Chapter 67 The Proud One Bows His Head
Ruan Nuan didn't want to have a "battle of wits and courage" with Jiang Jinyue like she did yesterday, so she just brushed it off with a few words.
Ms. Ju was not as difficult to deal with as Jiang Jinyue, but she also tried to find out about her family background in a roundabout way.
"Nuannuan, is your salary enough for you in a city like Beijing where prices are so high?"
Ruan Nuan: "Not bad."
Ms. Ju: "The rent is not low, right?"
Ruan Nuan: "I can afford it."
Ms. Ju: "Where do you live? Is it convenient for me to come and take a look?"
Ruan Nuan deliberately raised her eyebrows and lied, "I live in a village in the city. The people living there are all kinds of people. It's not very convenient."
This time Ms. Ju gave up asking.
The environment and sanitation in the urban village are even worse than the hotel they live in.
Ruan Nuan raised her eyebrows in disdain.
When living conditions were poor in the past, I lived and communicated with Ms. Ju, but I didn’t realize that she was such a person who despised the poor and loved the rich.
Ms. Ju went back and told Jiang Jinyue about this. The latter reacted strongly, "Impossible, Mom, she must have lied to you."
Ms. Ju was convinced. "You said it was her relative's house. She can't live there forever, right? She can only go there occasionally and live in her own rental house the rest of the time."
Jiang Jinyue felt that the atmosphere between Ruan Nuan and her so-called brother was really unusual. He didn't seem like a cousin, nor like a cousin, but more like...
The word "brother" was rolling on his tongue, and it seemed that it would come out in the next second.
Sometimes what you see with your own eyes is not necessarily true.
Jiang Jinyue could only comfort himself in this way, keeping it under wraps for now, and continue investigating the truth later.
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During this period, the overlap between Ruan Nuan's work and Xu Ling's was very low, which ensured harmonious communication between the two. However, Guo Lei had a grudge against Xu Ling because of the last advanced evaluation incident.
Originally, these were other people's business, and Ruan Nuan stayed out of it, but she didn't expect that this time Guo Lei would turn against her and also wanted to form a clique and take her along.
At noon, Ruan Nuan was originally having lunch with Shen Xianglan. Suddenly, Guo Lei sat opposite Ruan Nuan, which was next to Shen Xianglan.
He frowned and didn't touch any of the dishes on the plate. His movements were a bit awkward. He sat there without saying a word, which was quite scary.
Shen Xianglan rubbed the arm closest to Guo Lei and got goose bumps all over her body. If nothing else, Guo Lei seemed to have a cold air current coming from him.
Her best friend was winking at her. Ruan Nuan pressed her twitching eyelids, feeling that it was not a good idea to continue in this stalemate, so she pretended to tap her chopsticks lightly.
"Doctor Guo, do you have anything to tell me?"
Because of the previous conflicts, Guo Lei felt that he and Ruan Nuan had reached the point where they were incompatible. In his eyes, there was nothing wrong with Ruan Nuan, and he wished that either he or Ruan Nuan would be the only choice.
Now he had to bow his head and surrender to Ruan Nuan, which was both embarrassing and psychological.
But now that I'm settled in, there's no reason for me to leave.
"Yes." He opened his mouth with difficulty, and the rest of the words came to an abrupt end.
Shen Xianglandu dug his toes into the ground and used chopsticks to pick up the rice on the plate.
Why don't you say anything good or bad about her? Do you think she's in the way?
Seeing that Guo Lei was hesitant to speak, Shen Xianglan took the initiative to offer them space to communicate, “How about I go first?”
Guo Lei's face darkened, and he seemed to have finally made up his mind, "No need."
"Doctor Ruan, I want to work with you."
Ruan Nuan's eyelids twitched at this, and she forced a smile. "What about cooperation? I remember that forming cliques and factions isn't allowed in our hospital, right?"
His face turned pale and he was silent for a moment. "I know. I owed Dr. Ruan an apology."
Suddenly startled, Ruan Nuan smiled distantly, "Doctor Guo, you're too serious. There's never been any serious conflict between us."
