Chapter 191 - 190: Good Deeds Are Rewarded

Chapter 191: Chapter 190: Good Deeds Are Rewarded

In two or three minutes, Manager Xu from Hundred Fresh Pavilion came clacking in on her high heels, dressed in professional attire.

As soon as she entered the private room, she offered her sincerest apologies to Qi Yue and the others, and solemnly stated that the short-ponytail girl was mentally unstable and suffered from delusions.

She lived in a room by herself.

She had no roommate, so naturally, there was no horrifying incident of an employee coughing up blood.

Finally, Manager Xu stated that the meal would be on the house as an apology from Hundred Fresh Pavilion for disturbing their esteemed guests due to poor employee management.

Qi Yue chortled, but then his expression instantly changed, becoming exceptionally serious.

"Manager Xu, I’m something of a regular here. I find it hard to believe you don’t know me at all."

"She has delusions?"

Qi Yue glanced at the short-ponytail girl, who was hiding to the side with a timid expression, and said, "Manager Xu, do you take this entire table of doctors for blind fools?"

Noticing Manager Xu’s troubled expression, Qi Yue softened his tone.

"Manager Xu, we’re just doctors, not the police or public health officials. If it’s nothing major with your employee, we won’t meddle."

"If she really does have a problem, do you think you can keep it hidden forever?"

"When this comes to light in the future, Manager Xu, do you think you’ll be able to escape responsibility?"

These words made Manager Xu’s face turn deathly pale, and sweat beaded on her forehead.

She hesitated for a moment, then raised the walkie-talkie in her hand and ordered, "Bring her to the private room."

Another two or three minutes later, a young woman was brought into the private room, escorted by two male waiters.

Yu Zhiming sized up the woman, who was dressed in a waitress uniform and had a long ponytail.

She was about twenty-one or twenty-two, around five-foot-three, with a slender build, delicate features, and a slightly pale complexion.

Yu Zhiming took a pair of surgical gloves from his briefcase and, without hesitation, stood up and approached the long-ponytail woman, who had a frightened look on her face.

Qiao Lei also stood up, positioning himself warily by Yu Zhiming’s side.

Yu Zhiming tried his best to look gentle and said softly, "Don’t be afraid. I’m Yu Zhiming, an attending physician at Huashan Hospital."

"Your colleague said you’re often in too much pain to sleep at night and that you’ve even coughed up blood. She hoped we could help you."

"Do you mind if I examine you?"

The long-ponytail woman looked at the short-ponytail girl with a complicated expression, only to see that the other girl didn’t dare to meet her gaze.

She then shifted her gaze back to Yu Zhiming and nodded lightly.

Yu Zhiming put on the gloves and slowly lowered his right hand toward the woman’s chest.

During this process, Yu Zhiming noticed that the long-ponytail woman seemed to have accepted her fate, making no move to avoid him.

Yu Zhiming’s hand finally rested on the center of the woman’s chest, and he began his examination...

About a minute later, Yu Zhiming withdrew his hand, his expression grave.

"Your coughing up blood is due to a pulmonary contusion."

"Your third rib on the left side is fractured. A bone fragment from the break has punctured your left lung, causing the contusion, which in turn has resulted in a buildup of blood and fluid."

Hearing Yu Zhiming’s description, Qi Yue also stood up and walked over to the long-ponytail woman.

He stared at the woman’s face as she pressed her lips tightly together and said slowly, "As a doctor, I know that both a fractured rib and a pulmonary contusion are extremely painful."

"I can also tell you that if you get an infection and it causes widespread inflammation in your lungs, you will die."

After a pause, Qi Yue spoke again. "You’re working every day while enduring this pain, hiding your injury, and not seeking treatment. I’m guessing it’s because you’ve gotten into some trouble elsewhere?"

At these words, everyone in the room grew tense. Yu Zhiming was no exception and quickly took a large step back.

But seeing that Qi Yue was still close to the woman, Yu Zhiming took a small step forward again.

As if he had hit a nerve, a pained expression immediately appeared on the long-ponytail woman’s tense face.

Qi Yue sighed softly and said, "Your injury needs to be treated. If it gets infected, you will really die."

"There’s no hurdle in life you can’t get over. Once you face it head-on, you’ll find it’s not as insurmountable as it seems."

Qi Yue paused again before saying, "You have two choices now. You can voluntarily contact the police and turn yourself in. Not only will you likely receive lenient treatment, but you’ll also get proper medical care."

"Or, you can walk out of here, go somewhere else to continue hiding, and keep enduring the pain."

"If you just keep enduring it like this, there’s still a chance your injury might heal on its own, though it’s not a very high one."

