Wang Shi turned to walk back to the elevator when he heard the buzz of over-excited staff, trying to hide their teasing smile while standing at their respective workstation.
The small upward curve on his lips instantly turned into neutral, he felt amused how these people thought of only weird things all day.
'What the hell are they assuming now? Such a gossip mongers!'
"Noisy people! He snorted, "Get back to work before I issue orders to deduct a part of everyone's salary." He left a message before sliding fluidly into the elevator. His words worked like magic and everyone get back to their work but didn't forget to wink at each other.
Though Wang Shi was the owner of the People's hospital, he opted to never be harsh or cold to his staff but strict to maintain discipline and decorum of the hospital. It was important at a place like a hospital where the atmosphere was gloomy most of the time.
Wang Shi just applied a small psychological concept!
If he chose to be cold or ruthless, it will add unnecessary stress, thereby increasing staff turnover and greater chances of mistakes. However, if he was neutral and approachable, it will increase productivity and create a jovial atmosphere, beneficial for everyone.
*****
As soon as Zhao Suyin walked away from the hospital entrance, she sagged onto her heavy suitcases, trying to take a much-needed breather and regain her energy. She has never felt this exhausted in her entire life of twenty-eight years.
"Susu!?"
She'd barely pulled herself together when her best friend James came running. He got the scare of his life when she messaged him to pick her from the hospital. Annoyed by his carelessness, he broke all the traffic rules to reach here ASAP.
"Susu, you okay? Why are your clothes so dirty?"
"Ouchhh…."
He pulled his hand instinctively when it touched the bandage. "How did it happen?"
"Hold me!"
"Huh?"
Suyin silently stared him for a moment, "My legs are quivering, blood pressure felt low, heart-beat sinking, brain dizzy…..before I fell down and you take me back to the 'hottie Bum's' den, just hold me and get me f*cking out of here," she scowled irritatingly.
James "…."
*******
"HAHAHA….. HAHA….. HAHA… OH, MY STOMACH! OUCHH!..... HAHAHA….." James rolled onto the couch holding his stomach, his legs kicking the air trying to suppress the laughter which seems impossible to him. "I can't believe it! Should I call it your good luck or was God testing your limits? As soon as you landed, you bump into 'him'... HAHAHA… Damn! I missed your reaction!"
Holding a bowl of spicy ramen, she dug the spoon in it as she watched her best friend giving her a free show of laughter. "Will you shut up? It all happened because of your mistake, I asked you to pick me up from the airport."
"Hey, hold on! Thanks to me; you met your crush of ten years up so close." James said proudly as he walked to pick his bowl of ramen. "Tell me everything. Don't miss any detail, otherwise, I won't talk."
From the last ten years, there's only one man in Zhao Suyin's heart, Dr. Wang Shi! The first time she saw Wang Shi was in med-school when he was invited as a guest lecturer.
It was a four-day program and it selected only twenty-five students from all over the country on the basis of merit to get the privilege to work with Wang Shi.
Fortunately, she was one of them and got the opportunity to learn from the youngest genius in the medical world.
Though it was just a momentary attraction, it grew deeper when she noticed that not only his achievements and talents are extraordinary but he has a zeal to teach, to let others know about his research and methods to save lives.
He was the one doctor who was like an open book about his profession. Ask him anything and he would answer at a drop of hat, holding his calm and gentle attitude.
But the incident that left a forever impression was when Wang Shi saved the life of an elderly man from a hit-and-run case by performing a twenty-eight-hour long surgery single handily as other doctors were busy sitting on strike against the government policy of reducing the budget for the healthcare system and hospitals, thereby reduction in their pays.
Those doctors even forgot their oath and responsibility to the noble profession and choose to let an innocent man bleed to death.
Wang Shi not only performed the surgery against everyone's will and faced the backlash; he didn't charge a single penny when he came to know about the patient's financial condition.
On that day, Wang Shi stepped into the heart of a young medical student unknowingly. Only the years on calendar changed, but this doctor still occupied the heart of this woman.
Zhao Suyin watched him rotating the chair hundred an eighty degrees to straddle it. What a weird way of eating! He will never learn, ah! "Nothing much! At first, I tried to be cool, but when he saw me stitching my own wound… the first thread of restrained broke, and I asked him to do it for me. Obviously, how can I let go of this golden chance!"
"Then?"
"My heart raced when he came closer and almost stopped when his gentle hands did my stitches. How I wish time to stop at that moment!" She washed down a bite of ramen with coffee. "But…. I screwed everything by blushing and scurrying away when he asked me to lie down on my side for TD shot."
James spurted out some ramen, "HE ASKED YOU WHAT?" he asked, wiping his lips.
"Eat properly!" She scrunched her nose, "And it's completely normal, he's a doctor. Later, I blushed again when he held my hand. So stupid I must be looking! And then I acted weird when we shared the lift. He tried initiating the conversation but my nervous self was worried as-"
"….. worried as he might be able to make you orgasm just by his mere presence. Right?" James wiggled his brows, showing a row of white teeth teasingly.
"SHUT UP!" She growled. "I was worried I might pounce on him any moment, revealing my decade-old feelings in front of him. Embarrassing it is!"
"So what? It would be his privilege to be liked by someone like you." James pulled her empty bowl and walked to the kitchen as she followed him, "You are no less than a beauty! A confident, independent, sexy, and beautiful woman who can charm any man just by a look. If he was a real man, he should have asked for your number."
"He did." She shoved James to the side to take over the dishes and noticed him giving looks.
James "..."