Chapter 385 Impure Intentions
It was almost seven o'clock in the evening when Yu Zhiming returned to his residence in Zijinyuan. It was a rare sight to see his fourth sister and Qingning cooking dinner together in the kitchen.
Standing at the kitchen door, he listened to the sizzling sound of frying and asked with a smile, "Sister, why don't you bring some food back from the canteen and cook for yourself?"
Gu Qingning started to shout, "Fourth sister said that Second sister's family is trying to win favor by being filial to our parents."
"She also needs to have a sense of crisis and not take your kindness for granted. She should also be nicer to you."
Yu Zhiming laughed and said, "I suddenly realized that a little involution is actually quite good."
Yu Xiangwan turned around and glanced at him.
"The kitchen is full of smoke. Lao Wu, just wash up and go to the living room to wait. Dinner will be ready soon."
But the next moment, she immediately asked, "Hey, Lao Wu, how is the patient from my hometown?"
Yu Zhiming sighed softly, "The situation isn't very good."
"His internal organs, especially his liver and kidneys, have been damaged by the long-term effects of drug overdose, and he is at high risk of developing liver and kidney failure."
"I asked this guy."
Yu Zhiming recounted: "He said he had a habit of taking excessive medication since he was a child."
"For cold and pain medicine, other people take one pill from one packet, but he takes two packets of two pills, in order to increase the effect."
"Especially in the past six months, he has been taking his medication every day without interruption. He has also actively asked doctors to prescribe more medication and the maximum dosage."
"Not only that, I've also seen several Chinese medicine doctors and taken a lot of Chinese medicine. I often take both Western and Chinese medicine together."
"Overdosing on medication can damage your body."
Gu Qingning tutted her tongue, "How can there still be such stupid people? They know the medicine has serious side effects, yet they still double the dosage and take more. Do they think they have a long life?"
Yu Xiangwan asked again, "Old Five, so this guy's illness was caused by his own reckless medication?"
Yu Zhiming replied: "Not entirely!"
"I found out that his bronchi and lungs are still severely inflamed."
"This recurring and stubborn inflammation of his bronchi and lungs was caused by an overdose of medication, which damaged his internal organs."
Gu Qingning uttered a soft "oh," then a "sigh," and asked, "Zhiming, he's not in good health right now. Shouldn't he be able to take medicine?"
Yu Zhiming hummed and said, "I've already told them that from today on, they're not allowed to take any medicine."
Gu Qingning asked again: "How do we control the inflammation in his bronchial tubes and lungs?"
Yu Zhiming exhaled lightly and said, "Apart from palliative support such as nutritional support, we can only let him endure it."
"If he continues to use medication, and his liver and kidneys suffer acute failure, he will be in critical condition immediately, because any treatment will aggravate his liver and kidney symptoms."
"I also specifically told the nurse to use the slowest possible rate for the glucose drip to avoid adding to the burden on his kidneys."
After a pause, Yu Zhiming explained, "This is the lesser of two evils. The most important thing right now is to nourish your liver and kidneys, at least to get out of the danger zone."
"As for the inflammation in his respiratory system, it's not fatal at the moment, so let's wait and see."
Gu Qingning asked in a taunting tone, "Zhiming, what if his pneumonia develops to a fatal level?"
Yu Zhiming smiled and said, "Then we can only take a gamble and treat pneumonia. As for the outcome, it all depends on his luck and how tough his life is."
"Gambling on luck is a common occurrence in the treatment of many critical illnesses."
He remembered something else and said, "Remember the unlucky boy who had an arrow shot into his head?"
"That little guy was really lucky and survived. Doctor You told me that he was discharged from the hospital today."
Gu Qingning asked happily, "Zhiming, will that young man be alright from now on?"
Yu Zhiming pondered and said, "He needs to be very careful in his life, especially to avoid getting hit on the head."
"If the head is subjected to severe vibrations, the vibration frequency of the arrowhead remaining in the brain will be different from that of the surrounding brain tissue, which could potentially cause brain damage and bleeding..."
While talking, Yu Xiangwan had already fried the eggplant and lotus root boxes, and urged Yu Zhiming to wash his hands quickly.
When Yu Zhiming came out of the bathroom, he found that his fourth sister and Qing Ning had already prepared dinner.
In addition to the eggplant and lotus root boxes fresh from the frying pan, there are also pork head fried with garlic sprouts, green peppers and eggs, and a large pot of black chicken soup.
The staple food is rice.
Gu Qingning said proudly, "Zhiming, this stir-fried pork head with garlic sprouts, green peppers and eggs was made by me."
Yu Zhiming praised: "It's quite good. Judging from the appearance alone, it's a big improvement. At least it didn't burn."
He tasted the two dishes again and nodded, "The taste has improved, at least above passing standard."
Gu Qingning's eyes narrowed into a line with joy.
Yu Xiangwan picked up an eggplant box and a lotus root box for Yu Zhiming and said expectantly, "Old Five, try it quickly."
"During Chinese New Year, Mom made fried eggplant and lotus root boxes. You all ate a lot of them. I specifically asked her how she made them."
Yu Zhiming finished eating the eggplant box and lotus root box with great taste, and nodded in approval.
"Very good, about 80% to 90% of our mother's skills."
Yu Xiangwan smiled and quickly put some more rice into Yu Zhiming's bowl.
