Chapter 515

"But Dr. Tao and Dr. Chen just saved Zeke. We can't -" Mrs. Zhou was a little embarrassed.

Mr. Zhou said unhappily, "You women are too kind. Now that Zeke is fine, what could they possibly do? I'm not going to let go of this matter."

With this, he directly blocked Daphne's way. He looked at her and the other doctors in the hospital and announced, "Tell me, what is your hospital going to do about this matter?"

The doctors were also shocked by Mr. Zhou's shamelessness, and their faces could not help but sink. They tried to explain nicely, "Mr. Zhou, the truth behind this matter has already been exposed. You are the ones responsible for it, not our hospital."

"Not your hospital? Are you kidding me?" Mr. Zhou's tone rose along with his anger as he retorted, "My son was poisoned in your hospital, and yet you still want to shirk from the responsibility. Well let me tell you, it's not that simple."

"But..." Daphne and the other doctors still wanted to defend themselves.

Yet, Mr. Zhou was being absurd and

unreasonable. He said directly, "Let me get straight to the point. I'm from the Health Bureau, and if you don't handle this matter properly, I'll report it to my superiors, and your hospital will soon be in trouble."

Hearing this, the faces of the principal and the others could not help but darken, and they began to discuss in a low voice.

Although Mr. Zhou was just a small department head of the Health Bureau, if he were to spill the incident and exaggerate the story, there would be probably nothing the City Medical Center could do to clear its name.

Moreover, they had just been promoted and transferred over here not long ago. If such a thing happened to them after they had just started performing their duties, the higher-ups would probably be dissatisfied with them and dismiss them immediately.

At the thought of this, the principal and the other high- level officials were debating on whether they should pay to resolve this matter.

Mr. Zhou looked at the troubled expressions of the principal and his colleagues and felt satisfied. He smiled as he said, "Although your hospital bears the main responsibilities to this matter, we also have a certain responsibility. Therefore, I won't ask much and will be willing to let you off with around 1 million yuan."

His offer left everyone in shock.

One million yuan was an absurd amount. Even if City Medical Center was a rich hospital, it was impossible to directly compensate Zeke Zhou with so much money.

The principal immediately shook his head in disagreement, "This is too much. It's impossible-"

Upon hearing his words, Mr. Zhou's demeanor changed. He took out his mobile phone and said, "Well, if you are unwilling to pay, I guess I have no choice but to make a phone call to the Health Bureau. When the time comes, I'll have the superiors come and talk to you."

The principal's expression soured, as he was now put into a difficult position.

Mr. Zhou was still speaking threateningly, "If you can't make a decision, then I'll call them now."

Seeing this, the principal got anxious and tried to stop him, "No!"

Mr. Zhou sneered and said, "Well, if you don't want me to do it, then you'd better compensate me now. I asked for a million yuan just now, but you hesitated. Now I've raised the price and you have

to pay me 1.2 million yuan. If you're not going to compensate me, then I'll see you in court."

"You —" The principal and the others were fuming with anger, but they had no choice but to admit defeat.

At this moment, Fade's cell phone rang and he fished out his phone to answer the call. Hearing the words from the other side of the phone, Fade's expression brightened, then he said, "Okay, I am in the hospital. Ward number 512."

Soon after, he hung up the phone. When he whispered something to Daphne, her eyes lit up before turning to the principal to inform them of the news they had just gotten.

Immediately, the principal and the other higher-ups couldn't contain their joy and their eyes brightened up with glee.

Seeing this, Mr. Zhou could not help but frown. Feeling that something was wrong, he snapped, "Did you guys hear me? Compensate me immediately, otherwise, I'll make a phone call."

However, the principal was not backing down now, and instead said defiantly, "Department Head Zhou, if you want to call your superiors, just do it. Our hospital bears no responsibilities towards this matter. If you insist, we could always hold a lawsuit."

"You —" Hearing this, Mr. Zhou's expression fell, and his brows were knitted tightly. He didn't understand why they suddenly changed their minds when they were obviously about to agree to the compensation already.

Immediately, he shifted his gaze to Fade, and said coldly, "You are not a doctor in this City Medical Center, are you?"

Before Fade could open his mouth, Daphne said, "Although Dr. Chen is not a doctor here, his medical expertise is top- notch. If it weren't for him, your son would have been long dead."

Hearing this, Mr. Zhou's gaze trembled slightly and he tried to cover it up by snorting, "So you're saying that he's not a doctor of this hospital, and yet he is here to treat my son."

"Principal, this is clearly not in line with the regulations of the Health Bureau. What else do you have to say?" He accused angrily.

The principal was dumbstruck for a moment. He did not expect Mr. Zhou to grab hold of a matter like this.

Mr. Zhou took advantage of the silence and proceeded to glare at Fade while berating coldly, "You are not qualified to treat patients here, but yet you're here 'treating' my son. About the compensation, you can't run away either."

"Considering the fact that you've cured my son's illness, I'll go easy on you. As long as you compensate me with two hundred thousand yuan, it's enough." Mr. Zhou seemed to take it for granted.

Upon hearing his words, almost all the people at the scene were infuriated.

Daphne shouted angrily, "How could you do this? If it weren't for Dr. Chen, your son would have already died. How could you still blackmail him?"

Even Mrs. Zhou looked awkward. She tugged at her husband's clothes and whispered, "Honey, let's just forget about Dr. Chen."

Mr. Zhou glared at his wife and shouted, "Forget about who? He went against the regulations. No matter what purpose he bears, a violation of the law is still a violation of the law. He must pay the price. I'm already showing enough kindness to not report this matter to the superiors and suspend his practicing license."

With this, Mr. Zhou snorted, glanced sideways at Fade, and said, "I'll give you two hours. Go gather the money immediately."

Fade looked unbothered and directly took out a stack of cheques from his pocket. He scribbled down a string of numbers, and handed them to Mr. Zhou, saying, "Gather money? Nah, I don't need to. I don't have too much of anything else, but I certainly have a lot of money."

Hearing what he said, Mr. Zhou was shocked. He stared at the numbers on the cheque in Fade's extended palm, before gasping in disbelief and pure ecstasy upon double confirming the numbers.

This was because the number jotted down on the cheque was not 2 hundred thousand, but it was 2 million yuan.

With that, Mr. Zhou smiled and reached out his hand to take the cheque, saying, "You sure know how to play the game. It's best that you compensated me quietly. I won't hold you accountable for this matter anymore."

Mr. Zhou grabbed the cheque and showed it off to the principal in delight, "See? Be like Dr. Chen and just take the initiative to compensate me. He's someone who can look at the bigger picture -"