"All done."
"Alright, no need to thank me, I'll treat you to a meal next time. I'll go pay now."
Wang Youqing is a meticulous person. He's been at the Health Center for so many years and has hardly ever taken anything from it, not even a needle or a thread. This time was no exception. After paying, he took his medication to the lab, pulled out his phone, found a group chat named "Middle-aged and Older People Drinking," and directly @'ed everyone:
"Got time this weekend? Let's go have a drink."
@Wang Youqing: "What, your drinking urge acting up again?"
Wang Youqing: "Coming or not? I've been feeling great lately, and I'm sure I can drink you old guys under the table this time."
@Wang Youqing: "Ha, who can't talk big? How many times have you said this, and when have you ever managed it?"
The speaker was a departmental director at the Ninth Hospital, also an old boozehound. His drinking capacity was almost on par with Wang Youqing's; every time they drank, they were secretly competing, neither willing to concede.
Wang Youqing glanced at the medication Lu Xuan got for him, then thought of the scene last night when Lu Xuan was showing off, and he got cocky too: "Just one sentence: coming or not? Of course, if you're scared to lose, forget it; I don't care. We can always arrange for next time."
@Wang Youqing: "Fine, I'll come! Am I afraid of you?"
"I'm coming too!"
"Old Wang, this time, you'll see that the Ninth Hospital doesn't have any wimps."
Others chimed in as well.
Wang Youqing's face was instantly all smiles.
Li from the lab couldn't help but say from the side, "Uncle, you're smiling so slyly!"
"Get lost, little kid, you don't know anything. Go play somewhere else."
Li was quite frustrated. Me... little kid?
Where am I little?
He really wanted to pull it out and open the other person's eyes. You can say I'm young, but you definitely can't call me little. That's a blatant slander.
...
At the entrance of the Health Center.
Hu Meiqiao arrived relatively late today. As soon as she walked through the main gate of the Health Center, she saw Ms. Wu and her husband Zhang Song standing there. She paused for a moment, then quickly walked up to greet them: "Ms. Wu, you are..."
"Hello, Dean Hu."
Seeing it was Hu Meiqiao, Ms. Wu quickly replied, "I'm waiting for someone at the door."
Waiting for someone?
Waiting for whom?
At this moment, many thoughts crossed Hu Meiqiao's mind. If it weren't for Zhang Song looking much better than before, plus Wang Youqing's call yesterday afternoon explaining the situation, she would have suspected if there was going to be a medical dispute happening at the Health Center.
However, out of professional sensitivity, Hu Meiqiao still nonchalantly asked, "Ms. Wu, you're waiting for..."
Ms. Wu had no intention of hiding, and directly said, "Waiting for a patient under Dr. Lu, we arranged to see Dr. Lu together."
"Seeing Dr. Lu for a consultation?"
"No, we're giving Dr. Lu a banner."
With that, Ms. Wu raised the banner in her hand: "When I went to have the banner made nearby this morning, I ran into another patient's daughter of Dr. Lu's who was also making a banner for him. We thought we might as well do it together, good things come in pairs!"
Ms. Wu spoke casually, but little did she know, Hu Meiqiao's face twitched involuntarily several times.
So, Dr. Lu is going to receive two banners again?
Wow, he's been here for less than two weeks and already got three banners?
Not to mention that this hasn't happened at the Health Center, even the big hospitals in Yong City haven't seen such a thing!
However, Hu Meiqiao still had some doubts in her heart, wondering if Ms. Wu was exaggerating.
Of course, she didn't doubt that Ms. Wu was there to give a banner, but partnering with someone else seemed a bit much.
Two banners in one day, she'd never heard of it in her entire life.
The key is that it's the Health Center's doctor, and that seemed quite over-the-top.
As she was pondering, she saw Ms. Wu waving to someone not far away: "Sister Shengyu, over here."
Hu Meiqiao's eyes suddenly contracted. Are they really waiting for someone to give the banner together?