"You scoundrel, you..."
Falling into Chen Xiao's arms once more, Zhou Wanrong's delicate face turned even redder, and she made a show of struggling.
Chen Xiao, a step ahead, tightened his grip on her slender waist and whispered into her ear:
"Sister Wanrong, Li Bingxue is clearly trying to extort us. The more we fear her, the more she'll push her luck."
"But..."
Zhou Wanrong hesitated, then leaned into Chen Xiao's embrace, feigning compliance.
Li Bingxue stomped her feet in anger and roared indignantly:
"Zhou Wanrong, are you blind? Chen Xiao is just a simp I dumped a few days ago! From college to the Central Hospital, he and I were in a secret relationship for nearly five years. Besides being handsome, he's useless, and he's a bastard with a mother but no father! Your looks, figure, temperament, and ability are all a hundred times better than mine. How could you fall for him?"
Zhou Wanrong's blushing face suddenly turned cold. Without looking back, she retorted:
"Isn't being handsome enough?"
Li Bingxue's face instantly contorted, looking as if she had stepped in something foul:
"You... what do you mean?"
Zhou Wanrong sneered:
"Li Bingxue, if I'm not mistaken, you probably dumped Chen Xiao for Liu Zihao, right? What I mean is, in terms of looks, Chen Xiao is a hundred times better than Liu Zihao! In terms of education, Chen Xiao is still a hundred times better than Liu Zihao! And in terms of medical skills, Chen Xiao surpasses Liu Zihao by a hundred times!"
Chen Xiao looked at Zhou Wanrong's flawless, porcelain-like face, so close he could almost touch it, and smelled the faint peach-like fragrance of her breath as she spoke. He was even more captivated and corrected her without hesitation:
"Deputy Director Zhou, you're mistaken. It should be I who dumped Li Bingxue."
Zhou Wanrong stared directly into Chen Xiao's eyes:
"Good riddance!"
"Zhou Wanrong, don't get too smug. If you calculate the time, the post about Chen Xiao illegally possessing a firearm has probably already reached the police. Just wait for him to rot in prison!"
Li Bingxue, attacked from both sides, was so enraged she almost vomited blood. Unable to bear staying in Zhou Wanrong's office any longer, she turned and left.
Recalling that the malicious online exposé was orchestrated by Li Bingxue's uncle, Chen Xiao became furious. Before Zhou Wanrong in his arms could react, he quickly chased after her.
It was nearing the lunchtime break.
Chen Xiao, one elevator behind, caught up. Seeing Li Bingxue return to her office and prepare to clock in, he unceremoniously blocked her path:
"You don't need to clock in."
The doctors and nurses present, including Yang Longjian, Hu Yun, and Feng Da Xiang, were startled. Even Niu Kunpeng, responsible for office attendance, dared not speak.
Li Bingxue, unfazed by Chen Xiao, yelled back fiercely:
"Why?"
Chen Xiao's face contorted into a cruel smile:
"Because I'm firing you!"
"Pfft—"
Li Bingxue burst into laughter in her rage, her tone becoming even more arrogant:
"Chen Xiao, do you really think you can do whatever you want at the Central Hospital just because you're with Zhou Wanrong? Don't say I didn't warn you, even Zhou Wanrong doesn't have the authority to fire me casually! After all, I've been well-behaved and diligent during my tenure, unlike some people who send mass messages to sexually harass female colleagues, engage in public brawls multiple times, and even used illegal firearms from overseas terrorist groups to illegally become a resident physician, not to mention having an affair with their supervisor in broad daylight!"
Relying on the backing of Liu Zihao's uncle, Gou Shunquan, she was not afraid of Chen Xiao at all.
"Heh heh."
Without another word, Chen Xiao directly took out his phone and called Gou Shunquan, deliberately putting it on speakerphone.
As soon as the call was connected, Gou Shunquan, who had never taken Chen Xiao seriously before, immediately said enthusiastically and courteously:
"Dr. Chen, I've heard about the malicious exposure you're facing online. Please rest assured, I absolutely do not believe those rumors and will guarantee your innocence."
Chen Xiao knew that Gou Shunquan's sudden change of heart was to beg him to treat Liu Jinya. Without wasting time, he got straight to the point:
"What is the procedure for firing Li Bingxue?"
"This..."
Gou Shunquan on the other end of the line clearly paused, as if weighing the pros and cons. The faint voices of Liu Zihao and Gou Shunfang could be heard. Then, his tone became even more obsequious:
"Dr. Chen's words are as good as gold. With one call from me to the Medical Affairs Department, it can be settled. No procedure is needed. However, my brother-in-law's life still depends on Dr. Chen..."
Frowning slightly, Chen Xiao interrupted Gou Shunquan unceremoniously:
"Stop the crap and tell me directly how long it will take!"
Gou Shunquan was terrified and stammered:
"Five minutes... No, no, no... two... one minute! At most one minute, it can be done!"
Chen Xiao hung up the phone cleanly and then said coldly to Li Bingxue:
"You can get lost now!"
Li Bingxue completely panicked. She quickly took out her phone to call Liu Zihao, only to find his phone was off. Then she called Gou Shunquan, but the call was hung up after just one ring. She then prepared to call Gou Shunfang, and at that moment, she received a text notification of her dismissal.