Chapter 316 - Rejecting the Invite! (1/2)

Chapter 316 Rejecting the Invite!The top pinned post was on Fang Qiu’s Weibo account was from the competition of the pulse of pregnancy.

It had been there for several months.

There were more than 50,000 comments on his post and more than 10,000 reposts.

The number of comments and reposts had already slowed down as time passed but after he was revealed to be the first invited participant of the competition who would directly progress to the top 50, the number of comments and reposts soared once again.

“My hero, you have been invited!”

“I’ve waited to see you for several months and now, finally, I’ll be able to see you.”

“I wasn’t able to catch a glimpse of your face in the past but now that the Central Television is holding such a large-scale competition, I’m sure I’ll be able to see your face this time, right?”

“As expected of my hero, you even managed to get a special invitation from the Central Television. You’re amazing!”

…

Linxi County.

Fang Qiu who had not logged on to Weibo for several months didn’t know what was going on online and was still resting at home.

He had spent his entire holidays treating patients who were his relatives and patients who were not related to him at all.

The number of people showing up at his doorstep had gradually decreased perhaps in part due to the fact that the lunar new year was almost over.

This was a brief respite for him.

On the 16th day of the lunar new year.

“Beep beep beep…”

Fang Qiu was resting on his bed reading a book when his phone suddenly rang.

He dug out his phone and assumed that it was Jiang Miaoyu but to his surprise, it wasn’t her.

“The third oldest?” Fang Qiu froze in surprise when he saw Sun Hao’s name on the screen. Then, he picked up the call.

“The youngest?” He heard Sun Hao’s familiar voice on the other end of the line. “How did you manage to generate so much publicity for yourself without any warning? I thought we were friends, so how could you not let us know about such an important matter. Do you not know that this isn’t how a true friend should behave?”

“What?” Fang Qiu asked in confusion.

“Why are you still putting on an act even after the news has been made public?” Sun Hao asked disdainfully.

“What news has been made public? What are you talking about?” Fang Qiu asked in bewilderment.

“Don’t tell me you’re not aware of this,” Sun Hao asked when he noticed that something was amiss. “I’m talking about your participation in the Young Physician of China Competition.”

“That might be true but I didn’t make publicize my involvement in it,” Fang Qiu said in confusion and wondered how did Sun Hao know that he was going to take part in this competition.

“You didn’t publicize your involvement but the organizing committee has already revealed that you’re participating,” Sun Hao said. “It is plastered all over Weibo. The organizing committee of the Young Physician of China Competition has already revealed that you are the first participant who has been invited and they even said that you would be able to progress directly to the top 50 without having to participate in the initial and qualification rounds.”

“Hmm?” Fang Qiu froze in surprise. “Is this true?”

Sun Hao was speechless.

He could tell from Fang Qiu’s tone that Fang Qiu was truly not aware of what was going on.

Wasn’t Fang Qiu the main protagonist in this drama?

How could he be kept in the dark of what was going on?

Sun Hao gave Fang Qiu the details of the situation and they chatted for a while before finally hanging up.

After he wrapped up his conversation with his friend, Fang Qiu was about to go online to find out what was going on but his phone started ringing before he could even click on his phone’s web browser.

“Beep beep…”

He received another call.

This time, it was Zhou Xiaotian.

He wanted to speak to Fang Qiu about the Young Physician of China Competition just like Sun Hao earlier.

After he finished speaking to Zhou Xiaotian, he received a call from Zhu Benzheng.

Then, Jiang Mengjie called him as well!

Fang Qiu felt as though his phone was about to explode from the number of calls he was receiving. It seemed as though the moment he wrapped up a call, the next call would come in.

Fang Qiu wasn’t even given the chance to go online.

After he wrapped up his conversation with Jiang Mengjie, he stopped trying to go online and instead, held his phone in his hand.

Then, he waited for more than 10 seconds but he didn’t receive any other calls.

He breathed a sigh of relief and clicked on his phone’s web browser.

However, his phone rang before he could refresh his web browser.

It was Jiang Miaoyu.

“Hello?”

Fang Qiu immediately asked, “Are you calling to ask about the Young Physician of China Competition as well?”

“How did you know?” Jiang Miaoyu replied.

“I’ve received so many calls on this topic,” Fang Qiu replied with a wry smile. “My phone has been ringing non-stop with calls from my friends asking about this.”

“No wonder I kept getting the message that your line was busy even after several attempts at trying to reach you,” Jiang Miaoyu nodded as realization dawned. “Are you really going to take part in this competition?”

“Yes,” Fang Qiu nodded.

“That’s good. This is a rare opportunity and it is even organized by the Central Television,” Jiang Miaoyu said.