Chapter 74
Shen Ron sat up from the couch, his gaze falling on Yang June’s body, hesitating for a few seconds before getting up and walking over to her bed, his large, warm palm caressing her small face as he murmured, “Good morning, June.”
Yang June couldn’t respond to him, as she did every time.
There was a knock at the door, and when Shen Ron stood up straight, he saw his caregiver Xiaotian walk in with a food box in one hand and a plastic bag in the other, gently placing the items in his hand on the table and smiling, “Mr. Shen, this is what the receptionist told me to bring up for you.”
Shen Ron scanned the tabletop, a glint of doubt in his eyes, and said to Goten, “Thanks.”
After Koda left, Shen Ron went over to the table and opened the food box, and as soon as he saw the dumpling strips inside he understood who had sent the stuff.
He opened another plastic bag containing newly purchased disposable toiletries.
After spending the night without him, again in Yang June s room, he thought Cheng Lydia would be angry, not … expecting it.
After washing up and eating the dumplings, Shen Ron glanced at the time on the wall; it was almost time to go to work.
The elevator passed the sixth floor just as someone was going down, and Shen Ron hesitated slightly as the person exited the elevator.
He didn’t actually know the purpose of his visit to the sixth floor; to thank her for preparing his breakfast and toiletries? Or to explain to her why he had stayed out all night last night?
Feet stopping at the side of the corridor, Shen Ron was still hesitant to move on when he suddenly saw the figure of Cheng Lydia appear at the end of the corridor, dressed in white, and she was running quickly this way with several paramedics pushing a mobile bed, followed by the sobbing family.
A small boy lay motionless on a mobile bed, apparently being rushed into the emergency room.
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The crowd was getting closer and closer, and he heard Cheng Lydia directing the paramedics beside him to prepare various first aid matters in an eager and serious manner, with a very fast pace.
It was the first time Shen Ron had seen her look so serious and so leader-like. He had never felt that Cheng Lydia was a soft woman, and the woman in front of him looked even more unrelated to softness.
Even though he was already standing at the wall, he ended up being bumped into by Cheng Lydia who was looking down at the patient’s information while moving forward at a fast pace.
Shen Ron had quick hands to hold her body and avoid the risk of falling.
Cheng Lydia instinctively lowered her head to apologize, “I’m sorry, I’m so sorry …”
“It’s okay.” He said.
This voice … Cheng Lydia was stunned for a moment, raised her head, and Fang realized that the one she had bumped into was actually Shen Ron.
Shen, Ron, he’s up so early? Did he eat noodles? Why is he here?
Of course, now is not the time to pursue this.
“Do you need something? I’m in a bit of a hurry.” Cheng Lydia glanced at the little boy who had been wheeled to the emergency room door and said again, abruptly, “I’ll go in first.”
“I’ll call you later.” He said.
“Good.” She replied, the man already running into the emergency room.
Shen Ron called Cheng Lydia at noon and had planned to meet her for lunch, but Cheng Lydia told him that she had things to do at the hospital and couldn’t get out.
I could tell from her voice that she wasn’t in a good mood, and Shen Ron didn’t give her a hard time, telling her he’d see her tonight and hanging up the phone.
Cheng Lydia also hung up the phone without saying anything more, Shen Ron couldn’t help but guess what was on her mind, was it because of him?
Cheng Lydia is indeed in a bad mood, but not because of Shen Ron, but because of the failed surgery today.
All afternoon, she was in an emotional slump.
The little boy’s family was just sad at first, but after the sadness passed they started to find the cause and put the blame on the attending doctor.
Cheng Lydia was besieged by several family members for an explanation and even received two slaps from the child’s mother, who was at a loss for words.
It wasn’t the first time this had happened to her, but the little boy’s family was getting more and more vocal, smashing and dropping on her office, yelling for her to pay for her life.
The hospital security was no longer able to stop the young boy’s family, and Dr. Qin was busy instructing Zoey, the nurse beside him, to call the police, who answered with her mouth, but delayed dialing the police out, instead gloating and watching the fun.
The little boy’s mother pounced on him, grabbing Cheng Lydia by the shoulders and shaking him desperately, crying, “Murderer! You’re a murderer! You pay for my son’s life …!”
“Mrs. Ling.” Cheng Lydia was a little anxious but her face was unusually calm as she said to the child’s mother, “I already reminded you last week that the child must be operated as soon as possible and you repeatedly put off saying that you need to think about it, I’m sorry that something will happen to the child, but you can’t put all the blame on me.”
“You’re the one who said you didn’t diagnose it properly, didn’t tell me the child’s condition had reached that serious point, and if you had told me the child wouldn’t survive the day, I would have undergone the surgery then and there, so how could I have kept putting it off?”
“The child’s condition is at the endangerment level, and I’ve given you notice.”
“How would I know what level of endangered is? The baby was obviously fine even yesterday.”
“…” Cheng Lydia just felt justified.
The child’s mother struggled and screamed, “You’re not a woman! You’ve never been qualified to be a mother in your life, you’re not a woman …!”
The child’s father suddenly shouted angrily, “What’s the point of wasting words with her? How can executioners like them, who don’t even bat an eye when they heal people to death, admit their mistakes?”
