He Sha became even more furious, pointing at Xu Jingyin's forehead and roaring like a shrew, "A country bumpkin who never dares to fart is actually so presumptuous? Xu, aren't you afraid of offending me?"
"I... I... I I I..."
Xu Jingyin was instantly terrified and stammered, her pretty face pale, and she retreated repeatedly, burying her head even lower.
Chen Xiao quickly shielded her behind him, then raised an eyebrow and glared at the baring-toothed He Sha, "So what if I offend you? Besides cheating on your husband, do you have any other skills?"
"You..."
He Sha, guilty as charged, was instantly choked speechless, her anger replaced by unconcealable terror. It was clear she was extremely afraid of Chen Xiao exposing her affair with Gou Shunquan in public.
She shot Chen Xiao a venomous glare and fled like a rat crossing the street, cursing inwardly, "Chen Xiao, you just wait. If I don't ruin you, I, He Sha, swear I'm not human!"
As He Sha left, the seven or eight scattered patients waiting in the waiting room no longer had any qualms. They spoke up one after another, confirming that the patients who had left had indeed been cured by Chen Xiao. Previously, they hadn't really believed in Chen Xiao's medical skills and feared retaliation from He Sha, who had been practicing for many years, so they had stood by. Now, they clearly regretted it and wanted to leave a good impression on Chen Xiao to make it easier to seek his treatment later.
Hearing everyone's praise for Chen Xiao, Meng Baobao finally remembered that Chen Xiao was the person arranged by Zhou Wannong. She couldn't help but size Chen Xiao up and said with disbelief, "In the time it took me to handle a few injured patients, you managed to treat dozens of waiting patients?"
Chen Xiao corrected her humbly, "It's not that all of them are cured. After all, illnesses come like a mountain and leave like drawing silk. Some illnesses require continuous treatment for complete recovery, such as prostatitis and cerebral infarction..."
Meng Baobao was impatient and interrupted Chen Xiao before he could finish, "Are there computer records for the medical histories and prescriptions? For the reputation of the Central Hospital and the safety of the patients you've treated, I need to check them myself."
With that, she turned and headed back to Examination Room 1.
Examination Room 1 was divided into three small areas: a consultation desk for receiving patients, a temporary examination bed for patients to lie down on, and a private rest area at the back displaying various medical books and examination equipment. This was where Meng Baobao had diligently worked for decades, and it also served as her office as an associate chief physician. Other doctors and nurses on duty in the outpatient department shared a large office.
Looking around, apart from a wilting cactus on the windowsill as a decorative touch, the spacious examination room was almost entirely white, with the strong smell of disinfectant filling the air.
Upon entering, Chen Xiao got straight to the point, "Dr. Meng, I'm the one Deputy Director Zhou assigned to the outpatient department to report to you, so I haven't had a chance to enter the medical records and prescriptions into the computer yet..."
Frowning slightly, Meng Baobao interrupted him unceremoniously, "So you essentially treated those discharged emergency patients for free and cured them for free? And then they took the prescriptions you wrote and went to the pharmacies outside to buy the medicine?"
Before Chen Xiao could respond, she paused and then continued in an even sterner tone, "This kind of irregular operation not only brings no profit to the hospital, but if those people have any adverse reactions after self-medicating, they might cause trouble for the hospital. Can you bear the responsibility for such serious potential consequences? Cough... cough cough..."
In her anger, she suddenly couldn't stop coughing, her face looking even paler and more haggard. Ignoring Chen Xiao's presence, she quickly took out some pills from a drawer under the consultation desk and swallowed them.
Thinking of his mother, who was also constantly taking medicine due to overwork, Chen Xiao felt a pang of sympathy. His tone softened slightly, "As doctors, if everyone fears taking responsibility, there will only be more emergency patients suffering from illness or even dying without treatment. Furthermore, I heard that Dr. Meng also operated irregularly years ago to treat an emergency patient immediately. Therefore, we are alike."
While Chen Xiao was speaking, he noticed Meng Baobao taking several more types of pills from the drawer. He couldn't help but kindly remind her, "Dr. Meng, your body is clearly overloaded. What you need most is conditioning and rest, not medication to alleviate symptoms..."
"Bang!"
She slammed her water cup down heavily and said menacingly, "Because of that irregular operation, I've never been able to obtain the chief physician qualification. Do you, at such a young age, want to follow in my footsteps? Cough cough... cough cough cough..."
Her emotions fluctuated even more, her coughing intensified, her face instantly turned ashen, and her forehead was covered in fine beads of cold sweat. Then, without any warning, she slumped forward from her chair and fell.