Chapter 8

When Wang Dalei heard this, he flew into a rage: "I'll be damned, how dare you talk to me like that?"

Xu Chunliang hadn't intended to get involved in Zhou Wenbin's affairs, but when Wang Dalei insulted him, he couldn't stand it. From the beginning, he had seen everything clearly; Wang Dalei and his two companions were all scoundrels.

To say that the three in the medical office were too cowardly, the other party had come to their doorstep to cause trouble, and they still endured it in silence.

Back when I was the master of the Five Poisons Sect, who would dare to invade my headquarters? I would make them suffer the agony of being devoured by thousands of snakes.

Xu Chunliang sneered: "The murder of one's father is an unforgivable sin, and grievances have their roots and debts have their owners. If someone killed your father, go and kill him. What are you showing off here for? What? Afraid to go? You're a coward, an unfilial son, how can you still have the face to live in this world?"

Wang Dalei roared and charged forward. He had been detained before for assaulting someone, and he didn't have the nerve to hit someone in public now. Despite his aggressive charge, he was just trying to intimidate Xu Chunliang.

But he had chosen the wrong target. Just as he rushed to Xu Chunliang, something fell from the air. Wang Dalei was startled to see a spider the size of a thumbnail fall directly onto his face.

Slap!

Xu Chunliang slapped him hard, making stars dance before his eyes.

This slap stunned everyone.

Jia Xuegong was the first to be confused. What does the medical office's matter have to do with you, Xu Chunliang? Why are you sticking your neck out?

Zhou Wenbin shivered. He didn't see clearly and thought Wang Dalei had beaten Xu Chunliang, so he asked Chen Guangming to contact the security office.

Xu Chunliang raised his hand after the slap, and in his palm was a flattened spider: "This spider is highly venomous!"

Wang Dalei's two companions saw him get slapped and quickly came to his aid.

Wang Dalei, gritting his teeth, said: "I'll fight you to the death..." But he couldn't finish his sentence, feeling something strange on his face.

Xu Chunliang reminded him: "There's another one."

Wang Dalei didn't believe him, but he believed his companions, who pointed at his face: "Big spider..."

"Big hornet..." The big hornet had also appeared.

Wang Dalei saw it himself; the spider had crawled to the tip of his nose, its body a light yellow. He tried to reach out to pinch it.

Xu Chunliang warned: "It's a yellow sac spider, highly venomous. If it bites you, you'll be serving your father in the afterlife."

Wang Dalei, who had never experienced such a situation, trembled and said: "Quick... quick, help me get it off..."

His companions, hearing it was venomous, didn't dare to touch it easily. One of them suggested calling the police. Although they usually avoided the police, in trouble, they first thought of the people's police.

Xu Chunliang deliberately sighed: "Good intentions get you nowhere. I repay evil with kindness, and you repay kindness with ingratitude." He deliberately waved his hand in front of Wang Dalei: "This one is male, the one on your face is female, and the female is more venomous. If it bites you, even an elephant would die."

Hearing this, everyone involuntarily took a step back.

Wang Dalei, in a panic, said: "Help me get it off..." At this point, he would be happy even if Xu Chunliang slapped him ten times.

Xu Chunliang said: "Don't move. As long as you don't move, it usually won't attack you."

Wang Dalei thought to himself that he couldn't stand there forever and trembled: "Quick... use the shoe sole to kill it..."

One of his companions took off his flip-flops, and Xu Chunliang said: "When you hit it, be sure to control the force. Be careful not to drive the fangs into the flesh. Pay attention to the yellow sac; don't break it. It's full of venom and eggs. If it breaks, the venom will corrode the flesh, exposing the bone. Disfigurement is a minor issue; if the baby spiders build nests on your face and drill into your brain to feed on your brain fluid, you'll either die or go mad."

Wang Dalei was almost in tears: "Don't move, call the police... call the police quickly... If anything happens to me, it won't be settled for less than three million..."

Xu Chunliang said: "Would you have the life to spend ten million? With such a big head, how can you have no brains?"

