Hospital 444
Chapter 215 - 6 Do you want this blessing?

Chapter 215: Chapter 6 Do you want this blessing?

Because of his name, many mistook him for a golden-haired, blue-eyed foreign Caucasian man. But in reality, he was of Eurasian mixed heritage and appeared more Asian. At Hospital 444, very few doctors had ever seen him in person.

"You can’t escape us," Levin Keli pointed at her and said, "Deputy Director Fang’s Blood Curse can’t protect you for long. One day, I will make you come to the Demons Department for a consultation."

"One day... One day!"

...

As the year drew to a close, the most important thing for a Paranormal Doctor was to tally the number of patients they had handled who died within the year.

For surgeons, the focus was on the patients on whom they had performed surgery.

The death quota for the Deputy Director of the Department of Fierce Spirits couldn’t exceed ten people per year. Of course, this was contingent on the patients dying either from curses or being deliberately killed by the doctors, with deaths from other causes during follow-up not being counted.

This was not an easy number to meet. If they surpassed this number, they faced the Dean’s death penalty.

This year, the number of patients who died after surgeries performed by Fang Zhou was... four, still within the safe range. Of the four who died, two had undergone surgery last year.

How many patients he operated on this year would die next year was unknown.

That’s how terrifying the curse of the fierce spirit was.

Excision was very difficult for eradicating curses.

Today was Saturday and also Christmas, and he only had to work half a day. After heading home, he could spend quality time with his wife and daughter.

Before going home, he picked out some gifts.

While he was choosing gifts at the mall, his phone rang. The caller was...

"Xie Chengjun?"

The Deputy Director of the Wraith Surgery Department, Xie Chengjun.

A man who had left a deep impression on Fang Zhou.

Of course, anyone who had come into contact with Xie Chengjun would find him hard to forget.

Fang Zhou was on average terms with him and wondered why he was contacting him?

"Deputy Director Fang, it’s me, Xie Chengjun!"

"Mm, I know."

For all he racked his brains, Fang Zhou couldn’t guess why Xie Chengjun would reach out to him. They weren’t that close after all.

Could it be... related to Dai Lin?

"Director Song asked me to tell you... the higher-ups have basically decided. The surgery for Ran Jingyu, the patient under the Double Ghoul Curse, will be performed jointly by you and me, both Deputy Directors."

"What?"

Fang Zhou doubted his own hearing.

"A patient with a ghoul curse to be operated on by the two of us, who aren’t from the Department of Fierce Spirits?"

"You used to be the ace surgeon in the Department of Fierce Spirits, after all. Besides, it’s not yet possible to diagnose definitively whether it’s a ghoul curse or not. What’s most important is that the higher-ups are actually very dissatisfied with Director Chen’s surgical plan and very skeptical of the ghoul curse diagnosis. Moreover, if Director Chen himself doesn’t operate, how can those beneath him dare to? After discussion, the two Vice Presidents decided for us to take charge."

"This, this doesn’t seem right..." Fang Zhou still felt it was ludicrous, "While Director Chen’s surgical plan might not be appropriate, he is the head of the Department of Fierce Spirits. Excluding his department from the surgery..."

"Of course they won’t be completely excluded. Such a complex surgery requires at least a five or six-person surgical team. The Department of Fierce Spirits will contribute as well. Congratulations, Deputy Director Fang! This shows the higher-ups’ high regard for you and is a promotion!"

Promotion my foot!

It was well known at Hospital 444 that everyone called Li Bolin by "Director Li" and him at most "Deputy Director Fang"; there was no chance he would be promoted to head of the department.

Didn’t Chen Jun adopt a conservative surgical approach because he feared patient deaths? Now, patient deaths weren’t even the main concern anymore. Several departments were eyeing the distribution of the relics from the operation. At this juncture, whoever took on the surgery would offend a large group of people. Moreover, with such high risks associated with the surgery, either the patient would die, or the chief surgeon would, making it a hot potato. If the surgery failed, the deputy directors would be the ones to blame, but if it succeeded, it would be attributed to the department head’s brilliant leadership!

"Congratulations, Deputy Director Fang! This is a blessing!"

Let’s see if you’ll take this ’blessing’!

Ah, wait... he actually did want it!

"Is this the opinion of both vice presidents?"

