quarrels and disagreements

The next day, a term slowly climbed up the trending search page: #Girl was locked at home and accidentally burned three times.

The first blog post publishing relevant information has received over one million reposts and comments in a short period of time, and its popularity is constantly rising.

The original blog post was also shared by major marketing accounts in various forms on various platforms, and major software also generated related entries. There were also many netizens discussing it under the relevant videos.

Fang Huai had a consultation scheduled today, discussing Ding Ling's wound repair plan with doctors from other departments, so he didn't pay much attention to outside news. After finishing his work, he had no time to catch his breath before the department director called him away.

Fang Huai had no choice but to arrange the tasks of several interns first, then hurriedly drank a sip of water and walked towards the department director's office.

"Director, are you looking for me?" Fang Huai knocked on the door and walked in.

Director Liang took off his glasses with a headache, took the thermos cup beside him, took a sip of tea, opened the email on the computer, and motioned Fang Huai to read it himself.

Fang Huai went forward to check the email. He had been prepared before this and looked surprised.

Director Liang glanced at him.

"Xiao Fang, don't you know about this?"

Fang Huai sat opposite Director Liang and carefully checked the email. This email was the one he packed and sent to his friend last night, but his friend had added some confirmed information to it.

After reading the email, he said calmly, "Now I know."

Seeing that he was stubborn, Director Liang also had a headache.

He has been contacted by the higher-ups. This is a very tricky matter. After all, the protagonist is a patient in their department, and Fang Huai is also Ding Ling's attending physician. There are too many things involved.

The charity organization that raised donations before has also paid attention to this matter. The incident is still fermenting and the relevant departments have begun to investigate. All they can do now is to assist in the investigation.

And protect their patients.

"You're too young." Director Liang sighed, looking at the young man in front of him with emotion: "I remember when you first came to the hospital, you were green and stubborn. At that time, I thought you must be a troublemaker."

Fang Huai looked up in surprise. He never expected that the word "thorny" would one day be associated with him.

"Director." Fang Huai frowned slightly, not quite agreeing with Director Liang's opinion.

But the middle-aged man in front of him nodded and gestured for him to check the hot searches. Fang Huai had to swallow what he was about to say and opened his mobile phone. Unexpectedly, all the related entries of this incident were on the top of the hot searches, and the suffix "explosion" was also at the end. This was also the hot search on major short video platforms.

Even their hospital was implicated, and the neighbor's post was also dug up.

While Fang Huai was looking at the trending searches, the unknown number sent him another message: [Maimai, I'm sorry.]

[Don't ignore me, okay? ]

Kong Lingyu was holding his cell phone anxiously. Tan Cheng next to him looked at him with a worthless look and rolled his eyes in disgust. Suddenly, Kong Lingyu stood up.

Tan Cheng leaned over and gloated: "Tsk, I got blocked. How many times this month has this happened?"

Kong Lingyu gritted his teeth, didn't answer, turned around and asked: "How long will the project team take? I've been living in the company for more than a month!"

Tan Cheng pushed up his glasses and said seriously, "At least by the end of the month."

Kong Lingyu kicked the stool at his feet away, his face full of annoyance. Ever since he came back last time, he has been kept under surveillance by Tan Cheng in the company. He has to check everything and he cannot leave the company at all.

"It's better to do as you say." Kong Lingyu said gritting his teeth.

"Don't worry, I won't bother with you even if you become a mistress and get beaten to death." Tan Cheng said with a murderous look, and put a pile of documents on the desk.

Kong Lingyu sneered: "We are pretty much the same."

While Kong Lingyu and the others were poking at each other's pain, Fang Huai had already blocked the harassing numbers and continued to watch the trending searches.

"I asked you to come here mainly to remind you to be careful about your words and actions recently. After all, you are the patient's attending physician, and your words and actions represent our hospital." Director Liang explained with a serious expression.

Fang Huai responded: "Director, I understand."

Director Liang took a sip of water and said comfortingly, "Yeah."

"I'm confident in you in this regard." Although Director Liang said this, Fang Huai still felt that he had something in mind.

Director Liang saw what Fang Huai was thinking and waved his hand. "I have a meeting later. You can go back first."

"Well, Director, I'm leaving first."

Fang Huai left the office, walked around the corridor, and went to the restroom. His palms were already covered in cold sweat, with faint nail marks on them. Facing the department director's probing, it was impossible not to panic, but fortunately, his acting skills were not bad.

Fang Huai took a deep breath and washed his hands carefully with hand sanitizer.

It is a good thing that the matter has attracted attention, but everything has its pros and cons. They now have to protect the patients, and the hospital security has been tightened to prevent some bad reporters from sneaking into the hospital, contacting Ding Ling, and spreading false information.

After driving away several reporters, the Women's Federation also arranged a staff member to take care of Ding Ling.

Fang Huai also had to hide from some people with bad intentions. Li Xuan paid attention to this matter and insisted on picking up Fang Huai after learning that Fang Huai was the attending physician of the protagonist of the incident.

But today after get off work, Li Xuan came extra early.

