Chapter 108 - Out of Place

ietly in his seat, Xiao Yu was deep in thought when suddenly an idea flashed through his mind. He came up with a possible solution.Xiao Yu acted immediately. He wrote out a prescription and had Erxi p...Chapter 108: Out of Place

Zhang Xingying looked at Xiao Yu with a difficult expression. Xiao Yu waved his hand at Zhang Xingying, signaling her to hold back.

Zhang Xingying pouted and put down the phone. She was waiting for Xiao Yu to come back so he could scold Cui Xiaoling once she returned, but it turned out that Xiao Yu didn't say a word about it.

Xiao Yu thought that Cui Xiaoling's attitude and behavior were childish and amusing. He also began to understand why Cui Xiaoling acted the way she did.

Xiao Yu glanced at Zhang Xingying, who was pouting while sitting in front of the nurse’s desk, shook his head, and thought, "She really is a naive little girl who doesn't know how fierce competition can be in society."

Time passed slowly. The morning hours quickly flew by. Xiao Yu wrote an application to end his leave and handed it over to Cui Xiaoling.

Cui Xiaoling, holding the application from Xiao Yu, smiled smugly as she walked out of the medical room, but when she stepped outside, she looked at the paper in her hand with disdain, crumpled it up, and threw it into the trash bin.

At lunchtime, Xiao Yu and Wei Jun went to a Sichuan restaurant near the antique city to have hot pot. Wei Jun smiled as he asked Xiao Yu, "How's everything I heard that you've got an attractive female doctor working in your medical room. You’re really lucky!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu shook his head and told Wei Jun about what happened this morning. When Wei Jun found out, he was furious and shouted, “I’ll call Uncle Fang to have that woman removed immediately so she doesn't make us feel ill at ease.” He then reached for his phone.

"Forget it. If we get rid of Cui Xiaoling, won’t someone like Cui Dalin come in her place Anyway, it’s a small space; let her do what she wants," said Xiao Yu and waved his hand dismissively.

After resting for a while after lunch, Xiao Yu went to the medical room to start his afternoon work.

Just as he was feeling bored sitting at his desk, someone opened the door from outside. A woman around twenty-three or twenty-four years old entered with a two-year-old child in her arms.

"Doctor! Doctor! My son has started to run a low fever again after taking medicine for two days!" The woman came over holding her child and stood before Cui Xiaoling's desk.

Cui Xiaoling looked at the child and said, "This kid hasn't fully recovered from an inflammation. The fever is due to this inflammation. Do you treat him with injections or intravenous infusion"

"Doctor, how can we make him recover faster My son has been getting better but then relapsing for over a month!" The young mother looked heartbroken at her son and raised her head hopefully to ask Cui Xiaoling.

"Of course intravenous infusion is the way to go. It’s much quicker," said Cui Xiaoling.

"Alright, then we’ll do an IV!" The young mother replied.

Hearing the child's mother agree to give him an IV, Cui Xiaoling wrote out a prescription and handed it to Zhang Xinying, saying, "After preparing the medicine, start the infusion."

Zhang Xinying took the prescription but hesitated upon seeing something.

"Zhang, what's wrong Hurry up with the medication! The patient is waiting!" Cui Xiaoling scolded Zhang Xinying for her hesitation.

"Doctor Cui, isn't this dosage a bit too high Even adults usually don’t use such large amounts," Zhang Xinying said while holding the prescription.

"What do you know Are you or am I the doctor He hasn’t recovered in over half a month because the inflammation is extremely stubborn. The dose must be increased…" Cui Xiaoling looked at Zhang Xinying with disdain and thought to herself, A nurse is just a nurse; even a medication dose scares her. Only by being ruthless can one become an excellent doctor.

Although Xiao Yu didn’t want to interfere, he couldn’t help but walk over to the nurse's desk and look at Cui Xiaoling’s prescription. Upon seeing it, he was shocked: Four vials of antibacterial medication Although Xiao Yu wasn't very knowledgeable about Western medicine, he knew that this dosage was excessive. He looked at Cui Xiaoling with concern and asked, "Doctor Cui, isn’t the dose a bit too high"

"High If it’s not high enough, how can we make him recover faster" Cui Xiaoling clearly showed her disdain for Xiao Yu's question and said dismissively.

Seeing Cui Xiaoling’s attitude, Xiao Yu didn’t want to argue with her. Instead, he turned to the child's mother and said, "I just took a look, your son is just feeling cold due to the chilly weather. Drinking some ginger syrup will be enough; it’s nothing serious!"

The child's mother was in deep thought after hearing Xiao Yu say her son would recover by drinking ginger syrup.

"If syrup made of ginger can cure illnesses, then wouldn't pharmaceutical companies go bankrupt" Cui Xiaoling said disdainfully.

Cui Xiaoling was very dismissive of Xiao Yu's methods. While it was true that ginger syrup could drive out the cold, she also knew that this child had been sick for half a month now, with symptoms recurring repeatedly.

