novelraw Chapter 1348 - 892: Requests
Chapter 1348 - 892: Requests
Chapter Two.
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"You..." Director Xun looked at Zhou Mikang in a daze for quite a while before smiling helplessly, "After all, I’m your attending doctor, can’t we avoid this kind of tension?"
"I’m sorry, but as for this matter, it’s really non-negotiable." Zhou Mikang looked at him seriously, "I’m not joking, nor is there room for discussion."
"I... I don’t mind." Chuxia, feeling the intentional or unintentional glances from everyone, had no choice but to express her stance. She was telling the truth; in the context of medical examination, she didn’t mind the doctor listening through her clothes, or even without them. She wasn’t that narrow-minded.
"It’s enough that I mind."
Chuxia: "..." Commander Tongzi, how did you become even more proud after getting sick?
"Director Xun..." Helplessly, Zhou Jingping had to apologize for his son, "Please be forgiving, he’s been bedridden, and he’s not in the best mood, don’t take it to heart..."
"I’m not in a bad mood..." Zhou Mikang interrupted his father, "I’m finally awake and can see the people I want to see. I’m in a great mood, and I’m very grateful for Director Xun’s dedicated treatment, but when it comes to principles, I’m sorry I can’t cooperate."
"Uh..." Hesitating for a moment, Director Xun asked, "If I tell you that your cooperation would greatly help future patients with similar conditions, would you still refuse?"
"I didn’t say refuse." Zhou Mikang looked at him seriously, "But you can do it, or let your male assistant do it, but forget the female assistant."
"You..." Director Xun really didn’t know what to say. Having to choose between male and female doctors just for a check-up, being afraid of upsetting the wife to this extent, truly amazed him. Thinking this way, he couldn’t help but glance at Chuxia a few more times...
"There’s no need to look at her, she’s not the one making me do this, it’s my own demands for myself..."
Chuxia silently rubbed her forehead, Commander Tongzi, the more you explain, the more people think I’m a shrew back home. Just look at Director Xun’s eyes, sigh...
Zhou Jingping couldn’t bear it either and glared at his son, then looked at Director Xun: "What he says is true, I’m his father, I definitely wouldn’t lie about this. This child has been so stubborn since he was a kid, and no one can change his mind."
Old Master Wan was quite pleased with this and kept looking approvingly at Zhou Mikang. He joined in, "Director Xun, I can also attest that our family’s Chuxia is not a narrow-minded girl. This kid does this purely out of his own thoughts.
You might not quite understand his actions, but if you knew how many girls like him, you’d understand. He’s being responsible to himself and to others."
"What you said does make sense, but..." Director Xun smiled helplessly, "but it doesn’t mean he shouldn’t interact with female colleagues.
Moreover, my assistant Miao Min is a sensible and well-mannered child who would never have any inappropriate thoughts about a patient. The hospital has strict rules on this, and no doctor or nurse would dare to break them."
"I’m not avoiding interaction with women, I just aim to prevent unnecessary occurrences..." Zhou Mikang glanced at the stethoscope around his neck, "Besides, you can do the recording, why must it be a female doctor?"
Director Xun had to explain again, "She has been doing the records from the beginning, allowing her to gain deeper understanding."
"You can tell her the measurements, it’s the same."
Director Xun: "..." Alright, he was truly defeated.
"I have some matters to attend to, so I’ll take my leave. You all continue chatting." Completely at ease, Old Master Wan bade farewell to everyone and quickly left the ward.
After conducting a detailed check-up and records, Director Xun also left. Zhou Mikang looked at his father, "Dad, I want to talk to Chuxia alone."
Chuxia: "..." Commander Tongzi, can you spare me some dignity?
Zhou Jingping was also helpless. His son, injured as he was, had become even more self-willed, but given his current frail state, he couldn’t say much. He just nodded and left the room.
"You’re awful..." Chuxia glared at Zhou Mikang, "How am I supposed to keep my face after this?"
"How have you lost face?" Zhou Mikang smiled at her, "We haven’t seen each other for months, and I just want to chat with you. How does that make you lose face?"
"You’re just twisting words!" Chuxia glared at him with indignation, "If you keep doing this, I won’t talk to you anymore. You may not care, but how will I face everyone else?"
