Chapter 18 (2/2)

Tang Wenyi asked uncertainly, “Is he really accepting money?”

Hou Yitong pointed to the office. “Why don’t you go in and try it out later?”

She straightened her back. No matter what, Tang Wenyi could be considered one of her closer friends. Since that was the case, she did not mind helping her.

“Alright, I’ll get going first.”

“Okay.”

Tang Wenyi sat on the chair in a daze. After a while, it was their turn.

The moment they entered, they saw a middle-aged man in a white overall. His triangular eyes were narrowed into slits. He looked like a scheming person.

Lu Yaohua begged, “Chief Physician Zuo, my son is in a coma because of diabetes. Can you help him? Can you admit him?”

Chief Physician Zuo spread out his hands and said, “You have to know that we can’t open up a bed just because I say so. Can’t you see that the people ahead in the queue have all failed? If that’s all you came here for, you can leave now.”

“Chief Physician Zuo, you’re a doctor too. It’s a doctor’s duty to save lives. You don’t want to see someone die just like that, right?”

Trying to find another way, Lu Yaohua said.

Chief Physician Zuo still looked unmoved. “Yes! It’s my duty to save the dying and heal the injured, and no matter what, I have medical ethics, and I don’t use my position for personal gain.

If I were to make space for you, what would the people who were rejected by me think of me? Because I didn’t treat people who were more critically ill, who would be accountable if those people died?”

Both Lu Yaohua and Tang Wenyi fell silent and shook their heads inwardly.

It seemed to them that no one knew how to do the decent thing today.

“If you don’t have any other way, just join the queue. Everyone else is waiting in line. Anyway, you’ve been waiting for so long. One or two more days won’t make a difference.”

Was it really a day or two?

Everyone knew that the waiting time for the first consultation at This Place Hospital was at least half a year.

“By then, Lu Ze would probably be dead,” Lu Yaohua thought.

Tang Wenyi had paid attention to the other method he was talking about. In other words, what Hou Yitong said earlier might be true?

A spark of hope ignited in her heart as she said, “3,000,000 yuan—is there a bed?”

Chief Physician Zuo was delighted, but he did not show it on his face.

“It’s not that I’m reluctant, but there are just too many patients. From what I see, just the lineup of people with appointments can go around Shanghai several times.”

“5,000,000 yuan!”

Chief Physician Zuo was clearly hesitant.

Tang Wenyi and Lu Yaohua looked at each other. This method was feasible!

“Sigh, it’s not that I want to say this, but recently, the hospital had a new CEO, and he is tightening hospital policies. Even if I want to, I can’t do anything about it! If I really do this and the higher-ups find out, I’ll definitely be done for!”

His words implied that the money was not enough.

Tang Wenyi gritted her teeth and said, “6,000,000 yuan. Do we have a spot now?”

Chief Physician Zuo said regretfully, “A few days ago, the leaders of the American headquarters came on an inspection tour. What they set out to investigate was…”

“8,000,000 yuan!”

She interrupted him and said, “Chief Physician Zuo, that should be enough, right?”

A smile formed on Chief Physician Zuo’s chubby face, and his already small eyes became even smaller. “No problem. Since the two of you are so sincere, I will transfer your son to the specialist ward and guarantee that he will become a healthy person!”

“Thank you.”

At last, with smiles on their faces, they parted ways..