Twilight Scarlet

Finally, Karen, the god of hearts.Marlowe left Seattle Hospital sadly.Although Qiao Zhen felt a little pity, he still hated the mess this guy left him, and said that it was the best choice for everyone that Marlowe left the hospital immediately.The director of cardiac surgery can be someone else, but there is only one director at Seattle Hospital.That is his lover - Marcus.Volturi.

The love sage (don't know who) said that the six steps of love are the inevitable six steps that every couple needs to go through.

Step [-]: Spend the night together.

Step two: spend the weekend together.

Step [-]: Exchange keys.

Step [-]: Weekend sex orgies.

Step [-]: Take an extended vacation together.

Then it will inevitably follow the last step of love, the sixth step: moving to live together, referred to as cohabitation.

Qiao Zhen did the math... It seemed that he and Marcus had reached the sixth step safely, but they got stuck a little bit.He is now trying to solve this problem.But I don't know why, Marcus just refused to retreat on this issue.He didn't let himself return the ring to him, nor did he want to put it on his hand easily.Qiao Zhen has no idea about Marcus at all, he doesn't know how to deal with this difficult lover, he has even developed a sense of powerlessness and burnout.He didn't know what to do to satisfy that glutton.

The two of them have been in a cold war for a week, and the two of them have carried out the pantomime-like life to the extreme.Marcus even rarely saw Qiao Zhen off. Most of the time, Qiao Zhen drove by himself.Only when the weather is extremely bad - like last week when a typhoon made landfall.Marcus buckled the key resolutely, and said silently that he would send himself to the hospital himself.Not only did Marcus not see Qiao Zhen off, but many times he never even stepped into the hospital, even though he had already driven Qiao Zhen and himself into the hospital's parking garage.

I have to say that Qiao Zhen was a little depressed.

"I'll draw a boundary line for the infected area here, and we will monitor you for a few hours. If the infected area does not cross that line, we will give you intravenous antibiotics." Qiao Zhen quickly checked the newly acquired After the case, a judgment is made. "If the infected area crosses that line within a few hours, the infection is aggressive."

"What would happen in that case?"

"We're going to do a muscle biopsy."

"...You want to cut off a piece of my muscle?"

"kindness."

"No, I have to run another [-] meters tomorrow..."

Qiao Zhen was not in a good mood, and he didn't have time to talk to this patient who didn't like him at all, so he raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? With your legs, I doubt it."

"..."

"Can you tell me, when did you find out about this situation?" Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Alex pulled Qiao Zhen, stopped Qiao Zhen's conversation with a smile on his face, and said.

"... When we were climbing the mountain yesterday." The female patient seemed to mind Qiao Zhen's sarcastic remarks, but when she met Alex's charming eyes with a smile, she immediately put her dissatisfaction into the sky, and turned to Alex With a smile on his face, he answered his question almost immediately.

"Wow, you climbed the Emment Mountains?" The overly lively female voice that suddenly appeared on the side made Alex and Qiao Zhen froze at the same time.

For some reason, Britt seems to have been removed from their group of interns recently, and is now being led by a very, very [lively] woman—a new resident.Note that Qiao Zhen said the word lively by gritting her back molars.

As Qiao Zhen himself said, he seems to be born with sunshine, integrity or brilliant (?) type of people do not go along with - except for Richard, because after the third day of school, Qiao Zhen fully saw the hidden poles. The twist behind Richard, the Sunshine Prince, became a buddy with him smoothly and congenially.That's right, when Qiao Zhen was at Stanford University, he had gloomy, mean, promiscuous, chaotic private life, arrogance, superb technology, etc. A series of adjectives that obviously don't match Sunshine, and he himself thinks that he is obviously not the kind of superman who is compassionate series of righteous characters.He hates sunlight, liveliness, and pretending to be 13 even more.

"Oh, don't be modest, doctor, you can do it too." The female patient obviously liked this kind of compliment, and immediately smiled brighter. "We climbed Liberty Mountain." She ended the conversation with a sweet, vanity-filled kiss with her boyfriend.Qiao Zhen almost vomited his breakfast while watching from the sidelines. He only felt the veins on his forehead twitch violently.

"Wow, that's the most difficult mountain to climb... You guys are really good." The resident doctor's artificial "Wow" made Qiao Zhen's face turn greener.If it wasn't for the fact that Marcus didn't come to work at the hospital in the past two days, he almost thought that this woman was something Marcus had chosen to use to mess with him. "Hi, I'm Ellie. Hearn. Teacher of these pretty boys."

