Chapter 117 - 116: You Can’t Judge a Book by Its Cover

Chapter 117: Chapter 116: You Can’t Judge a Book by Its Cover

"Teacher Qi, there’s something wrong with the little girl’s blinking..." Yu Zhiming briefly explained his observation.

Seeing the look of approval in his teacher’s eyes, Yu Zhiming continued, "I suspect the little girl might be having a minor seizure, which is causing the abnormal blinking."

"Either that, or there’s a problem with the facial nerve that controls the orbicularis oculi muscle."

"I’m leaning more toward the first possibility."

Qi Yue nodded gently. "I also suspect it’s epilepsy."

"Zhiming, go ask that young couple. If they’re not aware of it, give them a heads-up..."

Yu Zhiming jogged a few steps and stopped the family of three.

He got straight to the point. "Hello, I’m a doctor. I noticed just now that there’s something unusual about your daughter’s blinking."

"Are you aware of this abnormality?"

Hearing this, the young wife stepped forward, shielding her husband and daughter behind her.

She questioned him warily, "My daughter has been perfectly fine. What problem could there be?"

"You’re a doctor?"

"You look more like a hospital shill to me. Have you started running scams in the park, trying to trick people into seeing a doctor?"

At that moment, Yu Zhiming noticed the young husband was holding up his phone and pointing it at him, clearly recording.

Seeing how defensive they were, Yu Zhiming felt a bit annoyed and couldn’t be bothered to prove his identity.

His voice turned cold. "Whether you believe me or not, as a doctor, since I’ve noticed it, I have a responsibility to tell you."

"Your daughter’s blinking is abnormal. I suspect it might be caused by minor seizures."

"With a condition like epilepsy, each seizure makes the next one worse. I suggest you take your daughter to a hospital for an examination as soon as possible."

After saying this quickly and clearly, Yu Zhiming didn’t wait for the young couple to respond. He walked briskly back to join Teacher Qi, Gu Qingran, and Hua Si Fan.

Qi Yue noticed Yu Zhiming’s expression was a little sour and asked with a smile, "Did they question your intentions?"

Yu Zhiming grunted in affirmation.

Qi Yue chuckled and said, "That’s normal. The social climate isn’t great these days. It’s not easy being a good person."

Gu Qingran chimed in, "Unless you’re wearing a military, police, or firefighter’s uniform. Those are still widely trusted."

"Sigh, it’s a shame that doctors are no longer on that list."

Qi Yue then asked slowly, "Zhiming, if you had to choose again, would you still have gone to warn them?"

Yu Zhiming said softly, "Teacher Qi, I think I would."

"If I go and they question my intentions, I’ll just be angry and feel wronged for a little while. But if I don’t go, I’d probably feel guilty and terrible every time I thought about it later."

"As long as I can have a clear conscience, that’s all that matters."

Gu Qingran chuckled. "Dr. Yu, you seem to have it all figured out in your head and you’ve kept your conscience clear, so you can stop pulling that long face."

Yu Zhiming couldn’t help but shoot him a sideways glance.

"Understanding things and having a clear conscience are two different things from being angry. The two aren’t mutually exclusive..."

The group had lunch in the same private, lakeside room on the third floor of Tingfeng Tower.

Hua Si Fan maintained his usual cool and aloof persona, eating methodically and not saying much.

It was mainly Gu Qingran who started conversations and kept the atmosphere lively.

"Director Qi, I hear Huashan Hospital’s leadership is about to undergo a major reshuffle?"

Qi Yue grunted. "Vice Dean Yuan Qi and Vice Dean Huang Kun are leaving, and the positions of several department heads will also be adjusted."

"It’ll be announced next Monday."

Gu Qingran asked tentatively, "Director Qi, are you going to be moving up?"

Qi Yue waved his hand and laughed. "At my age, I’m not going to look for trouble by taking on a thankless leadership role."

"It’s much more comfortable just being a doctor..."

After the lavish lunch, Qi Yue went to the neurology department at Ning’an to conduct a consultation.

Meanwhile, Gu Qingran led Yu Zhiming to an examination room to do the same job he did at Huashan Hospital.

Physical exams.

He was to conduct physicals for the employees of Ning’an Hospital.

Gu Qingran was very wealthy and ostentatious, generously offering Yu Zhiming a fee of two hundred yuan per person.

The guy flopped onto the examination table. "I’m going to take advantage of my position. Dr. Yu, I’ll be the first to be examined."

"President Hua will be second..."

It made no difference to Yu Zhiming who went first or second; either way, it was two hundred yuan a person.

He put on a pair of surgical gloves, began palpating and tapping all over Gu Qingran’s body, and actually discovered a rather shocking problem.

"He Ye, you can step out for a moment!"

