Chapter 88
Just in case, Feng Ran prepared four plans in total, including surgery and medication. Dr. Xier was still seeing patients, and Dr. Fei Lie was on night shift. Feng Ran could only take his own plans to Dr. Liu, who was making rounds in the ward with the new patients.
The newcomer's name is Xu Zhi, a rather shy Beta. Feng Ran knows nothing about her other than that and can't really comment on her. After all, Dr. Liu's temper is indeed not very good, and his work in training new recruits is terrible. He's the kind of old-timer who can boss people around endlessly.
But Feng Ran's temper wasn't much better. It would be fine if she were asked to do the diagnosis and tests, but why would she be asked to do things like blood and urine tests that a medical assistant could handle? Would the electricity saved be used to pay her? So she refused quite decisively, and even argued with Dr. Ferreira about differences in treatment plans during meetings to discuss the patient's condition, which terrified Dr. Ferreira.
After reviewing her treatment plan, Dr. Liu had no objections: "What did the patient say?"
Feng Ran: "He's in a hurry to go back to work and hopes to have laparoscopic surgery tomorrow. There are no problems with the relevant examinations and medical supplies; all that's missing is a doctor to arrange the surgery."
Dr. Liu: "Is it Hill and Ferrer who are on duty at the outpatient clinic tomorrow? See who has fewer appointments and call them. I need to cover for them in the emergency room tomorrow."
Speaking of Feng Ran, I'm speechless. Their department is actually quite unique. Dr. Liu is a top expert, but he has a bad temper and sometimes even scolds patients. Dr. Fei Lie is the opposite of him, gentle, kind and considerate. Dr. Xi Er is a handsome man, and many people who have booked an appointment with him want to date him. Although they have different styles, all three of them have the appeal of being popular.
Before coming to see Dr. Liu, Feng Ran had asked about their appointments for tomorrow, but they were both told that they were fully booked. It turned out that she had postponed all her patients today to schedule appointments for the two of them. How could anyone not be angry?
Feng Ran: "I asked, and they're fully booked for tomorrow and can't come."
Dr. Liu: "Tsk, let's check everyone's schedules again and see which day we can spare someone to do it. Explain to the patient that you should arrange medication to stabilize them first. What kind of job does that person have that they're in such a hurry to go to work? Don't they get enough rest?"
Fengran: "Tax inspection."
Whether from the perspective of the Empire or the Parliament, this is a very core department, belonging to the kind of people they can't afford to offend. Dr. Liu's face twitched: "Does it have a powerful background?"
Feng Ran: "Ceylon."
Even though he was from a noble family, Dr. Liu felt that his stomach was hurting more. They were a public hospital, and if Orville had used a special channel when registering, they could have found a way to arrange a specialist appointment for him, but he ended up registering for a regular outpatient appointment.
Dr. Liu waved his hand: "Go and ask again. If he still insists on having the surgery tomorrow, then change his treatment to a specialist clinic or send him to the surgery department."
Feng Ran nodded and turned to leave.
Orville had just finished all the pre-operative examinations he needed to undergo. He was lying in bed in his hospital gown, still using his portable computer to read documents. He was lucky; he was currently the only one staying in the three-person ward.
I don't know who has already visited him. They bought a fruit platter and put it on his bedside table. The ward robot took an apple and peeled it for him.
Feng Ran first instructed the robot: "Just give him half an apple. He still needs to eat the hospital's nutritional meals tonight."
Orville deliberately put away his work documents, took the apple from the robot, and slowly chewed it: "Oh, how's the arrangement going?"
Feng Ran gave him the treatment plan: "The doctors in our department are basically all busy. At most, they can be scheduled for the afternoon of the day after tomorrow. It's even more outrageous for the surgeons. Their surgeries are already scheduled for next month. Or you can fill out an application for a specialist to find a doctor from another department, but that will also have to wait until tomorrow afternoon."
He carefully reviewed the proposed list of surgical plans and frowned at the hospital's efficiency: "Why is it so complicated? Can't you do it?"
Feng Ran: "If you are very willing to sign a risk commitment letter, it's not that I can't do it for you. I just visited a double-scope surgery the day before yesterday. However, internal medicine surgeries are relatively rare, so they are just worried. But in terms of skills, I think I am qualified to do it for you."