"Of course! Vice President Yin holds me in very high regard! This is my chance to get the golden touch! You know... um, Department Chief Song will soon become the head of the surgical departments, and by then, I will be the new director of the Wraith Surgery Department..."

Hey, hey, hey, are you really saying this kind of thing outright?

"But to rise to a position of power, you obviously need the capability to command respect! This time, it’s the perfect opportunity! Regarding the new surgical plan, Vice President Yin has already given instructions! To put it simply, both ghouls... well let’s just call them ghouls, must be cut! Cut! Cut! Vice President Yin is truly wise and brave, so daring!"

Cut! Cut! Cut! You think it’s like chopping cabbage! We’re talking about cutting souls here! The slightest mistake could kill someone! Also, why are you sucking up to the leadership in front of me, the deputy director of the Department of Fierce Spirits, huh?

But obviously, Xie Chengjun seemed to have no idea there was anything wrong with what he was saying and just kept going on and on...

"I totally agree with Vice President Yin’s thinking! After all, Director Chen’s surgical plan is too conservative, something like cutting one and conservatively treating the other! That’s completely inappropriate! Cut, you should cut them all! Only then can you truly achieve a clinical cure!"

Who doesn’t know that cutting them all is better? But how can we make sure the patients survive like that?

This is a surgery as perilous as walking a tightrope; why does it sound so easy when Xie Chengjun talks about it!

Xie Chengjun continued with his chatterbox trait fully turned on until Fang Zhou finally couldn’t take it anymore.

"Vice Director Xie... Hey, hey, hey... Ah, it looks like the signal is bad, sorry, I have to hang up now!"

After he hung up the phone, Fang Zhou finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"To think that I’ll be the lead surgeon for this operation?"

Thinking about it made Fang Zhou feel very heavy. His surgical experience was indeed extensive, but this was his first encounter with the Double Ghoul Curse.

Looking at the Christmas songs ringing out in the shopping mall, Fang Zhou felt a shadow over his heart.

Once on the operating table, it’s likely a doctor could die in the operating room.

If it’s a ghoul, that would be one thing, but if it’s not... then he himself might die.

In the end, carrying the Christmas gifts he had bought for his wife and daughter, just as he reached the entrance of his apartment complex, he suddenly saw an elderly man with white hair standing at the gate.

"Dad?"

Fang Zhou hurried over, taking three steps at a time, and steadied the old man.

"You... What are you doing here?"

Seeing Fang Zhou, the old man, with several missing teeth, broke into a smile and said, "There you are, Fang Zhou. I tried to contact you yesterday. You said you weren’t on duty at the hospital this afternoon, so I came over."

The old man wasn’t Fang Zhou’s father, but his former father-in-law.

He lifted a bag in his hand and said, "I bought... a toy for Xiao Meng. Isn’t it Christmas today..."

"This, in such cold weather, you’ve been waiting here for so long?" Fang Zhou quickly grasped the old man’s hand and said, "Please come up for a cup of tea, to see Xiao Meng..."

"No, it’s okay. Your wife’s there. It would be very awkward if we met. We had an agreement that we wouldn’t tell her before she turns sixteen that your wife isn’t her biological mother."

Fang Zhou immediately choked up.

"Dad, actually... I don’t think it’s necessary..."

"It’s the only way your wife won’t feel like she’s raising someone else’s child. There aren’t many stepmothers who could raise their husband’s and his ex-wife’s child," the old man handed the gift to Fang Zhou, his eyes brimming with tears, "and you, try to forget Ah Yan too. I... I’ll be leaving now."

"Dad, let me call you a car!"

"It’s fine, it’s fine. The subway is quite close, no need to go to the trouble. Taxi fares are so expensive!"

Up to now...

The father-in-law still didn’t know the true cause of his daughter’s death.

He didn’t even know that her body wasn’t taken to the crematorium to be cremated. Instead, Fang Zhou had sent it to the hospital morgue. The urn buried in the grave was empty. Because of his status as a doctor, Fang Zhou was able to convince the hospital to release his wife’s body for a memorial service so that her parents could send her off one last time.

Fang Zhou still escorted his former father-in-law to the subway station, vowing in his heart that no matter what, he would uncover the truth behind his wife’s death!

It’s just that now was not the time...

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.