At this moment, the head of the hospital security department finally arrived with a group of security guards. They had heard that someone was causing trouble in the medical office, but no one expected this scene.

Wang Dalei stood there like a fool, a yellow sac spider on his nose.

Hearing that the spider was highly venomous, no one dared to act rashly. Zhou Wenbin called the toxicology department, asking them to be prepared to treat Wang Dalei if he was poisoned. He had studied biology and seen pictures of yellow sac spiders, but the one on Wang Dalei's face looked like an ordinary spider, not venomous. Was this young electrician just scaring Wang Dalei?

Xu Chunliang smiled at Wang Dalei: "Shall I help you?"

Wang Dalei quickly agreed.

"What if you frame me for hitting you?"

"Don't worry, go ahead, I won't blame you..." Wang Dalei was willing to take another slap.

"If I help you, how will you thank me?"

"I... I promise... I won't cause any more trouble for your hospital... five million for five million..."

At this moment, the spider started moving again, crawling to Wang Dalei's left cheek. Xu Chunliang suddenly struck.

Slap!

This slap was even harder than the last one, and Wang Dalei's sturdy body spun around, leaving clear handprints on both cheeks.

Xu Chunliang showed his trophy: two spiders, one male and one female, dead in his palm, though flattened, their bodies were intact without any venom leaking out.

Wang Dalei was slapped twice in front of everyone. Although he knew Xu Chunliang was helping him, the slaps were real, and he had said he wouldn't blame him.

Wang Dalei, a well-known thug in the North District, cared about his reputation. Embarrassed, he pushed the security guards aside and left without a word.

At this moment, Jia Xuegong had replaced the light tube, and Xu Chunliang turned on the power, lighting up the office.

Zhou Wenbin told the head of the security department, Yu Xiangdong, about what had happened. He was quite dissatisfied with the security department's efficiency. Security guards were visible when there was no trouble, but nowhere to be found when there was.

Actually, these security guards all knew Wang Dalei's reputation. With their meager salaries, none of them wanted to provoke trouble. Although it was their duty to come, they deliberately slowed down.

After the commotion subsided, Zhou Wenbin realized he should thank the young man.

Xu Chunliang and Xiao Feng had already left with their tools, and Jia Xuegong stayed to wait for Zhou Wenbin to sign the work order.

Zhou Wenbin asked Jia Xuegong and learned that Xu Chunliang was a new employee who had just joined the hospital this year. He was young and hot-headed; with a bit more social experience, he wouldn't have stuck his neck out.

Xu Chunliang casually threw the dead spiders on the ground.

Zhou Wenbin specifically used Baidu to identify them and found they were ordinary spiders, not venomous at all. It was indeed a bluff to scare Wang Dalei, and he had even slapped him twice in public. This young man was indeed brave and clever.

In the afternoon, after the hospital meeting, the head of the personnel department, Ma Hongmei, specially found Zhou Wenbin to inform him that Chen Guangming would be transferred to the infectious disease department due to work needs.

Zhou Wenbin was somewhat depressed upon hearing this. With Chen Guangming's departure, only two people would be left in the medical office. Cheng Xiaohong was a girl and couldn't be the one to face the front line. This meant he would have to face the enemy's fire directly, facing a bleak future.

Zhou Wenbin couldn't help but complain: "Before I came to the medical office, there were five people in the department. Two retired, one was transferred, and now another one is being transferred. How can we do all the work with just two people?"

Ma Hongmei laughed: "Everyone knows you're hardworking, but the young people want to advance. We can't hold them back."

Zhou Wenbin didn't think the infectious disease department was more prestigious than the medical office. He knew Chen Guangming was scared and didn't want to live in fear.

Reflecting on the past six months, Chen Guangming had suffered a lot. Last time, he had a physical altercation with a patient's family due to his temper, resulting in an internal reprimand. This incident had solidified his resolve to be transferred.

