The 49th melon
After Mrs. Yu taught Director Yu a lesson, she left.
But when he left, he still left the thermos behind.
Director Yu held the hot meal and rubbed his ear which had just been pinched by Mrs. Yu.
"Woo woo woo, my wife still loves me!"
Liu Mingqian and Jiang Mingkai rarely showed envious expressions.
Isn’t it?
If I don't love you, can I still accept you not washing your feet for a week? Can I still accept you smelling your own stinky socks and regard it as proof of a hard day's work?
If someone else had this quirk, who could stand it?
Liu Mingqian and Jiang Mingkai complained a few words, and on the other side, the stage manager came to report that Chenzui had arrived.
The guests' attention was instantly diverted.
Oh, hoo! Intoxication is coming!
He was boasting that there must be a way to improve Lin Cha's favorability. Now that he is half an hour late, he must have thought of a good idea!
I don’t know what it is?
The stagehand said, "Director Yu, Mr. Shen brought a dog with him. He said it's a guest he brought along. Is that okay?"
"A dog?" Director Yu was stunned. His eyes rolled around, and he scratched his ears, thinking, "Why bring a dog? Does our village still need dogs?"
But thinking that he was an award-winning actor, he should show some respect, so Director Yu relaxed his standards and said, "Forget it, this is a rural area anyway, there's nothing wrong with letting these pets run wild."
The guests looked at each other.
dog?
Could it be that Chenzui wants to use the dog to increase Lin Cha's favorability?
"Maorong is indeed adorable!" Jiang Mingkai said in a deep voice, "Cha Cha has always loved Grandma Xia's glory. Teacher Shen is so cunning!"
Liu Mingqian: "Gong Ke has the lowest score right now, 12 points behind Shen Zui. A dog can't possibly close the gap, right?"
Lu Yanyan: "Who knows! Anyway, as long as they don't push me out, it doesn't matter who falls out! I still want to eat the melon!"
The guests discussed it and generally speaking, as long as they were not left out of the position to eat the melon, it didn’t matter much to them whether Gong Ke could eat the melon or not.
Lin Cha had already followed Director Yu out of the studio, and the guests followed suit and left the studio.
At the same time, Fang Yueyao's mushroom fried rice was also out of the oven. The lunch trio brought the fried rice to the dining table in the courtyard and welcomed Chenzui at the same time.
The guests arrived at the courtyard gate one after another, most of them curious to see the dog. Only Gong Ke had a gloomy look on his face.
He stood on tiptoe, peering around, and made the sign of the cross on his chest. "Please, please! Don't surpass me! Don't surpass me!"
After a while, a tricycle stopped at the gate of the courtyard. Chenzui said thank you to Uncle Liu who was driving the tricycle, turned over handsomely, and jumped off the tricycle.
The autumn sun fell on him, warm and gentle. He was immersed in a simple casual outfit, but it also made his posture tall and straight and his legs long.
As soon as he appeared, the barrage of comments exploded.
[Intoxicated! Intoxicated!!! Ahhhhhh no, let me lick it first!!!]
I heard rumors that Chen Zui was quitting the entertainment industry, and I was so upset! But then I didn't expect that to be proven the next second. He accepted "Painted Bone" and participated in a variety show! It's really great!
God knows how much I want my brother to be on this show! A lot of haters have been saying he's not serious and that appearing on "Leisure" would definitely lead to a downfall. I want to see if my brother's reputation will be affected!
[No matter if my brother collapses or not, this face and this figure! Let me lick it first!]
The eyes of netizens in the live broadcast room were all on Shen Zui. But the guests on the scene were different. Their attention was all on Shen Zui's dog.
When Chenzui got out of the car, he also picked up his dog, which was snow-white, had shiny hair, a sturdy body, and bright eyes.
It's a bull terrier.
A very fat bull terrier with very small eyes.
Bull terrier?
The guests were all stunned. They looked at the bull terrier and then glanced at Director Yu who was hiding outside the camera.
You know what, they have the same chubby white face, eyes so small that they are almost invisible, and a simple and honest expression... they really look a bit alike!
