Chapter 194 - 193: A Change in Status

Chapter 194: Chapter 193: A Change in Status

At the postpartum center of Ning’an Hospital, Yu Zhiming was busy adjusting the position of a pregnant woman experiencing a difficult birth, working until nearly noon.

After a simple lunch, Yu Zhiming felt mentally and physically exhausted, so he lay down on the sofa in the break room to rest for a moment.

Unexpectedly, what was meant to be a moment of rest with his eyes closed turned into him falling fast asleep.

This greatly surprised Yu Xiangwan.

"Fifth Brother has always had trouble sleeping. He can’t sleep if there’s even the slightest noise. It just goes to show how much this morning’s rescue took out of him."

Gu Qingning nodded and said in a hushed voice, "He was performing an emergency C-section on a pregnant woman while worried sick that the car might explode and kill him. How could he not be on high alert?"

The two of them took Yu Zhiming’s phone, gently closed the door to the break room, and went out into the hallway, looking at the scenery outside through a window.

Yu Xiangwan was indifferent to the view. She sighed, "That couple... what a shame."

After being examined and cared for at Ning’an Hospital, the baby had been picked up by the young couple’s relatives.

Yu Xiangwan and the others also learned from the relatives that the pregnant woman was skilled at making bamboo handicrafts.

By live-streaming the process of making bamboo crafts online and selling her products, combined with her identity as a pregnant woman, she had earned a considerable income.

Who would have thought that a car accident would instantly turn those thin bamboo raw materials into deadly weapons.

Gu Qingning also sighed with sorrow.

After a moment of silence, Gu Qingning suddenly mimicked a voice perfectly, "Don’t come over here! Are you trying to get yourself killed?"

"Hee hee, that’s the first time I’ve ever seen Zhiming look so fierce."

"Sister Xiang Wan, Zhiming... he..."

Gu Qingning turned to look at Yu Xiangwan, only to find her staring back with wide, astonished eyes.

"Qingning, your imitation of Fifth Brother just now was spot-on. It sounded exactly like him."

"Is that vocal mimicry?"

Gu Qingning chuckled. "I learned it for a while from a friend of my grandfather’s when I was a kid. I guess I have a bit of a knack for it, but it’s just a hobby."

Yu Xiangwan asked curiously, "Can you imitate bird calls?"

"CHIRP CHIRP... COO COO..."

Pursing her lips, Gu Qingning demonstrated a few common bird calls so realistically they sounded like the real thing.

Yu Xiangwan was filled with admiration.

"Qingning, you’re just like my Fifth Brother—a person blessed with a God-given talent. With your vocal skills, you could easily perform on television."

Gu Qingning laughed softly. "I just treat it as an amateur hobby. I’m not planning on using it to get rich or famous."

Yu Xiangwan sighed softly. "My father said that when he was young and went to temple fairs, he often saw performances by folk artists, like shadow puppetry, vocal mimicry, and monkey shows."

"Nowadays, even on TV, it’s all just singing and dancing. You rarely see these folk artists perform their unique skills."

Just then, Gu Qingran walked over slowly and said, "Times are changing. As new things constantly appear, old things will constantly disappear."

"Dr. Yu... he..."

Gu Qingning made a hushing gesture and whispered, "He’s asleep inside. It’s rare for him to be able to fall asleep outside of his own home."

"Did you need him for something?"

Gu Qingran glanced at the closed door and said quietly, "Some reporters came by. They said they want an interview."

Yu Xiangwan shook her head. "What’s there to interview about something like this? Tell them to leave."

"My Zhiming definitely wouldn’t want to become famous from something like this. Besides, he’s already quite well-known."

Just then, the phone in Yu Xiangwan’s hand rang.

She saw it was her brother’s phone. The caller ID showed an unfamiliar local number.

Yu Xiangwan took the phone and walked a few steps away from the room before answering the call.

"Hello, Dr. Yu is busy and can’t take your call right now. Who is this? What is it regarding?"

A middle-aged man’s voice came from the phone. "Hello, this is Yang Mai from Huashan Hospital’s medical affairs department."

"Please have Dr. Yu call me back when he’s free."

Yu Xiangwan noted down the man’s name and asked politely, "Would it be convenient to tell me what this is about?"

