Chen Xiao knew without guessing why Bai Su made the call. He said, "Dean Bai, those guys were asking for it when I beat them. If you don't believe me, feel free to check the surveillance footage outside examination room eight."
Bai Su's headache intensified. "Even without checking the footage, I'm on your side. But the problem is, one of the people you kicked in the stomach is Jian Ming, the son of Jian Xiaojun, the deputy branch manager of Wealth Bank's Juxian City branch. He's dead set on causing trouble for you. Moreover, you assaulted him first, and he's not letting it go..."
"Huh? The son of the Wealth Bank deputy branch manager?"
Chen Xiao clearly hadn't expected such a coincidence. Just a moment ago, he felt guilty about causing trouble for Bai Su again. Suddenly, he couldn't help but laugh, interrupting Bai Su with schadenfreude. "Dean Bai, since that guy named Jian Ming wants to bully people with his status, just tell him directly that Zhang Liuqian is my patient. If he's smart and leaves, that's best. Otherwise, let alone him being just the deputy branch manager's son, even if it were the deputy branch manager himself, I'll make him taste what it's like to be bullied with status!"
"What?"
Bai Su was stunned into silence. After a long moment, she exclaimed in disbelief, "Zhang Liuqian? Zhang Liuqian, the president of Wealth Bank? As far as I know, Zhang Liuqian has suffered from coronary heart disease for many years and has also been treated at our Central Hospital. Unfortunately, his condition is too severe. Even Old Dean Lin and Dr. Meng were helpless. If you truly have the ability to cure him, all problems will indeed be solved with ease."
Just then, with a muffled thud, a man in a patient's gown violently kicked open the dean's office door. It was Jian Ming.
Greedily glancing up and down at Bai Su, whose charm was no less than that of an eighteen-year-old maiden, Jian Ming entered like a rogue, crossed his legs, and asked, "Dean Bai, have the procedures to fire Chen Xiao been completed?"
Bai Su was furious. She had only managed to persuade Jian Ming to return to his ward and wait for her news two minutes ago. She hadn't even finished her call, and he had barged in like a debt collector.
Suppressing the urge to explode at any moment, she subtly hung up the phone with Chen Xiao and said indignantly, "I've already persuaded the others who were causing trouble with you earlier. What kind of grudge do you have against Dr. Chen? Why are you so determined to get rid of him?"
Jian Ming winked and asked instead, "And why are you so determined to help him, Dean Bai? Could it be because he's handsome, and you two are involved?"
Bai Su's emotions were on the verge of collapse. "You... what nonsense are you talking about? As the dean of Central Hospital, isn't it my duty to protect my subordinates?"
Jian Ming's initial motive for gathering a group of people Chen Xiao had beaten to cause a scene in the dean's office was very simple: he was jealous of Chen Xiao's handsomeness and wanted to teach him a lesson.
However, upon seeing Bai Su, who was in her early forties but exquisitely made up and mature, he became lustful. He couldn't help but use the situation to his advantage, repeatedly making things difficult for Bai Su.
Seeing that the time was ripe, he finally couldn't hold back and said with a wicked grin, "Dean Bai, it's actually very simple for you to make me let Chen Xiao go. I just don't know if you truly care about him."
Bai Su's expression turned frosty. "What do you want?"
Jian Ming's gaze became even more brazen as it fell upon Bai Su. "You treat Chen Xiao to a meal to apologize, hehe."
As long as he could get Bai Su to the dinner table, he would have a thousand ways to get her into bed.
"Heh."
Bai Su guessed Jian Ming's sinister intentions and couldn't help but laugh in anger. "My repeated tolerance for you is not because I fear you, but because I'm trying to maintain face for both of us! Since you refuse to accept decency, then let's go our separate ways! What's wrong with Dr. Chen hitting you? I'll say it plainly, I'm biased towards him! If you're not happy, bring it on!"
"You..."
Jian Ming clearly didn't expect Bai Su to suddenly turn on him. He became furious, gritted his teeth, and threatened, "Aren't you afraid of my father? Don't say I didn't warn you, he has very strong connections upstairs. With just one word from him, not only Chen Xiao, but you too will be kicked out of Central Hospital!"
Bai Su couldn't be bothered to listen to Jian Ming's nonsense anymore. She said with utter contempt, "No matter how strong your father's connections are, can they be stronger than Zhang Liuqian's? You might not believe it when I say it, but Zhang Liuqian is Dr. Chen's patient..."
"Pfft—"
Before Bai Su could finish speaking, Jian Ming couldn't hold back and burst out laughing. "Bai Su, Bai Su, you'll say anything to scare me. How could Old Zhang possibly be a patient of a mere outpatient doctor at Central Hospital?"
Bai Su retorted in a matter-of-fact tone, "Why is it impossible? Didn't Dr. Chen save the richest man, Song Kaichao, in examination room two earlier? You were at the scene, weren't you?"
"This..."
Jian Ming's heart suddenly skipped a beat. His arrogant demeanor from a moment ago instantly turned pale with nervousness.
However, thinking that he might have been beaten by Chen Xiao for nothing and ultimately didn't even get a glimpse of Bai Su, he was extremely unwilling. After some thought, he decided to brazen it out and said, "So what if I was there? So what if Chen Xiao happened to save the richest man Song? Richest man Song is richest man Song, and Old Zhang is Old Zhang. Chen Xiao happened to save richest man Song, but he might not be lucky enough to cure Old Zhang!"
As he spoke, he suddenly stood up and slammed the office door shut heavily.
Bai Su realized something was wrong and instinctively stepped back, asking with a wary expression, "You... what do you want to do?"
"What do I want to do?"
Jian Ming's face was filled with madness, his expression unable to hide his lust. "I've long heard that the dean of Central Hospital is a timeless beauty who doesn't age. I didn't expect to have the honor of seeing her today. It's truly a sin! Why didn't I think of 'cultivating' you earlier? Hehe."
Saying this, the burly man lunged at Bai Su with a sinister grin, like a ferocious tiger. He thought that with his father Jian Xiaojun's connections in Juxian City, Bai Su would have no choice but to endure it, no matter how unwilling she was.
"Knock, knock, knock... Knock, knock, knock..."
However, at this moment, Chen Xiao, who had arrived just in time, knocked on the door from the outside, causing Jian Ming's lunge towards Bai Su to suddenly halt.
Bai Su seized the opportunity. While hastily creating distance from Jian Ming, she shouted for help loudly, "Help! Help! Help me—"
The soundproofing of the Central Hospital office door was not as good as that of the examination rooms. Coupled with Chen Xiao's astonishing hearing, he clearly heard Bai Su's cries for help.
"Crash—"
Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Xiao suddenly activated the Great Dream Vajra Divine Skill and violently kicked the door panel open. He then saw Jian Ming in an aggressive posture, lunging towards Bai Su. Enraged, Chen Xiao grabbed a chair from the corner and smashed it fiercely onto Jian Ming's back.
"I'll fuck your mother!"