When the emergency call came in, the dorm manager, Mrs. Peterson, blocked my way.
A man? In the girls’ dorm? Over my dead body!
I was anxious, In front of medical staff, there’s no distinction between men and women.
I ran as fast as I could and finally saved the girl.
But then she tried to extort me.
“This unethical doctor didn’t rescue me in time, which is why I have these complications.”
“And when he was saving me, his hands weren’t honest; he touched me inappropriately.”
Throughout the holidays, my family and I were cyberbullied because of this. Unable to bear the pressure, I jumped from the building.
When I opened my eyes again, I saw Mrs. Peterson.
This time, I wasn’t in a hurry. After all, the person lying upstairs was Mrs. Peterson’s daughter!
“I said no, and that’s final. How can a man go up there?” Mrs. Peterson stood in the doorway, hands on her hips, refusing to open it.
“You’re all thinking with your dicks, every last one of you! Letting you in would be like letting a creep through the door”
I looked at Mrs. Peterson, masking the regret and surprise churning inside me.
“Dr. Stone, please think of something! The patient is suffering from respiratory alkalosis,” Chloe, the nurse behind me, urged anxiously.
I snapped back to reality. “She won’t let us in. What can we do?”
Chloe looked at me, completely taken aback.
I knew why she was surprised. This was completely unlike my usual behavior.
In my previous life, I had stormed that door with the others, smashed it open, and rushed upstairs to save the girl.
I’d snatched the patient back from the jaws of death, but then she’d tried to extort me, leading to my tragic end.
Back again, I was determined to avoid that outcome.
However, thinking of this family’s true colors, I quietly whispered to Chloe, “Get out your phone, and discreetly record this.”
Watching her open her camera, I stepped forward to negotiate.
“If we miss the optimal window for rescue, this girl could very likely suffer permanent complications.”
Mrs. Peterson looked at me with disdain. “You can talk all you want, but I’m still not letting you into the girls’ dorm!”
She scanned us, then pointed at me, spitting, “You don’t look like a good person! Are you some shifty-eyed fraud pretending to be medical staff?”
I bit back a sarcastic remark, but my face showed only anxiety.
“If we miss the rescue window, can you take responsibility for that?”
She said smugly, “That’s just according to school regulations. Her life or death is her own destiny.”
Chloe couldn’t take it anymore and shouted, “You’re just a glorified doorman! Not letting us up there is practically killing someone!”
How could Mrs. Peterson tolerate her authority being challenged? Her eyes narrowed. “Are you his side piece or something, getting all worked up?”
“And you look down on me? You’re just a servant yourself!”
Our nurses were all new young women, no match for Mrs. Peterson.
Hearing her words, Chloe’s eyes immediately welled up.
I stepped in front of Chloe. “What ‘side piece’ are you talking about? Just because you’re that kind of person doesn’t mean everyone else is. Let us in, a student upstairs needs urgent care.”
Mrs. Peterson’s face turned red, and she started spewing insults. “I’m not letting you up! Do you want to save a student, or just ogle the female students? You’re shameless!”
I raised my hands to calm her. “Don’t get excited, just calm down.”
Chloe quietly reminded me, “Dr. Stone, time is running out.”
I sighed, putting on a conciliatory look.
“What exactly will it take for you to let us in?”
Mrs. Peterson puffed up her shoulders, munching on sunflower seeds. “You can call the principal. If he agrees, then I will.”
I tried to reason. “Then give us the principal’s number.”
She simply stopped talking. Chloe and I started contacting everyone we knew, and finally found the number.
“Dr. Stone, it’s not going through.”
Mrs. Peterson said triumphantly, “Can’t get through, can you? Well, there’s one more way.”
I didn’t speak. Chloe urged, “Just tell us!”
She pointed at me: “Make this man kneel down and beg me.”
“Didn’t you say you wanted to save someone? What’s kneeling down for a life?” Mrs. Peterson pulled out a handful of sunflower seeds and started cracking them.
I said in a low voice, “The student upstairs is a fresh, young life.”
Chloe was indignant. “You wait. I’m going to report you.”
I was secretly pleased; this was a godsend.
People like Mrs. Peterson, once they hear “report,” would explode like a powder keg.
Sure enough, Mrs. Peterson directly flung sunflower seed shells onto our faces.
“I don’t need him to kneel. You kneel for me, and I’ll let you up.”
Chloe’s face turned beet red with anger. “You’re just a filthy lowlife!”
Mrs. Peterson stomped her foot, sneering, “Aren’t you supposed to be an angel in white? Well, someone’s waiting for you to save them, so why aren’t you doing it? You’re just faking it!”
Chloe looked at me helplessly. I subtly shook my head.
Mrs. Peterson mocked, “I think all this talk about saving lives is fake. You just want to show off in front of this man.”
I was about to say something when a frantic voice interrupted me.
A student came flying down the stairs, panting heavily, and stumbled in front of Mrs. Peterson.
“Peterson, she’s really not doing well.”
Mrs. Peterson pulled her arm away. “Even so, we have to follow the rules.”
The student stomped her foot anxiously. “Peterson, the one who’s sick is…”
Mrs. Peterson put on a business-like face. “Even if it were my own parents, we’d still have to follow the rules.”
The student looked at me with pleading eyes, then rushed to the door.
“Doctor, please come in! My roommate is really bad. I’ll open the door for you.”
With that, she lunged at the door to open it.
Mrs. Peterson grabbed her, gave her a shove, and the young girl’s body hit the ground like a ragdoll.
We all gasped.
“My hand hurts so much,” the girl’s face was contorted in pain.
“Can’t you keep your hands off men? Wanting to open the door for him, you’re truly shameless!”
Seeing the pained expression on the student’s face, I felt a pang of pity.
