Chapter 168
An Xiaoqing didn’t deny it. She knew she couldn’t fool Liu Yun about this.
At the same time, she didn’t want to offend Liu Yun.
"You guessed right. The conflict earlier did start because of me, but it was unintentional. I never thought things would escalate to that point, and I didn’t expect..."
"I don’t want to hear your explanations, and I don’t have the time. I just want you to know that Chenyang is one of my people. I won’t have anyone using or bullying my people!"
"I didn’t..."
"It’s best that you didn’t." Liu Yun offered a faint smile. "You know me, and I know you. It’s in both our interests to coexist peacefully."
The meaning behind Liu Yun’s words was simple.
She might not say anything about An Xiaoqing’s affairs, but she knew everything.
If An Xiaoqing treated her people well, she would return the favor.
But if she dared to bully them, Liu Yun would make sure she regretted it.
An Xiaoqing was a proud person to the core. Normally, faced with such a statement, she would have undoubtedly fired back an angry retort.
But facing Liu Yun, she couldn’t muster that kind of courage.
"Director Liu, I understand you completely. Please don’t worry. In the future, if there’s anything you or Chenyang need my help with, you just have to ask."
"Actually, there’s a small favor I need from you right now, Director An."
"To help Chenyang with his onboarding?"
"Yes."
"What process should I follow?"
"Use the internal process. He gets the salary and benefits of a full-fledged doctor, but his official title will be ’Medical Intern’."
Hearing this, An Xiaoqing looked confused.
’Since Chenyang is one of Liu Yun’s people and has the hospital leadership’s approval and admiration, why give him an intern’s title?’
"Director Liu, I don’t quite understand the reasoning behind this arrangement."
Normally, Liu Yun wouldn’t need to explain this sort of thing to An Xiaoqing.
But since she needed An Xiaoqing’s help with getting Chenyang’s medical license, she explained the whole situation.
After Liu Yun finished, An Xiaoqing’s confusion didn’t fade. Instead, it was replaced by surprise and astonishment.
’Seeing how fiercely Liu Yun was protecting Chenyang earlier, I thought she must have poached him from somewhere with a high salary.’
’Even if he wasn’t some rising star in the medical world, he’d at least have to be a practitioner with some renown.’
’Otherwise, there’s no way Liu Yun would treat him as one of her own, let alone the hospital leadership showing him such favor and appreciation.’
But to her surprise, Chenyang was just an unlicensed practitioner who didn’t even have a medical license!
For anyone wanting to practice medicine in a formal institution, a license is the most basic requirement—it’s your ticket in the door.
Without that ticket, you can’t even get your foot in the door of a hospital.
Even when An Xiaoqing had pulled strings for the cronies of some leaders in the past, those people, at worst, had poor academic records or had made mistakes at other hospitals.
But processing the hiring of someone without a license? This was the first time she’d ever encountered such a situation—the first time she’d even heard of it.
Most importantly, it was against regulations!
An Xiaoqing didn’t dare to take such a risk. After choosing her words carefully, she asked in a low voice, "Director Liu, about this... does the hospital leadership know?"
Liu Yun smiled. "You’re worried that if you rush through Chenyang’s hiring, and the leadership later finds out he doesn’t have a license, you’ll be the one to take the blame, right?"
An Xiaoqing scratched her head in embarrassment. Her silence said it all.
"I’ve already told the leadership that Chenyang doesn’t have a medical license. They gave me two options. The first is to process his hiring, have him take the licensing exam, and he can start work after he gets the certificate. The second is to have him start work as an intern while he studies for the exam, and he’ll be converted to a full-time physician as soon as he’s certified."
"And you chose?"
"The second option."
"Aren’t you worried he might make a mistake before he gets his license?"
"Someone whose medical skills are superior to my own? What kind of mistake could he possibly make?"
Hearing this, An Xiaoqing’s pupils constricted. "You... what did you just say? Chenyang’s medical skills are better than yours? How is that possible?"
Liu Yun gave a wry smile. "I don’t like to admit it either, but it’s the truth. If his skills weren’t up to par, I wouldn’t be in such a rush to recruit him, nor would I dare risk breaking regulations to recommend him to the leadership, would I?"
An Xiaoqing looked at Chenyang in astonishment. "You’re only in your twenties, but your medical skills are better than Director Liu’s? Did you start studying medicine in the womb?"