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She hadn't expected this to happen so suddenly.

So the sympathy in her eyes immediately vanished when she saw the patients' family members outside the door.

Although treating illness and saving lives was a doctor's duty, doctors were human, not gods. They couldn't snatch someone back from the hands of death every time, and a medical dispute like this could very well ruin a doctor's entire life.

She could hardly imagine how great an impact this would have if it really happened. Her youngest son had been hailed as a medical prodigy since childhood and was the youngest associate chief physician in the country's history. If this really dragged his reputation through the mud, it would leave a huge stain on his future.

Their Fu Family had the means to resolve this, but if an ordinary doctor encountered this kind of medical harassment, their career would probably be destroyed.

It wasn't that Chen Muyu had no sympathy for this cancer patient, but nothing could compare to her son's reputation. The patient was certainly pitiful, but his family members harbored vicious intentions. If Fu Yuze couldn't save him, there would be no way out of this predicament.

So she truly didn't want her son caught in danger. Although the plot and reality were two different things, an incident like this would have very serious consequences if mishandled.

As she was thinking, the indicator light outside the operating room went off, and Fu Yuze happened to walk out in his surgical scrubs.

The large crowd of family members waiting outside for the stomach cancer patient immediately swarmed around him.

"Dr. Fu, please save my child!"

"Doctor, please operate on me. I'm begging you! I'll get down on my knees!"

With that, one of them, a pale young man with dark circles beneath his eyes, started to kneel right in front of Fu Yuze.

Fu Yuze immediately reached out to steady him, looking somewhat helpless. Clearly, this wasn't the patient's first visit, and scenes like this had played out many times before.

"Zhao Xu, haven't I already told you? Your body isn't fit for surgery right now. Operating would carry a considerable risk. I recommend that you focus on getting your body into better condition first. We can only prepare for surgery once you meet the requirements."

At those words, Zhao Xu suddenly pleaded through sobs and tears, "Dr. Fu, I'm really in so much pain. Please operate on me. I want to recover sooner. Chemotherapy is just too unbearable. Every day, I feel like I'm going to die. I really don't want to endure even one more day of it. Please treat me with surgery. I really want to live."

A flicker of distress crossed Fu Yuze's eyes. People said that doctors had the hearts of parents, and feeling powerless in the face of a patient's condition was truly agonizing.

He had clearly worked so hard in the field of medicine, yet he could still only watch helplessly as some patients died. That feeling had already become so painful that he was numb to it.

"When I say no, I mean no. Making such a fuss now won't help your recovery at all. It'll make you even less fit for surgery."

Zhao Xu and his family simply couldn't accept this, so they blocked Fu Yuze's way. Their crying and shouting in the corridor drew a great deal of attention.

Chen Muyu and Su Wanqiao had wanted to go over and pull Fu Yuze away, but so many people surrounded him that it was difficult to get close.

Just then, the elevator doors opened, and two pretty young women stepped out.

The two were no strangers. They were the sisters, Jiang Ruoning and Jiang Cixue.

Jiang Ruoning made her way to the operating room floor with her younger sister, navigating with practiced ease. She didn't seem to be visiting for the first time, looking thoroughly familiar with the route, and it was obvious from her manner that she must have come to see Fu Yuze.

The moment Su Wanqiao saw the female lead, she knew another plot event was about to begin.

But the reception had only ended the day before yesterday, and yesterday had been spent cooperating with the police investigation. There had been no further word from Xie Muling, yet Jiang Ruoning was actually spirited enough to come looking for Fu Yuze.

Besides, the female lead would be joining a production to film soon. She truly lived up to being a romance novel's female lead, practically a master of time management.

[It suddenly occurred to me that if the original plot had changed at the reception, she should have come to see Fu Yuze with Xie Muling today. Mainly because Xie Muling had been drugged, and Jiang Ruoning just happened to seek out Fu Yuze, the medical genius, to examine and treat him.]

[Although Fu Yuze did all the actual treating, the person Xie Muling ultimately thanked was Jiang Ruoning, and all the credit for the favor went to her. What's more, this part of the plot was another two-men-fighting-over-one-woman act. Fu Yuze misunderstood their relationship and was terribly jealous, while Xie Muling felt that Jiang Ruoning cared about him and grew even fonder of her. In short, the two male supporting characters fought over the female lead at the hospital, setting off a battlefield of open rivalry and covert struggles. The whole thing was an eyesore.]

[Now that this plot event is gone, Jiang Ruoning has still come to the hospital to see Fu Yuze. It's just that the person accompanying her has changed from Xie Muling to Jiang Cixue. Looks like even if some parts of the novel change, the general plot won't.]

"..."

Chen Muyu fell silent.

Fu Yuze, who had been arguing with the patient all this time, also froze, because these inner thoughts contained far too much information.

He could clearly see the words above his sister-in-law's head from within ten meters.

Precisely because he could see them so clearly, the impact was very slight. With Jiang Ruoning and her mother hurrying toward him, along with the patient Zhao Xu and his family around him, things were really about to descend into chaos.

What a headache!

"I won't operate on you. Hurry back to your ward first. I'll come over in a little while."

Fu Yuze said this to Zhao Xu and his family.

"No, Doctor. If you don't agree today, I'll stay right here and refuse to leave. My condition really can't wait any longer."

Everyone argued over one another.

Jiang Ruoning also realized she had come at a bad time, but from the bits and pieces the patient's family said, she understood what was going on.