Granting You a Second Life

Ch106-110

106**

Unity Hospital: 7:10 am

Tuesday had finally arrived.

Li Xiuying was currently tapping away on her keyboard. She had arrived at work at 7:00 am to make a few last minute preparations for her theater list. Li Xiuying had a battle ahead with various unknown variables. In the words of the Sun Tzu "If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him". She had thought about various scenarios and had taken precautions to prevent or negate various outcomes.

Surprisingly half an hour later Jiang Huan walked through the door, her skin was glowing and she radiated happiness: "Good morning Dr. Li." Jiang Huan had thought it would be prudent to make up the hours she had missed last week. She wanted to get a few brownie points by coming in early and leaving late.

Li Xiuying briefly looked up from the computer screen before continuing her work completely ignoring Jiang Huan's existence. She could see through Jiang Huan's intentions.

Jiang Huan sat at her desk feeling a little out of sorts by Li Xiuying's ambivalence to her. However she didn't dwell on these negative feelings. She was still experiencing bliss from her romantic getaway.

Jiang Huan: "Thank you again Dr. Li for allowing me to take so many days off."

Li Xiuying remained silent. She couldn't be bothered to waste her breathe on someone who was so stupid couldn't even remember to act out her lie. Jiang Huan had asked for the days off in order to be with her dying grandmother; so how could she look so happy?

Jiang Huan smile faltered for a moment, she finally seemed to recall her lie about her grandmother: "Ah Dr. Li my grandmother miraculously made a full recovery. Everyone was astounded by her sudden improvement. I couldn't believe it. I'm so happy that she recovered. "

Jiang Huan: "Dr. Li I actually came in yesterday to finish some incomplete tasks. I looked at your timetable and I saw that there was a 1st year resident shadowing you today. I recalled that you allow 2 people shadow you, so I took the initiative to add a surgical resident to today's list. His name is Mao Yi Hui and he's a surgical resident hoping to specialize in upper GI surgery. I thought that he could assist with your theater list. He is very competent and his colleagues speak highly of him."

It was actually Tang Tingzhe that had spoken highly of Mao Yi Hui. Tang Tingzhe had asked if she could allow Mao Yi Hui to shadow Li Xiuying a few times to gain experience and build his CV.

Li Xiuying finally stopped what she was doing and looked at Jiang Huan as if she was a scientific specimen.

Jiang Huan now was certain that something was off about Li Xiuying. A frightening thought occurred to her 'Does Dr Li know why I changed her theater list? No, no that doesn't matter the list will be constantly changed for one thing or another. There's no way she knows I did it for Tang Tingzhe." She took a steadying breathe and bravely tried to face Li Xiuying's scrutinizing gaze.

Li Xiuying: "No residents this week." She had already provided both written and verbal instructions regarding this.

Jiang Huan: "I realize you didn't want any residents but I thought you were only referring to 1st years. When I saw Wu Quon scheduled to shadow you today I thought that the previous instructions no longer applied. Mao Yi Hui is a really competent budding GI surgeon you'll be helping to develop his future career. So I think it would be great if you two could work together. I'll page him at 8 to meet you at theaters."

Li Xiuying really doubted that she could last another month with this woman; not only was she incompetent she now felt comfortable following her own idiotic thought patterns.