Rebirth of a Doctor Without Regrets

Wang Xiao felt refreshed and lay on the bed, listening intently to what was happening next door.

At first it was just a vague argument, but later the voices grew louder and louder, mixed with the man's scolding and the woman's aggrieved explanation.

The arguing grew clearer, and the woman's voice, trembling with sobs, sounded strangely familiar.

Wang Xiao quickly dressed, took out her phone, pressed the record button, pushed open the door and walked into the corridor. She saw several young women from the bathhouse gathered at the entrance of the massage room next door, all of them looking uncomfortable.

The argument was coming from this room, and Wang Xiao pushed through the crowd to look inside.

I spotted Fang Yuan standing in the corner at a glance. She was clutching the hem of her clothes, her eyes were red, her nose was red, and tears were welling up in her eyes.

Opposite her stood a fat man weighing over 200 pounds, with a round belly and a face full of fat, pointing at Fang Yuan's nose and cursing.

Why is Fang Yuan here?

Wang Xiao clicked on all the plus signs above Fang Yuan's head, puzzled.

Specialization: Orthopedics

Skills: Level 2 in Orthopedics; Level 1 in Emergency and Critical Care Medicine; Level 1 in General Surgery; Level 1 in Imaging Diagnostics; Master-level in Traditional Chinese Medicine Massage.

Operation: A-

Diagnosis: C+

Theory: B-

Scientific Research: C+

Collaboration: A+

Mindset: B-

Traditional Chinese massage? Master level?

The system had always ranked low-level skills at the bottom and only displayed the first four, misleading Wang Xiao so much that he didn't notice Fang Yuan had such a hidden skill.

It seems this girl has quite a few secrets.

"Fang Yuan? What are you doing here?" Wang Xiao's heart tightened, and he quickly walked over, reaching out to protect Fang Yuan behind him.

When Fang Yuan saw Wang Xiao, she not only didn't stop crying, but cried even harder.

Her fingers tightened around the hem of her clothes, her head bowed low, wishing she could disappear into the ground, and she didn't dare to look Wang Xiao in the eye.

Embarrassment, shame, grievance, and a hint of panic at having her secret exposed all rushed to her chest, leaving her speechless.

In the emergency room, she was a doctor who fought alongside Wang Xiao, and an equal friend.

In the massage room of a bathhouse, wearing revealing work clothes, she was harassed and insulted by customers, and even bumped into by someone she liked.

No one would consider this a respectable profession. At this moment, it felt as if she were nakedly exposed in front of Wang Xiao, making her feel utterly ashamed.

Wang Xiao didn't have any prejudice, especially after learning that she had a talent for massage.

Seeing her like this, Wang Xiao was furious. He turned to the fat man and said, "Hey you, talk this out! Why are you arguing with a girl?"

The fat man sized Wang Xiao up and down, noticing his ordinary clothes, and his eyes were full of disdain: "Where did this kid come from? Mind your own business! I'm here to spend money, so she has to serve me well after she takes the money. What are you pretending to be so high and mighty for?"

At this moment, Brother Long squeezed in from the back of the crowd, his face plastered with a smile: "It's a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding! Our expert massage service might not be what you're thinking."

"Huh? You're trying to cheat people by offering vegetarian food at meat prices, huh? I don't care. I'm here to have fun. If you don't have the service I want, I can still get it now." The fat man's lewdness and arrogance were practically overflowing.

Brother Long looked back at the technicians watching, and it seemed that it wasn't impossible to arrange it.

This fat guy looks like a local with some money and influence. When you open a bathhouse, you should avoid offending people like him.

He quickly grabbed the fat man's arm to smooth things over, then turned and glared at Fang Yuan, lowering his voice to say, "Fang, quickly apologize to the customer and say you misunderstood them. That'll be the end of it. Don't be stubborn!"

The service industry is no exception to these things, and Wang Xiao suppressed his anger.

If an apology can settle things, then it doesn't matter. What's an apology worth anyway?

Fang Yuan bit her lip.

She felt she hadn't done anything wrong, but under Brother Long's urging, the fat man's coercion, and the strange looks from those around her, the shame and grievances weighed heavily on her, making it hard to breathe.

Her hands, clutching the hem of her clothes, trembled. She lowered her head even further and whispered to Wang Xiao, "I'm sorry."

Wang Xiao felt a pang of heartache, but he didn't intend to invest any more emotion in her until he understood her secret.

The fat man thought Fang Yuan had bowed down to him, so he became even more audacious. He took out a stack of brand-new cash from his handbag and slammed it on the table with a "thud." The red banknotes scattered, totaling a full ten thousand yuan.

