333 Relax a Little (1/2)

*Beep… Beep, beep, beep.*

*Tut, tut…*

*Ring, ring…*

*Boom, boom…*

Zuo Cidian slowly opened his eyes when all four alarm clocks beside his bed rang in unison.

His gaze was bright and lively. His eyes were pitch black, and he did not blink at all as he switched on the lights in his room. He looked like a man with a lot of power and influence but had a lot of wrinkles on his face. He seemed like someone who had a lot of burdens on his shoulders, but had loving eyes, and was someone who could hold his lover gently.

Zuo Cidian slowly rubbed his hands until they were warm. He then rubbed his face, chest, and other body parts in a leisurely manner before he slowly got out of bed.

An old classmate of his who was a chief physician in a tertiary Grade A hospital taught him this trick.

Doctors in tertiary Grade A hospitals had to work overtime and attend to emergencies all year. It was very normal for them to work overtime or to be woken up in the middle of the night when they were sleeping.

Even though Zuo Cidian neither needed to work overtime to treat patients nor perform surgeries in the middle of the night, he had to wake up early and sleep late at night even more often than doctors in tertiary Grade A hospitals to attend to the leaders of the hospital. Ever since he started applying the trick his classmate taught him, he felt a lot better and was able to stay up late without feeling too tired. He was also able to serve the leaders better.

He was over the age of forty, after all. Zuo Cidian had to make a lot of effort not to appear old next to those leaders, who were around thirty years old.

He glanced at his watch. It was just past two in the morning.

Zuo Cidian flashed a devilish smile before rolling over and getting out of bed. After he got dressed, he took out the steamed dumplings he specially bought from the renowned Long's family restaurant the night before and brought two small steamers along with him before he headed toward Yun Hua hospital.

2:40 a.m.

Zuo Cidian entered the Emergency Department of Yun Hua Hospital through its main entrance and greeted a few doctors and nurses who were on the night shift. He then turned the corner with ease and entered the waiting room he already located the day before. He set up the steam cooker, placed the steamers on top of it and arranged the steamed dumplings from Long's family restaurant in the steamers. He only flashed a relieved expression when he saw white smoke rise from the steamers.

*Vroom…*

The dull sound of a car engine rang.

Zuo Cidian looked outside the window of the waiting room and saw that Ling Ran had excited a Rolls-Royce.

Zuo Cidian could not help but be dumbfounded for a moment.

He then took a better look at the car. Not only was it a Rolls-Royce, but it was also an extremely expensive Rolls-Royce Phantom.

Zuo Cidian knew this car model very well. There were mines in his hometown, and the richest mine owner in town bought a Rolls-Royce Phantom.

'As expected, Ling Ran is from a loaded family.' Zuo Cidian pursed his lips in envy. However, it only took him a few seconds to get rid of this envy. He was forty-two this year, and he had used up what remaining resources he had just to begin a new life in this new city and build a career all over again. The term Rolls-Royce had nothing to do with his life at all.

”Doctor Ling.”

”Hello, Doctor Ling.”

”Doctor Ling, you're so early today.”

Like birds in cuckoo clocks, the young nurses in the main hall greeted Ling Ran in a kind and friendly manner.

And before this, they did not greet Zuo Cidian at all.

'It seems like this tertiary Grade A hospital in Yun Hua is not such an easy place to survive either,' Zuo Cidian thought quietly, 'I wonder how much of ordinary doctors' resources someone from a loaded family like Ling Ran had snatched to be able to become such a powerful figure in the hospital.'

But then, Zuo Cidian started thinking about it from another perspective. 'Why would someone who gets to ride a Rolls-Royce Phantom to the hospital work as a doctor?'

'In comparison to common people, a doctor's social status isn't low. For those born in middle-class families or lower class families, a career as a doctor seems like a good choice. However, why would someone who was born in a family who could afford a Rolls-Royce Phantom become a doctor?

'Even though he gets to snatch other doctors' resources, he still needs to come to the hospital at three in the morning.'

Zuo Cidian could not figure it out no matter how he thought about it.

”Hi, you're here.” Ling Ran entered the waiting room. When he saw that Zuo Cidian had already arrived, he greeted him in a socially appropriate manner.

Zuo Cidian quickly said, ”I just arrived and have just finished preparing some steamed dumplings for breakfast. I don't know whether you prefer meat or vegan, so I got both. Those steamed dumplings are from Long's family restaurant. Their ingredients are clean, and their food is prepared meticulously. I've seen their kitchen before.

As he spoke, Zuo Cidian was about to remove the steamers from the steam cooker.

Ling Ran waved his hand and said, ”I ate in the cab just now.”

”Huh?”

”The cab I rode just now gave me some breakfast.” Ling Ran explained and said, ”You can have those dumplings to yourself. Come to the operating theater when you're ready. Don't be too late.”

After he said that, Ling Ran put on his large white coat and went straight to the operating theater.

Zuo Cidian was dumbfounded for a moment. He stomped his feet on the ground and quickly finished all the steamed dumplings before he ran toward the operating theater.

He was panting when he arrived at the Operating Area. After he changed into slippers and entered the place, he could smell the faint aroma of pork trotters.

The Operating Area was considerably vast. Other than the four operating theaters, which were the most important component of the Operating Area, there were also storage rooms for medical supplies, drugs, and disinfectants. All of the storage rooms served their own purposes.

And outside the Operating Area were waiting rooms, bathrooms, and toilets that allowed the doctors to rest for a short while.

Even though Zuo Cidian was curious about how early the canteen opened, he did not think much of it. He retrieved a pair of scrubs and a surgical gown using his temporary working pass in a rush before changing into them and entering the operating theater. The doctors inside were already halfway through a surgery.