Chapter 623: [(623)] Formidable Senior Sister Chapter 623: [(623)] Formidable Senior Sister “`
“The most formidable senior fellow student in our eight-year program and the current director of the ICU, Senior Dai,” He Xiangyu introduced Dai Ronghong to her junior, Xie Wanying.
Xie Wanying hadn’t had the chance to visit the ICU yet. However, a woman who could be the director of an ICU was undoubtedly impressive. Facing her senior, Xie Wanying stood straight and felt a bit nervous, just like the other junior colleagues.
Clad in a simple white shirt and black trousers, the forty-something Dai Ronghong had her hair neatly combed. She was about one meter and sixty-seven centimeters tall and wore practical flat shoes. Her clean features made her look much younger than she was, and her piercing gaze under her long eyebrows was the kind that could make someone shiver even in the summer.
By contrast, the smiling Li Xiaobing by her side seemed much gentler.
The two of them approached the small shop where a group of juniors were standing. Li Xiaobing recognized Liu Jingyun and asked, “Are you about to go to work?”
“Yes,” Liu Jingyun replied to her senior.
“Senior fellow student, you can’t have popsicles. Have some teddy bear biscuits instead,” He Xiangyu offered the snacks she had bought to the seniors.
“Thank you,” Li Xiaobing took the teddy bear biscuits from He Xiangyu’s hands, eagerly tore open the packet, took a bite of the snack, and glanced at the popsicles on the counter. The hot weather made the frozen treats very tempting.
Dai Ronghong noticed her gaze: “You dare to eat?”
“No, just looking,” Li Xiaobing wouldn’t dare. As an expectant mother, she had to abstain for the sake of her child.
“Good that you know,” Dai Ronghong didn’t forget to scold her a little more; after all, she had a history that seemed suspicious of a threatened miscarriage.
Li Xiaobing felt helpless.
“Senior, do you want something else?” Seeing her state, He Xiangyu teased her pregnant senior to cheer her up and handed her a pinwheel the owner had given as a little distraction.
Li Xiaobing was amused by her and asked with concern, “How long were you in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery?”
“Just over a week. As soon as I was better, they kicked me out, afraid of me taking up the bed space. They even scared me before, saying I might have to stay in the ICU,” He Xiangyu complained about the “cruelty” of that department.
“That’s how they treated you? I’ll ask my husband about it when I get back,” Li Xiaobing chatted and laughed with her junior.
Dai Ronghong, meanwhile, picked a few sweat towels from the counter for Li Xiaobing, evidently not interested in joining their banter.
Generally, the seniors from the eight-year program who had stayed at the hospital were rather aloof. The reason was simple: due to important responsibilities at work that allowed no room for personal feelings, it was difficult for them to get close to their juniors unless the junior became famous, drastically reducing the idle gossip about favoritism.
“She, Liu Jingyun, has stayed with our anesthesia department,” Li Xiaobing introduced her to Dai Ronghong, adding, “He Xiangyu is the apprentice of our laboratory science Boss. You should have heard of junior Xie Wanying.”
“Never heard of them,” Dai Ronghong said unequivocally without a hint of falsehood.
“Right, she’s a surgical resident; surgical students get more attention,” Li Xiaobing remembered that was the case.
Dai Ronghong was only interested in internal medicine residents because her ICU needed them. The other specialties were irrelevant to her. It wasn’t necessary to get to know the juniors until they became doctors in the hospital and needed to collaborate professionally.
Rushing to get to work, some juniors affectionately said to senior fellow student Li, “Senior, be careful when you walk.”
“Don’t worry, don’t worry. You go to work,” Li Xiaobing waved cheerfully to them, as if being pregnant were no big deal. Perhaps because she was a doctor herself, she wasn’t too worried about looking after herself.
Having a positive attitude during pregnancy is very important.