The long-ponytail woman looked at Qi Yue and Yu Zhiming before her, and then at everyone else in the room. Her lips moved, and she finally uttered a few words.

"I’ll turn myself in..."

Yu Zhiming used his own phone to contact Deputy Chief Jin Feng of the local police station.

He said on the call that he and his colleagues were having a meal at Hundred Fresh Pavilion, and a waitress there wanted to confess something to the police.

At this point, Yu Zhiming handed the phone to the long-ponytail woman.

Her hands trembling, the long-ponytail woman took the phone, brought it to her mouth, and said with difficulty, "Officer, I want to turn myself in..."

"He got drunk and started hitting me again. I couldn’t take it anymore, so I grabbed a kitchen knife and hacked at him..."

"I hacked at him again and again..."

About ten minutes later, two police officers arrived at Hundred Fresh Pavilion and took the long-ponytail woman away...

The atmosphere in the private room was a little heavy.

Qi Yue looked at the short-ponytail girl, who was still hiding in the room, and asked with interest, "You must have known you’d be fired for doing this, right?"

The short-ponytail girl nodded, a miserable look on her face. "I’m not afraid of being fired. I’m afraid that if I walk out of this room, they’ll beat me up."

"If you were so afraid, why did you do it?" Zhou Mo couldn’t help but ask.

The short-ponytail girl looked like she was about to cry. "She was coughing and spitting up blood. It was scary. It was really, really scary."

"I tried to persuade her, but she wouldn’t listen and told me to keep it a secret."

"I was afraid she was going to die. I was really afraid she would die."

"I knew you were all back for dinner, and I know you’re all capable people, and good people, too. I was sure you would help."

The short-ponytail girl’s words made Qi Yue, Yu Zhiming, and the others break into smiles.

Qi Yue chuckled. "I don’t think you can keep working at Hundred Fresh Pavilion. Let me recommend another restaurant to you..."

Zhou Mo interjected, "Director, my mom is also short-staffed. She said she’s looking to hire one or two honest, decent people."

"She seems kind-hearted."

Qi Yue nodded. "Working for your mother would indeed be much better than being a waitress in a restaurant..."

After some discussion, the short-ponytail girl, whose name was Wang Ru, excitedly accepted the offer Zhou Mo made on her mother’s behalf.

She muttered to herself in disbelief.

’Is this what they call getting rewarded for a good deed?’

In the next moment, an extra seat was added to the table. Wang Ru, who had been warmly invited to join them, sat down with a shy expression and began to eat timidly with Zhou Mo and the others...

The dinner party ended after 9 PM. Hundred Fresh Pavilion gave them a generous fifty-percent discount...

By the time Yu Zhiming took a taxi back to his apartment in Zijin Garden, it was already past ten o’clock at night.

As soon as he walked through the door, he saw his third sister coming up to greet him.

"Third Sister, did everything go smoothly today?"

Yu Xinyue hummed in acknowledgment. "It went okay. There was a small hiccup during the patient handover and admission process at Huashan Hospital, but overall, it was quite smooth."

She reached out and patted Yu Zhiming’s face, chuckling. "After handling business today, I finally got a true sense of our Fifth Brother’s standing at Huashan Hospital."

"Third Sister, did something happen?" Yu Zhiming sensed there was more to her story.

Gu Qingning came bouncing over, chattering, "Zhiming, you have no idea! Third Sister took the three patients to the general surgery department, but the people there said there were no beds and just refused to admit them."

"Third Sister was so anxious she was about to cry."

Yu Zhiming’s expression darkened. "Third Sister, where did the problem occur? Didn’t you coordinate with them beforehand?"

Gu Qingning jumped in to answer again, "Of course Third Sister coordinated with them beforehand!"

"It was the general surgery department. Someone didn’t play fair and took the beds that had been reserved."

With a grim look, Yu Zhiming asked in a low voice, "Third Sister, how did you end up solving the bed situation?"

Yu Xinyue chuckled lightly. "Don’t listen to Qingning’s wild exaggerations. I was anxious, yes, but not to the point of tears."

"I just told that guy in general surgery that I am Fifth Brother’s sister—your actual sister."

"And that if I couldn’t handle it, I would definitely call you, Fifth Brother, to come deal with it."

"As soon as he heard that and confirmed I wasn’t lying, he immediately backed down and helped solve the bed problem."

Yu Xinyue held up her phone.

"Fifth Brother, let’s take a few more pictures together. I’ve discovered this is a very effective way to intimidate people."

"Fifth Brother, let’s say it together: Cheese..."