"..." Alex and Qiao Zhen silently looked at each other behind him, and they both saw the disgust hidden in each other's eyes.He is far less skilled than Britt.And... this group seemed to be infected by Qiao Zhen or Britt, and it was almost the most ambitious group in the entire hospital.The few of them all expressed their pain in the face of this woman's contrived medical practice.

"Oh, hi, I'm Kelly." The woman on the hospital bed smiled sweetly, and the little bird stretched out her hand like a human being, half-holding Dr. Ai Li's hand, and Dr. Ai Li On the other hand, she showed an extremely contrived movement, and she actually caressed the back of her hand lightly, as if the two of them were such close boudoir friends before or something else...

Seeing this, Qiao Zhen finally couldn't bear it any longer. He took a step back involuntarily, as if seeing some extremely terrifying scene, his face turned pale, his eyes turned blue, and his lips turned purple.

"GOD... I can't take it anymore... Is this some vulgar TV series?" Alex didn't feel any better, he also took half a step back without any trace, and muttered in a low voice with his hands covering his lips.

"This is Vic, my husband, and we're in Seattle for our honeymoon."

"Whoa, that's unbelievable, whoa, god, look at that diamond..."

When Dr. Ai Li made a fuss again and raised her voice, Qiao Zhen who was on the side suddenly interrupted coldly: "Now is not the time to discuss diamonds, ladies, may I ask this lady, have you ever been injured while hiking? Have you ever had any injuries?" Didn't fall or hurt your leg?"

"I don't think..."

"Oh, a few days ago, she was on the beach and got her foot cut by an oyster shell. We were windsurfing... Our honeymoon was very sweet..." The man named Vic had a clear look in his eyes. She smiled softly, as if recalling the beauty of the newlyweds before.

Once again, Qiao Zhen was struck by this wickedly sweet atmosphere, which made him inexplicably think of that boyfriend who was still fighting.He quickly pulled out the medical records, pushed Alex over, and the new resident who was nagging like a housewife and the newlyweds were talking nonsense together, and he began to talk about the previous ones in turn. Symptoms were compared one by one, and said: "Can I check the previous wound?"

"Will my foot get better in the end?" Kelly casually pointed to Qiao Zhen's wound, and at the same time quickly pulled away and chatted with Dr. Ai Li about her daily life, where she spent her honeymoon, and what hotel The sauna room is the most comfortable, which store has the most beautiful clothes and so on.

"Oh, no, look at this." Qiao Zhen noticed that the black line he had drawn on the calf of the patient named Kelly before had become very blurred, and the infected area had already disappeared during the chatting of several people. He crossed that line at a fast speed, and was already approaching the knee position. "Damn it, it's a flesh-eating fungus." Qiao Zhen had already seen the tiny wound on his foot with sharp eyes, and the wound was already horrific.

"Emergency! Prepare for operating room No. [-]!" Without waiting for the two of them to react, Qiao Zhen quickly punched down the blue emergency button beside the bed, and the alarm immediately rang throughout the surgical floor of the hospital.Just as Qiao Zhen rushed out nervously, Dr. Aili grabbed him.

"Dr. Qiao Zhen, I know that you are almost the best intern in Seattle Hospital or in the United States, but now is not the time for surgery." Then he almost dedicated all the food in his stomach to the earth.

But after listening to this stupid woman's words, Qiao Zhen immediately became more irritable, "What?!" He yelled, and a thin layer of sweat immediately appeared on his fair forehead.Just because this so-called carnivorous bacteria is not a single bacterium, but refers to some mixed bacteria that can cause necrotizing fasciitis. It is a general term for streptococcus or fungi that can damage muscle tissue, and the mortality rate is very high.They are very easy to appear on seafood, and the infection rate is the highest in oysters, and the patients happen to be scratched by the oyster shells.And judging from the current speed, they spread very quickly, and if it is 1 minute late, the patient may have an extra body amputated.Well, this newlywed wife named Kelly will not only be unable to participate in tomorrow's [-]-meter long-distance race, but she will even have problems living a healthy life.

"Qiao Zhen, don't worry, I think the only treatment you can think of is amputation? I think we should try love therapy, and, according to my observation, Qiao Zhen, you are a person who is unwilling to share love, then Eric You follow me into the operating room, Qiao Zhen, and take a closer look at my treatment in the observation room. Maybe you will realize something."

