University Doctor and His Fragile Patients

Feeling Mu Yao’s gaze constantly on him.

Chen Mu still maintained that casual demeanor as before, "The so-called protecting yourself isn’t just about not getting hurt easily, but also about protecting your life and your career."

"For example, today’s incident, were you scared?"

Mu Yao nodded awkwardly, "Indeed..."

Chen Mu just looked at Mu Yao gently and continued to ask, "Why were you scared?"

Mu Yao opened her mouth, not knowing how to explain.

Yet Chen Mu’s gentle voice sounded once again at this moment, "When it happened, was there a voice in your head telling you that if this student really died in the university hospital today, or ended up paralyzed for life, your medical career might just end there?"

"Don’t even mention whether you could continue to be a doctor; not going to jail for a few years would be quite fortunate?"

Chen Mu’s words.

Ultimately, were a bit too direct.

Mu Yao found it difficult to respond.

In the end, she followed her heart and nodded honestly, "At the moment it happened, I indeed thought so..."

Precisely because she felt panic.

That she suddenly became emotionally vulnerable, overly insecure.

And during the live stream, said those things.

However, Chen Mu’s voice rang again at this time, "Then after it happened, have you considered that if you always held a slight vigilance towards your patients, maybe..."

"When he suddenly jumped up, you could have pinned him back onto the bed?"

"As I recall, you’re quite strong..."

Listening to Chen Mu’s words.

Mu Yao glanced upward.

Looking at the Chen doctor beside her, she felt she was about to lose her composure again.

At this moment, Chen Mu seemed like a parasite in her stomach, voicing the thoughts that had flashed through her mind.

Actually.

She hadn’t considered this possibility at first.

Until during the treatment process, when the patient attempted multiple times to get up and speak to Chen Mu behind him.

But throughout the process, Chen Mu reacted incredibly fast.

Every time the patient intended to get up, Chen Mu seemed already prepared.

Precisely and unfailingly.

Before the patient got up, firmly pressed him back onto the bed.

It was at that moment...

Mu Yao began constantly reflecting, if she could have that reaction speed.

Or had been prepared.

Would that accident have never occurred.

Facing Chen Mu’s gaze, Mu Yao felt even more distressed.

Perceiving Mu Yao’s borderline emotional breakdown, Chen Mu continued gently, "Actually, though there were some accidents today, relatively speaking, you’re quite fortunate. For instance, the entire process was livestreamed, so just when it happened, there probably weren’t many in the stream audience siding with the fragile student, most would stand with you, sympathizing with you."

"Even if today, the fragile student really ended up paralyzed for life, for you, who hadn’t made mistakes during the medical process, it’s just an undeserved disaster."

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"???"

"If I hadn’t been in the livestream room the whole time and confirmed that Dr. Chen hadn’t come to check, I would suspect he’d been looking for answers in the chat!!!"

"Can the comments from our livestream audience be so accurately guessed by someone who hardly checked the stream?"

"Remember! You’re just a doctor, just a university medic! You don’t need to understand public opinion!"

"I feel like Dr. Chen isn’t as bad as we think, given we can’t expect everyone we meet in daily life to be good. It’s never wrong to protect yourself first with bad things potentially happening at any time..."

"I’ve never quite liked that kind of narrative, why not tell the bad people not to harm others, rather than making the good people protect themselves?"

"Is it possible that by following the law, he might not be a bad person?"

"You can control yourself, but how do you control others?"

"It sounds absurd, but reality really is like that..."

"..."

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Seeing Mu Yao with her head lowered.

Chen Mu continued to speak, "But have you thought about if that scene had not occurred in front of a livestream camera?"

Mu Yao raised her head, looking at Chen Mu.

Feeling like Chen Mu was about to say something she didn’t like hearing.

Chen Mu: "If that scene hadn’t occurred before a livestream camera, in cases like this where a patient needs to remove their shirt for acupuncture, even in a consultation room, cameras aren’t allowed because the hospital has a responsibility and obligation to protect patients’ privacy."

Mu Yao pressed her lips together, saying nothing.

She realized it.

What Chen Mu was about to say wasn’t something she liked hearing.

But nevertheless...

She seemed to...

Have to listen...

Chen Mu.

As if he didn’t notice Mu Yao’s resistance, continued speaking as if nothing was amiss.

"If that scene happened in a consultation room without surveillance, do you think when the incident occurs, how many on the internet, or in reality, would speak up for you, or say, how many would listen to your explanation?"

"People often instinctively side with the weak, thinking it’s a medical accident, and all your explanations become just excuses to cover up your crime, blaming the silent victim."

Mu Yao stared blankly at Chen Mu.

She really wanted to speak up.

To say people will distinguish right from wrong, right?

But will people really distinguish right from wrong?

In this rapidly developing information age, even though Mu Yao hadn’t encountered such things before.

Just a little bit of thought is enough to realize...

What Chen Mu is saying now, although scary.

At least partially, Chen Mu isn’t deceiving her.

Every word and sentence Chen Mu says carries the lessons from many peers before her.

Watching Mu Yao suddenly lower her head and fall into unprecedented silence.

Chen Mu also reflected internally for a brief moment.

Thinking silently to himself.

Maybe.

Perhaps...

Facing a medical student who only just started interning, he shouldn’t have spoken so directly all at once.

But soon.

This thought was dismissed by Chen Mu.

This time.

Mu Yao was considered lucky, having the livestream camera there to honestly record that she was not mainly at fault.

He was there too, as was the old man, who successfully saved the patient in time.

Otherwise.

Without any one of those pieces of luck.

Mu Yao’s career could have been dealt an unprecedented heavy blow due to this "accident."

Thinking of this, knowing well that the girl might now be quite fragile psychologically, Chen Mu still went on to ask, "Even if the patient still has some consciousness, do you really think the patient would clear your name for you with paralysis treatment costs looming?"

Mu Yao: "..."

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"I really want to counter Dr. Chen’s words in the chat, but before speaking, I put myself in the shoes. I probably wouldn’t help the doctor clear the name..."

"I too... always thought of myself as a good person, but suddenly feel a bit despicable."

"If I were paralyzed, my family couldn’t afford my care costs, but maybe the hospital would compensate more..."

"???"

"But have you thought about what the future of that responsible doctor’s life would be if you really didn’t help clear things up?"

"Should your mistake also cost someone else’s career?"

"I have thought about it, though it might be terribly unfair to the doctor, but he isn’t paralyzed, and even if he doesn’t practice, he’ll still have another life, but I need that compensation more."

"Although... I also feel this way..."

"Shocked by the whole chat, but me? I kind of think so too? How scary???!?!"

"..."