"If it tastes good, then eat more..."
The three of them had a pleasant dinner, and Yu Xiangwan and Gu Qingning cleaned up the table and the kitchen.
Yu Zhiming played the erhu to entertain the two.
He had just started playing his second piece when he heard a knock on the door.
Yu Zhiming put down the erhu, stood up and opened the door.
He was somewhat surprised to find that the person knocking on the door was the mother of the young orthopedic doctor, retired nurse Liang.
"Doctor Yu, I'm so sorry for coming so late to thank you for saving my life!"
"Auntie Liang, you're too polite. Please come in!"
Yu Zhiming politely invited Nurse Liang, who was carrying a fruit basket and two gift boxes, into the living room and asked her to sit down.
Nurse Liang first looked around the living room and sighed, "I never thought that Dr. Yu, who is so famous, would live in such a simple and cramped living condition."
"The hospital should help Dr. Yu improve your living conditions and environment."
Yu Zhiming chuckled softly and said, "The hospital has been very kind to me. This small house is just a temporary place for me to stay."
"After a few months, I'll move to another house."
At this time, Gu Qingning brought a cup of tea to Nurse Liang.
Nurse Liang thanked him and bowed to Yu Zhiming, saying, "If it weren't for you that night, my son and I would have been separated."
"Doctor Yu, you are my son's savior."
Yu Zhiming said modestly, "The emergency doctors at Huashan Hospital are all very skilled. Even without me, your son would likely be out of danger."
Nurse Liang sighed and said, "Doctor Yu, you are really too modest. I used to be a surgical nurse. Considering my son's injuries, I know very well how dangerous he is."
"To be frank, my son and Dr. Gong would have probably not survived that night if you hadn't intervened."
Yu Zhiming smiled lightly and didn't say anything more modest.
Nurse Liang bowed again and said, "Doctor Yu, I also want to apologize to you for my rude attitude and behavior that night."
Yu Zhiming said politely again: "Aunt Liang, there is no need to apologize for this. You are a mother, I can understand."
Nurse Liang sighed deeply, her eyes red as she said, "Thank you for your understanding. Thank you so much."
"These past few days, many people... Oh, I won't say anymore."
"But I really feel sorry for Dr. Gong. It's just that my mind was full of my son at the time and I couldn't think of anything else."
Nurse Liang wiped her eyes and continued, "Under the current circumstances, my son can no longer be Dr. Gong's student, nor can he continue to stay in the orthopedics department."
"Doctor Yu, I'm sure you know that I went to your center this morning to ask Director Qi for help."
"Actually, I also know that the possibility is very small, but as a mother, I always want to do the best for my son."
Nurse Liang explained a few words and then sighed bitterly.
"To be honest, Doctor Yu, my son, who has regained consciousness, blames me now. I shouldn't have done that."
When she said this, tears welled up in Nurse Liang's eyes.
Yu Zhiming didn't know how to persuade him for a moment, so he had to tear off a few tissues and hand them over.
Nurse Liang took the tissue and wiped her eyes roughly.
"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Doctor Yu."
Yu Zhiming perfunctorily persuaded: "Your son will understand you in the end."
Nurse Liang forced a smile and said, "Whether he understands or not, I still have to do what I have to do."
"Under the current circumstances, it would be awkward for my son to continue staying in the hospital."
"I thought that after he recovered from his injury, it would be best for him to go abroad for further studies for a while."
"It's not easy to get a government-sponsored study abroad position at the hospital. The most likely option is to study abroad at your own expense."
"But money is a big problem..."
Nurse Liang rambled on about this, then met Yu Zhiming's gaze and asked somewhat sheepishly, "Doctor Yu, with your current fame, there must be a lot of people or organizations asking you for their consultations, right?"
Yu Zhiming admitted frankly: "Yes, there are some."
Nurse Liang continued, "Binhai is an international metropolis with high housing prices and high costs. You can never have too much money."
"Even senior experts in our hospital cannot live a decent life in Binhai relying solely on the hospital's income."
"They often take on some private work."
"Doctor Yu, you may not know this, but many of them have a small team that helps them find private work, negotiate remuneration, arrange travel, handle taxes, and so on."
"Doctor Yu, you also need to form a small team like this to help you handle various chores."
Yu Zhiming said perfunctorily: "Let's talk about this later. I don't need it now."
Nurse Liang smiled and said, "Doctor Yu, I have been retired from Huashan Hospital for five years."
"Until now, many people still contact me, asking me to contact a doctor or a hospital bed."
"Recently, a lot of people have contacted me wanting to see you, Dr. Yu, for checkups and medical treatment."
Nurse Liang emphasized, "Forty or fifty people is the minimum."
"Doctor Yu, I can organize these people and find a place outside the hospital."
"As for the examination and diagnosis fees, Doctor Yu, with your current fame and status, it's no problem to charge three to five thousand per person."
"That's two or three hundred thousand a day."
"It won't take much for a month. If we do this twice, it will be five or six hundred thousand..."
Seeing that Nurse Liang was talking excitedly, Yu Zhiming's eyes gradually became sharp.
Nurse Liang's intentions seemed impure. This type of house call was forbidden in the hospital.
Of course, there are workarounds. For example, contacting a smaller hospital or even a clinic...
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