Orville, for some reason, said, "If that's what you're saying, then I'll really sign it, and if any problems arise, I'll blame it all on Shen Shiqian."
Feng Ran looked at him coldly: "I didn't force you to sign. You can easily transfer to any private hospital now and be wheeled into the operating room overnight. Besides, the new regulations stipulate that medical disturbances are illegal."
The apple was already starting to oxidize, and Orville hadn't finished chewing it. He clutched his stomach, his face pale, and brought up another matter: "I don't know who's behind this. I've been working overtime lately checking accounts until I'm practically numb. Getting sick and hospitalized at this time, I don't know whose wish it was to fulfill."
Feng Ran: "If we trace it back to a fundamental and direct factor, it's your brother Joshua. It has been confirmed that non-gut bacteria are among the types of bacteria causing the infection and inflammation. Has anyone else in your family eaten the fish he caught?"
No, Orville was the only one who went home that day.
Orville: "Then how come he's alright?"
Feng Ran: "Objectively speaking, there are factors such as his immune system being stronger than yours, but there is another possibility: he himself knew it tasted bad, so he didn't eat it."
Those words are so infuriating they make you dizzy.
Orville was clearly in excruciating pain, yet he still managed to put on a fierce expression as he scrutinized Feng Ran. His complex expression amused Feng Ran, who stubbornly defended Joshua, saying, "Don't change the subject. You know what I'm trying to say."
Feng Ran raised an eyebrow slightly: "Isn't working overtime because you haven't done your jobs well in the past? If you have paranoia, you should go see a psychiatrist. But if your supervisory department is like this, then what about the other departments that are being supervised?"
She chuckled softly: "In the end, the fact that you're so busy over the slightest disturbance shows that the parliament's work is riddled with flaws. You're missing needles and threads, there are cracks everywhere, yet you don't even realize it and still want to blame others. It's quite pathetic."
Orville: "Are you working for the princess?"
Feng Ran: "I don't take sides with anyone."
Orville: "Oh, what about Shen Shiqian?"
Feng Ran: "I didn't force him to like me."
Orville: "Tsk, that's quite the schemer."
Feng Ran: "This is a real injustice. I'm just a trainee doctor who hasn't been here long."
Orville: "Who would believe that? Demeter even warned me to be careful of you."
Feng Ran: "Oh, the Rogers family? You guys are in cahoots. Well, then, is Ceylonca Bruce's left-hand man or right-hand man?"
Orville: "Do you have any complaints about Parliament?"
Feng Ran: "You're exaggerating. I treat the Empire equally, I don't take sides or target any individual or group."
Orville: "You're completely unreasonable."
Feng Ran: "You're really strange."
After a series of unsuccessful attempts, Orville eventually signed the surgical consent form and risk commitment form. Whether it was because he was eager for work or something else, it was hard to say. Feng Ran just felt that he had a tumor in his brain and had lost his mind.
After she got off work, she went to the villa. Carlo and Tingyun were busy meeting the sales targets she had set, and they were making all sorts of big and small moves, which made it hard for them not to leave any traces. If it weren't for Xing Tong's cleanup, they probably would have been caught long ago. As a result, the council was thrown into chaos and began to lose its composure. Some internal and external communications began to disperse, while others became more frequent and closer, which was a good entry point.
Only a few days had passed, and these two people looked like they were about to die, which made her think of the one lying in the hospital. It was rare for her to make such a big fuss, and she hoped that Princess Sherry could be of some use.
Actually, agreeing to the princess's request for assistance wasn't difficult. After all, the investigation was so extensive that it was equivalent to helping her understand the entire network of relationships within the council. With such a wealth of intelligence, it would be easy for the princess to do whatever she wanted. Taking the Fourth Legion from the council and handing it over to Shen Shiqian was just a matter of convenience.
Tingyun didn't have as much intelligence to process as Carlo. He was helpless with information that relied on electronic storage for confidentiality. He was only responsible for contacting other intelligence personnel and asking them for various clues. However, because there were no restrictions on the types of intelligence, he recorded them all in a miscellaneous way, which still needed to be sorted out.
