Actually, in the past couple of days, he had heard the na of the new dean, but since there were several layers of hierarchy in between, he hadn’t thought much about it.
"So, you’re our Dean Zhao?"
"What’s the matter? Are you very disappointed?"
"Just a bit surprised. I rember the last ti we had a eting, you were still the deputy director of the dical departnt at Central Hospital. Your promotion speed is incredible." Xu Chunliang already understood that Zhao Feiyang hadn’t told him the truth last ti. No one rises that quickly. Deputy director of the dical departnt? Nonsense!
Zhao Feiyang burst into laughter: "I rember you promised to treat to a al when I beca the director of the dical departnt." In fact, he was already the vice president of Dongzhou Central Hospital before coming to Changxing, and the dical departnt was under his jurisdiction.
"What I said counts for sure, but my speed of treating you can’t keep up with your promotion speed. Now one must line up to invite you to dinner."
"I don’t eat just anyone’s al." Zhao Feiyang patted Xu Chunliang on the shoulder: "No backing out now."
After saying that, Zhao Feiyang walked away. Xu Chunliang watched his back and thought to himself that his being valued was probably thanks to him. He wanted to ask Gao Xinhua about it. Before he could, Cheng Xiaohong called, urging him to hurry back because a patient was filing a complaint at the dical departnt.
When Xu Chunliang returned to the dical departnt, the scene was relatively calm and manageable. The patient was called Lin Yougang, and he was complaining about Zheng Peian from the Traditional Chinese dicine departnt.
Hearing it was about Zheng Peian, Xu Chunliang naturally paid more attention. Not just for face sake but also because of Zheng Peian’s relationship with his grandfather, he felt he had to help.
Lin Yougang told them that he had acupuncture for toothache in the Traditional Chinese dicine departnt and gave a thousand yuan phone recharge as a red packet to Zheng Peian.
Cheng Xiaohong interjected: "Comrade, it seems you’ve co to the wrong place. The issue you’re raising isn’t under our dical departnt’s responsibilities. You should go to the discipline inspection office."
Lin Yougang was stunned: "Where is the discipline inspection office?"
If it were soone else, Xu Chunliang would have certainly pushed the matter to the discipline inspection, but for Zheng Peian’s issue, he couldn’t pretend not to see it, so he quickly took it upon himself: "Sister Hong, you’re busy. I’ll handle this matter."
Xu Chunliang called Lin Yougang into the adjacent diation room, first to understand the situation from Zheng Peian. After hearing about it, even he was confused. He did receive a thousand yuan phone recharge, but he didn’t know who sent it. These things had happened in the past as well, where patients, out of gratitude, would give red packets in such an indirect manner. Generally, no one paid much attention to it as the amounts were small, and there was no need to escalate it or hand over the money to the discipline inspection departnt.
There were many unwritten rules in the hospital, and while so might not follow official regulations, they operate on the principle of mutual willingness; it’s a long-standing tacit understanding between doctors and patients. Over ti, everyone thinks it’s the norm.
This Lin Yougang did have acupuncture here, but he could assure that he neither implied nor actively requested a red packet; it was the patient who voluntarily recharged the amount.
After listening, Xu Chunliang had a good understanding and suggested that Zheng Peian could co over and return the money to Lin Yougang right now, but Xu Chunliang advised him not to co over as facing the patient directly might exacerbate the issue.
Xu Chunliang went to the diation room, closed the door, poured a special barley tea, and handed it to Lin Yougang with a smile: "You said you recharged Director Zheng’s phone, do you have proof?"
Lin Yougang took out the recharge record: "I kept a record; it clearly shows a thousand yuan recharge."
Xu Chunliang intended to take a look, but Lin Yougang stowed it back in his pocket, showing high alertness. From the start, this guy intended to trap Zheng Peian. Such petty behavior made Xu Chunliang look down on him.
"Mr. Lin, what are your demands?"
"I demand a refund from Zheng Peian and also request that the hospital sanctions him, publicly disclose his bribery solicitation to serve as a warning to others."
"According to your account, he actively asked you to help him recharge?"
"Of course, he initiated it; otherwise, why would I recharge for him?"
"Why did you go to our Traditional Chinese dicine departnt?"
"For treatnt. I had a toothache and heard that Zheng Peian was particularly skilled in treating toothaches, so I queued for his number."
"Does it still hurt?"
"It doesn’t hurt now, but that doesn’t justify him soliciting a red packet. My wife and I are both laid-off, earning money isn’t easy. You tell , how immoral is it to ask for a red packet?"
