The Little Prince

When Chen Bai met Zhou Yuan for the first time, it was the most embarrassing day in Zhou Yuan’s career.

A few days ago, there was a case of a failed heart bypass operation and the surgeon in charge was from the same department as Zhou Yuan. The patient died two hours after the surgery so the family became very agitated, demanding the hospital to return the entire cost of the surgery and asking for a high moral compensation from the hospital. The two sides failed to negotiate, resulting in the family beginning to come to the hospital every day to make trouble.

The doctors in the same department had heard it earlier that day. During that time of the day, only Zhou Yuan was left in the entire first-floor ward. The family members who hadn't found anyone were so desperate that they caught Zhou Yuan, who was doing a ward round, and started to curse.

Zhou Yuan explained for a long time and asked them to move to the outside of the ward as there was another patient in the ward. The family member refused to obey and when she was extremely agitated, she blurted out: "If you want to die, die together!"

As she said that, she picked up the glass water bottle on the table, wanting to smash it at Zhou Yuan. Unfortunately, she accidentally hit a pot of hot porridge on the table when she reached out for the water bottle.

Zhou Yuan was standing very close to the patient's bed. Without thinking, he stretched out his arms, wanting to stop it. A pot of porridge covered the back of his hand.

At the same time, the glass bottle in the family's hand also fell down and hit him on the shoulder. The bottle that was as thick as a cup broke into several pieces with a bang.

Zhou Yuan thought at that time that his shoulder joint should be injured. He was so angry that he gritted his teeth while protecting the frightened patient behind him.

With one hand hanging down, he said to the family member who was stunned: "Sister, go out and talk, I have patients here."

The family member looked at him angrily. Afraid of compensation, she disappeared in a flash without saying a word.

Zhou Yuan smiled bitterly. His hands were not able to move well, he couldn't even hold the phone. He comforted the patient in the hospital bed for a while, making sure her emotions were stable before leaving with his hand down.

As soon as he left the ward, he saw Chen Bai who had been standing there for a long time.

Seeing the cold and indifferent in Cheng Bai’s eyes and even his empty expression, he didn't know how much he saw.

At that time, Zhou Yuan was in a mess. One hand was burnt red, with the back of his hand covered with scattered rice grains, while the other hand was temporarily unable to move. Not to mention, half of his white coat was wet and stuck with glass slag.

Even so, the wretched Zhou Yuan still patiently asked: "Are you looking for someone?"

Chen Bai nodded: "I'm looking for a doctor."

Then he looked at him and added: "Do you need help?"

Zhou Yuan wanted to tell him that he was the only doctor here, but instead he said: "Thank you, please make a call for me, ba."

Chen Bai stepped forward and fished out a cell phone from his coat. After Zhou Yuan told him the password, he pressed his hand and called a colleague from the surgery department to pick him up.

After he thanked Chen Bai, he took a look at him and saw Chen Bai's pair of lips turning into a vivid purple color.

Zhou Yuan thought about it and asked: "Are you seeing a doctor?"

Chen Bai said: "En, my heart is not feeling well."

Zhou Yuan’s farce before was seen by him so he was embarrassed to say that he was a doctor in the cardiovascular department. He nodded and after his colleague came, he left with him.

Chen Bai looked at his back and remembered his name on his coat, Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan. Good tempered enough, would try to lie when things went wrong, still very young.

Chen Bai took a look at the doctors’ resume hanging on the wall, and there was Zhou Yuan on it. In the photo, he looked bright and radiant. He walked around the hospital again but the smell of disinfectant was too strong to bear, so he walked out of the hospital.

As soon as he walked to the door of the hospital, he felt tired, so he sat on the stone bench beside the flower bed and lit a cigarette.

He started coughing even before taking two puffs. He coughed so badly that the saliva he spit out was scarlet, attracting the attention of passers-by but they didn’t stop.

It was really a nuisance. After calming down for a while, Chen Bai thought as he pressed his cigarette butt.

Is it going to be cured? Chen Bai's thoughts were uncertain. After a while, he reached into his pocket for a cigarette but found none.

He suddenly remembered Zhou Yuan's appearance when he confronted the family before; his arms were wide open, his face was red with anger and helplessness and the patient hid behind him, not daring to move.

What a fucking savior.

There was a residual smell of tobacco in the air. Chen Bai took a deep breath, and the thing in his left chest jumped a few times, causing the chest to feel painful.