Chapter 164
Chapter 164
Everyone wanted to get out, but none of them dared act rashly in front of Liu Ye. After discussing it among themselves, they ultimately decided to give the position to Sun Miao.
“Thank you. Thank you, all of you.”
Sun Miao’s eyes reddened. She had never imagined that Wang Fugui and the others would give her their chance to survive.
“Don’t celebrate just yet,” Zhang Ru said. “We still don’t know what will actually happen. We’re only using you as a test subject.”
“Thank you. Thank you.”
Sun Miao thanked them again, then bowed to Liu Ye and headed for the kitchen.
As soon as the others returned to the nursing floor, Director Jia came looking for them.
“Chef Old Gao told me he transferred one of you to the kitchen. I don’t have a problem with that, but every single patient must still be looked after. You can’t neglect even one. Understood?”
“Yes, sir!”
Liu Ye’s booming answer startled Director Jia.
“Don’t worry, Director. Just leave the patients to me! I promise I’ll make them all perfectly comfortable!”
Director Jia clutched his chest, took a bottle of heart pills from his drawer, and swallowed one.
“Could you stop shouting without warning? Oh, and the dean has a commendation for you. You’re officially a nurse at this hospital now!”
With that, Director Jia produced an employee badge. This time, Liu Ye’s photograph on it was in color.
Liu Ye was overjoyed. He had been promoted again.
“Um, Director, how much does a nurse make a month?”
“The base salary is six thousand a month, not counting the extras.”
At those words, Liu Ye’s eyes practically turned into dollar signs. This was the highest salary he had ever earned. He swore he would work hard to repay the dean for recognizing his talent!
On the morning of the fourth day, Liu Ye set off on his rounds brimming with energy as usual. Today, it was Ward No. 5’s turn.
Wang Fugui was sleeping in the room. Ward No. 5 corresponded to his own ward, and the patient inside bore him no particular hostility. The man was merely studying a photograph in his hand.
When he heard the door open, he sat up. The instant he saw Liu Ye, he grew excited.
“Brother Liu.”
“Hey, hey, stay in bed. I’m just here to check on the patient.”
Liu Ye entered with a broad smile. The patient in Bed No. 5 looked fair-skinned and well-fed, clear evidence that he had been properly cared for. Liu Ye was very pleased.
“How are you feeling today? Any discomfort?”
“Get lost!” No. 5 replied coldly.
“Hey! Is that any way to talk?”
Wang Fugui immediately jumped in. Liu Ye was his benefactor, after all.
Liu Ye himself did not take it to heart. He understood patients like these. Anyone hospitalized for too long was bound to develop a few emotional problems and a bad temper. Look at the patients in the previous wards. Hadn’t they all been the same at first? And hadn’t he ultimately won every one of them over?
Noticing the photograph in the man’s hand, he leaned over for a curious look.
“Oh, is that your girlfriend? She’s beautiful. Fugui, come have a look. Isn’t she pretty?”
Of course, Liu Ye could not really tell whether she was pretty or not, but anyone could offer a polite compliment.
Brother Guiwa had once told him that the best way to get closer to someone was to bring up what they cared about and praise it. That way, no matter how unwilling they were to talk to you… at least they would not hit you.
Liu Ye grabbed Wang Fugui and hauled him over like a chick. Still bewildered, Wang Fugui looked down at the photograph in No. 5’s hand and abruptly froze.
The woman in the photograph looked strangely familiar.
“What’s your girlfriend’s name?”
Out of caution, Wang Fugui deliberately asked the question. No. 5’s eyes snapped toward him, his gaze terrifying.
“Her name is Sun Juanjuan. Have you seen her?”
The name instantly jogged Wang Fugui’s memory. Wasn’t that the patient he had taken care of before?
“I have! She’s in Ward No. 2. She’s the anorexia patient!”
The moment the words left his mouth, Wang Fugui looked at No. 5 in alarm. If this guy was Sun Juanjuan’s boyfriend, shouldn’t he be dead?
How could he be here?
No. 5’s eyes lit up at the news, and his entire body began to tremble.
“Hahaha… This is wonderful! Wonderful!”
With that, he bolted out of the room.
Liu Ye hurried after him. He had not expected such a coincidence. This was obviously some messy love affair, and he could not let the two of them start fighting.
No. 5 quickly charged into Ward No. 2.
“Darling…”
No. 2 lay on the bed. The skin that had recovered somewhat earlier had withered again after Wang Fugui moved to Ward No. 5.
She had just been preparing to sleep when that nightmarish voice sounded beside her ear.
“It’s you!”
There was no joy in No. 2’s eyes, only terror.
“Darling, you were here all along. I’ve had such a hard time finding you!”
“Stay away from me! Stay away!”
No. 2 tried to scramble off the bed, but her body could not manage it. Just as No. 5 was about to pounce on her, Liu Ye caught him by the back of his collar.
“Hey, hey, that’s enough. What are you doing? Can’t you see she’s scared?”
“Let go of me!”
No. 5 broke free and threw a punch at Liu Ye.
Smack!
One slap from Liu Ye sent him straight to the floor.
Wang Fugui stared, dumbfounded.
“Brother Liu, we’re orderlies. Isn’t it… bad to hit a patient?”
“Hey, you’re an orderly. I’m not. I happen to be a nurse now!”
Liu Ye straightened his clothes and proudly tilted his chin up.
Wang Fugui was speechless.
Weren’t you the one who told me to treat patients like family?
Of course, he did not dare ask that aloud. Who knew whether this guy might suddenly slap him too?
Half an hour later, No. 5 regained consciousness. He glanced at Liu Ye, his earlier arrogance completely gone, then covered his cheek and sat down on a chair to the side.
“All right, tell us what’s going on.”
The way these two behaved told Liu Ye there was a serious story behind all this. The old woman had said the man was a scumbag, but she had not explained exactly what he had done.
No. 5 covered his cheek and glanced at No. 2 before speaking.
“She must have told you about us, right?”
Liu Ye and Wang Fugui nodded.
“Heh. I bet she told you she survived by eating snow-mutton.”
The two nodded again. Wang Fugui had originally assumed the “snow-mutton” had been No. 5’s flesh, but now it seemed that was not the case.
“Heh. Snow-mutton… That name ought to be changed. It should be called Yang Xue meat! The person she ate was her dear best friend-and my ex-girlfriend!”
No. 5 had dropped a shocking revelation.