Chapter 98: [98] Senior Brother to the Rescue 3
Huang Zhilei’s confidence swelled with his senior brother’s return. After the junior sister revealed that it was Director Lv’s patient, he truly didn’t dare to meddle with the situation. The medical profession, after all, is one that respects hierarchy.
Xie Wanying, following behind the two senior brothers, also deeply felt that the atmosphere had changed greatly from just a moment ago. Those other medical students who had originally mocked her now fell silent in her solitary presence.
These people automatically and consciously cleared a path for the three of them.
Inside the dressing room, the duty nurse, seeing Cao Yong, became visibly excited and shouted loudly, “Dr. Cao!”
Director Lv, who had just finished stitching up a patient, immediately furrowed his brows.
As for Doctor Wang, assisting at the side, his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets upon spotting Cao Yong’s arrival, “When did this happen?”
It was evident that both individuals were overly surprised by Cao Yong’s appearance at this time; they hadn’t heard anything about it before.
“Hello, Director Lv,” Cao Yong said, hands in the pockets of his white coat, smiling amiably as he greeted his department colleague.
“You’re back?” Director Lv squinted at him, speaking over his shoulder, “When did you get back? Director Chen didn’t mention that you were coming back today. What’s going on?”
“It’s difficult to book a flight home during the New Year, so I couldn’t provide the department with an exact date,” Cao Yong explained.
“This person is—?” the female patient’s son was the first to notice that Cao Yong’s doctor badge seemed to rank equally with that of Director Lv.
“My surname is Cao, are you Director Zhang’s son?” Cao Yong asked.
“You know my dad?” the son of the female patient was surprised.
Director Lv and Doctor Wang immediately became vigilant: what was happening here?
“President Wu called me. It might be that your dad called President Wu, asking me to take a look at your mom’s injury,” Cao Yong explained.
It was his own dad who had called the hospital president to request the doctor.
Upon hearing this, the patient’s son instantly understood what was going on: it was clear that Dr. Cao’s medical skills were considered superior to Director Lv’s, otherwise why would his dad and the president call him instead of Director Lv.
“Thank you, Dr. Cao. My mom is , she suddenly called me saying she fell at home—” the son of the female patient disclosed the reason she was brought to the hospital.
Handsome Cao is impressive. She had asked to death earlier and they didn’t say a word. Xie Wanying inwardly marveled. The medical profession truly is one step at a time, built up through accumulation.
“Fell?” Cao Yong narrowed his eyes, recalling Huang Zhilei’s earlier conjecture. It seemed, this junior sister, who resembled a fairy at their first encounter, was about to be right once again.
Director Lv and Doctor Wang, seeing this, tried to interject in any way they could.
“She accidentally tripped, and her head hit the corner of a table, causing the injury,” Doctor Wang attempted to interject on behalf of Director Lv, trying to prevent Handsome Cao from continuing the consultation, “There’s no issue with the wound, it hasn’t affected the bone, just a scalp laceration. Director Lv has taken care of it, disinfected and stitched up the wound, there’s nothing more.”
“A table corner can cause a laceration?” Although Cao Yong’s tone was low when he said this, it unmistakably carried a hint of amused laughter.
Doctor Wang said, “Lacerations can happen if the table corner is sharp enough.”
“What do you think?” Cao Yong turned around and asked his junior sister.
Everyone around was stunned. Huang Zhilei thought: Could it be that his senior brother also wanted to take the opportunity to test the junior sister, who’d just arrived for clinical practice that day?
Upon receiving Handsome Cao’s cue, Xie Wanying responded without hesitation, “Tests related to nystagmus could be done.”