If it weren't for species isolation, the guests would have suspected whether this dog had any relationship with Director Yu!
If this face were on a human, it would barely have the cuteness of Maitreya Buddha, but on a dog...
So ugly!
Although it is wrong to attack a dog physically, this dog is really ugly!
She looks a bit too bold!
Chen Zui actually wanted to rely on this dog to make a comeback, what was he thinking? How is this possible!
Gong Ke suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that all the anxiety she had felt today was a joke.
The guests also breathed a sigh of relief.
It made them curious for nothing!
That's it? That's it?
This dog can add a little favorability to Chenzui. Their names are written backwards!
Everyone had a look of disdain on their faces.
Only Lin Cha's eyes lit up instantly! They were almost glowing!
【Wow wow wow wow! 】
What a cute dog!
How can there be such a cute creature in this world?! It's so adorable!!! Woohoo! I want to rub it, touch it, and kiss it!!!
Guests: ???
They stared with eyes wide open in disbelief and looked at Lin Cha in unison.
No, Lin Cha, are you blind?
This dog looks weird, how can it be called cute? Even Grandma Xia's Yaozu is much cuter than this dog!
But Lin Cha's eyes were indeed full of stars, and he stared at the bull terrier with his bright eyes, and his love could not be concealed in his eyes.
"You can't hide the look of love in someone's eyes!" Fang Yueyao said sincerely, "Don't you think the way Cha Cha looks at that dog right now is similar to the way I looked at her today?"
Guests: Uh...
This is the truth, but is there something wrong with describing it this way?
Before the guests could think any more, a line of words appeared above Lin Cha's head:
[Gong Ke has been removed from the "Eat Watermelon" friend list, and a new friend has come online: Shenzui...]
Gong Ke's face fell instantly, and she felt so aggrieved that she almost cried.
He was intoxicated yet extremely proud, his tail was almost raised to the sky.
The next second, the system popped up the remaining two words: […’s dog]
Intoxicated:?
Gong Ke:? ?
Guests: ???
No one wanted to believe it.
But the fact is, a dog has joined the guests' melon-eating team.
A dog that is not very cute, but still has a high favorability with Lin Cha.
Fang Yueyao’s mushroom fried rice is ready, and everyone gathered in the courtyard to eat the fried rice.
Lin Cha was playing with the bull terrier while eating. She really liked the dog and was having a lot of fun playing with it.
Chen Zui and Gong Ke looked very angry.
Chenzui was the only one present who knew why Lin Cha liked that bull terrier, because the bull terrier she picked up in her previous life looked like this, or even uglier, and had a leg broken due to wandering.
But Chenzui couldn't understand, "I brought the dog here, why didn't Chacha increase my favorability?!"
Gong Ke also complained: "I'm handsome and 183cm tall, but I can't even compare to a dog! I can't even compare to a dog!!! Is this reasonable? Is this reasonable?"
Even if the Bulldog joined the melon-eating party, it wouldn't understand Lin Cha's language. It made no difference to it whether Lin Cha spoke or was heard.
The dog was just very happy that someone loved it again and gave it delicious meat and bones.
Liu Mingqian couldn't help but be curious, "Speaking of which, since a dog can be in this position..."
At this moment, Grandma Xia's calico cat from next door came running into the yard to have some fun. Liu Mingqian's eyes lit up, "What do you think of a cat?"
Zhou Zexu was enjoying a delicious lunch and was shocked when he heard this, "No!"
Before he finished speaking, Liu Mingqian had already sincerely invited the calico cat Guangzong to join the variety show team. Then, another line of words appeared above Lin Cha's head:
[Zhou Zexu has been removed from the "Eat Watermelon" friend list, and a new friend has arrived: Guangzong (Calico Cat)]
Zhou Zexu: "..."
Chen Zui and Gong Ke showed a rare hint of joy on their faces, and looked at Zhou Zexu in unison, "Welcome! Join us in a world where you can't eat melons!"
Zhou Zexu: "..."
I didn't want such a welcome!
