Chapter 301 - Return of the king (1/2)

The top level of W Mall had many restaurants. The doctors didn’t go anywhere expensive like a seafood buffet. Although Wang Hong was treating them, the others would feel too awkward about going to a restaurant that expensive. So, they chose a popular hot pot restaurant instead. The others had begun ordering food already by the time that Zhang Fan arrived.

“You’ve finally come after trying to summon you for tens of thousands of times! Hurry, Director Zhang, you’re the only one who hasn’t ordered any food yet. What would you like? I’ll help call a server over for you.” Wang Hong greeted Zhang Fan passionately.

“Thank you, thank you. There was a traffic jam on the way. I’ll be fine with just a tomato hot pot,” Zhang Fan responded politely. He then greeted the others.

“Brother Zhang, sit here.” Wang Zipeng hurriedly got up and pulled a chair over for Zhang Fan.

“You should sit down. No need to be so polite with me. I can get a chair for myself. How come all of you are here today?” Zhang Fan hurriedly stopped Wang ZIpeng.

“We finally get a chance to rest, so we decided to come here and see the world. Teacher Zhang, which department were you assigned to?” Tong Lili directly addressed Zhang Fan as Teacher Zhang.

“Hey! W Mall’s prices are truly expensive. It really is only possible to look at things here. I really don’t know what department I’ve been assigned to yet. The hospital leadership hasn’t notified me of anything other than telling me to go to the hospital administration department on Monday,” Zhang Fan explained to Tong Lili as he sat down. Tong Lili was greatly relieved now that she had been assigned to the nephrology department rather than the infectious diseases department. All of her previous depression had disappeared without a trace. She was quite energetic now that she was happy. It even seemed like the freckles on her face had decreased in number!

“Teacher Zhang, would you like spicy peppers and garlic? My guess is that the hospital leadership wants to ask you where you want to go,” commented the male doctor who had been assigned to the neurosurgery department. His family was rather poor, but he was the steady and reliable type, as well as an introvert.

“Hey, I can’t handle you calling me teacher. We’re all the same. You can just call me by name. I don’t know what the hospital leadership is planning for me. As for you, I hear that you’re going to be in neurosurgery? You’ll have lots of hard work ahead of you.”

“Yeah! Haha.”

“Zhang Fan, you don’t eat spicy peppers?” Wang Hong inquired.

“I do, but I can’t handle too much spiciness.”

“Haha, how can a man say that he’s incapable? You men should drink some white wine. Lili and I will just drink some red wine. We’ve finally all finished with being rotation doctors. We should celebrate!” Wang Hong had truly matured.

These young doctors who had just begun working a year ago had already begun automatically maintaining their own social circles. They were learning how to engage in verbal spars and wear masks while saying things they didn’t believe. They were learning how to exchange various resources and benefits with each other.

Maybe this was how maturity was in Chinese society. The older one was, the lonelier they would become. Older adults would have fewer friends! Over the course of the hot pot meal, everyone said countless useless things.

Shao Hua also knew that Zhang Fan was no longer a rotation doctor. She especially purchased a David Attenborough handbag for him to celebrate his graduating from being a rotation doctor. After the two of them ate dinner together, they then took a walk down Binhe Road.

“Little Rock, my Little Rock is becoming a formal doctor. Let me see if you’re proud of yourself!” Shao Hua whispered sweetly into Zhang Fan’s ear.

She was intentionally blowing her breath into Zhang Fan’s ear, which made him feel numb and soft all over as if a weak electric current was running through his body. Zhang Fan couldn’t help but move his hand towards a certain spot on Shao Hua’s body.

“No! There’s so many people around! Stinky Rock.”

Zhang Fan squeezed his erection through his jeans.

Shao Hua embarrassedly slapped away Zhang Fan’s hand. The two of them continued to walk slowly down by the riverside. Zhang Fan took a deep breath as he watched the pouring river, and exclaimed, “It’s been seven long years since I started going to medical school. Now, I can finally be properly addressed as Doctor Zhang!”

“Yes, you’ve worked really hard! Here’s your reward.” Shao Hua stood up on her tiptoes and gently kissed Zhang Fan.

On Monday morning, Zhang Fan reported to the hospital administration department.

“Have a seat for a moment. Let me call Vice Superintendent Zhao. He’ll take you to your department in a bit,” the hospital administration director greeted, smiling at Zhang Fan. Vice Superintendent Zhao was Chasu City Hospital’s surgeon vice superintendent who was in charge of the surgical departments.

Zhang Fan smiled and nodded without saying anything. He sat down on a chair in the hospital administration department. Right when he sat down, an employee of the hospital administration department poured a cup of water for Zhang Fan.

“Doctor Zhang, have some water.”

“Thank you!”

Zhang Fan was truly being treated well at the hospital administration department.

Although Zhang Fan was curious which department he would be assigned to, he managed to withstand his curiosity and refrained from asking.

Vice Superintendent Zhao arrived quite quickly. Zhang Fan had only taken two sips of water.

Zhang Fan and everyone else hurriedly stood up in response to the vice superintendent’s arrival.

“Haha, Doctor Zhang is here. You look quite energetic. I was told by Superintendent Ouyang to personally take you over to orthopedic department #1. We’ll be relying on you in the future. We expect much out of you!” Vice Superintendent Zhao smiled while patting Zhang Fan on the shoulder.

“Thank you, Leader! I’ll definitely work hard and live up to your expectations!” Zhang Fan directly addressed Vice Superintendent Zhao as Leader rather than by official title.

“Okay, good, I have a high opinion of you!” Vice Superintendent Zhao then told the hospital administration director, “Let’s go, then. We should leave right now. Orthopedic department #1 is probably waiting for us.”

“Okay!” The hospital administration director brought a notebook and pen with him.

Zhang Fan was accompanied by Vice Superintendent Zhao, the hospital administration director, and an employee of the hospital administration department. This was such a grand escort. Normal rotation doctors would simply go report to their new permanent department by themselves with their stamped paperwork. A doctor viewed as slightly more important might be accompanied by an employee of the hospital administration department. However, a grand escort like Zhang Fan’s had never appeared before in the history of Chasu City Hospital. It was likely that such a thing would never occur again. Zhang Fan was someone who was too incredible!

“Let’s not get started on our work yet. Wait a little while!” Gao Shijun said to a doctor in orthopedic department #1 who was preparing to get started with his work. Director Gao didn’t have to wait for long before he and the other members of orthopedic department #1 saw Zhang Fan arrive together with his escort. Wang Yanan was so happy to see Zhang Fan that she almost started jumping up and down.

It was about time to start the department’s work for the day, yet Zhang Fan still hadn’t arrived here. Wang Yanan had felt that he must have been assigned to one of the other orthopedic departments instead, so she was truly happy to see him joining orthopedic department #1 after all.

Wang Yanan had been in orthopedic department #1 for quite a while already. She was slowly losing her special treatment as the only female surgeon in the department. Others were beginning to give her a hard time about the more difficult surgeries. Although they wouldn’t openly bully her, they would say things like “A girl working in orthopedic surgery? Hah!”

Wang Yanan knew that she had worked incredibly hard and withstood so much hardship over the past year. However, she still wasn’t as skilled as the more veteran doctors in the department. What was she supposed to do about that? It wasn’t like she could start an argument because of it. Any surgery that she wasn’t capable of doing would always be stolen away by others.