Before anyone could see it, the child’s father grabbed a stapler from the table and smashed it over Cheng Lydia’s head, hitting her square in the forehead.
Cheng Lydia shrieked as blood slid down the corner of her eye and she scrambled to cover the wound with her hand, barely able to stand from the pain.
The boy’s father was pulled back as another male family member grabbed a chair and tried to smash it over Cheng Lydia’s head, who looked at the oncoming chair in horror and forgot to escape for a moment.
And just then, a long lifted male figure appeared, the man pulling her into his arms as he spun around to avoid the other man’s smashing chair.
The stunned Cheng Lydia didn’t need to look up to know who had saved her, the familiar and unique scent that belonged to Shen Ron. Her heart, in this moment, settled down a lot.
The man missed Cheng Lydia and broke away from the guard’s grip to pick up another chair when Shen Ron bellowed in annoyance, “Stop it!”
Perhaps having ruled over Shen for long enough, his aura always gave a shocking effect, and the man was stunned for a moment, unconsciously stopping the movements in his hands.
Shen Ron wrapped one arm around Cheng Lydia, glanced around the mess, and spoke in a hushed voice at the group of angry, eagle-filled family members, “There’s no way to determine medical liability clearly at this point, but one thing that is clear is that you have committed intentional assault and can go to the police station and stay there.”
The other relatives did have some scruples about taking action, except after the child’s parents became too emotional to consider the consequences.
More and more paramedics rushed over to maintain order, the police soon arrived, and Cheng Lydia was finally able to get away from the group of families.
Dr. Qin was dressing Cheng Lydia’s wounds, and Shen Ron stared at her reproachfully, “Why are you so stupid that you don’t know to hide?”
Cheng Lydia’s face had been cleaned of blood, and her face was slightly pale, not sure if it was from the pain of the wound or the shock. With a stubborn look on her face, she said, “If I hide, isn’t that the same as having a weak heart?”
“The one who knows what he’s doing is the one who knows what he’s doing, what if he really got hit with that one just now?”
Cheng Lydia lifted her head and looked at him with an annoyed face and said, “Thank you for that just now.”
“No need.” Someone was still cold.
“What are you doing here?” She asked, coming over to see Yang June?
“Called you downstairs and didn’t answer, as it were, so I came up.” Shen Ron patted her on the shoulder, “Rest while I go find out what’s going on.”
Shen Ron turned and walked out of the hospital room.
Dr. Qin and Doctor Song look at each other after seeing Shen Ron leave, sharing the same doubt in their minds, have the two of them developed such a close relationship already?
Because things got so big, Dean Feng was there in person, and just as things came to an end and returned to his office, he saw Shen Ron knocking at the door.
Dean Feng was taken aback and hurriedly stood up from his office chair and walked out to greet him, “Ron you’re here.”
He hadn’t seen the scene where Shen Ron had just saved Cheng Lydia, and at that moment, he couldn’t help but get nervous when he saw Shen Ron’s figure. Had even Ron been alerted? And at such a fast speed!
“I’m sorry, I’m helpless that this happened.” He hung his head with an apologetic look on his face. After saying that, he added immediately afterwards, “But Ron, don’t worry, the family members who were causing trouble have been taken away by the police officers and the hospital has been put into normal order.
Shen Ron walked over to the couch and sat down, looking at him with a sullen look on his face, “What the hell is going on?”
“It’s like this, the child is suffering from congenital heart disease.” Dean Feng walked to the water fountain and poured Shen Ron a glass of water, with a helpless face, “Actually it’s not Doctor Cheng’s fault, Doctor Cheng had already told them that the child should be operated as soon as possible, but the operation was risky. The child’s family hesitated when they heard that the operation was risky, until the child suddenly developed shortness of breath today and was sent in for emergency treatment when it was too late. The family is now putting the blame on the attending doctor, and Doctor Cheng is quite pathetic.”
“So what are you going to do?” Shen Ron asked.
“How about … paying them a sum of money to settle the matter?” Dean Feng finished and busily added, “I’m worried that they will not end, looking for people to come to the hospital to cause trouble, pull banners and find reporters.”
“If you think Doctor Cheng is innocent, why are you paying them back?”
“Uh … to put things to rest.”
“This is a clear sign of a weak heart.” Cheng Lydia is right, if the institution is hiding, it’s proof of a weak heart.
“Then Ron means …”
“Then go through the legal process, let them make a scene if they want to.”
“That’s not very good, is it?” Dean Feng expressed concern.
Shen Ron was unimpressed: “What’s wrong with that? If the families of every patient who died in the hospital came to make trouble and the hospital used money to settle the matter, the hospital’s expenditure in this area alone would be astronomical every year.”
“So … humanitarian consolation money has to be given, right?”
“Not a penny.” Shen Ron stood up from the couch and stared at him through gritted teeth, “If they hadn’t trashed our office and hurt our doctor, I might have given it, but now … let them wait for a fine and a stay in the guardhouse.”
Dean Feng couldn’t help but winced, staring at Shen Moxie’s departing back in a daze.
I’ve heard for a long time that Shen’s Ron is cold-blooded, ruthless and decisive, and it doesn’t seem to be an exaggeration at all!