Chapter 56: Intercepted Again

Chapter 56: Chapter 56: Intercepted Again

It was past 9:30 PM when Yu Zhiming took a taxi back to the Zijin Garden District.

He wasn’t very familiar with the district, so he took a few wrong turns and wasted some time before finding his new home.

Yu Zhiming was surprised to find his Fourth Sister and Xiaoxue at home. The two of them were eating snacks and watching TV.

"What are you two doing back here?"

Yu Xiangwan took a couple of steps forward, took Yu Zhiming’s briefcase, and put on a caring expression. "I was just worried you wouldn’t be used to it, and that you’d be scared all alone at night."

Yu Zhiming pursed his lips. Then he heard Fu Xiaoxue explain, "We just popped over to have dinner with my dad and brother. A little chat was more than enough."

"We couldn’t just be a third wheel and disturb Mom and Dad’s evening together, hehe."

Fu Xiaoxue then asked enthusiastically, "Uncle, how was your first day at the hospital?"

"Did work go well? Are your colleagues easy to get along with?"

"It was all fine, I guess."

Yu Zhiming gave a vague reply, sat down on the living room sofa, and sighed softly. "After I finished my onboarding paperwork, the head of the OB/GYN department roped me into service. I spent the whole day adjusting fetal positions."

"I only officially met my colleagues from the research center at the dinner party tonight."

Yu Zhiming took a slice of watermelon from his Fourth Sister and took a bite. He then heard her ask, "Fifth Brother, you all had dinner together, so you must have met that girl, Zhou Mo, right?"

"I wasn’t lying, she’s amazing, isn’t she?"

"Fifth Brother, be honest. Are you smitten?"

Yu Zhiming finished the watermelon in a few bites, pulled out a tissue to wipe his mouth and hands, and said, "Sis, that girl Zhou Mo is indeed great. She’s the kind of person you’d be taken with at first sight."

"It’s just... she’s not my type."

Yu Xiangwan was very confused.

"Fifth Brother, Zhou Mo is so beautiful, has a great figure, and a lovely voice. How can you not be interested?"

"Do you already have someone in your heart?"

Yu Zhiming thought for a moment and decided it was best to reveal a little. It would prevent his sister from saying the wrong thing or doing something inappropriate later on.

"Sis, I told you before. Last time we came to Binhai, Teacher Qi mentioned introducing me to his good friend’s daughter."

"If Zhou Mo were really such a suitable match, why would Teacher Qi ignore it and not try to set us up?"

Yu Xiangwan let out a long "Ohhh" of sudden realization.

"That’s true. A girl as outstanding as Zhou Mo would be a perfect match for you. Why wouldn’t Dr. Qi play matchmaker?"

"Does she have a secret boyfriend?"

"Or is she secretly married?"

Yu Xiangwan guessed with a gossipy look on her face, "Or... does Dr. Qi know some secret about her that makes her unsuitable for you?"

"A health problem? Can’t have kids?"

Fu Xiaoxue also leaned in with an inquisitive look.

Yu Zhiming resisted the urge to roll his eyes and said perfunctorily, "The specific reason? Who knows."

"Anyway, since Teacher Qi doesn’t think we’re a good fit, there must be an important reason why."

"I just arrived at Huashan Hospital. I need a fairly long adjustment period, so I’m not going to think about personal matters for now."

Yu Zhiming stood up and said, "I’m going to go wash up and take a shower. I still have things to do tonight..."

"Oh, right!"

Yu Zhiming took out Gu Qingran’s special appointment expert agreement and tossed it to Yu Xiangwan.

"Sis, take a look at this agreement and see if there are any problems..."

After showering, Yu Zhiming briefly told his sister about the part-time job at Ning’an Hospital, then went to his bedroom and opened his laptop.

He pulled up the email from Teacher Qi and began looking through the inquiry record on Xu Feng’s condition, which Teacher Qi had personally compiled.

It took Yu Zhiming a full forty-plus minutes to carefully read through Teacher Qi’s inquiry record once.

After reading it, he had one impression.

Meticulous!

Incredibly meticulous!

For example, the patient history inquiry included detailed records of the age, cause of death, and major illnesses of three generations of deceased direct relatives.

It also included the physical condition and medical records of living relatives.

Regarding his developmental environment, it meticulously noted the patient’s educational history, relocation history, and history of job changes.