The onlookers exclaimed "Wow!"

Ten thousand yuan will still be a considerable purchasing power even ten years from now.

The fat man chuckled, his lecherous eyes sweeping over Fang Yuan. "Little beauty, stop pretending to be innocent. You're just here to make more money, aren't you? This ten thousand yuan will buy you some time with me. It's ten times better than you massaging my back and back. How about it?"

Fang Yuan suddenly looked up, her eyes filled with humiliation and anger. She shook her head and backed away, saying, "I won't do this. Keep your money and I'll refund your massage fee. Go find someone else."

"You don't know what's good for you, do you?" The fat man's face darkened, and he pulled out two more stacks of cash, slamming them on the table, bringing the total to thirty thousand. "Thirty thousand! That's enough for you to work here for two months, right? Don't turn down money, I have plenty!"

Seeing that Fang Yuan was still shaking her head, he simply took out his phone, opened the transfer interface, and waved it at Fang Yuan.

"100,000! I'll transfer it directly to your card. You have to pay it today, whether you like it or not!"

His filthy words grew increasingly offensive, making Fang Yuan blush and shed tears of humiliation, yet she clenched her teeth and refused to give in.

Seeing this, the surrounding shop assistants didn't dare to say a word. Brother Long also frowned, wanting to say something but not daring to offend the fat man.

Wang Wuchen stared intently at the cash on the table from behind the crowd. He had never seen so much money in his life. He thought to himself that as long as he could keep the customers entertained and the shop was fine, he could even make a profit.

So she mustered her courage and pushed her way out of the crowd, tugged at the fat man's arm, and forced a timid smile: "Brother, don't be angry, she's just stubborn. I... I have a friend who's prettier than her and better at cooking. I'll call her over right now to keep you company, I guarantee you'll be comfortable. Just give me the 100,000 yuan!"

The fat man glared at Wang Wuchen, then slapped him across the face with a sharp "smack," which was particularly jarring in the quiet massage room.

Wang Wuchen was stunned by the blow, covering his face and standing there dumbfounded.

"You fucking want to die!" Wang Xiao's anger was completely ignited, and he slapped the fat man across the face in retaliation.

The fat man's face swelled up instantly on one side after being hit, his facial muscles twitched, and the arrogance in his eyes was instantly replaced by rage.

He abruptly shook off Brother Long's hand, his 200-plus-pound body charging at Wang Xiao like a runaway wild boar, roaring: "You son of a bitch! You dare hit me? I'll kill you today!"

Wang Xiao instinctively raised his hand to block, but a figure behind him was faster than him.

Fang Yuan suddenly rushed out from behind him and shoved the fat man hard in the chest.

No one saw how she exerted her strength. With a muffled thud, the 200-pound fat man was pushed to the ground by this seemingly weak palm, crashing heavily onto the massage bed behind him.

He slid down the edge of the bed and sat on the floor, clutching his chest and groaning incessantly, his face filled with disbelief and astonishment.

This palm technique is probably master-level.

"You dare touch him and see what happens?" Fang Yuan stood in front of Wang Xiao, suddenly becoming fierce.

Wang Xiao already had a mental image of a husband cheating on his wife and being beaten so badly that he had to go to the emergency room for help.

Women in orthopedics are really not to be messed with.

The fat man finally managed to sit up, his voice hoarse with anger and pain: "You...you little wench! Protecting your lover, huh! You dare to hit me? You just wait!"

As he spoke, he struggled to pull out his phone: "I'm calling the police right now! I'll sue you for intentional assault! I'll also report your lousy shop for prostitution! I have connections inside; I can get you all arrested and shut down!"

Brother Long panicked completely, and the female technicians who were watching the commotion behind him also panicked.

"Go ahead and report it, go ahead and report it," Wang Xiao suddenly said, his voice calm but full of confidence.

He slowly raised the phone he had been carrying in his pocket, turned on the screen, and handed it to the fat man.

The screen displayed a continuously recording interface, nearly thirty minutes long. "I've recorded every single word you said. I'll post it online, and you'll see if your people will protect you."

As the fat man stared at the recording on his phone, his rage gradually subsided, and he began to make plans.

If things escalate to the police station, he will not only gain nothing, but he will also be disgraced and possibly detained and fined, and his business may even be implicated.

After a few seconds of silence, the fat man suddenly stood up, glared fiercely at Wang Xiao and Fang Yuan, said nothing, gathered the money on the table, and strode away.