System Came When the Doctor was Thirty

Dai Linfang sat opposite Lu Cheng in the living room, speaking eloquently, ”Brother Lu, this is how I see it: when your abilities can’t crush everything, you’ll be bound by rules.”

”To put it another way, when you can’t make the rules, you either have to conform to them, or step outside them and not mix in the circle of rules.”

”That’s the case for both you and me.”

After realizing he couldn’t intervene in Dai Linfang’s decision to come to the emergency department, Lu Cheng invited Dai Linfang to his home.

The sudden arrival of Huang Haibo made Lu Cheng somewhat panicked, and Mu Nanshu was also not around.

While Lu Cheng didn’t fully trust Dai Linfang, he felt that having someone to talk about these things with might provide a different perspective.

Lu Cheng asked, ”Brother Dai, is this the reason you chose to develop in Xiangzhou?”

Dai Linfang lowered his head and picked at a small amount of dirt under his fingernail, ”Yes, and no.”

”Actually, things aren’t easy to mix in Xiangzhou either. The powerful have their way, and I only have one or two connections related to my family.”

”They can only assist me in a general direction, perhaps temporarily, but the people I have to get along with are those I encounter.”

”If these people don’t give face, what can you do?”

”A sword from the Ming Dynasty can’t cut through the Qing Dynasty’s...”

Dai Linfang realized he was veering off-topic, looked up, and said, ”These things are veering a bit off course.”

”In my view, Brother Lu, your current anxiety is nothing more than two fundamental reasons.”

”First, insufficient external force.”

”If your family had some leverage, your development would be several times better than mine.”

”After all, you’ve actually achieved results and have the specific material to support you.”

”Second, insufficient inner strength.”

”If you could, on a professional level, suppress all the professors in the province, it would also make things easier.”

”However, the first is innate, and can’t be changed.”

”The second is nearly wishful thinking, so we live in reality.”

”Struggling and repeatedly wrestling with the people we constantly interact with in reality.”

”However, with a bustling world and complex situations, it may not be a bad thing. Brother Lu, you also have your own advantages.”

”Different superiors have different development concepts, so their leverage points are different. Someone will always see your capability and use it as their pawn or support point.”

”Having no utter dominance is a good thing for ordinary people.”

Lu Cheng said, ”Brother Dai, this Director Huang Haibo who’s about to come, although I worked with him for nearly half a year before, I totally can’t understand him.”

”And what he talked to me about yesterday, I also felt was somewhat vague.”

Dai Linfang continued picking at his nails, using a tissue to wipe the dirt off his hands, and pierced through Lu Cheng’s facade, ”What you’re worried about is merely that your future development direction will differ from Director Huang’s.”

”You want to leave, but if Director Huang drags you at that time, it’ll be hard for you to get away.”

”To put it bluntly, everything you’ve done here in Xiangzhou is just a stepping stone for climbing up.”

”Though it indeed benefits patients, in reality, what you’re considering is yourself.”

Lu Cheng was silent for a while, then slowly nodded, ”Indeed, I do have such concerns.”

If Xiao Zhaoxi were still in office, Lu Cheng wouldn’t need to worry too much.

There’s a high probability that Xiao Zhaoxi would let him go.

But Huang Haibo is different. He removed the old director when he was in Long County, and now he’s been promoted rapidly to become the director of the emergency department.

Xiao Zhaoxi had long said that directors in prefecture-level city hospitals already possess certain influence.

After Huang Haibo assumed this position, if he entangled with him, that would also be a troublesome matter!~

”There’s no choice but to take one step at a time.”

”The human heart is separated by the belly, no one can see through another person’s true face.”

”Brother Lu, didn’t you used to say a phrase, ’shallow exchanges, deep words’? Many words are unreliable.”

”Friendship isn’t developed through words but by working together and interacting with each other over time, revealing one’s true nature.”

Dai Linfang said, ”Like me, I forced my way into the group; I can’t control the stereotype the team members have of me.”

”If we turn the topic back, it still boils down to those two points.”

”One is developing external forces, the other is developing inner strength.”

”There’s a saying circulating online of uncertain authenticity, but it surely contains some truth.”

”During special times, you just assemble your team, and there will be powerful counterparts to assist you.”

”But the premise is that you are strong enough, and the team you assemble is meaningful enough.”

Then, Dai Linfang continued bluntly, ”Since Brother Lu, you want to use the Xiangzhou People’s Hospital as a platform to step up, to use it as a stepping stone for your future.”

”Then you also must be prepared to be used as material by it, and ready to handle it.”

”There’s no such thing as getting everything and all resources for your use without paying any price, is there?”

Dai Linfang even laughed at this point, ”I’ve never encountered such a thing anyways.”

The price Dai Linfang paid is negligible compared to the ’cost’ he should have paid.

Though Dai Linfang indeed paid to some extent, he did not pay with his future, but his uncle-in-law’s.

”Thank you, Brother Dai.” Lu Cheng didn’t make any bold statements; he just wanted to hear Dai Linfang’s thoughts.