Chapter 29: The Real and Fake Patients
Chen Yin and a few others were discussing the three people who had left their contact information today at Xu's house, and the three were also discussing her.
After Qi Wenzhong and his father said goodbye to Chen Yin and others, they took a taxi home.
Since Qi Tonghai spent almost the entire day with Xu Ting, his understanding of Chen Yin was limited to a brief introduction in the morning.
After getting in the car, he glanced at his son who was always careful with his pockets and felt puzzled.
"Why are you looking at your pocket? Also, you spent time with Chen Yin today. What do you think of her?"
When mentioning Chen Yin, Qi Wenzhong's face lit up with admiring eyes.
"Sister Yinyin is amazing! I feel like she's even better than most of my teachers at university."
"Dad, did you know? Sister Yinyin was able to discern the original formula of a Chinese patent medicine and the variations within it at a glance. She was also very articulate in her discussions with the other party, and she put those booth staff who looked down on us to shame. In the end, it took our boss' intervention to reconcile with Sister Yinyin."
Upon hearing this, Qi Tonghai immediately remembered the discussions he had heard from other people today.
"Could it be that you are working at Kangcheng Pharmaceutical..."
Before Qi Tonghai could finish his words, Qi Wenzhong, who was immersed in the shock brought by Chen Yin, interrupted him excitedly.
"Not only that, Sister Yinyin cured many people during the previous flu outbreak. She even volunteered to provide free medical treatment in rural areas. She truly has a heart for saving people. It's truly admirable. I wish I could be like her."
Now, Qi Tonghai knew who the thing in his son's pocket was about without asking.
He didn't expect that in just one day, that little girl Chen Yin had fed her son some kind of love potion that made him completely obsessed.
Just as he was thinking about how to wake his son up, Qi Wenzhong excitedly took out the contact information from his pocket and showed it off to his father.
"Dad, look! This is Sister Yinyin's contact information. She said that if I don't understand anything or have any academic problems, I can ask her for help."
As soon as these words were spoken, the words in Qi Tonghai's throat were immediately blocked.
He choked and swallowed several times before finally finding his tone.
"That's great, that's great. He graduated from Xuhua University. There are many things you can learn from him."
Before he finished speaking, Qi Wenzhong had already tightly grasped the contact information in his hand and said happily:
"Hey! I think so too."
The father and son were in very different moods on this side, while on the other side they were joking around.
Zhao Wuyan saw that there was no one else beside his friend, so he immediately rushed over and put his arm around his friend's neck, imitating Jin Ye's tone and saying in a sarcastic tone:
"I don't know where my friend is. I don't know much about the Expo, so I wonder if I can come with you?"
The frivolous tone made Jin Ye's eyebrows pinch to kill a mosquito. He pushed Zhao Wuyan's head away and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
"Nonsense?" Zhao Wuyan raised his voice in surprise.
"When you said that to the girl just now, why didn't you realize that you were talking nonsense? What do you mean you don't know where your friends are? I'm following you and can see you in a blink of an eye. You really forget your friends for the sake of beauty." The last four words were almost squeezed out from between his teeth.
But how could Jin Ye admit it so easily? He slapped Zhao Wuyan's hand away and said innocently:
"I saw the doctor who treated me and just went up to say hello. Besides, he's a doctor, so he's definitely more knowledgeable than just hanging out with you."
"Implications?" Zhao Wuyan looked at Jin Ye in surprise, his face full of sarcasm.
Then he changed the subject, "Someone saved you, where?"
"It's the undeveloped mountain in Dongyu that Shunzi mentioned last time. I went to climb it once and happened to get the flu, so I went to the clinic for treatment and met Doctor Chen."
"Doctor Chen~" Zhao Wuyan immediately grasped the key content of the words.
But Jin Ye didn't want to say anything more to him. If he revealed anything more, when he returned to the capital, the people he was close to would probably be talking about Chen Yin.
He didn't like the frivolous tone that involved Chen Yin, so he left Zhao Wuyan and left quickly.
The last one was Kang Yunlu. After seeing Mr. Li unconscious, she took her assistant and rushed to the Chinese Medicine Hospital to see if there was any way they could help.
