CHAPTER 70: CHAPTER 70: "BANG...

Chen Tingting hadn’t decided whether to stay or leave when Qin Xiao spoke up first, "Teacher, what plans do you have for today?"

Professor Zhou smiled and said, "I’ll tell you in the lab in a bit."

After saying this, Professor Zhou turned to Chen Tingting and said, "Tingting, about the things your dad donated, thank him for me. I’ll visit your house in a few days to have tea with him.

We have to get busy now, so we won’t keep you!"

Chen Tingting forced a smile and said, "Uncle Zhou, if my dad knows you’re coming to have tea, he’ll be very happy...

If you’re busy, I’ll just leave first."

After saying this, she reluctantly glanced at Qin Xiao one more time, picked up her bag, and left.

After Chen Tingting left, Professor Zhou said to Qin Xiao, "This girl’s intentions are still so improper.

You’ve already married, yet she still wants to entangle with you, what’s the point?

At the wedding that day, she made things difficult for the bride and already left a bad impression on the ladies present.

Your teacher’s wife told me when she got home that this girl’s thoughts were impure, and the way she looks at you is not right.

Ever since eight years ago when this girl followed her dad to C City and met you through me, her thoughts have been fixated on you.

I know you have no interest in this girl. Two years ago, when you got married, I mentioned it to Old Chen because of our relationship.

Old Chen apparently talked to her, and I heard she made a scene at home, wanting to go to C City to find you.

It was Old Chen who thought her behavior was ridiculous, so he sent her abroad, thinking maybe spending two years away would make her give up.

Who would have thought that while she was abroad, she told her dad she had already forgotten you.

Yet as soon as she returned, she came to your wedding, and now she’s running to me...

I knew when she came today that she came for you, but she used her dad’s name to come, so I couldn’t disrespect her.

And Old Chen, the incident at the wedding spread far and wide. I can’t believe he didn’t hear about it and didn’t send her away again..."

Qin Xiao laughed and said, "Maybe it’s because of the father-daughter bond, and he couldn’t bear it!"

Professor Zhou sighed lightly and shook his head, "Let’s go! We need to head to the lab..."

Qin Xiao quickly stepped aside to let Professor Zhou exit the office first.

At the hospital, since Xiao Li had just reported for duty, the shift was quite easy today; she just followed along for rounds and made some medical record notes.

Throughout the day, she adapted quite well, but Xiao Li knew this was just a temporary relaxation because she checked the schedule — her shifts included both outpatient and inpatient duties, and there were quite a few...

A big hospital indeed requires manpower! Even we newly graduated resident doctors have a lot of duties, let alone those attending physicians, associate chief physicians, and chief physicians.

With things going smoothly for half a month, on this day, Xiao Li had just changed her clothes and was about to get off work when she ran into Director Bai.

Bai Yu saw Xiao Li and smiled, "Getting off work?"

Xiao Li smiled and said, "Yes, off work. What about you, Director?"

Bai Yu smiled, "I just got a new critical patient. I’ll be on duty tonight to observe the situation.

How about it? You’ve been at the hospital for a while now, how are you adapting?"

Bai Yu is the department director and usually doesn’t do night shifts unless there are special circumstances...

Xiao Li nodded, "It’s okay. Although our hospital’s intensity is greater than the hospital I interned at before, you get used to it quickly.

Here, I can learn a lot of things.

Director, can I ask you a question?"

Bai Yu smiled, "Ask away!"

Xiao Li hesitated and said, "I heard from people in the department that you parachuted into our hospital as the respiratory department director last month, and you were previously working at a hospital abroad.

I want to ask you, what differences did you feel working in hospitals abroad versus domestically?"

Bai Yu smiled and said, "If I said the difference is in the intensity, would you believe it?"

Xiao Li: "Ah..."

Bai Yu smiled and said, "In the hospital I worked at abroad, if a patient wanted to see a doctor, they had to make an appointment first. In the outpatient department, it was one-on-one service between the doctor and patient, seeing only a few patients a day.

But look at our hospital, not even talking about a day, in the outpatient department, you have to see multiple patients in just an hour.

The difference in work intensity is self-evident."

Xiao Li nodded, "That’s quite a big difference."

Xiao Li was about to ask Bai Yu about the difference in medical levels between domestic and foreign hospitals, but before she could speak, someone was calling for Bai Yu, and they had to end their conversation.

Outside the hospital, seeing Qin Xiao’s car, Xiao Li hurried over and got in...

Qin Xiao smiled and asked, "Why are you ten minutes late today?"

While fastening her seatbelt, Xiao Li smiled and said, "Even ten minutes, you notice. Have you been timing my every move, waiting for me every day?"

Qin Xiao nodded, "Yes, I’ve been timing everything, waiting just for you."

After saying this, he started the car and drove off.

Xiao Li saw how seriously he answered, covered her mouth, and laughed happily.

After laughing, she said, "I ran into Director Bai who was going to do a night shift as I left work today. We had a quick chat about the differences between hospitals abroad and here.

So I came out a bit late.

Uncle, didn’t I tell you before that our department director just came back from working abroad? Today I asked him about the differences between working abroad and here.

Guess what he said?"

Upon hearing the mention of Director Bai, Qin Xiao’s expression slightly changed. But when he heard Xiao Li ask him, he kept an eye on the road and said, "He probably mentioned the intensity difference."

Xiao Li was surprised, "Uncle, how did you know?"

Qin Xiao smiled and said, "In my sophomore year, I once went abroad for a half-year exchange study with my teacher, so I naturally learned about the hospital system there.

Foreign hospitals generally don’t have as high an intensity as our hospital. Doctors and nurses don’t have such heavy workloads there; they prioritize thorough service to patients.

But in China, because of the large population and high demand for medical care, we try to see as many patients as possible, so the work intensity naturally increases."

Xiao Li nodded, "Yeah! Just because of the doctors’ high work intensity, it’s impossible for doctors to thoroughly care for every patient. Some patients’ families don’t understand, and even a little wait or an extra check can lead to emotions flaring.

It causes frequent incidents of medical disputes..."

Mentioning medical disputes, Xiao Li instantly thought of incidents that happened to her and, to prevent Qin Xiao from recalling them, quickly changed the subject, "Uncle, what should we eat tonight?"

Qin Xiao understood Xiao Li’s intent. Although just hearing about medical disputes made his heart ache a little, he still followed her lead and answered...

"Aunt Wu prepared your favorite spicy and sour fish, twice-cooked pork, and handmade beef balls..."

With each dish Qin Xiao mentioned, Xiao Li’s mouth watered a little more. Ah... I’m so hungry!

Can’t wait to get home!

While Xiao Li was still thinking about the food, a sudden loud "bang..." interrupted her thoughts...