Boundless benevolence

Serengeti National Park is located west of the Great Rift Valley in East Africa and 130 kilometers west-northwest of Arusha. It is the largest national park in Tanzania and one of the best wildlife reserves in the world.It is July, which is the season of the great animal migration in Tanzania. A large number of animals will pass through this protected area and rush to their new habitat.At this time of year, many tourists and photography enthusiasts from all over the world will gather here to watch the spectacular wonders that are rarely seen on the earth today.

After the car entered the protected area, the driver slowed down.Sitting in the slowly moving jeep, Li Shixi rolled down the window and looked into the distance. There were animals everywhere on the vast grassland.Groups of antelopes and zebras are the protagonists of this world.From time to time, one or a group of animals pass by, that wonderful feeling can only be felt when you are there.There is no killing, no pain here, and there is harmony between man and nature.

The sound of water gradually rang in my ears, and it turned out that the car had arrived at the ferry of the Mara River.This is the most important place for the great migration of animals. A large number of zebras and wildebeests will cross this river and rush to areas with richer grass on the other side. Ju is also known as "the crossing of the kingdom of heaven".

"Sir, you came at a very good time. Many zebras have come here these days, and they are probably about to cross the river." The driver said to Li Shixi, "But I'm not sure when it will be, maybe you have to wait here for a few days and say indefinite……"

Before the driver could finish his sentence, he suddenly heard a neighing sound in the distance.The two looked up together, and saw that a large group of black and white zebras had gathered at the river bank at some point, and the neighing that they heard in their ears was their most primitive and deepest cry.In the distance, more countless people of the same race also rushed towards the river.Suddenly, as if they heard the call of the goddess of nature, the zebras began to run, and the narrow Mara River ferry was instantly filled with their figures. During the run, the young, sick and old, who were unable to stand firmly, fell into the river one after another because of lack of physical strength. And the zebra behind stepped on the corpse of the same kind and ran to the opposite bank.The heavy hoofbeats and the unyielding wail constitute a movement of the most primitive life, which arouses infinite awe in people's hearts.

"Sir! You are so lucky!" the driver exclaimed in surprise, "The zebras are starting to cross the river!"

Seeing such a rare scene, Li Shixi naturally quickly took out his camera, and he kept pressing the shutter button to freeze the spectacular scenes one by one.

"Crack."

"Crack."

"Crack."

Amidst the huge roar formed by zebras and rivers, Li Shixi felt that the world seemed to have quieted down. Another familiar voice appeared beside his ears——

"... Shixi, do you know? Watching the great migration of animals, the most shocking thing is watching those animals crossing the Mara River. Watching those young or old animals being washed away by the current, you will feel that life is actually quite cruel sometimes. .But nature maintains the vitality of this species in this way. Although some are eliminated, the strong will always stay and let the life of the race continue..."

Such a galloping, passionate, great life...

"Shixi, if my surgery is successful, let's watch the great animal migration together. I should be able to recover in July..."

"Shixi, if I can't go, you can go to see for me again, look at those animals, those..."

Li Shixi worked hard to take every photo, but found that his hands were shaking more and more.Finally, he put down the camera, sat on the ground, buried his head deeply in his knees, and did not lift up for a long time...

Half a month later, in a hospital in Taiwan.

In the luxury ward, a middle-aged doctor who is nearly 40 years old is explaining to the old man on the bed in an overly enthusiastic tone: "Mr. He, don't worry, we have fully estimated your condition. , the operation will definitely succeed..."

There were two knocks on the door, and then the door of the ward was pushed open without warning.The doctor who was chattering in the room was taken aback and stopped subconsciously.

Li Shixi stood at the door—he was wearing a doctor's white coat and a pair of glasses, which was a bit more professional than the casual clothes he wore in Africa.He glanced over at the doctor who had no time to hide his beaming expression, and fixed his eyes on the old man on the hospital bed.

"Mr. He, can I have a chat with you alone?" Li Shixi asked.

Hearing this sentence, before the old man on the hospital bed could answer, the middle-aged doctor on the side spoke first: "Ahem, I'm sorry, Dr. Li, Mr. He has appointed me to be the doctor in charge of his operation, you It has already been..." Before he finished speaking, Li Shixi looked at him with a cold gaze, the doctor was taken aback, and immediately stopped him.After he reacted, the middle-aged doctor looked sullen. Just as he was about to get angry, the old man on the hospital bed said, "Dr. Li, I'm sorry that I changed the attending doctor without informing you, but I do plan to ask Dr. Jiang to operate on me." gone."

As soon as the old man said this, Dr. Jiang next to him puffed up his chest like a winning cockfight, and looked at Li Shixi proudly.He just wanted to drive Li Shixi out of the ward, but he didn't want the old man to speak again, but this time it was him: "Dr. Jiang, I want to have a private word with Dr. Li."

"Ah?" Doctor Jiang obviously didn't expect the old man to say that, his complacent expression turned into embarrassment in an instant, but he obviously didn't want to offend this important client, so he respectfully agreed, and then walked towards the door—just passing by When Li Shixi was beside him, he gave Li Shixi a hard look.

