Falling For The Contract Bride

Chapter 88

Chapter 88 Crying Helplessly

Xiao Qingqing clenched her fists fiercely. Before her eyes, Lu Jinye seemed to have no intention to stop. He seized the car key and headed out the door.

Xiao Qingqing stood still. She stared at Lu Jinye as he walked away. She could tell that he was anxious and a little adamant from the view of his back. After a long while, Xiao Qingqing gritted her teeth and chased after him.

Lu Jinye had reached the basement car park when Xiao Qingqing hurried over. He was a little puzzled when he saw her. But Xiao Qingqing’s intentions were clear. He did not bother stopping her, allowing Xiao Qingqing to follow him into the car.

…

The nurse left the dean’s office when Mu Zhi came in.

The office had a vintage-styled decoration. Sitting in the office, the aging dean’s demeanor was exceptionally dignified, but the smile on his face was rather friendly.

“Please take a seat, Dr. Mu.”

The dean invited Mu Zhi for a seat zealously. Mu Zhi hesitated briefly and obliged.

Then, the dean heaved a sigh and gradually rose to his feet, “Actually, I’d like to ask for a presumptuous favor. I’m even too embarrassed to say it.”

Mu Zhi could sense the troubled tone coming from the dean. She raised her head to look at the dean solemnly, and said softly, “Dean, if there’s anything you’d like to say, please go ahead.”

Despite Mu Zhi’s words, the dean was still hesitant.

With the same troubled look on his face, the dean threw his gaze behind her and said, “This hospital was established 50 years ago. At the time, my wife and I stepped up and founded the hospital because… We hoped to play a role in medical advancement. Private hospitals are common overseas, but that is not the case in the country.”

“To provide a better service, our doctors are considered the most proficient in the country. As such, there are many hindrances that we need to overcome even at this point. The compensations we provide are specially for these experts of the field.”

The dean continued to blabber, not allowing Mu Zhi to interrupt him.

But she could tell something was troubling the dean.

Thus, she hesitated for a while, then told him, “Sir, if there’s something you’d like to say, don’t afraid to let me know.”

The dean frowned. The ridges of his wrinkles in between his brows told Mu Zhi that he was helpless.

“We spent a great deal of effort to poach Dr. Lu Junnian. And at the time, one of his conditions to join us was to get you onboard, Dr. Mu Zhi.”

“Mhm.”

Mu Zhi responded to the dean.

The dean then handed Mu Zhi a file along with a large sum of cash notes.

Mu Zhi glanced at the file reluctantly, wondering if it was a complete investigation into her history, especially the part where Xu Changshu framed her about falsifying medical research data.

The file and cash were stacked together when he handed them to her. Mu Zhi did not need further elaboration from the dean to understand what he was trying to convey.

“We cannot persuade Dr. Lu Junnian to make you leave, but… The hospital has always had a strict standard to maintain, apologies… Throughout your tenure at the hospital, you’ve been… Troubled by rumors.”

The word ‘rumors’ was said in a deeply troubled manner.

Mu Zhi was seemingly considerate of the situation.

She stood up. Although she could not ignore the disappointment, she bowed at the dean. After all this while, the hospital was the only one that would allow her to practice as a doctor. She was thankful for that. All content © N/.ôvel/Dr/ama.Org.

“I’ll hand in my resignation and I will talk to Lu Junnian about it.”

“Thank you for your understanding.”

This time, the aging dean returned the favor by giving Mu Zhi a deep bow.

Mu Zhi thought it was inappropriate. She promptly stepped forward to help him up. The listlessness she displayed greatly conflicted with her emotions in this instance.

She bowed at the dean once again and bade farewell.

She did not return to her clinic. She refused to pack up and leave hastily. She was not bold enough to do that.

She needed time to adjust herself.

But she had no idea where she could go.

Leaving the hospital, Mu Zhi first circled a few rounds and ultimately decided to set off to the First Hospital to visit her mother.

In the Intensive Care Unit, Mu Zhi’s mother was lying on the bed peacefully, showing no sign of life.

The only evidence of her being alive was the moving vitals on the monitor.

Staring the numbers on the screen and turning her eyes to her mother, tears started streaming down her face uncontrollably.

She clasped the document that the dean gave her earlier in her hand… She did not throw it away. Her dejection was indescribable.

“Mom, when are you going to wake up?”

Mu Zhi was starting to find herself hilarious. She was clearer than anyone that her mother could not hear her. And even if she could, she would not be able to respond to her. What did she expect from talking to her?

However, after letting it out, the dejection inside her did not lighten a bit.

On the contrary, Mu Zhi became even more distressed.

She had never seen her father since she was little. Her mother frequently went to the hospital as a candidate for drug trials in exchange for money to raise her.

The drug trials were those that had not been released to the market. Hospitals offered money to trial candidates to determine if it had any side effects.

As a little girl, Mu Zhi witnessed her mother being a subject of medication trial, hence her hate for hospitals. At the time, she told herself that she never wanted to be associated with the pharmaceutical

world in any way.

But… One day when she returned from school and realized that her mother had not gotten home from a drug trial. She waited for a day but mother did not show up. When she arrived at the hospital, she found out that a hiccup had occurred during the trial. Someone prescribed the wrong drug. When mother was hurrying home after the trial, she got into… A car accident. Most of her brain tissues were dead, but the miracle was that her heart was still beating.

Thus, she became vegetative.

Mu Zhi had never felt the despair she was currently having. During her mother’s incident, paired with her pre-university examinations, she managed to keep her head up. She lasered in on becoming a doctor so she could save her mother.

However, the dreams of becoming a doctor had been shattered years ago.

And… It had happened again.

Could she not save her mother?

And herself?

Lu Jinye arrived at the Junxin Hospital. When he noticed that Mu Zhi was not around, he quickly left.

He was flustered and did not even realize that Xiao Qingqing had fallen behind.

In the car, Lu Jinye did not wait for a moment before giving his secretary a call, asking her to look into information related to Mu Zhi and her potential whereabouts.

In the end, he decided that the First Hospital was the way to go!

Lu Jinye almost did not hesitate before taking off to the First Hospital, asked for Mu Zhi’s ward, and headed there.

Through the glass window, he could see Mu Zhi weeping helplessly!