Chapter 12

Xu Chunliang, who had lived two lives, had seen all kinds of people. At first glance, he could tell that this old lady was sharp-tongued and mean. He smiled and said, "The kidneys open to the ears, and our ears correspond to our kidneys. A healthy person's ears are thick and moist, indicating sufficient innate kidney yin. Your earlobes are black and dry, indicating extreme kidney water deficiency, which is why your ears feel hot."

The old lady took out her phone and used the front camera to look at her ears, and indeed, everything was exactly as Xu Chunliang had said.

Xu Chunliang continued, "Old lady, are you feeling dry mouth and tongue, increased nighttime urination, and easily getting angry or even having trouble sleeping?"

The old lady nodded and said, "Yes... I went to the neurology department because of insomnia. That Zhao Yongsheng is a disgrace to the medical profession, and I will ruin his reputation."

Cheng Xiaohong secretly rolled her eyes. How had Zhao Yongsheng offended her? Clearly, it was her own fault, and she was making a fuss over nothing. The elderly these days are indeed becoming worse.

Xu Chunliang was extremely patient: "Old lady, anger is harmful to the body. To be frank, given your current condition, if you easily get angry, it's like adding fuel to the fire. Once your kidney water dries up, it could be... tsk tsk..."

"What could happen?" The old lady looked anxious.

Before Xu Chunliang could answer, the deputy director of the urology department, Tan Guoliang, stormed in, shouting, "What are you people in the medical affairs department doing? We work hard to earn money for the hospital, and even if we don't deserve credit, we deserve some recognition. When there's trouble, you just push it onto us."

It was Wang Dalei causing trouble again. He had been slapped by Xu Chunliang at the medical affairs department and changed his strategy this time. Instead of going to the medical affairs department, he went directly to the outpatient clinic to find Tan Guoliang, who had performed surgery on his father. In front of the patients, Wang Dalei loudly berated Tan Guoliang, making him look very bad.

Tan Guoliang, full of anger, came to the medical affairs department for an explanation. He had a reason to be angry. The hospital had formed a special expert group to evaluate the case of Wang Dalei's father, and the results showed that his surgery had no issues. Wang Dalei was just causing trouble.

When Wang Dalei caused trouble today, Tan Guoliang told him to go to the medical affairs department, but Wang Dalei said the medical affairs department had told him to come to Tan Guoliang.

Tan Guoliang felt wronged. The doctors worked for the hospital, and when problems arose, the hospital pushed them away. How could this not make him feel cold?

Not seeing Zhou Wenbin, he slammed his hand on the table and shouted, "Where is Zhou Wenbin? He always runs away when there's trouble. I don't know what you people in the medical affairs department are good for. We do all the work, and when there's trouble, you don't help but make things worse. How can the hospital keep you people who just eat and do nothing?"

Seeing his anger, Cheng Xiaohong quickly smiled and said, "Director Tan, please don't be angry. Director Zhou is at a meeting at the health bureau. I can assure you that we didn't tell Wang Dalei to come to you. We have been actively helping you handle the issue."

"What issue? The expert group has already evaluated it, and there were no problems with my surgery!" Tan Guoliang pointed at Cheng Xiaohong and shouted.

"You're innocent, and there are no problems, so why is Wang Dalei coming to you?"

Tan Guoliang was taken aback and turned to the young man who spoke: "How do you talk to me?"

Xu Chunliang, holding his teacup, said calmly, "If there are no problems, then it must be our fault. Why is Wang Dalei coming to you instead of us?"

Hearing the sarcasm, Tan Guoliang walked towards Xu Chunliang, "What did you say?"

The old lady, who was worried about her kidney water deficiency, was interrupted by Tan Guoliang when she was talking to Xu Chunliang. Seeing Tan Guoliang storm in and shout, she became annoyed and scolded him, "What kind of manners do you have? How do you talk to young people? Don't think you're high and mighty just because you're a director. The reputation of Changxing Hospital has been ruined by people like you."

Tan Guoliang recognized the old lady but was confused. Wasn't she always causing trouble for Zhao Yongsheng? Why was she picking on him? What had he done to her?

Cheng Xiaohong quickly introduced, "Director Tan, please calm down. This is our new colleague, Xiao Xu. He's still not familiar with the work."

Hearing that he was new, Tan Guoliang became even angrier, "Who are you? Do you have the right to speak here?"

Xu Chunliang replied, "You can shout here, but I don't have the right to speak in my own department?"

The old lady interjected, "Xiao Xu, don't argue with low-quality people. Let's continue our conversation. What's wrong with my condition?" The older she got, the more she feared death. Everything Xu Chunliang said matched her condition, and his image in her mind soared.

Tan Guoliang realized that this young man was a troublemaker. Given his position in the hospital, this young man should have shown some respect. Just as he was about to overwhelm Xu Chunliang with his authority,

Wang Dalei entered with a group of people, five in total.

The security guards, who should have been there, were nowhere to be seen.

Cheng Xiaohong, frightened, quickly called the security department.

Tan Guoliang's face turned pale. Although he appeared calm, he was panicking inside. When a scholar meets a soldier, it's hard to reason. He had experienced Wang Dalei's brutality.

Wang Dalei's eyes immediately fell on Xu Chunliang. Because of the two slaps he received from Xu Chunliang, he had specifically found out that Xu Chunliang was an electrician. Seeing Xu Chunliang again, he was surprised. Could it be that the light bulbs in the medical affairs department were broken again? This was too coincidental. Did the light bulbs break every time he came?

Xu Chunliang wasn't afraid of him and smiled, "You're here! Is your face okay?"

