As they were talking, Zheng Ren's phone rang.
He picked it up and saw that it was from Old Chief Physician Pan.
It was already noon. Old Chief Physician Pan was urging everyone to come over and welcome Department Chief Kong's arrival.
The professor left Little Oliver to see the patients and record the data needed. He left the ward with Zheng Ren in high spirits.
Chang Yue and the others were not allowed to be involved with this kind of welcome party.
Zheng Ren, Su Yun, the professor, and Department Chief Kong went downstairs. However, when they saw Old Chief Physician Pan's Santana 2000, Zheng Ren was dumbfounded.
He did not expect that they would be going to dinner. He spent the whole morning talking to Gao Shaojie about the nuclear magnetic film.
At this point, he had no choice but to call for a taxi.
Zheng Ren took out his cellphone. Just as he was about to call for a cab, the professor said, "Boss, I have a car."
Uh... That was right. Zheng Ren remembered that after Little Oliver came over, the foreign student had rented a car for the professor to drive.
He did not know if the professor's driving was good.
Su Yun volunteered to drive with the professor. Zheng Ren and Department Chief Kong sat in Old Chief Physician Pan's car as they rushed to their destination.
It did not matter if the place was good or not since Old Chief Physician Pan was treating them to a meal. The most important thing was going to a place that served something out of the ordinary.
Northeastern Iron Pot Stew was considered a unique delicacy there.
Furthermore, Old Chief Physician Pan had also found an authentic restaurant that served it, calling it River Mountain Iron Pot Stew. The restaurant was small, shabby, and located in a very remote location. However, Old Chief Physician Pan explained about the dish and restaurant along the way, and Department Chief Kong did not have any objections to it as they chatted happily.
The moment they entered the restaurant, two medium-sized iron pots stewing vegetables could be seen.
They were also being heated by a fire underneath made with firewood.
It was said that the vegetables stewed using this particular method were especially tasty. Zheng Ren did not have any relevant research on it. To him, it was enough as long as he could eat his fill. Regarding whether it was delicious or not depended on who he ate his meal with.
Chapter 538 - Specialized In Treating All Kinds Of Illnesses
One pot was stewing catfish and eggplant, while the other had mushrooms and chicken.
When they entered the room, the aroma itself was enough to make anyone salivate in hunger.
Professor Rudolf Wagner was particularly interested in this idea of taking off one's shows and eating while sitting on the floor. He simply sat there and looked around, curious about everything.
Charcoal and iron pots were just one of the shop's characteristics. Old newspaper clippings covered the wall. Their dark yellow color seemed to be evidence of their passage of time. The vats used for drinking water were made from enamel used decades ago. They had already flaked in so many parts, weathered to a point that it made rich kids who were used to drinking from goblets feel like this was a new novelty.
Old Chief Physician Pan and Department Chief Kong sat down and began to chat. Since they had both started out in the army, they referred to each other by their number during their time in service. Although one now worked in the Capital's Tertiary Grade-A hospitals and the other was simply a military doctor from a basic general hospital, they still communicated at ease with each other.
With their interests in their conversation high, one vat of white wine was quickly consumed.
Su Yun did not have any intention of stealing the limelight. He just followed suit and took small sips. As such, no one paid attention to him.
The taste of stewed catfish and eggplant was completely different from the taste of normal Cantonese cuisine. It was heavy in oil and taste but was still especially fragrant. The food was delicious.
After three rounds of drinking, Old Chief Physician Pan and Department Chief Kong were both slightly tipsy. They stopped drinking and began to talk about serious business.
The so-called serious business was the Capital's first-aid department sending in people to replace Zheng Ren in the name of supporting the local community.
Things like these were done with a sort of tacit understanding as saying it directly would leave a bad taste in everyone's mouths.
Department Chief Kong was a good person but once he got down to business, his conviction was like a long speech that would never end.
First of all, he understood the significance of supporting the local community for someone like Old Chief Physician Pan who had retired from the army. Zheng Ren only heard that small bit before he started to feel sleepy.
In Zheng Ren's opinion... Well, forget it. Department Chief Kong's drunk self was simply bragging, but he was still a decent guy when he was sober.
On the other hand, Professor Rudolf Wagner was very curious about everything. He looked across the room and was not drinking then. In fact, no matter how much Old Chief Physician Pan tried to get him to drink, he shook his head like a rattle-drum and refused.
It was probably because of how drunk he had gotten drinking with Chang Yue the last time.
Zheng Ren felt very bored. After eating for almost twenty minutes, he ate a few large pancakes stuck to the side of the pot at the end and became very full.
He listened to the two old chiefs reminiscing about their bittersweet memories together, talking about the army's glorious traditions... Although Zheng Ren respected Old Chief Physician Pan from the bottom of his heart, even he could not bother to listen to Department Chief Kong's flattery of Old Chief Physician Pan.
Zheng Ren did not know what Little Yiren was doing at that moment. In front of the two chiefs, Zheng Ren was too embarrassed to take out his phone and chat with her.