"Thank you, doctor, but we'd rather have an IV drip! I'll believe you if you say taking Chinese medicine will help my son, but drinking ginger syrup Forget it. If he doesn't get better today and gets worse tomorrow, how am I supposed to cope with that" After some thought, the child's mother said.

"Doctor Xiao is a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) doctor! And an extremely skilled one at that!" Zhang Xingying blurted out upon hearing the child's mother say she would rather give her son herbal medicine than believe in the efficacy of ginger syrup.

Even though Zhang Xingying had only worked with Xiao Yu for two days, she still remembered how much respect the experts often seen on TV showed towards Doctor Xiao's medical skills and how Chief Fang and Chief Chen treated Xiao Yu.

"Traditional Chinese Medicine Haha..." The child’s mother looked around the clinic but didn't see any herbs or TCM remedies. She couldn’t help but chuckle softly.

Xiao Yu saw that the child's mother was looking at him with a skeptical expression, and he felt embarrassed. He thought to himself, "Right, I am a TCM doctor! But there’s nothing here except Western medicine."

He looked around the clinic again; it was full of western medication. Feeling dejected, Xiao Yu walked over to his desk and sat down, lost in thought.

In the past, he had been content with this life and had preferred a relaxed job that didn’t involve much medical work. But now that he had agreed to carry on his grandfather's legacy, could he just continue here, mixing western medicine all day without seeing any patients

Xiao Yu, who used to be proud of how leisurely his job was, felt increasingly out of place in the clinic since accepting the inheritance from the Xiao family.

After that mother and son left after their IV drip treatment, Xiao Yu still sat there lost in thought. When Zhang Xingying saw that he hadn't moved by the time they were about to leave for the day, she asked him, "Doctor Xiao, are you okay It's already time to go home."

"Oh... Yeah, I'll be right out." Xiao Yu replied absentmindedly and continued staring into space.

Just as Zhang Xingying had walked to the door, a young man in a suit and glasses pushed open the clinic's entrance. Seeing that there were still people inside, he let out a sigh of relief and asked, "Excuse me, which one of you is Doctor Xiao"

"That's me. What can I do for you" Upon hearing someone calling him, Xiao Yu stood up from his desk.

"Doctor Xiao, hello! I've been asked to bring you something!" The man walked up to Xiao Yu熱情地拿出一個檔案袋遞給 Xiao Yu。

This young man is named Zhang Shaohua and he serves as Secretary Chu Guoqing’s secretary. This afternoon, when Secretary Chu was reviewing documents, he received a phone call. Secretary Chu treated this phone call with great respect and immediately after the call, he instructed Zhang Shaohua to go fetch a document from the fax machine. The document contained someone's information, and that person is none other than Xiao Yu.

After receiving the document, Secretary Chu instructed Zhang Shaohua to rush to the Health Bureau to obtain an authorization for traditional Chinese medicine practice, which must be delivered to the medical room in the Antique City before work hours ended.

Zhang Shaohua looked at Xiao Yu with a puzzled look despite not knowing who he was. However, someone could order Secretary Chu to do this over the phone implies that person has tremendous influence given that even when facing the provincial party secretary, Secretary Chu had never shown such respect before.

That’s why Zhang Shaohua, as the top secretary of the first-in-command, treated Xiao Yu with such enthusiasm.

Xiao Yu was filled with confusion; who could have sent him something He looked up at Zhang Shaohua and asked: "Mr. Zhang, may I ask who told you to deliver this"

Zhang Shaohua shook his head and said: "I don’t know. I’m just following orders."

"Oh…" Hearing Zhang Shaohua’s words, the confusion on Xiao Yu's face deepened. He lowered his head to take a look at the file folder, about to open it when his phone rang. Seeing that it was Song Hushan calling, he picked up the phone and said: "Brother Song"

"Haha, it’s me! How are you Did you receive the things I had someone deliver for you" came an enthusiastic voice from the other end of the line.

"Oh… so these were sent by Brother Song. I was wondering who could have sent them to me!" Xiao Yu realized that his confusion stemmed from the fact that it was Song Hushan’s people who brought him the items.

"Right, little brother, in one month's time, our family's great-grandfather will be celebrating his hundredth birthday. He wishes for you to attend too," said Song Hushan over the phone.

Xiao Yu could sense from the tone of Song Hushan’s voice how much respect he held for his family elder. Though Xiao Yu didn't know who this great-grandfather was, he could infer from the actions and demeanor of people around him that the old man must wield considerable influence. For example, when eating at the cafeteria, even as Second Brother Zuo Simiao, one still needed to register; but it seemed like none of these inconveniences applied to Song Hushan.

"Alright then, I won't go. It wouldn’t be appropriate for me to attend," Xiao Yu thought about it and declined the invitation. moment ago. They only have minor injuries and there's nothing serious. But we still can't figure out what clawed at them!"Seeing Xiao Yu's anxious expression, Ye Fei chuckled and said.Before they cam...