Chapter 225: Xu Rui's Invitation
The police were there, yet Xu Rui still dared to make a direct move, leaving everyone at the scene utterly stunned. They had seen the fierce, but no one had ever seen someone this fierce.
"Police, beat him to death for me… Damn it, it hurts so bad!" The middle-aged doctor, having lost half of his teeth by now, looked extremely miserable with his face beaten to a pulp.
Ding Fan looked at the middle-aged doctor, who was quite detestable in his actions. Running into Xu Rui, he really got what he deserved.
"Hands on your head!" At that moment, the four police officers directly moved to surround Xu Rui.
Right or wrong aside, Xu Rui dared to hit someone in front of the police. If they didn't take care of Xu Rui at this moment, it would seem quite unreasonable in front of so many people.
Xu Rui clearly didn't care about the four police officers. Her eyes coldly warning as she looked at the officers. "If you don't want your skins peeled off, you'd better get out of my way!"
Naturally, Ding Fan knew Xu Rui wasn't joking. With the Xu Family's power in Dancheng, getting a few policemen out of their uniforms was an easy task.
The four police officers saw Xu Rui's fearless demeanor and didn't dare to act rashly for the moment. They didn't know Xu Rui, but they were really worried she might be some influential family's spoiled child, which could stir up a real hornet's nest.
"What's going on here?" Just as the situation was at a standstill, a voice came from outside.
The crowd parted ways. At that moment, a man in his fifties walked in from outside.
Seeing the elder, the middle-aged doctor on the ground scrambled over to the man. "Director Gao, these two were being arrogant in the hospital, look what they did to me!"
The man who came in was none other than the hospital's director, Gao Haiqing.
While speaking, the middle-aged doctor pointed at his remaining half-set of teeth.
In the middle-aged man's view, he was a doctor at the hospital, and his uncle was the head of the municipal sanitation department, so the director would surely stand up for him.
However, what happened next completely dumbfounded the middle-aged doctor. Not only did Gao Haiqing not show any sign of helping the middle-aged doctor, but a smile even appeared on his face as he walked directly over to Xu Rui.
"Xiao Rui, what brings you here? How is your dad?"
Gao Haiqing and Xu Guanjie were family friends. Previously, when Xu Guanjie had fallen ill with a strange disease, Gao Haiqing had organized efforts to save him vigorously. At the time, he couldn't cure Xu Guanjie's disease, so he had asked Xu Rui to seek Ding Fan's help. Thus, naturally, he knew Xu Rui.
Seeing Gao Haiqing's friendly demeanor, the middle-aged doctor was utterly dumbfounded.
There he was, kicked hard enough by this girl to lose half his teeth, and here was Gao Haiqing, catching up on old times with her as if nothing had happened.
This middle-aged doctor was used to being arrogant in the hospital. Relying on his family's money and some connections in the municipal committee, he lost his temper completely at that moment.
"Gao Haiqing, you're the director of the hospital. Didn't you see your employee getting beaten?"
Gao Haiqing was already very displeased with this middle-aged doctor. If it were not for higher-ups forcing him, he wouldn't have accepted him in his hospital.
"What happened?" In response to the raging middle-aged doctor, Gao Haiqing instead turned to ask Xu Rui.
Xu Rui then detailed how the middle-aged doctor ignored the dying patient, even mentioning how Ding Fan had stepped in to help.
Gao Haiqing's eyes lit up at the mention of Ding Fan's name.
Back then, it was Ding Fan who had diagnosed Xu Guanjie's strange disease. Later, if not for Ding Fan, Xu Guanjie would have been doomed, and he would have likely ended his tenure as director.
On the day Ding Fan had cured Xu Guanjie, he left immediately, and Gao Haiqing hadn't even had the chance to thank him. It was only now that Gao Haiqing noticed Ding Fan standing behind Xu Rui.
"So it's Young Master Fan who has come in person. I haven't yet thanked you for your righteous action that day," Gao Haiqing hurried over to shake Ding Fan's hand.
Ding Fan's expression was cool. "Your hospital seems to be thriving, not treating without payment, almost letting a man die, and the doctor turns a blind eye."
These pointed words made Gao Haiqing's face turn red. He glared fiercely at the middle-aged doctor beside him.
"Young Master Fan makes a valid point. As a doctor, don't you have even a bit of medical compassion? Come over here right now and apologize to Young Master Fan! And apologize to the patient!" Gao Haiqing shouted at the middle-aged doctor.
The middle-aged doctor was taken aback. "Me, apologize? …"
Seeing the middle-aged doctor's reaction, Gao Haiqing knew he had not grasped the situation and immediately interrupted him.
"This is Deputy Mayor Xu's daughter Xu Rui, and this is Xu Guanjie's life-saving benefactor, Young Master Fan..."
