Personal matters

"Director Liu, congratulations." Pei Jiqing raised his wine glass with a smile.

Liu Qitong was in a low mood all day, and now hearing Pei Jiqing's congratulations, he had no choice but to clink his glass with him absent-mindedly.

"There's nothing to congratulate either."

"You have completed your merits and virtues this time." Pei Jiqing said, "As you wished, you were awarded a senior title and hired a professor. Next, you should be the director of the department, right?"

——When it comes to judging, it is annoying.

Liu Qitong glanced at him, and said flatly, "You're helping me think well... I'm afraid it won't be that easy."

"Why, is there anything that can stop you Liu Qitong?" Pei Jiqing smiled, "We have known each other for so many years, I still don't know what you are capable of."

Liu Qitong hummed softly, "Today is different from the past..."

"What do you mean by that?"

"And the one from the United States... We earth doctors are nothing."

"You mean the newly hired Zheng Gao in your department?" Pei Jiqing asked.

As soon as Lin Zhen was mentioned, Liu Qitong's hands subconsciously clenched the cup tightly.

"Why do you care about him?" Pei Jiqing thought for a while and said, "Although he has a good resume and Lin Changmin is backing him, he is a newcomer after all."

"You are the young backbone cultivated by our hospital, and you are familiar with everyone... Besides, Director Guo is watching."

Guo Huaixiu? ——Liu Qitong sneered secretly.

The old fox had already disliked him, and set him up secretly, and he owed it to himself for working hard for him for so many years.To rely on him is simply a daydream.

Pei Jiqing wanted to persuade him a few more words, but the phone on the table vibrated suddenly.He dialed the phone and exchanged a few simple words with the other end, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

"Is there something wrong?" Liu Qitong asked.

Pei Jiqing hung up the phone and said with a wry smile, "Someone in the emergency department made a fuss, Director Chen got into a fight with the patient."

Liu Qitong smiled "haha", "Chen Su still has that fiery temper."

Pei Jiqing couldn't make a joke out of it, he was the chief of the medical department, if something really happened, he would have to take the responsibility if asked by the superiors.

He stood up and hurriedly put on his coat, "It's hard to clean up the trouble, I have to go... I'm sorry, I'll drink with you next time."

Liu Qitong nodded, "Be careful yourself."

"To do this job, you have to eat thousand-year-old ginseng every day..." Pei Jiqing said goodbye to Liu Qitong while sighing.

After Pei Jiqing left, Liu Qitong sat there alone and drank for a while, still in a bad mood.

He recalled the moment when he saw that person in the morning, the deep disgust and sense of crisis that surged from the bottom of his heart——Damn old man Lin, his life is already in decline, and he will make trouble for himself when he is about to retire.

Liu Qitong got what he is today, and it was really paid for by blood and sweat.

Spending every day in the operating room and laboratory, no entertainment, no personal life.Following Guo Huaixiu's subordinates, I swallowed my anger, obviously it was my own idea, but I had to prepare materials day and night, and sent them to Guo Huaixiu to declare projects and publish articles.

He spent so much time and energy, finally paved the way for himself.Who would have thought that Lin Zhen, who flew over like an airborne force, would get what he had been striving for for several years without any effort.

Liu Qi and Tong clearly remembered the scene where Lin Changmin walked in with Lin Zhen.

With a warm smile, the man was polite to everyone.When Lim Changmin introduced him, he said, "This is my son who is not good enough"-hmph, not good enough!

Liu Qi and Tong took a sip of wine with a sullen face.

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It was dark outside.

Liu Qitong paid the bill and walked on the street unsteadily.After thinking about it, there was no special place to go, so my feet drove my body, and naturally walked towards the hospital.

Wang Quan is sorting out the medical records in the office, preparing for tomorrow's chief rounds.Suddenly, a man who was drunk came crashing into the door, which startled her.

"Liu, Director Liu... why are you back?"

Liu Qitong cast a sideways glance at her, pulled a chair and sat down by the door, and asked, "Why don't you go home."

"Oh...Tomorrow, Director Guo will make a ward round, and I want to sort out the cases on the bed." She murmured.

In fact, Wang Quan has been made obsessive-compulsive by Liu Qitong.Usually when I was eating at home, I would suddenly think of something, and I had to run back to the hospital immediately to be relieved.Just like tonight, I vaguely felt that there was something wrong with the blood coagulation report on bed 28, so I ran back to Corey immediately.

Liu Qitong nodded, feeling himself top-heavy.

"Director Liu, have you been drinking?"

"Well, I drank a little." Liu Qitong rubbed the center of his brows, "You are busy with your work, don't worry about me."

"Oh..." Wang Quan agreed, and looked back at the case report.

Liu Qitong leaned against the wall and looked at her soft profile, feeling a little dazed.

"Wang Quan, who did you entrust to come in?" He suddenly asked without thinking.

Wang Quan was taken aback by what he said, but when he understood the meaning of the words, his pretty face flushed red.

"I... I applied for the job myself... I didn't ask anyone." She stammered.

"You applied for it yourself?" Liu Qitong frowned, "You have good grades?"

"Hmm... well, it's okay." - It's almost like a primary school student answering a teacher's question.

"Why did you choose brain surgery?"

"Oh... I kind of like it."

Liu Qitong turned on the approachable and homely mode, which made Wang Quan a little overwhelmed.But fortunately, after his next sentence, he immediately returned to his original nature.

— "Girls doing surgery... are crazy."

He stood up unsteadily, glanced at her, and finally opened the door and went out.

Wang Quan let out a breath of relief.

It's not like she hasn't seen him drunk - Liu Qitong sometimes drank too much at the department's party at the end of the year.When other people are drunk, they either talk too much, or play crazy while drunk.He was the only one who sat there quietly and dozed off, unable to wake up no matter how noisy he was, as if he was so tired that he had never had enough sleep.

Director Lin Zhen entered the department this morning, and everyone had a very good impression of him, except Wang Quan's palms were sweating.

A young professor with delicate facial features and a personable manner, he always bows politely when he meets anyone, with a kind smile on his face.Under Liu Qitong's years of mental torture, the Nursing Department immediately defected when they saw such a person.Even the doctors, big and small, in Corey secretly praised him.

Among the group of people, Wang Quan was probably the only one who could continue to stand on Liu Qitong's side.

She knew very well what Lin Zhen's presence meant to Liu Qitong.

The originally orderly leadership echelon was broken again.As soon as Lin Zhen came up, he stood at the same height as Liu Qitong. In terms of hardware conditions, he was on par with him in everything, and it seemed that his popularity was surprisingly good...

Wang Quan carefully observed Liu Qitong's reaction all day long, and even deliberately made some small mistakes to make him vent his emotions.

Whether it was rounds or surgery, Liu Qitong seemed to be the same as usual, but Wang Quan was still sensitive to the storm hidden in his calm eyes.

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After reading the case study, Wang Quan returned the cart to the nurse's desk.When passing by the duty room, she hesitated for a moment, but opened the door and went in.I saw Liu Qitong lying down with his clothes on, sleeping soundly on the single bed.

She took the blanket beside him and covered him, and stepped back lightly.Before leaving, he specially greeted Xiao Zhao, the resident doctor on duty, and told him not to disturb Liu Qitong's rest.

"Go to the duty room of the second class to rest tonight." Wang Quan instructed, "Director Liu is tired, let him have a good sleep."