Healing Doctor

Chapter 214 Bullying from the Doctor (Part 1) (Bonus Chapter by Alliance Leader sueyee12)

His hand was holding the emergency room doctor's hand, and his head was about to touch the ground between his arms. This strange posture did not make people laugh. Instead, it made Ji Xiang realize something.

Moreover, Ji Xiang soon saw the face of the emergency room doctor.

It looks familiar; I've seen it before during a moment of shared empathy. It's the doctor Zhou Congwen that Ji Xiang always thought was mentioned by the system NPC.

Last time he was an external expert, but this time he's an emergency room doctor.

"You're too kind," Dr. Zhou said with a hearty laugh. "It's a minor issue, don't worry about it. Take the medical record I wrote, and just show it to the dermatologist tomorrow."

"Okay, okay." The burly man kept bowing like a chicken pecking at rice, and Ji Xiang could vaguely hear the creaking sound coming from his intervertebral disc.

I was really afraid that the strong man's waist would snap with a "crack" at any moment.

If it were someone who could empathize with him, Ji Xiang would definitely not understand. It's just a "minor" dermatological problem, and the strong man's behavior seems a bit excessive.

But after experiencing it, Ji Xiang understood his mental journey.

I guess they were just as scared as I was, but after going through the emergency room... Dr. Zhou's "talk therapy" removed a worry from their hearts.

"Salute to Dr. Zhou." The burly man finally released his grip, turned around to look at the tattooed men he had brought, and said in a deep voice.

"Hello, Dr. Zhou."

Several tattooed men bowed, their movements synchronized, far superior to ordinary street thugs.

Slightly embarrassed, Dr. Zhou waved his hand repeatedly, indicating that he shouldn't be so polite. He then called the next patient into the consultation room, exchanged a few more pleasantries with the burly man, and then the consultation ended.

As Ji Xiang watched the burly man leave with several tattooed men, a thought struck him.

He didn't leave, but waited for Dr. Zhou to have some free time to chat for a bit.

However, the night shift in the emergency department was busier than Ji Xiang had imagined. There were car accidents, external injuries, and a group of students who had fought and ended up with bloodied heads that needed stitches.

It wasn't until after 10 p.m. that the corridor quieted down.

Ji Xiang got up from the hard plastic chair and chatted with Dr. Zhou while he was still resting.

"Knock knock knock~"

Ji Xiang knocked on the door.

"Come in." Dr. Zhou looked up, and Ji Xiang examined him carefully. He was no different from the doctor in his memory.

It's really a twisted sense of humor, or perhaps Zhou Congwen is simply applying his clinical experience; Ji Xiang doesn't know if that's the case.

He smiled and walked into the consultation room.

"From the manufacturer? I've seen you sitting outside for quite a while," Dr. Zhou said with a smile. "It's usually young people who come to clinics; it seems a bit inconvenient for someone your age."

"..." Ji Xiang was stunned for a moment before realizing that he was in the empathetic system and was a retired old man.

"Dr. Zhou, I am a patient," Ji Xiang said softly.

"Oh, I'm so sorry," Dr. Zhou quickly said. "Sir, what's wrong with you?"

The current Dr. Zhou seems a bit reckless, Ji Xiang thought to himself with a smile, noting that he was somewhat different from the one he had met last time.

That makes sense; otherwise, how could I have run into him in the emergency room?

"Doctor, I just saw those thugs standing at the door, who were they...?"

Dr. Zhou frowned and glanced at Ji Xiang.

"I... have a similar problem," Ji Xiang quickly explained.

"I see." Dr. Zhou was relieved; everything made sense now. He smiled and said, "Some doctors just talk big. They see a wart-like thing and call it genital warts. What kind of nonsense is that?"

"There are many different kinds of this..."

Dr. Zhou glanced at Ji Xiang, but instead of launching into a lecture, he casually remarked, "For example, warts on the hands are just common warts. Back then, they were called male warts and female warts, hahaha."

Ji Xiang smiled too.

"It's all caused by a virus, as if they think there's only one kind of virus in the world. Damn it, I don't know who they learned that from," Dr. Zhou cursed. "Old man, what's wrong with you?"

"I..." Ji Xiang found it hard to accept the words "old man".

"Let me take a look," Dr. Zhou said. "Let me see what's going on. By the way, that patient from earlier had common warts on his lower abdomen, and he went to three hospitals, and they all said... sigh, what a load of nonsense."

"Dr. Zhou, are you accurate in your diagnosis?"

"They are completely different things; you can tell at a glance." Dr. Zhou said, pulling the curtain next to the examination bed closed. "Come on, let me take a look."

Ji Xiang unbuckled his belt.

Dr. Zhou glanced at it and his expression turned serious.

He glanced at Ji Xiang. "Old man, did you come here alone so late? Where are your family? It's not warm outside, it's better to have someone take care of you."

"It's probably genital cancer," Ji Xiang said calmly.

Dr. Zhou was clearly still a bit inexperienced. He had tried to keep the conversation light, but when the time came, young people like Ji Xiang immediately noticed his unease.

It turned out that the Dr. Zhou Congwen mentioned by the system NPC had also grown up little by little. Ji Xiang found it amusing, which eased his previous gloom considerably.

Hearing Ji Xiang say this, Dr. Zhou was clearly uncomfortable, and he hesitated to speak.

"Dr. Zhou, I roughly understand what's going on. You don't need to comfort me. I just want to ask, to confirm." Ji Xiang sighed. "Sometimes, I'd rather have cancer than be misunderstood."

"Look at what you're saying," Dr. Zhou said.

"It's true." Ji Xiang looked into Dr. Zhou's eyes. "Dr. Zhou, do you have any good ideas?"

"Of course, but you need to go to the urology department. It doesn't look good to me, but a urologist needs to make a diagnosis."

After chatting with Dr. Zhou for a while, a patient came in, and Ji Xiang walked out of the emergency surgery clinic with the outpatient medical record in his hand.

I don’t know if it’s because of the system NPC, but Ji Xiang just finds Dr. Zhou pleasing to the eye.

His experiences over those two nights, along with the behavior of that gangster, deepened Ji Xiang's understanding of the matter.

It's not as simple as it looks.

No wonder Jing Liang was hospitalized alone; it seems he had been "bullied" by the dermatologist who had previously treated him.

Ji Xiang knew he was a chronic patient, but he still brought Dr. Zhou's medical records to the urology department.

The chief resident initially didn't even want to see him and simply told Ji Xiang to go to the outpatient clinic the next day. But when he heard that Dr. Zhou had sent him up, he gave a strange look.

"Xiao Zhou, he's still so eager to meddle in other people's business."

"Doctor, what's wrong with Dr. Zhou in the emergency room?" Ji Xiang asked curiously.

"He's quite capable, relying on his own abilities, and he's very arrogant in his actions." The chief resident of the urology department said this, but let Ji Xiang into the consultation room.

During the physical examination, the chief resident of urology confidently stated, "It's likely genital cancer, still in its early stages. Go to the outpatient department tomorrow to get the inpatient admission form."

"Are there any beds available?" Ji Xiang asked worriedly.

"We have to have it even if we don't," the chief resident said. "In the early stages, we can perform partial resection and lengthening surgery, which can basically lead to a full recovery without any impact. But if it's too late, we won't have that opportunity anymore."

"However, you're lucky to have met Dr. Zhou. Many people are delayed and come to the hospital only in the late stages."

(End of this chapter)