On the other side, Su Yun was like a fish in the water. He took every opportunity to make the two department chiefs very happy. He even took the time to teach Professor Rudolf Wagner how to eat a big pancake stuck to the side of the pot.
Zheng Ren was in a daze. While waiting for the party to end, Old Chief Physician Pan and Department Chief Kong suddenly spoke louder.
It was about...
He listened carefully. It turned out that Old Chief Physician Pan thought that the emergency department was very busy and needed more than the number of people Department Chief Kong was going to provide. Department Chief Kong assumed that since Sea City General Hospital was only a small local hospital, there would not be so many emergency cases.
They were discussing their bargaining chip and Zheng Ren knew that it was him.
However, he did not have the right to say anything. Both Department Chief Kong and Old Chief Physician Pan were sincerely doing all of this for his own good.
Everything was a favor for him. Zheng Ren leaned his cheek against his palm and started daydreaming again.
"I'll observe Boss Zheng's TIPS surgery in the next two days and also check the volume of emergency cases that go through. I don't believe that there'd be so many emergency cases in Sea City when it has such a small population!" Department Chief Kong downed his drink and said straightforwardly.
When Zheng Ren heard the first half of the sentence, goosebumps appeared all over his back. He wanted to stop Department Chief Kong but was lost in thought then. Before he could speak up, Department Chief Kong had already made such bold remarks.
"Don't..." Zheng Ren swallowed the rest of his words as it was already too late.
An ominous premonition enveloped Zheng Ren's heart.
"Huh?" Department Chief Kong did not know what Zheng Ren was going to say. He looked at him in surprise.
Su Yun smiled bitterly. He put down his chopsticks and whispered, "I'm afraid I'll be busy tonight."
In the clinic, they were most afraid of such headst
rong personalities. The night shift god specialized in treating all kinds of incurable diseases and was filled with divine wisdom.
It could probably be guessed that Department Chief Kong had not been the one to receive emergency cases over the last few years. Even if emergency surgery was needed, his chief resident would probably be able to handle it. Every year, he would be brought outstation and the task was primarily handled by the healthcare team there. Furthermore, there were also very few emergency treatments needed in most major hospitals.
After being away from the emergency department for so long, he had lost his respect for the night shift god.
Zheng Ren and Su Yun looked at each other and smiled bitterly.
"Boss Zheng, what's wrong?" Department Chief Kong asked, puzzled.
To be honest, the few glasses of wine that Old Chief Physician Pan and Department Chief Kong had between them was not much as Old Pan himself was old and Department Chief Kong did not want him to drink too much.
He was not drunk at all and knew the fact very well. Therefore, Department Chief Kong did not understand Zheng Ren's expression. Had he said something wrong just then?Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click #'s-studio_%!d(string=16489637605120805)/specialized-in-treating-all-kinds-of-illnesses_%!d(string=51118306777681052) for visiting.
"It's nothing." Zheng Ren stretched his legs and was ready to return to the hospital.
He was afraid that things would be non-stop tonight.
Zheng Ren's cellphone suddenly rang, breaking the awkwardness at the table.
Because he was mentally prepared, Zheng Ren's blood pressure and heart rate did not suddenly increase. He took a glance and saw that it was the emergency department calling.
"Chief Zheng, there's a time-s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e case that needs to be looked at and all nearby first-aid ambulances are out," said someone from the other end of the call.
"Got it. I'll be back right away." After Zheng Ren said that, he hung up the phone.
Zheng Ren raised his head helplessly and looked at Department Chief Kong with a hint of bitterness.
Department Chief Kong laughed and said, "Old Chief Physician Pan, thank you for your hospitality. I'll go and check on the situation at Sea City General Hospital. If there are more emergency cases, I'll apply with the hospital to send over more people. "
Zheng Ren called a cab and rushed straight back to Sea City General Hospital with Su Yun and Department Chief Kong in tow.
Su Yun drank some wine. Although he was not of old age, he did not want to show himself in such a state in front of the patient. Because of that, he went straight to the operating theatre and asked Zheng Ren to call him if there was anything.
Zheng Ren and Chief Kong went straight to the emergency room.
The patient had not arrived yet so the emergency department was still quiet for the time being. Zheng Ren took the time to change his clothes and waited at the emergency room's entrance.
"Boss Zheng, are there many emergency rooms here?" Department Chief Kong asked this while in his casual wear.
"Department Chief Kong, if you didn't say anything then everything would have been alright." Zheng Ren was still in a bad mood. He had been eating well when Department Chief Kong had insisted on making that comment. Well, now he was going to see it for himself.
The shrill sound of the first-aid ambulance came from afar. Zheng Ren was prepared like a soldier ready for battle.
Since he did not receive a call from the first-aid ambulance, Zheng Ren knew that it probably was not that big of a deal but still, he did not relax. Instead, he waited attentively.
The paramedic had already pushed the stretcher trolley to the door to wait, but Zheng Ren saw him quickly push the empty stretcher trolley away as a group of middle-aged men in disheveled clothes immediately exited the ambulance.
What the hell was going on? If there were blood and screams, Zheng Ren would have been used to it.