Zhou Wenbin said: "Director Ma, you know the situation in the medical office. There are many conflicts, heavy workloads, and high pressure. We can't function normally with just two people. If you transfer someone, you must provide new staff, or I won't agree."

"Director Zhou, the transfer isn't my decision. You need to report this to the leadership." She didn't want to specify which leader, as the personnel department head was just an executor of decisions, not the decision-maker.

"Why should I report to the leadership? It's not the leadership who transferred the person." Zhou Wenbin knew he couldn't stop it, and this was just venting his frustration.

At this moment, her phone rang, and she smiled at Zhou Wenbin, asking him to wait.

The call was from the head of the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) department, Zhu Mingyuan. As soon as he connected, Zhu Mingyuan roared: "Director Ma, what do you mean? Why are you forcing a high school graduate on our department?"

"There's no such thing!"

"What do you mean there's no such thing? Is his position not in our TCM department? Not only does it occupy our quota, but the expenses will also be on us?"

Ma Hongmei sighed inwardly. Zhu Mingyuan was known for being stubborn and was currently in a bad mood. She could only placate him: "Director Zhu, don't worry. I'm not clear about this. It might be a mistake. I'll check it out and get back to you."

Zhu Mingyuan wouldn't let it go: "How do you do your job? Check it out immediately. This kind of idle person, you can give to anyone, but we don't want him in the TCM department."

Ma Hongmei hung up, cursing inwardly. This old man was notorious for his stubbornness. Wasn't he also an idle person? How much profit did the TCM department bring to the hospital? Keeping the TCM clinic was just symbolic. She knew Zhu Mingyuan was so agitated because Xu Chunliang's position threatened his interests.

The TCM department was always understaffed, allowing them to claim empty positions and receive extra pay. Xu Chunliang's position threatened his financial interests, and Zhu Mingyuan's anger was understandable.

Ma Hongmei could have passed the buck to Deputy Director Gao Xinhu. Despite Zhu Mingyuan's loud protests, if the hospital gave a firm order, he would have to comply.

However, Ma Hongmei and Gao Xinhu had a good personal relationship, and she didn't want to trouble him unless necessary. Hanging up, she saw Zhou Wenbin, who also looked frustrated, and had an idea. One department didn't want to accept him, and the other didn't want to let him go. If she assigned Xu Chunliang to the medical office, wouldn't that be a win-win solution?

Ma Hongmei had an idea and said to Zhou Wenbin: "I have a suitable candidate, a new employee who just joined our hospital this year."

Zhou Wenbin immediately shook his head: "No, the work in the medical office requires relevant experience, at least some clinical experience. New employees can't handle it."

"This young man is very capable, tall and handsome."

"What's the use of being tall and handsome? I'm not hiring a security guard." Zhou Wenbin actually wanted a few security guards in the medical office to deter troublemakers.

"Experience can be cultivated. This young man is called Xu Chunliang, and he's quite clever."

"What?"

Ma Hongmei repeated Xu Chunliang's name, and Zhou Wenbin immediately recognized the young electrician. There weren't many people with the same name in the hospital, especially not a common one.

He said he needed to think about it and would give her a response by tomorrow.

Back at the medical office, he smelled a strong insecticide odor before entering. Cheng Xiaohong was wearing a mask and spraying inside, and Chen Guangming, unable to tolerate the smell, had also moved outside. Seeing Zhou Wenbin, he smiled: "Director Zhou, Xiao Cheng is afraid of spiders, so she's spraying some insecticide."

Zhou Wenbin nodded, puzzled. He had been in this office for a long time and had never seen spiders before. Recalling the scene of Xu Chunliang slapping Wang Dalei, he realized Xu Chunliang had used the spiders as an excuse. This young man was indeed clever and brave, and few others would dare to confront Wang Dalei.

Chen Guangming offered Zhou Wenbin a cigarette, feeling somewhat guilty for secretly arranging his transfer.

Zhou Wenbin waved it off, still thinking about Xu Chunliang. A young bull was fearless, and the department might need someone like him. Comparing Chen Guangming to Xu Chunliang, he quickly made his decision.