It also detailed the environmental conditions of his workplaces and residences, including whether there were any obvious sources of pollution nearby.

The main types of industry in his city, whether there had been any significant occurrences of occupational diseases, endemic diseases, or mass poisoning incidents, and so on.

As for the patient, Xu Feng himself, his daily life—what he ate, where he lived, how he traveled—before, during, and after the onset of his illness, as well as his medical consultations and treatment records, were all recorded in exhaustive detail.

For instance, regarding his diet, besides his usual daily meals, it also recorded any uncommon ingredients he had occasionally eaten, such as wild animals, fungi, and the like.

In his medical and treatment history, even visits to small clinics for injections and medication were noted.

Yu Zhiming noticed that after the first onset of the unknown pain, the patient, Xu Feng, had first gone to a locally well-known traditional Chinese medicine clinic for treatment.

The old traditional Chinese medicine doctor on duty diagnosed him with an "external pathogenic influence invading the body and causing an internal toxin," which needed to be dispelled and detoxified.

The patient took the three doses of Chinese medicine prescribed to him. After the pain disappeared, he found the medicine too bitter and didn’t continue with the remaining doses.

Ten days later, the patient’s unknown pain returned. From then on, it has been intermittent, tormenting him to this day...

This inquiry record, so detailed it couldn’t be more so, truly stunned Yu Zhiming.

When he diagnosed patients at the county hospital, he relied more on the information he gathered through percussion and auscultation.

Patient interviews were merely to supplement and confirm his findings, or at most, to ask about major illnesses in the patient’s family history.

From this inquiry record, Yu Zhiming saw Teacher Qi’s rigor and meticulousness.

At the same time, he could also infer something else.

Although Teacher Qi held him in high regard, it also meant that Teacher Qi’s expectations for him would certainly be even more stringent.

’Looks like a tough period is unavoidable!’

Yu Zhiming thought with mixed feelings of apprehension and excitement, then continued to study the inquiry record.

He hoped to find some useful clues within this vast and fragmented information...

At 8:32 the next morning, Yu Zhiming hurried to Huashan Hospital.

This time, he didn’t splurge on a taxi, but instead experienced Binhai’s public bus system.

The bus-riding experience was quite terrible.

The crowding was one thing, but the constant noise throughout the journey was unbearable for Yu Zhiming, giving him a splitting headache.

Therefore, as soon as he got off the bus, Yu Zhiming assigned a task to his personal assistant, Yu Xiangwan.

Find a convenient and affordable commuting method as soon as possible, other than the bus, a taxi, or buying a car...

"Dr. Yu..."

Yu Zhiming, who had just taken a few steps inside the hospital entrance, heard a pleasant voice and stopped.

He turned to see Zhou Mo in a blue professional dress, jogging lightly toward him in a pair of low heels.

"Zhou Mo, good morning!"

"Dr. Yu, good morning! I have some good news for you..."

As Zhou Mo drew near, her voice filled with amusement, "That Chef Yin from last night? He came to our hospital for a check-up."

"It’s confirmed. It really is myocardial ischemia. They said the area of ischemia isn’t small, either."

Yu Zhiming subtly took half a step away from Zhou Mo and started walking with her toward the Qi Yue Medical Research Center.

"That’s hardly good news for Chef Yin."

Zhou Mo chuckled. "Well, it’s good news in a way. If it weren’t for Director Qi and you, Dr. Yu, last night, his myocardial ischemia might have progressed to myocardial necrosis. The consequences would have been unpredictable."

"Oh, Dr. Yu..."

Zhou Mo turned her head to glance at Yu Zhiming’s face again and said with a smile, "You have dark circles under your eyes. Did you have trouble sleeping in a new bed again?"

"Teacher Qi told you even a small detail like that?" Yu Zhiming’s feelings were a bit complicated.

Zhou Mo laughed softly. "He mentioned it once in passing. The Director has been talking about you a lot lately."

Yu Zhiming let out a soft "Oh" and said slowly, "These dark circles aren’t mainly from not being used to the bed. I just went to sleep late last night..."

Chatting idly, the two soon arrived in front of the five-story building that housed the Qi Yue Medical Research Center.

Yu Zhiming ran into another acquaintance.

Wang Chunyuan from the Cardiopulmonary Medicine department.

"Zhiming, come with me, quick. A few friends of mine are here, and they’re waiting for you to give them a check-up."

"As for Director Qi, I’ve already spoken with him..."