Chapter 54: 054 Clever wives can’t cook without rice (Xie Qi rewards additional chapters for unveiling alliance) Chapter 54: 054 Clever wives can’t cook without rice (Xie Qi rewards additional chapters for unveiling alliance) Qin Ziran was in the office, waiting for Fang Xin to bring Dai Fang to him.
Impatiently listening to Ke Minghong’s purpose of visit, Qin Ziran said,
“Now it’s my girlfriend who has been poached by Gong Yi, and instead of blaming Gong Yi, you are asking me to step back for a better view. What kind of logic is that?”
Ke Minghong was about to say more, but Qin Ziran cut off the old man’s rambling,
“Why don’t you do this, since you think this is a love triangle between a few people that has hampered the supply of medical supplies, go and persuade Ah Mi to come back.”
Ke Minghong, standing opposite Qin Ziran, was taken aback.
He hadn’t expected Qin Ziran to be so petty. To win back Hua Mi’s heart, had Qin Ziran really resorted to any means necessary?
“As long as Hua Mi returns to my side, not to mention signing off funds for the garrison rescue team, even if I have to approve a little more for you, that’s not a problem.”
Qin Ziran, abusing his public power for personal gains, looked at Ke Minghong with a sense of control.
Helpless, Ke Minghong, a responsible man with no real authority, simply couldn’t refuse Qin Ziran.
He dejectedly walked out of Qin Ziran’s office and looked at the bustling emergency area where medical staff in white coats hurried back and forth.
Even the most capable wife can’t cook without rice, and his highly competent team couldn’t overcome the lack of medical supplies.
Ke Minghong had just taken a step when he saw a little boy with his leg wrapped in a white bandage happily running past him.
Following him was a woman holding a bottle of ethanol, frantically chasing after him,
“Darling, darling, quickly apply the medicine…”
Before she could finish her sentence, she saw Ke Minghong, and the woman quickly hid most of the bottle of ethanol.
She acted as though she was afraid that Ke Minghong would see it.
Ke Minghong was puzzled; he remembered this little boy who, when brought in, had severely mangled leg wounds.
To think of him bouncing around like now, even surviving was difficult.
It had only been a few days, and now he could run and laugh.
Thinking back to how that mother had just hidden the medicine, Ke Minghong felt a sadness welling up and quickly hastened his steps, rushing out of the emergency area to find Hua Mi.
Hua Mi was sitting on the RV’s step, looking drowsily at the light drizzle.
The people coming to buy medicine were endless; word of mouth not only brought people from within the emergency department but also purchasers from the rescue center.
Luckily, Ye Rong had imposed a limit; otherwise, Hua Mi was genuinely worried that the hundreds of thousands of medical supplies in her level 7 storage might not suffice.
Da Fu and Xiao Fu were handling the business up in front of the empty shelves, one selling water, the other medicine. The two kids now had a knack for trading.
Ke Minghong stood in the rain, finally waiting until a group of survivors, overjoyed with their medicines, left.
With anger rising, he stepped forward into the RV’s awning and sarcastically said to Hua Mi,
“Miss Hua is really generous. It seems that your relationship with Captain Gong is going well, even venturing into the business of trading medical supplies.”
The implication of his words was clear: was Hua Mi using the garrison supplies to make a personal profit?
Hua Mi, sitting on the step with her sleepy fox-eyes, finally woke up somewhat, and looking at the bald Ke Minghong, she said mockingly,
“Well, look who’s here, if it isn’t the medical supervisor who drove Cao Feng and Tang You out of the emergency area.”
Who is not good at being sarcastic? Seriously.
Ke Minghong folded up his umbrella, finding it a bit hard to breathe due to the thick moisture in the air.
He caught his breath and said,
“Miss Hua, let me be frank with you, you’re aware that because of a few of you, the medical supplies in our emergency area have become strained…”
Hua Mi stood up, compared her height with Ke Minghong’s, and after taking a step back to stand on the RV’s step, she looked down at him,
“What did you say? Our few people are causing a shortage of medical supplies in your emergency area? Which people? Tell me.”
“If you don’t clarify this matter today, don’t expect to leave here alive!”
Believe it or not? It would take Hua Mi just minutes to kill him.
Ke Minghong struggled to raise his head, looking up at Hua Mi. The difference in their height put a lot of pressure on him.
But he couldn’t lose this battle and immediately said,
“First of all, you shouldn’t bring personal relationships to a place . The emergency area takes not only the seriously injured from Xiang City but also patients from several nearby disaster-stricken cities.”
He swallowed, his neck sore from looking up,
“I know Qin Ziran cheated on your cousin, and you’re upset, but you can’t take this personal vendetta so far as to prevent Gong Yi from lending medical supplies to the emergency area.”
“Miss Hua, you shouldn’t be exploiting this for personal gain either, by taking medical supplies from the emergency area and selling them here at high prices…”
He said it bit by bit, airing all his grievances over the past few days.
Because he couldn’t criticize Qin Ziran, didn’t dare criticize Gong Yi, and disdained to criticize Fang Xin.
So, catching Hua Mi, he lectured her like scolding a primary school student.
Hua Mi rubbed her palms, not waiting for Ke Minghong to finish admonishing, she interrupted,
Ke Minghong stared at Hua Mi, shocked that she would curse.
Considering his over a decade on the front lines, then teaching medicine in university for another decade, and now over fifty years old, appointed to manage the emergency area for thousands of patients despite not being perfect, he felt guilt-free.
Yet, now a junior was calling his words bullshit?!
Sensitive Ke Minghong suddenly found himself breathing heavily, feeling the air thin and darkness clouding his vision.
Hua Mi also felt nauseous with anger, pressing one hand to her uncomfortable stomach. Facing someone like Ke Minghong, she was caught between a rock and a hard place, only able to fume,
“Let me straighten out your theory here. Sure, I was blind enough to fancy Qin Ziran before, but I made a clean break. Would I really disregard the lives of thousands in the emergency area over some cheating scumbag? Him sleeping with any slut he wants, should I feel sorry for him?”
“You say I stopped Gong Yi from supplying your emergency area with medical materials, haha, you really overestimate my importance in Gong Yi’s heart. Can’t you see what kind of man Gong Yi is, all about his career?”
“And another thing, isn’t the lack of medical supplies in your emergency area because the supplies from outside the town haven’t been brought in? Don’t think I don’t understand, I supply all the medical materials to the garrison supplies, I know better than anyone.”
“And you, you old pedant, you… hey? Don’t roll your eyes at me, hey hey hey??? Don’t accuse me of anything; I didn’t say anything bad to you.”