Guo Lei paused, "Doctor Ruan, don't you want to forgive me?"
Ruan Nuan frowned. She could see that Guo Lei was a straight man without any complicated thoughts. This kind of person was much simpler than the old-fashioned Xu Ling, but she didn't want to have any deep contact with Guo Lei either.
Forming cliques is unnecessary for her and will only distract her attention. Not only will she not be able to do her work well, but her life may also be affected.
"It's not that serious." Ruan Nuan smiled politely. "With Dr. Guo's medical skills, it's only a matter of time before he's recognized as an advanced doctor. This was just an accident, so there's no need to take it too seriously. In our line of work, curing illnesses and saving lives is the most important thing."
"What a preachy tone!" Guo Lei's face turned pale after hearing this, and he stood up suddenly. "It seems I was wrong. Doctor Ruan is indeed not the same as us. Doctor Ruan has medical skills, moral character, and wealth. The worldly gains we care about are nothing but rotten money in Doctor Ruan's eyes!"
This combination of outwardly aggressive and inwardly weak punches left Shen Xianglan speechless, not to mention Ruan Nuan. "Doctor Guo, what you said is so ridiculous! You're the one who looked down on Doctor Ruan, you're the one who wanted Doctor Ruan to accept an apology, and you're the one who tried to get Doctor Ruan to take sides! You're the one who decides everything. Isn't that too overbearing?"
Usually Shen Xianglan was timid and Guo Lei had never expected that her counterattack would be so powerful.
She rolled her eyes at him and said, "Doctor Guo, you always downplay your mistakes, thinking that others are very generous and will help you regardless of past grudges. But who are you? Don't think too highly of yourself."
Guo Lei was so angry that his face turned red, and he pointed at Shen Xianglan with trembling fingers. Shen Xianglan pulled his fingers down. One of them lowered his head, and the other raised his head, but they were evenly matched.
"Hasn't anyone taught you? Don't be so rude."
Guo Lei was so angry that he left with his meal tray. On the way, he found that he had taken Shen Xianglan's meal card by mistake, so he hurried back and put the meal card on the table.
Shen Xianglan's bulging pupils looked at him, and this man's eyes were still full of anger and arrogance.
Shen Xianglan: “Huh.”
Guo Lei: "Humph!"
Ruan Nuan looked at this pair of funny people. She was not angry, but just found it funny.
Shen Xianglan was so angry that she lost her appetite. Seeing Ruan Nuan looking at her with a smile, she asked, "Is there something on my face?"
Ruan Nuan laughed at her, "Nothing, I just thought you two were funny."
Shen Xianglan: "What's so funny? Doctor Guo is so arrogant, he wants the whole world to revolve around him."
Ruan Nuan nodded and added, "But he's not wrong. Not everyone is indifferent to fame and fortune. In the eyes of most people, if you don't fight for what belongs to you, you're a fool."
Shen Xianglan: "Ruan Nuan, you are still too easy to talk to. You and Guo Lei are connected by heart, and he is playing tricks on you."
Ruan Nuan smiled helplessly, "He's just a little competitive, that's all. Now doesn't he admit that I'm stronger than him?"
Shen Xianglan deflated her nose: "I think he just wants to ask for your help as an excuse."
Ruan Nuan disagreed: "I think that unless someone like Dr. Guo is truly convinced, there is no way he would come and apologize to me."
Shen Xianglan thought about it, then suddenly lowered her head, “What you said also makes sense.”
Ruan Nuan comforted her, "Don't be upset. It's more beneficial for us if Dr. Guo gets recognized as an excellent doctor than Xiaowen. If our superiors were all people like Xiaowen and Xu Ling, the atmosphere in the hospital wouldn't be very good."
Shen Xianglan nodded: “I agree with this.”
When I returned to the department in the afternoon, I overheard Xiaowen and Xu Ling talking, but neither of them noticed her.
"Hasn't Ruan Nuan noticed that Sister Ling has been assigning her to the most tiring department this month? And the most thankless. I didn't expect her to be so perseverant and actually handle it all."
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