The Enemy's Heir - Chapter 5

Two months later.

The last page was shown on the big screen in the conference room. Shen Fangyu held a laser pen and smiled, “That’s all my report. Does anyone have any questions?”

Director Cui commented a few words and said to the other participants, “Shen Fangyu spoke very well about this series of uterine pseudoaneurysms after cesarean section. You can say whatever you want to say.”

Almost tacitly, everyone’s eyes were focused on a figure sitting in the front.

“Why are you looking at me?”

Sensing the gazes from all directions, Jiang Xu raised his eyes inexplicably, completely unaware of how deeply his and Shen Fangyu’s past had left a traumatic impression on his colleagues.

“Doctor Jiang, you… don’t have anything to say?” The attending physician next to Jiang Xu poked him, hesitant to speak.

Every time Shen Fangyu or Jiang Xu made a report, the two of them could ask each other a bunch of questions in a detailed and detailed manner. If they didn’t understand the cases or literature they were talking about, they couldn’t resist the other party’s offensive at all.

Therefore, everyone tacitly agreed that today would be another long meeting.

However, Jiang Xu just turned the pen and said to Shen Fangyu: “Last Thursday, C City reported a case of pseudoaneurysm after cesarean section with double uterus and double vagina. You can add it.”

After that, he closed the notebook and clipped the pen on it, as if he had nothing to say.

Even Shen Fangyu on the stage was puzzled.

Director Cui glanced at Jiang Xu, and then said: “Then today’s meeting will end here. There is one more thing, the academic exchange conference of H Province that everyone is paying attention to.” After her eyes pulled back and forth between Jiang Xu and Shen Fangyu, she fixed on Shen Fangyu’s face, “Fang Yu, you prepare well and bring a few people with me.” After

the meeting, Director Cui was always the first to go out. As soon as she left, the conference room instantly became lively.

The conference mentioned by Director Cui was considered the top academic exchange conference in obstetrics and gynecology. Almost all the big names in the field from various countries would come to exchange ideas. This year, H Province was the organizer, and A Medical University also received an invitation letter to attend the conference and give a report.

“You and Dr. Jiang have been fighting for this meeting for a long time, right? I remember that you all applied to the director to go two months ago.”

Shen Fangyu’s friends and students were very happy. On the one hand, they were happy for Shen Fangyu, and on the other hand, they had more opportunities to go. Shen Fangyu would definitely choose people from his own group.

“I’ll pay for your morning coffee tomorrow,” Shen Fangyu said to the people in his group, “Remember to come to my office to get it.” Then he gently knocked on Jiang Xu’s desk and raised his eyebrows, saying, “Then I’ll go?”

Jiang Xu didn’t want to pay attention to him at all. He walked out with the folder, and Yu Sang hurriedly followed him. There was a crowd of cheers behind him. Yu Sang rolled his eyes, “What’s there to be proud of? Director Cui led us last year, and this year he leads them. This is reasonable.”

However, after he finished speaking, he still said to Jiang Xu, “Brother Jiang, I think you haven’t been in a good state recently.” He originally wanted to say that even Director Cui could see it.

Jiang Xu didn’t know what was wrong with him. At first, he was sleepy. As long as he had a little free time, he could fall asleep while standing. Later, he had a loss of appetite. He went to the Department of Neurology and the Department of Gastroenterology for CT and gastroscopy, and later even went to the Department of Psychiatry, fearing that he had anorexia.

However, the test results showed that there was no problem.

Although Jiang Xu usually stayed up all night and had disordered diet due to his job, he always paid close attention to any abnormal symptoms in his body.

Dr. Jiang’s motto is that as long as it is detected early enough, there is no disease that cannot be cured.

He had no appetite and always felt tired. At first, he could still drink coffee to refresh himself, but later he wanted to vomit when he smelled coffee. Except when he was performing surgery and seeing patients, he could rely on his iron will and professionalism to stay calm and sober. At other times, he was sick and couldn’t muster up the energy.

