Chapter 189 No Time to Waste
All they could do was wail intermittently.
"Ouch...it hurts...I...I'm going to call the police...someone hit me..."
The police looked at the chaotic scene and understood what was going on.
In this family, Zhang Kesheng is selfish and shameless, and his mother is domineering and vicious.
Song Xiaomei and Zou Qiuyue's family are the real victims.
"Officers, you have to stand up for us ordinary people!"
The head nurse could no longer hold back and stepped forward with tears in her eyes.
“Our hospital has been practicing medicine for many years with a clean record, and we would never allow such a thing as switching children to happen! Yang Xiaomei gave birth to this child! The fingerprints, footprints, and birth records all match!”
“If you don’t believe me, we’ll do a DNA test right now! Immediately! Bring the baby here for a blood test, and we’ll cooperate with all the examinations! Whether she’s innocent or not, the test will tell! Why make a pregnant woman suffer this humiliation and injustice?”
Her hands, gripping the notebook, were trembling, and her voice was filled with grievance and resentment.
“This is unbearable! Patients don’t trust us, their families cause trouble, and the police refuse to get involved. We nurses work ourselves to the bone to save lives, but now we don’t even have basic trust! Where is justice?!”
They are busy saving lives every day, hoping that the patients will recover safely.
Unexpectedly, he was treated as a fraud, pointed at and criticized, and unable to lift his head in shame.
Who doesn't feel wronged?
Those around her, seeing the head nurse's righteous and stern demeanor, began to whisper among themselves again.
"It must have been born to another man!"
"I think so too. He doesn't look like his father at all! Look at that nose, those eyes, how does he resemble that man at all? They're completely unrelated!"
"This man is so pitiful. His wife is so beautiful, yet he still went out and saw other women. In the end, the child isn't his own. He's been a father for years for nothing, just taking the blame!"
"What did he get out of this? A lost reputation? A fake family? He deserves to be cuckolded!"
"Serves them right! This is retribution! Young people these days don't follow the rules, they mess around before marriage and betray each other after marriage, isn't this just reaping what they sowed? Retribution was bound to come sooner or later!"
Zhang Kesheng suddenly looked up, his eyes red-rimmed and veins bulging on his forehead.
He couldn't speak, he could only stare intently at the ground, his fists clenched unconsciously.
"Shut the hell up, all of you!"
Finally, he could no longer hold back and roared.
The surrounding chatter stopped abruptly.
Everyone was stunned and dared not speak.
"Test it! Test it now!"
He stared wide-eyed, his voice hoarse, his gaze fixed on the head nurse.
"I want a DNA test! Right now! In front of everyone! If it's not my biological child, I don't want this child, but I swear..."
He slammed his hand on the floor.
"I'll tear this hospital down, and I won't leave you a single brick!"
The head nurse straightened her back and met Zhang Kesheng's angry glare with a firm look.
Her fingers trembled slightly, but she suppressed her inner turmoil and responded in the calmest tone.
"The verification is possible, but we must follow the procedures."
She spoke each word carefully.
"Your actions today have seriously disrupted the normal order of the hospital. If the test results show that the child is indeed your biological child, we will hold you accountable according to the law, demand that you issue a public apology and compensate the hospital for the damage to its reputation."
Zhang Kesheng's lips curled into a mocking smile, his eyes filled with disdain.
"Don't try to scare me! I, Zhang Kesheng, am not someone who can be easily frightened!"
He took a step forward, getting closer to the head nurse.
“I’ve been crawling in the mud since I was a child, what haven’t I seen? Does your hospital think you can act with impunity just because you have a license? If this matter isn’t resolved clearly today, I will report it to the National Health Commission and make it to the news, so that the whole country knows how you treat patients’ families!”
The head nurse frowned, her tone remaining cold.
"Okay, let's do the testing. We need to collect hair samples from all three of you. It'll cost two thousand yuan. Come with me to pay."
She turned around and picked up the register.
"Samples must be provided by the father, mother, and child; none of them can be missing. The fee is two thousand yuan, and payment can be made in cash or by scanning a QR code. Samples can only be collected after payment is received."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Kesheng immediately jumped up in anger.
"Do you think money falls from the sky? You're asking for two thousand without even thinking? Have you lost your mind?"
"I'm just a migrant worker, it's not easy for me to earn money! I carry bricks and cement every day, how much do I make in a month? You want me to pay two thousand yuan with just one sentence? This is robbery!"
"What if it's not my child? Do you think I'll have to pay for it? Do you think I'm a sucker?"
He was furious, and the veins on his forehead were throbbing.
"You requested this assessment, didn't you? You're the ones who have doubts, aren't you? Shouldn't you be responsible if something goes wrong? Why should I pay first? I'm not stupid! I won't be a victim of this!"
The nurse got angry and was about to retort when a clear voice interrupted.
A middle-aged male doctor walked over, his face serious and his eyes calm.
He stood in the center of the crowd, his hands clasped in front of him, his gaze sweeping over each person.
If it's your biological child, you should bear this cost; it's both procedure and your responsibility.
"If it's not yours..."
The man paused, looked around, and finally his gaze landed on Zhang Kesheng.
“I promised the police that the hospital would take full responsibility.”
"This includes economic compensation, emotional distress, and all resulting social impact. As the hospital's president, I formally promise that if any mistakes are made, our hospital will bear all the consequences!"
"But if it's yours, then this is called medical malpractice. Forget about criminal charges, you have to publicly apologize to our hospital in the newspaper."
The head nurse's eyes lit up when she heard that.
The dean is here!
She quickly stepped aside to make way and nodded respectfully to the dean.
The nurses around them also quietly looked up, their eyes filled with anticipation and reassurance.
Zhang Kesheng's temples throbbed, and his face flushed red.
Reason had long been consumed by rage, leaving only one thought.
The hospital must be held responsible for his son's death!
He couldn't understand why everyone was on his side, even though he was the victim!
"Who do you think you are? An old man like you, what right do you have to manage this hospital's affairs?"
Zhang Kesheng's voice was full of sarcasm and contempt.
He looked the dean up and down.
He was an elderly man with gray hair, and he looked quite old.
He didn't take the other person seriously at all.
"He's our dean! Would he try to cheat you? Are you going to do it or not? If you're going to do it, pay up now!"
The head nurse finally couldn't hold back any longer, stepped forward, and her tone suddenly became stern.
She could no longer tolerate this provocation against the hospital's order.
With operating room resources scarce and patients queuing for beds, who has time to waste here with him?
Zhang Kesheng opened his mouth, but his throat felt like it was blocked by something.
He wanted to yell, to make a scene, to throw things.
Faced with the tough stance of the hospital director and head nurse, and the increasingly intense gazes around him, he suddenly felt a pang of guilt.
We must do it!
He would never have peace of mind for the rest of his life if he wasn't sure that the child was his biological son.
But he searched every single pocket on his body.
From shirt to pants, from front pockets to back pockets, even the socks were turned inside out.
The result was devastating.
He simply didn't have enough money.
That stack of loose banknotes added up to no more than two hundred yuan.
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