(Thank you to my friends who have encouraged me with their monthly tickets: Eat Pineapple Peel, Morning Thoughts, xiao3299, Brigade Leader Ou, GeeGee's World, Pharaoh's Dancing Girl)
"What are you guys up to?" Liu Banxia and the others were walking down the corridor when Qin Hai approached them, asking with a radiant smile.
He wore a beaming smile, but Liu Banxia had a hunch it wasn't for anything good. After all, considering their relationship, why would Qin Hai smile at him like that?
"Deputy Chief Qin, we've just admitted a patient with suspected gastric perforation and acute peritonitis. We're heading off to prepare," Liu Banxia replied, pointedly using Qin Hai's current title.
It was an unspoken rule that even for subordinate positions like Deputy Director or Deputy Chief, the "Deputy" prefix would be omitted when the Director or head leader wasn't present. It made conversations flow more smoothly and was more satisfying for both parties.
