Healing Doctor

Chapter 676 I'm afraid I won't be able to keep him

"Snap!"

Liu Zhi slammed his hand on the table, sending the disposable bowls and plates flying and rattling loudly.

"That's outrageous. No wonder so many key personnel have gone to the south."

"You know perfectly well how awful you've always been," Director Bai said calmly. "If you hadn't become the director, you'd be in the south by now, wouldn't you? Stop pretending."

"Don't take your anger out on me if you're unhappy," Director Liu said disdainfully.

Director Bai began clearing the dishes, preparing for dinner.

His movements were meticulous, careful, and gentle. Liu Zhi knew him well and knew that Director Bai was pondering something at that moment.

"Old Bai, it's just a small workstation, why bother putting it in the yard?"

"Xiao Ji has been too prominent, and some people are inevitably envious." Director Bai sighed. "If he hadn't participated in variety shows, things would have been a little better, but now, it's even more difficult. It was already an epic level of difficulty, and now it's become a legendary level."

Director Liu pondered for a moment, then finally sighed deeply.

Indeed, it's almost a pipe dream for a resident physician to want to establish their own workstation in a top-three tertiary hospital like the Second Affiliated Hospital in the province and focus on scientific research.

It's estimated that Lao Bai was under immense pressure when he presented his proposal at the weekly meeting and before that, when he consulted with the dean.

It's normal that it didn't pass; Director Liu didn't think it was anything unexpected.

"We have to think of a way," Director Bai said softly.

"Hahahaha." Director Liu laughed heartily, as if he had just remembered something.

"What are you thinking about?" Director Bai glanced at his old friend and asked.

"I'm reminded of your ex-girlfriend."

"..." Director Bai continued tidying up the bowls and chopsticks.

"I remember once when we went down to Sunwell, we were clearing land, and your ex-girlfriend called."

"That happened so many years ago, why bring it up?" Director Bai said, slightly embarrassed.

Director Liu ignored her and continued, "It seems she got married, and her husband often drinks too much, coming home drunk in the middle of the night. Your ex-girlfriend locked him out and wouldn't let him in, and the two of them started arguing."

"Hehe." Director Bai smiled faintly.

"You're fucking awful, going down into the Sunwell while giving your ex-girlfriend advice."

"Leave the door open. No matter how late it is, a man should have a light on when he comes home. We should not only leave the light on, but also leave the door open." Director Bai recalled the past, and his previous displeasure gradually dissipated.

"It was the middle of the night, and the mother and daughter were home with the door wide open. Back then, the security wasn't as good as it is now. You had to be careful even with a security door, let alone leave it open in the middle of the night."

"Isn't it only right to leave the door and light on for a man? Don't you feel warm inside?" Director Bai said.

"Only someone as ruthless as you could come up with such a plan. Which man wouldn't be on edge when he goes out drinking? Damn it, with his wife and kids at home and the door wide open, what if a thief breaks in?" Director Liu sighed. "Having a drink is a small matter, but if you come home and find your wife and kids gone, who could keep drinking?"

"Is there any other good way? If this doesn't work, we might as well just get a divorce."

"That's why I said, don't rush. You never know when a wicked idea will pop into your cunning mind," Director Liu laughed.

"It's tough. Xiao Ji is skilled enough, and I managed to get him an intermediate professional title, but the key issue is that he doesn't have a permanent position." Director Bai said, letting out a deep sigh.

His opponent wasn't his ex-girlfriend's husband; he could easily find his weakness with a simple twist of his mind.

Now, the other side is shrouded in darkness, with an ironclad system and rules; finding a crack in the system is as difficult as climbing to heaven.

Even though the dean expressed his support for Ji Xiang and even said he was willing to let Ji Xiang apply for the Outstanding Young Scientists Award at the Second Affiliated Hospital, he would back down as soon as he encountered something that violated organizational principles.

"Take your time, no rush." ​​Director Liu poured Director Bai a glass of wine. "Old Bai, you really think highly of Xiao Ji. With so many resources, he could at least become a department head. If I didn't know him inside and out, I would definitely suspect there's something going on between you two."

"I just want fewer people to die," Director Bai said. "Our hospital's interventional capabilities are too weak. Of the four top doctors, only Zhao Xiangming, who is the least capable of fighting, remains. We can't even get involved in many emergency resuscitations."

Director Liu raised an eyebrow; he knew these were all false explanations, and there was no point in listening to them.

Old Bai was unhappy, so he tried to find a lighter topic.

"Old Bai, tell me the truth, have you and your ex-girlfriend rekindled your romance?"

"Bullshit."

"Just the two of us behind closed doors, tell me the truth."

"We're not that kind of person," Director Bai said. "After driving on the highway, we do feel that the car is more powerful. With a light touch on the accelerator, the power is more responsive than before driving on the highway."

Director Liu paused for a moment, then watched Lao Bai drive with a smile.

"There are two main reasons. First, some carbon deposits in the engine have been cleaned. Second, after driving on the highway for a while, the car's computer has learned and adapted to our high-speed driving habits and will adjust the fuel injection."

So, if your car feels more powerful, and you haven't driven it on the highway, it's possible someone else has stolen it and taken it on the highway.

"Whether I drive it or not, people will know. It's not like I don't have a car, so why make myself uncomfortable?"

"She encountered some difficulties and asked me for help. It doesn't cost me much; all I need to do is offer some advice. Besides, we didn't even have to delay our land reclamation efforts, so am I right?"

"Haha, it's been so long since I've heard you drive."

"I'm just giving you an example." Director Bai smiled slightly, then sighed, "It's been so long since I've been in surgery. I can't even find a place to drive. The medical affairs office is nothing like an operating room, where you can say anything behind closed doors."

"That's true, you can't exactly drive with a patient's furious family member. If that happened, hahaha." Director Liu already had a picture in his mind and burst into laughter.

"Let's eat," Director Bai said. "I'll need to discuss the details further..."

"Old Bai, why are you in such a hurry?" Director Liu asked.

"We can't afford to be slow. Xiao Ji has been back for less than a month and has already completed 112 interventional embolization and partial surgical resection surgeries for kidney cancer. Provincial Natural Science Foundation... not to mention that, recently Xiao Ji has been squeezing every last drop out of Neymar's surgery, and has already published 6 papers."

"..." Director Liu stared in disbelief.

He performs surgeries, sees patients, and goes home after get off work every day. He knows that Ji Xiang's kidney surgeries are all happening right under Director Liu's nose.

But Director Liu never expected that Ji Xiang would be able to squeeze out six papers from Neymar's surgery after returning from filming the variety show.

"If we don't push things forward, I'm worried we won't be able to keep him."

"..."

Director Liu was speechless. Xiao Ji was just too capable.

(End of this chapter)