He sat on the living room sofa, so sleepy he was almost falling over. Carlo, sitting opposite him, was hugging his personal computer and his fingernails were almost worn down. When he saw Feng Ran arrive, he grabbed an empty medicine bottle from the coffee table and threw it at Ting Yun.
Feng Ran walked over, picked up the bottle, and glanced at it. It was a fairly common health supplement drink, just a lethal dose of glucose.
Tingyun slapped her face hard to force herself awake and turned on the computer, then looked at Feng Ran and asked, "Why did you come here?"
Feng Ran: "I came to check on the situation and also to ask some questions."
The air conditioning in the villa was set very low, so Carlo couldn't detect anything, but Feng Ran immediately realized that Ting Yun had a fever. She reached out and beckoned the robot, took a barrier patch from its medicine box, and applied it to Ting Yun.
Tingyun remained silent, only feeling that this body was truly deadly. "What do you want to ask?"
Feng Ran sat down next to him: "What do you know about the Ceylonka family?"
Tingyun: "The Celandine family is known for its integrity and has almost no weaknesses or loopholes. Apart from the wife, who stays in the Danube district with her elderly relatives and doesn't get involved in politics, the other four members have slightly different personalities and attitudes. Unlike Rogers's fanatical admiration for Bruce, the Celandine family, apart from Charles, has a rather indifferent attitude towards the Bruce family. But after all, they are a family that has served them since childhood, so it's unlikely that they would turn against them."
“The eldest daughter, Jane, was engrossed in research. After entering the Academy of Sciences, she resigned from her sinecure in Parliament. She herself was not very interested in politics, so the task of supporting the Bruce family fell to the eldest son, Orville. His entry into the Inspectorate was also at the behest of the family and that person. But there is a well-known secret in Kempine: Joey Bruce likes Joshua Ceylanca. Otherwise, given Charles’s personality, he would not have allowed his second son to study at military school so leisurely. He would have definitely made him graduate early and study in Parliament. But in reality, all of this was controlled by Joey, which is the so-called young master accompanying his son to study.”
"Orville is quite disgusted by this matter. He always felt that Charles was indirectly sending his brother to a marriage alliance. As for Joshua himself, I don't know if he has sensed something. In recent years, he has been somewhat resistant to Joey's control and has been rebellious, wanting to go to the military. But he was recently reprimanded by Shen Shiqian and has calmed down. As for what attitude he will have in the future, it is hard to say."
Feng Ran: "What's your relationship with the Rogers family like?"
Tingyun: "It's not exactly good. Although they all work for Speaker Bruce, Demeter Rogers' methods aren't particularly impressive, and he's from a commoner background, so Charles looks down on him. As for loyalty, Demeter is actually quite arrogant. Many of the intelligence networks he secretly operates are his own doing. Charles, who is in charge of finances, is already under close scrutiny by others, so he doesn't want to get involved with him and get into trouble. As for his relationship with Bruce, the Bai family says he's completely blindly loyal. He's only sided with Bruce from the beginning because of his family background, and he's never considered anything else. And he can never win an argument with Bai Jiu."
Bai Jiu is the current head of the Bai family. Among the various factions, his family neither takes sides nor remains neutral. They will pounce on anyone they dislike, and they are ruthless in both words and deeds. However, the four families are mostly families of meritorious officials, so they cannot be easily punished. Moreover, His Majesty Geno is happy to see him check and balance the people in the council, so when others complain, he completely condones and protects them.
Feng Ran: "It's quite complicated."
Tingyun: "What happened to the Ceylonese family?"
Feng Ran: "It just so happened that I ran into Orville while he was in the hospital. He tried to find out if I was on the princess's side. I ignored him, but I felt that his attitude was a bit strange."
Tingyun: "It's normal to be strange, after all, Orville is considered young and promising among the sons of officials and nobles in Kempe. When he was studying at the academy, Shen Shiqian ranked first and he ranked second. He can be considered half a prodigy. If he had entered the military, he might have become a regimental commander or deputy marshal. Now, because of family reasons, he not only has to be a supporting role to Joey, who is half a generation younger than him, but Joey also wants to bully his younger brother. It's only natural that he is dissatisfied. He just hasn't shown it openly because of the relationship between the two families."
Feng Ran said thoughtfully, "I see."
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