After Fang Huai got in the car, he actually smelled a faint smell of cigarettes in the car.

Li Xuan's eyes followed him all the time, and Fang Huai, who was sitting next to him, did not look away.

"Li Xuan, have you been smoking?" Fang Huai wrinkled his nose slightly, pausing to fasten his seatbelt, his slender, pale hand frozen in mid-air. The light gray seatbelt formed a stark contrast with his pale, slender hand. His fingers gripped the edge of the seatbelt, and the light pink nail bed was slightly whitened from the pressure.

She looked at Li Xuan suspiciously, sensing that he was in a bad mood, and then quietly changed the subject: "You got off work so early today."

He was just about to open the car window to get some fresh air when he was frightened by Li Xuan's next action.

Li Xuan approached without warning. When Fang Huai turned around, their noses were almost touching. His tall figure loomed over him. The oppressive feeling from above made Fang Huai's heart tighten. He wanted to step back but was pinched by a hand around his waist, and their foreheads touched.

The man grabbed his waist and led him forward. Someone happened to pass by. Fang Huai, blushing, put his hand on Li Xuan's chest and stammered, "Li Xuan, what's wrong with you?"

Click, the seat belt was fastened, and Fang Huai looked down awkwardly.

Li Xuan remained silent. The heat on Fang Huai's face hadn't yet dissipated when he felt a warm touch on his forehead. He almost jumped as if scalded. A large hand from behind firmly wrapped around his waist. A low laugh came from above, the tone helpless yet indulgent: "You, I was thinking of bullying you properly."

"But you always make me soft-hearted."

Li Xuan stepped back and tilted his head to look at Fang Huai. "Is there anything you want to tell me?"

Fang Huai was confused and touched his forehead with his fingers, "No."

Li Xuan's eyes flickered with emotion, but he quickly calmed down. He stared at Fang Huai intently, as if waiting for him to speak. But Fang Huai didn't receive his signal and turned his head to look forward.

"You haven't logged out of your account on my computer." Li Xuan tilted his head and said, "Your friend is trying to contact you. He seems very anxious. Messages keep popping up on your computer."

Li Xuan didn't continue speaking, he was waiting for his lover's reaction.

Fang Huai also remembered that last night Li Xuan picked him up from get off work and they were having dinner outside. A colleague contacted him to process a document, so he borrowed Li Xuan's computer.

The friend he was talking about should be Li Dongen, the friend who is a reporter.

"Li Xuan...I, you..."

Li Xuan interrupted Fang Huai, "Why didn't you tell me?"

"You still don't want to tell me, Fang Huai, that in your eyes, I am an outsider, right?" Li Xuan's steady voice was filled with dissatisfaction.

Fang Huai tried to explain. He told Li Xuan the whole story in a hurried tone without hiding anything.

"That's not the case."

"What's that like? Have you ever thought about this? A scumbag who can hit a child, how can you be sure that he won't hit you? Such a big thing, you never thought of discussing it with me, or even telling me, is that right?"

Li Xuan pressed on, and Fang Huai frantically explained, "I know, but you were very busy with work during that time, and I didn't want to disturb you. Now that it's over, the hospital and the police are investigating the matter, and we're not interfering any further."

"you do not know!"

The steering wheel slammed loudly. Li Xuan suppressed his anger and raised his voice to refute Fang Huai: "If you knew, you should have thought of me first and discussed it with me like last time."

His chest heaved violently, and he was not satisfied with Fang Huai's explanation.

Fang Huai opened his eyes wide and looked at the angry Li Xuan. He felt that this matter was a very small matter because the whole process of collecting evidence and anonymous reporting had gone smoothly, and the subsequent events were all handled by Li Dongen. Due to the special nature of his job, he did not intervene again.

In Fang Huai's mind, this was a very small matter that anyone could do, but in Li Xuan's eyes, this matter was so serious that it could make him so angry?

After Li Xuan finished his last sentence, he finally understood why Li Xuan was so angry.

Anyone can do this, he can do it, his friends can do it, but the prerequisite is that Li Xuan must know.

He couldn't believe it. In Li Xuan's eyes, he looked like a child who had done something wrong during this argument. Fang Huai refused to accept this. He sat up straight and said with unprecedented seriousness, "Li Xuan, I am an adult."

Li Xuan was surprised by Fang Huai's seriousness. Fang Huai's eyes, which had never shown any aggression in the past, now flashed with determination.

In front of him, Fang Huai was always docile, but now it was different. This time, Fang Huai did not stand obediently in the same position with him. Fang Huai was resisting him.

"I can't always rely on you, Li Xuan. I'm an independent person. I want to stand on the same level as you, and you want me to be treated as an equal."

Fang Huai's voice was gentle but firm. "I can take care of myself, and I will take care of my friends. I work at one of the top hospitals in the country, and I'm the youngest attending physician in my department. My abilities are no less than those of my older colleagues. Li Xuan, I can do a lot of things well."

"Li Xuan, I am no longer the helpless child who couldn't protect myself." Fang Huai's eyes were filled with tears, and he raised his head to wipe away his tears.

Continued: "I can't rely on you forever."