"Why roll your eyes? Did I say sothing wrong? You just never treated us like brothers," Wei Kaida said, stiffening his neck.
Du Heng leaned forward and looked earnestly into Wei Kaida’s eyes. "Brother, you work at your family’s clinic. Why would your na need to be on it? Do you need that?"
Wei Kaida choked, then said, "Right. Guess having my na on it is pretty useless. I don’t need it." I was getting worked up over nothing. How embarrassing.
However, his eyes shifted, and he imdiately added, "You’re right, I don’t need it. But what about Old Jin? He works in the hospital and needs to be promoted too. Why isn’t his na on it?"
Du Heng was speechless; he’d had enough of Wei Kaida’s ignorance. "Brother, can you please learn a bit about promotion rules? Don’t be so clueless. Old Jin is in orthopedics now, and he’s registered in Traditional Chinese dicine Orthopedics. My paper is an Internal dicine Departnt paper. What good would putting his na on it do? Help him switch specialties to get promoted to deputy senior?"
Wei Kaida looked at Jin Zan dubiously. "You’re registered in orthopedics?"
Jin Zan rolled his eyes. "Have you poured all your brainpower into chasing girls? I’ve been in this field for six years, and you don’t know?"
"I didn’t know! Ma Ti’er and I are both registered in traditional Chinese dicine general practice. I thought you were too."
Jin Zan didn’t want to talk to this fool anymore.
Wei Kaida laughed awkwardly. "My bad, my bad. I’ll drink to that."
Saying so, he picked up a glass in front of him and drained it in one gulp, all very casually.
"Old Dong, since you’re in charge of this, Ma Ti’er’s review should be fine, right?" Wei Kaida steered the conversation to Dong Yuezhang.
"Goes without saying. I’ll handle it as soon as I’m back at work. I’ll make sure it’s done perfectly for our brother," Dong Yuezhang said nonchalantly. To him, it really wasn’t a big deal.
However, he then turned to Wei Kaida. "Look, Old Jin has a bright future, and Ma Ti’er is also working hard to advance. You’re the only one left. How long do you plan on ssing around like this?"
Wei Kaida chuckled. "I’ve decided to settle down. I’m going to learn seriously from My Dad."
"Really?"
"Really."
"That doesn’t sound like you. I thought you’d say you wanted to play around for another couple of years."
"Hehe, I’ve found true love. I need to strive for the person I love."
The three others present were all taken aback. They hadn’t expected Wei Kaida, the libertine, to say such words.
"Who is it? Do we know her?"
"Quick, tell us! Which fairy managed to ta a rogue like you?"
Only Du Heng’s eyelids twitched. Could it be Li Nating? No way, right? Impossible!
Wei Kaida composed himself. "Hmm, Ma Ti’er knows her. She’s a nurse at their Health Clinic, nad Li Nating."
Du Heng’s eyelids jumped wildly. I can’t believe it’s true.
"Brother, you only t her for the first ti the day before yesterday. Are you sure?" Du Heng asked incredulously.
"You, a love idiot, what would you understand? It was love at first sight for us."
Dong Yuezhang laughed. "All ’love at first sight’ is just lust at first sight."
Li Nating. Although Du Heng had worked in the sa unit with her for two or three years, and they had been colleagues for that long, he didn’t really know her that well.
In the past, Du Heng was like an invisible man, completely unnoticed in Li Nating’s eyes. Du Heng was also quiet and insecure, so he kept his distance from a beauty like Li Nating. Consequently, apart from rely knowing each other, they barely interacted.
Any interaction they did have had only occurred in the past two months, and it was because Du Heng suddenly displayed outstanding abilities that he ca into contact with Li Nating, who always took the initiative.
Of course, having worked together for two or three years, Du Heng had heard so rumors.
I knew I couldn’t handle a woman like that, but for Wei Kaida, it’s different.
If they’re both sincere, and it makes Wei Kaida settle down, that would be a wonderful outco for everyone.
