When Chen Fan woke up, it was already two in the afternoon.
Rubbing his head, he never expected that performing a surgery would leave him so exhausted, not just physically, but especially the profound mental fatigue.
Opening his eyes, Chen Fan found himself lying in a hospital room, an IV drip of glucose solution attached to his hand.
However, this was not a room in a psychiatric hospital, but a private room in a regular hospital.
He sat up, removed the needle from his hand, and walked out of the room. To his surprise, he was in the VIP ward of Jiangcheng First Hospital.
"Chen Fan?" Just as Chen Fan was wondering why he was here, a familiar voice called out from behind him.
Chen Fan turned around. A woman in a nurse's uniform first looked surprised, then her face contorted with disgust.
"Chen Fan, have you no shame? We've already broken up, why are you still looking for me? Wasn't what I said yesterday clear enough?"
"What can you possibly salvage by pestering me like this? Your life is over. Can you compare to Xiao Ran? Even in ten or a hundred years, you'll never measure up to him. You can't give me happiness, do you understand?!"
"Hurry up and leave. I don't want to see you again! From now on, you don't need to come looking for me." Standing before Chen Fan was none other than his ex-girlfriend, Li Mengyao.
In Li Mengyao's eyes, Chen Fan coming to the VIP ward could only mean he was looking for her.
"I'm not here for you," Chen Fan replied coldly, a frown creasing his brow.
"Oh, come on, Chen Fan. We were together for four years, I know your character inside out. If you're not here for me, then who are you here to see?" Li Mengyao scoffed disdainfully.
"I am here to see a patient."
"Heh, Chen Fan, you're a surgeon from a psychiatric hospital. You're not even as good as a resident doctor in our hospital, and you're here to see a patient? Don't joke around. You know your own worth, don't you? I advise you to scram. If you dare to pester me again, Xiao Ran will definitely not let you off!" Li Mengyao couldn't help but mock him.
"Heh, someone like you, and you think my Chen Fan would bother with you? You're far too confident." Suddenly, a woman's voice rang out from behind Chen Fan.
Then, a woman appeared beside Chen Fan, even boldly linking her arm through his.
Chen Fan quickly looked to his side, and when he saw who it was, he was utterly stunned.
Li Mengyao's expression instantly turned cold. She scrutinized the newcomer. "Who are you?"
"Allow me to introduce myself, I am Chen Fan's girlfriend, Qin Shuran." The newcomer was indeed Qin Shuran. Though dressed in simple casual wear, her exquisite face and curvaceous figure completely outshone Li Mengyao.
"Chen Fan's girlfriend?"
"Chen Fan, you don't need to bring a fake girlfriend here to show off. We have no relationship anymore." Li Mengyao naturally didn't believe they were a couple; how could Chen Fan have found a girlfriend so quickly?
"Show off in front of you? Do you think you're worthy?" Qin Shuran asked Li Mengyao with a playful smirk.
Whether it was her demeanor, her figure, or her looks, Qin Shuran completely overshadowed Li Mengyao, making Li Mengyao feel inferior.
"One should have some self-awareness. Someone like you, and you think you're worthy of Chen Fan? That's a joke."
"Chen Fan, Director Zhang is waiting for you to see Old Lu. Let's go." Qin Shuran said, then, still linked with Chen Fan's arm, she walked forward.
As they passed Li Mengyao, she deliberately paused and waved her hand dismissively, fanning the air. "Cough, cough, cough, who is this? Using such cheap perfume, it's simply unbearable."
"You!" Li Mengyao knew she was being referred to, as they were the only three people in the corridor.
However, Qin Shuran and Chen Fan had already walked far away.
Just then, Li Mengyao's phone rang. It was Xiao Ran calling. "Baby, where are you?"
"Xiao Ran~" Li Mengyao's voice was choked with tears.
"Baby, what's wrong? Who bullied you?" Xiao Ran inquired.
"It's Chen Fan. He's at the hospital again."
"Chen Fan? That scoundrel still has the nerve to show up?"
"He even brought a woman, said she's his girlfriend, and that woman insulted me." Li Mengyao's face was full of grievance.
"Where are they?"
"They said Chen Fan is going to see some Old Lu, and they're in the VIP ward."
"See a patient? A surgeon from a psychiatric hospital, what qualifications does he have to treat patients? I'm coming over right now. If that scoundrel hasn't learned his lesson, I don't mind teaching him another one," Xiao Ran said coldly.
At this moment, in the corridor leading to Old Lu's room.
Qin Shuran, who had been holding Chen Fan's arm, suddenly let go. Their intimate gesture returned to normal.
"Thank you for earlier," Chen Fan didn't know what else to say, so he offered his thanks.
"It's nothing. I just can't stand women who are so self-important," Qin Shuran replied, though a hint of blush appeared on her face. This was the first time she had linked arms with a man other than her father.
"How is your body? Are you still able to treat patients?" Qin Shuran changed the subject and asked.
"No problem, I'm much better now." Chen Fan nodded.
"Today, you performed a blind suture on that patient. Do you have prior experience?" Qin Shuran recalled the events in the sterile room today and asked curiously.
She was beginning to realize that the Chen Fan before her seemed anything but ordinary.
"No, I just read some literature before."
"You only read some literature and then dared to operate on a patient? I truly don't know if you're a genius or just incredibly bold." Qin Shuran found it hard to accept. Thinking about today's surgery, she still felt a lingering fear.
If there had been even the slightest mistake, they both might have had to take off their white coats by now.
In a VIP room at Jiangcheng First Hospital.
Lu Yunxiang lay on the hospital bed, surrounded by numerous doctors, including some prominent figures in Jiangcheng's medical community.
"Chongshan, you said you were bringing a divine doctor to examine Teacher today?" a middle-aged man asked.
"He'll be here soon." Zhang Chongshan glanced at his watch.
At that moment, the door was knocked upon. Standing outside was Chen Fan and Qin Shuran.
Seeing Chen Fan and Qin Shuran enter the room, everyone exchanged glances, but then their attention returned to the doorway.
Only after Zhang Chongshan closed the door again did someone ask in confusion, "Chongshan, where is the divine doctor you mentioned?"
"Allow me to introduce him with great fanfare. This is the divine doctor I spoke of, Dr. Chen Fan!" Zhang Chongshan introduced Chen Fan to everyone.
For a moment, the room fell silent. All eyes turned to Chen Fan with expressions of astonishment.
"Chongshan, at a time like this, you're still in the mood for jokes?"
"A kid who hasn't even grown a full beard, and you call him a divine doctor? Chongshan, have you lost your mind recently?"
"I think you should go see a psychiatrist. This kid probably doesn't even have a medical license."
"If you randomly pick up a charlatan on the street, give him a beard, and make him look like a wise old sage, he could fool people. This? Not even a three-year-old would believe it!"