Accidentally Married to the Big Shot

Chapter 66: Chapter 66: Deciding to Leave Hometown

Su Meixi suddenly let out a cold laugh.

At that moment, she felt a profound sense of desolation within her.

Indeed, it was only right for the Gu Family to reject her; with her family background, how could she ever match their esteemed household?

Fang Xin then started to complain by her side, but Su Meixi wasn’t listening. She took out her phone, opened the hospital’s main group chat, and under that notification, she replied with three words: “I volunteer.”

As soon as she had registered, the comments exploded.

Dr. Su is truly a brave soul!

Well done, bringing honor to our hospital!

Kudos to such a doctor!

Firecrackers, firecrackers…

…

Su Meixi did not lend money to Fang Xin, who then stopped her emotional act and cursed at her, pointing at her nose for a while before leaving. She said things like giving birth to her was like raising a debt collector, wishing she had never given birth at all.

Turning her face faster than flipping a book.

Su Meixi was already used to it.

She had sympathized with Fang Xin before, thinking Fang Xin had become a common shrew due to being abandoned by her father. But sometimes, the path in life is chosen by oneself. Fang Xin had a job and could support herself but still chose to stick with her stepfather, calling it a loss; she was the true loser.

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The list of volunteers came out soon, with ten people from Feng City from various hospitals.

On the day of departure, a bus arrived adorned with big red flowers, picking up individuals from each hospital.

The hospital also summoned all the doctors on duty to see Su Meixi off; the director gave a speech, and the deputy director read a letter of commendation from a script.

Su Meixi, wearing a large red flower on her chest, was surrounded by the crowd as she boarded the bus.

She felt this was the highlight of her life; never had she been the center of attention like today!

The bus took them to the airport, and then the ten individuals took a plane to an airport in the west.

From the moment she boarded the plane, Su Meixi felt as though the commotion around her had halted.

Next, she would have to walk through another lonely era all by herself.

The plane flew for three hours, made a transit, then flew another two hours before reaching an airport in the border city.

After getting off the plane, the group of ten took another bus to a smaller county town below.

The bus left the provincial city and drove for three hours.

During the journey, many people got off and others boarded; Su Meixi felt dizzy from the ride, but it wasn’t dark outside yet.

It was 10 p.m., and the sky here was still bright.

Finally, they reached Ba County, and it grew dark.

Su Meixi and her colleagues exited the bus, standing in the small bus station of the county town as if they had arrived in another world.

There were no clusters of tall buildings; the people looked exotic, some even wearing ethnic minority clothing, speaking a dialect they couldn’t understand.

It was also very cold. While one could wear short sleeves in Feng City, here they had to dig out thin down jackets.

A male doctor among them called a local contact, and 20 minutes later, the contact arrived in a minibus to take them to a local hotel.

One of the female doctors looked at the scenery outside and said, “This county town isn’t so bad. It seems to have everything. Supporting here wouldn’t be too hard.”

The contact smiled, “It’s not certain you’ll stay in the county town; you might be assigned to the mountains.”

“What kind of mountains?”

“The kind you can’t even imagine.”

The contact arranged for them to stay in the hotel, saying they would decide where they would specifically go after a meeting the next day.

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Su Meixi slept in the hotel that night; she felt uneasy in the middle of the night, but due to the exhaustion of the journey, she didn’t wake up.@@novelbin@@

The next morning, she discovered dried blood under her nose, apparently she had had a nosebleed the night before.

The climate here was too dry!

She packed up her things and then went with her fellow doctors to report to the Ba County People’s Hospital.

For the first half of the month, they were to work at Ba County Hospital for a period of time to see their performance before deciding on specific assignments.

The assessment was to be conducted by a chubby local director, also surnamed Su.

Because of the limited time, Mr. Su didn’t assign them to different departments, but instead had them work wherever was needed.

Sometimes, Su Meixi went with the ambulance to fetch patients, sometimes she worked with the nurses, doing a nurse’s job, and sometimes she helped Mr. Su fill out medical records on the computer; she even went with the director once to a patient’s home to demand unpaid bills.

In short, it was quite a mix.

But Su Meixi diligently completed all her tasks.

That day, Mr. Su suddenly called Su Meixi into his office.

It seemed like the director had something to say to Su Meixi, but he found it difficult to start.

He first tidied up his desk, then noted something down with a pen, then wiped his cup with a tissue.

Finally, Su Meixi couldn’t hold back any longer. She asked, “Director, what did you want to see me about?”

The director smiled and began making small talk, “Xiao Su, how do you find the work here? Is it hard?”

“It’s okay,” Su Meixi said.

She wasn’t afraid of hard work, she just feared not being able to play her part, not truly fulfilling the purpose of her support mission.

“I think among all of you, you are the most beautiful.”

Su Meixi suddenly felt something was amiss, but she still smiled politely, “Thank you for the compliment, Director.”

“Although you are here to support us, the work remains the same, right? If you don’t do it, someone else will. It’s just a matter of doing it well or poorly. Many people come here hopeful at first, but then become disappointed after a while. Our conditions here are not as good as yours, nor is our equipment. Even if your medical skills are excellent, you can’t really utilize them here. Wouldn’t it be better to find a place to peacefully spend this year and a half?”

Su Meixi didn’t expect the director to think this way, and she immediately had a complete dislike for him.

“So, what do you mean, Director?”

The director smiled, “I can arrange a better place for you to spend this year and a half.”

“What would I need to do?” Su Meixi asked.

Mr. Su gave a sly smile; the implication was clear from his jowly face.

Su Meixi was shocked inside; she had never encountered such an unspoken rule even in Feng City, let alone in a place where she had come to contribute.

She slowly said, “I would rather follow the assignments, go wherever the higher-ups need me to go.”

Seeing that Su Meixi was unmoved, his smile stiffened, and a flicker of coldness crossed his eyes.

“Fine, if you don’t want to stay in the county, then go somewhere else.”

Su Meixi said, “Okay.”

…

That night, a fellow doctor named Ah Li quietly asked Su Meixi, “Xiao Su, did the director call you too? Did he hint at anything?”

Su Meixi asked, “He searched for you as well? He indicated that if I complied, I could stay in the county.”

“He hinted the same to me too, that old lecher, pah!”

Su Meixi said, “I didn’t accept his hint, he told me to go to the mountains.”

“Me too, sigh, he even threatened me, saying that if I went to such places, I might not come back alive. I’m really worried now; we came here to provide support, not to be treated like we’ve been sold.”

Su Meixi whispered, “Don’t be afraid; next time he tries anything, we must take the opportunity to record it, to have evidence of his harassment. We are here on assignment, people higher up are watching over us, it’s not his place to bully us. In any case, we must stick together.”

Ah Li said, “Alright, we need to be smarter in the future, never let him bully us!”

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Mr. Su didn’t trouble Su Meixi anymore, but after a little more than ten days at Ba County Hospital, she was notified that she was to go and support Wu Bian Village.