Chapter 681: Chapter 458 Request for Accompaniment_2

“You can call me Assistant Lin,” Chuxia came up with this title for herself on the spot. As an intern who was still learning, being called Doctor Lin always made her feel a bit fraudulent. Director Song had just given her the title of a third assistant, which inspired her to think of the appellation Assistant Lin.

When Song Xiaoyu, who was reviewing design proposals, heard Chuxia defining her own new title, the corner of her mouth curved up slightly. She liked humble children, and now, she was growing fonder of this little apprentice.

“Wang Jing, you go follow her and have a look,” Song Xiaoyu instructed.

“Yes, Teacher,” Wang Jing replied promptly and quickly chased after her.

Chuxia hurried to Qin Mei’s ward with Huang Li and saw a woman in her thirties sitting at Qin Mei’s bedside, smiling and chatting with her. Qin Mei had her head drooping, so her expression was unclear.

“Sister Qin,” Chuxia looked at Qin Mei, “Big Sister Huang said you were planning to change the person accompanying you, is that right?”

“No, no…” Seeing Chuxia was like seeing a savior, Qin Mei instantly felt energized, “I wasn’t planning to send Sister Huang away, and I don’t want to trouble my brother-in-law and sister-in-law, but she insists on taking care of me, saying relatives are always better than strangers. I asked her to leave, but she wouldn’t, I’m really out of options.”

“May I know your name?” Chuxia asked Qin Mei’s sister-in-law.

“My surname is Wang, Wang Fong…” Qin Mei’s sister-in-law stood up, smiling cheerfully at Chuxia, “You must be Director Zhou’s niece-in-law, right? I’m really troubling you with my sister’s matter. Director Zhou is such a responsible and good leader. It’s a blessing from her previous life that my sister can work under him, hehe…”

“You want to provide care for Sister Qin?” Chuxia observed her, “Don’t misunderstand, as an assistant I have no authority to decide who accompanies the patient, but since Uncle Zhou asked me to pay attention to this matter, I must fulfill my responsibility. I hope you understand, Big Sister Wang.”

“I have a job too, I’m quite busy, but who else but her own sister should step in at such a time?” Wang Fong said, looking at Huang Li, “Big Sister, I really feel sorry for troubling you. You’ve got your own work, your own family, and it can’t be good being out all day and night, making your family unhappy. Rest assured, I will take good care of my sister.”

“You know the basics of post-operative nursing care, right?” Chuxia handed Wang Fong a piece of paper that she had brought out with her, which listed the precautions for post-surgery nursing care.

As expected, Wang Fong’s face twitched as she read through it… After hesitating, she looked at Chuxia, “If I don’t sleep for seventy-two hours, how can I take care of the patient? Can I rotate with Big Sister Huang?”

Originally, Zhou Shanping was supposed to assign another person to come after the surgery, but since Wang Fong brought it up, Chuxia looked at Qin Mei, “What do you think?”

With a sigh, Qin Mei looked at Wang Fong, “Do you really want to take care of me, or did you misunderstand something Qin Sheng said?”

Wang Fong’s face showed a look of aggrieved innocence, “Sister, listen to what you’re saying. Didn’t I just explain? No matter what, we are family. It’s only right for me to take care of you since Qin Sheng can’t do it.”

After thinking for a while, Qin Mei shook her head, “Never mind, you need to go to work, let’s not bother you.”

“Sister, I’ve already taken leave,” Wang Fong said.

Qin Mei thought it over and then looked at Chuxia, “Let them take turns then.”

“Okay,” Chuxia nodded, “I’ll tell Uncle Zhou later, so he doesn’t need to send anyone over.”

Standing aside, Huang Li looked highly embarrassed; she hadn’t realized that after the surgery, Director Zhou had assigned someone else to alternate shifts with her. Upon hearing Wang Fong tell her to leave, she panicked and sought help…

“Sister Qin, arrange the duty schedule yourself,” Chuxia said, looking towards Huang Li, “Go over the precautions that Director Song told you with Wang Fong in detail, Wang Fong, you must understand everything thoroughly.”

Wang Fong nodded quickly, “Don’t worry, I’m aware of the importance, and I’ll definitely keep it in mind.”

“Chuxia, I didn’t see it before, but you have quite a presence,” after Chuxia left, Wang Jing, who had stood outside, looked her up and down, “I genuinely hadn’t noticed before, but you have quite a commanding air.”

“Sister, is there a hidden meaning in your words?” Chuxia turned her head towards her and smirked, “Why do I detect a hint of jealousy?”

“Heh heh…” Wang Jing laughed, “If it were before, I would indeed be jealous, but not now. If you climb over my head and lead me, it means I need to work even harder. I understand this principle.”

“Sister, have you really seen the light?” Chuxia asked with amusement, “Is it lip service, or are you sincere?”

“See, you’re underestimating me,” Wang Jing said with a sigh, “I can’t say I’ve completely gotten over it, but at least my thinking has changed somewhat from before.”

Before, I always felt that when people were nice to me, they had ulterior motives, like when my aunt was good to me, I thought it was so that I would take care of her in her old age. When a teacher was good to me, I thought it was because she owed my aunt a favor and had to be nice to me.

Of course, I never showed these thoughts, and the teacher never told my aunt about some of my conduct at the hospital. Besides, those who left before indeed had some character flaws, and the teacher had no expectations of them, so I happened to serve as a litmus test.

You’re different from them; whether it’s your medical talent or anything else, Teacher Song values you highly, so she stopped tolerating me and told everything to my aunt.

It was only after talking with my aunt that I realized she adopted me out of pity, and for my sake, she gave up chances to marry. She even said that if I doubted her, she would write me a guarantee, promising that she wouldn’t rely on me for her old age.

As for the teacher here, I also knew that she genuinely pitied my background to tolerate me, not because she really owed my aunt any favor. She always said she was nice to me because she owed my aunt a favor, just so I wouldn’t feel like I owed her anything.

And you, Lin Chuxia, my initial kindness towards you was in the hopes that you would help me connect with Director Jing. When that hope was dashed, I couldn’t begrudge anyone else, so I took out my frustration on you.

I know, no matter how powerful the regiment commander is, he can’t interfere with me. That’s why I did so many annoying things. Luckily, my aunt woke me up in time. Rest assured, from now on, I will do my utmost to control my emotions.

Just like now, sometimes I still get jealous of you, feeling that the teacher is too good to you, that your luck is too good, that heaven is too kind to you.

But on reflection, if you had no capabilities of your own and just had luck, it would be useless. I have been by the teacher’s side for so many years and haven’t had any notable actions, whereas you, having studied medicine for such a short time, have developed a genuinely effective and implementable set of acupuncture techniques, Lin Chuxia, I really admire you.

Chuxia gave her an appraising look, observing her expression that didn’t seem fake, and began to smile, “Sister, are you trying to extend an olive branch to me?”

“Yes,” Wang Jing smiled, “Although I’m still somewhat resentful towards you, I have to force myself to change.”

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