The female student struggled to her feet. “Peterson, the one upstairs waiting to be rescued is Hai…”
Before she could finish, Mrs. Peterson interrupted her again.
“Get back to your room, or I’ll give you a major disciplinary warning!”
I couldn’t stand it anymore and shot back, “What authority do you have to give out disciplinary warnings? You’re just a dorm supervisor!”
Hearing me, the student plucked up her courage.
“Exactly! I’ll tell my parents you pushed me like this! And, the one waiting upstairs is Hailey Peterson!”
Mrs. Peterson’s face flushed with anger when she heard the student mention telling her parents.
But when she heard that the one needing rescue was Hailey, her face instantly went ashen.
“What? Hailey is sick? You silly girl! Why didn’t you say anything sooner?”
No more nonsense this time. She immediately flung open the door, glaring fiercely at me.
“You’re entering the girls’ dorm, so keep your eyes to yourself. Don’t even think about looking around, or I’ll call the police!”
“If Hailey doesn’t make it, I won’t let you get away with it!”
There was no elevator in the dorm building, so we had to climb.
Mrs. Peterson kept ranting behind us, “Can’t you go any faster?”
“You’re a man, and you’re running so slowly? Are you even a man?”
I scoffed, “If you hadn’t blocked us, we’d have been treating her already. This is all on you.”
“If you really wanted to save her, you would have knelt for me already. You’re not genuinely trying to save anyone, and you still have the nerve to call yourselves doctors and nurses!”
The dorm was on the seventh floor. I was already out of breath and didn’t have the energy to deal with someone like her.
Good thing her every word and action had been recorded. This time, let’s see how she tries to manipulate public opinion and cyberbully me!
The dorm room door was wide open. I quietly reminded Chloe, “Keep the camera rolling.”
The girl lying on the ground was still conscious. Hearing the sound, she weakly fluttered her eyes open and looked at me. “Why is it a male doctor? I want a lady doctor.”
Chloe tried to reassure her. “Sweetie, your situation is very serious right now.”
I said in a deep voice, “In our eyes, there are only patients, not genders.”
“But I don’t even have a boyfriend yet! How can a male doctor touch me?”
Mrs. Peterson said anxiously, “Oh, daughter, stop talking!”
She shoved me. “What are you standing there for? Do something!”
Even knowing what this mother and daughter were like, I was a doctor; I couldn’t just stand by and let a patient die.
After a quick examination, I turned to Chloe and said, “Alright, let’s get her onto the ambulance.”
Mrs. Peterson trailed right on my heels. “Is Hailey okay? You’ve treated her, so why go to the hospital? You’re not just trying to milk us for money, are you?”
I stopped walking. “She’s out of immediate danger, but she needs further observation.”
She muttered quietly, “I know your type. You just want us to spend more money.”
At the hospital, after further checks, it was confirmed by noon that Hailey Peterson was fine.
Chloe breathed a sigh of relief. “It was a bumpy road, but at least we saved her.”
Mrs. Peterson was not happy. “Hailey was fine already! You insisted on dragging her to the hospital just to make us spend more money!”
“I’m discharging her!”
I subtly signaled to Chloe to keep recording. Only after she nodded did I speak.
“Keeping the patient hospitalized is to ensure she’s completely out of danger. If you want to discharge her now, you’ll need to sign a liability waiver for us.”
As soon as Mrs. Peterson heard “liability waiver,” she refused point-blank. “A waiver? I’m not signing it!”
I was all business. “Then she needs to remain under observation in the hospital for another week.”
Mrs. Peterson immediately threw herself onto the floor, wailing loudly, “This hospital is bullying people!”
Soon, a crowd gathered. Seeing people arrive, Mrs. Peterson put even more effort into her performance!
“This hospital is trying to extort money! Hailey wants to leave, but they won’t let her!”
Was I going to let her twist the facts?
I looked around and said loudly, “According to regulations, she needs to stay for a full week. This is for the patient’s own good.”
Mrs. Peterson scrambled to her feet, lowered her head, and bumped into me. “Bullshit rules! You just want to make money!”
I let her bump me, but I didn’t reach out.
“You can be discharged, just sign the liability waiver.”
The people around us also chimed in, “Yeah, you have to follow the rules! If you don’t sign the waiver and something happens, who’s responsible?”
I held the waiver out to Mrs. Peterson, enunciating each word. “Ma’am, aren’t you the one who values rules the most? Sign it.”
Mrs. Peterson glared at me, gritting her teeth. She snatched it, tore it into pieces in a flash, and tossed them into the air.
“I’m not signing!”
With the drama over, the crowd started to disperse.
After Chloe sent me the video, she asked worriedly, “Dr. Stone, do you think Mrs. Peterson will pull another stunt?”
I smirked sarcastically. “Just wait.”
Sure enough, the next day, Chloe rushed to find me. “Dr. Stone, that dorm manager ran off with her daughter!”
Nothing these two could do would surprise me.
“Were the fees paid?”
Chloe checked and said indignantly, “She still owes $500.”
I immediately transferred $500. “I’ll cover it for her.”
After Chloe completed the transaction, she said sincerely, “Dr. Stone, you’re too kind.”
I just smiled faintly and said nothing.
It wasn’t that I was stupidly rich; that $500, along with those videos, would all come in handy later!
After waiting a few days, this good-for-nothing mother and daughter didn’t show up again. I even thought they wouldn’t reappear.
Just as I was lamenting that my prepared videos would go to waste, Chloe rushed in, panting.
“Dr. Stone, you need to come out! That dorm manager is causing a scene!”
I put down the patient’s chart and ran out, only to see the main lobby packed with people.
Mrs. Peterson’s voice could carry for miles.
“Hailey was treated by this quack doctor, and now she has complications!”
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