579 The Emergency Medicine Building (1/2)

It was a busy day for the Emergency Medical Center of Yun Hua Hospital, and things only started to slow down at ten at night.

Patients who visited the hospital because they had nothing else to do were gone by now, and patients with minor ailments did not bother to go to the hospital at this hour of the day. Because of this, there were very few patients seeking treatment.

Aside from the Neonatology Department and Gynaecology Department, things had basically slowed down in other departments. The housemen and junior doctors took the opportunity to catch up on writing medical records, while the attending physicians hid in secluded corners to take a nap. The nurses were no longer chattering away. Instead, they quietly scrolled through their phones. This was a more entertaining activity, anyway.

As Zuo Cidian was too embarrassed to use Tik Tok in front of Ling Ran and the other young people, he walked over to a centipede tongavine and started toying with it.

It was ten at night, and even the centipede tongavine looked weary. It leaves were curled up, and they did not unfurl even after Zuo Cidian toyed with them for a long time.

Zuo Cidian deliberately fiddled with a dark green leaf. Compared to the tender leaves around it, it was as if the dark green leaf had applied thick makeup on itself. It was extraordinarily green, too green, in fact, that it looked like a middle-aged man who loved visiting the disco. It might be more skilled than the others, but no one cared about it.

”Life isn't easy for you either, huh?” Zuo Cidian released his grip on the leaf, and the stretched-out leaf curled up once again.

The aged leaf trembled a few times before it stopped moving. It looked like it was no longer elastic.

”What are you thinking about?” Nurse Niu was on night shift today. she stared at Zuo Cidian's eyebags for a moment and teased him, ”Is it just me, or has your eyebags gotten worse?”

”Is it obvious?” Zuo Cidian sighed and said, ”I'm on night shift once a week. It was still okay in the beginning, but I'm feeling more and more tired nowadays.”

”You can talk about it to Doctor Ling. There're a lot of doctors under him nowadays, and he might be able to cut down on your night shifts.” Nurse Niu made small talk. She was around Zuo Cidian's age, and was no longer on the same frequency as the young nurse. There was also very few doctors who she could get along well with.

Zuo Cidian swallowed a mouthful of warm water and shook his head as he said, ”I can't do that. If he were to give me fewer night shifts, wouldn't the others have to be on shift more? This wouldn't do.”

Since he was still a resident doctor, he had to fulfill his responsibility as a resident doctor. Zuo Cidian who had remained as one of the low-level staff members of the hospital for many years was not confident that he was in anyway special. The fact that he was old and weary was not the fault of others. It was his own problem.

Nurse Niu was just making small talk. She then smiled and said, ”It's still comparatively better to be a doctor. At least you guys have something to look forward to. For nurses, unless you manage to become the head nurse, you have to be on night shift whenever they ask you to do so. There's no escape at all.”

”Well, nurses can still get good husbands.”

”True, that.” Nurse Niu pouted as she spoke. ”If only my husband were the president of a bank, I wouldn't need to be on night shift anymore.”

It was breaking news in the hospital that a certain nurse's husband had become the director of a bank. After her husband was promoted, a nurse in the Cardiothoracic Department no longer had to take on night shifts and only worked during a day. Even if she were to do nothing at work, no one could do anything about it. Reality was often harsh.

Zuo Cidian, though, merely flashed a smile. When it came to this, it was different for doctors. Even if his wife were the president of the bank and could decide whether the hospital was eligible for a yearly loan of tens of millions or even a billion RMB, he would still need to work night shifts whenever he was required to. Of course, given that he even had a wife.

”Doctor Zuo, there's a patient.” A nurse came over and notified Zuo Cidian.

Zuo Cidian immediately said, ”I'll call Doctor Ling over.”

Nurse Niu gasped in astonishment. ”Why don't you just get a third-string doctor straight away?”

”Doctor Ling told me to inform him if there's a patient, and that he wants to treat more patients today.” Zuo Cidian talked about Ling Ran in a respectful tone even though Ling Ran was not around.

Nurse Niu felt like laughing as she looked at Zuo Cidian's demeanor. ”Do you take everything he says seriously? Perhaps Doctor Ling was just being polite.”

Zuo Cidian laughed. ”You know how Doctor Ling is like, right?”

Nurse Niu laughed out loud.

”Alright, I'll have to hurry up and inform Doctor Ling.” Zuo Cidian waved and left.

At this moment, the nurse who came over to inform Zuo Cidian felt conflicted. She immediately chased after Zuo Cidian and said, ”I'll go over. Doctor Zuo, why don't you rest?”

”No, this won't do. How could junior doctors rest when senior doctors are working?” Zuo Cidian sped up and made things obvious. 'I'm not robbing you off your chance to contribute. I'm just an old boot licker.'

Soon, Ling Ran walked out of the waiting room.

”Have Han Yu and the others left?” Ling Ran looked around and asked.

”They're all gone. We can't just let them stay in the treatment room forever.” Nurse Niu had a smile on her face as she advised Ling Ran. ”Doctor Ling, you should rest more. There's no need for you to trouble yourself with patients with minor ailments.”

”I had some spare time today, so I got enough rest.” Ling Ran had slept for two hours before this, and together with the effect of the Energy Serum, he could not fall asleep even if he wanted to.

Nurse Niu merely assumed that he had gotten enough sleep and said no more. She followed Ling Ran to help out.

Zuo Cidian, too, immediately put a foot forward and attended to Ling Ran.