However, when such a quiet group of people walked in, Zheng Ren was somewhat unsure of how to proceed.
Chapter 539 - Felt Wronged And Cried
"What's going on?" Zheng Ren asked.
The first-aid doctor had a strange look on his face as he walked quickly toward Zheng Ren.
On the upper right side of Zheng Ren's vision, there was a light green color on the System's panel. Nothing was wrong so what was going on?
"Chief Zheng, this group of people got into an argument with a waiter and got into a fight." The first-aid doctor wanted to laugh but knew that he would be in an uncomfortable situation if he did.
He held back his laughter and reported to Zheng Ren, "Only one of them sustained heavy injuries. The rest of the first-aid department left earlier to pick up the whole lot. Most of them don't look too bad and I've brought eight of them back with me."
It was then that another ambulance came back with another eight middle-aged men.
They were all dressed messily. Some of them even had just a towel and a pair of pants on in the middle of winter.
What the f*ck was going on?
Zheng Ren was vexed. Who would have to deal with it if any of them got frostbitten?
"Why didn't you let them all put on their clothes properly?" Zheng Ren's tone was slightly stern.
"Chief Zheng, the servers at the bathhouse were already agitated so we didn't want to delay sending them here as we felt if they took too long, it'd be hard to explain if they started to fight again," the first-aid doctor complained, feeling like he had been wronged.
Zheng Ren nodded and said, "Contact the bathhouse and get them to send the clothes over. If they are afraid of losing their money and belongings, tell them that they'll have to take full responsibility for themselves if they get frostbitten!"
After he finished speaking, Zheng Ren brought the patients to the consultation room and started to help the surgery department's on-duty doctor to do a bodily examination and note down anything unusual.
Just as he arrived at the consultation room, Zheng Ren heard a burst of grief-stricken crying.
"It's not that we couldn't beat them. We were wearing slippers and fell every time we tried to swing back. It wasn't conducive for us to fight." One of the big brothers was crying very sadly as he recounted the experience of losing the fight. "The shoes they wore all had non-slip soles. Please tell me how you would fight back against that."
Zheng Ren was speechless.
It was already noon and they were taking a bath. There were more than ten to twenty people there. To want to fight the servers there just felt weird and was probably because there were too many people. One of the servers probably did not take good care of them and the rest might have retaliated by saying inappropriate things, thus causing the fight on both sides.
Furthermore, the bathhouse servers were all young men in their twenties and full of vigor. Moreover, it was normal to wear anti-skid shoes when working there since there were all kinds of bath fluid and foam that would make the ground wet. Indeed, it would be impossible for them to fight back.
However, this particular big brother felt a little wronged then and actually cried in the emergency department.
Zheng Ren felt helpless.
Under such circ.u.mstances, he could not just ignore giving someone a check-up even if there was not really anything wrong. No matter what discomforts the patient had, they had to be checked. Otherwise, Zheng Ren himself would be in trouble over the next couple of days.
Perhaps he would still be in trouble over the next few days regardless.
Since they could not beat up the bath attendants, they might have wished to vent their anger out on the hospital afterward.
Although Department Chief Kong was experienced and knowledgeable, he rarely saw such strange things. He had drunk some wine earlier and was still in a relaxed mood. As such, he pretended to be the patient's family m
ember in the corridor and looked around to understand the overall situation of Sea City General Hospital's emergency department.
These were a batch of patients being dealt with at the moment. A young man who looked like a foreman brought around ten more young men to the emergency department.Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click #'s-studio_%!d(string=16489637605120805)/felt-wronged-and-cried_%!d(string=51118309193600165) for visiting.
Zheng Ren's heart constricted. He was afraid that these two groups of people would have another bloody battle in the emergency department.
Each of them looked strong. When dozens of people engaged in a chaotic battle, it was normal to kill or cripple one or two people in the crowd.
After a quick glance, he saw Fan Tianshui guarding the surgery department's entrance like a hawk as he held a rubber baton in his hand.
Although that baton was usually just used to scare people, it felt different when Fan Tianshui held it in his hand.
Zheng Ren was relieved.
The foreman came to the emergency surgery room. Unexpectedly, he had no intention of acting hastily. He looked around first as if he were trying to find someone. It was then that his gaze fixed itself on Zheng Ren.
After Zheng Ren finished dealing with the patient, the man walked into the consultation room and bowed slightly. He asked politely, "Excuse me, you must be Chief Zheng."
Zheng Ren nodded. He did not know what was going on.
"Brother Six specifically told me not to cause trouble in the Sea City General Hospital's emergency department. Chief Zheng, would now be a convenient time?" the foreman asked.
"Yes, what's the matter?" Zheng Ren asked frankly, ignoring the foreman's gaze.
The foreman looked at Zheng Ren and knew that he would not allow himself to be messed with. It seemed like he could do nothing but be straightforward to the other.
"Since you asked, we've done what you've requested." The foreman then continued, "We've brought over some clothes we don't want for them to use first as their clothes are in a locked area that we aren't allowed to access at the moment. There's video evidence as well of what had occurred, so we aren't afraid of any repercussions."
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