Although they are not doctors, as one of the top pharmaceutical companies in China, Kangcheng Pharmaceutical is still able to urgently allocate some precious drugs and medicinal materials to its branches in various places.
The only uncertainty now is whether she will have this opportunity.
Just as a group of people were waiting anxiously, a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly came from the opposite aisle.
"Mr. Qian, Mr. Li's ward is right here. I'm sure you're familiar with Mr. Li's personality. He dislikes Western medicine and has always refused its treatment. Furthermore, the doctor didn't treat himself, which has delayed his condition to this point. Mr. Qian, please make sure to save Mr. Li!"
"I don't know Li Wu yet? Let's go check on him first, and we can talk about other things later."
Qian Xing said angrily, obviously strongly disapproving of Li Wu's behavior. With a flushed face, he trotted towards the ward quickly, not looking at all like he was nearly 70 years old.
The others looked at the impetuous Old Qian and hurried to catch up.
The last one walking was Yang Guohua. When he saw Mr. Qian enter Mr. Li's ward, he subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
It was because Mr. Li’s identity was too important. If something happened in their Chinese medicine hospital, he really didn’t know how to explain it to the director, the dean, and the city leaders.
Just as Yang Guohua breathed a sigh of relief, the news that Mr. Li had an accident at the medical seminar venue had spread throughout Dongyu City.
Because this expo is considered one of the top ten conferences of the year, even Fu Rui, who is in Yunchuan County, was asked to go to the city to attend the meeting.
So, she learned the bad news from her eldest brother first.
"Ultimately, it's because our city's health care isn't doing its job well. Mr. Li clearly showed signs of illness yesterday, but the Health Bureau couldn't find a doctor who could treat him. In the end, they had to wait for Mr. Qian from Xishu Province, and look, something went wrong right away!"
Fu Rui said indignantly, apparently very dissatisfied with the group of doctors in the Municipal Health Bureau.
At this time, Fu Wei was no less dissatisfied than his sister.
Fu Rui’s headache had not been cured by the people at the Municipal Health Bureau, so it had always been a source of worry for him.
But when he thought about the original regional structure of the Health Bureau, he felt it was understandable.
"The Health Bureau made mistakes, but we also need to recognize that it's not just their fault, it's ours as well. After all, they were only a prefecture-level city health department before, and had nothing to do with the various provincial conferences and major events. Their limited capabilities made them insignificant."
"But now that our city has become independent, they should also grow up. If they don't even have real skills to show for themselves and are just sitting there doing nothing, we might as well kick them all out and stop bringing shame to Dongyu."
As he spoke of this, Fu Rui became more and more dissatisfied.
The Health Bureau was originally established to deal with unexpected events that may arise during large-scale events. Now they have no reason to exist, so why should they stay?
Hearing this, Fu Wei shook his head helplessly and explained:
"You forgot that the main task of the Health Bureau is to provide health care for retired cadres. In this regard, Chinese medicine is more relevant."
"That's right." No matter how angry Fu Rui was, he couldn't deny it.
After all, compared to Western medicine, TCM has the advantage of being a single practitioner, requiring no complex equipment, and providing treatment at any time. It can also provide better care for old injuries, meeting the needs of retired veterans.
At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared in Fu Rui's mind.
Her calm face suddenly became turbulent, and she excitedly grabbed her eldest brother's hand and said, "Brother, what do you think about recruiting Dr. Chen Yin, who treated me, to the Municipal Health Bureau?"
"Is your headache completely gone?"
"Of course! In fact, after three days of acupuncture with Dr. Chen, my headaches have basically stopped. I'm still taking medicine to consolidate the effect. I believe I won't have headaches again in the future."
Fu Wei took a closer look at his sister and indeed did not see the aura of pain that had always lingered around her.
A disease that a group of old guys in the city’s health bureau couldn’t cure was actually cured by a young girl who just graduated. He didn’t know what to say to the people in the health bureau.
With her medical skills, it was no problem for Chen Yin to enter the Health Bureau.
But……
Fu Wei thought for a long time before speaking slowly.
"But if you're the only recommender, it won't work. If the opposition is too loud, it will affect both you and me."
"So what? As long as Chen Yin's medical skills are up to par, and she joins the Health Bureau and serves the city, then we'll see what she's made of. I don't believe those people will have anything to say."