Yu Zhiming sent the attractive young nurse from Ning’an Hospital, who was there to assist, out of the examination room. Then he said to Hua Si Fan, "President Hua, could you please step out for a moment as well?"

"Next, I need to discuss something with Dean Gu..."

"President Hua doesn’t need to leave!"

Gu Qingran cut Yu Zhiming off, sitting up on the examination table with a serious expression. "President Hua and I are like brothers. There’s no need to hide anything from him."

"Dr. Yu, whatever you’ve found, just say it. No matter how serious the problem is, I can handle it."

Hua Si Fan walked over to Gu Qingran, patted his shoulder, and sat down next to him on the examination table.

’Dean Gu, this is your decision. Don’t blame me for not warning you if you regret it later.’

He didn’t state the problem directly. Instead, he asked, "Dean Gu, are you married?"

Hua Si Fan answered for him, "He was. Twice. Both marriages ended in divorce in less than a year."

Yu Zhiming asked again, "Any children?"

"None!" Hua Si Fan was once again the first to answer.

"Have you ever had a reproductive health check-up before?"

This time, Hua Si Fan couldn’t answer for him.

Gu Qingran shook his head. "No, and I haven’t needed to. I’ve always been healthy and... very capable... in that department."

"My two ex-wives and several girlfriends can all vouch for me."

He then asked urgently, "Dr. Yu, just tell me straight. What exactly is wrong with me?"

Yu Zhiming said slowly, "It’s not a huge problem, Dean Gu. You have a bilateral absence of the vas deferens."

"It’s a congenital defect. Under normal circumstances, you’re unable to get a woman pregnant."

Gu Qingran’s eyes widened, and he cried out in astonishment.

"Bilateral absence of the vas deferens?"

"Can’t get anyone pregnant?"

"HOLY SHIT, HOLY SHIT, all those condoms—I bought them and used them for nothing?"

Suddenly, Gu Qingran slammed his fist on the examination table and let out an angry curse.

"That bitch..."

Hua Si Fan could no longer maintain his cool and aloof persona. Unable to hold back a smile, he explained to Yu Zhiming, "He once dated a college student."

"One day, the student told him she was pregnant with his child, but couldn’t keep it because of her studies."

"Out of guilt, he gave her a lot of money."

"Until now..."

Hua Si Fan saw Gu Qingran glaring at him with a murderous look and quickly shut his mouth.

"Hua Si Fan, if you dare tell anyone this secret, we’re no longer brothers. We’ll be mortal enemies."

After viciously warning Hua Si Fan, Gu Qingran turned back to Yu Zhiming.

"Dr. Yu, so I’ll never be able to have my own children?"

Yu Zhiming explained, "Not necessarily."

"We’d need to perform a testicular biopsy."

"If the sperm there are still found to be active and healthy, you can have a child with your partner through in vitro fertilization."

Gu Qingran let out a slight sigh of relief.

He sighed again, then asked in confusion, "I know sperm are produced continuously. Without the vas deferens, don’t they just get trapped inside, unable to get out?"

"After all these years, it’s not like that area has gotten any bigger."

Yu Zhiming couldn’t help but ask, "Dean Gu, you didn’t major in a medical field, did you?"

Gu Qingran grunted. "My majors were economics and business administration. I don’t have to worry about or be responsible for the specific operational work of the hospital."

Yu Zhiming said, "Oh," and explained, "Sperm are mainly composed of protein. After they die inside the body, they can be reabsorbed."

"It’s the same principle as how absorbable catgut sutures are slowly broken down by the body."

"So, that area won’t get backed up and swell."

This explanation put Gu Qingran much more at ease...

When it came to Hua Si Fan’s examination, Yu Zhiming discovered a major issue as soon as he began.

"Your left lung... has it been seriously injured?"

This time, Gu Qingran answered for him. "Someone stabbed him in the left lung. He almost kicked the bucket."

"Dr. Yu, don’t be fooled by President Hua’s appearance. He was a gangster in the United States for a few years."

"During those years, getting into fights, getting injured, breaking bones—that was all normal for him. He’s even been shot once."

Through further examination, Yu Zhiming found that Gu Qingran wasn’t exaggerating.

Yu Zhiming discovered over a dozen old fractures on Hua Si Fan’s body.

Besides his left lung, he also found signs of surgery on his stomach, intestines, and other organs.

Yu Zhiming felt that the saying "you can’t judge a book by its cover" was the perfect way to describe Hua Si Fan.

’Such a cool and aloof president was actually a gangster—and the kind who fought for his life at the bottom of the food chain.’

’It’s truly unimaginable, unbelievable...’

「At that moment, Zhao Xin from Jingda Medical School arrived at Jiaoda Affiliated Hospital and met with the gynecology expert, Dr. Wang Yaxian...」