The door closed, and there were only two people left in the room.

"Sorry, Doctor Li, I may have embarrassed you by changing my decision suddenly." The old man spoke first.

"Mr. He, don't misunderstand me. I didn't come here to blame you because you replaced me. As a patient, you have the freedom to choose a doctor. But I really don't know why you suddenly made such a decision. Mr. He Can you tell me the reason?" Li Shixi still didn't have any obvious joy or anger on his face, and even his tone of speech was the same as before, although it wasn't very kind, but it was calm.

Perhaps it was his attitude that somewhat exceeded the old man's expectations, and the old man didn't speak for a while.Li Shixi didn't speak any more, just stood there, waiting for the answer.

After a moment of silence, the old man finally spoke slowly: "To tell you the truth, I have consulted several doctors, and they all said that in my current situation, it is still possible to have a heart stent. After all, a heart bypass requires a chest opening. I am an old man. , may not be able to withstand such a big toss."

"Mr. He," Li Shixi saw that the old man didn't intend to continue speaking, so he took over the conversation, "I remember I told you when I made the operation plan, your vascular embolism is serious, although the heart stent can be used for a short time. It relieves the symptoms, but the stent only treats the symptoms but not the root cause, and there will be problems in other places in the blood vessels after a long time. In addition," Li Shixi paused, then continued, "Heart stents belong to the category of cardiology, and Dr. Jiang is in cardiac surgery."

The lie was exposed, and the old man suddenly looked embarrassed. He coughed unnaturally, looked up at the rather sharp young doctor in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and asked in a deep voice, "Do you really want to know the reason?"

"I hope you can bluntly enlighten me."

"Okay. I heard that Dr. Li was on vacation some time ago because of a lawsuit?"

Li Shixi's calm expression was suddenly broken.

Seeing Li Shixi's changes, the old man seemed to be more sure of the accuracy of the news, so he no longer worried: "I have some friends in the legal profession who heard something. I heard that the case was finally settled out of court, but something like this happened. thing, I have to..."

"Mr. He, you don't need to say anything." Li Shixi interrupted the old man's words.At this moment, his face no longer had the confidence and calmness he had when he just entered the door, although he quickly adjusted his expression, "I understand. I respect your decision. I will hand over your previous treatment information to Dr. Jiang as soon as possible. .”

After finishing speaking, Li Shixi turned around and walked towards the door.

The old man on the hospital bed looked at Li Shixi in surprise, he didn't expect this young man to have such a strange reaction.The old man has been in the mall for many years, and it is not difficult to observe his words and demeanor. He is sure that the emotion Li Shixi showed at that moment just now was not shame or anger, but accident and sadness...Why is it like this?If he really did those things as the rumors said, he wouldn't feel a little guilty, but if he didn't, why didn't he justify himself?What is the reason for his sad expression?

At the moment when the old man was slightly astonished, Li Shixi had already reached the door of the ward, but when he pressed his hand on the doorknob, he stopped again.

"Mr. He," Li Shixi said without turning around, "Although you don't use me anymore, as a doctor, I still recommend you to perform bypass surgery directly."

After saying this, Li Shixi opened the door and left quickly.

Li Shixi, who left the ward, felt weak like a collapse.I'm still too bad, but I lost my composure to the point where I almost couldn't hold back with just a word - Li Shixi laughed at himself secretly in his heart, but just as the corners of his mouth were raised, there was a soreness in his eyes and nose, Li Shixi didn't want to embarrass himself in the corridor Now, I saw a doctor's lounge in front of me, so I planned to go in and hide for a while.However, as soon as he reached the door, before he pushed the door, he suddenly felt dizzy.Li Shixi quickly grabbed the doorknob, waiting for the dizzy feeling to pass.And it was such a short moment that he heard a conversation inside——

"Hey, did you hear that? Mr. He in the VIP ward has replaced the attending doctor with Dr. Jiang."

"Of course I know! At first we were quite surprised to hear the news, but later we heard from Xiaomei, who was on duty in the VIP ward, that Dr. Li was replaced because of a lawsuit he suffered earlier..."

"Ah? It's the lawsuit that sued him for medical malpractice earlier? Isn't that lawsuit settled out of court?"

"Tch, don't you understand that? As long as you are willing to spend money, what lawsuit can't be settled out of court?! Dr. Li's family is so rich, I heard that he hired a very famous lawyer to help him with the lawsuit! And I heard Said, the patient who died was still a good friend of Dr. Li..."

"Ah? Isn't it? Put your good friend to death? Oh my God!"

"Huh? Doctor Li, why don't you go in?" A nurse's voice suddenly came from behind, startling Li Shixi.

"Oh, it's nothing, I suddenly felt dizzy just now." Li Shixi smiled faintly, and pushed open the door.

The conversation outside the door had obviously been heard by the two nurses inside.So when Li Shixi pushed the door and went in, the two nurses greeted Li Shixi awkwardly, and immediately slipped out with their heads down.Li Shixi watched them pass by him nonchalantly and left the room.

He was the only one left in the living room.

