Chapter 62: Chapter 62

"What are you worried about? I cherish my life more than you do. You saw my driving skills; don’t forget to get my license sorted, the sooner the better."

Lucy sprinted towards Jacob, and when she got close, she dashed forward and hugged Jacob’s neck, hanging onto him. "Hubby."

Jacob gave her a kiss, "You’re going to scare the hell out of Ah Feng."

"I told him not to follow, but he insisted. I was just practicing."

"You’ve only been taught for a short while and already you’re ready to graduate." Jacob rubbed her forehead affectionately. "What do you want for dinner?"

"I want some corn porridge."

"Steamed vegetables with fried eggs."

"What?!" Jacob didn’t quite catch it for a moment, "Steamed vegetables with fried eggs? What kind of combination is that?"

"It’s just steamed veggies and fried eggs."

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In the living room, the couple discussed the matters of the investigation firm for a while and finally reached an agreement that Jacob would personally meet Stellan and Grace on that day, catching them off guard.

Spending money but not getting what you want, enough to keep you annoyed for days.

During dinner, Jacob suddenly asked, "I remember you said before that if given the chance, you’d still want to practice medicine. Do you still feel that way now?"

Lucy sensed his intentions, "Do you want to arrange a job for me?"

"Go ahead." Lucy accepted with delight, "I want to make use of my expertise."

Jacob’s arrangements were swift and astonishing; just after Lucy mentioned it, it was sorted with a single phone call from Jacob.

She could report to the hospital the next day.

If it weren’t for Jacob, it would have been almost impossible for Lucy to get into the Neurosurgery Department at Ningham City First People’s Hospital.

After all, job competition in big hospitals is fierce.

Even if a fresh graduate like her managed to get in, she’d likely have to start from an internship.

But now it’s different; she bypassed the internship hurdle and went straight to the job.

"Isn’t my hubby awesome?"

"Do you have to say it out loud? Can’t you just keep it in your heart?"

"I want to hear you say it."

"Hubby is really awesome." She gave him a thumbs up, "But all the hospital positions are fixed. Won’t another doctor have to quit if I join? I don’t want that."

Jacob pondered, "You have a point, and your hubby doesn’t want you to become unpopular at the hospital either."

He called the hospital director again, mentioning this concern and requesting an extra position without forcing other doctors to leave.

Despite her consideration for other doctors, when Lucy reported the next day, she still faced exclusion from the neurosurgeons.

There are nine doctors in Neurosurgery: two resident doctors, four attending doctors, two associate chief doctors, and one chief doctor.

Lucy was designated as an attending doctor.

The hospital was supposed to give her a separate office, but she heard that the four attending doctors shared two big offices, so it felt inappropriate for her to occupy a big room alone.

So she added a desk to Michael and Sarah’s office.

In her colleagues’ eyes, this beautiful woman parachuting into the hospital surely got in through unnatural connections.

They assumed she must be an incompetent and useless decorative doctor.

Lucy could sense her colleagues’ thoughts and didn’t plan to argue for herself, since she indeed got in through connections.

So when everyone ignored her, she didn’t bother to make the effort to chat with them.

However, regarding the matter of not being allowed on the operating table, she couldn’t tolerate it.

"You clearly don’t have the spare time to operate on other patients, so why not let me?"

"You just arrived today and you’re a fresh graduate with no practical experience. Hospitals aren’t like schools; going on the operating table means taking responsibility for a life. Putting someone like you on the operating table is extremely irresponsible to the patient," said male doctor Michael Paxton coldly, "So you can leave work early today."

"Someone like me? Judging by appearances alone, that’s Dr. Paxton’s insight?"

"Dr. Eaton, there are many overly confident newbie doctors like you." Female doctor Sarah Reed curved her lips into a mocking smile, "I advise you to first learn diagnostics in the department, and watch more surgeries from other doctors for clinical experience. Gather enough experience before you go on the operating table. After all, if you make any mistakes, it’d affect not just our department but also our doctors’ reputations, most importantly, it would disgrace the backing that helped you get in."

Lucy listened to her and wasn’t upset; she responded patiently, "Dr. Reed seems to forget that I’m just like you, an attending doctor in neurosurgery, not an intern. You have no authority to restrict me from the operating table. Also, while I don’t deny that diagnosing more patients gives a doctor more experience, and more experience leads to more reliable surgeries, that’s not entirely true. Saying ability is related to experience is both valid and invalid. Otherwise, how do you explain doctors who’ve been practicing for decades but never reached the rank of professor?"

"Sophistry." Sarah gave her a glare, "We’re doing this for your good; if you’re not grateful, fine, but don’t be unaware of who helps you."

"For my good?" Lucy asked with a smile, "Does saying that feel painful to you, Dr. Reed?"

At that moment, the department chief walked in.

Sarah seized the chance to complain, "Director, perfect timing. Dr. Eaton insists on getting on the operating table. She’s not pleased with being denied. Explain how a fresh graduate with no clinical experience can be allowed on the operating table?"

A sudden arrival of a doctor without much experience puzzled the department chief. He had even discussed it with the hospital director, who didn’t hide Lucy’s identity but instructed him not to disclose it.

After finding out, the department chief was utterly shocked, meeting her for the first time, and couldn’t believe Lucy was Jacob’s wife and that Jacob was already married.

Who is Jacob? The entire hospital leans on Clan Green’s fortune.

It’s no exaggeration to say having Lucy as a doctor or even as a department director would be possible with a single word from Jacob.

So he dared not offend Lucy.

"Dr. Eaton is an attending doctor just like you; what’s stopping her from getting on the operating table?" The department chief glanced at Sarah, "Don’t assume working here longer gives you the right to bully new staff; that’s strictly forbidden in our hospital."

Sarah didn’t expect the chief to openly criticize her in front of so many people, feeling ashamed and furious, "We just don’t want her on the table temporarily for the patients’ safety, not forever."