"..." Qiao Zhen just wanted to swear now.Not only is the mortality rate high, but the infection rate is also extremely high.Why does he still have the time to talk to himself about bullshit love therapy? ! "Lockdown the emergency room, and go to the No. [-] operating room for high-temperature disinfection, and the highest level of lockdown control." Qiao Zhen ignored her and continued to tell the nurse.

"Qiao Zhen..." Dr. Eric looked at Qiao Zhen's arbitrariness, and paused, her face seemed a little unhappy, but the next second, she smiled, like a brilliant chrysanthemum. "Qiao Zhen, you have to learn to let go, and you can't let the desire to control..."

"Doctor Ai Li, this is a carnivorous fungus, which lives in meat and eats muscles quickly. If you want to talk about love therapy here, it's up to you, but I'm going to enter the operating room with my patient. I I don’t want her to be unable to go for a walk on the beach in Seattle with her husband at this time next year because of that goddamn love therapy!” Qiao Zhen finally broke out, despised Dr. Ai Li nakedly with her actions, and quickly pushed The panicked new wife, Kelly, stormed into operating room one.

When approaching the door, Qiao Zhen suddenly turned her head, a gloomy storm was brewing in her black eyes. "Now, I'm going to the operating room, you and Alex, do you want to come together?"

"..."

Without a doubt, Alex immediately jumped up and said loudly, "I'll go!"

……

"Flesh-eating fungus or something? What is this... like a joke? Did he make it up?" After waiting for a long time, the panicked husband finally ushered in Qiao Zhen, who came out in the middle of the operation to inform the family. , Everything just now has frightened the formation, he grabbed Qiao Zhen with some confusion and said.

"Sorry, this is no joke. We have to amputate the leg."

"Qiao Zhen..." Dr. Aili's delicate voice suddenly came in again, interrupting his words.

"No...how is this possible...we're on our honeymoon..."

"I'm sorry, Vic, I know it's scary, but amputation is not the only option." Suddenly, Dr. Aili's voice sounded from the side, completely denying Qiao Zhen's diagnosis.

"This is her only rational choice..." Qiao Zhen was stunned for a moment, and immediately looked at Dr. Ai Li in disbelief. "Excuse me, if we don't get the infection under control right away, she will die."

"But... Didn't Ellie say that we have other treatments?" Kelly's husband looked at Dr. Ellie suspiciously, hoping to get more support from her.Apparently he didn't want his wife to have her leg amputated on her honeymoon.But Qiao Zhen knew that this was the most sensible way. He was very annoyed and also very surprised that Dr. Aili wanted to go against him.Does she want to use this to establish authority?Qiao Zhen frowned.Trade a patient's death for an authority?It's just... a piece of shit!

"Yes." Allie smiled brightly for a moment. "We could just cut out the infected area, and the leg would be ugly, but we can guarantee that it won't affect function."

"..." Qiao Zhen looked at her in horror. The reason why the death rate of flesh-eating bacteria is high is that they spread very quickly and the boundaries between infected and non-infected areas are very blurred. Unknowingly leaving diseased variants in the body, resulting in the death of the patient during recovery after surgery.

"No, no, no...she...she wants to run a marathon tomorrow, we just climbed the mountain the day before yesterday...how can she live without her legs?"

"...Maybe you should consider which is more important, losing a leg or losing your life...Of course we will try our best to keep this leg." Qiao Zhen said quickly.

"Okay, we won't amputate." At the same time, Dr. Ai Li's red lips touched, and he spit out a few words lightly.

Immediately, Qiao Zhen's cold eyes all shot at Dr. Ai Li.Does she even know what she's doing? !Dr. Ai Li seemed to have sensed it, glanced at Qiao Zhen, and hurriedly passed by Qiao Zhen. "I can't believe that you are such a cruel person, let a newly married husband choose his wife to lose a leg."

"Compared with life, I believe he would rather choose legs." Qiao Zhen said without hesitation.

"..."

"So, Dr. Allie, have you successfully performed this kind of case before? I mean in terms of the technique of retaining this part of the affected area?"

"Nope, what about you?"

"...if the infection spreads into the blood, she'll die." Damn, of course he didn't.Otherwise, he would shut the crazy woman out and perform the operation himself.Qiao Zhen said coldly.

"If she wakes up without her legs, she'll want to die. She's young, athletic, newly married..."

