Annoying colleague
When Shen Bining returned to the hospital, it was almost time to get off work.
She parked her car and slowly walked towards her department. She hadn't dared to think about the whole thing while driving, but now she finally had time to ponder it.
If nothing unexpected happens, she will refuse Zhou Nianhua's request. She is instinctively a little resistant and doesn't really want to take the case.
Firstly, Zhou Nianhua's explanation failed to convince her; she still couldn't accept the criminal who murdered his wife. Secondly, the task Zhou Nianhua gave her was too heavy; she had almost no confidence that she could persuade the man named Tang Hui to visit her father in prison.
She has been working in end-of-life care for quite some time and has witnessed too many family tragedies, many of which are simply unsolvable. Just like Zhou Nianhua and Tang Hui.
She didn't think Tang Hui would go to see Zhou Nianhua, even though Zhou Nianhua was nearing the end of her life.
No son can accept that his father killed his mother; and no son would forgive such a father.
Tang Hui refused to see Zhou Nianhua again when he was still a child, so why would Zhou Nianhua think that her grown-up son would be willing to visit her in prison?
Just because he's about to die?
It's ridiculous. If Tang Hui knew about his father's illness, he would probably cry out "retribution!" in his dreams.
Shen Bining wasn't confident she could persuade a lawyer, burdened with hatred, to forgive her father. Deep down, she also felt that someone like Zhou Nianhua didn't deserve forgiveness.
Throughout the entire ordeal, Zhou Nianhua refused to reveal why he killed his wife. No matter how much she and Xie Feng tried to persuade him, he insisted on seeing his son first. Therefore, she strongly suspected that Zhou Nianhua had no real motives and was simply trying to trick her into helping him find his son.
She's not that stupid.
"Do I look like a victim of injustice?" Shen Bining muttered as she walked towards her office, increasingly convinced that she couldn't trust Zhou Nianhua so easily.
Now all she needs to do is organize her thoughts and think about how to politely refuse Xie Feng.
*
Back in her office, Shen Bining relaxed completely. She slumped into a comfortable chair, took off her high heels and put on the slippers in the office, and tiredly turned her neck to relax.
When she felt less tired, she took her phone out of her bag to check if she had missed any important information during the day.
She opened her phone and found that only two people had sent her WeChat messages.
One was her mother, whom she told had to go on a business trip out of town unexpectedly; the other was her good friend Chen Nian, who was at the hospital, asking if she wanted to go see a newly released Disney movie together after get off work.
Shen Bining replied to her mother first: "I know, Dad and I will take good care of ourselves. You take care of yourself while you are away from home, and don't work too hard."
Then came Chen Nian's WeChat message.
The WeChat message was sent three hours ago. At that time, Shen Bining was talking to Zhou Nianhua. She hesitated for a moment while holding her phone, then decided to go and talk to Chen Nian in person.
Chen Nian is a doctor who recently became a full-fledged doctor. She is 27 years old this year, the same age as Shen Bining, and works as a surgeon in the Department of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Surgery.
This young and beautiful Dr. Chen and Shen Bining were known as the two beauties of the hospital. It is said that medical staff or patients often argued fiercely about who was prettier between the two girls.
According to many people's preconceived notions, two beautiful women usually wouldn't become friends; it would be good enough if they didn't fall out. However, after just one year of getting along, to everyone's surprise, Shen Bining and Chen Nian, these two beauties, not only didn't get along, but instead became best friends.
*
Shen Bining's department and Chen Nian's cardiovascular surgery department were not in the same building. She strolled leisurely through the hospital and soon arrived at Chen Nian's office.
Everyone in the hospital knew Shen Bining and knew that she was close to Chen Nian. As soon as Shen Bining showed her face, they knew that she was there to see Chen Nian.
"Dr. Shen, are you looking for Niannian? She's gone to make her rounds and should be back soon. Come in and wait for her." An older female doctor smiled and waved to Shen Bining.