Especially every time he got home from work, if he was not on night shift, he didn’t even want to eat dinner. He could fall asleep as soon as he got home, and he wouldn’t wake up in the middle of the night. He slept until the next morning, and woke up with nausea and dry heaving.

This kind of disease with strange symptoms but no cause can easily go to two extremes, either nothing is wrong or it is a serious and incurable disease.

Although Jiang Xu didn’t want to live too pessimistically, he couldn’t avoid his thoughts leaning towards the terminal illness, and he even didn’t bother to argue with Shen Fangyu. If he actually wasted most of the last few months of his life arguing or fighting with Shen Fangyu, Jiang Xu thought, he would definitely die with regrets.

However, there are always some who are happy and some who are sad in life. When it was time to get off work, a doctor who was a few years older than them suddenly became happy. He looked at his phone and said to everyone in the office, “Don’t rush back tonight. I’ll treat you to McDonald’s. Let the people next door eat together in the lounge. Those on duty, tell me what you want to eat. I’ll buy it and send them to their seats.”

“Brother Wu, is there any good news?” Shen Fangyu asked.

Wu Rui was also a student of A Medical University. He was both the senior of Shen Fangyu and Jiang Xu and their senior. Although he was not as fast as the two paper kings in evaluating professional titles, he was patient. In the early days, he also led the two of them hand in hand, so Shen Fangyu and Jiang Xu had a good relationship with him.

“Keep it a secret for now,” Wu Rui smiled so hard that his eyes almost disappeared. “I’ll tell you later,” he took out his phone and started ordering. “Tell me what you want to eat. If you miss this opportunity, you won’t be able to find it again.”

Doctors have a physical job, especially those who perform surgery, who often stand for hours without eating or drinking, so they all like junk food with high salt, oil, and energy, such as fried chicken and cola.

Wu Rui patted Jiang Xu’s shoulder, and the latter suddenly woke up. Wu Rui didn’t know that he was sleepy, and thought that he didn’t want to eat with Shen Fangyu, so he smiled warmly and said, “Give me face and don’t quarrel today.”

Jiang Xu was dazed for a while, and then he remembered that they seemed to be discussing eating just now, and he didn’t know what happened, but he was distracted for a while, and then he fell asleep again as if he was possessed.

Although he really didn’t want to see Shen Fangyu, Wu Rui was a good man, and he wouldn’t refuse his senior brother’s sincere words, “Okay, senior brother, I promise as long as he doesn’t recruit me.”

“…” Wu Rui thought to himself, this might be a bit difficult.

He glanced at Shen Fangyu, who was chatting and ordering with the people around him. He was handsome, but unfortunately he had a big mouth. Doctor Shen usually didn’t get angry with others, but he was staring at Jiang Xu. He was very sweet to others, and no one knew what he was thinking.

There were many people at the dinner party this time, and several people went just to get takeout. They took the portion for the doctors on duty first, and put the rest in the lounge. The red boxes filled the table, and the golden fried chicken wings were paired with refreshing soda and cola. The rich aroma filled the lounge, making people salivate.

Shen Fangyu was sitting next to Wu Rui. He took out a fried chicken leg from the red paper bag in front of him without any hesitation. The crispy skin matched the tender chicken. He took a bite and asked Wu Rui, “So what is the good news?”

Wu Rui smiled mysteriously, “There is something happy. My wife is pregnant.”

“Wow——”

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

This group of doctors who had been bored for a long time slapped the table and applauded. Anyway, Jihua Hospital has a conscience. The entertainment lounge and gym have a separate building. They are not afraid of disturbing patients and maintaining the image of doctors.

Although they are used to the birth of new lives, they are still happy every time they hear such news, especially from their colleagues who accompany them day and night, and the lucky baby is also sincerely expected to come into this world.

“Congratulations!”

“Congratulations, Angkor!”

…

The cheers and blessings came one after another.

