"Sister Zhaoyue, it would be great if you could come and keep me company more often," Yue'er said in a coquettish tone.
"Okay, if you want me to come and keep you company often, I will come and keep you company often from now on." Lin Zhaoyue affectionately raised her hand and touched her hair. Perhaps because of her weak health, Yue'er was thinner than the other children, malnourished, and her hair was sparse and yellow.
"Junior Sister Zhaoyue, it's time for us to go home," Zhang Fuyi reminded softly. "Let's go home together."
"Okay." Lin Zhaoyue nodded slightly, then turned to comfort Yue'er, "I'll come again tomorrow. Is there anything you want to eat? I'll bring it over for you tomorrow!"
"I want to drink soda! Can I?" Yue'er blinked her big eyes. She had never tasted soda before.
"Sure," Lin Zhaoyue readily agreed, as such a small wish was very easy to fulfill.
After saying that, Lin Zhaoyue and Zhang Fuyi left the ward. Halfway there, Zhang Fuyi suddenly said, "Junior sister, the most taboo thing for medical students is to develop feelings for patients. I know you are kind-hearted and feel sorry for that child just now, but you have to understand that almost all the patients who come here cannot be cured and will leave sooner or later. It will be hard for you to bear that."
“I know.” Lin Zhaoyue understood what Zhang Fuyi was saying; Professor Liao had said the same things.
Lin Zhaoyue only wanted to give that child the little warmth she had in the world.
"Brother Fu, you don't need to worry about such a small matter. In my opinion, they don't take that girl seriously at all; they're just pretending!"
A sarcastic voice came from behind, and Zhang Fuyi's face immediately turned cold. He scolded her for talking nonsense.
"That's right! The young girl just said that someone doesn't visit her often. How can two strangers have any feelings for each other?"
Li Fengmei snorted, her eyes full of mockery towards Lin Zhaoyue. Someone who got into the research institute through connections must have some tricks up her sleeve. Why should Lin Zhaoyue benefit from all their hard work over the years?
“If you say another word, you’d better go back and write a self-criticism right now.”
Zhang Fu frowned deeply. "If there's nothing else, you'd better go back and write your thesis right now. The thesis I asked you to write last time was a mess and the teacher rejected it several times. If you can't write it well next time, you'll have to go back to your freshman year!"
Li Fengmei reluctantly replied with an "Oh," and then added, "I understand..."
After she left angrily, Zhang Fu smiled apologetically at Lin Zhaoyue, "That's just Fengmei's personality. She doesn't really have any bad intentions. You'll understand once you've known her for a while. Don't take what she says to heart, just pretend you didn't hear it."
"Senior brother, I'm not that petty." Lin Zhaoyue had heard this kind of sarcastic remark many times. Not to mention Li Fengmei, probably everyone in the group was dissatisfied with her now.
"Let's go back."
Zhang Fuyi didn't say anything more. When Lin Zhaoyue came to the hospital the next day, she specially bought two bottles of soda and some snacks that children like, such as peach shortbread.
Lin Zhaoyue didn't see Yue'er in the ward. She asked the nurse and learned that Yue'er had suddenly felt unwell after breakfast and was currently undergoing emergency treatment in the operating room.
This wasn't the first time Yue'er had needed emergency treatment, and Lin Zhaoyue had a vague sense of unease. "How's the surgery going? Who's performing the operation inside?"
"We don't know how the surgery went yet; we'll have to wait for news." After the nurse finished speaking, Lin Zhaoyue saw Li Fengmei rushing over and questioned the nurse, "Why didn't you give her the Qingxin pills immediately!"
“The situation was too dangerous at the time. Yue’er’s lips had turned blue and she had stopped breathing. It was too late to give her medicine; she needed surgery.”
Li Fengmei took a deep breath. "So, what you're saying is that the heart medication we developed is ineffective?"
"No, that's not what I meant..."
The nurse's tone was clearly flustered; she couldn't explain herself clearly.
"I think your job as a nurse is pretty much over!" Li Fengmei sneered. "I'll get your hospital director to fire you later!"
The nurses are trained in medical and nursing professions; what other jobs could she do besides nursing?
Feeling somewhat frightened by Li Fengmei's threats, she said, "Dr. Li, this isn't just my idea. The doctor on duty saw that something was wrong and also said he wanted to perform surgery."
"Why are you making things difficult for her? The patient's condition was extremely dangerous at the time. Surgery would definitely be safer. The drug is currently only in the clinical trial stage, and we don't know yet whether it will be effective. In any case, it's a human life at stake." Lin Zhaoyue frowned. Li Fengmei clearly valued drug research more than anything else, even more than human lives!
"Lin Zhaoyue, I've been overseeing the research on Qingxin Pills for three whole years. For those three years, I've worked day and night with the research team. You just got in through some connections, so of course you don't know the hardships we've endured," Li Fengmei said sarcastically. "Every patient who comes here has signed an application agreeing to cooperate. If everyone were like Yue'er, wouldn't this place become a free medical clinic? Is that fair to those patients who pay for treatment?"
"What's all the noise about?"
When Zhang Fuyi arrived, he heard the two of them arguing and sternly told them to shut up.
"Fengmei, Zhaoyue is right, human life is the most important thing."
"Brother Fu!"
Li Fengmei was surprised that the man sided with Lin Zhaoyue again. It was so unfair! She wondered what kind of spell this woman had cast on her, acting as if all the good things in the world belonged to her alone.
"It is under these circumstances that we can see whether heart medications are effective or not, and what I just said is correct."
Li Fengmei said anxiously, "Although it is still in the clinical trial stage, we have also conducted experiments on other small animals to confirm that there are no problems before proceeding to this stage. Of course I know that human life is the most important thing."
"Calm down first."
Zhang Fu frowned. "If there's nothing else, go back to the research institute and finish your thesis. You don't need to worry about things here."
Li Fengmei: "..."
She may be angry, but she still has to listen to what I say; she's just a group member.
Zhang Fu sighed and patiently explained to Lin Zhaoyue, "What Fengmei said just now wasn't entirely wrong. Only under such circumstances can we test whether the drug is effective."
"What if it doesn't work?" The best time to save a heart patient is very short. If it is not seized properly, the person will lose their life.
Lin Zhaoyue was silent for a while, then said, "Yue'er's condition is more dangerous than other heart disease patients, because it is congenital."
Clinical trials are certainly necessary, but it depends on the circumstances.
“Senior, since the professor has entrusted this matter to me, I will do it well. Clinical trials also take a long time, and we must ensure that everything is foolproof before we can bring it to market. I think you understand this better than I do.”
A strange emotion flashed in Zhang Fu's eyes, but in the end he said nothing and just nodded with an "Mm".
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