"Dr. Yu might be busy until quite late before he can call you back."

After a moment, the man’s voice sounded again. "May I ask, what is your relationship to Dr. Yu?"

"I’m his sister, his Fourth Sister, Yu Xiangwan."

"Oh, I know you. Dr. Yu’s twin sister. I can just as well tell you."

Yang Mai said slowly over the phone, "It’s like this. There’s a very famous star, a woman."

"She knows Dr. Yu is exceptionally skilled at physical examinations and would like to ask him to give her a checkup."

"She used some connections to get in touch with me."

Hearing this, Yu Xiangwan couldn’t help but ask, "That big star couldn’t be Rao Yi, could it?"

After a moment of silence, Yang Mai’s voice came through again.

"It is."

"Did she contact Dr. Yu before? Did he turn her down?"

Yu Xiangwan said frankly, "They did contact him, and they communicated several times. She wanted to come in for a checkup in the early morning when there are fewer people, but my brother didn’t agree."

"My brother finally gave her an answer: she could come between nine and ten at night."

Yang Mai let out a long "Ohhh," then continued, "The person who asked for the favor didn’t tell me they’d already been in contact."

"In that case, there’s no need to relay this to Dr. Yu, and he doesn’t need to call me back..."

After ending the call with Yang Mai, Yu Xiangwan grimaced and muttered, "It’s just a simple physical exam. What is that Rao Yi trying to pull?"

She looked up to see Gu Qingran and Gu Qingning had come closer, so she briefly told them about the phone call.

Gu Qingning also briefly explained the situation between Rao Yi and Yu Zhiming to Gu Qingran.

"Yang Mai? The Director of the Medical Affairs Department!"

Gu Qingran chuckled lightly. "As an A-list singer, it’s perfectly normal that Rao Yi could get Director Yang Mai to step in."

"But for such a small matter, after they’ve pretty much settled it, to then pull strings and go to a department head..."

Gu Qingran clicked his tongue. "It seems more than one person is handling this on Rao Yi’s end."

"Or perhaps, Rao Yi really does have a health problem, which is why she’s being especially careful and discreet about it?"

Gu Qingning said sarcastically, "She’s already pulling strings and involving other people, so how can she keep it a secret? She might as well just come openly in broad daylight."

"Besides, isn’t getting a physical exam perfectly normal? Is it necessary to be so secretive, as if it’s something shameful?"

Gu Qingran chuckled softly. "You can’t judge celebrities by the standards of ordinary people."

"To them, not receiving some sort of special treatment feels like a huge loss of face."

Just then, the phone in Yu Xiangwan’s hand rang again.

She looked at the caller ID: Director Zhao Shan from the Emergency Department.

Yu Xiangwan answered the call, and before she could even say a word, a voice burst from the phone.

"Code Red! Get to the hospital, now!"

Hearing this, Yu Xiangwan felt a surge of anger and shouted into the phone without thinking, "Even if it’s a Code Red, my brother isn’t a firefighter! Why do you keep calling him?"

"Can’t your Emergency Department function without him?"

"How did your Emergency Department manage before he came to Huashan Hospital?"

After saying this, Yu Xiangwan noticed both Gu Qingran and Gu Qingning were giving her strange looks.

She immediately realized she had overreacted.

Yu Xiangwan quickly said into the phone, "I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I was just being rash."

"I’m Yu Zhiming’s sister. He’s busy over at Ning’an Hospital right now and can’t get away."

"What is it about? I can pass the message along to him!"

Zhao Shan’s irritated voice came from the phone. "If he’s at Ning’an Hospital, it’s too late for him to get here anyway."

"Tell him not to come."

"That’s all. Bye!"

The call was disconnected. Yu Xiangwan looked up at Gu Qingran.

"Um, did I just make an enemy for Zhiming?"

Gu Qingran chuckled lightly. "You were just speaking the truth. That’s not making an enemy."

"And even if you did, with Dr. Yu’s current standing, offending a mere director of an emergency department is no big deal."

He then added meaningfully, "Dr. Yu is no longer a junior doctor who can be summoned at a moment’s notice with a single phone call."

"From my perspective, Dr. Yu’s status has changed so quickly that not only has he himself not yet adapted, but many people around him haven’t adapted either..."