This miracle doctor just wants to be fired!

"You, you're absolutely unreasonable!"

Li Qiang was speechless after being confronted by Zhou Cheng, his chest heaving violently, clearly extremely angry.

"Zhou Cheng, let me tell you, I'm doing this for your own good! Don't act impulsively! If you listen to me, apologize and smooth things over, at most you'll just get a verbal warning."

"If you insist on not apologizing, you will bear all the subsequent public pressure and penalties from the hospital yourself!"

"Thank you for your kindness, Director Li, but I still cannot apologize." Zhou Cheng's tone remained calm and unwavering. "If the hospital punishes me for this, I will accept it. But it's impossible for me to apologize to an unreasonable patient."

Li Qiang was silent for a few seconds on the other end of the phone. His heavy breathing could be clearly heard, and he was obviously furious with Zhou Cheng.

After a long while, he managed to squeeze out a few words: "Fine! Fine! Since you won't listen to my advice, then I won't interfere anymore. You can handle it yourself!"

After saying that, he slammed the phone down.

Hearing the busy tone from his phone, Zhou Cheng casually tossed it onto the bed and lay back down.

He wasn't worried at all; on the contrary, he felt relaxed.

If this gets blown up, I might be able to achieve my goal of being "fired" sooner.

As for the pressure from public opinion, he didn't care at all. He believed that the innocent would clear themselves, and besides, he hadn't done anything wrong.

But just two minutes after I closed my eyes, my phone rang urgently again, breaking the silence of the room.

Zhou Cheng frowned, thinking it was Li Qiang calling again. He picked up his phone and saw that the screen displayed "Li Jianming".

A thought struck him, and he pressed the answer button, speaking calmly, "Director Li."

"Zhou Cheng." The voice of Li Jianming, the head of the emergency department, came from the other end of the phone. Without any preamble, he gave the order directly, "You don't need to come to work for the time being. You don't need to be on duty this afternoon. Stay home and wait for further instructions from the hospital."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Cheng's lips unconsciously curved into a barely perceptible smile.

Suspension from duty?

The system task of "being dismissed" has finally achieved a phased victory?

But he showed no sign of it on his face, and replied in a calm tone, "Okay, I understand."

"The hospital will investigate the online comments and your recent complaints. Until the investigation is complete, please stay at home, do not go out unnecessarily, and do not accept any media interviews."

Li Jianming's voice remained cold. He offered no further explanation and gave Zhou Cheng no chance to ask further questions. After saying this, he hung up the phone.

The phone went busy again. Zhou Cheng casually placed it on the bedside table and lay back down on the bed.

Sunlight streamed through the gaps in the curtains and fell on his face, causing him to squint slightly.

He's been suspended from his post pending investigation, which suggests this public opinion storm has indeed caused quite a stir.

But this is good, it seems we're one step closer to completing the mission.

I don't have to go to work this afternoon, this is so great!

Set yourself a small goal: take a nap this afternoon!

……

On the other side, Li Yang and Chen Xi finished lunch and rushed back to the hospital's emergency department on time.

The two pushed open the door to the examination room, expecting to see Zhou Cheng's familiar figure, but instead found a strange young man sitting behind the examination table, wearing a white coat and organizing medical records.

"Huh? Where's Senior Brother Zhou?" Chen Xi asked subconsciously, her tone full of doubt.

Li Yang frowned and scanned the consultation room. He didn't see Zhou Cheng, but instead noticed the nameplate on the corner of the consultation table that read "Zhao Rui".

Zhao Rui looked up at the two of them and asked in a calm tone, "Are you the students Zhou Cheng taught this morning?"

Li Yang and Chen Xi nodded.

Seeing this, Zhao Rui slowly said, "Zhou Cheng has been suspended from his post. Starting this afternoon, I will take over his outpatient clinic."

"Suspended from duty?!" Li Yang and Chen Xi exclaimed in unison, their faces filled with disbelief.

Zhou Cheng was patiently explaining the key points of the case to them this morning, so why was he suspended from his post just after noon?

The two immediately thought of the patient who filmed a video to smear Zhou Cheng at lunchtime, and their hearts sank with worry.

"Teacher Zhao, Senior Brother Zhou, why were you suspended?" Li Yang hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't help asking.

Chen Xi also kept a close eye on Zhao Rui.

Zhao Rui waved his hand, unwilling to discuss further: "You don't need to ask about the specifics; the hospital will investigate and handle it. Forget about that now, sit down and get ready to see the patient."

Li Yang and Chen Xi exchanged a glance, both seeing worry and helplessness in each other's eyes.

In just one morning, Zhou Cheng's style of doing things and his clinical thinking in treating patients left a deep impression on them.

At this moment, the two recent graduates were concerned about Zhou Cheng, but they also knew that now was not the time to ask questions. They could only suppress their unease and sit down on a stool on the side of the consultation room.

Soon, the first patient walked in; it was an elderly man suffering from abdominal pain.

Just as Chen Xi was about to step forward to assist with the consultation, Zhao Rui raised his hand to stop her: "You don't need to do anything, just watch from the side."

As he spoke, he picked up the medical record book and asked about the patient's condition in rapid succession. Before the old man could finish speaking, he immediately ordered a whole set of tests, including an abdominal CT scan, a complete blood count, and an amylase test.

"Go get all these tests done first, and come back to me with the results."

Zhao Rui instructed Li Yang to fill out the examination form and then hand it to the patient's family without any explanation.

Holding a thick stack of test results, the family member asked blankly, "Doctor, could you give us a rough assessment first? These tests must cost a lot of money, right?"

"How can we make a diagnosis without testing? Who will be responsible if we miss any cases?" Zhao Rui frowned, his tone becoming even more impatient. "Hurry up and do it, don't delay the patients behind you."

The family members were speechless after being confronted by him, and could only helplessly leave the clinic with the test results.

Li Yang and Chen Xi were dumbfounded.

This morning, they accompanied Zhou Cheng on his rounds. Zhou Cheng always begins with a detailed consultation and thorough physical examination. Based on his initial assessment, he prescribes targeted tests, minimizing unnecessary tests and patiently explaining everything to the patients.

Zhao Rui's approach, however, was the complete opposite extreme.

The next few patients had similar conditions.

When faced with slightly more complex symptoms, Zhao Rui neither inquired about the symptoms carefully nor conducted a thorough physical examination.

They either order a bunch of tests, or they say, "The situation is rather complicated, so we'll take you to the observation room for observation first," or "We recommend hospitalization for further treatment."

There was a patient with a minor injury, just a superficial abrasion, but Zhao Rui insisted that the patient undergo a head CT scan and a full-body X-ray.

The patient couldn't help but voice his doubts, but Zhao Rui unexpectedly replied, "Just because you look fine now doesn't mean you're really fine. What if there's some hidden damage? You'll be responsible if something goes wrong?"

After an entire afternoon, Li Yang and Chen Xi barely had a chance to operate the equipment, let alone talk to each other.

Zhao Rui treated them like they didn't exist the whole time.

He handled all the diagnosis and treatment procedures himself, yet he did so in an extremely perfunctory manner.

The emergency department, which was originally designed for rapid response and precise diagnosis, has been transformed into a "test and prescription center" and a "hospital transfer station."