"My attending physician?"
Chen Xiao suddenly understood.
He had been unconscious in the hospital for three days, so of course there would be an attending physician.
"Hello, Dr. Song, I'm Chen Xiao."
Chen Xiao reached out and shook Song Anran's hand. It was soft and smooth, making him reluctant to let go.
"You're here to collect my medical fees, right? Don't worry, I'll pay them right away."
Song Anran quickly shook her head. "No, the medical fees are a small matter. How could you leave without saying goodbye?"
Chen Xiao was puzzled. "Why can't I leave if I'm all better?"
"That's exactly the problem!"
Song Anran suddenly snapped her fingers. "How are you all better?"
Chen Xiao looked at Song Anran. Although she was a beauty of catastrophic proportions, he felt she was a bit off in the head.
"Dr. Song, you don't wish for me to get better, do you?"
Chen Xiao had half a sentence left unsaid: Is this how you act as a doctor?
Song Anran quickly and flusteredly explained.
"Chen Xiao, I didn't mean it like that. It's just that your recovery is rather inexplicable!"
"To be honest with you, during the three days you were unconscious, I didn't give you any medication, nor did I perform any recovery surgeries."
"But you suffered such severe injuries, and your body actually repaired itself, and it only took three days. This is truly inexplicable, a miracle!"
Song Anran rambled on, and Chen Xiao couldn't help but frown.
"Dr. Song, what exactly are you trying to say?"
Song Anran took a deep breath, as if mustering up courage before daring to speak.
"Um... I'd like to ask for your cooperation in an examination. Perhaps your body's genes are different from those of normal people!"
Chen Xiao's expression turned grim. "Dr. Song, do you take me for a monster? Are you going to dissect me?"
Song Anran looked pleadingly at Chen Xiao, shaking her head like a rattle drum.
"No, no, it's just a simple examination and research. Dissection is too complicated... At most, we'll just draw some blood."
Chen Xiao flatly refused. "I don't agree."
Song Anran's mouth immediately pouted. "Why are you like this? You're a grown man, so stingy!"
Chen Xiao sneered. Moral blackmail?
"This benefits me in no way, so why should I help you? Are we close?"
With her outstanding beauty, Song Anran had rarely been rejected by anyone since childhood.
Moreover, the other party was a man!
"You want benefits? How about this?"
Song Anran suddenly exhaled a fragrant breath and assumed an incredibly alluring pose.
She pushed her chest forward, and two buttons on her white coat were forcefully popped open.
Beneath the white coat, her twin peaks were fully revealed.
Chen Xiao's eyes almost bulged out.
This woman was truly willing to go to great lengths!
After staring intently for a long time, Chen Xiao reluctantly shifted his gaze.
"Boring!"
With that, he turned and left. If he stayed any longer, his nose would start bleeding.
"This damned pervert!"
Song Anran stomped her feet in anger. She had thought that sacrificing a bit of her beauty for the sake of scientific research was nothing.
Who would have thought that he would just eat his fill and leave!
How unethical!
"Chen Xiao, stop right there!"
Song Anran shouted.
Chen Xiao stopped and looked at Song Anran playfully. "What do you want now?"
Song Anran sighed and decided to use her trump card.
"I've seen your file. You interned at Jiangcheng Hospital for three months, but due to quota issues, you were ultimately unable to stay. Am I correct?"
Chen Xiao narrowed his eyes. "What exactly are you trying to say?"
Song Anran said, "If I can help you stay at Jiangcheng Hospital and become a formal doctor, will you help me?"
Chen Xiao was slightly taken aback.
In the past, he had dreamed of becoming a formal doctor even in his sleep.
But now... times had changed, it felt like a lifetime ago.
"Are you sure you can pull it off?"
He asked.
Song Anran immediately became flustered and stammered.
"Uh... well, it can be arranged. Don't worry, nothing is impossible in this world if one sets their mind to it..."
She wasn't entirely sure if this matter could be successfully arranged.
Chen Xiao understood immediately and smiled. "If you can really help me with this, then come find me!"
Watching Chen Xiao's departing back, Song Anran pouted.
"Hmph, just you wait and see!"
...
After leaving the hospital, Chen Xiao returned home.
His mother wasn't home. Chen Xiao called and found out that Liu Zhen had gone to the market again to sell egg crepes.
Chen Xiao gave a wry smile. "This old lady, she was just discharged from the hospital yesterday, and today she's out earning money again. Isn't she afraid her body can't handle it!"
He immediately went out to the market to stop his mother from working.
In the past, when they had no money, he dreamed of giving his mother a better life.
Now that it was easy for Chen Xiao to earn money, he naturally didn't want his mother to continue toiling in the wind and rain.
Upon arriving at the market, Chen Xiao persuaded his mother with great effort before she finally agreed to pack up and go home.
Friends at the surrounding stalls all said that Liu Zhen was blessed with good fortune, having a promising son who was also so filial.
Liu Zhen spoke humbly and politely, but inwardly, she was beaming with joy.
She had always felt that having Chen Xiao as her son was a gift from heaven, her greatest fortune.
Liu Zhen bought some fresh meat and vegetables, planning to make dumplings for Chen Xiao that evening.
Before they even got home, Chen Xiao's appetite was whetted, and he was already swallowing his saliva.
He loved his mother's dumplings the most; they were a taste he had longed for for hundreds of years.
Liu Zhen carried the groceries, and Chen Xiao pushed the small food cart.
The mother and son walked home, bathed in the setting sun.
As they walked and chatted, Chen Xiao said, "Mom, you shouldn't come out to the market anymore from now on."
Liu Zhen glanced at Chen Xiao. "What, you think Mom embarrasses you?"
Chen Xiao quickly explained, "No, you just recovered from a serious illness, you should rest at home."
Liu Zhen shook her head.
"I'm fine now, my health is good."
"While I can still work, I should earn what I can. Later, you'll need to buy a house, a car, get married, and have children. There will be many expenses.
"Whatever other families' children have, Mom wants you to have too!"
"When I can no longer work, I'll cook for you at home and help you with the children."
"Seeing you all live happily, Mom will be content."
...
Liu Zhen spoke to herself, unaware that Chen Xiao's eyes had already become moist.
His voice was a little choked. "Mom, your son is very capable. You don't need to worry about money matters."
Liu Zhen's face showed a look of relief, and she said as if coaxing a child.
"Alright, alright, Mom understands. My son is very capable. Mom will just wait for you to earn a lot of money in the future, and I'll live comfortably at home, not bothering you..."
Before Liu Zhen could finish speaking, a sharp and sarcastic voice interjected inappropriately.
"Hmph, he's capable? A good-for-nothing who can't even find a job, how is he going to make big money?"