Chapter 823: Chapter 825: A Tall Tree Catches the Wind
Spending twenty cents on a spicy strip, thirty cents on an ice pop, and then sharing it with your best buddy made for a joyful day. People really are greedy creatures; as money increases, so do their desires, yet the pure joy from childhood seems irretrievable.
At the experience-sharing eting in the afternoon, after the dean finished speaking, Sun Xingyao eagerly stood up to start his speech. Xiao Yifei’s thoughts wandered through the universe, not really listening to what Sun Xingyao was saying. Suddenly, he found Sun Xingyao’s content very familiar! He thought it was just a coincidence.
As he continued listening, he realized sothing was off. It was entirely his own prepared material! Sun Xingyao noticed Xiao Yifei had figured it out and gave him a smug look. When Sun Xingyao finished, there was a round of enthusiastic applause; these cases were both innovative and representative.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Yifei turned green with anger. He wanted to expose it on the spot but lacked any evidence to prove that Sun Xingyao had stolen his cases. Besides, speaking out might regain his face but could also lead to alienation from other doctors since he would co off as socially inept.
“Xiao Yifei, you’ve seen quite a few patients recently, why not share with us?” Dean Zhou, unaware of what had happened, directly called on Xiao Yifei to speak.
Given the situation, he had no choice but to face it head-on. Fortunately, Xiao Yifei had a solid foundation and reflected on his work daily, recording and organizing everything.
Everyone was waiting to see Xiao Yifei’s brilliant presentation. At the last eting, he had already made a splash, and everyone rembered this young man who had just joined the hospital. This ti, their expectations were naturally higher.
Although Xiao Yifei’s speech this ti was not flawed, it was indeed less impressive compared to Sun Xingyao’s. After listening, the audience thought to themselves: Seems like he’s not that impressive! Only a few sparse claps followed.
The dean looked at him with a puzzled expression, thinking this was very unlike Xiao Yifei’s usual style and wondering if sothing had happened to him recently.
After the eting, Xiao Yifei waited until most people had left before leaving. As he stepped out, he saw the dean standing by the door, seemingly waiting for him: “Xiao Yifei, is everything okay lately? You don’t seem to be in good shape. I wasn’t very satisfied with today’s presentation.”
“I’m fine, Dean,” Xiao Yifei thought it over and decided to tell the dean the truth. Ever since he joined this hospital, the dean had not treated him poorly, offering him the best job conditions shortly after his arrival and even contemplating the idea of having his daughter married to him.
“Today, what Director Xiao and I were supposed to talk about was similar, so what I said was all thought up on the spot.” Xiao Yifei looked around to ensure no one was around, then quietly spoke to the dean.
Upon hearing this, the dean understood what had happened, but he had no solution for such workplace disputes and simply advised him to be more careful in the future.
This hospital exchange eting occurred every two months, initially intended for sharing experiences in practice among different hospitals, promoting dical advancent and developnt throughout the province.
Over ti, however, it lost its original intention and instead beca a stage for boasting and competition, as the attendees were all elites from various hospitals. Being noticed at this eting naturally led to fa in the provincial dical industry.
By now, Xiao Yifei had adopted an indifferent attitude toward such etings. He wasn’t aiming to beco famous among these people, but through sheer accident and due to his outstanding professional knowledge, he had achieved enviable results.
Coincidentally, upon heading down the stairs, he saw Sun Xingyao, who greeted him with a sarcastic smile and said, “I didn’t expect even Doctor Xiao would slip. I was looking forward to your brilliant performance today, only to be greatly disappointed!”
“Although I didn’t perform well today, Director Xiao’s speech was brilliant enough and didn’t disgrace our hospital. As long as the hospital gains glory, I don’t care if it’s you or who earns it. We all work in the sa hospital, seeing each other often, so so things shouldn’t be overdone.”
Xiao Yifei wasn’t one to play dirty behind others’ backs. Often when bullied, he would rely avoid the person and steer clear. But Sun Xingyao had gone too far this ti; it was already the fourth ti.
The two had even dined together, and Xiao Yifei seriously apologized, yet he couldn’t change Sun Xingyao’s heart, shrouded in jealousy.
Sun Xingyao said, “Indeed, I checked out your organized cases while you were at lunch, but everyone now knows it’s my Sun Xingyao’s achievent. You have no evidence to prove it otherwise. Xiao Yifei, you’re still a bit too green to compete with . You know there’s a Chinese saying: ‘The bigger the tree, the more it catches the wind.’ It’s ti for you to lay low a bit.”
Xiao Yifei glanced at Sun Xingyao, said nothing, turned around, and walked away.
Xiao Yifei thought to himself, this was never my intention; who knew that in such a big provincial capital, there were so few truly skilled practitioners, so naturally, I beca the center of attention, with all sorts of matters landing on .
In the philosophy of handling affairs in China, it’s important to remain moderate, preserve one’s integrity, and be humble. Even if one achieves remarkable success, they secretly yearn for praise; yet when it cos genuinely, they will modestly say, ‘No, not really, just lucky.’
This humility is embedded in the bones of the Chinese people. Having stayed abroad for several years, Xiao Yifei was sowhat influenced by Western thoughts. Thus, sotis he couldn’t quite grasp this elent of Chinese humility, which in itself is good, but as long as showing one’s achievents isn’t deliberate or excessive boasting, there is nothing wrong with it.
Xiao Yifei truly didn’t know where he went wrong. The old saying that ‘The bigger the tree, the more it catches the wind’ is true, yet it seems wrong to be resented for one’s excellence. It’s like if an uncultured person picks a pretty flower, rather than blaming the uncultured person, they bla the flower for being too beautiful.
The intricacies of human interactions are truly vexing. Yet there’s no escaping them unless one can detach oneself from this noisy world and lead a secluded life, which is impossible, for wherever there are people, there are human interactions.
By the end of the year, everyone in the hospital was busy submitting materials and competing for the top honors, except Xiao Yifei, who was quite at ease. One, he genuinely wasn’t interested in such affairs; he was already content with his life now—earning enough money, doing what he loved, and having the free ti to pursue what his grandfather left behind.
Unexpectedly, when the results for the hospital’s top honors were announced, Xiao Yifei’s na was on the list. That morning, when he entered the hospital, he glanced at the electronic screen in the lobby and saw his na prominently displayed among them—it turned out to be the hospital’s list of top honors.
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