Having said this, Gao Haiqing stopped talking.
Gao Haiqing had already spoken to this extent, and if the middle-aged doctor still didn't understand the situation, or didn't know better than to offend Ding Fan and Xu Rui, then he wouldn't care anymore.
After Gao Haiqing finished speaking, the previously infinitely arrogant middle-aged doctor suddenly wilted.
Xu Rui, the daughter of Deputy Mayor Xu. In Dancheng, Xu Rui's reputation was even more prominent than her father's. In the elite circles, everyone would call her Sister Rui upon meeting her.
Xu Rui was also notoriously fierce, street racing, fighting… All the misdeeds typically associated with profligate youths, Xu Rui had almost done them all. With such notoriety, let alone having a deputy mayor as a father, even without that, he wouldn't dare to provoke Xu Rui, such a significant figure.
And Ding Fan's background was not weak either. The incident where Ding Fan treated Xu Guanjie's strange illness had long become a hot topic in the hospital.
Although the middle-aged doctor hadn't been there at that time, he had heard of Ding Fan's great reputation. He hadn't expected that the person he offended today was actually Ding Fan!
"Sister Rui, Young Master Fan… look at this situation, I didn't know it was you earlier. If there were any offenses just now, please don't take it to heart…" The middle-aged doctor changed his face as if he were learning the art of face-changing, his previously arrogant face immediately piled up with smiles.
Ding Fan furrowed his brows, such a person. People who see him feel utterly disgusted. Ding Fan truly wondered, the medical profession, meant to save and nurture lives, how such disgusting people could make it into the ranks of doctors.
"Get lost!" Xu Rui, seeing the middle-aged doctor's obsequious demeanor, was also very annoyed.
Although Xu Rui was very rude to him, the middle-aged doctor didn't dare show any disrespect. Although his uncle worked in the municipal committee, in front of Xu Rui's father, he was nobody, just as Xu Rui had mentioned earlier.
In front of Xu Rui, he truly had no capital to show off.
"Young Master Fan, Sister Rui, I have some other matters to attend to, so I'll leave now!" The middle-aged doctor knew staying would only make him a laughingstock, so he left immediately.
The onlookers witnessing the scene, burst into a round of jeering and some even started clapping.
The middle-aged doctor previously showed no mercy and had an arrogant demeanor. Now, he shriveled like a frost-stricken eggplant, his head swollen like a pig's, and watching his miserable state brought a great sense of relief to everyone.
At this moment, the middle-aged doctor also felt speechless inside.
He was beaten in the hospital and nobody stood up for him, and in the end, he even had to apologize!
It was really absurd!
"Young Master Fan, Xiao Rui, since you've come, why not sit in my office for a while?" Gao Haiqing on the side actually extended an invitation.
"I'd rather not," Xu Rui refused directly without mincing words. "Your hospital doesn't smell good, I don't want to stay here any longer!"
Gao Haiqing laughed awkwardly, what Xu Rui mentioned as not smelling good naturally referred to the middle-aged doctor's lack of intervention.
"I won't bother Director Gao any longer…" Ding Fan and Gao Haiqing were not familiar, so he turned and left immediately.
Seeing Ding Fan leave, Xu Rui immediately followed him out.
Watching Ding Fan and Xu Rui leave, Gao Haiqing beside them shook his head with a wry smile. Afterwards, he arranged for someone to disperse the crowd and then returned to his office.
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Ding Fan walked out of the hospital's main entrance, and it was still early. He planned to go back and refine some pills. After all, he had recently acquired a lot of materials, and while he had some time, it might be good to convert these materials into pills.
"Ding Fan!" Just then, Xu Rui's voice came from behind him.
This time returning to Dancheng, Xu Rui and Ding Fan had met a few times, but Xu Rui had never initiated a conversation with Ding Fan. Now that Xu Rui sought him out, Ding Fan stopped in his tracks.
Although Ding Fan disliked the frivolous aura surrounding Xu Rui, Xu Rui was fervent, and whenever he faced any trouble, she would be the first one to rush forward. So, Ding Fan was quite grateful to her.
"Come sit with me at a place!" Xu Rui walked over from behind and very dominantly said to Ding Fan. Her voice was almost commanding.
"I don't have time." Xu Rui's tone greatly displeased Ding Fan, always self-centered, with an air of 'Lord of Heaven is the boss, and I'm the second boss.'
So Ding Fan simply refused outright.
Xu Rui frowned and after biting her lip, she deliberately softened her voice a bit. "I just want to talk to a friend."
Ding Fan glanced at Xu Rui beside him, seeing Xu Rui speaking so gently was rare.
Xu Rui stared straight ahead, her pretty face emotionless, but Ding Fan faintly sensed a hint of sorrow in her expression.
"Where to?" Ding Fan asked indifferently.