Chapter 445 The Price of Fame
Yu Zhiming learned from Qingning that they had booked a meal at a private restaurant that was quite famous in the gourmet circle.
However, the restaurant only accepts five tables per night, and sometimes it is difficult to get a reservation even a week in advance.
Gu Qingning, with an attitude of giving it a try, also mentioned the name of the gluttonous tycoon Gu Qingran.
As expected, I was told that the place was fully booked tonight.
At Zhou Mo's suggestion, Gu Qingning brought up Yu Zhiming.
When the other party learned that there were only three of them dining, he said that he could prepare a table of reduced-quantity and less-prepared vegetarian dishes.
"What? Vegetarian food?"
As a carnivore, Yu Zhiming was very keen to capture this not-so-pleasant keyword.
He consumes a lot of energy and needs to eat a lot of meat every day to supplement nutrition and energy.
Gu Qingning chirped, "Yes, his is arguably the best vegetarian restaurant in Binhai."
"The boss is a famous lay Buddhist."
Zhou Mo agreed, "Although his family only makes vegetarian dishes, the vegetarian braised pork and vegetarian lion's head are more fragrant and delicious than the real ones."
Yu Zhiming grinned and said, "Fake is fake. No matter how delicious it tastes, it won't be nutritious."
Gu Qingning laughed and said, "Other people eat his vegetarian dishes because they want to enjoy the delicious food while reducing their nutritional intake."
"You are looking for more nutrition."
She took out her phone and said, "I'll ask my fourth sister to stew two big pig's trotters for you. You can have another meal when you get home."
Yu Zhiming said with satisfaction: "That's pretty good."
"You guys don't know, because of the fight between you two, I only had half a full lunch."
Gu Qingning gritted his teeth and corrected, "It's a friendly exchange..."
More than an hour later, Yu Zhiming, Gu Qingning and Zhou Mo arrived at an unremarkable courtyard and were welcomed by the owner into a small room on the second floor.
Yu Zhiming looked at the cramped space that could only seat five or six people, and there was no room for a fat person among the guests, and he felt very disgusted.
"I remember the bathroom in our Junshan Mansion was much more spacious than this one, right?"
Gu Qingning chuckled and said, "Don't be disgusted. The boss has explained that we are an exception and have been given an extra table."
"This place is rarely used externally..."
Because they were a temporary table, they couldn't order food, so they just ate whatever the boss served.
The dishes were served quickly, and eight dishes and two soups were served at once.
The main dish is Yipin Pot.
The boss explained that the reason they have a maximum of five tables a night is because they make five servings of this hotpot a day.
They made an extra portion tonight and originally planned to eat it themselves, but when they heard that the famous Dr. Yu Zhiming was coming, they gave up the Yipin pot they were going to use.
Although Yu Zhiming felt somewhat pleased with himself for being valued so highly by the other party, he also became cautious.
"Boss, thank you very much."
He thanked him, looked at the boss who was in his fifties or sixties with a smile on his face, and asked tentatively.
"Boss, I feel bad for disrupting your family dinner."
"I wonder if there's anything I can do to help?"
The boss said with a smile, "Doctor Yu, we can just make an extra portion of this hotpot tomorrow. It doesn't matter what day it is."
After a pause, he explained, "Doctor Yu, you may not know yet, but my daughter is undergoing IVF, and with your help, she finally found out she was pregnant yesterday."
"Doctor Yu, my daughter has been married for seven or eight years, and finally has good news. I want to thank you very much!"
Finally knowing the reason why he was treated so well, Yu Zhiming's worries were swept away.
He said modestly, "Boss, you're too polite. I'm a doctor, and I'm only doing my job..."
The boss thanked us again and left the room.
Gu Qingning stood up and divided the pot between the two of them.
"This is their signature dish. They say it's simmered all day long. It's incredibly delicious, even Buddha Jumps Over the Wall can't compare."
Yu Zhiming took the bowl of soup handed to him by Gu Qingning and found that most of it was filled with various mushrooms that he couldn't name.
The rest are unrecognizable ingredients.
The soup is bright yellow and has a refreshing aroma.
Yu Zhiming picked up the soup spoon, scooped a spoonful into his mouth, and nodded with satisfaction.
It is smooth, flexible and slightly bouncy, leaving a lingering fragrance on the lips and teeth, but not overbearing, with a long aftertaste.
"It's amazing! It's truly a signature dish. I could finish the whole pot by myself and not feel sick of it."
Gu Qingning rolled her eyes at him.
"You're just thinking about good things. Just drink that bowl and taste it. The rest belongs to Momo and me."
Yu Zhiming ignored her and tasted other dishes.
What surprised him was that he actually tasted the same texture and flavor as chicken, duck and fish.
This vegetarian cooking skill is truly unique.
However, perhaps due to psychological factors, although this dish is indeed delicious, Yu Zhiming still feels that it is not as satisfying as eating real meat.
The main dish provided by the store is also their famous vegetable buns the size of a child's fist.