Zhou Zexu angrily took two more mouthfuls of mushroom fried rice. After no longer being able to hear Lin Cha's thoughts, he felt that the world had become much quieter. All that remained in the air was the low giggles of the guests.
This is too much. We have been in the same team for so long, why are you still bullying him like this!
Even Guangzong, who was busy eating dried fish, looked up and looked at Zhou Zexu with contempt. "You are so stupid! You can't even compare to me, you little piece of trash!"
The bull terrier also looked up at Zhou Zexu and echoed, "You can't even beat a bull terrier like me, you little piece of trash!"
Zhou Zexu was stunned.
It’s bad enough that the guests mocked him, but why didn’t this cat and dog let him go?
Zhou Zexu slammed the table in anger, "Don't go too far! I'll castrate you all!"
The guests looked at each other in confusion.
Guangzong and the bulldog were even more excited. "Little trash! Are mushrooms delicious? Little trash!"
Mushrooms?
etc!
Zhou Zexu noticed something was wrong. "Is this bull terrier talking to Emperor Guangzong? How can animals talk?"
Lin Cha disagreed, shaking her head and saying, "How can animals not talk? Xiao Shou just praised me for being beautiful!"
——Xiao Shou, this is the name Lin Cha just gave to the chubby bull terrier.
Fang Yueyao also nodded in agreement. "Yes, yes, Cha Cha is the most beautiful! There are so many Cha Chas here! There's a Cha Cha here, and there's another Cha Cha here, wow! They're all Cha Chas! I love Cha Cha so much!"
She turned her head and looked at the other guests, "Can't you see there are so many chachas?"
Guests: “…”
This situation seems to be getting more and more wrong!
Zhou Zexu, Lin Cha, and Fang Yueyao weren't the only victims. Everyone ate the mushroom fried rice, except for Gong Ke and Shen Zui, who were so upset they didn't even eat a single bite.
Soon, Chen Zui and Gong Ke saw an extremely absurd scene——
Jiang Mingkai hugged Guangzong and sang "Love Until Death".
Liu Mingqian put the watermelon shell on his head and said quietly, "I am just a winter melon. I want to be with the watermelon forever!"
Chen Xianzhi ran to the pigpen, hugged the pregnant sow and said, "Baby! Let's sleep together tonight!"
Lu Yanyan was still relatively normal, with a calm expression on her face, and continued to eat the mushroom fried rice calmly.
But when Liu Mingqian accidentally bumped into her, Lu Yanyan instantly flew into a rage, "Don't bump into me! I'll spill it!"
Chen Zui couldn't help but ask, "Excuse me, Mr. Lu, what are you doing now?"
Lu Yanyan said as a matter of course: "Are you blind? You can't even tell that I'm a cup of pearl milk tea! The kind with milk cap and 50% sugar!"
Intoxicated: "..."
Forgive my poor eyesight, I really can’t see it!
In the fourth episode of the variety show, seven of the nine guests were poisoned by eating mushrooms, and the live broadcast had to be terminated.
All the guests were sent to the hospital in Hai City. Although Chen Zui and Gong Ke were not injured, they also went to the hospital to take care of the poisoned guests.
After a series of operations such as inducing vomiting, drinking warm salt water, drawing blood, and hanging bottles, the guests were almost exhausted and lay on the hospital beds, unable to move.
Fang Yueyao and Liu Mingqian were the most seriously ill. The other guests were already conscious, but these two actually imagined that they were pregnant sisters coming to the hospital together to give birth.
Liu Mingqian had a bit of a beer belly, and Fang Yueyao had a flat belly. They chatted back and forth, having a lot of fun.
Here, the nurse came and changed the IV bottles for the guests.
Liu Mingqian and Fang Yueyao were severely poisoned, their kidney function even being affected, and they had to go to the next door for hemodialysis. The two continued chatting about parenting tips and left arm in arm.
Before leaving, Lu Yanyan took out her phone and secretly took a photo. "Sigh! I never thought that Teacher Liu, who has such a great reputation, would suffer such a social tragedy! I must record this!"
