Chapter 35: No, It’s Too Slow (1)_1
"No way." Han Jingnian rejected Zhang Te’s proposal almost without hesitation.
No way? Why not?
Zhang Te continued to plead, "Mr. Han, it’s a female doctor, a female doctor, and she’s one of the best working under Dr. Xie. She surely wouldn’t be much worse than Dr. Xie, right? What do you think, Dr. Xie?"
Xie Lin, looking at Zhang Te, who was earnestly winking at him, reluctantly nodded.
Zhang Te said, "You see, Mr. Han, if Dr. Xie agrees, what else are you worried about? So, Mr. Han, why don’t we get Dr. Xie to call her immediately?"
"No, it’s too slow."
Too slow? Is he implying that calling another doctor to attend to his wife would take too long? If you won’t allow the present doctor to examine her and think calling another one would be too slow, what exactly do you want? Zhang Te was so worried that he lost his appetite for sunflower seeds.
Seeing how her presence had put Zhang Te and Xie Lin in a difficult position, Xia Wan’an felt genuinely sorry. "The injury on my back isn’t so serious anymore. They really don’t have to bother getting another doctor. There are male gynecologists too, after all. Doctors’ duty is to save lives, they don’t differentiate between patients’ genders. I think it would be alright if Dr. Xie just takes a look. Otherwise, I would rather not have any doctor examine me. Besides, I feel that you aren’t being particularly respectful to Dr. Xie..."
The more Xia Wan’an spoke, the more she felt an unusual atmosphere in the room. Especially noticing Zhang Te’s pursed lips, she finally understood that he was hinting her to stop talking.
Had she said something wrong?
Xia Wa’an swallowed the word ’doctor’ midway and turned to look at Han Jingnian.