However, thinking of Li Nating made Du Heng also think of another woman from the Health Clinic, Zhang Jinlian.
A small incident from the past flashed through his mind.
At the end of March, he had invited Wu Buwei and Ma Zichen for a al. At that ti, Ma Zichen had gone over to greet an "Uncle Su," whom he introduced as the section chief of the Human Resources Departnt at the Third Hospital. Zhang Jinlian had been there too.
"What a damn scher!" Du Heng cursed aloud.
No wonder I was so inexplicably transferred to the Third Hospital. I’d bet my life this is connected.
"What’s wrong?" The other three looked at Du Heng in confusion, wondering why he had suddenly started cursing.
Du Heng recounted what he had just rembered and his conflict with Zhang Jinlian. The other three listened, exchanging bewildered glances, completely unable to understand the sche.
Dong Yuezhang thought for a mont and spoke first. "Pushing soone they have a conflict with to a better workplace doesn’t seem logical. I can think of two possible reasons. First, Ma Ti’er’s outstanding performance these past few months might have made your colleague feel threatened, perhaps regarding promotions or bonuses, so they had to get you out of the way."
"Second, the Third Hospital isn’t actually that great of a workplace. Compared to other hospitals, they’re only slightly better than infectious disease hospitals. However, the potential for unexpected incidents is much higher there; you never know when or how a patient might have an episode."
"Furthermore, since they’re pulling you over, they certainly won’t assign you any good tasks. It’ll definitely be difficult and tiring work. And you don’t have experience dealing with ntal patients. One small mistake, and if they give a little push from behind the scenes, you might not be able to practice as a doctor anymore."
Dong Yuezhang looked at Du Heng. "You were right not to agree."
Du Heng felt a bit relieved. No wonder Zhang Jinlian congratulated so uncharacteristically the other evening; that was the root of it all.
What an ingenious plan.
Which grassroots doctor wouldn’t want to get into a Big Hospital, or want better pay and benefits? Such a temptation, anyone would surely agree.
But they didn’t count on being soone immune to temptation. All their scheming has co to nothing.
"Forget her. I’m not planning to go anyway. Whatever she plotted is a waste of her effort."
"Exactly! We won’t fall for her trap. Let her fu."
The group chuckled and moved on from the topic, starting a second round of their drinking contest.
Jin Zan was the first to pass out, Dong Yuezhang the last.
Looking at the three sprawled out, Du Heng once again beca the porter. This role had started back in their school days and continued to the present.
However, he was happy to do it. After all, I can’t drink, and that does tend to spoil the fun a bit.
With the help of a waiter, Du Heng got the three of them into Wei Kaida’s luxury off-road vehicle and then drove them ho one by one.
Dong Yuezhang’s wife, Li Yuan, was a college classmate, and they were all quite close.
She ca out with a wheelchair to et them, clearly experienced. Looking at her very drunk husband, she said to Du Heng, "He’s only like this with you guys. In front of and our child, he’s always so proper."
"Your husband is destined for great things; he has to be serious."
"Co up and sit for a while?"
"Not today. You see, there are still two more in the car."
Li Yuan glanced at the car. "How did Jin Zan get so drunk too? Doesn’t he usually stay sober?"
"I don’t know. He really let loose today, not like his usual reserved self. Maybe sothing’s on his mind."
"Alright, I’ll take Dong upstairs then. You hurry and get those two ho."
Next, Du Heng took Jin Zan ho. When they arrived downstairs, however, his wife didn’t co down, so Du Heng had to carry him up himself.
Du Heng had only t Jin Zan’s wife twice: once at their wedding, and once when Jin Zan, then a newly promoted attending physician, had gotten drunk and Du Heng had taken him ho. This was the third ti. Seeing the cold deanor of Jin Zan’s wife as she opened the door, Du Heng said nothing, simply put Jin Zan down, and left without an extra word.
As for the last one, Wei Kaida, he was, of course, taken back to his mother’s place.
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