_1Jiang Xue was furious and wanted to argue, but considering this was a hospital, after all, a place where patients pay money and still have to ask for help, she swallowed her anger and went back to her chair to continue waiting.
After about fifteen minutes, the clinic door opened, and as she left, the fat nurse disdainfully glanced at Jiang Xue and mumbled something under her breath, unknown what she was saying.
Jiang Xue pretended not to see and got up to enter, handing her registration slip to the doctor.
"Why didn't you come in when I called you earlier?" The doctor glanced at it and said, "Your number has already been called, it's void. Go and get another one."
Jiang Xue was stunned, "I was trying to come in earlier, but that nurse let someone jump the queue and drove me out."
"Who drove you out? You go find them, it's got nothing to do with me. My computer system has already moved on to the next number, I can't examine you. Do you understand?"
The doctor waved his hand impatiently, "Go on, if you're any later, you might not even get a number for today.
Next!"
Jiang Xue was exasperated, "How can your hospital be like this?
I booked my number in the morning, didn't eat lunch to wait here for an hour, and now because of your internal staff allowing queue-jumping, causing me to miss my number, I have to bear the loss and re-register. Is there no reason left?"
"What do you mean?" The doctor's face showed displeasure, "Can't you understand human speech?
I'm a doctor, I just treat illnesses. If the system says your number is void, what can I do? I surely can't treat you under someone else's number and name!"
"Then why could the person who jumped the queue before me just see the doctor as they pleased?"
The doctor paused, then banged on the desk forcefully, his voice fierce, "Patient, if you have any complaints about our hospital, feel free to file a complaint or seek the relevant responsible person.
Please stop causing trouble here, disturbing other patients; otherwise, I will have to call security!"
"Exactly."
The pregnant woman who came in behind cast a harsh glance at Jiang Xue and said spitefully, "If your number has become void, just get another one, making a scene over a few bucks.
The patient-doctor relationship is ruined by people like you with no quality."
Facing such pointed sarcasm, Jiang Xue naturally felt both angry and wronged, but she knew arguing with the doctor was pointless, so she turned around and left the room, heading straight for the nurse station.
She was reserved and gentle by nature, but that didn't mean she would just put up with everything.
"Hello! I'm looking for a plump middle-aged..."
As Jiang Xue reached the nurse station and began to speak, the person she was looking for, the fat nurse, emerged from the inside room.
"Stop right there! Nurse, hello!"
Jiang Xue intercepted her, clearly stating, "Just now you led someone to jump the queue in front of me, causing my number to become void.
Please go immediately to explain it to the doctor and resolve my consultation issue, and then apologize to me!"
After hearing this, the nurses at the station all looked in unison at the fat nurse, who merely laughed with a snort and looked at Jiang Xue as if she were looking at an idiot.
"To tell you the truth, your number wouldn't have become void just because of the queue-jumping. I did it on purpose to make you miss your number."
Jiang Xue was taken aback, "Why?"
"Of course, it's because you disrespected me!"
"When did I disrespect you?"
"I was already leading someone inside, and you should have waited outside obediently. You dared to push open the door and said I jumped the queue so loudly, making me lose face in front of my relatives. Of course, I had to deal with you."
Jiang Xue couldn't imagine it was for such a reason, and she totally didn't understand the logic behind it.
"You did jump the queue, what did I say wrong? Why can't I go in after you've taken someone else in?"
"Because this is a hospital, you're here to see a doctor, and we decide whether or not to treat you and how to treat you. Do you understand?"
The fat nurse seemed to have lost her patience and shooed her like a fly, "If you understand, then hurry up and go re-register. Remember this lesson. In the future, learn more about interpersonal communication and the unwritten rules of society; it won't do you any harm."
Jiang Xue's eyes reddened with anger, she looked as though she might cry at any moment.
She had never encountered such a shameless and ugly attitude before, full of sound arguments but unable to make them heard.
It was clear that the other party had no interest in reason.
"What's the matter? You still want to make a scene and create a fuss?"
The fat nurse frowned, "Let me warn you, nowadays anyone who dares to make trouble in a hospital, for whatever reason, will be administratively penalized and reported to their workplace.
If you don't want to lose your dignity and job, think carefully about it."
Jiang Xue clenched her teeth, her fists were tight, and her whole body was tense.
Just as she was about to lose control of her temper, a voice suddenly sounded from behind her.
"What are you doing? There are so many patients, isn't there work to be done?"
The nurses at the station immediately dropped their heads and busied themselves, while the fat nurse put on a smiley face to greet the newcomer.
"Mr. Zhang, don't scare the girls as soon as you arrive. Where would we dare to be idle? Isn't it just a patient wanting to cause a scene, I'm dealing with it! Rest assured, it will be settled soon."
That Mr. Zhang looked to be in his twenties, yet he puffed out his chest, held his head high, and clasped his hands behind his back like an old cadre.
"A disturbance? That's rare. Let me see..."
He walked up to Jiang Xue's side for a look, and suddenly, his voice stopped abruptly, and he inadvertently bent over a bit more.
"This lady... hello! May I ask if your husband's surname is Xiao?"