Seeing that his sister was stubborn, Fu Wei could only cover his forehead helplessly.
"Okay then. I'll find a chance to talk to Director Sun of the Health Bureau."
"We must hurry up. If I remember correctly, there's not much time left before the next big meeting."
*
At this moment, Chen Yin didn't know what was waiting for her at home.
Originally, after she contacted Xu Ting, Xu Ting had already sorted out the necessary medicinal materials.
However, Chen Yin was later invited to the city, which delayed the event for another two days.
Seeing that everything was ready, it was time for Chen Yin to leave the city.
Just like last time, she went straight home with the truck transporting the medicinal herbs. They set off in the morning and arrived in town at noon.
There were a lot of people in the town at noon, and the truck attracted a lot of people's attention.
What shocked everyone even more than the truck was that Huimintang actually purchased more medicinal herbs?
Although the county and town have publicized the issue of tuberculosis, Huimintang's business has obviously not recovered yet. How can they dare to increase investment?
Could it be that many people come to Chen Yin for medical treatment after dark?
Last time it was a woman, this time it’s…
For a moment, many men who noticed this scene were confused and stared at the plaque of Huimin Hall.
The crowd gradually dispersed only after all the medicinal herbs disappeared outside the Huimintang Clinic.
Just as Chen Yin was about to arrange the herbs one by one, her hand was suddenly grabbed by her mother and she quickly ran towards the counter.
"Yinyin! Look, this is the phone number the town specially requested for our clinic."
Wu Dongmei held her daughter with one hand and excitedly pointed at the new items on the counter with the other.
Chen Yin knew who got it at a glance, but the speed was beyond her expectations.
"Did Director Liu send it?"
"Yes, yes, yes! It was him. He said that we are a clinic and it's inconvenient not to have a phone. He also said that we only have one, which is a bit small compared to a health center. He said he hoped you would forgive me."
Speaking of this, Wu Dongmei's face was full of confusion.
It was good that the other party was willing to install a phone for them, but now they are actually apologizing for it. You have to know that their family is a private clinic, how can it be compared with a health center?
Chen Yin couldn't help but recall the conversation with Liu Wenchong. "Anyway, it's good for our clinic. With a phone in the future, it will be more convenient for the clinic."
"That's right." Wu Dongmei nodded in agreement.
"Never mind all that, let's eat first. Judging from the time, you must have set off early in the morning."
Wu Dongmei was making lunch at the time, so she invited the driver to have lunch with her before letting him leave.
Afterwards, the mother and daughter sorted the medicinal materials in the clinic and put them all into storage.
After finishing everything, Chen Yin looked at the phone in front of the medicine cabinet and suddenly remembered that she should tell others her new phone number.
The first number she called was Yang Guohua's office.
Because of the accident that happened to Mr. Li, Yang Guohua had been busy by his side, and it was Sun Siwei who answered the phone.
When Sun Siwei heard that the clinic had installed a telephone, he danced with joy, "This will make it much more convenient for you to contact Doctor Chen in the future!"
"I need to contact you. I have to tell other people. I'm hanging up now."
"goodbye."
Sun Siwei put down the phone reluctantly, the last three words Chen Yin said kept echoing in his mind, and he thought: Could there be other people who have the same idea as the teacher?
The next one was Qi Wenzhong, and Chen Yin called Qi's family.
"Hello! I'm Chen Yin."
"Chen... Chen Yin?" Zhang Yihua answered the phone with confusion and surprise, because she immediately recognized the voice of a little girl.
But she hadn't enjoyed her joy enough. Qi Wenzhong, who heard the familiar name, rushed over from the sofa on the other side, snatched the phone from her mother's hand, and said excitedly:
"Sister Yinyin, why are you calling me at this time? I remember you should have left the city by now."
"It's nothing serious. It's just the number I'm calling now. It's the one my clinic just installed. If you need to contact me in the future, you can call this number."
"Okay, okay! Sister Yinyin, I will definitely contact you using the new number."
Although Chen Yin couldn't see it, Qi Wenzhong kept nodding and assuring on the other end of the phone.
Zhang Yihua just looked at her son's foolish appearance, and couldn't help but look him back and forth with curious eyes.
