Chapter 515
"But Dr. Tao and Dr. Chen just saved Zeke. We can''t -" Mrs. Zhou was a little embarrassed.
Mr. Zhou said unhappily, "You women are too kind. Now that Zeke is fine, what could they possibly
do? I''m not going to let go of this matter."
With this, he directly blocked Daphne''s way. He looked at her and the other doctors in the hospital
and announced, "Tell me, what is your hospital going to do about this matter?"
The doctors were also shocked by Mr. Zhou''s shamelessness, and their faces could not help but
sink. They tried to exin nicely, "Mr. Zhou, the truth behind this matter has already been exposed.
You are the ones responsible for it, not our hospital."
"Not your hospital? Are you kidding me?" Mr. Zhou''s tone rose along with his anger as he retorted,
"My son was poisoned in your hospital, and yet you still want to shirk from the responsibility. Well let
me tell you, it''s not that simple."
"But..." Daphne and the other doctors still wanted to defend themselves.
Yet, Mr. Zhou was being absurd and
unreasonable. He said directly, "Let me get straight to the point. I''m from the Health Bureau, and if
you don''t handle this matter properly, I''ll report it to my superiors, and your hospital will soon be in
trouble."
Hearing this, the faces of the principal and the others could not help but darken, and they began to
discuss in a low voice.
Although Mr. Zhou was just a small department head of the Health Bureau, if he were to spill the
incident and exaggerate the story, there would be probably nothing the City Medical Center could do
to clear its name.
Moreover, they had just been promoted and transferred over here not long ago. If such a thing
happened to them after they had just started performing their duties, the higher-ups would probably
be dissatisfied with them and dismiss them immediately.
At the thought of this, the principal and the other high- level officials were debating on whether they
should pay to resolve this matter.
Mr. Zhou looked at the troubled expressions of the principal and his colleagues and felt satisfied. He
smiled as he said, "Although your hospital bears the main responsibilities to this matter, we also
have a certain responsibility. Therefore, I won''t ask much and will be willing to let you off with
around 1 million yuan."
His offer left everyone in shock.
One million yuan was an absurd amount. Even if City Medical Center was a rich hospital, it was
impossible to directlypensate Zeke Zhou with so much money.
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The principal immediately shook his head in disagreement, "This is too much. It''s impossible-"
Upon hearing his words, Mr. Zhou''s demeanor changed. He took out his mobile phone and said,
"Well, if you are unwilling to pay, I guess I have no choice but to make a phone call to the Health
Bureau. When the timees, I''ll have the superiorse and talk to you."
The principal''s expression soured, as he was now put into a difficult position.
Mr. Zhou was still speaking threateningly, "If you can''t make a decision, then I''ll call them now."
Seeing this, the principal got anxious and tried to stop him, "No!"
Mr. Zhou sneered and said, "Well, if you don''t want me to do it, then you''d betterpensate me
now. I asked for a million yuan just now, but you hesitated. Now I''ve raised the price and you have
to pay me 1.2 million yuan. If you''re not going topensate me, then I''ll see you in court."
"You —" The principal and the others were fuming with anger, but they had no choice but to admit
defeat.
At this moment, Fade''s cell phone rang and he fished out his phone to answer the call. Hearing the
words from the other side of the phone, Fade''s expression brightened, then he said, "Okay, I am in
the hospital. Ward number 512."
Soon after, he hung up the phone. When he whispered something to Daphne, her eyes lit up before
turning to the principal to inform them of the news they had just gotten.
Immediately, the principal and the other higher-ups couldn''t contain their joy and their eyes
brightened up with glee.
Seeing this, Mr. Zhou could not help but frown. Feeling that something was wrong, he snapped,
"Did you guys hear me? Compensate me immediately, otherwise, I''ll make a phone call."
However, the principal was not backing down now, and instead said defiantly, "Department Head
Zhou, if you want to call your superiors, just do it. Our hospital bears no responsibilities towards this
matter. If you insist, we could always hold awsuit."
"You —" Hearing this, Mr. Zhou''s expression fell, and his brows were knitted tightly. He didn''t
understand why they suddenly changed their minds when they were obviously about to agree to the
compensation already.
Immediately, he shifted his gaze to Fade, and said coldly, "You are not a doctor in this City Medical
Center, are you?"
Before Fade could open his mouth, Daphne said, "Although Dr. Chen is not a doctor here, his
medical expertise is top- notch. If it weren''t for him, your son would have been long dead."
Hearing this, Mr. Zhou''s gaze trembled slightly and he tried to cover it up by snorting, "So you''re
saying that he''s not a doctor of this hospital, and yet he is here to treat my son."
"Principal, this is clearly not in line with the regtions of the Health Bureau. What else do you have
to say?" He used angrily.
The principal was dumbstruck for a moment. He did not expect Mr. Zhou to grab hold of a matter
like this.
Mr. Zhou took advantage of the silence and proceeded to re at Fade while berating coldly, "You
are not qualified to treat patients here, but yet you''re here ''treating'' my son. About the
compensation, you can''t run away either."
"Considering the fact that you''ve cured my son''s illness, I''ll go easy on you. As long as you
compensate me with two hundred thousand yuan, it''s enough." Mr. Zhou seemed to take it for
granted.
Upon hearing his words, almost all the people at the scene were infuriated.
Daphne shouted angrily, "How could you do this? If it weren''t for Dr. Chen, your son would have
already died. How could you still ckmail him?"
Even Mrs. Zhou looked awkward. She tugged at her husband''s clothes and whispered, "Honey, let''s
just forget about Dr. Chen."
Mr. Zhou red at his wife and shouted, "Forget about who? He went against the regtions. No
matter what purpose he bears, a vition of thew is still a vition of thew. He must pay the
price. I''m already showing enough kindness to not report this matter to the superiors and suspend
his practicing license."
With this, Mr. Zhou snorted, nced sideways at Fade, and said, "I''ll give you two hours. Go gather
the money immediately."
Fade looked unbothered and directly took out a stack of cheques from his pocket. He scribbled
down a string of numbers, and handed them to Mr. Zhou, saying, "Gather money? Nah, I don''t need
to. I don''t have too much of anything else, but I certainly have a lot of money."
Hearing what he said, Mr. Zhou was shocked. He stared at the numbers on the cheque in Fade''s
extended palm, before gasping in disbelief and pure ecstasy upon double confirming the numbers.
This was because the number jotted down on the cheque was not 2 hundred thousand, but it was 2
million yuan.
With that, Mr. Zhou smiled and reached out his hand to take the cheque, saying, "You sure know
how to y the game. It''s best that youpensated me quietly. I won''t hold you ountable for
this matter anymore."
Mr. Zhou grabbed the cheque and showed it off to the principal in delight, "See? Be like Dr. Chen
and just take the initiative topensate me. He''s someone who can look at the bigger picture -"