Chapter 831: Chapter 833: Breakdown
In this hospital, apart from Sun Xingyao, the other person who hated Xiao Yifei to the core was Zheng Peng. Xiao Yifei used to say that Zheng Peng was not inherently bad, which might have been Xiao Yifei’s first significant misjudgnt of soone.
Zheng Peng spent all day thinking about how to sabotage Xiao Yifei. He knew that his younger brother Zheng Qiang had a good relationship with Xiao Yifei, and they seed to have had several als together. So, he decided to extract so information from his brother, even though he knew his brother wouldn’t tell him anything.
The relationship between the two brothers had always been rather odd; their personalities were vastly different, so there was barely any common ground for conversation. However, they were related by blood and had lived together for more than twenty years until they both had jobs and moved out to live separately.
“Xiao Qiang, it seems like life is treating you well lately. I notice you’re getting along quite well with Xiao Yifei,” Zheng Peng started chatting with Zheng Qiang during lunchti.
Zheng Qiang knew sothing was up when his brother approached him out of nowhere. Just as expected, Zheng Peng ntioned Xiao Yifei right away. “Brother, Xiao Yifei is a good doctor, so I wish you wouldn’t pick fights with him. He’s never done anything to offend you, and there’s no conflict of interest between you two. Why bother?”
After all, Zheng Peng was his brother, and Zheng Qiang couldn’t bear to see him repeatedly make mistakes and do nothing about it. However, he knew it would be useless to try to talk sense into Zheng Peng—he’d been through this before. But this ti, since it involved Xiao Yifei, he couldn’t just stand by and watch.
“Oh, look how nervous you are. I didn’t say I was going to do anything. I just asked casually. Do you have to be so protective of him? Why do I feel like Xiao Yifei is more like your real brother?” Zheng Peng couldn’t handle how concerned his brother was about Xiao Yifei.
“If I could choose, I would rather have soone like Xiao Yifei as my brother.” Zheng Qiang got angry and said sothing he truly ant. It was indeed what he thought—having a brother like Xiao Yifei would be a blessing.
Zheng Peng left with his unfinished al, his face filled with anger. Not only did he fail to get any information about Xiao Yifei, but he also ended up humiliated by his own sibling.
Being your brother brings sha. You’re so timid, you don’t dare to do anything. Like back in college when your girlfriend cheated on you, you didn’t even confront her and just silently broke up. How can soone so weak be my brother? Zheng Peng thought, displeased with his brother.
That day, Xiao Yifei went to the pharmacy to get so dicine. At the pharmacy window, he saw Zheng Peng’s head pop out with a sly grin. He rembered then that Zheng Peng usually managed the pharmacy. If he had known, he would have sent his intern instead. He really didn’t want to see Zheng Peng’s face.
“Deputy Director Xiao, what brings you to my place? Aren’t you supposed to be busy with countless patients?” Xiao Yifei ignored Zheng Peng’s words, handing him a prescription listing all the dicines he needed.
Zheng Peng didn’t even bother to look closely at the prescription before saying, “These dicines are in short supply at the hospital, so I can’t give them to you.”
Being a doctor, Xiao Yifei knew everything about dical supplies. Even though the dicines were rare, a large shipnt had arrived a few days ago, which he knew because he was present when the director called the local health departnt.
Zheng Peng clearly didn’t want to give the dicine to Xiao Yifei. Unwilling to be polite, Xiao Yifei said directly, “What you’re doing is pointless. We both know whether the dicine is available or not. If you give the dicine today, we can put the past behind us. But if you don’t, I can’t guarantee what I might do.”
Zheng Peng was about to retort when a voice said, “Brother Xiao, what are you doing here?” He recognized it as his brother’s voice.
“I’m here to pick up so dicine.” Xiao Yifei didn’t go into detail about what just happened, as the two were blood brothers, and he didn’t want to damage their relationship.
But even without everything being said, Zheng Qiang had heard Xiao Yifei’s threatening words earlier and could guess what happened. He knew his brother’s temperant; with a bit of authority in hand, he thought of himself as the Emperor.
“Brother Xiao, what do you need? I’ll get it for you.” Zheng Qiang entered the pharmacy, took the prescription from Zheng Peng, and started fetching the dicines one by one. Zheng Peng saw his brother arrive at the most inconvenient ti, seemingly just to undermine him. Watching Zheng Qiang desperately try to curry favor with Xiao Yifei was downright embarrassing. He angrily returned to his desk.
Zheng Qiang recorded all the dicines on the computer, then handed them to Xiao Yifei.
Watching Xiao Yifei leave, Zheng Peng couldn’t help but stand up and point angrily at Zheng Qiang, saying, “Don’t forget that I am your brother. Why are you standing with him against ? Are you deliberately trying to embarrass today?”
“Brother, everything I’ve done is for your own good. I don’t know what grudge you have against Xiao Yifei that makes you continually clash with him. Maybe you’re just jealous that Xiao Yifei excels in every aspect compared to you,” Zheng Qiang still hoped his brother would find his way back.
“So what if I’m jealous? Why does he get to have everything? And now even you are helping him mock , is that it?” Zheng Peng’s emotions were spinning out of control, shocked that even his own brother felt he had the right to mock him.
“Brother, if that’s how you feel, then there’s no point in saying anything more. From now on, whatever happens to you, don’t co to . I know you’ve always looked down on , feeling embarrassed to have as a brother. So let’s both go our separate ways from now on.” Zheng Qiang, suppressing his great sadness, spoke words he had wanted to say for years.
After saying these words, Zheng Qiang left the office, walked up to the hospital rooftop, took out a cigarette, lit it, took a puff, and then held it in his hand until the butt burned him, bringing him back to his senses.
He finally did what he had always wanted to do—saying words to his brother he had bottled up for years. The reason he held back for so long was his selfish hope that his brother would be the one to say it, so he wouldn’t feel the guilt he feels now. He felt awful.
When he said those words, he initially felt a sense of release, like a man walking in a desert finally tasting water after two days—a trendous relief. But after saying them, he didn’t feel as liberated as he imagined.
Despite not liking his brother from the bottom of his heart, he hoped more than once that he could soday break off relations with him. That day quickly arrived.
His back was so desolate standing on the rooftop. In those ten minutes, he just sat there, motionless, with Wang Ying standing motionlessly behind him for more than ten minutes, just staring at him. It wasn’t until the cigarette completely burned out that he realized Wang Ying was standing behind him.
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