She looked up and glanced at Chen Xianzhi, who was in the bed across from her. "Teacher Chen, I got the video of you yelling about sleeping with a sow at noon from Director Yu! Don't mess with me anymore!"
Chen Xianzhi: “…”
He complained, "Your cup of milk tea isn't much better!"
Lu Yanyan was so angry that she put her hands on her hips and said, "But at least I'm just milk tea!"
At this time, Gong Ke came in with a few hot lunch boxes.
"I've been tired all afternoon and haven't eaten yet. Let's just eat something first!"
——Actually, this should be done by the assistant. But the variety show had a blank, and Director Yu couldn't bear it, so he asked the PD to go to the hospital to shoot some footage. After all, Chen Zui and Gong Ke were fine, so having them take care of the guests was enough.
When the sober guests thought about the gap in the fourth episode and the possibility of having to make up for it in the future, they agreed to Director Yu's request. After all, it was OK to ask the assistant for help when they were too busy. This way, it would only be a gap in the live broadcast, and Director Yu would be under less pressure.
Gong Ke distributed lunch boxes to everyone. After spending the entire afternoon in bed, everyone was hungry. Regardless of whether the food tasted good or not, they all started to eat heartily.
Only Lin Cha looked at the lunch box in his hand silently and scratched the back of his head.
[This bento seems to be heated in the microwave at the corner of the fifth floor?]
[But wasn’t there a patient who had a stool test two days ago? He was worried that his stool would become cold and hard and ineffective, so he put it in the microwave...]
Guests: ???
"vomit--"
"vomit--"
"vomit--"
The bento that originally tasted good suddenly tasted bad!
The guests just felt their stomachs churning, and even if they didn't induce vomiting, they would have vomited out all the mushroom fried rice they had eaten at noon!
Only Lin Cha was completely oblivious and continued to browse the melon-eating system.
[Oh, it turns out the hospital knew about this a long time ago, replaced the microwave, and put a notice next to it saying it costs three yuan per heating, so no one did it again!]
"Then it looks like this bento is fine! I can eat it without worry!"
[Wow! There's minced meat and eggplant! And braised pork! So delicious!]
Lin Cha was happily eating his lunch box.
When I looked up, I saw everyone looking at me sadly.
Lin Cha:?
Lin Cha's eyes were clear yet blank. "Why aren't you eating? Do you think this bento is not tasty and you have no appetite? This is a special period, so don't be so picky!"
Dear Guests:)
"It's all your fault!!!"
The lunchboxes no longer smelled good, and no one could eat them. Fortunately, soon after, Director Qian of the hospital came to the ward with some fruit to comfort the guests, so the guests started eating fruit to fill their stomachs.
This was a segment organized by Director Yu. He wanted to film in the hospital, so he had to contact the hospital for permission. Director Qian also thought it would be a good opportunity to get free publicity for the hospital, so he agreed.
Dean Qian is a woman in her fifties who has made great achievements in the field of neurosurgery. She is gentle and kind. While greeting the guests, she also used the camera to educate netizens about the precautions when cooking and eating mushrooms.
After hearing this, Lin Cha realized that it was Fang Yueyao's mushrooms that were not cooked thoroughly, which caused today's accident.
[I should have read more popular science like this in the future, so I wouldn't have gotten into such a big mess! Oh, I feel like I'm going to end up in the hospital all day today.]
The other guests also sighed.
But Fang Yueyao can't be blamed for this. The little girl probably didn't know that eating uncooked mushrooms would cause poisoning.
Only Dean Qian showed a surprised expression.
No, did that pretty girl just now open her mouth?
Is it ventriloquism? Or something else?
It seemed like other people heard this sound too, but they didn't find it strange?!
Dean Qian has seen many storms, but she has never seen such a situation.
But even so, Dean Qian remained calm. He just couldn't help but glance at Lin Cha while greeting the guests.
She was sure that she heard Lin Cha's thoughts.
Because when she entered the ward, she saw a line of words popping up above Lin Cha's head: [Favorability towards Qian Xici: 33]
At the time, she wondered if it was her age that caused her to have blurred vision. However, as a neurosurgeon, she had always taken good care of her eyes, so her vision was excellent and she shouldn't have been mistaken.
