“I can’t go myself, because if I show my face, they’ll know exactly what I’m up to!”
After Dong Tianyi finished saying this, Xiao Ai immediately felt as though the man before her had suddenly burst into a dazzling, extraordinary light.
She nodded eagerly, like a pestle pounding garlic, accepting the task without the slightest hesitation.
“Brilliant, Xiao Ai! I knew I hadn’t misjudged you! Once this is done, I’ll definitely treat you to a meal to thank you properly!”
Hearing Dong Tianyi say he’d take her out for a meal, Xiao Ai was so thrilled she nearly fainted on the spot, then hurriedly left the director’s office.
“Hmph, think you can take me on? You’re still wet behind the ears, lad! Don’t you know whose turf this is?”
Having arranged everything, Dong Tianyi’s smug grin crept back onto his face.
Meanwhile, Xiao Ai, waiting at the nurses’ station, soon received a call from Dong Tianyi. She went straight to his office and picked up the syringe loaded with the drug.
“Oi, Xiao Ai, where’ve you been? It’s time for rounds!”
Xiao Ai had intended to head straight to bed 0527, but halfway there, she was stopped by the head nurse.
“Oh… erm… Director Dong asked me to handle something in another ward first… Head Nurse, you see…”
“Alright then, you go ahead. I’ll get someone else!”
Watching the head nurse walk away, Xiao Ai let out a sigh of relief. Then, pushing a trolley loaded with various medicines, she made her way to the patient’s room at bed 0527.
As Xiao Ai pushed the door open, Duanmu Qing naturally became alert at once.
But when Duanmu Qing saw it was just a nurse, she relaxed her guard a little.
“Hello, is this the patient in bed 0527? There’s an injection here, so I’ll need the patient’s cooperation, please.”
Xiao Ai said this with a fairly relaxed and casual air, and Duanmu Qing didn’t spot anything amiss. Still, remembering Xu Fei’s instructions, she asked an extra question.
“But… there’s nothing like that on our medication list, is there?”
Hearing the question, Xiao Ai grew a bit nervous, but with a quick roll of her eyes, she came up with a response.
“Oh, it’s like this: our People’s First Hospital is the highest-rated hospital in the capital. Every in-patient gets an injection every night—it’s just a nutrient solution to help with recovery, and it’s free of charge, so don’t worry!”
Xiao Ai cleverly shifted the focus to the cost, instantly dispelling Duanmu Qing’s suspicions.
Once Duanmu Qing learned it was a nutrient solution, she didn’t say anything more.
But just as Xiao Ai prepared to administer the injection to the auntie, Xu Fei, who’d been nearby, suddenly snapped awake.
“Stop!”
The sudden shout startled Xiao Ai so much that the syringe dropped to the floor.
“Don’t panic, Dr. Xu, it’s just a nutrient solution.”
Seeing Xu Fei wake up and show such concern for her mother’s condition, Duanmu Qing felt a wave of gratitude.
“Oh, is that so? Sorry about that then!”
At this point, Xiao Ai was on the verge of a breakdown. She inwardly wanted to jab the man with the needle and be done with it. Already guilt-ridden, she could hardly handle such a scare, and now that the syringe had fallen to the floor, it was unusable anyway.