Li Shixi slowly sat on the sofa - the sofa was soft and comfortable, and he buried his body in a corner of the sofa.

"Dr. Li suffered a lawsuit, that's why he was replaced..."

"I heard that the person who died was a good friend of Dr. Li..."

Li Shixi took off his glasses, closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose, the dizziness was gone.He heard what the little nurses said just now, and it is conceivable that the whole hospital has already known about his lawsuit.Li Shixi didn't care how far the rumors in these populations were from the real situation, and he didn't have the heart to defend his innocence—not to mention, he wasn't innocent at all.

"Shixi, promise me..."

"So you're here." The sudden voice interrupted Li Shixi's distraction.He looked up and saw a man in his thirties standing at the door.

"It's you." Li Shixi relaxed and said, "Why, it's still a lawsuit against me?"

"I've known you for more than 20 years, do you think I came to you just because of a lawsuit?" The man frowned dissatisfied.

Li Shixi smiled - the person who came was Shao Jing, a best friend who grew up with him.Li Shixi and his younger brother Li Shijie, as well as Gu Zhuoxuan and Shao Jing were almost inseparable back then, and they were nicknamed "F4" by the schoolmates.But at the beginning of university, several people chose different directions, Li Shixi studied medicine, and Shao Jing studied law.He is now a lawyer in a big law firm, and because of this, he took the initiative to act as Li Shixi's defense lawyer in the case a month ago.

Seeing Li Shixi's plain reaction, Shao Jing frowned slightly, walked up to Li Shixi and sat down, and asked, "When did you come back?"

"The day before yesterday."

"Why didn't you notify us when you came back? Do you know how much Shijie misses you?"

"Busy packing, forgot. I'll call him later."

Seeing Li Shixi's indifferent expression, Shao Jing swallowed all the condemnation he wanted to say.He hesitated for a moment, but still said, "I heard about your patient."

Li Shixi was taken aback for a moment, and then he realized what it was. He twitched the corner of his mouth mockingly: "It's really 'good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles', even you know it."

"Actually, if you don't want to give up on this patient, you can explain it. After all... It's also a matter of your reputation."

It's a matter of professional ethics. If it was Li Shixi before, he probably would have to explain it clearly even if he was pulling the other party into a fight.However, just as Shao Jing expected, Li Shixi had no intention of explaining.

"Explain what? People don't trust me anymore. What I say will be in vain. It's just self-defeating. In this case, I'm not suitable to be his attending doctor anymore. It's good to change. Moreover, "Speaking of which, Li Shixi paused, and said self-deprecatingly, "He actually did not say anything wrong."

— After all, he turned off his ventilator himself.

"That's not your fault." Shao Jing retorted immediately.

"It doesn't matter anymore." Li Shixi interrupted the topic, he looked at Shao Jing, "I said, what's the matter with you coming to see me today?"

"I came here to tell you that all the procedures of the case have been completed, and the case is over and over."

"Well," Li Shixi nodded, and suddenly remembered something, "By the way, his parents...why did they agree to withdraw the lawsuit?"

Li Shixi still remembers that when he learned that his son's ventilator was turned off by Li Shixi, the two old people were so crazy that they wanted to tear him apart. At the beginning, they decided to sue so resolutely that no matter how many people talked about it, they didn't respond.Li Shixi was actually ready to take off the doctor's gown, but the final result surprised him. Shao Jing didn't know what method he used to make the two old people finally agree to withdraw the lawsuit. Li Shixi has always been very curious about this .

"Can I say business secrets?" Shao Jing raised his eyebrows.

Hearing this answer, Li Shixi raised his eyebrows first, but quickly returned to his normal look: "Forget it, then I won't ask. I'm going back to work."

With that said, he stood up and walked towards the door of the lounge.

Shao Jing frowned.Li Shixi's state is still too wrong. According to his past personality, if someone pissed him off like this, he should have come back long ago.In fact, when he saw Li Shixi raised his eyebrows just now, Shao Jing really hoped that he would open his mouth to sarcasm himself, but he didn't.Such Li Shixi really worried Shao Jing even more.

It seemed that Zhuo Xuan's previous worries were still very accurate, and it was time to take out the final trump card.

So, Shao Jing said, "Okay, I won't joke with you anymore, in fact, Zhuo Xuan recorded a video before he died."

Li Shixi turned around suddenly, his eyes widened in surprise.He asked: "When did he record it? Why don't I know?"

"The day before the operation. Shijie and I went over to record it for him."

"What did he say?"

"The video is on your brother's computer, if you want to know, go home and ask him for it." Shao Jing replied, seeing Li Shixi's hesitant look, he added, "There is also something he said to you specifically. "

Li Shixi was startled when he heard the last sentence.Even though he knew Shao Jing said that he wanted to take the opportunity to force himself to go home, but he really wanted to know what Zhuo Xuan said.He hesitated, then finally nodded.

The author has something to say: After writing this paragraph, I still feel sorry for Shixi...

The stalk of the ventilator was seen in a certain TV series, and it felt really touching and cruel, so I used it in the novel.I believe that after reading this paragraph, everyone can guess the general idea, and the specific details will gradually unfold later.