Now, with that inner voice added to it, Qian Xici was even more certain that there was something wrong with this little girl! After decades of studying neurosurgery, Qian Xici had never encountered such a situation before!
I kind of want to cut open Lin Cha's brain and see...
Qian Xici still looked kind on the surface, but her ears were still perked up——
[Hmm... I didn't expect Dean Qian, who came tonight, to be such a powerful figure!]
He skipped a grade at 26 to graduate with a bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree. He has been working in neurosurgery ever since, and has published over 20 SCI papers to date! While the medical community is somewhat sexist, albeit unspokenly, Qian has carved out a niche in neurosurgery with his exceptional skills.
[He's also been able to focus on both surgery and research, without neglecting either! Even now, as dean, he still insists on performing surgery on patients! Amazing!]
Qian Xici blushed when she heard Lin Cha praising her so frankly.
As a doctor, she hopes her skills will improve and she will be able to treat more patients. However, she also knows that one person's ability is limited, so she will use her own strong skills to gain a firm foothold in the management team and give new doctors more opportunities.
As the director of Hai City Hospital, she sincerely hopes that under her leadership, the hospital will get better and better!
【but--】
Lin Cha suddenly changed the subject.
[Although Dean Qian is very powerful, there are so many scumbags in this hospital! ]
[Smack, smack…deliberately hinting at the family to give a red envelope before the operation, stealing the operation from the neighboring department to gain attention and nearly killing the patient, and even drinking alcohol before the operation and nearly puncturing the patient's artery!]
[And this... He used his identity as a doctor to molest a nurse, and even took advantage of the patient being unconscious to secretly touch her breasts!!!]
[Fuck! Is this still a human? This is simply a beast!]
Everyone was also shocked.
This is a hospital!
They are all angels in white who save lives and heal the wounded. Are these the demons from hell that Lin Cha mentioned?
Qian Xici, who was chatting nearby, became even more shocked and angry when she heard this.
There are such scumbags in her hospital!
Whoever it is, she must drive this cancer out of the hospital!
Hemodialysis room
An injection of anesthetic was injected into the IV bottle.
Liu Mingqian was originally discussing parenting tips with Fang Yueyao, but after a short while, they both fell asleep with a snoring sound.
This was a room specially requested by Director Yu and the hospital, and there were only the two of them in the ward.
“Crack—”
The door opened.
A man in his late forties, slightly plump and wearing black-framed glasses walked into the hemodialysis room.
There was greed in Li Kangfu's eyes. He licked the corner of his dry mouth and quietly approached Fang Yueyao.
Having worked in the hospital for so long, I have seen all kinds of female patients, but Fang Yueyao's appearance and figure can definitely rank among the top ten!
The patients named Lin Cha and Lu Yanyan in the next ward were also very good-looking, but unfortunately their illnesses were not serious, so he couldn't do anything to them.
Li Kangfu walked over to Fang Yueyao and gently stroked her delicate skin. The girl's body had a faint fragrance, and her skin was as delicate as a peeled egg.
He took a deep breath greedily, and even more presumptuously, he put his hand towards Fang Yueyao's skirt -
“Bang!”
The door of the hemodialysis room was suddenly pushed open, and Qian Xici led Lin Cha and others into the hemodialysis room!
"Qian, Dean Qian?"
Li Kangfu was shocked and quickly retracted his hand.
But this tiny movement was still captured by Qian Xici.
Are you kidding me? She's a woman who can perform surgery with a microscope! How could such a small action be hidden from her eyes!!!
Qian Xici shouted, "Li Kangfu! What are you doing?!"
"What are you doing..." Li Kangfu stammered, "I just came to see the patient..."
"You're an anesthesiologist, and you're not staying in your own department or operating room, but running to the hemodialysis room to see patients? What do these patients have to do with you?" Qian Xici glanced at Liu Mingqian and Fang Yueyao lying on the hospital beds. "I was talking so loudly, but they didn't wake up. What did you do to them?!"
