Chapter 53 - Unworthy Purchase of 5000 Yuan Registration Ticket (2/2)

Of course. He was the boss of a small company with an annual income of a few million yuan. It would be disgraceful if he smoked fake Chunghwas.

“What’s the matter with this huge crowd and their silk banners?”

“Huh? You don’t know?” The man turned and stared at him as if he was looking at a monster.

Cui Heming was stunned as well. How would he know? However, he had become a smooth talker after working in business for years, so he immediately put on a smile and explained, “I brought my mother to Imperial Capital to consult a doctor, so I’ve no idea what happened recently.”

“Let me tell you, Chief Zheng from Sea City General Hospital is amazing!” After realizing Cui Heming was out of the loop, the man started excitedly telling the story of the nitrite poisoning, the major rescue operation that followed, and especially the fate of the braised meat restaurant owner.

That braised meat restaurant was a first-cla.s.s old shop in Sea City and had more than twenty branches, which was why it became the hottest issue in just one night.

Cui Heming was flabbergasted.

“You didn’t see it, but there weren’t enough ambulances and the city even mobilized private ambulances to handle the emergency situation that day. Dozens of sirens wailed like a baby in distress. It’s the kind of noise that makes you sick.”

“No one died?” Cui Heming found it difficult to accept this ending.

It was not that he hoped for deaths to have happened, but some things were inevitable especially when medical resources were limited in such a large-scale rescue mission.

“Tut-tut, I initially thought lots of people were going to die too.” The man blew smoke into the air happily. Cui Heming fought down his murderous urges at being left dangling.

“You weren’t there, but every patient had the blue skin color of the aliens from ‘Avatar’ when they were sent here. Oh, have you read any martial arts novels? Imagine that they had been poisoned with a deadly toxin from the Western Regions.”

“…” Cui Heming failed to make the connection.

“Chief Zheng… There, look at that doctor next to that elderly chief physician. He’s young but his skills are amazing. He diagnosed the condition on the spot, allocated the special antidote from all over the city immediately and saved everyone.”

Cui Heming followed the man’s finger and saw the doctor standing beside the tall and strong Old Chief Physician Pan. He was indeed the doctor who informed Cui Heming that night that his mother would recover after getting a tooth extraction.

“Brother, I haven’t asked. What are you doing here with a silk banner?”

“I’m here to thank Doctor Zheng.” Cui Heming was ashamed of his harsh words then. “Doctor Zheng gave me a diagnosis and treatment plan but I refused to believe him, so I brought my mother to Imperial Capital and bought an expensive registration number from a ticket scalper for 5000 yuan. In the end, the diagnosis was the same as the one given by Doctor Zheng…”

“Hiss…” The man beside Cui Heming gasped in astonishment. He had not antic.i.p.ated that Chief Zheng’s diagnostic ability and medical skills had reached the level of senior professors in Imperial Capital.

After finis.h.i.+ng the cigarette, Cui Heming approached a trash can and threw the b.u.t.t into its ashtray. Then, he mentally prepared himself to present his silk banner and apologize for his behaviour from that night.

A man needed to be responsible for his own mistakes and stand firm even if he had to receive physical punishment.

Just as he worked out a long list of compliments and was about to walk forward, a car stopped in front of Sea City General Hospital emergency building.

“Chief Zheng, my father has a stomachache. Can you take a look at him?” yelled a middle-aged man anxiously as he got down from the driver’s seat.

“…” Shoot! His psychological preparation had gone to waste.

Cui Heming froze on the spot and saw over twenty medical staff, who had been posing for the camera in front of the medical department, scatter immediately. A stretcher trolley was pushed out approximately ten seconds later and an elderly man was transferred onto it.

When he looked again, Chief Zheng Ren had already gone.

[1] Chunghwa is a premium brand of Chinese cigarettes produced by the Shanghai Tobacco Group, a subsidiary of China Tobacco. Due to its popularity in the Chinese market, it is considered the most representative brand of Chinese cigarettes and is known as the “national smoke”.

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