“Thank you, thank you——” Wu Rui rubbed his hands, his face flushed with excitement, and excitedly accepted everyone’s blessings.

Jiang Xu also picked up the Coke cup and toasted Wu Rui, “Congratulations, senior brother,” he said, “If you are too busy, just tell us.”

Jiang Xu was quiet and cold, but he was thoughtful and spoke to Wu Rui’s heart.

Wu Rui looked at him gratefully, and then said to everyone, “Actually, there are other reasons for inviting everyone to dinner today.” Wu Rui was a little embarrassed to speak, “My wife works hard, and I want to spend more time with my wife. In the future, things in the department… may cause some trouble to everyone. I apologize to everyone here.”

This matter is actually a bit sensitive. After all, no one wants to increase their workload, but fortunately, the relationship in the department has always been harmonious, and Wu Rui has helped everyone a lot on weekdays, so when he spoke, everyone smiled and waved their hands, “Don’t worry, just come to us if you can’t take care of it.”

“I just…ah…” Wu Rui saw his colleagues were so enthusiastic and the atmosphere was just right. He was so emotional that he couldn’t help but cover his face. His voice was choked. “I’m usually too busy…I don’t have time to accompany her properly.”

Seeing that the atmosphere suddenly turned to sentimental, Shen Fangyu quickly took apart a chicken wing and stuffed it directly into Wu Rui’s mouth, patting his shoulder, “It’s okay, Brother Wu, we all understand that work is important, and wife is more important, but at this moment, nothing is more important than the fried chicken in your mouth.”

After he said that, he found that Jiang Xu was looking at him.

Sure enough, Wu Rui’s sadness was suddenly interrupted by the fried chicken. His eyes were still red, but he couldn’t help laughing. So he reached out to take the fried chicken from his mouth and cursed with a smile, “Stinky boy.”

The table that was almost embarrassed was restored to a happy mood because of a laugh. Jiang Xu saw that Shen Fangyu found him looking at him, and casually moved his eyes away, commenting: “Quick reaction.”

This was to praise him for adjusting the atmosphere.

Shen Fangyu suddenly had an idea and took another chicken wing and put it directly into Jiang Xu’s mouth.

The heavy and greasy smell came over him, and Jiang Xu took a step back suddenly, his face changed.

In fact, he felt uncomfortable since he came in. He usually liked to eat fried chicken, but recently he felt sick when he smelled the oily smell, so after eating for so long, he just drank some Coke and only ate one French fry.

However, the greasy chicken wing was right next to his nose, and the strong smell of oil was sweeping Jiang Xu’s vulnerable olfactory bulb like a rotten wood.

He glanced at Shen Fangyu, and suddenly lowered his head and covered his mouth.

“Ugh–”

a suppressed dry heave.

Doctor Jiang didn’t want to be so embarrassed, but he couldn’t help it. He covered his mouth and went to the bathroom, leaving Shen Fangyu holding the chicken leg in a mess.

“Is this his new way of insulting me?” Shen Fangyu said stiffly while holding the chicken leg in a mess.

After a while, he asked Yu Sang who was sitting next to Jiang Xu: “Do I look so disgusting?”

“You have to ask Dr. Jiang. Maybe you stole his place in the meeting, and he was very angry when he saw you.”

Forget it. He knew that those who followed Jiang Xu were birds of a feather. You can’t spit out ivory from a dog’s mouth.

He silently withdrew his hand holding the chicken leg and pretended that nothing had happened. Instead, Wu Rui said thoughtfully: “My wife is the same. She retched a lot some time ago, but most of the time she couldn’t vomit. We didn’t think about it that way. We thought she was sick, but it turned out that she was pregnant.”

Shen Fangyu thought about it, so after Jiang Xu came back from vomiting for the third time, he leaned close to Dr. Jiang, who looked a little weak, and said, “Jiang Xu, you vomited like this, you can’t be pregnant?”