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Yong City.
Lu Xuan left the District Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, looking dejected, and stopped at the bus stop less than thirty meters away from the hospital gate.
As a bus slowly pulled into the bus stop, Lu Xuan glanced subconsciously at the hospital gate, and the glimmer of expectation in his heart vanished without a trace.
No one came to see him off.
When he had graduated and arrived at the District Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, he had imagined that one day he would become a pillar of this place, a Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor saving lives.
Lu Xuan didn't expect that after being here for half a year, he would leave under such circumstances.
No one cared about his departure, not even the few nurses he usually chatted with came out to take a distant look.
Speaking of which, Lu Xuan didn't know when he got on the department director's bad side, muddle-headed as he was, and was driven out in less than half a year.
Lu Xuan never thought he had offended the department director in any way; he had always been very respectful, yet reality still dealt him a harsh slap.
Given his educational background, even if the department director didn't like him, it shouldn't have been enough to expel him from the District Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
But Lu Xuan had only been here for less than half a year, still in his internship stage, not yet fully employed. As an intern Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor, if the department director decided, he had no chance of staying.
He racked his brains and still didn't know how he had offended Liu Rong.
Screech~
A somewhat piercing sound of brakes brought Lu Xuan back to his senses, and he stepped onto the No. 666 bus along with the crowd.
Before boarding the bus, Lu Xuan unwillingly sent a voice message to one of the nurses he knew relatively well.
"Sister Chen, I want to know what exactly I did to offend Director Liu Rong, why he wanted to drive me out of the hospital?"
After getting on the bus and sitting down, it wasn't long before Sister Chen finally replied with a text message.
"Remember the hospital-wide meeting two months ago when you suggested promoting the capable, letting the average step aside, demoting the incompetent, and firing the useless? Our department's Director Liu has always had a sore spot, as he didn't earn his position through ability, which is why you rarely see him on duty, and even when he is, not many patients register under him."
The text message was withdrawn less than half a minute after Lu Xuan finished reading it.
Lu Xuan was taken aback, then smiled bitterly, realizing that Sister Chen was also worried about these words being spread around.
However, Lu Xuan understood; if even he, as an intern doctor, was easily dismissed by Liu Rong, let alone a young nurse.
"I can't chat anymore. I have to get back to work."
Sister Chen sent another message.
Lu Xuan felt a sudden realization, couldn't help but curse softly. He didn't even know about Liu Rong's issues. At that time, the hospital required everyone to make a suggestion, and he just casually wrote that sentence, without any intention of targeting Liu Rong.
Who could have expected that those ten or so words would cost him his job at the District Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and have him reassigned by the District Health Bureau's HR department to a street Health Center?
From a promising future at the District Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine to a street Health Center, a profound sense of powerlessness that made it hard for Lu Xuan to breathe.
This is power.
As a not-yet-regularized intern doctor, others could manipulate him as they pleased, and he had no place to argue.
If he were someone capable...
Lu Xuan had seen it firsthand, how Liu Rong was very deferential to several experienced doctors in the department.
There was no helping it, even if those doctors were only deputy chief Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctors, their skills spoke for themselves, and Liu Rong dared not offend them.
Dragging his weary body back to his rented apartment, Lu Xuan didn't relax. Instead, he earnestly began preparing the documents required for his reporting to the street Health Center on Monday.
Having been expelled from the District Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, life still had to go on. If he didn't go to the street Health Center, he likely wouldn't be able to pay his next rent.
Though the salary and benefits at the Health Center couldn't compare to the District Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, it wasn't too bad. After deductions for insurance and housing fund, he would still have about five thousand per month, enough to live on in Yong City.
As for the future, he could only focus on the present for now.
...
Qiu City Street Health Center.
Fourth Floor.
"Hello, Dean Hu, I am the new doctor, Lu Xuan."
On Monday morning, just after Hu Meiqiao had sat down in her office, the open door suddenly received a knock, accompanied by a young voice.
Hu Meiqiao instinctively looked up and saw a young stranger standing at the door. After a moment of surprise, she immediately understood upon hearing Lu Xuan's words.
"Oh, it's Lu. Last week, the District Health Bureau's personnel department called me about this. Come on in."
"Lu, make yourself comfortable while I finish up some work. There's water on the table, help yourself. Treat this place like your home, don't be too formal."
Hu Meiqiao pointed to a single sofa not far away.
"Please, Dean Hu, don't worry. I'm not in a hurry."
Lu Xuan didn't sit down; instead, he stood with his bag by his side, but his eyes were on Hu Meiqiao, who was busy at the computer.
As the dean of the Qiu City Street Health Center, Hu Meiqiao appeared to be in her forties, approaching fifty, dressed very smartly, exuding the demeanor of a strong woman.
Yet, perhaps because she was a doctor herself, she maintained her appearance well, and her face didn't show signs of aging, looking not much older than forty.
Hu Meiqiao was engrossed in her work, not noticing Lu Xuan observing her.
Less than ten minutes later, Hu Meiqiao finally moved her hand from the mouse. Seeing Lu Xuan still standing there, she couldn't help but say, "Lu, why are you still standing?"