Chapter 39 (2/2)

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Zheng Ren was not tired at all after leaving the System.

Despite thirty hours of emergency surgery in Sea City General Hospital and twenty days of intensive training in the System, Zheng Ren actually felt energetic and his body brimmed with vitality.

He could almost confirm his speculation that the System possessed an ability to replenish his health bar and mana pool when the host was in the mysterious world.

Should he go to work or continue his rest at home? In the end, he had decided to take a shower first before departing for the hospital.

He had not seen the postoperative patients in the general surgery department yet. As a surgeon, he would not be able to eat if he did not personally check his patients after surgery.

“Knock-knock-knock!” The knocking was soft as if the visitor was checking if Zheng Ren was asleep.

That must be Little Zhao, so Zheng Ren stood up and answered the door.

“Bro, you haven’t slept yet?” asked Little Zhao charmingly.

They had been renting this house together for more than half a year. Before he rented the house, Zheng Ren had some wild thoughts about living under the same roof with a beautiful woman, a common plot in romance novels.

However, whenever the landlord brought ladies over to check the house, they would always refuse and escape faster than rabbits upon seeing Zheng Ren, which made him wonder if all pretty women were similarly reserved or if he was simply too plain-looking.

In the end, Little Zhao had become Zheng Ren’s housemate.

Little Zhao was a good man who would share his food with Zheng Ren whenever he could not finish them in the live broadcast. From that, Zheng Ren had been able to save up some money.

“What’s the matter?” asked Zheng Ren.

“Are you tired?” There was a gleam in Little Zhao’s eyes, suggesting that he indeed had something on his mind.

“Just tell me what you’re thinking of. Look at you, it’s obvious you’re up to something,” Zheng Ren teased with a grin.

“I’ll come in and tell you.” Little Zhao squeezed past him without waiting for an invitation and sat on the bed, his expression becoming troubled. “Bro, the popularity of the food and drink broadcast channel has been decreasing recently, so I want to start a new livestream.”

“Go ahead, but I don’t have money for the investment.”

“I don’t need your investment.” Little Zheng quickly dismissed Zheng Ren’s worry. “There was a livestream video yesterday that went popular instantly.”

“Okay?”

“An online streamer went to the hospital for medication and happened to see your consultation, so he broadcasted it live and the result was very good,” Little Zhao explained his intention.

There was no point in hiding secrets since they were close to each other.

“It’s not allowed in the hospital.”

“I don’t need permission. You can’t stop me from consulting a doctor, right? I’ll just sit outside the emergency department every day and start a livestream if there is any interesting gossip, or I can just read online novels to pa.s.s the time if nothing happens.”

It seemed like Little Zhao had planned it thoroughly, so there was nothing Zheng Ren could say about it.

“Go ahead then, but I can’t give you the green light from the hospital’s perspective. You’re on your own out there.”

“I just want to know if there is enough interesting gossip in the hospital. If I don’t start my livestream in the next two days, I’m going to starve to death.” Little Zhao was getting more troubled and disheartened. It was what usually happened to those born at the bottom of the social hierarchy. He had a long, miserable past.

“Bro, you also know that I’ve got a girlfriend but I don’t even have enough cash to visit her. I have a really tough life.”

“Stop. I don’t even have a girlfriend and have to rent a house together with you. Don’t you think you have it better than I do?” Zheng Ren quickly interrupted Little Zhao so that the wounds Xie Yiren had unintentionally inflicted on his heart yesterday would not burst open.

“This sort of situation is common in the hospital and you’ll meet all kinds of people, especially in the emergency department. If you want to go there for your livestream, let me teach you a trick.” He smiled and added, “You’ve to establish a good relations.h.i.+p with the security guards.”

Under normal circ.u.mstances, the doctors and nurses would not bother with trivial matters such as live broadcasts in the hospital.

What a joke. How would they have time for such a matter when the emergency department had to handle around one hundred to two hundred patients on busy nights? In any case, a livestream would not affect the patient’s safety.

The excited Little Zhao replied quickly, “Of course, no problem. I’ll still follow the rules.”

“I’m going to the hospital to check on the postoperative patients. Do you want to come along?” asked Zheng Ren.

He could save some fare if Little Zhao, who owned a scooter, wanted to tag along with him. That was what Zheng Ren had in mind.

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