Seeing Xu Fei open his eyes, Duanmu Qing hurriedly asked, looking even more anxious than Xu Fei, who was supposedly on the verge of quitting medicine.
Xu Fei made a gesture, then took it upon himself to lean close to Duanmu Qing’s ear, whispering about how Dong Tianyi had injected Auntie Zhang with a special painkiller.
He only did it to keep others from overhearing, purely for confidentiality.
But what he didn’t notice was that the moment he got close, Duanmu Qing’s ears turned bright red in an instant.
Fortunately, her anger at learning of Dong Tianyi’s despicable tactics took over, masking her blush from Xu Fei’s notice.
“That bastard Dong Tianyi, I can’t believe he’d stoop so low! What do we do next, Dr. Xu?”
Duanmu Qing was furious, her fists clenched tight.
Just then, her brother Duanmu Lei had taken the money she’d given him and scampered off, probably to some shady spot, leaving the ward free of outsiders, so she could vent about Dong Tianyi without restraint.
“Now that we’ve figured it out, we just need to wait until tomorrow, I reckon he didn’t dare use too high a dose the first time.”
“By tomorrow, once the painkiller wears off, Auntie will feel the back pain again, and his scheme will fall apart on its own, but…”
Xu Fei trailed off here, and while Duanmu Qing had been delighted at first, hearing that “but” made her face tense up again.
“But what?”
“But I’m worried about complications overnight, Dong Tianyi might try something tonight, so what we need to do now is ensure no one but you and me gets near Auntie, no matter who it is, not even your brother!”
Xu Fei finished slowly, his biggest concern actually being Duanmu Lei, because as her blood brother, that familial bond wasn’t something logic could easily override.
If he caused a mess at a critical moment and gave Dong Tianyi an opening, all of Xu Fei’s efforts could go down the drain.
“This… alright, Dr. Xu, don’t worry, even if my brother shows up, I’ll keep him in check!”
Sure enough, as Xu Fei had feared, Duanmu Qing hesitated slightly when he mentioned her brother, which was understandable, he was her flesh and blood, after all.
But then she recalled how shameless he’d been after she handed him the money, and in that instant, Duanmu Qing made up her mind, this time, she’d follow Xu Fei’s lead completely!
“Good, since it’s not dark yet, you watch Auntie for now, I’ll rest over here, then tonight I’ll take over, we’ll switch shifts and hold out until tomorrow!”
After going over the precautions with Duanmu Qing, Xu Fei moved to the small companion bed nearby.
He hadn’t yet reached a mastery in cultivation, and with his true energy constantly draining, he still needed sleep like any normal person, beyond just meditating.
Plus, the long bus ride and exhaustion from the journey had worn him out, so he fell asleep on the small bed not long after lying down.
By now, Duanmu Lei had long since left the hospital, after all, hospital resources were limited, and they couldn’t provide companion beds for every patient’s family member.
Besides, that tiny, narrow companion bed couldn’t compare to the massage chairs and wide, soft waterbeds at a bathhouse, especially with a pretty girl to keep him company, now that was the life…