"And your treatment plan is based on her being a lovely young athletic newly married girl? So if she was an 80 year old lady you would have amputated her and now you risk her losing Lovely youthful vigor defending her life?!"

"She's not 80, where is your sympathy?"

"My compassion? It's my compassion when I try to save a sick person's life. It's my compassion when I try to save her while you guys are gossip about wedding dresses wow. Because I sympathize with her, so I just hope she doesn't die recovering from surgery!"

"I must say, I'm disappointed. Why can't you learn to have a loving treatment?"

"What?! Sorry, can you say it again?"

"You have no sympathy, no enthusiasm, and no compassion to work with me to keep this girl's leg..."

"Sorry, you continue, I quit!" Qiao Zhen immediately handed the scalpel to the nurse at the side after hearing this, said with a blank expression, and then left under Alex's surprised gaze.

He then rushed into the break room and smashed the black pager against the opposite wall. "SHIT!" I stayed in the lounge for a whole day, more than ten hours, neither sleeping nor moving, just laying on the mattress in the lounge that was not soft and staring at the ceiling blankly, only I feel that a breath of foul air is stuck in my chest and I can't get rid of it.Finally, he looked at his watch. When it was time for him to change shifts, he tidied up his clothes and walked out of the lounge unsteadily.Great, first shift without surgery is over.

Qiao Zhen walked towards the gate of the hospital expressionlessly.Then he suddenly found a man crying heart-piercingly at the door, blocking the door of the hospital.His eyes were red, and his brown hair looked so messy and decadent.After Qiao Zhen stared at him coldly for a few seconds, the corners of her lips moved involuntarily. This man looked familiar.

"I'm sorry, Vic..." Dr. Allie seemed to have lost that incomparable power of love, and stood slumped aside and said something in a low voice.

Sure enough... what... love therapy... what kind of shit is this shit!Countless images suddenly flashed through Qiao Zhen's mind, all of which were trivial fragments of the life of the cute girl in the wheelchair and her husband. He shook his head vigorously, trying to get rid of these thoughts, and also tried to get rid of the surrounding Heart-piercing screams in the ears.Qiao Zhen walked forward.In an instant, Dr. Aili saw Qiao Zhen's figure, and looked at Qiao Zhen warily with big eyes, but Qiao Zhen had lost the ability to talk to her at this time - the result was already so obvious.Qiao Zhen didn't even bother to say any extra words, she just raised her chin and walked past her expressionlessly. This was all his own choice, right?

"Doctor Ai Li, my pager is broken, please allow me to apply for another one, and please allow me to apologize for not responding to your standby request for several hours." This is the first time Qiao Zhen hated the operating room, It's all because of that damn... love....Qiao Zhen is not a child, he knows that most of the reasons why he lost his temper today are not Dr. Ai Li's problem, but his own problem.

Whether the patient kept his leg or not, to be honest, he is actually just an intern and should not have the right to comment on the decision of the resident doctor. His reaction was too extreme.As for the origin, only he himself knows what it is—Ai Li just poked her own sore spot, she said he was a man who didn't want to share his love, and hit the bull's-eye...

"..." Dr. Aili looked at Qiao Zhen with complicated eyes, and finally put a new pager on the table beside him. "I will report this to the director."

"Yes."

There is starlight outside the hospital, the rain that just fell in the morning has made the asphalt road a bit damp, and the little water stains flowing on the asphalt reflect the little silver light of the stars in the sky, psychedelic and deserted.Qiao Zhen took a sharp breath, and he exhaled heavily when he knew his chest was becoming swollen and painful.

Today he was basically busy, far less busy than before, but for some reason, he felt extremely tired and his mood became a little heavy.

At this time, riding on the starlight, suddenly a royal blue SUV stopped steadily in front of him - it was Marcus.Qiao Zhen looked at his abnormally pale half of his face hidden in the shadows, and couldn't help but feel a move in his heart.

"Marcus..." Qiao Zhen sighed and began the first conversation between the two in weeks.

"……Um?"

"I accept your engagement."

"...Okay." After hesitating for a while, Qiao Zhen was about to say something more, when Marcus suddenly raised his pink thin lips, and nodded slowly and solemnly, there seemed to be a flash of red in the shadow, Qiao Zhen Hazel only felt a tightness in his waist, and he was immediately robbed of his breath. When he came back to his senses, he found that the royal blue BMW SUV had already carried two people, roaring and running far away...

...Marcus, how did he start the car while kissing? !