See You Once, Beat You Once

Medical Center.

On the skybridge between the two buildings.

The Chief of Surgery stopped and looked at Adam helplessly. "Adam, let Mark off the hook."

"You already know, Chief?"

Adam smiled.

"There are no secrets in this hospital."

The Chief of Surgery shook his head. "If I didn't know about news this explosive, I'd be seriously neglecting my duties."

"Chief, you know me."

Adam spread his hands. "I've always given people face."

"I know, I know."

The Chief of Surgery nodded repeatedly. "I know how this started. That guy Mark used Meredith's mistake as an excuse to lose his temper and dragged you into it too."

"We've never been able to stand each other."

Adam smiled. "I thought we'd never see each other again, but who would've thought you'd bring him in, Chief? I know he can make money. Business is business.

So even though he stirred up the nurses into forming the Sloan Nurse Alliance, as long as he didn't make any professional mistakes, I never held it against him at work."

"Mm."

The Chief of Surgery nodded. "Adam, you really are the most magnanimous and the most professional. No one else could have handled it better than you."

"But it seems my magnanimity and professionalism haven't earned his respect."

Adam gave a faint smile. "I get the feeling he still likes targeting me."

"He does respect you."

The Chief of Surgery hurriedly reassured him. "I guarantee it..."

But under Adam's gaze, he could not continue. He could only tell the truth. "Even if he doesn't respect you, he fears you!

You don't know this, but because of one thing you said, he spent the entire night preparing for you to pick apart his work at the seminar."

"That's a good thing."

Adam smiled. "Isn't that what seminars are