"You’ll get used to it..." Zhou Mikang’s smile faded as he looked at her intently, "What Grandpa Wan said earlier is exactly what I wanted to tell you. I don’t want to compromise myself for others anymore.
I want to be with you, I want to make you happy. I have to let everyone know distinctly, only then, when I leave, no one will dare disregard you."
"No one disregards me. While you were away, Grandpa, Grandma, my parents, and even my siblings were especially good to me.
In fact, Grandpa, Grandma, and my parents really hope I’d return to A City to live with them, but they’ve never brought it up because they know I’d feel more accomplished living with my parents, so even though they were worried, they never forced me.
If, like you said, I would be ignored, I probably wouldn’t still be in the Capital City..." Pausing for a moment, Chuxia smiled at him, "I feel very happy now, being able to be with my parents every day, and with my grandparents nearby as well. These are the days I’ve always looked forward to, and thanks to you, I’ve got them.
So, Zhou Mikang, please stop worrying that I’ll be slighted. You’ve given me everything you can, sometimes, too much is not a good thing for me.
After all, you can’t be by my side every second, and I have to have the ability to protect myself so you can be truly at ease, so for this reason, you can’t shield me from everything, right?"
"Alright..." Zhou Mikang nodded, "I’ll keep that in mind in the future."
"I’m not complaining about what you did..." Chuxia affectionately hugged his arm, smiling sweetly, "Actually, you understand what I mean, right?"
"Of course." Zhou Mikang nodded, "Don’t worry, I won’t misunderstand."
Commander Tongzi, just waking up and speaking for so long, made Chuxia a bit worriedly look at him, "Are you tired? Do you want to lie down and rest for a bit?"
"I can’t lie down any longer..." Zhou Mikang said while moving his legs off the bed, "Help me walk around a bit, I’ve been lying down so long, I’m practically stiff all over."
"Wait a minute..." Chuxia stopped him, "I’m going to ask Director Xun. Only if he agrees you can get up and walk, I can accompany you. I suspect he was so rattled by your criticisms earlier that he didn’t say what you can and can’t do next."
"No need to ask..." Zhou Mikang pulled her close, "I know my own body best, the wounds have healed. As long as I walk slowly, I’ll be fine.
You should know that I cherish life more than anyone right now..." He sighed, continuing, "I was really afraid I might break my promise to you, thankfully, I managed to keep it."
"How dare you even mention that..." Chuxia scolded him, "You promised to keep in touch, yet you suddenly went silent. Do you dare say you didn’t break your promise?"
"There really was no way during that time, the unit had deployed, and I couldn’t contact you, nor could I ask anyone else to, it’s confidential.
Later, as you know, I didn’t have the means to reach out, but as soon as things settled, I was worried about you and the baby.
Overall, though, I had faith in you, otherwise, when we deployed, I would’ve insisted on calling you. Actually, I even went to the phone booth, but just as I was about to dial, I gave up.
If you knew what I was about to do, you’d likely worry more, and since there was no escape from worry, I’d rather let you guess the possibilities instead.
And it turns out I was right in doing so, because if there was no contact for such a long time, you’d definitely think something had happened to me, wouldn’t you?"
"Forget it..." Chuxia rolled her eyes at him, "You’re just finding excuses, afraid I’d reckon with you, you come up with a bunch of reasons.
Of course, I agree there’s some truth to what you say, but the real reason you didn’t tell me was concern over the dangers involved. I trust that if anything really happened, no one would tell me the truth immediately.
You must have pre-arranged that if something did happen, they’d leave a glimmer of hope on my side, resolutely refusing to disclose the truth to me, right?"
Alright, having a smart young wife isn’t always good; she had guessed his thoughts so accurately that Commander Tongzi could only chuckle awkwardly: "Well, it was really all beyond my control."
"Hmph!" Chuxia snorted coldly, "Since you finally didn’t fail your promise, I won’t pursue this further. But let me emphasize, from now on, never hide anything from me, no matter what it is.
Of course, I’m not asking to know mission details; I just want to know clearly what you’re doing, even if there are risks, I won’t overreact.
You must believe in my mental resilience, we’ve been together long enough, you know my character, so no more leaving me in the dark.
I’m your wife, and I want to be by your side when you need care, thinking this way, my demand is not at all unreasonable, right?" (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)