Chapter 15 Factions

"You go back first."

After Director Song Min, Gao Heyan, and Dai Lin stepped out into the corridor, Director Song said to Dai Lin, "Xiao Dai, it's your first day in my Wraith Surgery Department, and the commotion... has been rather big!"

Before Dai Lin could speak, Gao Heyan said, "It was my misdiagnosis that resulted in the patient being arranged in a regular ward. Director Song, I am willing to take responsibility for this."

"Heyan, I've also roughly understood the situation. Apart from a twenty-year medical history, there were no other signs that could diagnose a Malevolent Ghost curse. It's common for outpatient diagnoses to have errors."

"I was still negligent; after all, I hadn't done any imaging tests. I should have transferred her to the emergency department to complete the examinations before arranging for her admission." Gao Heyan was clearly very apologetic, "If it hadn't been for my misjudgment..."

Director Song Min immediately waved her hand and said, "Discipline of medical staff is mainly the responsibility of Director Yin. As for this matter, Director Yin will make the final decision."

Dai Lin already knew that Gao Heyan was Yin Wuque's aunt by marriage, so how he would "make the final decision" was as obvious as lice on a bald man's head.

Then, Song Min continued to Dai Lin, "Xiao Dai, Director Chen, he... didn't do anything to you, right?"

"Not... not yet."

"Not yet," that's the art of speaking.

"Now that you're interning in my department, you're one of my people. Chen Jun is from the Ghost Surgery Department; he can't extend his hand that far!" Song Min then asked, "So... you didn't say anything to him, did you?"

Dai Lin understood the implication. If a doctor from the Evil Ghost Department like Zhao She knew about these ghost eyes, then surely Song Min knew too. If Yin Wuque had arranged his aunt by marriage to the Wraith Surgery Department, then Director Song Min must be his most trusted confidante. This question was probably asked on behalf of Yin Wuque.

At that moment, Dai Lin heard Yin Wuque's voice behind him, "Director Song, Doctor Gao, you should go back to rest. I apologize for troubling you to return to the hospital so late. I have some matters to discuss with Xiao Dai alone."

Reading the room, Song Min immediately nodded, "Understood, Director Yin. We'll take our leave then."

Director Song could become a director indeed; when addressing Yin Wuque, she always omitted the "Deputy" title.

After she and Gao Heyan left, Yin Wuque patted Dai Lin on the shoulder.

"Director... Yin..."

"It's alright, no need for the official talk," Yin Wuque said with a smile. "Just call me Deputy Director Yin. Our hospital only has one Director, the one above all."

Without waiting for Dai Lin to reply, Yin Wuque continued, "You don't need to worry about the aftermath of the incident in the inpatient department. Just come to work as you did today."

"Yes, thank you very much..."

"What's with this 'you'? You make me sound old, I told you not to be so formal."

After saying that, Yin Wuque added, "How are you getting on with those eyes?"

At last, he came to the point.

"They seem to have their own will," Dai Lin replied. "For now, they can discern patients in need of hospital treatment from among regular people. And then, it seems they can evolve by absorbing part of a ghost. Currently..."

Dai Lin was unsure of Yin Wuque's true purpose in fostering him and, after weighing his options, decided it was best to tell the truth. If he was facing factional struggles, it would be better not to be a fence-sitter and to pick a side early.

Yin Wuque did not let him continue speaking and said, "Okay, as long as there's no strong backlash. First, focus on enhancing the abilities of your eyes. If there's anything, just tell Dr. Gao or Director Song, and don't discuss it with other doctors."

"Understood. But that ghost might invade the hospital again, right? I'll just stay in the hospital."

The doctors' rest area is a special space with a relatively strong defense against ghosts. Even that powerful ghost just now ultimately didn't have the ability to reach the inpatient area where the patients stay.

"Sure. Don't worry too much. Malevolent Ghosts aim to kill doctors only to harm the patients; they do not specifically curse doctors. Anyway, Miss Lin Yan has already been moved to the intensive care unit, and we will conduct a comprehensive examination on her soon. After that, we'll decide on a treatment plan."

The doctors' rest area is located in a folded space at the connecting bridge between the inpatient department and the outpatient building, a place Dai Lin wouldn't have been able to enter if not for Huo Ping leading the way. The recruitment room they had previously visited was also inside this area.

After returning to the rest area, Dai Lin lay on the bed and began to ponder the series of events that had occurred that day, as well as the hair in the space of his right eye.

He could swallow and absorb the hair any time he wished. However, he was unsure whether assimilating the hair of the Malevolent Ghost would bring fortune or disaster. A curse inevitably leads to backlash, and absorbing too much might be more than he could handle.

Yin Wuque did not seem to have any intention of revealing the special nature of these eyes to him.

Yin Wuque definitely had some special plans; he wouldn't value him for no reason. Clearly, this had a lot to do with his eyes.

In this world, every gift inevitably comes at a price.

But in the current situation, he is just an intern in the hospital, and Yin Wuque is the only person he can rely on. Thus, he needed to figure out what Yin Wuque wanted from him. Was it simply to join his faction?

Gao Heyann is his aunt by marriage, naturally on his side. And Director Song Min is also clearly part of Yin Wuque's faction, perhaps even one of his closest allies.

As for himself, regardless of his own will, he had already been seen as Yin Wuque's man in the eyes of others in the hospital.

Truth be told, Dai Lin did not like this feeling at all. Being manipulated, unable to choose his own destiny, and even unable to save lives and heal the injured according to his own thoughts.

Just now, he couldn't fully release the ghost hands!

If he cannot find a way to enhance his medical skills, would he be as lucky the next time he encounters a patient like Lin Yan?

Without a doubt, if Dr. Long Yuan and Dr. Zhao She hadn't been there, he would most likely have died at the hands of the Malevolent Ghost tonight.

He did not want to end up like that.

After consulting with the insurance company, he had already planned to sign the official insurance contract in a few days. And he didn't want the insurance contract he left for his parents to take effect.

"However..."

More than the career politics and scheming, what concerned Dai Lin more was that female ghost.

That female ghost was terrifying.

Dr. Long Yuan and Dr. Zhao She, two attending physicians… It seemed quite difficult for them to deal with a Malevolent Ghost.

This shows just how terrifying the female ghost cursing Lin Yan is!

But perhaps even more terrifying is this hospital that can easily suppress ghosts!