Because Shen Bining frequently visited Chen Nian, she was quite familiar with the people in the department. Furthermore, due to her special status, both doctors and nurses greeted her with smiles.
She walked into the office, greeted everyone and said a few words, and even got half a dragon fruit, which she then ate at Chen Nian's desk.
There were probably more patients today, as Chen Nian had been making her rounds for a long time and hadn't returned. Chen Bining got up and went to the restroom halfway through.
In the restroom stall, Shen Bining had just finished relieving herself when she heard a woman making a phone call outside, and unexpectedly, she also heard her own name.
"Liu Yiming, when are you going to take me to meet your parents? We've been together for almost a year now, it's time to take the next step."
"What do you mean by 'wait a little longer'? How long do you want to wait? Until I'm seventy or eighty years old before you marry me? Let me tell you, don't try to fool me. I'm not that easy to fool."
"What kind of attitude is that? You get so impatient the moment I bring up marriage. What, you want to shirk responsibility? I'd like to see if you dare to just let it go. I, Xu Jie, am not so easily fooled."
"I know you're not entirely satisfied with me, Dr. Liu. You have higher aspirations. Who do you want to marry? Or are you still hung up on Shen Bining? Liu Yiming, take a good look in the mirror. Do you think you can marry the hospital director's daughter? You're just a poor boy from a remote village. Do you really think that going to a good university and getting a good job makes you a winner in life? There are countless men like you in the whole city who can marry the hospital director's daughter. Do you think that Miss Shen has even given you a second glance? She's so well-off; she has plenty of eligible young men to choose from. What makes you so special to her? Even if she agrees, her parents won't accept you. Director Shen has already seen through your little scheme to climb the social ladder..."
*
Shen Bining, who was eavesdropping in the cubicle, was already in a real bind. She already knew who was making the phone call outside, and she even knew who was on the other end of the line.
The incident began with a male doctor at the hospital named Liu Yiming.
In today's internet slang, Liu Yiming is a typical small-town exam-taker. He was born in a remote and poor village, with three older sisters, and he was the one on whom the whole family placed their hopes, the one to "bring glory to the family."
It must be said that Liu Yiming is a man of great ambition. Despite having relatively limited educational resources, he managed to get into one of the top medical schools in the country and pursue a combined bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree.
After graduation, Liu Yiming stayed in H City to work and became an outstanding doctor in the Department of Respiratory Medicine at our hospital.
He is indeed outstanding at work, hardworking and ambitious, but he also has the common flaw of men from this background—ambitious and wanting to use every opportunity to climb the social ladder.
The rather handsome Liu Yiming knew that the best shortcut for him was marriage.
Shen Bining has always found Liu Yiming's way of thinking rather baffling. She acknowledges that modern marriages are no longer solely based on love; when choosing a partner, one does indeed need to consider the other person's family background and financial situation.
She simply couldn't understand where Liu Yiming and many other men with the same ideas got their confidence from, believing that as long as they found a good job, they could snag a daughter from a wealthy and powerful family, achieve upward social mobility through marriage, and completely defy fate.
The worst part is that, often in the end, once such men gain power, they forget their roots and may even turn around and think that the woman is not good enough for them.
Originally, Shen Bining had always kept her distance from men with impure motives and ulterior motives, but she could still watch the drama unfold. However, when Liu Yiming set his sights on her, she could no longer laugh.
*
Shen Bining had only been at the hospital for a few days when Liu Yiming set his sights on her.
The reason is simple: Shen Bining is beautiful and comes from a good family, perfectly meeting Liu Yiming's criteria for choosing a spouse.
Ever since Liu Yiming saw Shen Bining drive an expensive car to work, he had been eyeing her like a venomous snake.
After learning about Shen Bining's identity from his colleagues, he began to relentlessly pursue the matter.