Isn't it? As soon as the phone was hung up, she started questioning.
"Who is this little girl? She even called home. Could it be that you are at school..."
Nowadays, with the society becoming more open, young people are pushing back the age at which they will get married.
Even though Zhang Yihua hopes that her son can get married early, isn’t it a little early since he hasn’t even graduated from college yet?
Qi Tonghai knew what his wife was thinking at a glance and explained it to his son directly.
"This is the niece that Old Xu brought with him to the expo today. She's a graduate of Xuhua University's Traditional Chinese Medicine program and runs a clinic at home. She's much more capable than your son."
Before he finished speaking, the excitement on Zhang Yihua's face was immediately replaced by disgust.
She glanced at her son with dissatisfaction and complained, "I thought you had some skills, but I didn't expect it was still about studying."
At this moment, Qi Wenzhong finally understood what his mother was thinking. He gritted his teeth and said angrily:
"I'm still a student, so of course I care about my studies. Mom, you don't know how amazing Sister Yinyin is! Let me tell you, she..."
Hearing his son about to start another long speech, Qi Tonghai helplessly covered his ears with the pillow, wailing in his heart: Miss Chen Yin, what kind of magic potion did you give my son!
*
After the call, Chen Yin suddenly felt her ears getting hot, and she rubbed them twice in confusion.
She thought about it carefully and realized that apart from these two people, there seemed to be no one else at home who could be contacted and informed immediately.
So she turned around and looked at the time, and found that it was dark, there were no patients, and she could close the shop.
Chen Yin walked to the wall at the door and pushed the door panels leaning against it in one by one.
When the first card was inserted, the door panel slid through the slot, making a loud friction sound.
Chen Yin had long been accustomed to this sound and did not feel any disturbance.
But the person who was waiting quietly in a secret place opposite the clinic was suddenly awakened by the sound, and looked at the gradually shrinking door opposite with an expression of disbelief.
He nervously wanted to walk towards the clinic, but when he saw the lights around the clinic, he timidly retracted his foot.
So, he could only watch the door of Huimin Hall close, huddled in a dark corner, gritting his teeth.
The next day, it was another quiet day in the clinic.
Wu Dongmei looked around for a long time but didn't see anyone coming to the door. It seemed to be the same as the previous two days.
She reluctantly put away the rag she was using to wipe the counter and looked towards the door with a worried look on her face.
I just watched the sun climb over the mountain and rise to mid-sky.
Glancing at her daughter who was processing medicinal herbs, Wu Dongmei reluctantly suggested:
"Yinyin, since the clinic doesn't have much to do, why don't we go back to the village and provide free medical treatment? It's been a while since we left, and there's been no news from the village. I wonder how Grandpa is discussing things with the other villages."
"Mom, don't worry. Didn't I admit a patient with a headache earlier? Her follow-up appointment is in two days. If no other patients come by then, we can go back to the village."
Chen Yin stopped what she was doing, straightened her back, thought for a while and then said.
"Then wait two more days." Wu Dongmei continued to torture the rag in her hand helplessly.
At this moment, two figures suddenly appeared at the door.
The man standing in front had an arrogant look on his face, and his expression seemed to look down on the clinic, but if you looked closely, you could vaguely see the nervousness and uneasiness in his eyes.
The woman standing behind looked a little timid and thin. She looked up at Chen Yin and Wu Dongmei in the clinic, then quickly lowered her head and followed the man closely like a quail.
At just one glance, Chen Yin and Wu Dongmei recognized each other's identities - husband and wife.
Although the man standing in front of her raised his chin high and did not seem to be a patient, Chen Yin had a preliminary understanding of his condition by looking at his dark yellow complexion, the brows that were inadvertently wrinkled when he kept licking his lips, and the white mucus accumulated at the corners of his mouth.
As for the woman behind, I didn't have a chance to look at her, so I need to get to know her better.
So Chen Yin stood up from the stool and said to the man:
"Please come and sit here to see the doctor." After saying that, he walked towards the examination desk.
However, she never thought that her simple words would anger the man.
"Everyone in town says you're a good doctor! You can't even tell who the patient is? I'm in good health!"
Before he finished speaking, Sun Dawei pushed his wife out from behind him.
