If a Dog Bites You

Li Xiuying was currently waiting at the doctor's station for B to return from clerking a patient.

F had had arrived 10 minutes early and was sitting at the desk next to Li Xiuying.

Li Xiuying was looking on the computer at the list of arrivals.

Li Xiuying: "Epigastric pain, differentials"

F :" Duodenal ulceration or rupture, pancreatitis, biliary colic erm I'm sorry I can't think of anymore."

Li Xiuying: "Anatomical structures."

F: "Do you mean what anatomical structures are in that area?"

Li Xiuying turned her head to look at F then frown for a brief second and turn back to the computer screen.

F felt even more anxious after seeing Li Xiuying's frown which her interpreted as meaning: So there are in fact stupid questions. What else could I have meant?

F: "Well the liver and..."

Out of nowhere she heard a female voice screech her name "LI XIUYING"

Li Xiuying slowly spun around on her chair to face the direction of the voice. Everyone also turned to face the shouting woman.

Li Xiuying watched as her cousin slowly stomped over to her. Her face was filled with anger and indignation.

Li Xiuying frowned. 'Today is a bad day.'

Li Xiuying looked coldly at Li Na who was now several steps in front of her.

B walked over: "Dr. Li I've finished clerking the patient now...." He trailed off as he looked up from his clipboard to find a woman standing in front of Li Xiuying with her hands on her hips.

Li Na looked down at Li Xiuying. She felt disgust ever time she came face to face with this unwanted cowardly cousin of hers. No matter what she or others did to Li Xiuying, she would take it without question.

Li Na: "How could you be so ungrateful? After everything auntie and uncle did for you, you sneakily ran away from home and signed a contract with a competing hospital."

Li Na saw that Li Xiuying was still like a statue in front of her. She became angered that Li Xiuying wasn't reacting.

Li Na:" Auntie and uncle did everything for you. They took you in when no one else would. They clothed you and fed you. They put a roof over your head and made sure you were never in need of anything."

The staff around the doctor's stations started whispering among each other.

Li Na smirked. She wanted everyone to see the true face of this cousin of hers.

Li Na: "Just because Sis Yu Yan is now engaged to your former fiancé doesn't mean that you can just forget everything that your family have done for you. Sis Yu Yan is a better match for brother in law anyway."

One of the relatives of a patient spoke out: "Excuse me this is a hospital can you keep the noise down please?"

Li Na: "Shut up you old hag. Did anyone ask you to make a comment? You're so old and you still don't know that you shouldn't interrupt a conversation that has nothing to do with you?"

The elderly relative: "In all my years I've never seen such an ill-mannered person." She returned to her seat full of indignation.

Li Na turned her attention back to Li Xiuying: "Why are you looking at me like that? Have I said something wrong? I never realized you were such a selfish and ungrateful human being! You even cancelled all the family cards attached to your current account! I was trying to buy some herbal remedies for my sick mother when my card was declined." Li Na was in fact trying to buy herself some designer clothes and was embarrassed by the staff for having her card declined.

Li Na's anger was further fueled by her memory of the jeering faces of the staff. She took the card out of her pocket and threw it at Li Xiuying's face.

Li Xiuying caught the card smoothly and glanced at it.' So this was the real reason Li Na was really here. '

Li Na was just using the guise of caring for her relatives as the reason for her anger. Li Xiuying knew that Li Na like everyone else in the Li family only truly cared about herself.

Li Na continued: "You can't even respond can you? Do you finally feel shame and guilt because of your actions? Call the bank right now and have all the cards reinstated and then we'll forgive you and pretend this little incident never occurred. After all we're not heartless like you; a person who is able to completely forget about their own family."

Li Xiuying: "I've never made anyone an additional card holder of my personal account."

Li Na: "Well of course you wouldn't with your level of selfishness would you even think about us! It was uncle who took the initiative to add our names to your..." Li Na stopped in her tracks she realized she had made a huge mistake. She had been too worked up and spoke before thinking.

Li Na could hear the gasps and whispers of the staff around her.

"Did you just hear that? They added themselves to Dr. Li's account without asking her!"

"She was filled with such righteousness after committing fraud?!"

"With family like that who needs enemies?!"

"How shameless! Did you see how she treated that elderly lady earlier?"

Li Na panicked after hearing people criticize her and take Li Xiuying's side.

Li Na screeched: "Stop twisting my words! You wretch!"

LI Xiuying stood up from her chair.

Li Na took a shaky step back: 'Is this really the Li Xiuying I know?'

All the staff held their breaths waiting for Li Xiuying to explode with anger.

L Xiuying spoke in a cold detached voice: "Li Na I would like to bring a couple of things to your attention. I am older than you by 3 years., yet you show me no respect. My parents left a sum of money to whoever became my guardians in the amount of several million and I have been working since I graduated from medical school. I purposefully broke off my engagement so Chen Wei and Yu Yan could finally announce their relationship in public. My new contract provided me with more conveniently located accommodation. Additionally, I didn't want Yu Yan and Chen Wei to feel awkward when discussing their engagement and wedding plans. It is my choice where I work and I didn't want to work at the hospital that the family of my ex-fiancé own. Lastly, no one has a right to the funds in my personal account without my knowledge or consent."

Li Xiuying addressed all of Li Na's claims with stone cold facts. Li Xiuying had purposefully chosen not to openly attack Li Na.

This was for three reasons 1. She wanted to maintain her dignity and not appear merciless in front of staff members and patients 2. By using this method she was able to explain herself and indirectly shed light on the characters of her so called family thus winning the crowd over. 3. At this moment in time Li Xiuying wanted to deal with Li Na in a way that required the least energy.

To Li Xiuying, Li Na was nothing more than a yapping dog and if a dog bites you would you bite it back?

Li Xiuying: "B summarize the actions of Miss. Li Na in regards to my bank account in one word."

B responded without a second's hesitation: "Illegal"

Li Na: "What are you talking about? Firstly, you even went and opened the account with uncle. Secondly, Uncle and auntie treated you like their daughter. It's only right that a child gives their

salary to their parents to help with expenses!"

Li Xiuying: "Mmm, I don't believe that you give your salary to your parents?"

Li Na spoke in a mocking voice: "Why would I give my salary to..?" Li Na fell into Li Xiuying's trap yet again. Li Na was too impulsive in nature and easy to manipulate.

Li Xiuying: "Miss Li Na. Your noisy, factitious and erroneous monologue is not conducive to patient recuperation. Please leave."

All the staff looked at Li Na with varying degrees of contempt, disgust and pity.

Li Na stomped her foot on the ground like an angry toddler. She had never been treated in such a manner before. She was always treated like a princess wherever she went.

What Li Na failed to understand was that she was pandered to only because she was riding on the coattails of someone else. Li Na no longer had the backing of Li Xiuying's money.

Li Na: "Just you wait until I tell Auntie and uncle about this!"

She spun around and stomped away in a huff.

Li Xiuying sat down in her seat: "Present"