40: Chapter 40 The Thug Who Broke into the Emergency Room
The man on the stretcher's expression changed instantly.
The girl beside him suddenly lifted her head, and when she saw those people at the doorway, the blood drained from her face in an instant.
"How did you come here!"
Her voice was trembling.
The man with the crew cut took a step into the Debridement Room.
"We've just come to visit an old friend, what's the matter, no welcome?"
Zhou Wenjie stepped directly in front of them to block their path.
"This is a treatment area, unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter."
The man with the crew cut glanced at him, looking up and down at his white coat.
"A doctor, huh?"
"Yes, I am a doctor here, please leave."
"Don't be in such a rush, Doctor, we're just here to take a look, we'll leave right after."
Although the man with the crew cut said this, he had no intention of stepping back.
His two companions also squeezed in further.
Zhou Wenjie's expression had already turned quite ugly.
"I will say this one more time, this is a treatment area, you have no right to enter, please leave immediately, otherwise I will call security."
The man with the crew cut tilted his head, and the cigarette dangling from his mouth swayed.
"Doctor, I have a piece of advice for you."
His voice lowered slightly, but it was heard clearly in the quiet Debridement Room.
"This person, you had best not treat him."
Zhou Wenjie was stunned for a moment.
"What do you mean?"
"It means that this person has offended someone who shouldn't be offended; whoever helps him is making an enemy of us."
The gaze of the man with the crew cut passed over Zhou Wenjie and stared at the man on the stretcher.
"Shen Yu, do you think you'll be safe just by hiding in the Hospital?"
The man on the stretcher, Shen Yu, looked terrible, but he didn't speak.
He only instinctively pulled his younger sister behind himself.
The girl's body was trembling, but she didn't hide; instead, she stood in front of her brother.
"Get out! Don't cause trouble here!"
She shouted at those people, her voice trembling, but very loud.
The man with the crew cut glanced at her and chuckled.
"Little girl, don't play the hero here, we aren't here for you today."
"Then what are you here for! My brother is undergoing treatment, what right do you have to cause trouble here!"
"We aren't causing trouble, we're just here to pass on a message."
The gaze of the man with the crew cut swept across everyone in the Debridement Room.
"All the doctors and Nurses present, listen up: you'd best kick this Shen fellow out, don't bring trouble upon yourselves."
There was silence in the Debridement Room.
Zhou Wenjie clenched his fists, but as a doctor, he couldn't possibly resort to violence with people like this.
Two Nurses had already retreated to the corner, their faces clearly showing fear.
He Wenbin stood at the doorway, his face pale, not knowing what to say.
Wu Fan's expression didn't change much, but he also had no intention of stepping forward; after all, this was Guangfu Hospital territory, and it wasn't their place to stick their necks out.
The air became very stagnant in those few seconds.
Lu Chen stood beside the stretcher, still holding a hemostat in his hand.
He looked at the three people at the doorway, then looked at Shen Yu on the stretcher, and then looked at the girl trembling on the floor.
Then he placed the hemostat back onto the instrument tray.
Very lightly, very steadily.
He walked to the front of the stretcher, facing the three people at the doorway.
The man with the crew cut noticed him, and his gaze landed on him.
"Another doctor?"
Lu Chen didn't answer this question.
He just stood there, blocking the front of the stretcher, watching those three people.
"Are you finished talking?"
His voice was very calm, as calm as when he was treating wounds.
The man with the crew cut raised an eyebrow.
"What, do you have something to say?"
"I have nothing to say, but since you're done talking, you should leave; this is the Emergency Department Debridement Room, not a vegetable market."
The smile of the man with the crew cut faded a little.
"Little doctor, did you understand what I said just now?"
"I understood."
"If you understood, why are you still standing there?"
"Yes."
Lu Chen's answer was very brief.
His expression held no anger, nor any nervousness; it was just a very pure calmness.
Just like when he stood in front of the operating table.
The man with the crew cut took a step forward, and the distance between the two of them shrank to less than a meter.
He was half a head shorter than Lu Chen, but when he looked up at Lu Chen, his eyes carried a clear threat.
"Do you know what you're doing?"
"I know, I am protecting my patient."
"Your patient? Aren't you just someone wearing a white coat? Do you think that just because you wear a white coat, people won't dare to touch you?"
"You want to resort to violence in the Hospital?"
Lu Chen's counter-question made the expression of the man with the crew cut freeze for an instant.
Beating someone up in a Hospital, the nature of this was completely different.
Moreover, the hallway was full of people coming and going, and there was surveillance everywhere.
If they really struck, they wouldn't be able to get away.
The man with the crew cut obviously realized this point too; he stepped back half a step, but his words didn't soften.
"Fine, you're tough, you protect him."
"I'd like to see just how long you can protect him."
He turned around, preparing to leave.
But the moment he turned around, one of his companions behind him suddenly raised his hand and made a throat-slitting gesture toward Shen Yu on the stretcher.
The girl saw this action and was so scared that she suddenly hugged her brother.
Lu Chen saw it too.
He took a step forward, blocking that person's line of sight.
"Making gestures like that is useless; if you have the ability, go make them at the police station."
That companion was choked up by his words and glared at him fiercely, but in the end, he didn't do anything else.
The three men turned and walked out.
When the man with the crew cut reached the doorway, he turned his head back and stared at Lu Chen for two seconds.
"Remember what you said today."
Then they left.
The sound of footsteps gradually faded away, and the Debridement Room became quiet.
Zhou Wenjie let out a long breath.
The look he gave Lu Chen was complex, containing both admiration and lingering fear.
"You've got real guts."
"It's not having guts, it's that they don't dare to actually strike in the Hospital."
Lu Chen's judgment was very calm.
The biggest confidence these kinds of thugs have is intimidating people; if you really let them hit someone in the Emergency Department, they don't have the guts for that.
The Hospital has surveillance, security, and so many witnesses; if they caused a scene, none of them would be able to escape.
But this didn't mean the danger had been resolved.
"Dr. Zhou, you had best notify your security department; those few people from just now might still be hanging around near the Hospital."
Zhou Wenjie reacted immediately.
"Yes, I'll call them right away."
He took out his mobile phone and dialed the number for the security department.
Lu Chen turned around and looked at Shen Yu on the stretcher.
Shen Yu's complexion had already improved slightly; the fluid replacement was taking effect.
He looked at Lu Chen, and his mouth moved slightly.
"Thank you."
"No need to thank me, I am a doctor, this is what I should do."
"No, it's not just about the treatment."
Shen Yu's voice was very low, but very sincere.
"In that kind of situation just now, for you to be able to stand up, many people wouldn't be able to do it."
Lu Chen did not respond to this.
He lowered his head to check the bandage on Shen Yu's right upper arm, confirming there was no bleeding through.
The girl crouching beside him lifted her head to look at Lu Chen; her eyes were still red, but she was no longer crying.
"Doctor, thank you."
Her voice was soft, carrying a distinct nasal tone.
Lu Chen glanced at her.
Looking at this face close up, it was indeed very pretty.
It wasn't the kind of beauty with strong aggression; it was a kind that was very clean, the sort that made people feel their heart soften.
But Lu Chen's gaze only lingered for less than a second before moving away.
"You're welcome, your brother's wound needs regular dressing changes, come back for a follow-up in three days."
His tone was the same as when treating all patient families: professional, polite, and keeping a distance.
The girl nodded and lowered her head again to look at her brother's wound.
A burst of hurried footsteps came from the hallway.
This time it wasn't the thugs.
It was Director Qian Fangxu.
He brought four security guards and walked over quickly.