"It's not that I won't open the door, it's that my husband won't let me open it for you," the woman clarified. "He says the door opening and closing at night doesn't allow him to rest well."
"We'll be very quiet," they assured.
"Even a little noise won't do, he often suffers from insomnia at home."
"Move aside, we need to check on the patient," Sun Yubo said, leading two students into the ward to assess the patient's condition.
Approaching the bed, they saw the hospitalized man, surnamed Guo, around his fifties or sixties, sitting up in bed with glasses on, flipping through the newspaper he had bought earlier that day. Noticing the three doctors, he likely resented their youth, saying, "If there's something you need, wait for your director to discuss it tomorrow."
Witnessing the patient's haughty demeanor, it was evident he intended to exert pressure on the three young doctors.