"You could have refused, right? Why did you give? Why condone such behavior if you knew it was wrong?"
"If I didn’t give, I was worried he wouldn’t give proper treatnt. You doctors, even for surgeries on your own father, demand a red packet first to steady your hands." Lin Yougang coughed and spat yellow phlegm into a nearby wastebasket.
Xu Chunliang cursed inwardly, feeling indignant thinking, "Doctors aren’t as terrible as you make them out to be." But on the surface, he still maintained composure and smiled: "Please, have so tea."
After speaking, Lin Yougang felt thirsty, picked up the tea, and drank it all in one go, finding the barley tea quite refreshing. Xu Chunliang refilled his cup, and Lin Yougang noticed that apart from barley, there were ginseng slices in it. The dical departnt seed very considerate.
After drinking the tea, Lin Yougang returned to the topic: "Can you solve my problem or not? If not, I’ll seek the discipline inspection office or the hospital dean."
"Mr. Lin, calm down. I think there might be so misunderstandings in this process. It’s true that you recharged Director Zheng’s phone with a thousand yuan, but he claims it was without his knowledge. Moreover, after discovering this, he reported the matter to the hospital and turned in the one thousand yuan."
Lin Yougang glared at Xu Chunliang: "What do you an? Are you covering up for Zheng Peian? Did you listen when I said earlier that he solicited a red packet? I have a record of the recharge. I knew long ago that your hospital shelters its doctors. Fine! I don’t want the money; I’ll expose you!"
"If what you say is true, we will accept being exposed. But if you dare distort the facts and fabricate lies, our hospital will not stand idly by. If you harm our hospital’s reputation, we will pursue legal action against you, which may cost you more than just a thousand yuan and even lead to detention."
"Are you threatening ?" Lin Yougang took out his phone, revealing that he had sneakily activated a recording app before entering the diation room to record their conversation.
Xu Chunliang chuckled: "Do you think I fear your recordings? I advise against resorting to such underhanded tactics. It’s better to accumulate so virtue; otherwise, it will co back to haunt you."
"Are you insulting ? Believe it or not, I’ll file a complaint against you?" Lin Yougang’s eyes widened, bloodshot and enraged.
Xu Chunliang covered his nose and stepped back: "Such a foul mouth, you’re sick, and I won’t stoop to your level."
"You’re the one who’s sick!" Lin Yougang roared, originally there to make trouble, but this guy didn’t play along; his anger escalated.
Xu Chunliang said: "Seems like you’re unaware of how sick you are. Your red face, red eyes, dry lips, irritable temper, and agitation are symptoms of excess Yangming fire evil."
"Stop fooling ; I’m perfectly fine!" Although he previously had a toothache, which Zheng Peian’s acupuncture cured, he now felt perfectly fine.
Xu Chunliang remarked: "I’m not discriminating against you or calling you foul-mouthed; I’m referring to your breath. Have you been favoring cold foods and often coughing up yellow phlegm lately?"
Lin Yougang hesitated. His wife had indeed been complaining about his bad breath recently, and the symptoms Xu Chunliang described matched him. But he thought, who doesn’t prefer cold food in the sumr? He had coughed up so phlegm earlier, which Xu Chunliang had seen, and Xu Chunliang was using that knowledge against him. But he wasn’t easily intimidated.
Xu Chunliang continued: "Have you been experiencing constipation and scanty, yellowish urine lately? Denying it doesn’t matter, as the problem resides with you."
"I... I’m perfectly fine! You’re cursing !" This ti, Lin Yiguang wasn’t as confident as before.
Xu Chunliang laughed: "You have excess internal heat. Judging by your appearance, you haven’t been sexually active for at least six months, right? It’s hard but not firm, isn’t it?"
Lin Yougang’s face turned beet red. Could this kid predict his issues? Although he was only forty-five years old, he oddly lost interest in such matters the past six months. "Nonsense. I have no problems."
"People who often claim they have no problems typically have big issues. Internal fire arises from imbalances between yin and yang energies. Fire is a yang evil; it depletes fluids, consus energy, stirs the wind, moves blood, and disturbs the mind. Superficially, your symptoms resemble excessive yang activity. But in actuality, your yang energy is externalizing, and you suffer from qi and blood deficiency. Without tily treatnt, you may never perform sexually again. Also, your toothache stems from the sa issue, and if it recurs, it might hurt a hundred tis more than before."
Lin Yougang was startled, and his tooth root started to ache again, growing increasingly painful, making it unbearable. He clutched his right cheek, groaning in pain. Had he been cursed?
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