"Keep your voice down. I'm telling you, this doctor is very capable. Today, he was even invited by the Third Hospital to assist in surgery!" the woman whispered urgently.
Just then, the door to the consultation room was pushed open. Indeed, it was the same woman Chen Fan had met that morning at the hospital.
"Director Chen, hello. We met this morning," the woman said, walking quickly towards Chen Fan with the child in her arms.
"Mm, I remember," Chen Fan nodded.
"Director Chen, thank you so much. If you hadn't discovered my child's illness in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable." The woman still felt a lingering fear.
If Chen Fan hadn't insisted on his diagnosis, she might never have realized her son had such a rare disease.
"Wife, such a young doctor, is he the Director Chen you were talking about?" the man beside her asked, still somewhat skeptical. After all, Chen Fan looked younger than him, how could he be a miracle doctor?
The woman nodded. "Director Chen is the one who diagnosed our child's illness." She then turned to Chen Fan and asked, "Director Chen, can you cure my child's illness?"
Seeing the woman's expectant gaze, Chen Fan nodded slightly. "Yes, but the process might be a bit long."
"As long as it can be cured, it can be cured. Thank you, Director Chen," the woman said, visibly excited.
However, the man frowned slightly. "Doctor, how much will it cost to cure my son's illness?"
Chen Fan shook his head and answered truthfully, "I'm not sure. This illness requires several precious medicinal ingredients. I can't estimate the exact cost of the cure."
"You can't estimate? Or are you planning to swindle us out of a large sum, and you're too embarrassed to say it now?" The man's expression gradually turned grim.
Chen Fan smiled helplessly. "You can buy the medicinal ingredients yourselves; they're for your own son. What would I gain by swindling you?"
"Hmph, well said. I've seen plenty of swindlers like you online. Wife, let's go. We'll go to a big city, a big hospital. I don't believe that a doctor from a psychiatric hospital can cure a disease that even experts can't treat." With that, the man grabbed the woman and prepared to leave.
"Are you crazy? Director Chen said he could cure it. Why won't you let Director Chen try? Is money that important to you?! This is your son!" the woman glared at the man angrily.
"Am I crazy? I think you're crazy! This is my son, how can I not worry? You believe this so-called Director Chen, but I don't. If this kid can cure it, why are other doctors, even specialists in this field, powerless?!" the man retorted equally furiously.
Tears streamed down the woman's face. "I don't want anything to happen to my child. If something happens to him, how can I live?"
Just then, Chen Fan's voice rang out. "You can go to other hospitals first and give the child some immunosuppressants to alleviate the condition."
"Did you hear that? The doctor even told us to go to other hospitals. It seems he knows I've seen through his trick and doesn't dare to swindle us anymore. Wake up, our top priority is to cure the child! I've heard that a miracle doctor has come to Jiangcheng, at Longgang Hospital. We'll go there every day and surely we'll get an appointment. Then we'll have that miracle doctor treat our child, wouldn't that be better than a doctor from a psychiatric hospital?" the man said coldly, glancing at Chen Fan.
Then, he dragged the woman and child out of Chen Fan's consultation room.
Hearing this, Chen Fan smiled helplessly. He didn't stop them. Since they didn't believe him, they would meet again at Longgang Hospital.
At this moment, Qin Shuran walked in, carrying a lunchbox.
Seeing the couple and child leave, she looked at Chen Fan in confusion. "Isn't their child suffering from lupus erythematosus? Why did they leave?" Qin Shuran asked Chen Fan, puzzled.
Chen Fan replied helplessly, "They think I'm too young and that I'm a swindler."
Qin Shuran couldn't help but laugh. "If I were them, I'd think the same. Who would believe that a young man in his early twenties is a miracle doctor?"
"I say, next time you have a consultation, wear a fake beard, dye your hair white, and draw some wrinkles on your face to look like an immortal. No one will call you a swindler then."
Chen Fan was speechless.
Qin Shuran opened the lunchbox for Chen Fan while asking, "How is the child's condition now? Will there be any complications?"
"It's not serious yet. If it were serious, I wouldn't have let them leave," Chen Fan replied.
Looking at the dishes Qin Shuran brought, all his favorites, Chen Fan began to eat heartily with a happy expression.
However, at this moment, Chen Fan's phone rang.
He glanced at the caller ID, looking somewhat surprised. After answering, he asked, "Why are you calling me when you should be recovering from your injuries in the hospital?"
"Hehe, Brother Fan, of course, I'm calling you for a good reason. Are you free tonight? I want to treat you to a drink tonight and ask for your help with something."
"You're out of the hospital?" Chen Fan sounded surprised.
"It was too stuffy and boring at the hospital, so I checked out and returned to the bar to recover. Don't worry, I have a nurse with me, and I'm taking my medicine on time. I'm recovering well."
The caller was none other than Xiao Hu, who was injured and hospitalized.
"You have a nurse with you? Is it that new girlfriend you found?" Chen Fan asked.
"Those brats! They can't keep their mouths shut! They actually spread the word to you!"
"No swearing!"
A woman's voice suddenly came from the phone.
Xiao Hu's voice immediately faltered, and he quickly shut up.
Chen Fan was a little astonished. He hadn't expected the fearless Xiao Hu to be afraid of women!
Then Chen Fan asked, "Go ahead, what is it? I'll help if I can."
Xiao Hu replied mysteriously, "Brother Fan, I'll tell you when you get here. Also, you must keep this a secret."
"You rascal, alright. I'll come over after I finish work this afternoon." Chen Fan knew that Xiao Hu couldn't walk yet, so he agreed.
After hanging up the phone and finishing his meal, Chen Fan found that there were few patients at the hospital in the afternoon, mostly suffering from common colds and flu.
After work, Chen Fan first sent Qin Shuran home and then drove alone to the trendy bar.
Checking the time, it was already half-past eight in the evening. The bar was already crowded.
"Sir, I, I only provide companionship, I don't do these things." In a booth, a young woman stood up flustered, looking at the two middle-aged men in front of her with vigilance.
One of the middle-aged men sneered, "Heh, you're a prostitute, and you still want to play the chaste maiden?"
The other middle-aged man took out a stack of money and placed it on the table. He took a puff of his cigarette and then blew the smoke towards the woman. "Beauty, if you spend the night with us, this money will be yours."
The woman blushed, her face filled with shame and indignation. The phrase "you're a prostitute" particularly stung her pride.
"You're the one who's a prostitute, and your whole family is!" With that, the woman picked up her wine glass and splashed the wine directly onto the middle-aged man's face.
"You bitch, you're looking for death!" The middle-aged man was instantly furious and got up to grab the woman.
Seeing this, the woman quickly fled in her high heels. However, her heels were too high, and in her haste, she accidentally twisted her ankle, causing her to lurch forward into the arms of a young man.