Healing Doctor

Chapter 719 Urban Legends

"Director Bai, you really are... unique in your values." Ji Xiang thought for a long time but couldn't find the right words, so he finally mumbled something.

"A clear conscience is a virtue, applicable everywhere," Director Bai said. "Let me ask you something: why don't we doctors make enough money?"

"..." Ji Xiang shook his head.

"It's not that we're bad at it, it's just—human life is fucking worthless!"

Upon hearing Director Bai's words, Ji Xiang felt inexplicably distressed.

However, Director Bai only casually mentioned it, and then he laughed and said, "Xiao Ji, what do you think is the most terrifying thing in the hospital?"

"The sound of flatbed wheels hitting the marble floor."

"No." Director Bai shook his head and said with a smile, "Yes—then let me just say a few more words."

"..."

Ji Xiang was stunned for a moment, speechless.

I never expected that someone like Director Bai could be so mischievous.

"Xiao Ji, what's the most memorable thing that happened to you when you were in school?" Director Bai asked.

"Nothing particularly deep. My dad bought an old QQ account to pretend to be a girl and date me, saying it was to teach me a lesson. Does that count?" Ji Xiang asked.

Director Bai pondered what Ji Xiang had said, truly wondering how Ji Xiang had managed to get through such a difficult childhood.

These parents are going too far!

However, Director Bai thought again that not every parent has this ability. For example, he himself would never be able to have a conversation with his son.

Thinking of this, Director Bai felt a slight pang of envy deep in his heart.

"Director Bai, what about you?" Ji Xiang asked.

This ending was somewhat better, and Ji Xiang felt slightly relieved.

"And now?" Ji Xiang asked.

"At the time, that guy said he was drunk, but I thought he was just an animal. All that talk about drunken promiscuity was just an excuse," Director Bai said. "However, a few years ago, I went to the south for a conference and invited him to a class reunion."

The story goes that when his crimes were exposed, the two families were still on good terms. His father hung him up and whipped him with a belt for a whole day, almost beating him to death.

"After the engagement, his family spent their entire fortune to buy him a wedding house. But then the wedding house was demolished, and they received seven apartments, each over 100 square meters, in return. Then, there were more demolitions, and now he just collects rent and drinks tea every day; his son has already graduated from university."

"..."

"Humans, their fates are truly peculiar," Ji Xiang remarked with a touch of melancholy.

"When I met him, I didn't see much change in him; he was just in a sage-like state no matter when or where."

"hehe."

"Yes, when I was in school, I heard that there was a university in Chang'an in the 1980s. When they were about to graduate, seven hot-blooded young men decided to commemorate their university life."

Seeing that Director Bai's mood had improved, Ji Xiang followed up by asking, "How did you commemorate it?"

"I ordered a chicken," Director Bai said with a mocking expression.

"..."

"After graduating from university, I was really healthy back then. The girl also made it through; she even washed up early in the morning. After receiving the money and leaving, everything was fine until she was about to leave the campus when she fainted."

"As a result, all seven guys were expelled from school without graduation certificates or completion certificates, and it was considered a serious incident. What a pity for college students back then," Director Bai remarked with a sigh.

"It can't be that bad."

"Three to five years earlier, they would have had to eat peanuts together. Unlike now, the obstetrics and gynecology clinic is lined up with people getting abortions every day," Director Bai said.

"Director Bai, are you feeling better?" Ji Xiang asked.

"Well, I don't have any other choice," Director Bai said. "Get used to it, accept it, what else can we do? It doesn't matter if it's good or bad, just make do."

"Why does that person need to rest?" Ji Xiang asked. "Could it be that treating patients has taken a lot of energy? I've heard that people like that usually don't live long."

"I don't understand, and you shouldn't ask around. We avoid people and things like this," Director Bai said. "After she leaves, you stay here. I'll get the anesthesiologists to come with me. I'll pretend to be a patient and see where the problem lies."

Ji Xiang recalled what Director Lu Gang had said to the patient's family.

Does this mean that when the problem is finally found, everything will be thanks to that master?

Ji Xiang felt somewhat resentful.

Oh shit!

On what grounds?

But Ji Xiang was just hurling a casual remark. Having experienced so much empathy, Ji Xiang was no longer a naive young man; he had long lost that youthful naiveté.

There are some things he can change himself, but Ji Xiang doesn't want to rely on his family forever.

Finding the parents? What kind of skill is that!

As Ji Xiang pondered this, he chuckled to himself. In his mind, even going to the system's operating room to find the system NPC was part of finding his parents.

"What are you laughing at?" Director Bai asked.

"I... I just remembered something." Ji Xiang brought the topic back to what had just happened. "When I was in high school, there was a girl who was always in the top five of the entire grade. Maybe because of the pressure, she had some mental issues."

"Oh? He jumped off a building? A few years ago, a child jumped off a building because he couldn't bear the humiliation of getting second place in the whole grade. When I heard that, I thought of my son. I wish he had that kind of spirit," said Director Bai.

Ji Xiang discovered that no matter what he said, Director Bai could always answer correctly, which he could call being experienced.

However, every family has its own problems, and it seems that Director Bai's son is not very promising.

"No, Director Bai," Ji Xiang said. "That girl, in her senior year of high school, would dip her hand in feces and write math problems on the wall after each bowel movement."

"..." Director Bai was also taken aback.

"It's been so many years, I almost forgot about it."

"This must be what they call striving for self-improvement."

"Haha, Director Bai, you're really funny."

Suddenly, chaotic footsteps echoed down the corridor, accompanied by loud shouts. However, their shouts sounded like opera, and Ji Xiang couldn't understand their dialect.

Director Bai's expression hardened, and he stood up and returned to the corridor leading to the operating room.

Ji Xiang followed behind Director Bai. He noticed that the dean's expression was off; his face was pale, his forehead was damp, his hand was covering his chest, and he was staring at the other end of the corridor.

"Heart attack?" Ji Xiang wondered.

But everyone's attention wasn't on the dean; he must have seen something terrifying.

What exactly happened?

Director Bai walked towards the dean. As soon as he glanced at him, his body visibly stiffened, and he stumbled, almost falling over.

Ji Xiang raised an eyebrow.

(End of this chapter)