Sun Chan had already politely declined several times, but Bai Fanglan refused to leave, so she had no choice but to thank her and go out to buy porridge. When she returned to the door, she heard the heart-wrenching cries of a child.
She rushed in to see the child lying on the floor, crying constantly, the sound piercingly sharp, while Bai Fanglan was sweating profusely, roughly pulling at his shoulder.
"Enough! Stop crying! I just wanted you to get up and walk a bit, it's good for your health. Why are you crying?"
The child pushed Bai Fanglan's hand away, still crying.
Bai Fanglan, who had never comforted a child, felt a mess inside. Seeing Sun Chan arrived, she quickly got up.
"I don't know what's wrong with this child, forget it. You better quickly comfort him. I'll go prepare a lunchbox to make it easier for him to eat." She said and ran off as if fleeing.
"Mingming, don't cry, be strong." Sun Chan wiped his eyes with a towel, and after comforting him for quite a while, he finally stopped crying.
By the time Bai Fanglan returned with a lunchbox and a spoon, Sun Chan had already calmed the child.
Inside, she felt somewhat resistant and dismissive, thinking that these tasks were not something a doctor like her should be doing. Mingming was a bit scared seeing her and kept hiding behind Sun Chan.
Bai Fanglan tried to force Mingming to eat, but he avoided her and didn't pay any attention.
Bai Fanglan finally lost her patience, throwing the spoon into the lunchbox: "You feed him, be careful, let him eat slowly."
She was still angry when she got downstairs, thinking that a brat wouldn't stop crying. If it weren't for your parents, would I be treating you like this?
For several days, whenever Bai Fanglan had time, she would go to Mingming's side, though she didn't really help, yet she gained a good reputation. Finally, the day came when his parents came to pick him up.
They expressed gratitude towards Bai Fanglan, who had stayed by their son's side.
As for Sun Chan, Bai Fanglan had already sent her out to clean the lunchboxes and water basins.
Bai Fanglan smiled and said, "It's nothing, with a child alone in the hospital, I was worried something might happen, even though there's a caregiver, but she's from the same village and illiterate, without any medical knowledge, and often not in the ward, so I was also concerned and came by more often."
The two quickly took out some gifts to give to Bai Fanglan. They also felt a bit dissatisfied with the caregiver, wondering why the child was left unattended and why the doctor had to watch over him.
Bai Fanglan declined, "It's our duty in this profession to take care of patients, I can't accept these things."
Their impression of her improved even more, and they even talked about inviting her for a meal.
Bai Fanglan was pleased at heart but outwardly refused hastily, "It's what I should do."
Mingming's mom smiled and said, "It's just a meal, Mingming also wants Dr. Bai to join us, right?"
But Mingming ignored her completely, looking around, until he saw Sun Chan returning with the lunchbox, he excitedly waved and shouted, "Sister!"
Sun Chan smiled and walked over, "Are your parents here to pick you up?"
"Yes!" Mingming turned to his parents and said, "This sister has been with me these days, she's really nice! That doctor just kept pulling me and yelling at me, it was scary and painful, and she kept coming to my side these days, I don't like her, I like being with sister."
She stormed off to Aunt Wang's ward to confront Sun Chan, pushing the door open to find the two women laughing, having heard the word "doctor" vaguely said.
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