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Soon after, Angkor moved a few potted plants to Xiao Chen's ward.
By this time, Xiao Chen had become wary of Angkor.
After Angkor left, Xiao Chen keenly felt that something was wrong with his body.
Previously, he had some chest pain, but it was bearable.
But now, the pain had intensified significantly.
Previously, he had a poor appetite due to his illness, but he could still eat a little.
But now, he felt disgusted by food.
Not long after waking up, he had felt energetic.
But now, he was starting to feel drowsy.
There were also some other minor symptoms, all of which he, being a skilled doctor, noticed keenly.
"Angkor, you bastard! You are plotting against me!" Xiao Chen gritted his teeth.
He was now 100% sure that Angkor, the tomb robber, was targeting him.
From yesterday to now, Angkor had been using underhanded methods, causing him more harm and disgrace.
Now, lying in bed, Xiao Chen decided to act.
He pressed the pager next to him.
Soon after, a nurse came in. "What's the matter, Mr. Xiao?"
"Nurse Li, please remove these potted plants from my room, as far away as possible!" Xiao Chen said. He had thought it over; Angkor might be using these plants for some malicious purpose.
As a medical student, Xiao Chen knew that some plants emit unique smells.
These smells might not be detectable but could affect people.
Some of these smells could be poisonous.
He suspected these potted plants were such.
The nurse was surprised. "These potted plants are so beautiful, and your friend just brought them. Do you really want to throw them away?"
"Yes, throw them all away!" Xiao Chen insisted.
"What a pity to throw them away. Do you mind if I take them home?"
"Do as you wish!"
After the potted plants were removed, Xiao Chen immediately felt much better.
This confirmed his suspicion that Angkor had indeed plotted against him.
He couldn't understand why Angkor, whom he had just met, would deliberately harm him.
But being the perceptive person he was, Xiao Chen soon figured it out.
It was all because of Lin Beifan.
Seeing how well Lin Beifan treated Xiao Chen, Angkor must have felt jealous and resorted to these means.
"Sure enough, a loyal dog!" Xiao Chen thought, feeling extremely wronged.
He and Lin Beifan were clearly enemies, but because Lin Beifan was too good to him, it aroused the jealousy of others, leading to his suffering.
This made his pain even worse!
It caused him to lose face in front of his sweetheart and the doctors in Mohai City!
Just thinking about it brought tears to his eyes!
"Anyway, I must get my revenge!" Xiao Chen closed his eyes to rest.
Now he wanted nothing more than to recover from his injury as soon as possible.
The next day.
As Xiao Chen was recuperating, he saw an unexpected but familiar middle-aged man walk in.
Shocked, he blurted out, "Master, why are you here?"
The visitor was Uncle Mo Wugui, who had watched him grow up.
Though he appeared middle-aged, he was actually in his 50s and well-maintained.
Mo Wugui looked at Xiao Chen, who was lying on the bed bandaged like a mummy, with complicated eyes. "Could I not come? If I didn't, you would bring shame to our Ghost Valley faction!"
Xiao Chen felt ashamed. "Uncle, I..."
"Two days ago, you knelt before the descendants of Medicine King Valley on behalf of our Ghost Valley Sect at the Mohai City Medical Exchange Conference! When I heard the news, I was stunned! Xiao Chen, how could you do such a thing?" Mo Wugui said regretfully.
Xiao Chen was even more ashamed. "I..."
"You know how furious your senior brother was? He locked himself in his room and didn't eat for two days! His health isn't good now, alas!"
Xiao Chen felt so ashamed he couldn't speak.
Mo Wugui sighed. "Our Ghost Valley faction had high hopes for you to bring us fame! This time you did become famous, but for all the wrong reasons! Now, I'm embarrassed to call myself part of the Ghost Valley faction!"
Xiao Chen quickly explained, "Uncle, listen to me. It's not that I wanted to kneel; my legs just wouldn't obey me at that time..."
Mo Wugui waved his hand. "No need to explain! I know you're proud and wouldn't kneel to anyone, especially not to the people of Medicine King Valley!
"But kneeling is kneeling! No matter the reason, people only believe what they see!"
"By kneeling, you've turned our Ghost Valley faction into a joke in the medical world. We can't hold our heads high anymore!"
Xiao Chen lowered his head in shame again.
Mo Wugui looked at Xiao Chen and sighed again. "I wanted to scold you and even whip you, but seeing you like this, I can't bring myself to do it!"
"Tell me, how did this happen?"
"Weren't you supposed to find your fiancée? How did it turn out?"
"And what about Zhao Shiming? Why didn't he come to see you when you're so injured?"
Xiao Chen explained everything that had happened since he left the mountain.
Mo Wugui was stunned by the bizarre events.
Xiao Chen went to find his fiancée but was overpowered by a large woman along the way.
The woman was so heavy that she broke his ribs, and he was taken to the hospital.
After a month in the hospital, he tried to get some fresh air but was again overpowered by the same woman.
His ribs were broken again, and he was sent back to the hospital.
Recently, he heard about the medical exchange conference and saw it as a chance to recover by being treated by the representatives of Yaowang Hospital.
Everything went smoothly until a representative provoked him, causing him to stand up and then collapse.
Not only did he lose face, but his ribs were broken again, and he was sent to the hospital.
Mo Wugui couldn't help but curse, "Damn it! You're like a modern-day Zhao Zilong! Even Zhao Zilong didn't go in and out of danger as much as you!"
Xiao Chen wanted to cover his face in shame.
"So, in the two months since you left the mountain, you've accomplished nothing and spent all your time in the hospital?"
"Yeah." Xiao Chen nodded in shame.
"Does your fiancée even know you exist?"
"No." Xiao Chen nodded again in shame.
"And Zhao Shiming misunderstood because he saved you?"
"Yes." Xiao Chen nodded again in shame.
"Our Ghost Valley faction has become a laughingstock in the medical world because of you?"
"Yes." Xiao Chen nodded in shame for the third time.
"Damn it! You're a jinx! Not only are you unlucky, but you bring misfortune to others too!"
Xiao Chen felt so ashamed that he couldn't speak.
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