Wang Dalei's face turned red, and his dark skin looked like liver. Even if he was stupid, he could hear the sarcasm in Xu Chunliang's words.

Wang Dalei pointed at Xu Chunliang, "I'll settle this with you later." He glared at Tan Guoliang, "Let's get this straight. If you, Director Tan, killed my father, you need to give me an explanation."

Tan Guoliang said, "Your father's death has nothing to do with me."

"Bullshit! Wasn't it you who performed the surgery and caused his death? I even treated you to two dinners for my father's surgery. You finished eating and drinking and then denied everything?"

Wang Dalei and his group surrounded Tan Guoliang. Tan Guoliang looked at Xu Chunliang, "Are you people in the medical affairs department going to do anything?" At this critical moment, no one could help him, but he couldn't escape. He was trapped in the medical affairs department.

Xu Chunliang said, "Didn't you say we're all just eating and doing nothing? We're responsible for coordinating medical disputes, and ensuring the safety of medical staff is the job of the security department. Why don't you go to the security department?"

Cheng Xiaohong thought the same thing but couldn't say it out loud. Xu Chunliang, being young, lacked emotional intelligence, but she had to admit that it felt good to say it. She looked outside, and the security department hadn't arrived yet. According to the usual routine, it would take at least five minutes.

Wang Dalei moved closer, and Tan Guoliang, frightened, moved back. After a few steps, he was blocked by Wang Dalei's accomplices.

Wang Dalei's face was fierce, and he looked like he wanted to eat Tan Guoliang alive.

Tan Guoliang trembled, "Don't... don't do anything rash... The security department will be here soon..."

Bang!

The old lady who had been complaining earlier fell straight to the ground.

Everyone was stunned. How could someone steal the show at such a critical moment?

Xu Chunliang told Cheng Xiaohong, "Call the police!" Then he pointed at Wang Dalei, "If someone dies, you'll all go to jail."

Wang Dalei blinked his small eyes and looked at the old lady on the ground, "What does it have to do with me? I didn't touch her." His accomplice gave him a look, and they realized the situation was wrong. They quickly tried to leave.

Wang Dalei, who was outwardly strong but inwardly weak, was only there to extort some compensation. He didn't want to get involved in other troubles. He pointed at Tan Guoliang's chest, meaning he would settle this later, and turned to leave.

But Xu Chunliang was standing at the door, blocking their way, and said coldly, "No one leaves until this is resolved!"

Wang Dalei got angry and pushed Xu Chunliang's chest, "Get out of my way!"

Xu Chunliang grabbed his wrist, twisted his body, and threw Wang Dalei to the ground with a loud thud, making him scream in pain.

At that moment, the head of the security department, Yu Xiangdong, led a group of security guards up the stairs. Seeing the scene, they were stunned. Damn, a fight!

Wang Dalei's accomplices were ready to fight, but Xu Chunliang used his knee to pin Wang Dalei's back and twisted his arm, making him scream like a pig.

Xu Chunliang said, "Stand still, all of you. Cheng Xiaohong, call the police!"

Yu Xiangdong quickly ran over, "Wait, wait, we'll handle it!"

Xu Chunliang ignored him, "Call the police!"

Cheng Xiaohong hesitated with her phone. Wasn't she openly embarrassing the security department by calling the police now?

Yu Xiangdong came to Xu Chunliang, "Young man, I'm from the security department. Let us handle this."

Xu Chunliang said, "What were you doing earlier? Can you handle a death?"

"Death?" Yu Xiangdong's face turned pale. Had someone really died? The surrounding administrative departments heard the commotion but didn't come out. It was better to stay out of it. The medical affairs department was always in trouble, and people were used to it.

Cheng Xiaohong, following Xu Chunliang's instructions, called 110.

Soon, the police arrived. It wasn't the first time they had come to the hospital, but usually, it was the security department that called. The police only got involved when the security department couldn't handle it. This time, the medical affairs department called directly.

Yu Xiangdong went to talk to the police. Before the police arrived, the hospital's emergency staff had taken the unconscious old lady to the emergency room.

Yu Xiangdong didn't know the details but knew that two groups had come to the medical affairs department to cause trouble, and the old lady, Ms. Jiang, had suddenly fainted.

Wang Dalei complained, "Police comrades, this has nothing to do with us. We didn't touch that old lady. I swear on my honor..."

The police got a general idea. Besides the troublemakers, there were two medical affairs staff and urology doctor Tan Guoliang present.

Tan Guoliang, surrounded by Wang Dalei's group, hadn't seen clearly.

Xu Chunliang insisted that the old lady had fainted due to the intimidation by Wang Dalei and his group.

Tan Guoliang, hearing Xu Chunliang's convincing story and knowing that Wang Dalei was targeting him, didn't want to contradict Xu Chunliang. He told the police that he was also scared by the troublemakers, implying that the old lady was intimidated by them.

Cheng Xiaohong, who hadn't seen clearly, said she was very afraid. The troublemakers were threatening and trying to attack Tan Guoliang and Xu Chunliang, but Xu Chunliang had subdued them, emphasizing that it was self-defense.

The police believed Xu Chunliang's story. They knew who Wang Dalei was. They didn't know the old lady's condition yet, but if she died, Wang Dalei and his group would be the culprits. They immediately handcuffed Wang Dalei and his group.

Wang Dalei was truly scared. He hadn't expected it to go this far. If the old lady died, they would all go to jail.

As Wang Dalei was being taken away, he shouted, "Xu Chunliang, you're slandering me! I'll get you! When I get out, I'll kill you!"

The police reminded him, "That's another charge of intimidating a public official."

Wang Dalei's accomplices looked at each other, thinking about how they would be the ones in trouble if the old lady died.