Urban Romantic Divine Doctor
Chapter 172 - 171, The Knife that Kills Without Drawing Blood

Chapter 172: Chapter 171, The Knife that Kills Without Drawing Blood

People’s Hospital, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital.

Chen Zhiyuan energetically got out of the car, even though he had taken a two-month sick leave to recuperate at home after being beaten up by King Kong.

But today, he came to work, enduring the pain.

In fact, he didn’t have to come to the hospital. After all, since King Kong broke several of his ribs, it was a work injury. Even staying home to recover wouldn’t affect his salary and bonuses.

But today, he couldn’t not come.

Because the former president, Meng Changhai, was transferred away from the city, Vice President Liang Jian became the head of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, so the vice president position was vacant.

By seniority, this position should have fallen to Chen Zhiyuan, which was why he worked despite his injury.

Knock, knock, knock!

Chen Zhiyuan knocked on the office door of the president. Hearing a voice saying to come in, he pushed the door open and saw Liang Jian sitting in Meng Changhai’s previous seat. He closed the door and smiled, saying, "Congratulations to President Liang for taking the helm, how delightful!" Saying this, he took out a cigarette and handed it to him, lighting it up for him as well.

Liang Jian chuckled and said, "Old Chen, there’s no need for formality between us; I know you’re injured, which is why I had you continue working despite illness. You should know what this is about, right?"

Chen Zhiyuan smiled and nodded, knowing very well that working through his injury was to show the upper management that he was suitable for the vice president position.

Liang Jian puffed on the cigarette, "These days you should continue working, make a pretense of it; at most in a week, the candidate for the vice president will be decided. Rest assured, I will ensure you become the vice president of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital."

He paused and asked, "By the way, do you know Xu Wendong’s current situation? Has he been hit hard and discouraged because I sidelined him?"

Depriving a doctor of the qualification to treat patients, he found the thought amusing.

Who would have thought that Chen Zhiyuan sighed, "President Liang, as far as I know, Xu Wendong opened a clinic next to my community, and business is booming. There are many people lining up every day to see him, and he’s gained quite a reputation among the locals!"

"Is that so?"

Liang Jian was suddenly furious. He thought sidelining Xu Wendong and giving him a long vacation would make him suffer, but he never imagined that Xu Wendong would open a clinic and gain quite a reputation.

This was not punishment at all; it was clearly helping him!

Chen Zhiyuan added fuel to the fire, "President Liang, in my opinion, Xu Wendong is a backstabbing ingrate. If it weren’t for you arranging his entry into the hospital initially, how could he have what he has today?"

"He doesn’t appreciate your kindness at all and even repays kindness with enmity. Such a person should be kicked out of the hospital, and his medical license revoked."

Liang Jian forced himself to suppress the anger in his heart and said through gritted teeth, "I also want to kick him out of the hospital, but we can’t do that!"

"You have to remember, Xu Wendong saved Secretary Li’s father’s life before."

"Even though that guy rejected Secretary Li’s offer with lofty disdain."

"But in case, I mean in case, if Secretary Li’s father gets sick and wants Xu Wendong to treat him, and we’ve kicked Xu Wendong out, what do we do then?"

"What do you think Secretary Li would feel knowing we fired his father’s lifesaver?"

"Even when hitting a dog, you look at the owner. He would think we don’t take him seriously."

Chen Zhiyuan suddenly realized, "That’s why you were thinking of giving Xu Wendong a long vacation, sidelining him, keeping him as an ace up your sleeve?"

Liang Jian nodded slightly, "Xu Wendong can’t be fired; he still has value. But... I don’t want him living so comfortably."

Chen Zhiyuan grinned a sinister smile, "President Liang, I have an idea to make Xu Wendong wish he were dead!"

Liang Jian became interested, "What’s the idea? Tell me quickly."

Chen Zhiyuan said, "My nephew and Xu Wendong’s cousin, Xu Wenjian, went on a business trip to Guangdong Province. Xu Wenjian has a little hobby, he loves to gamble."

"Guangdong Province isn’t far from Ao Island; if we could lure Xu Wenjian to a casino in Guangdong Province, he’d surely lose everything, even fall into massive high-interest debt."

"I know Xu Wenjian’s character; once he falls into massive debt, he would be too ashamed to return and might even take his own life."

"Yes, although Xu Wenjian and Xu Wendong are two different people, as far as I know, in Xu Wendong’s heart, Xu Wenjian is the most important person in his life."

"You can imagine, if Xu Wenjian dies, Xu Wendong would undoubtedly suffer an enormous blow."

Liang Jian displayed a thought-provoking, cold smile, "I’ll leave this to you. If you can drive Xu Wenjian to his death, it wouldn’t be without interest."

His tone was calm, as if talking about a trivial matter, as though in his eyes, Xu Wenjian’s life was as cheap as an ant.

They seemed to overlook the fact that they were doctors.

Overlooked that their duty was to save lives.

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In the morning, Xu Wendong received a call from Chen Ping’an. He already verified Little Stone’s information. His mother was suffering from blood cancer and needed frequent chemotherapy.

His father worked laboriously at a construction site, earning nearly ten thousand a month. This money seemed a lot but barely covered the high costs.

Currently, they were over a hundred thousand in debt. Without any other option, Little Stone started collecting other people’s trash to help with household expenses.

Xu Wendong considered for a long time and finally decided to establish a charity foundation aimed at helping those like Little Stone who were suffering.

However, setting up a private charity foundation is very complicated, but he wasn’t in a hurry and first covered all of Little Stone’s mother’s subsequent medical expenses.

At the same time, Chen Ping’an also used connections to send Little Stone to the Experimental Primary School, the one with the best teaching quality in Qingyuan.

Additionally, they helped the family of three rent a three-bedroom apartment, allowing them to receive stable treatment and enabling Little Stone to focus on learning.

In the evening, when Little Stone’s family of three came to the clinic, before Xu Wendong could react, they all knelt on the ground simultaneously, expressing their gratitude to Xu Wendong, even saying they would repay his great kindness in the next life.

After Xu Wendong persuaded them, the family of three then got up and left.

After seeing off the family of three, Xu Wendong ordered takeout for Liu Cai He, then drove back to Shengjing Shanshui Villa District, where his sister-in-law had already prepared a sumptuous dinner.

While Xu Wendong and his sister-in-law were enjoying the dinner and spending time together, far away in Guangdong Province, Xu Wenjian had also finished his tasks for the day and had drunk quite a bit with clients, feeling a bit tipsy at this moment.

Seeing off the clients, just as Xu Wenjian was about to return to the hotel, a young man named Chen Jie next to him smiled and said, "Brother Xu, Ao Island is very close from here. I heard it’s very prosperous there, why don’t we go check it out?"