"Don’t call me Director, I can’t bear that title, and as far as I know, you’re no longer a doctor at this hospital." Xiao Yifei showed no mercy.
"Xiao Dr...Xiao Doctor, treating the illness is most important, let’s put aside our past grievances. I feel like I might have caught that disease that’s been going around, my symptoms are quite similar to what you mentioned, please take a look." Zheng Peng’s face was more twisted than crying. Although Zheng Peng himself is a doctor, when illness strikes him personally, he doesn’t have the best mindset to confront it.
People always have a certain inexplicable fear towards the unknown, whether it is good or bad.
Upon hearing Zheng Peng’s words, Xiao Yifei immediately set aside his dissatisfaction with Zheng Peng and, with a serious attitude, began treating him. This illness isn’t something to joke about. Thɪs chapter is updatᴇd by novel·fıre·net
"Why didn’t you mention these symptoms earlier? Instead, you just started spouting nonsense." After saying this, Xiao Yifei realized he might have been the one joking with Zheng Peng first.
So he conducted a thorough examination of Zheng Peng, confirming he indeed had contracted the disease.
Just then, Sun Xingyao came into Xiao Yifei’s office, immediately saying, "Dr. Xiao, you’re so diligent every day, making me feel guilty about slacking off." After speaking, he noticed Zheng Peng was also in the office. Wasn’t he already dismissed? Sun Xingyao was very puzzled.
"Director Sun, how am I diligent? It’s just a special situation requiring special treatment. We can’t slack off as doctors recently. Look, isn’t there a patient with the viral disease right here!" Xiao Yifei’s attitude was particularly good.
Zheng Peng was astonished to see Sun Xingyao speaking so harmoniously with Xiao Yifei. How did these two become close friends as soon as he left? Sun Xingyao’s social skills are impressive; he used to see Xiao Yifei as a thorn in his side, but now they’re best pals.
Sun Xingyao is too slick; how unfortunate am I that I’m the one who messed with Xiao Yifei, which got me fired, and now I’ve caught this disease, while Sun Xingyao benefits from it all. How miserable my fate is! Zheng Peng felt a strange sense in his heart.
"Oh my, isn’t this Dr. Zheng? How come you’re here for a special visit today? Your luck is really bad, how did you end up contracting this virus? I’ve heard this disease is quite difficult to cure, right, Dr. Xiao." Sun Xingyao feigned just noticing Zheng Peng.
With a face full of surprise, he deliberately tried to scare Zheng Peng, knowing he doesn’t take fright well. As expected, Zheng Peng had a face that was about to cry out in fear, hastily turned to Xiao Yifei for confirmation, "Dr. Xiao, is Director Sun speaking the truth? Am I really going to die soon? I’m only thirty, how can I be dying so young?"
"This disease is indeed difficult to cure. Typically, when an ordinary person contracts it, my treatment will have them well immediately, but your constitution is quite special. Our energies clash, so my treatment doesn’t work for you." Xiao Yifei wanted to scare Zheng Peng a bit, so he started to speak nonsense seriously.
As soon as Zheng Peng heard Xiao Yifei’s first words, he was about to cry, but listening further, he realized Xiao Yifei was teasing him. Thinking only about how to rival Xiao Yifei instead of any good deeds. After hearing it all, Zheng Peng finally relaxed. After all, Xiao the Divine Doctor’s reputation is well known throughout the city.
Sun Xingyao felt a bit embarrassed hearing Xiao Yifei speak like that, knowing he had not been friendly to Xiao Yifei before. Xiao Yifei’s words are sharp, casually insulting both of them present. He regretted having to provoke such a person. Sun Xingyao felt a pang of regret in his heart.
Finally finishing Zheng Peng’s examination, Xiao Yifei specifically reminded him, "Remember, you can’t touch water for a month, not even to wash your face, and don’t eat meat. Whether you recover after a month will depend on your destiny."
Zheng Peng nodded like he had received a decree, repeatedly thanked him before leaving.
"What’s up with this virus upgrading? Why haven’t I heard of all these rules before?" Sun Xingyao asked curiously. When he had this illness previously, he only took a few doses of medicine and was fine, no mention of such precautions.
Xiao Yifei tried hard to suppress his laughter, saying, "I get annoyed seeing this person, so consider this a small punishment for him. A month without bathing is a sad affair. What surprises me is that he’s a doctor too, familiar with the disease, yet he’s so scared."
"He seems smart but is actually quite foolish, often doing things without thinking. Even doctors get unsettled when diagnosed with new diseases. I was the same before."
"When I was diagnosed, internally I was terrified, even though I knew this disease isn’t that severe, I couldn’t stop worrying," Sun Xingyao identified with this.
Xiao Yifei thought, well you deserved it, if you hadn’t been thinking those sly thoughts, I wouldn’t have treated you that way. Though thinking this, he said aloud, "See, everything’s healed now, what more is there to worry about."
"Moreover, with my treatment, you really have nothing to fear, don’t you trust my medical skills?" Xiao Yifei asked.
"Trust, trust, Dr. Xiao is practically a deity, I can’t help but admire." Though saying this, inwardly he felt that since you were the diagnosing doctor, he felt uneasy, knowing how his illness came to be.
Xiao Yifei now understood that one must not be too upright, especially when dealing with someone like Sun Xingyao, using his own principles to deal with Sun Xingyao was futile. Instead, adopting Sun Xingyao’s social principles to deal with him was correct.
Though this disease was contagious, fortunately, the local health department and hospitals had implemented sufficient preventive measures and discovered it early enough, so it didn’t result in a massive outbreak. The city currently had ten confirmed cases, all were treated well and recovered nicely.
On that day, Xiao Yifei was in the director’s office discussing something when an elderly man came in, visibly older than the director. The director introduced him as his friend and signaled for Xiao Yifei to continue speaking. Midway, a doctor came for Xiao Yifei, saying another patient had arrived requesting his attention, claiming to have caught the same illness.
Xiao Yifei had to rush over, while the director said to his friend observing, "Let’s head over too and take a look. Our hospital’s young chap is exceptional; seeing him will make you feel inferior."
The elderly man initially had no interest, having settled into a relaxed senior life of morning walks and afternoon chess, indifferent to the tales of the medical world. Yet his friend’s high praise for this young man piqued a bit of interest.