Shen Bining's father is the hospital director, and her mother is the general manager of the city's largest medical equipment import company. It's no exaggeration to say that her family has both money and connections. She herself is also a medical master's graduate from overseas, with excellent professional skills and academic qualifications.
After learning that Shen Bining was the dean's daughter, Liu Yiming began to pursue her relentlessly. As soon as he got Shen Bining's phone number and WeChat, he felt that he had won the favor of the young lady and began to consider himself the dean's son-in-law.
Shen Bining found Liu Yiming's thinking both amusing and infuriating. She had never taken a liking to Liu Yiming, nor did she even consider this kind of man. Yet this man, with his inflated ego and shameless attitude, acted as if he had everything under control. Within days, he began looking down on people, as if the Shen family's assets and resources were already his.
The news quickly reached Shen Bining's father, Shen Changqing. He indirectly learned about Liu Yiming's character from several other doctors and was deeply worried for his daughter.
Shen Changqing, being worldly-wise, guessed Liu Yiming's intentions from just a few words. He knew that this man was no good and was afraid that his naive daughter would be deceived by his sweet words and jump into a fire pit.
Sensing something was wrong, Shen Changqing went home and discussed it with his wife. The couple then called their daughter over for a long talk that lasted all night, gradually explaining how unreliable Liu Yiming was.
It was only then that Shen Bining realized that her father had believed the rumors circulating in the hospital and mistakenly thought that she and Liu Yiming were dating.
She explained her relationship with Liu Yiming with a mix of laughter and tears, and stated that she would never fall in love with such a person, which finally put her parents at ease.
As the saying goes, even if you haven't eaten pork, you've seen pigs run. Although Shen Bining has never been in a relationship, she has seen plenty of men like Liu Yiming who have risen from humble beginnings to achieve success. Of course, she knows how untrustworthy such a person is, so how could she possibly go astray?
Besides, given Shen Bining's qualities, she is never short of high-quality men pursuing her, so what reason does she have to be interested in Liu Yiming?
She still remembers the time when Liu Yiming relentlessly insisted on inviting her to dinner. His petty and unseemly behavior at the restaurant left a deep impression on her, and she vowed then and there that she would never eat with him again.
She couldn't bear the embarrassment.
Perhaps Liu Yiming's frugality and stinginess are seen by many as signs of being good at managing money, but Shen Bining's background dictates that she doesn't need to be frugal, and it also means that she and Liu Yiming can never be on the same path.
She looked down on Liu Yiming for being greedy and stingy, and Liu Yiming probably also disapproved of her extravagant lifestyle and ignorance of human suffering. Since they were not the same kind of people, it was best not to force themselves to get along.
From her father's words, Shen Bining learned that many people in the hospital misunderstood her relationship with Liu Yiming. She suspected that Liu Yiming had deliberately spread rumors to force Shen Bining to compromise.
Because of Liu Yiming's despicable behavior, Shen Bining's impression of him worsened. Finally, one day, in front of many colleagues, Liu Yiming actually asked Shen Bining to go back to his hometown with him to visit his parents, speaking in the tone of a respectable boyfriend.
Seeing the ambiguous glances from her colleagues and Liu Yiming's smug expression, Shen Bining felt only shame. Anger and pride consumed her composure, and in front of all the onlookers, she mercilessly ridiculed and insulted Liu Yiming.
Even now, Shen Bining can still recall Liu Yiming's expression at the time; his angry and embarrassed look made it seem like he wanted to kill her.
But Shen Bining wasn't afraid. She knew Liu Yiming too well. As long as he was in this hospital, he wouldn't dare to really offend her, the daughter of the hospital director.
Sure enough, Liu Yiming fled on the spot. Later, no one knew what Shen Changqing said to him, but he never bothered Shen Bining again.
Later, Liu Yiming got involved with a head nurse who was three years older than him, divorced, and quite wealthy. That woman was the one who was talking badly about Shen Bining in the bathroom at this moment.
Her name is Xu Jie.
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