Kneeling on the ground, Director Wang hastily interjected, "One surgery requires a lot of preparation! Diagnostic oncology, tumor surgery operating. Blood bank preparations, anesthetist, medication, operating room equipment, nurses—all of these are indispensable!"
"If you call the police now and have me arrested, the tumor department will definitely plunge into chaos, and her husband's surgery won't be able to proceed in the short term."
Looking up at Shen Qiang, Director Wang pleaded with hopeful eyes, "So please let me go, I will immediately arrange the surgery preparations for her husband. It can be done tomorrow morning!"
Upon hearing Director Wang's words, the beautiful young woman beside him suddenly burst into tears.
With tearful eyes, she looked at Shen Qiang and begged, "Doctor Shen, thank you for standing up for me. I know he's scum and should be in jail."
"But now, having sold our house and with a small child, if my child's father were also to pass away, our family really couldn't survive. So I beg you, please don't call the police. It's hard, but right now, I just want my child's father to live."
Shen Qiang sighed, turned his head, and sternly asked Director Wang, "Are you sure her husband truly needs surgery within the next twenty-four hours?"
Director Wang urgently replied, "Of course, the patient's cancer cells have already invaded the lymph ducts. If not removed within twenty-four hours, they will proliferate within the duct, enter the lymph nodes, and form metastases in the lymph nodes."
The beautiful young woman, her beautiful eyes filled with tears of urgency, pleaded, "Doctor Shen, I beg you, let him go for now!"
Shen Qiang was silent for a moment and then said sternly, "Call the operating room."
Director Wang immediately made the call.
Once everything was arranged, Director Wang, still kneeling on the ground, hung up the phone and looked at Shen Qiang with hopeful eyes, "Shen, I am the best doctor in the tumor department. I will personally perform the surgery on her husband tomorrow and guarantee there will be no mistakes!"
Shen Qiang slightly frowned.
The beautiful young woman, fearing any mishaps in the surgical arrangement, hurriedly said, "Doctor Shen, I thank you. You are a savior to our family. As long as my husband survives this great peril, we will do everything in our power to repay you!"
"Ah…"
Looking at the earnest, pleading eyes of the beautiful young woman, Shen Qiang helplessly bent down and stared coldly into Director Wang's eyes.
"I don't believe that someone who is even willing to betray his own daughter will reform or keep his promises," he said.
Director Wang, still kneeling on the ground, straightened his back and said with conviction, "Shen, you must believe me. I was really just momentarily possessed!"
Shen Qiang indifferently interrupted, "Don't tell me these things. I can imagine that you are now wishing you could kill me. Given the chance, you will definitely try every means to take revenge on me."
"That won't happen, I promise," Director Wang hurriedly said.
Shen Qiang laughed scornfully and said, "Your promise means nothing to me. You are the chief of the tumor department, and I am just an intern in this hospital. In your heart, I might be nothing, but let me remind you."
Director Wang immediately nodded nervously, "Please, go on."
Shen Qiang said icily, "This chief position in the tumor department you've fought for your whole life is like a delicate porcelain vase — once broken, your whole life's work is in vain. But as for me, I'm still young; the world is vast, I can go anywhere."
"So listen carefully!"
Shen Qiang, staring into Director Wang's eyes, said icily, "The barefoot are not afraid of the shoed. I am giving you a chance. But! If you dare meddle in any way, I will spare no expense to take away everything you treasure!"
"I won't dare, Shen. Please, you have to believe me!" Director Wang hurriedly affirmed.
Shen Qiang stood up straight, turned to the beautiful young woman beside him, and said, "Go ahead, it's time for you to go back and tell your family the good news."
Having said that, Shen Qiang turned around and walked out.
Director Wang, kneeling on the ground, didn't dare to wipe his bloody nose and said excitedly with a grin, "Take care, little Shen, I won't see you out."
Shen Qiang paid him no heed.
After being stunned for a few seconds, the beautiful young woman, holding her child, hurriedly followed him into the corridor.
"Doctor Shen, thank you. If I hadn't met you today, I..." the beautiful young woman faltered, her tears swirling in her eyes.
Shen Qiang reassured her, "You don't need to be so formal. Anyone who saw it would have intervened in the same situation."
Her eyes reddening, the beautiful young woman said, "Doctor Shen, I understand that people nowadays are indifferent. If they were really faced with such a situation, most would probably pretend they didn't see it. There aren't many people like you who possess a sense of justice."
Shen Qiang just smiled.
The beautiful young woman, wiping her tears, continued, "And I know that Director Wang is a scoundrel. It's good that he was caught, and it wouldn't matter if you had had a conflict with him. By letting him go now, you are risking him seeking revenge..."
Shen Qiang frowned and interrupted, "There's no way I would ignore a patient's life and death out of fear of retaliation. Besides, I'm not afraid of him at all."
Her eyes welling up again, the beautiful young woman said, "Doctor Shen, you saved not only me but also my husband. You are a great benefactor to our family, and I don't even know how I could ever repay your kindness."
Shen Qiang opened his mouth to speak.
Just then, Zhao Hui, an intern doctor looking at her phone, came out of the nearby elevator. Seeing Shen Qiang, she immediately called out excitedly, "Shen Qiang!"
She then ran over, bustling with excitement, saying, "Did you see the announcement on the Health and Family Planning Committee website? You're awesome, the only one in the province who passed the medical qualification exam. It's simply amazing!"
The beautiful young woman standing next to Shen Qiang had her eyes light up as she interjected, "Doctor Shen's score was the highest in the province?"
Zhao Hui proudly raised her eyebrows, "Of course, he is my classmate, a future superstar doctor!"
The beautiful young woman's eyes sparkled.
Shen Qiang modestly said, "It was just luck."
Zhao Hui pouted and walked away, "Even though you usually get average grades, the exam questions this time were so tricky, and you managed to pass. I don't believe it was just a coincidence!"
At that moment, the beautiful young woman staring at Shen Qiang was full of admiration.
"Unyielding to evil, courageous! Able to consider the bigger picture even in anger, strategic! Not to mention, your score was the highest in the province. A man of such intelligence and courage surely has limitless future achievements!"
The more she thought about it, the more excited the beautiful young woman became. Seeing Zhao Hui had left, she nervously asked, "Uhm... Doctor Shen, do you have a girlfriend?"
Shen Qiang was startled and after a somber silence of three seconds, he replied with a sunny smile, "No."
"That's wonderful!" The beautiful young woman said excitedly, "I have a sister who is a hundred times pretier than I am. She is studying her senior year away from here and will soon graduate. She's the campus beauty. Once she comes back, may I introduce her to you as your girlfriend?"