University Doctor and His Fragile Patients

But in front of the live camera, there are still many eyes watching her.

Even if Fu Xiaocui is really a bit anxious, she absolutely cannot show it too obviously.

"When Fu Xiaocui came in, she didn’t close the door."

"That caused quite a number of onlookers that day, some other patients in the clinic or relatives waiting for test results, were outside watching Fu Xiaocui kneel before me."

Even after all these years.

Thinking back to the scene in the emergency room years ago, Chen Mu still has a headache.

Hospital.

In fact, it is also a place filled with public opinion.

"Fu Xiaocui said she heard two nurses discussing in the bathroom that the hospital issued year-end bonuses today."

"She said I must have money in my pocket, so she rushed to my office and knelt."

"She asked me to lend money to her and her husband, so her husband could get on the operating table first."

Su Bingbing: "!!!"

Hearing this.

Su Bingbing’s mouth had already dropped open.

Even the other staff members in the investigation team looked at Chen Mu with somewhat complicated expressions at this moment.

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"Being a doctor is really miserable, such a small year-end bonus, and still being targeted by patients?"

"Isn’t this obviously the logic of ’I am weak, so I am right’?"

"If I hadn’t heard this myself, I wouldn’t have thought of it - borrowing money from the doctor for medical treatment because there’s no money?"

"Dr. Chen was only treating her husband by chance, they weren’t particularly familiar, right?"

"Couldn’t this woman have possibly not even tried to raise the surgery fees for her husband beforehand? Otherwise, I really can’t believe her skin is thick enough to not be able to gather 30,000 yuan; that doesn’t make sense!"

"Many times! I often feel out of place with this world because I’m not strange enough myself."

"If you can borrow money for surgery, then if I want to buy a computer, can I go to the computer shop and kneel to the staff, and find out when they get paid?"

"Speaking of this, I need to use my imagination. I want the latest model of an Apple phone, the 1TB one - does anyone know when the staff gets paid?"

"You guys... are best at being abstract..."

"Clearly this live room started it abstractly, we’re just keeping up!"

"..."

—

Chen Mu: "There were so many onlookers at that time, and Fu Xiaocui spoke so pitifully about herself and her husband, constantly asking me for money."

"Of course, I’m not new to clinical work and know that lending money to a patient’s family isn’t appropriate, yet..."

Thinking about what he encountered back then.

Chen Mu’s hand under the table unconsciously clenched into a fist.

Chen Mu: "But... there were indeed too many onlookers at that time..."

Su Bingbing frowned: "Too many onlookers?"

Based on what Chen Mu said earlier.

Su Bingbing thought Chen Mu was about to do a good deed, struck by sympathy, which led to lending money to Fu Xiaocui’s family.

But now...

Listening to Chen Mu’s tone, there seemed to be more to it?

Although Su Bingbing didn’t interrupt Chen Mu, she wasn’t just sitting idly by.

Every time Fu Xiaocui became restless, wanting to interrupt Chen Mu with some tricks, she was stopped by a relatively sharper gaze from Su Bingbing.

Fu Xiaocui, who initially thought she could struggle a bit: "..."

Became even more uneasy.

Wanted to secretly take out her phone to check the current public opinion online.

But having already taken out her phone, she was then a bit scared to look.

For some unknown reason.

A vague feeling of unease lingered in her heart.

It seemed that everything...

Might have reached a point of no return, thinking of this, Fu Xiaocui became more agitated.

If Chen Mu loses, he still has a wealthy dad as backup.

But this time.

Standing out to address matters from years ago with Chen Mu, she had bet her entire family’s assets.

Chen Mu nodded lightly and then said, "Yes, there were too many onlookers."

"Having financial transactions with a patient, regardless of whose money it is, isn’t a clear-cut choice."

"Yet even though I had already clearly refused, Fu Xiaocui wouldn’t get up, constantly crying in my office, and detailing how miserable her family was, saying the surgery was their last hope. But she’d borrowed money for many days and couldn’t get any."

"Without cash for the surgery, her husband might die."

"When she said this, the onlookers started blaming the hospital, claiming that nowadays only immediate matters are considered. Such situations as Fu Xiaocui’s husband’s aren’t given priority for surgery while discussing money issues."

"These were the polite ones, at that time some onlookers even pointed at my nose and cursed."

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"??? "

"If this happened now, wouldn’t it be blatant moral coercion?"

"Were the onlookers at that time really not seeing that the problem was with Fu Xiaocui? Why was Dr. Chen scolded for not wanting to give his own money to Fu Xiaocui, just because he’s a doctor and has to be morally coerced?"

"Actually, many people may not necessarily be trying to morally coerce, they just want to find someone to scold, to vent emotions, and Dr. Chen happened to be unlucky, caught up in Fu Xiaocui’s situation."

"When I was studying medicine I thought medical theory was the hardest, but later, in clinical practice, I realized the theories that can be understood are actually the easiest."

"It’s truly a situation where just hearing about it makes one uncontrollably sympathize with Dr. Chen."

"Dr. Chen was really unlucky to encounter such patients and their families!!!"

"It’s a pity I wasn’t there on site. If I had been there, whoever scolded Dr. Chen, I would definitely have stood up for him and scolded back!"

"Don’t say it too absolutely in the livestream, most people follow the crowd; if you were there you might be in a similar situation."

"It’s possible that if you were on site at that time, you’d have scolded Dr. Chen harsher than those people!"

"No way..."

"How could you be so sure about that?!"

"..."

—

Chen Mu sighed and continued, "People not present might not imagine how intense the atmosphere was back then."

"Later, our on-duty supervisor came by because things had gotten too uproarious."

"After understanding the cause and process of the situation, the supervisor also made efforts to explain to the onlookers that Fu Xiaocui’s situation didn’t meet the criteria for crowdfunding."

"Speaking of which, our supervisor said a sentence at that time, thinking about it now, it’s quite interesting."

Chen Mu slightly curled his lips, his eyes revealing undisguised coldness, "The onlookers really sympathized with Fu Xiaocui, saying she was dressed in rags and looked already so poor, not passing crowdfunding standards was unreasonable."

"It must be because our hospital doesn’t take patients seriously, resulting in this."

"At that time, our supervisor directly suggested that if anyone truly sympathizes with Fu Xiaocui, they can support her on site, and he’d pretend not to see anything."

"With that sentence left behind, the supervisor walked away."

"But among so many people present, not one gave Fu Xiaocui even a penny."

Su Bingbing pursed her lips, "Taking advantage of the chaos without responsibility, not considering others’ situations, these people watching the chaos are truly awful!"

Chen Mu: "Though some of the onlookers left, once a somewhat grumpy supervisor also left, the office was left with just me and Fu Xiaocui again."

"After the supervisor left, Fu Xiaocui cried even louder, drawing more sympathy."

"It was at this moment when Fu Xiaocui once again proposed borrowing money, in front of many people, claiming she’d definitely repay me if only I’d be willing to take out my year-end bonus for her temporary use."

"She also said that if my year-end bonus saved her husband, it would be my way of accumulating virtue - it would be a win-win situation for us!"