Chapter 426: Chapter 426

Leaving Feng Chengjin, Qiu Mingyan was also sweating profusely.

This is really terrifying.

It’s Feng Chengjin! Rong City’s richest man! He’s the elder brother of Feng Chengyue!

Thinking of Feng Chengjin’s status, Qiu Mingyan swallowed hard; thinking of the strength Feng Chengjin used to hit Mr. Guo, he swallowed harder.

And then thinking about how he has now become the brother-in-law of Rong City’s richest man...

Qiu Mingyan’s heart instantly felt a twinge of fear, even though he had feelings for Feng Chengyue; it felt like staring at the skull specimen in his office—just a skeleton with no flesh, just teeth that instill shivers.

Scratching his head, he returned to the office. As he passed the nurse’s station, he meant to go in for a glass of water to calm his nerves, but then he heard a nurse sobbing inside.

Holding a cup, he frowned slightly, "Little Xiao?"

A group of nurses surrounded Little Xiao, seemingly trying to comfort her.

Seeing Qiu Mingyan, they all greeted, "Professor Qiu..."

Two minutes later, Qiu Mingyan understood why Little Xiao was crying.

Last night’s shift was covered by Little Xiao, who was also the special care nurse for Liang Yichao.

The events of last night were so sudden that Qiu Mingyan felt it was excessively absurd. Lying in a Fourth Hospital ward and still worsening to such an extent, in any scenario , the hospital should bear full responsibility, the nurse most of the responsibility, and the doctor partial responsibility.

But Qiu Mingyan also knew why such a situation happened.

Liang Yichao was admitted purely to pick up girls, not for treatment! So, waving off the nurses, caregivers, even when he went daily for regular check-ups, he would be met with Liang Yichao’s temper, demanding him to leave immediately with threats of violence unless he did, yelling about all sorts of things...

That temper, anyone would get angry. Plus, Liang Yichao had a group of underlings; one time when Qiu Mingyan was rushing to leave after checking on Liang Yichao to record the current situation, he was forcibly removed, almost wishing he could take off his white coat and give Liang Yichao a real reason to need hospitalization himself.

If even the doctors felt that way, how could a mere nurse be to blame?

The Liang family knew their son’s temperament, understanding Southern Fourth Hospital’s management system, and realized that no matter how this incident was viewed, it couldn’t be the hospital’s fault; it was definitely caused by Liang Yichao’s capriciousness. If the hospital could help treat and manage Liang Yichao’s temper, they wouldn’t pursue the matter.

But as far as the hospital was concerned, having such a big incident couldn’t go unaccounted for. Overlooking it would impact the hospital’s future and how patients viewed it. What explanation could they give?

Qiu Mingyan held his cup without speaking.

The head nurse, feeling sorry, said, "Professor Qiu, what do we do? We all know Young Master Liang’s temper; it’s not that we don’t care; it’s that he doesn’t let us care. Little Xiao has been diligent. Only yesterday did Young Master Liang scold her during the day, making her cry, and during her night shift, she still snuck in to check on him. She found no one there and quickly searched, finding him on the stairs. Otherwise, since Young Master Liang refused to be in a VIP ward for unified management and chose the most distant room, not allowing nurses at night, really, if last night’s incident led to excessive blood loss, finding him this morning deceased wouldn’t be unexpected."

The head nurse, reluctant, watched as another close nurse to Little Xiao chimed in, "Yeah, Professor Qiu, Little Xiao’s family isn’t well-off. They’ve pooled their money for years so she could intern in a big hospital. Now, just in her third month and about to become permanent...she can’t be fired over something ..."

"Yeah, yeah." Other nurses, teary-eyed, joined in defending, "Professor Qiu, if working so diligently still leaves us having to face such special patient situations and then getting punished or fired, the status of us junior nurses is just too low..."

For a while, the whole nurses’ station was filled with nurses’ grievances and injustice over last night’s events.

The inherent class levels are hard enough to serve; whether to cater to others’ wishes for more personalized service or to stick to one’s duties for more responsible management was always a point of conflict.

