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Chapter 93 Midnight Visitor
At the end of the cold night, the Vasili Clinic was enveloped in darkness that blocked the vision.

The Vasily Clinic is located in an elegant masonry building with white doors and windows and exquisite carvings. There is a large fireplace on one side of the reception hall wall, and the flames dance in the hearth, emitting warmth.

Toledo sat alone behind the counter at the entrance of the reception hall, with an electric lamp hanging above his head, and the dim yellow light spilled from the bulb, illuminating the entire reception hall.

There is also a sofa, some armchairs and a coffee table in the hall for waiting patients to rest, but of course all of them are currently empty and unused.There are some magazines, newspapers and books on the coffee table, as well as some silver teapots and cups.

At this time, only Toledo was left in the clinic, and the door of the clinic was closed, but there was a kerosene lamp hanging outside the door. medical treatment.

In London, not all clinics are open 24 hours. In fact, except for public hospitals and emergency centers, most small medical institutions close on time in the evening.

However, Dr. Vasili believes that the medical resources in the Fort area are too few. In this case, if the residents of the community have some symptoms, but not to the extent that they need first aid, they will choose to fight at home alone.

In most cases, such countermeasures will not cause major problems, but in a few cases, delay will lead to the deterioration of the condition, and the minor illness will become a serious illness. Therefore, Dr. Vasili decided to keep a doctor on duty every day to prepare for sudden emergencies. patients to provide some necessary treatment.

This decision of Dr. Vasili was unanimously welcomed by the local residents, and it also helped many patients; because of this, although Toledo and Gant sometimes complained in private about the hard work of the night shift, although Dr. Vasili He always has a serious look at ordinary times. Although working as an assistant doctor is tiring and a lot, Toledo still thinks that Dr. Vasili is a good person in his heart.

Until recently, after seeing Dr. Vasili's strange behavior, Toledo changed his opinion of Dr. Vasili slightly.

Thinking of this, Toledo reached out and took out a key from his pocket.

【Do you want to watch it?In case it is discovered]

He gently squeezed the key in his hand, but he still couldn't make up his mind.

【But Dr. Vasily's recent behavior is too strange; and what Annie said makes sense】

Thinking of this, he unconsciously glanced in the direction of the nurse's station.

[Actually, the cabinet for storing patient return visit data is in the nurse's station. Even if I was discovered, it can be said that I went to the nurse's station to find equipment]

Thinking this way, Toledo made the final decision.

[Isn't it just to look at a file?What's the problem! 】

He took a breath to make his hands feel warmer and more sensitive. Toledo walked towards the nurse's station while observing the gate.

He walked past the front desk, the silent door, the empty coffee table, and the glass windows that could see the cold street outside.

A palm suddenly appeared and pressed against the window.

"Click," the sudden sound startled Toledo.

"xxxxx," he spit out the words elegantly, while his body jumped on the floor several times like a shrimp with springy teeth.

"Dong Dong," accompanied by two sounds similar to knocking on the door, the owner of that hand gradually emerged from the dark night.

This is a man with a thin, pale face that does not seem very healthy; on the top of his head is messy curly hair, covered under a cape-like hood; he is tall and has a pair of gray pupils .

He was dressed in dirty clothes, looked a little weak, and his palms were full of rough marks, which made Toledo think that the other party was probably a homeless man who wanted to ask for help.

[Fortunately, it’s not something strange, it scared me to death. 】Toledo calmed down slightly, he walked to the window, and said to the homeless man through the window:

"The clinic does not provide relief services. If you need a shelter, go forward for 100 meters and turn left, and you will see a church."

Toledo tried his best to make his voice louder. After all, he was separated by glass at this time. Fortunately, the other party's hearing was very keen, and he was not dulled by the cold and the whistling wind.

"I'm not a homeless man, I'm here to buy medicine." The thin and tall man said the same loudly, and at the same time added some gestures.

"Buying medicine?" Toledo didn't really believe that the other party really had the money to buy medicine, but he said so, and he was too embarrassed to turn the other party away, so he agreed to make a few hand gestures, and at the same time loudly Shouted: "Go to the main entrance."

"Huh," the man dressed as a homeless man was welcomed into the reception hall by Toledo. The man took a deep breath, as if he could absorb more heat from the air in this way.

"Sit over there, I'll pour you a cup of hot water first." Toledo felt that the other party was more like a homeless man who came to escape the cold, but they all came, and the clinic happened to be empty, so there was no need to take the other party away. Get out.

"Thank you," Mr. Tramp said politely, and sat down on the sofa, putting his hands in his pockets and covering them tightly.

"Here, what's wrong with you, sir?" Toledo brought a cup of hot water and put it on the tea table, then sat on the chair in front of the other party, and asked routinely.

"Oh, I feel like I have a cold." The homeless man sniffed.

"Okay, sir." Toledo became more convinced that the other party was a homeless man. After all, nine out of ten homeless men who tried to escape the cold claimed that they had a cold, and the remaining one would say that they had a stomachache:

"Judging from your symptoms, the cold is not too serious. I will prescribe some oral medicine for you. You should drink more warm water and pay attention to rest."

"Okay, thank you, sir, how much do I need to pay?" The homeless man seemed a little nervous, after all, medicines in this era are not cheap.

[I was actually asked to prescribe medicine. Normally at this time, shouldn't I say something like "I don't think I'm really serious, I just need to take a good rest"? 】

Toledo was a little surprised, but his professionalism was not lost by him:
"Your situation is not serious. I'll just give you a night's supply. Just give me 1 penny."

"It's only 1 penny!" The homeless man was obviously very surprised. After all, for a private clinic, the price is no different from free gift.

"Yes, it's only 1 penny." Toledo smiled kindly, and there was a warm feeling of helping others in his heart. He thought that maybe Dr. Vasili decided to help the patients at midnight because of this feeling:

"Come with me, I'll find a hospital bed for you to rest, of course, it's free."

"Really, thank you so much," the tramp said sincerely:
"But will you really not be expelled from the clinic?"

Toledo's helpful smile suddenly froze.

(End of this chapter)