" It is indeed fair. In that case, I will ask Doctor Binglan to also keep silent about any other patients you see here, and any and all personal information you see within these walls. " Delun answered, when his grandfather looked towards him.
BingLan nodded her head.
"I don't mind treating more patients, provided they sign the waivers.
I will not go against practises of medicine for any one, that means I will never heal any one who has a chance of getting hurt again.
This is the protocol for disaster areas, and I believe the same would apply here. Simply put, I will treat patients only within the boundaries of hippocratic oath and legal guidelines.
I will follow any and all legal guidelines strictly. " Binglan answered.
Indirectly, she was saying she would not treat torture victims, or victims of any kind so that they could keep hurting them.
They better not bring any one whose treatment required her to call and lodge a complaint with the police.
It seems Fan patriarch understood her qualms.
" You need not worry about such things, Doctor ! You will only be looking after me for the time being. Sure, I can go to any doctor, but those doctors have many things to say.
I am ignorant about all those difficult to understand words they say. What I do understand is that the person who gets paid with my money will work best for myself.
That is all I want you to do, find the best option for me." Fan patriarch explained.
BingLan nodded in answer.
" Then Fan Grandfather must promise to obey me when I restrict you about daily life. " BingLan answered.
Fan shan nodded in answer.
Delun typed out a message on his phone. The next moment, his secretary came into the room with a contract.
" Doctor BingLan, Please ! " Delun said, directing Binglan towards the study.
Bing Lan took the offered contract and went through it carefully to make sure she read it all.
She leaned back in the leather chair to make sure she had enough purchase to sign the document, then carefully put her seal on the document.
With that, BingLan had herself a side job for an entire year, and a room right beside the hospital.
During this entire process, BingLan behaved as if she was seeing Delun for the first time, while Delun did the same.
Fan Shan offered to call moving services for BingLan, however, BingLan refused.
" Doctor Xue ! I am like your grandfather. What's so wrong with a grandfather helping out his granddaughter to move houses ? " he persuaded her patiently.
" President Fan, I have received your good intentions. It is just that I do not have much to move, and I, myself, am more than sufficient to move my luggage. Please, there is no need to trouble yourself ! " BingLan persisted. .
" Very well. Since Doctor Xue is determined not to accept my help moving, my feelings are hurt. How about you call me grandfather from now on to compensate ? " Fan Shan asked.
BingLan stood there for a second hesitantly, for she never mixed work with pleasure. The both must be strictly kept separate is her policy.
Sure enough, there are people who can mix business and personal contacts easily, but that's not her. However, this time, she did not hesitate for too long.
"GrandFather Fan ! " She greeted Fan Shan smoothly.
" Ah! As expected.! A granddaughter is infinitely cuter than these stinky rough kids ! Even simple greetings are elegant and beautiful. Now that I am your grandfather, you must not reject this grandfather's meeting gift." Fan Shan said, stuffing a red envelope in BingLan's hands.
BingLan accepted it helplessly.
She's not lacking for money any more.
"It's already late. How about we drop off doctor Xue at her home? " Fan Shan asked.
" Grandfather !! I am not going home. I am going to the hospital. When it's late like this, it's better to travel the next morning. Moreover, the hospital sounds busy. " BingLan answered.
" As doctor Xue wants. Delun! Escort doctor Xue out. " Fan Shan said, then he left to rest.
Delun and BingLan walked side by side, as if they were strangers.
BingLan very much wanted to talk, but Bai Ming's involvement, and Delun body language made her think perhaps there's more to this story.
She is new to this environment.
If the Delun does not take initiative, neither will she.
Even walking like this side by side is a balm to her heart.
She has admitted now.
She has been love sick before. That debilitating pain in her heart, as hands and feet refused to listen to her; She did not want to experience that pain once again.
This way, she will be around Delun without causing any harm, and she will occasionally see him to relieve her heart ache.
Thus decided, she walked quietly besides Delun towards the door.
What they did not know is no matter how indifferent their faces are to each other, the picture from behind is extremely harmonious.
It looked as if a lover was walking his beloved out of his home. He was both unwilling and sad, yet, it must be done.
That's the aura they exuded.
Thankfully, no one checked the cam that captured this footage save for Delun's lackeys, so it was alright in the end.
BingLan bid her goodbye ever so reluctantly, and returned to the hospital.
The ER is fairly free, so she went home first.
She packed her clothes and books, and called movers for the books trunk.
The suitcase she carried by herself. She could check it in the baggage counter near the hospital, then retrieve it in the evening.
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In Fan household a small scale war is going on among the juniors.
" GrandPa ! I heard your doctor is very beautiful. Introduce her to me, will you ? " Fan ChenJun begged his grandfather.
" Hey ! cut it out. The girl met with Delun already. Haven't you seen the pattern enough times ? Once they have seen Delun, they never go for the rest of us mortals. " Fan jangjun cribbed from the side.
Fan Ershan rushed into the room as if there were skates on his shoes.
" Grandpa! Don't introduce the pretty girl to any of these scums !!! Introduce her to me ! I promise I will marry her in a year, and give you a fat grandchild in a year and half !!!" Ershan rushed to assure Fan patriarch.
" Grandpa! You must not introduce her to any of the uncles. In one year, I will be an adult. You can introduce her to me then. How about it ? " Fan Hai proposed., as he stepped into the hall.
Fan Huan and Fan Jun who followed in the steps of Fan Hai immediately protested.
" Grandpa! We are at the just right age to meet a girl and get married. You can introduce her to us first. It's not too late for Fan Hai to find a girl in three years." Fan Huan opined.
" You stinky kids !!! not a single one of you will visit in normal times, yet, for an unknown girl, all of you are gathered here without fail. " Fan Shan scolded, but his voice was very fond of his grandsons. .
In no time, it's six in the evening. Fortunately, BingLan could finish work early today.
So, she came up to the Fan Mansion earlier.
The welcoming contingent today shocked her to an extent.
She had known Fan patriarch had more grandsons than grand daughters due to the conversation yesterday, however, she did not expect it to be this bad.
This is a literal army battalion.
There are only men, and more men.
Thankfully, she met Delun at the entrance.
She walked along with Delun in to the home.
In a single moment, all the sound ceased in the entrance hall, as all grandsons of Fan Shan took in the appearance of BingLan, which is far prettier and elegant than they expected.
Then, they realized how perfect BingLan and Delun looked when they stood side by side.
Literally golden couple, if only there had been a relationship between them.
However, they knew better.
While most of them are free to marry wherever, Fan Delun does not have the same privilege.
He is the pride of Fan family, his education far more than most second generation heirs, his business sense on par with them, and he was the only one with connections into the so called 'White' power among them.
As pretty as BingLan is, it is impossible for her to marry Fan Delun. At least, it is so in the eyes of the crowd gathered in Fan patriarch's living room.
" Doctor Xue. Your room is this way. " Delun called her away after introducing all the men in the living room.
" Don't trust any of them. " Delun whispered, as they crossed the corner to enter Bing Lan's room.
It's a master bedroom designed a bit like a studio.
There's even a small kitchenette, to make coffee or tea.
The bed is white, with white leather footboard, and white leather side boards.
A papasan style chair with a glass table is arranged on one side, on a very soft looking pink rush.
Book cases are set on the wall near the chair, more than three of them, one of them on the same wall as the door, other two, covering the side wall on either side of a giant french window.
A study desk is arranged right beneath the window.
It's a pretty good set up.
BingLan smiled at the room in general, her eyes shining with contentment.