"Nothing!" Li Kangfu became even more panicked. "Dean Qian, you know everyone is asleep, so please keep your voice down..."
He injected anesthetic into their IV drips!
Lin Cha's inner voice suddenly rang out, "How else would he dare to attack someone! The needle used to inject the anesthesia is still hidden in Li Kangfu's pocket!"
Qian Xici was shocked and immediately stepped forward and pulled Li Kangfu's hands away without saying a word. Li Kangfu still wanted to resist, but Chenzui and Gong Ke also stepped forward and held Li Kangfu down.
——Liu Mingqian and Fang Yueyao fell asleep and could not receive Lin Cha’s brain waves, so Chen Zui and Gong Ke did not fall out of the friend position.
The two men pulled Li Kangfu's hand open and saw a syringe as expected.
Qian Xici picked it up and smelled it. There was a faint fruity fragrance in the syringe, which was the smell of sevoflurane, an anesthetic commonly used in clinical surgery.
Qian Xici's face turned ugly and she glared at Li Kangfu fiercely.
Li Kangfu shuddered with fear and quickly lowered his head. "Dean, I...I was wrong. I only injected them with a little anesthetic! It's not that I haven't seen celebrities before, I just wanted to see what they look like. I really didn't do anything else!"
He's talking nonsense!
Lin Cha was furious. [This isn't the first time he's done this! He once stole this thing from the lab when he was in college and knocked out a female classmate!]
[That girl didn't like him and liked another boy, so he used this method behind her back!]
【He is trash! 】
The guests also cursed in their hearts.
Trash, actually using this method to molest girls!
[The key point is that he also framed the girl's boyfriend for this incident, causing the girl to suspect his boyfriend of bad behavior, break up with him, and even sue him for rape!]
Although the boy was eventually acquitted, the school revoked his application and he was looked down upon by the entire school. The opportunity that was originally his went to Li Kangfu in the end!
Qian Xici glanced at Li Kangfu coldly.
When Li Kangfu was admitted to the Medical University with the first place in his undergraduate studies, Qian Xici had long heard that the first place in the anesthesia major of that year was a genius. Later, during his internship, she took a few more glances at Li Kangfu, but found that his ability was mediocre.
Later, Qian Xici learned that the original number one was no longer working in the medical field because he had taken a detour, and she felt sorry about it.
Now that she knew the truth, she felt even more regretful!
Most people pay attention to the surgeon, thinking that the surgeon is the key to an operation, but few people know that no matter how good the surgeon is, he or she also needs an excellent anesthesiologist to protect him or her.
Li Kangfu not only ruined the future of a young doctor, but also ruined many operations!
How can we let such a scum go!
Qian Xici took a deep breath. "Li Kangfu, I remember the student originally recommended for admission in your class was called Li Xiao, right? His girlfriend accused him of rape, and the school revoked his admission to minimize the impact... So, it seems that you were the one who actually knocked that girl unconscious and raped her!"
Li Kangfu's pupils suddenly contracted.
How could Qian Xici know about this matter after so long? She even knew that he was a rapist!
Li Kangfu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Dean Qian, there is no evidence. Don't talk nonsense!"
Qian Xici had a cold face, and seeing Li Kangfu's expression, she became more convinced. If there was no evidence, she would have called the police long ago!
We could call the police about this matter, but this level of obscenity is not enough to punish Li Kangfu!
"Ah, Dean Qian is amazing! He actually discovered his true strength through such a small incident. The one who raped Li Xiao's girlfriend was Li Kangfu! He's worthy of being the dean at the age of fifty!"
Lin Cha stood quietly as a background board, but the look he gave Qian Xici was full of respect and admiration.
[Li Kangfu is right. After so many years, there is really no evidence...]
But how can I tell Dean Qian that Li Kangfu not only molested these people, he even sexually assaulted several pregnant women who had undergone caesarean sections?
[And it's right here in the operating room. There's another case this afternoon! If we get checked now, maybe we can find something and bring Li Kangfu to justice!]
[Ah! But how should I tell Dean Qian? I'm so embarrassed!]
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