At eleven o’clock, Feng Zheng received a call from President Ke, instructing him to drive the car to the main entrance of the hospital and wait there.
"Yes."
Shortly after Feng Zheng parked the car at the main entrance of the hospital, President Ke came out of the administration building with Lu Han, having descended by elevator.
Upon seeing President Ke, Feng Zheng scurried out of the car like a sycophant and, acting like a doorman, opened the rear door of the car. President Ke got in and then consciously moved further inside.
Feng Zheng was puzzled. Just as he was about to call Lu Han to take the front passenger seat, he heard President Ke invite Lu Han to sit in the back.
Sit in the back?
In the past, President Ke least liked sharing a seat with someone whose status didn’t match his own. When they used to go out together for social engagements, if someone arranged a seat for him that he wasn’t satisfied with, President Ke would grumble about it for a long time.
He would indignantly swear that once he made it big, they would all live to regret it.
Only then did Feng Zheng realize that President Ke was not as magnanimous as he pretended to be.
It was after entering the so-called arena of fame and wealth that Feng Zheng learned that stepping on others to climb higher was human nature.
Nobody wants to spend over a decade studying hard only to end up at the bottom of society. To avoid being at the bottom, one has to climb upward with all their might.
Sons and daughters born with a silver spoon, that’s simply their good fortune, something unattainable to kids from ordinary families like his.
Even if they envied them, they could not attain that status. After all, those people knew how to choose their birth, and they did not, right?
Feng Zheng had always looked down on Lu Han.
He had a bit of medical skill, and was quite popular with patients and their families, but that was as far as his future could go. He was destined to be a good doctor.
But his social circle might not be as good as Feng Zheng’s.
Well, there was no helping it. How could Lu Han compete when he didn’t have Feng Zheng’s skill at flattering and ingratiating himself with leaders?
While his own education and skills might not compare to Lu Han’s, Lu Han fell short in other areas.
And so, Feng Zheng looked down on Lu Han.
But at this moment, President Ke was inviting a front-line doctor he looked down upon to sit next to him in the back seat, which was a substantial blow to Feng Zheng.
"Xiao Feng, what are you daydreaming about?"
At least a minute had passed since Lu Han got in the car, and Feng Zheng still hadn’t closed the door.
However, Lu Han wasn’t in a hurry and just calmly watched Feng Zheng. President Ke, on the other hand, was impatient and not very pleased with Feng Zheng’s dazed state.
Hearing President Ke’s questioning, Feng Zheng immediately snapped out of it, "Uh, sorry, President Ke, Doctor Lu, I’ll close the door now."
"Wait a moment," President Ke stopped him. "Call driver Wang to come and drive. Since you’re not in a good state today, you better not come with us, lest something happens on the way."
"President Ke, I’m fine, I promise." As soon as Feng Zheng heard President Ke didn’t want him to accompany them, how could he agree to it?
President Ke had always been his rock. The idea that his rock didn’t want to deal with him anymore was terrifying, wasn’t it?
"Can’t I tell if you’re alright or not? No need for promises, you either go back or take a sick leave for half a day, either is fine."
Feng Zheng: "..."
Feng Zheng had no choice. Seeing how adamant President Ke was, he reluctantly called driver Wang to come and take over.
Driver Wang arrived quickly, initially being near the administration building.
Driver Wang, full of energy, hurried over and, getting behind the wheel, drove away with President Ke and Lu Han.
Feng Zheng just stood by the roadside, watching their car get further and further away until it became a small black dot that disappeared completely from his sight...
Fortunately, it was not rush hour at the time of departure; otherwise, the doctors and nurses who he usually bullied around the hospital might have seen President Ke leaving with Lu Han, leaving him behind, and they would not know what to make of it behind his back.
Thinking of this, Feng Zheng hurriedly lowered his head and walked away.
President Ke had said that he could go back to work or take a half-day’s sick leave if he preferred.
Given the option to not work, he naturally chose to rest.
**
"Lu Han, I know Feng Zheng is usually very rude to you, and he has been throwing his weight around in the hospital, taking advantage of my position, behaving arrogantly and unscrupulously. I am aware of some of it."
"However, you must believe me, his actions are definitely not under my command, nor did I ask him to do such things. It’s only recently that I’ve come to know how overbearing he is and how brash he speaks and acts."
"President Ke, Feng Zheng is your assistant, and you know him better than I do. If you didn’t know what he’s like behind closed doors, then I even less so. Therefore, there’s no need for you to explain to me."
Lu Han just felt ironic. This time, the person he cooperated with was targeting Jiang Tao.
It never occurred to him that President Ke would become so jumpy.
Just after the Hua City Central Hospital had received the notice, here he was, rash and eager to curry favor with those leaders for him.
Lu Han knew that President Ke’s actions were not because he knew his secrets; it was only because he was Wu Donglin’s primary doctor, hoping that the others might have a slightly better impression of him for having helped old Mr. Wu.
Heh, President Ke was certainly taking a circuitous route, wasn’t he?
"No, no, no, I still think it’s necessary to explain it to you, after all, you are a victim too."
"Heh, a victim?"
He had never taken a person like Feng Zheng seriously.
Some people, if they hadn’t touched his sore spot, he couldn’t be bothered to interact with them.
Like President Ke, whether it was conspiring with Feng Zheng against him or indulging Feng Zheng’s behavior towards him, he didn’t care at all.
His job at Huanan Hospital wasn’t about President Ke’s face, but rather, to help enhance the hospital’s reputation for others’ sake.
However, after this Mr. Ke arrived, Huanan Hospital had become as murky as Hua City Central Hospital, corrupting certain areas.
Lu Han’s skill was in treating patients; he had no ability to completely clear away that corruption.
That’s why he needed to cooperate.
To seek the help of others.
He was human, not a god.
Even gods couldn’t meet everyone’s demands, let alone him?
But there was one thing: don’t make him angry.
Take Jiang Shanshan, for example.
Initially, the little schemes she orchestrated, deliberately creating scandals within the hospital, didn’t affect his life, so he let them be.
But once they did affect him, he’d uproot them completely, ensuring they couldn’t grow back.
"Lu Han, once we get back from the city hall, I’ll definitely teach him a lesson. If he doesn’t learn how to behave, I’ll make him resign and beat it."
"That’s your business, not mine to be informed of."
Afterward, Lu Han closed his eyes, no longer in the mood for idle chatter.
The driver Wang secretly admired Lu Han; it was said that Lu Han was the most difficult person to deal with in Huanan Hospital, and now he had seen it with his own eyes.
The one who dared to ignore President Ke’s face, in their hospital, was none other than Doctor Lu.
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