At 8:40 the next morning, Yan Feifan had just arrived on the fourth floor of the Affiliated Hospital’s general administration building when soone called out his na loudly.
He stopped and looked toward the two n and one woman in white coats standing a short distance away. A rare, faint smile touched his lips as he walked over to them.
They were Zhao Dongsheng, Qiou Junfeng, and Lin Qian.
During the earthquake relief efforts in Chuanxi, Yan Feifan had ford a support team with them, heading to the dical station where Dr. Qin Ying was stationed.
After completing their mission, they returned together to the main base of the Affiliated Hospital’s earthquake relief team.
Unexpectedly, on their way back, a massive boulder rolled down a hillside and struck their vehicle, sending it tumbling off the road.
In that accident, Zhao Dongsheng, Qiou Junfeng, Lin Qian, and the driver were all fortunate enough to escape with only minor cuts and bruises. Not a single one of them had a broken bone.
Yan Feifan alone had been terribly unlucky. He had suffered a severe blow to the head and remained unconscious.
In a way, the four of them were comrades who had been through life and death together.
Zhao Dongsheng was still an attending physician in the trauma departnt.
The tall and sturdy Qiou Junfeng had been promoted from a resident to an attending physician in the orthopedics departnt.
As for the petite and pretty Lin Qian, she was still a resident, though her title was now chief resident.
She was in charge of the daily managent of all residents and interns in the ward, which was grueling work.
The Affiliated Hospital was so large that it had five or six chief residents like Lin Qian.
Before he left for the earthquake relief mission, Yan Feifan had also been a chief resident.
After hugging each of them, Yan Feifan heard Zhao Dongsheng say with a hint of envy, "Yan Feifan, I heard you’ve been assigned to the Diagnostics Departnt. So many doctors would kill for a position like that."
"It’s just a temporary arrangent," Yan Feifan explained.
"The hospital is mostly just looking out for , worried that my body can’t handle an overly demanding workload just yet."
Qiou Junfeng gave Yan Feifan’s shoulder a light punch and grinned. "With your skills, getting into the Diagnostics Departnt for specialized training was only a matter of ti anyway."
After a pause, he added, "Since you’re finally back on your feet and at work, we should all get together tonight to celebrate, don’t you think?"
Zhao Dongsheng scoffed, shooting him down. "Qiou Junfeng, use your head, will you? Lin Qian is on a twenty-four-hour shift, and you and I have set start tis but no set end tis."
"We can only get together when we all have the sa day off."
"The sa day off?" Qiou Junfeng said, crestfallen. "That’ll be once in a blue moon."
"It’ll happen eventually."
Yan Feifan replied. After a few more words, they went their separate ways.
They were all incredibly busy, with more work than they could handle. They had made a point to co in a little early just to wait for Yan Feifan and see him...
Yan Feifan went to the resident’s lounge on that floor, changed into his white coat, and put on his ID badge, stethoscope, and other necessities. Then he took the stairs up to the seventh floor, where Vice President Liu Jin was...
"Feifan..."
Liu Jin spoke while signing a stack of approval forms. "Last night, Mr. Qi basically burned his bridges trying to persuade Mr. Qin."
"He made his position clear to Mr. Qin. If she doesn’t think you’re good enough, he’ll wash his hands of her completely and won’t care if she lives or dies."
"Mr. Qi is pinning all his hopes on you."
"Teacher, I will do my best," Yan Feifan said with a serious expression.
Liu Jin straightened the stack of signed forms and sighed softly. "Even if Mr. Qin can never hold a scalpel again, she’s still an exceptionally good doctor."
"If she can’t get past this..."
"Or if she just lets herself spiral, it would be a great loss for Binhai’s dical community."
Liu Jin looked at Yan Feifan and urged him solemnly, "Feifan, you can’t just do your best. You have to do everything in your power."
eting his gaze, Yan Feifan gave a quiet sound of assent.
"Alright, let’s head to the teaching building now..."
The Affiliated Hospital had twenty or thirty teaching sites for doctoral and master’s programs, and was also a key national training base for doctors of all levels to pursue advanced studies. As such, its teaching facilities were fully equipped.
Yan Feifan followed Mr. Liu into the teaching building in the hospital’s southeast corner and took the stairs to the third floor, where the practical skills labs were.
As soon as he reached the third floor, Yan Feifan saw Mr. Qi in the hallway.
He was in a cordial conversation with a tall man in his fifties who was dressed sharply in a suit.
Standing beside them was a tall, long-haired woman in a simple, light-colored trench coat.
’Why are people from the Yu Family here?’
Liu Jin muttered to himself, then whispered an introduction to Yan Feifan. "Feifan, that guy..."
"He’s Yu Youhai, the vice president of Baining Hospital, from the Yu Family of Jingcheng."
’The Yu Family of Jingcheng, Baining Hospital!’
Hearing those nas, Yan Feifan imdiately knew this man had a truly significant background.
The Yu Family of Jingcheng was known as the foremost dical family in the country.