But such conflicts are bilateral responsibilities; it’s unreasonable for one side to carry all the blame, right?

Moreover, all care was rotational; Little Xiao was unlucky enough to end up with Young Master Liang. What if next time, it’s them?

If issues arise without voicing out, unlucky individuals are dealt with one by one, and next time, it could very well be them...

With the junior nurses chattering, Little Xiao looked at Qiu Mingyan tearfully.

For a moment, Qiu Mingyan’s heart felt heavy.

However, after a brief pause, before the junior nurses caused a bigger commotion, Qiu Mingyan thought for a moment and still stopped them: "Alright, let’s stop for now, we’re about to start rounds, you don’t want all the patients to know, it would only create a worse impression. Here’s what I’ll do, I’ll speak with the hospital leaders and try to minimize the consequences. We certainly can’t evade responsibility, as it indeed constitutes a work error; not only you but I also have to report this to the department. However, I’ll try to negotiate; maybe some deducted wages and an extended internship period. I’ll pay your fine, but you need to work three more months, can you do that?"

If that’s the case, that would be great!

In an instant, Little Xiao looked at Qiu Mingyan, so moved she was about to cry with relief just from not losing her job; living costs were enough for her to eat and pay rent, working three more months was doable, doable.

Little Xiao sniffled and nodded repeatedly, and all the junior nurses gazed at Qiu Mingyan, their eyes filled with ineffable gratitude.

Qiu Mingyan was definitely the best doctor at Southern Fourth Hospital, the best, without a doubt!

Everyone looked at Qiu Mingyan fondly, and under such gazes, Qiu Mingyan naturally couldn’t withstand the urge to be showered with kisses from a collective group of women.

Blushing slightly, he lifted the medical records in his hand, "If there’s nothing more, let’s all get to work, as I need to return to my office."

And quickly retreated.

Knowing Qiu Mingyan had just come off an overnight surgery and was very tired, needing to gather his belongings and head home to sleep, the junior nurses, excitedly high-fived each other and then chattered away. They eagerly prepared to repay their favorite Associate Professor Qiu with their actions.

Orthopedics is a peculiar department at Fourth Hospital.

While relationships between doctors and nurses are generally good in other departments, in orthopedics, it’s at an extraordinary level, to the extent that,

when Qiu Mingyan asked any junior nurse for help, they ran faster than serving their own father.

This led to a situation where, one time, when someone came over last-minute asking for a nurse’s help, the nurse fetched what Qiu Mingyan needed first, only turning to help the acting hospital director’s baffled expression after Qiu Mingyan said it was okay... This left the hospital leaders who learned of this feeling quite disheartened.

The head nurse’s eyelashes trembled slightly.

Everyone liked Qiu Mingyan, willing to work harder for him, which the head nurse thought was great.

However, hearing Qiu Mingyan’s last words and knowing some of the stories after spending a long time in the hospital, the head nurse, despite her fondness, also felt a heaviness in her heart seeing Qiu Mingyan’s back.

Today help pay someone’s fine, tomorrow help reduce another’s medical expenses, and the next day help someone with a bit of surgery cost advance.

The Associate Professor Qiu’s salary isn’t low, but spending , is it enough?

In an instant, the head nurse glanced at several pretty nurses in their department, whose families were also quite well-off, one even being the daughter of an owner of seven to eight large supermarkets.

Then looked at how Qiu Mingyan, now thirty-two, was still unmarried and childless.

The head nurse made a mental note, a somber look in her eyes.

She decided that someday she would introduce a few potential matches to Qiu Mingyan...

After changing clothes, Qiu Mingyan headed home, weary from an all-nighter in surgery. Unfortunately, he had already missed Feng Chengyue. Pressing his lips together, he entered the kitchen, found the electric rice cooker, and there lay a bowl of clothes—his clothes, washed, hung up, and drying.

His lips curled into a small smile.

Girlfriends are really considerate creatures.

Looking at the note from Feng Chengyue, he couldn’t help but smile slightly again, "Small note and Tianluo Girl’s care package."

Finally, he went to the kitchen. Thɪs chapter is updated by noⅴelfire.net