The incident happened too suddenly. Not only did Chen Yin and Wu Dongmei fail to react, but Feng Ying was also caught off guard.
She almost fell to the ground in embarrassment, her body swaying in place.
Before she could recover, Sun Dawei's impatient voice rang out again, "Why don't you go get treated quickly! If the doctor you mentioned can't cure your illness, I'll teach you a lesson!"
At this moment, Feng Ying had no reaction except nodding.
She moved timidly and quickly towards Chen Yin, her legs shaking constantly, obviously thinking of some bad scene.
Wu Dongmei stood at the counter and saw every move of the couple clearly.
She vaguely felt that this Sun Dawei was very similar to Yang Shulin before. If there was any problem during the consultation later, he would definitely cause trouble, and her heart suddenly became nervous.
In panic, her eyes looked around.
Finally, Wu Dongmei saw the wooden plug placed on the side of the door, quietly approached, and stood beside her daughter holding the wooden plug to protect her.
Feeling safe, she turned her gaze to Feng Ying.
This couple is quite famous in the town. Both of them have formal jobs, but they have no children.
Because of this, there was often constant noise at home.
I think we came here today just for the child’s matter, but my daughter is good at treating gynecological diseases, can she tell the difference with the child?
Just when Wu Dongmei was panicking, Chen Yin looked up at the woman who seemed to be treating her as a life-saving straw.
"Name, age."
"My name is Feng Ying, and I'm 28 years old." Feng Ying said cautiously.
"What's wrong with you?"
Facing Chen Yin's gentle tone, for a moment, Feng Ying really wanted to blurt out "I feel uncomfortable all over."
But she felt two fierce gazes coming straight at her from behind, and said timidly:
"My stomach! My stomach is uncomfortable. During those few days of the month, my stomach hurts terribly and the amount of food I produce is a little small."
"Just a stomachache?"
Chen Yin looked at the patient in front of her with confusion. When the patient was walking and sitting, she noticed that his legs and arms seemed to be injured and he was not using them very smoothly.
Before she could continue asking, Sun Dawei, who was standing in the middle of the clinic and had been reluctant to get close to the examination table, became unhappy.
He didn't want to get close because he was worried that someone would mistakenly think he was seeing a doctor. Unexpectedly, the doctor kept dragging his feet, and the consultation was completely different from what he had imagined.
When he entered the door, Sun Dawei noticed the strange looks from others. If he delayed any longer, he didn't know how many rumors would arise tomorrow.
"Hurry up and take a look! She just can't get pregnant. There must be something wrong with her stomach. Just prescribe some medicine. Why are you talking so much?"
"Yes, yes, yes! Doctor Chen, just prescribe some medicine for me to treat menstrual abdominal pain." Feng Ying subconsciously agreed.
Little did they know that when Sun Dawei and Feng Ying entered the clinic, everyone had already guessed their purpose.
Therefore, people are not that curious about things that they already know.
But what no one expected was that Sun Dawei's angry voice was frequently heard from inside the clinic, which attracted everyone's attention.
It was the hottest time of the day at noon, with few people on the street and poor business. Everyone was listening intently to find out the location of Huimin Hall.
Li Chunli was even more worried that someone would cause trouble, so she took her people directly to the door of the clinic.
"Dongmei! Is someone causing trouble in the clinic? He thinks two women in the clinic can cause trouble and see if we, the neighbors, will let him go."
As soon as the voice came out, Sun Dawei, who had just been so confident, immediately lost his arrogance and said with a guilty look:
"Where is anyone causing trouble? I was just worried about Yingzi's health, so I made a little noise."
"Really? Sun Dawei." Li Chunli said with a look of doubt.
Upon hearing this, Sun Dawei immediately turned his gaze to his wife and Wu Dongmei, mother and daughter, hoping that they could help explain.
Feng Ying's subconscious told her what she should do, but for some reason, when she met Chen Yin's calm eyes, she opened her mouth but couldn't utter a word.
Soon, Wu Dongmei gave an ambiguous answer.
"Chun Li, don't worry, no one is causing trouble for now."
"That's good." Li Chunli glanced at Sun Dawei and replied with forced satisfaction.
Then he calmly pulled the people around him and walked into the clinic together, which made the guilty Sun Dawei feel scared and angry.
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