Yu Zhiming also thought it was delicious, but he still felt that it was not as appetizing as the big steamed buns in the small canteen.
For a meat lover like him, fake meat is fake and it is not as delicious and satisfying as real meat.
Around eight o'clock in the evening, Zhou Mo, who had eaten and drunk his fill, picked up his phone and looked through it, when he suddenly discovered something.
"Doctor Yu, Zhang Yong, the skull base tumor patient, has been sued by the family that contacted him earlier."
Yu Zhiming, who was cleaning the battlefield, put down his chopsticks and showed a sarcastic look.
"The attacker caused himself a brain hemorrhage by beating someone up, and he's still trying to extort compensation?"
Zhou Mo flipped through the screen of his phone and shook his head: "They said it wasn't because of this reason."
"It's said that Zhang Yong had signed an agreement with that family. The agreement stipulated that Zhang Yong was not allowed to contact the doctor without their permission."
"The result is that Zhang Yong breached the contract by contacting you, Doctor Yu, and caused them to lose the opportunity for surgery, so he needs compensation."
Gu Qingning snorted softly and said, "That agreement is clearly unreasonable and illegal. The court will not support it."
Yu Zhiming nodded in agreement and said, "That family is just trying to get money."
Zhou Mo put down his phone and sighed, "If Qiao Lei knew that the family he had tried so hard to help was this kind of family, he would probably feel very bad, right?"
After a pause, she continued, "Doctor Yu, I feel like there seems to be some rift between you and Qiao Lei?"
"Do you want me to help relieve it? After all, we all work in the same office."
Yu Zhiming hummed and said, "You can tell Qiao Lei for me that I have no other opinion of him."
"Tell him not to think too much."
Zhou Mo nodded gently.
In the next ten minutes, Yu Zhiming cleared all the food on the table by himself.
He picked up the cup of tea again and drank it all in one gulp.
"Let's go..."
When it came time to pay the bill, the enthusiastic boss wanted to give it away for free, but under Yu Zhiming's insistence, he still paid for the meal.
Six hundred yuan.
The boss said that he would only charge the cost.
Just as Yu Zhiming and the other two were about to leave, a middle-aged man with a receding hairline walked out of the private room on the east side.
"Doctor Yu, it's you!"
Yu Zhiming looked at the other person with a surprised look on his face, walking towards him quickly, so he had to stop and turn around to face him.
The other party came closer and shook Yu Zhiming's hand enthusiastically.
"I heard a voice in the room that sounded like you, but I didn't expect it to be you."
Seeing Yu Zhiming's confusion, the man quickly introduced himself, "Doctor Yu, I'm Zhang Quan, and my wife works in the pharmacy at Huashan Hospital."
"I had a physical examination with you last month."
Yu Zhiming pretended to remember and said "oh".
In fact, he had no impression of this person at all.
There are so many people to be examined in a day. How could Yu Zhiming possibly remember all of them?
The only thing that left him with some impression was that he was found to have serious problems with his body.
The guy in front of me, with a rosy face and eating and drinking heartily, is obviously not among them.
Yu Zhiming withdrew his hand and was about to leave after saying a few polite words when he saw another person coming out from the room on the left.
This is a man of medium height with a pot belly.
He reeked of alcohol and was staggering as he walked.
Are you drunk?
But his face was pale, his forehead was covered with sweat, and his breathing was very rapid.
Looks like you're not feeling well?
He grabbed his left chest with his hand and stared straight at Yu Zhiming.
"You...are a doctor?"
"I feel bad."
"Save me... uh..."
Before he could finish his words, the man bent down and a stream of white liquid spurted out three or four meters like a river.
Yu Zhiming, with unprecedented agility, dodged a few meters to the side to avoid being splashed with dirt.
Zhang Quan was unlucky. He couldn't dodge in time and his pants were covered with dots.
The courtyard was filled with a sour smell!
"Oh, much more comfortable..." The instigator of the pollution let out a long sigh of comfort.
When this happened, three or five people came out of both rooms.
The boss also came to the yard with a young man.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry!”
A middle-aged man who came out of the same room as the man who started the incident apologized and supported the man who started the incident.
"My friend drank too much. I'm really sorry."
"We'll cover the cleaning costs and the dry cleaning of this friend's clothes."
Although Zhang Quan was unhappy about his dirty pants, he didn't want to get angry with a drunk man, so he acted very magnanimously.
"It's just a small matter, forget it!"
He was somewhat surprised to see that Yu Zhiming actually came close to the drunk guy and patted his chest a few times.
In fact, Yu Zhiming didn't want to do this either.
But the other party had asked for help before, and if he ignored it, it would be hard to say what would happen if this guy really got into an accident.
Perhaps this is the price of fame.
It is easy to be recognized outside. In order to maintain your image, under the invisible pressure of morality and responsibility, you often have to take action even if you don't want to.
Just like now, Yu Zhiming endured the smell of alcohol on the other person and performed a heart examination on him.
Fortunately, there are still gains.
"You have pericardial effusion and need to go to the hospital for further examination and treatment..."
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