Chapter 367: Still Acquainted

Wu Jianhua did not expect that Director Liu would again turn the tables on Shen Qianhe. His face darkened with anger, and he had to remind Director Liu about the matter at hand, “Director Liu, we’re discussing Dr. Shen using outside ointment on patients without permission.”

Seeing Wu Jianhua looking somewhat angry, Director Liu smiled and said, “Dr. Wu, I know. Aren’t we talking about this ointment? From what I heard you say earlier, I thought Dr. Shen made the patient’s condition worse with the ointment, but now it seems that’s not the case?”

“So what if it’s not the case? Shen Qianhe used outside ointment, and that’s wrong. Director Liu, you can’t cover for him!” Wu Jianhua said excitedly.

Upon hearing this, Director Liu’s expression immediately turned unfriendly as he coldly reminded him, “Dr. Wu, I, Liu, have always been clear between public and private matters. Whether it’s good or bad for the hospital, I will take care of it. There’s no need for you to mention it; I will handle it.”

Hearing his angry words, Wu Jianhua felt a pang of anxiety in his heart, realizing he had said something wrong and offended the director.

“No, that’s not what I meant! Director, please don’t misunderstand, I was just too anxious!” He quickly tried to explain.

Unfortunately, at this point, Director Liu had already formed a negative impression of him in his heart, so without waiting for his explanation to finish, the director looked over to Shen Qianhe. “Dr. Shen, do you still have the ointment you used on that patient? Can I take a look?”

Shen Qianhe glanced at Wu Jianhua, who looked embarrassed, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. “Of course, here.”

After receiving the ointment handed to him, Director Liu opened the lid without further ado and smelled the dark ointment.

“So it’s a Chinese medicine ointment. In recent years, our TCM doctors have become increasingly well-known,” Director Liu said with satisfaction after sniffing for a while and then put the bottle of ointment into his own pocket.

Shen Qianhe looked at the director in disbelief, who had openly taken his things. “Director, that ointment is mine!” he reminded him at that moment.

Director Liu replied unceremoniously, “What’s yours or mine? We are all medical staff serving the people. This medicine is naturally for everyone to use together. I’ll keep it for you first. By the way, who gave you this ointment?”

Hearing his somewhat shameless remarks, Shen Qianhe rolled his eyes in his heart. He really didn’t expect that a respected hospital director would also be so unreasonable when it came to good medicine.

“I got it from a friend,” Shen Qianhe replied, looking helplessly at the ointment that had been pocketed by the director.

Director Liu seemed unaware of his subordinate’s contempt and spoke reflectively, “I’ve only seen such a good ointment in one person’s hands. This person, I heard, went with her husband to the army. What a pity! Our hospital wanted to invite her to work here back then, but she preferred a small clinic in the village.”

Upon hearing this, Shen Qianhe frowned. The experiences the director was sharing sounded remarkably similar to Dr. Li’s experiences.

“Director, the doctor you mentioned wouldn’t be named Li, would she?” he asked tentatively.

Director Liu’s expression grew curious at his question. “How do you know? That’s right, she is indeed named Li, and she’s a woman too. I remember she even passed the medical qualification exam by herself.”

“Is her name Li Yiyi?” Shen Qianhe’s heart stirred as he tentatively spoke the name.

When Director Liu heard this name, his eyes widened a bit more than usual. “Yes, yes, that’s the name! How do you know about her? Could it be that the doctor who gave you the ointment is her?”

Hearing the director’s response, Shen Qianhe chuckled softly, “Yes, she gave it to me.”

“What a coincidence! I didn’t expect you to know Comrade Li Yiyi, Dr. Shen! Is she back now?” Director Liu asked excitedly.

Shen Qianhe nodded, “I guess you could say that. She recently returned here with her family. I don’t know if you know Jiang Qing; he came to our hospital to check on his leg before. I thought his leg injury was too serious, and I concluded he would be disabled for life. Comrade Li Yiyi happens to be Jiang

“It’s been treated. I saw Comrade Jiang Qing practicing walking just a few days ago,” he said bashfully.

Upon hearing this, Director Liu quickly inquired of Shen Qianhe, “Dr. Shen, are you sure Jiang Qing’s leg was beyond treatment?”

“I was very sure before because the patient’s bones and tendons couldn’t possibly improve any further, and that’s what I diagnosed according to our Western medicine,” he replied with a苦笑.

Director Liu nodded, “That’s the greatness of our traditional Chinese medicine; it always provides unexpected results.”

After a moment of reflection, Director Liu immediately turned to Shen Qianhe and said, “Dr. Shen, could you invite Comrade Li Yiyi to give a class here? Although we can’t ask her to work with us, having her come to teach us would still be very beneficial.”

Hearing this request from his director, Shen Qianhe showed a hesitant expression. The problem was that he didn’t seem to be well-acquainted with Comrade Li Yiyi; how could he approach her about this?

“Director, I…” Before he could reject the idea, he heard his director already making a decision for him.

“I know you can do it. I’ll entrust this matter to you, Dr. Shen. Don’t worry; what you do, I and the hospital can see,” Director Liu said, patting his shoulder earnestly.

Wu Jianhua, on the side, looked anxious as he listened.

Where did Li Yiyi suddenly come from? They were clearly discussing the ointment, and now they had only mentioned that ointment briefly before moving on entirely to this Li Yiyi.

Furthermore, what did Director Liu mean by that remark? Was the deputy director planning to give Shen Qianhe something?

Unbeknownst to all the unfolding happenings, Li Yiyi was not aware.

At that moment, she learned from her sister-in-law that her granduncle’s great-grandson had come to the village, and she immediately headed towards the village clinic.

At the village clinic, after a night’s sleep, Shen Zhonghe had returned to his usual carefree demeanor.

“Grandpa, I heard from my mom that you called to find me yesterday. What’s the matter? Are you missing your grandson?” As soon as he entered the village clinic, he cheekily approached his granduncle.