49 New superintenden (1/2)

After the surgery was completed, Li Liang wrote the medical report. Zhang Fan told Chen Qifa and Wang Yanan that he needed to return to Chasu City.

Li Xiao wasn't busy with work currently as winter was the slow season for her work. Whenever Zhang Fan called her and said that he was coming over, she would cancel any and all other plans to wait for Zhang Fan's massage treatment.

Wang Yanan was still peeved about Zhang Fan driving by himself to Kuake City. ”Why are you going back to Chasu City? We came here to Kuake City to work, not play.” She was trying to lecture Zhang Fan.

”Whatever, I have something to do there. I'll be back again by this afternoon.” Zhang Fan didn't want to listen, and was in a hurry to leave.

”The next time we come across a patient with a simple fracture, let me act as the main surgeon for once. Otherwise, I'm immediately going to call Chasu City Hospital and report you for skipping out on work.” Wang Yanan felt that she had grabbed an opportunity to minorly blackmail Zhang Fan. He performed surgeries far too quickly, so typically she could only perform the surgical sutures. After half a year of studying under him, she felt that she should be capable of operating on simple bone fractures now.

Zhang Fan chuckled. ”Sure, but if you find that you can't do it, don't give up when you can't finish the surgery by yourself. Let me say beforehand that you're not allowed to cry.”

”Go to hell.”

There wasn't much snow on the road right now, so it took Zhang Fan only slightly more than an hour to drive to Li Xiao's home. Previously, Li Xiao was in such pain that she often couldn't sleep. If it weren't for how terrified of surgeries she was, she would have undergone a surgery long ago. Now that Zhang Fan was helping give her rehabilitative massages, and since the treatment was quite effective, she was truly grateful to Zhang Fan as she no longer required surgery.

Li Xiao chatted with Zhang Fan as she was being massaged. She was lying on her side, and the position she was in wasn't very comfortable. Li Xiao remarked, ”Your hospital's Superintendent Huang Yun is about to retire soon. The new superintendent has already been decided to be Ouyang Hong. Should I mention to her beforehand that she should take extra good care of you?”

”Ah, so Vice Superintendent Ouyang is becoming the new superintendent? I thought that the other vice superintendent of general surgery was going to be the new superintendent. No, there's no need to say anything.”

”Ouyang Hong is the personal doctor of the Chasu City Communist Party Committee Leader. She's already been the Committee Leader's personal doctor for more than three years. They have a good relationship with each other, which is why there's no chance at all for that vice superintendent of general surgery.”

Zhang Fan was the first ordinary doctor to learn who the new superintendent was going to be before it was even announced. However, this information wouldn't help him at all. Zhang Fan was completely uninterested in trying to make connections anymore like he previously would have been without his System. Now, he felt like he could simply rely on his skills to move up in life.

After Li Xiao's massage treatment ended, she wanted to invite Zhang Fan for dinner. However, Zhang Fan refused as he wanted to return to Kuake City before it became dark outside. In winter, darkness would come quite early in the afternoon, and it would become more difficult to drive if it was dark.

When he returned to Kuake City Hospital, everyone's regular day shift had already ended. He also received a phone call from Wang Yanan at this time. ”Where are you? The superintendent of Kuake City Hospital is treating everyone to dinner. You're the only person who's not here. Hurry over immediately. The dinner is being held in the largest private room at Kuake City Hotel.”

Right after Wang Yanan hung up, Shi Lei also called Zhang Fan. ”Doctor Zhang, I heard that you went to Chasu City. I'll ask the servers to bring the food a little later than usual. Are you almost here yet? This welcoming dinner party can't start without you.”

Shi Lei knew that Zhang Fan was highly skilled, so he was trying his best to get into Zhang Fan's good graces. Zhang Fan hurriedly replied, ”Vice Superintendent Shi, I'm almost there. There's no need to wait for me. That would be too much.” Zhang Fan hurriedly drove over towards Kuake City Hotel. After he parked his borrowed car and got out, the fat hotel manager came out because he saw Zhang Fan. ”Such a rare visitor. I heard that Doctor Zhang was transferred to Chasu City Hospital? I didn't even get a chance to send you off. Such a breach of etiquette on my part. How many days are you staying here this time? You definitely have to let me treat you!”

Zhang Fan shook the fatty's hand. Zhang Fan then smiled, and said, ”There's no need to be so polite with each other. How's your knee doing? Are there any side effects?” Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

The fatty manager was all smiles. ”My knee is wonderful. In fact, it's even better than before. Since there's metal plating inside it now, I feel as if I've become a cyborg. Alright, we can talk later. I don't want to make you late to your dinner. Everyone from your hospital is in the largest private room. Let me take you there.”

The cold appetizer dishes had just arrived when Zhang Fan entered. Zou Pingshan stood up and smiled as he announced, ”Our youngest expert doctor present has arrived. Zhang Fan, please sit by my side. I left this position just for you.” Li Hongtu was sitting to the right of Zou Pingshan, while Shi Lei sat next to Li Hongtu. It seemed that Zou Pingshan really had reserved his left side for Zhang Fan. ”Superintendent Zou, you're being too polite. I can just have a seat anywhere.”

”How could you just sit anywhere? Here, you're like half a master. Not only that, you're representing a higher-ranked hospital to come here and support us. You absolutely must sit here.” He then pulled Zhang Fan into the seat next to him. This made the two attending physicians from Chasu City Hospital's internal medicine department rather unhappy. A low-ranking resident doctor like Zhang Fan was allowed to sit next to the superintendent and represent all of them? That was shameless sucking up to him! Had Zou Pingshan forgotten hospital social rules right after leaving Chasu City Hospital? It wasn't that the attending physicians had objections to Zhang Fan's sitting there. They were objecting to Zou Pingshan's behavior because back when he was the director of the internal medicine department at Chasu, he would always talk about ranking, and was an extreme stickler for the rules.

Not long after Zhang Fan sat down, he received a call from Tang Jingjing. Since it was inconvenient for Zhang Fan to leave the party, he simply took the call right there. Tang Jingjing said, ”Zhang Fan, I heard you're back in Kuake City?”

”Yeah, Sister Tang. I just arrived today.”