The voice inside paused for a moment, then the female voice continued, "You shouldn't be worrying about these two thousand yuan right now. Your most pressing concern is to urgently determine if it's lung cancer. I'll give you a phone number. Tell him I referred you, and he'll arrange a check-up for you as quickly as possible."
Silence. A deathly silence.
Moments later, a young man in his twenties emerged from the consultation room, looking downcast and disheartened.
Only then did everyone understand why he had been so furious earlier. He was still so young; how could he not be terrified at the mention of cancer?
Watching the young man's retreating figure, everyone sighed.
However, their minds quickly started working, especially those holding appointment numbers for Clinic 1.
The young man had been scared stiff by the cancer diagnosis and further led astray by a few glib words from this doctor. But they weren't.
