These experiences provided valuable lessons for the other doctors in the hospital, sometimes even saving a patient's life.
"Alright, everyone, back to work," Chen Fan said, glancing at them before giving the order.
Upon hearing Chen Fan's command, everyone dispersed.
Chen Fan then went to the inpatient department for rounds. His inspection revealed no issues, indicating that the hospital's medical standards were continuously improving.
By the time he returned to the outpatient building, it was already lunchtime.
Chen Fan went directly to Qin Shuran's consultation room, and they proceeded to the hospital cafeteria together.
On their way, Chen Fan subtly reminded Qin Shuran that Sun Xiao couldn't continue living with them indefinitely.
Unfortunately, Qin Shuran didn't see it that way.
Having moved to Jiangcheng for work, she didn't have many friends, and Sun Xiao was the only one she felt she could talk to. She didn't believe Sun Xiao staying with them was causing any problems.
Chen Fan felt a pang of helplessness, but he couldn't directly tell Qin Shuran that Sun Xiao's presence would interfere with their private moments.
He hadn't had any alone time with Qin Shuran for several days.
"Sister Sun is scared these days. As her friend, how can I abandon her? Besides, she's managing the company for you. How can you bear to let her live alone outside? What if she encounters bad people again?" Qin Shuran, sensing Chen Fan's slight displeasure, linked her arm through his and said.
"Alright," Chen Fan conceded with a helpless nod.
After finishing their meal, they returned to their respective consultation rooms.
When work ended in the afternoon, Sun Xiao, as usual, appeared at the hospital on time to accompany Qin Shuran home.
If Sun Xiao weren't a woman, Chen Fan would have been consumed by jealousy seeing this scene.
Before they left, Chen Fan instructed them not to bother making dinner, as he had some matters to attend to that evening.
Leaving the hospital, Chen Fan drove towards a private club in the southern part of the city.
This luxurious private club, built in a traditional courtyard style, was previously funded by Jin Shiran at a great expense. However, he never imagined that the private club he poured so much effort into would end up benefiting someone else.
Meanwhile, in the park adjacent to the courtyard, two men, carrying a sack, sneaked inside.
One of them held a flashlight, constantly scanning their surroundings.
"Brother Zhang, are there really good things here?" the other man whispered, sounding somewhat skeptical.
"It's not wrong. I paid two thousand yuan for this information," replied the man referred to as Brother Zhang.
He was Zhang Fan, the one who had bought the bronze artifact from Chen Fan that day.
"Can this information be trusted? If there are really treasures, why would they tell us?"
Zhang Fan chuckled playfully, "That's because the kid is an amateur and incredibly timid. You don't know, I coaxed and threatened him, and he was so scared he almost knelt down. He sold me something worth five hundred thousand yuan for just two thousand yuan."
Recalling the events of that morning, Zhang Fan couldn't help but feel a surge of pride.
"Five hundred thousand?!" The other man listened with disbelief.
"Otherwise, why would I bring you here? I'm telling you, the kid's item was dug up from here, and as far as I know, this is at least the tomb of a noble from the Shang and Zhou dynasties."
"Brother Zhang, then we're rich!" The man's eyes lit up.
Zhang Fan beamed with pride, "Do I need to say? But if that kid knew, he'd probably be furious to death!"
Just then, Zhang Fan noticed a pit that had been dug in a nearby thicket.
The pit was well-hidden, and it would have been difficult to spot without Zhang Fan's flashlight.
"This should be it," Zhang Fan and the man quickly walked over, directing their flashlights into the pit to observe the situation inside.
"After we dig it up, we'll split it three-seven," Zhang Fan said to the man, not rushing to act.
"No problem!" The man nodded excitedly. If this was indeed a noble's tomb, even a thirty percent share would be a considerable sum of money.
Having reached an agreement, Zhang Fan no longer hesitated. He instructed the man to jump into the pit and begin excavating with the tools they had brought.
After digging down less than a meter.
"Bang!"
The sound of metal striking something echoed.
"Be gentle, the loss will be huge if you damage it!" Zhang Fan quickly warned upon hearing the noise.
The man acknowledged and began to dig with his hands, preparing to unearth the object.
About fifteen minutes later, the man finally unearthed the item.
Under the flashlight's beam, the man was so excited he almost shouted, "Brother Zhang, it's out! It's a bronze artifact, we're rich!"
However, to the man's surprise, there was no response from Zhang Fan at the opening of the pit.
"Brother Zhang, Brother Zhang?" the man in the pit called out repeatedly.
Suddenly, a figure appeared at the opening of the pit, looking down at the man inside with a mocking expression. "Are you coming out on your own, or do you plan for me to fill this hole?"
"Who, who are you?!" The man panicked, his eyes filled with fear.
"Bury him," the figure said, waving a hand.
This sent the man in the pit into a state of terror. He was only in his early twenties and didn't want to be buried alive with these bronze artifacts. He immediately exclaimed, "I'm coming out, I'm coming out right now!"
As the man climbed out of the pit, he discovered more than a dozen figures standing outside. Zhang Fan, who had brought him here, was now cowering fearfully to the side.
"You dare to come here and dig for things. Do you know what this place is? You have quite the nerve!" The leader's words completely broke the man.
Crying and begging for mercy, he pleaded, "Big brother, big brother, I really didn't mean to. It was all him, he insisted on bringing me here. This is what I dug up, I'll hand it all over, all of it."
Saying that, the man handed over the unearthed item.
"You scoundrel, if I knew you were so unreliable, I wouldn't have brought you!" Zhang Fan glared at the man angrily.
The leader's lips curved into a slight smile. "This is probably a cultural relic, isn't it? Do you know how many years you could be sentenced for illegally excavating cultural relics?"
"How, how many years?" the man asked.
"You might not get out for the rest of your life," the leader said dismissively.
The man started crying again, and even Zhang Fan was thoroughly frightened.
Zhang Fan hastily said, "Big brother, we'll give you this item. Just pretend we were never here, okay? Please, I have old parents and young children. Big brother, if I go in, my whole family will be ruined!"
"That depends on whether you're obedient."
"Obedient, obedient! We'll both be obedient!"
The man nodded tearfully, "Yes, we're the most obedient, really, big brother, please let us go!"
"Since you're obedient, then come with us. Our boss wants to see you." The leader gestured, and several men stepped forward, dragging the two towards the private club.