Ding Wenze’s two expert-like remarks seemed to expose Xie Wanying’s "pretentious" appearance of being knowledgeable in medicine.

Whether Xie Wanying truly understands or just pretends to, Shang Siling wasn’t sure. Her husband’s little cousin studied in the Capital, and they didn’t meet often. All the information she had came from hearing Sun Rongfang talk. It’s said that Sun Rongfang didn’t have time to see her daughter and often just heard Xie Wanying talk about it herself.

Sun Rongfang could exaggerate the facts to praise her daughter, but Shang Siling couldn’t, especially when it concerned her husband’s life.

The sister-in-law stopped speaking altogether, and Ding Wenze couldn’t help but let out a small laugh.

Just like her parents said, this little cousin who said she got into Guoxie couldn’t possibly make any waves.

Shang Siling wasn’t aware that the surgical field is generally unwelcoming to female doctors. If she knew this, she wouldn’t have hoped for Xie Wanying but would have embraced despair instead.

Ding Wenze adjusted his eye-catching Adidas sports jacket, looking vibrant.

This little cousin was exactly like her second aunt and uncle, who loved using their advantages in the industry to belittle outsiders. Precisely because the medical field involves life and death, ordinary people truly don’t dare offend doctors.

In fact, she didn’t mind her little cousin’s deliberate belittling; the strength is something that must be proven by facts and doesn’t require much argument with anyone. What bothered her was that Ding Wenze’s words weren’t merely aimed at her; he clearly intended to attack Shang Siling and Xiao Shugang’s fragile hearts.

Xie Wanying’s mood grew increasingly heavy.

By now, she could basically confirm her previous suspicions were correct. They genuinely loathed her older cousin, to the core, uncontrollably.

Doctors are almost always compassionate. To make a doctor kick someone while they’re down with a critically injured patient requires a long-term accumulation of special feelings.

Doctors are also ordinary people, with a range of emotions. Ordinary patients don’t need to worry about this at all. Doctors have few interactions with regular patients, leaving no room for special feelings to develop. Usually, a doctor’s special feelings are reserved for their private circles.

Was there a grudge between the little cousin and the older cousin? Who was right or wrong in this feud?

Ding Wenze would never admit he was wrong, only pretending to ask Shang Siling, "Didn’t Xiao Shupeng come to see his brother?"

Shang Siling had a little uncle, Xiao Shugang’s younger brother, Xiao Shupeng.

Xiao Shupeng disliked studying since childhood, and in junior high, he became a delinquent, but later was brought home and disciplined harshly by his brother, Xiao Shugang. Hence, whether Xiao Shupeng truly reformed is debatable, but fortunately, he didn’t commit any heinous crimes that would land him in prison, compromising his brother’s career.

Zhou Ruoxue couldn’t handle her youngest son’s affairs, leaving him to fend for himself back home. Despite saying so, Zhou Ruoxue always felt guilty towards her younger son. When her husband died early, she had to work alone to support the family. Unlike her older son, the younger one was young at the time and went astray due to her absence. Therefore, whenever Zhou Ruoxue had money, she sent it to her younger son, even secretly sending him money meant for supporting her from her older son’s contributions.

Shang Siling had long been critical of her mother-in-law’s actions and looked down on this little uncle, never expecting him to help her husband.