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Assistant Zhou stood up nonchalantly and greeted Chu Xiao politely, as if he wasn't the one who had been eavesdropping.
Chu Xiao nodded expressionlessly and brushed past Assistant Zhou.
Regarding this incident of two-way eavesdropping, the two tacitly chose to forget it.
Assistant Zhou entered the ward with trepidation, afraid of seeing or smelling something he shouldn't have.
In the ward, Yu Chun had already tidied up.
Apart from the lingering moisture at the corners of the eyes and the faint red marks on the collar, no one would guess that a "reconstruction movement" had just taken place here.
When Assistant Zhou saw that his boss had even changed his clothes and looked ready to leave at any moment, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
There's no need for him to clean up the mess.
...
Chu Xiao walked through the long corridor and arrived at Dr. Yu Chun's office.
The office door was wide open, and two figures in white lab coats were discussing something with their backs to the door.
Chu Xiao paused for a few seconds in front of the director's office, his gaze sweeping over the banners hanging on the office wall that read "Miraculous Healing Hands, Benevolent Heart and Skillful Hands" and "Master of Bone Injury, Virtuous and Talented," before raising his hand to knock on the door.
Yu Chun's attending physician is a senior orthopedic department director.
This Director Sun has thinning hair, wears thick black-rimmed glasses, and has a few age spots on his full cheeks; he looks like an experienced old doctor.
Director Sun is not only very experienced in treatment, but also quite experienced in interpersonal relationships and shirking his responsibilities.
Yu Chun was originally scheduled to be discharged from the hospital at six o'clock, and he planned to take his group of students to visit Yu Chun at five o'clock to offer their support, thinking that he could get rid of this old man as soon as possible so that he could leave work early.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the group arrived at the ward door, they were blocked by Assistant Zhou, who was guarding the door.
Yu Chun's most loyal lackey, Assistant Zhou, stood in front of the ward door, his tone leaving no room for doubt: "Director Sun, the patient is still resting. Please come to check on him in an hour."
If it is a regular patient, the doctor can naturally enter and leave the ward at any time.
But Yu Chun is different; he is not only a financial tycoon, but also the second largest shareholder of this hospital.
He didn't want to see a doctor, even if the hospital director came in person, he would have to wait.
Director Sun was already used to the behavior of these privileged classes, and simply nodded upon hearing this.
His hopes of leaving get off work early were dashed, but he didn't think much of it and led his group home.
An hour later, Director Sun, who was waiting patiently in his office, not only did not receive a notification from Assistant Zhou, but also received an unexpected visitor—Ms. Jian, the major shareholder of the hospital.
People of this caliber are usually not received by Director Sun of the Orthopedics Department; the hospital director always accompanies them personally.
Therefore, upon seeing the tall figure standing against the light at the door, Director Sun approached with trepidation: "Miss Jian, you could have just called if you needed anything, why did you come all the way here?"
Chu Xiao's gaze swept past Director Sun, lingering for a moment on the young doctor following closely behind him.
Director Sun immediately understood and turned to instruct, "Xiao Zheng, it's time for rounds. You can go ahead and get back to work."
Xiao Zheng, a new employee, looked at the clock on the white wall that showed the time as 5:55, and walked out of the office with a notebook tucked under her arm, completely bewildered.
With a "click," Xiao Zheng casually closed the office door, leaving only Chu Xiao and Director Sun in the spacious office.
Chu Xiao said with a serious expression, "I would like to ask Director Sun to prescribe some medicine for me."
Director Sun opened the prescription slip, picked up his pen, and stood ready.
When Director Sun asked about the purpose, Chu Xiao remained calm and replied, "His leg is inconvenient, and he needs assistive tools for certain positions. Please provide lubricant."
Director Sun looked at Chu Xiao's serious expression and fell into deep thought.
Having practiced medicine for twenty years, he simply couldn't understand the connection between a ligament sprain and lubricant. Was it some new international treatment? Or some miracle drug he'd never heard of?
If Chu Xiao hadn't been sitting right in front of him staring at him, he would have immediately taken out his phone to check Baidu!
“This… Miss Jian…” Director Sun stammered, beads of sweat forming on his forehead.
He suddenly began to doubt his own professional competence—could he really be outdated?
Director Sun was very nervous, fearing that the major shareholder would mistake him for an unprofessional quack.
I've just been too busy with surgeries lately to read papers, it would be such a shame to lose my job because of it!
He made up his mind to submit his application for further studies tomorrow!
Seeing that Director Sun had been pondering for a long time, Chu Xiao still awkwardly added: "The kind used for [illegible]".
She coughed lightly: "Prescribe some anti-swelling medicine as well, the best of everything."
Thinking about my almost zero self-control when it comes to purity, I wonder if I'll let it slip everywhere in some situation...
Chu Xiao said expressionlessly, "Drive more."
Director Sun suddenly realized.
So it was that kind of lubricant...that kind of lubricant!
He suddenly remembered that when he was leading his students to bring warmth to Yu Chun, Miss Jian was also in that closed ward.
Director Sun adjusted the glasses frame that had slipped off.
He seems to have discovered some incredible secret...
Open it! He'll open it right away! Ten vials each of lubricant and anti-swelling medicine!
No! Open twenty bottles of lubricant!
Chu Xiao took the prescription and left, satisfied.
...
By the time the two got into the car, it was already past six in the afternoon.
It's currently the terrifying evening rush hour.
In megacities like City A, the roads are packed with all kinds of vehicles during the evening rush hour, whether in the city center or the suburbs.
Chu Xiao's multi-million dollar luxury car was crawling along the road, while the ordinary cars on the other three sides kept a safe distance from the "Don't Kiss Me" car.
Chu Xiao sat on the right side of the back row, with the non-motorized vehicle lane just across the fence.
The upbeat music grew louder as it approached. Chu Xiao turned her head and saw a blond man without a helmet suddenly appear from behind her, nimbly dodging left and right in the crowded traffic, and "whoosh" overtaking her, leaving only the lingering echo of "The vast horizon is my love" from the grassland.
"..."
Chu Xiao took out a strawberry popsicle, which is very popular among the general public, from the car's refrigerator.
It's better to take a car; you can eat whenever you want.
Before the package was even opened, a primary school student dressed entirely in black and wearing a black baseball cap appeared in Chu Xiao's line of sight.
The elementary school student, expressionless, munched on the same strawberry popsicle, carrying a bag of fragrant fried skewers in his left hand, his right hand in his pocket, and glided past coolly on a skateboard. The colorful lights on the skateboard made Chu Xiao squint.
"..."
Chu Xiao put the unopened strawberry popsicles back into the car refrigerator.
She took Yu Chun's hand and kissed it.
It's better to take a car; you can kiss whenever you want.
Yu Chun blushed and withdrew her hand.
What's wrong with this person now?
Chu Xiao raised an eyebrow, just about to say something provocative, when she saw...
An elderly man wearing a white vest and shorts slowly caught up with her on a two-bar bicycle.
The curly-haired woman on the back seat hugged his waist, and the two chatted and laughed. Suddenly, after the old man said something, the woman kissed him on the cheek.
The old man suddenly accelerated, overtaking Chu Xiao in an instant. Soon, their figures gradually disappeared, leaving only a splash of water on Chu Xiao's car window from the bag of lively black tiger shrimp that the old man had just hung on the handlebars.
"..."
Chu Xiao's lips twitched, and with a forceful tug, she pulled the carriage curtain open.
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