Free Web NovelChapter 656: Chapter 500: Dr. Chen Is Back—Is the Principal Still Alive?
"But in recent years, Hai City University’s situation has been special. They haven’t been able to find a new suitable campus doctor, so he had no choice but to repeatedly reject your resignation letters. That’s why he feels somewhat guilty towards you."
Listening to what Song said,
Chen Mu awkwardly rubbed his face.
He was long accustomed to the stern demeanor of this elder at school.
He never expected the other person would say such sentimental things at home.
Chen Mu lowered his gaze, "Hai City University has done nothing wrong by me, and neither has the principal. On the contrary, I’m grateful that Hai City University retained me and accepted me when I applied..."
Back then,
If not for Hai City University, he might have gone to the countryside to become a village doctor.
Chen Mu: "Previously, indeed, no one was willing to come to Hai City University as a campus doctor, but now it’s different. This program has brought some opportunities for the campus hospital. Some of the interns from Hai City University of Traditional Medicine and Hai City Medical University have clearly expressed their intention to apply for the campus doctor position at Hai City University."
Song’s eyes widened, "Are they really so desperate?"
Just after saying that,
he met Chen Mu’s gloomy, not-so-friendly gaze.
Song: "!!!"
Just now...
It seems he accidentally spoke too honestly...
Oh!
No!
He seems to have misspoken!
Song realized.
Even though Dr. Chen has always been good-tempered, that sentence might have touched Dr. Chen’s fragile bottom line.
As a result,
In that brief moment,
Song racked his brains to make amends: "Um... actually, I might not have expressed myself very clearly. What I really meant was that they have good judgment. Hai City University’s campus hospital is a place where they can really shine..."
Speaking up to this point,
Song once again belatedly realized that he might have said something wrong again???
Letting doctors ’really shine’—is that a good thing???
Realizing he misspoke again, Song fell completely silent.
Faced with Chen Mu, standing right in front of him, he didn’t know how to continue speaking.
And as for Chen Mu, he was utterly speechless at Song’s recent words.
He sighed and wanted to quickly conclude this and not continue this back-and-forth with this guy.
Chen Mu: "In short, the principal asked Secretary Lu to come over tonight mainly to finalize the recruitment details for Hai City University’s campus hospital. Considering the principal’s current condition, if he can find something he emotionally invests in and if this can continue to motivate his recovery, it’s a good thing."
"I hope you understand what I mean."
Song nodded: "I understand, Dr. Chen, I’ll seriously consider it."
"As long as subsequent meetings between my father and the people from Hai City University don’t cause any adverse reactions with his heart, I won’t delay his normal social interactions and work, but..."
The latter half of Song’s sentence remained unfinished.
His gaze fell upon Chen Mu in front of him.
This time,
it was Chen Mu’s turn to understand and nod, "If later it truly affects the principal’s health, from a doctor’s perspective, I would also advise the principal not to continue participating in school work. Everyone at the school will surely understand you family members’ considerations."
"Thank you, Dr. Chen..."
*
When Chen Mu went downstairs, he even ran into several acquaintances at Renmin Hospital.
Most of these acquaintances were aware of Chen Mu’s recent online fame.
After exchanging a few concerned words, they all hurriedly left.
When Chen Mu reached the underground parking lot, he saw Su Bingbing really in the parking garage, live streaming the situation at Hai City Renmin Hospital for her audience.
As a ’seasoned driver,’ Su Bingbing even introduced her viewers to which parking spots are more suitable for beginners, and relatively easier to park in.
Chen Mu’s presence had just appeared in the live stream.
The live chat room instantly buzzed with excitement.
—
"Wife, stop showing us the parking lot; Dr. Chen is back!"
"Now that Dr. Chen is back, has the principal returned to the ICU?"
"Preferably not; I hope the principal recovers soon and can return as a corporate slave."
"Secretary Lu has even started getting gray hair during this period, doesn’t this just highlight how badly Hai City University needs the principal’s healthy return?"
"Principal: Is it that I don’t want the health to be discharged? It’s the fragile undergraduates who won’t allow it!"
"..."
—
Su Bingbing glanced awkwardly at the blunt comments on the live chat.
And just then,
an even more awkward situation arose.
For reasons unknown, Chen Mu, who had previously been indifferent to the situation, unexpectedly leaned over this time to read the live comments.
After watching for a while,
Chen Mu laughed, "Relax, the principal is still very healthy and hasn’t returned to the ICU just because he spoke to me."
This was the first time Chen Mu responded to live comments.
As soon as his words fell,
the chat room exploded with messages.
—
"Really? I don’t believe it until I see the principal myself!"
"Is Dr. Chen afraid that the online rumors are becoming too outrageous, so he doesn’t dare speak the truth?"
"Dr. Chen, aren’t you slacking off now by not returning to school?"
"Hurry back to Hai City University. I already miss the campus hospital; I really don’t want to see the parking lot of Renmin Hospital!"
"By the way, doesn’t anyone think that the parking lot at Renmin Hospital is quite decent? It’s much better than those winding mountain road parking lots we have here!"
"A lot of Hai City’s infrastructure is pretty good."
"As a local, let me tell you something to make you envious; every summer, some underground air-raid shelters in Hai City are open to all citizens for cooling off!"
"Many of the elderly here are reluctant to use air conditioning at home, so they go there to cool off."
"It sounds like a fantastic social welfare, something locals and non-locals can envy heavily!"
"Haha! We locals also feel very fortunate!"
"..."
—
Chen Mu chatted a bit with the netizens in the live chat room.
Then he checked the time.
He said to Su Bingbing beside him, "Reporter Su, it’s indeed getting late, shall we head back to Hai City University a bit earlier?"
*
Su Bingbing replied with a smile, "That suits me perfectly; you have no idea, Dr. Chen, how challenging it has been to conduct a live stream from this underground parking lot. I’m running out of topics. If this were a mall, I could take the viewers around more, but this is different; this is a hospital."
Su Bingbing didn’t articulate her thoughts completely.
But the unsaid words, Chen Mu fully understood.
This is a hospital, and many families of patients faced with losing their loved ones might consider all of this due to the hospital’s inaction.
If people found out there was a live stream in the hospital,
there could be disruptive incidents, potentially affecting the hospital’s normal medical operations.
He didn’t expect that Su Bingbing remembered so clearly the things he had said in the past.
Thinking about that,
there was an added sense of gratitude in Chen Mu’s gaze towards Su Bingbing, "You’ve been driving today, Reporter Su, let me drive on the way back."
"It’s better to accept rather than decline." Su Bingbing smiled, stepping into the passenger seat.
Only the cameraman, with a heavy camera, got into the back seat.
Chen Mu’s car had just reached the gates of Hai City University when he saw a group of sheltered students angrily forming a circle. Even through the car window, he could tell these students were cursing profanely.
He stopped the car,
squeezed into the crowd,
and he saw He Congming lying in a pool of blood, along with a middle-aged man, seized by the students, who was still cursing loudly.
Looking at the blood on the ground, Chen Mu himself staggered, yet he shouted loudly, "Reporter Su, the medical kit!!!"