Their ancestors had been renowned Imperial Physicians, recorded in history.
In the late Qing Dynasty, that Imperial Physician’s youngest son, Yu Baining, studied abroad in Europe to learn Western dicine.
After Yu Baining returned to China, the Yu Family’s dical expertise split into two branches, traditional Chinese dicine and Western dicine, both of which have been passed down to this day.
Today, the Baining Group, with its focus on modern dicine, has grown into a publicly traded conglorate encompassing pharmaceuticals, dical equipnt, and hospitals.
Baining Hospital, located in Jingcheng, is reputed to be the best private hospital in the country, with the highest standard of dical care.
What the dical world admired most was that both the traditional and Western dicine branches of the Yu Family were passed down through a master-and-apprentice model.
The children of the Yu Family were hoschooled through primary and secondary education; it was only for university that they enrolled in prestigious institutions at ho and abroad.
If a child of the Yu Family chose to study dicine at university, they would only return to campus for exams each sester, receiving the bulk of their professional dical training within the family.
Just then, Liu Jin strode toward Qee Sheng, Yu Youhai, and the others.
"Yu Youhai, you’re the last person I ever want to see in Binhai. Every ti you show up, it ans you’re about to poach another one of our great dical talents."
Liu Jin said angrily, "Spit it out. Who’s your target this ti in Binhai?"
"If it’s soone from my Affiliated Hospital..."
Liu Jin rolled up his sleeves threateningly. "Then we’re going to have to settle this. Either you back down, or I’ll knock you down!"
Yu Youhai also rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward, not backing down an inch. "Liu Jin, you think I’m afraid of you, even on your own turf?"
"Co on, let’s settle this first!"
As they spoke, the two n drew close and locked hands, neither willing to yield.
But in the next mont, they looked at each other, broke into smiles, and embraced warmly.
After they separated, Liu Jin asked, "Mr. Qin?"
Yu Youhai nodded, then sighed softly. "We extended several invitations to Mr. Qin before her hand was injured, but she always refused."
"I ca this ti to invite Mr. Qin to Jingcheng to take charge of the teaching and managent of the Yu Family’s younger generation."
He added with a sigh, "In recent years, the young ones have beco increasingly spoiled and lazy. They need strict discipline."
"Mr. Qin is the perfect person for the job."
Liu Jin let out a soft "Oh," then smiled. "It seems great minds think alike. We also want Mr. Qin to stay at the Affiliated Hospital to handle teaching duties."
He then gave a triumphant smile. "Mr. Yu, I can tell you with certainty that you’ll be going ho disappointed this ti."
"Mr. Qin will be staying with our Affiliated Hospital."
"Take my advice: don’t waste your energy. You should just head back now."
Yu Youhai scoffed, his tone laced with mockery. "Liu Jin, what gives you the courage to make such a bold claim?"
He glanced at Yan Feifan and asked, "Is it him?"
Facing the man’s appraising gaze, Yan Feifan gave a slight nod in acknowledgnt.
Liu Jin snorted. "That’s right, Yu Youhai. It’s him."
He pointed at Yan Feifan, introducing him with a proud expression. "Yan Feifan. My most outstanding student to date."
"At fourteen, he was admitted to Binhai University dical College with top marks, and he earned his Ph.D. in clinical dicine by the age of twenty."
"He’s twenty-four now. If it hadn’t been for an accident, he would have already beco our hospital’s youngest attending physician."
Yu Youhai sized up the quiet Yan Feifan once more, then said to Liu Jin, "It seems we really do think alike. I also brought the most outstanding mber of the Yu Family’s younger generation with this ti."
As he said this, he gestured with his hand.
The tall woman who had been standing to the side walked over to them.
Only then did Yan Feifan turn his gaze toward the woman.
Even in flat shoes, she stood at least five-foot-nine. Her hair was so black, sleek, and smooth that she could have been in a shampoo comrcial.
Her features were also exceptionally striking—large eyes, a straight nose—as if a beauty had stepped right out of a movie poster.
Her expression, however, was icy.
She was like a snow lotus on an iceberg—uniquely beautiful, yet radiating an aura that kept others at a distance.
Just then, Yu Youhai’s voice rang out.
"My niece... Yu Suye. Although she was sixteen when she was admitted to Jingcheng Union dical College with honors, she also earned her Ph.D. in clinical dicine by the age of twenty."
"She is now twenty-four and has just been promoted to attending physician."
Yu Youhai looked at Liu Jin and grinned smugly. "Mr. Liu, isn’t that a coincidence? The two of them are so similar, it’s as if they were fated to et!"
Liu Jin snorted again, his voice dripping with disdain. "A child of your Yu Family, steeped in dicine since birth, earning a Ph.D. in four years? That’s hardly surprising."
"My student, Yan Feifan, started from scratch."
Liu Jin glanced at Yan Feifan, then at the striking but silent Yu Suye, and continued, "Since we’ve all t here today..."
"...then let’s have them go head-to-head. They can both showcase their talents for Mr. Qin..."
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