on?

Zheng Ren wondered.

On the system panel, the man shows a light green, indicating a healthy body, completely devoid of any neurological symptoms.

You're not mentally ill, yet you're bringing a dead child to the hospital?

Zheng Ren felt the hairs on his back stand on end.

"Lao Fan, are you going to work?"

"The boss told you to come right away. Oh, we're at the entrance of the Jizhen Da Lou, don't get lost."

"All right, let's talk when we meet."

Speaking, Su Yun hung up the phone.

"Boss, what kind of stimulus have you received?"

"Su Yun, go find Director Pan." Zheng Ren's voice was calm and firm, leaving no room for doubt.

Su Yun, drenched in sweat, looked around and found nothing unusual at all.

However, as a flawless assistant, Su Yun did not question Zheng Ren's decision and immediately turned and left.

"Chief Zheng, what are you doing?" Fan Tian Shui said with a simple, honest smile behind Zheng Ren.

At that moment, the middle-aged man holding the child brushed past Zheng Ren.

He glanced at Zheng Ren, tightened the small blanket wrapped around the child, and hurried into the Jizhen Da Lou.

"There might be a conflict later; if possible, try not to hurt anyone, and leave everything to the public security." Zheng Ren turned and said.