1024 The Day Will Come (1/2)

”Old Ren, it's been a while.” Zhu Qianli, an attending physician who was as fat as a pig, was so excited that he called out to Ren Qi loudly when he saw him in the emergency room. He sounded like a pig who was about to be slaughtered.

Ren Qi turned out of reflex and asked in astonishment, ”Old Zhu, what are you doing here?”

”Why? Aren't you glad that your old friend is here in Yun Hua City?” Zhu Qianli laughed out loud. He fondly wrapped his arm around Ren Qi's shoulder and tapped the latter's back.

Ren Qi was a little confused.

'Are we even that close? You used to call me Young Qilin. It's only been a while since we last met, and I'm now an Old Qilin? Did I gain weight or something?'

They were colleagues back when Ren Qi worked in Qiu County Hospital. They were around the same age and often had lunch together and hung out. However, it was because there were not that many doctors there, to begin with. Most doctors there enjoyed a good relationship with one another.

At the end of the day, Ren Qi and Zhu Qianli were merely colleagues. Zhu Qianli was closer to the doctors who liked drinking and going to nightclubs, while Ren Qi preferred karaoke bars. They were so different that it was as if one of them was a wild boar, and the other was a domestic pig.

As Ren Qi had left Qiu County for quite a while, he was being quite vigilant now that Zhu Qianli was trying to act like they knew each other very well.

”Are you… sick or something?” As a doctor, Ren Qi made a highly possible hypothesis.

With Zhu Qianli's body size and lifestyle, it would not be weird for him to get sick.

Zhu Qianli laughed. ”No! It's not my turn yet.”

”That's great, then.”

”Hey, old friend, you've become even nerdier than you used to be. Why don't we hang out tonight? I'll treat you to a meal, and we can have some beer and visit a karaoke bar. We can do whatever you like.”

Ren Qi shook his head firmly. ”Nah, I'm super busy. I won't be able to leave early.”

”But you'll still need to eat, right?”

Ren Qi sighed. ”There's no use convincing me. Nowadays, I'm lucky if I get to enjoy my dinner break for thirty minutes. I won't be able to go out for dinner. You know what? How many days will you be in Yun Hua City? I'll adjust my schedule and tell you when we can hang out.”

”I'll be here for quite a few days.” Zhu Qianli thought about it for a few seconds and slowly said, ”Truth be told, I'm here to ask you for some inside information.”

”Go ahead.” Ren Qi breathed a sigh of relief. At least Zhu Qianli was not there to try to occupy one of their hospital beds. Right now, the Ling Treatment Group was experiencing a serious shortage of hospital beds, and not even the members could make room for their connections.

Zhu Qianli looked around and saw many anxious and flustered patients as well as their family members. There were also doctors clad in large white coats and nurses wearing their green uniforms.

Zhu Qianli dragged Ren Qi to a corner and sneakily said, ”Old Qilin, are you part of the training camp Yun Hua Hospital is organizing?”

As Ren Qi gazed at Zhu Qianli, something completely irrelevant suddenly flashed past his mind. 'With Old Zhu's body size and appearance, he would make a very bad spy.'

”Old Ren, I really want to give it a try this time. You don't have to give me much help. I just need some information. Can you do me this favor?” Zhu Qianli thought that Ren Qi did not want to answer his question, so he asked Ren Qi about it again with a sincere tone.

Truth be told, the moment Zhu Qianli heard that Yun Hua Hospital was organizing a training camp, he immediately became interested.

Food and accommodation would be included, and he would get to elevate his skills. This was basically a gift from heaven. Of course, he was interested.

Such training camps could actually be found in Beijing and Shanghai all year long, and some of them came with plenty of perks. However, it was not easy for a doctor to get a slot in one of those training camps. Even though application would be open for doctors all over the county, most of the doctors who made it into those training camps were well-trained ones from tertiary Grade A hospitals in prefecture-level cities, and they also served as the pillars in their own hospitals.

Doctors who worked in county hospitals, whether they were resident doctors or attending physicians, were obviously not qualified to train alongside those excellent doctors.

However, now that there was a training camp in Yun Hua Hospital, things were different.

After all, Yun Hua Hospital was merely renowned in Changxi Province or at most, a few provinces around Changxi Province.

As a tertiary Grade A hospital, Yun Hua Hospital was only inferior to the likes of top hospitals like Huaxi Hospital. However, it was not impossible for doctors like Zhu Qianli to obtain a training spot there.

If he tried hard enough, it was possible.

The fact that Ren Qi was doing his in-service training there made Zhu Qianli a lot more confident about this.

”You want to leave the county hospital too?” Ren Qi looked at Zhu Qianli, and there was a slightly disbelieving expression on his face.

Ren Qi only gave up his high position in Qiu County Hospital and became a lowly doctor in Yun Hua Hospital because he had witnessed Ling Ran's excellent skills multiple times. He had made the decision after thinking about it long and hard.

Ren Qi did not believe that Zhu Qianli, who had been taking bribes and living a good life for years in Qiu County Hospital, would have this kind of determination.

As expected, Zhu Qianli merely glanced at Ren Qi with a baffled expression. ”I merely want to join the training camp, and I'll bring the skills back to Qiu County Hospital. Unlike you, I have children and aging parents at home. It's impossible for me to move somewhere else to work.”

Ren Qi smiled. ”The hospital leaders don't know that you're here, do they?”

Zhu Qianli smiled too.

Ren Qi answered his own question, ”Guess how I knew about that? I'm working in the Emergency Medical Center of Yun Hua Hospital as a legitimate in-service doctor. Wouldn't the department director go crazy if he hears that you intend to participate in the training camp organized by the Emergency Medical Center of Yun Hua Hospital? If he knew about it, you wouldn't even be able to make a trip here for inside information. The department director will probably send one of his subordinates to go to your home to force you to work.”