V4C153 – It’s Nothing (1/2)

“I am not from any organization or agency, I just want to know the information personally,” I said while shaking my head.

“That is impossible! The medical records are a secret so I cannot help you with anything!” Zhou Zhiping shook his head.

“How about this?” I took out the 50,000 Yuan that I had prepared beforehand, putting it on the table.

“What is the meaning of this?” Zhou Zhiping looked at the money and his complexion turned bad as he said, “Put these back immediately, we don’t welcome you here!”

“Director Zhou, if you think this is too little then there isn’t an issue, you just have to say the number! I will give you an empty cheque!” I smiled and pulled out a cheque-book from my pocket.

“Young man, you have found the wrong person for this!” Saying that Zhou Zhiping calmed down a bit and said, “I, Zhou Zhiping, have a bottom line and morals that I always follow! If I am going to take patients, I am never going to sell them out! Don’t even think of bribing me!”

“This…” I looked at Zhou Zhiping’s angry look and was at a loss of what to do. Could it be that I really misunderstood him? Was he really not that sort of person? But just now, the leader of the Finance Department had said…… Suddenly, it dawned upon me and I understood the meaning of the leader from the Finance Department. It turned out that he meant that Zhou Zhiping will never accept the bribe, it was I who had misunderstood it as a lack of money!

“Director Zhou, I am sorry to have misunderstood you!” I quickly took the money and the cheque-book back from the table and put them back, “Director Zhou, I could only turn to the best way I knew when in my situation. I just want you to tell me about the patient to whom this receipt belongs to. I have gone up and down and found many people for help, giving out a lot of bribes, therefore, I naturally mistook you as the same as them. But it seems that I was mistaken!”

Listening to my explanation, Zhou Zhiping could only shake his head helplessly, but soon, the expression on his face returned to normal! He also knew how the officials in the hospital were, there was no one that could put a leash on them!

As I saw that Director Zhou wasn’t trying to expel me anymore, I decided in my heart to now convince him, “Director Zhou, I am also having a hard time and don’t have any other choice. You see, I am the relative of this patient but she isn’t willing to tell me the result of her medical inspection. I was very worried, so I came here to see you. Telling the patients family their results shouldn’t be a violation of the rules, right?”

“So that’s how it was!” Listening to my words, Zhou Zhiping breathed out a sigh of relief, “You could have just said that from the start, why turn the matter into something this big? I thought that you wanted me to kill someone!”

“Hehe, you don’t have to worry, I will never do something like that! Also, I can understand that asking for a medical record isn’t a big deal so long as there isn’t anything shady involved in the matter!” I smiled.

“Yes. I am a cardiologist, not a surgeon. There are only patients that have gunshots and involved in some crime that we need to keep fully confidential. As for other patients, there isn’t much that needs to be kept a secret!” Zhou Zhiping also said with a nod. {TL: This is messed up.}

“Then, Director Zhou, can you help me with this matter now?” I quickly asked.

“First, you should tell me the name of the patient. Only when the I know who the patient is can I try something. Even then, if the patient has asked to keep the matter confidential, even if you are a relative, we can’t reveal anything to you!” Zhou Zhiping said.

The patient’s name? I don’t know if Yang Mei was getting herself treated or someone else, but I still said, “She is called Yang Mei and she’s almost the same age as me!” In fact, Yang Mei was older than me.

“Yang Mei? Oh, it turned out to be her!” Zhou Zhiping looked at me and said, “Young man, you wouldn’t be lying to me, right? What is your relationship with Yang Mei? A middle-aged woman had also come here to learn of her situation. Since you are also her relative, then have you not heard anything from her?”

“Woman? Are you talking about Li Xiaohong?” I thought about it and the probability of it being Yang Mei’s mother was high.