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Wang Zhuangyong worked in Lower Groove Clinic until a little over eleven at night. Only then did he leave reluctantly after renting a shared bicycle.

Truth be told, very few people came to the clinic after ten at night. However, money was a huge motivation. Wang Zhuangyong could not help but carry on when he thought about how he could make 25 RMB per patient.

With every extra patient he treated, he got to make another 25 RMB. Of course, Wang Zhuangyoung, the young resident doctor, could hardly say no to such a tempting offer.

He had helped patients with rehabilitation exercises in the hospital too. Those sessions took a longer time, and he would basically be doing the same thing. Even though he did not get much respect while working in the hospital, he only got to make 12.50 RMB per session. With that money, all he could buy was a small bottle of coke.

As a man who had just graduated from university, what Wang Zhuangyong wanted to do the most was to prove his worth. The fact that he could make money through his own hard work put him in high spirits. Of course, most importantly, the fact that he could make 25 RMB per patient excited him.

He went home and slept. He then woke up the next day to go to work.

After work, Wang Zhuangyong rushed over to Lower Groove Clinic when the sky was turning dark.

”Ah, Doctor Wang is here.”

”Young Wang, save a slot for me.”

”Doctor Wang, come over to our shop to have some fun when you have time…”

A cacophony of voices rang out from the courtyard of Lower Grove Clinic, and the place was so lively that it looked like a karaoke bar for senior citizens which was full of elderly women.

Ling Jiezhou was also chuckling happily. He grabbed a thermos he purchased when his wife gave birth to Ling Ran and walked Wang Zhuangyong to his small consultation room. He then poured the latter some warm water and said with a smile, ”Doctor Wang, you've been working hard. I'll ask the patients who had booked a slot to come in one by one later. We'll do things like how we did for the past few days.”

”Sure, sure,” Wang Zhuangyong agreed. He sounded like an elderly singer who had been singing by the streets for years.

”I got the first slot.” The middle-aged woman who injured her shoulders while roasting seeds and nuts ran over, and a few other middle-aged women jokingly threw curses at her, calling her an old cow and a fat carrot.

After working hard to offer consultations for a few days, Wang Zhuangyong had become fairly renowned. Quite a lot of residents from the nearby houses came over for rehabilitation exercises.

After all, they had lived for quite a few years, and it was inevitable that they would experience bodily discomforts.

Motivated by the money, Wang Zhuangyong worked for another two days. He then gave Chen Wanhao a call and asked him to come to Lower Groove Clinic for a dormmate reunion.

Nowadays, people no longer liked to attend university reunions. But people were pretty willing to attend small gatherings of between three to five people.

Wang Zhuangyong thought about how he wanted Chen Wanhao, who was a rich man's son, to see how he had made it in life.

Chen Wanhao did not think much about it. He asked, ”Is Ling Ran free?”

”Yes. He goes home to the clinic a lot nowadays, otherwise, how are we going to gather?” There was a smile on Wang Zhuangyong's face. Part of the patients he helped with rehabilitation exercises in the clinic were patients who received surgery from Ling Ran. The process was the same as how it was in the hospital, with the fees being similar.

”He's not facing problems at the hospital, is he? He didn't use to go home at all. Yun Hua Hospital is a large hospital. I hope that he's not getting bullied,” Chen Wanhao said with concern. Unlike Ling Ran who received offers from many departments in Yun Hua Hospital even before his internship ended, Chen Wanhao and Wang Zhuangyong had no choice but to work in smaller hospitals. Things were slightly more relaxing in those hospitals, but it was not like they were living an extremely easy life.

Wang Zhuangyong burst out laughing. ”Nerd, don't let your thoughts run wild. Ling Ran is doing very well. He's only coming home more now because he's helping out his family business. You'll know what's going on exactly after coming over.”

”Alright, then.” Chen Wanhao agreed on a time with Wang Zhuangyong and hung up.

After the conversation ended, Wang Zhuangyong immediately started tidying up his small consultation room, including his table and chair. He also wiped the neon board that said ”25 RMB” outside the door with a washcloth.

Chen Wanhao was from quite a rich family. But Wang Zhuangyong doubted that Chen Wanhao could make so much money through his own efforts.

Truth be told, Wang Zhuangyong reckoned that Chen Wanhao was definitely not capable of this. When he thought of this, Wang Zhuangyong felt like laughing out loud.