Village Doctor's Women-Chapter 211 - 205 Medical Students

That night, Angel and her team didn’t sleep soundly at the guesthouse.

Guesthouses in small towns generally don’t have many guests, so they aren’t as well-maintained as hotels in big cities. As a result, Angel and the others were constantly bothered by a musty smell as they tried to sleep. On top of that, Angel kept thinking about how to gather material for the documentary, which made it even harder to fall asleep.

Like her, Chairman Kang, whom she had interviewed that day, was also tossing and turning.

Lying in bed, Chairman Kang habitually opened his class group chat. Seeing a long stream of messages, he began scrolling up, assuming the school had posted an announcement. This group, which included their teachers, was usually quiet; people only posted when there was something important to discuss. For casual chatter, they had other, smaller groups that didn’t include their counselor. Now, the chat history in this group looked as lively as one of their private ones.

But as he scrolled, he realized what was going on.

The news that Chairman Kang had gone to Paigou Village for his internship had spread throughout Kyoto Medical University. The group was now buzzing with discussion about it, and the topic was red-hot.

"I heard Chairman Kang went for an internship."

"Which hospital? Don’t we all do our internships together?"

"You can apply to intern elsewhere, but the school usually doesn’t approve it."

"I heard about this too."

"I heard he went out of province."

"Out of province? He’s not staying in Capital City, he’s leaving?"

"???"

"That’s nothing. I heard something even more unbelievable."

"What is it? Spit it out!"

"Finish your sentence, or you’ll live half a life," one person joked.

"I heard from a teacher in the careers office. Apparently, he went to Shan Province." 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"What?"

"His grades are so good. Why would he go there? To volunteer as a teacher or something?"

"Well, that’s what I heard."

"None of you are getting to the heart of the matter."

"You’re so smart, you tell us then."

"My source is solid. He followed his senior into the countryside to be a village doctor."

"No way! He comes from a family of doctors and has a professor guiding him. He wouldn’t have to worry about employment, and he could even study abroad if he wanted."

"Why would he do that?"

"I don’t get it..."

"??? ??? ???"

The moment that last message appeared, the group chat exploded. Even classmates who usually lurked in silence jumped into the fray.

After all, even an average student with an ordinary background and no faculty connections knew a basic truth: interning at a good hospital was crucial for future employment and provided much richer clinical experience. This was especially true for students of Chinese medicine, who relied heavily on reputation. Otherwise, no one would trust them.

Chinese medicine practitioners in small towns are often accused of being frauds, which eventually leads to them having no patients to treat. This was one of the intractable problems facing Chinese medicine today. More and more of their own countrymen disbelieved in and rejected Chinese medicine, while countries like Han Country and Japan were trying to lay claim to this field of medicine. This tragic phenomenon only made Chinese medicine students more desperate for a large, reputable platform to build their careers on.

For someone like Chairman Kang, the decision to become a village doctor was, in battlefield terms, a suicide mission.

But soon, some students zeroed in on a crucial detail and started discussing the inside scoop in a smaller group chat that didn’t include any teachers.

"Who’s Chairman Kang’s senior? Does anyone know?"

"Waiting for the tea!"

"Is he from our university too?"

"Yep. He was Professor Song Yijin’s previous student. Back in the day, he was a big deal at our school..."

"Now that you say that, I remember something the upperclassmen talked about. It seems he even quarreled with Professor Song..."

"Wasn’t he expelled from the program?"

"Chairman Kang is going off to be a village doctor with this senior. He was probably expelled from the program too," someone joked with a smiley face emoji.

"A teacher at the school said it seemed like Chairman Kang volunteered to go."

"It’s not that simple. I heard Professor Song was very encouraging."

"Didn’t Professor Song... have a stroke?"

"...I think so."

"It happened right when we first started here."

"That’s outdated news. I saw Professor Song at the school just a few days ago. He’s been cured. In fact, it was because he came to make the arrangements that Chairman Kang was able to go be a village doctor on his own."

"Cured?"

When Chairman Kang opened his phone, the group was right in the middle of this. Seeing them discussing his teacher, he knew he couldn’t stay silent any longer; otherwise, who knew what wild theories they would come up with next.

Chairman Kang rapidly typed, "My teacher was indeed cured, and it was my senior who cured him. I really am here as a village doctor, and I don’t regret it one bit. I’ve learned so much from my senior during this time."

As soon as his message appeared, the group fell silent. After all, it was a bit awkward when the subject of their gossip suddenly appeared. But the silence lasted only a moment before the chat became even more lively.

With the man himself present, it only fueled the gossip-hungry fire in Chairman Kang’s classmates. They were all incredibly excited and started questioning him directly in the group.

The first to message him, however, were his roommates. They didn’t ask in the main group but DMed him in their private dorm chat. It was the same group of scoundrels who’d tricked him into going to Paigou Village to find Ren Yu. They hadn’t been part of the gossiping crowd moments before.

Yu Yen, their dorm’s ’Boss’ from the great northeast, was as blunt as ever. "Third, did you really go to Shan Province?"

"Yeah." Chairman Kang knew his roommates well, so he didn’t wait for them to ask. "Remember how you jackasses convinced me to come looking for Ren Yu last time? Well, I’m in her hometown now."

The moment he said that, Yu Yen and his other three roommates absolutely lost it.

"FUCK!!!"

"HOLY SHIT."

"Don’t tell me you went again?"

Yu Yen typed directly, "Bro, not to criticize, but Xiao Yu already made herself clear. It’s not cool to keep clinging to her like this."

"Boss," typed Wang Lei, their dorm’s number two, "Ren Yu is at school. Third definitely didn’t go there for a girl. It must be because of his senior, the one who’s a village doctor there."

Good point. Once Wang Lei said that, Yu Yen understood, but he still sent another message, "Damn! Don’t tell me you went chasing after a girl, failed to win her over, and ended up ruining your own future in the process?"

This time, it wasn’t just Yu Yen. The fourth roommate, Yang Yu, chimed in, "Totally irrational! @Chairman Kang"

"Seriously, that’s what you call losing on both fronts."

Chairman Kang gave a wry smile and typed back, "It’s not what you think. What I said in the class group is true; I really came here to learn. While some of the rumors our classmates heard were off the mark, parts of it were true."

"My senior is really amazing. He didn’t just cure Teacher Song; he did it right there on the spot." Recalling the scene, Chairman Kang still found it unbelievable. Even after studying with Wang Jian these past few days, I still can’t wrap my head around that whole qi thing.

"On the spot?"

Yu Yen and the others sent a long string of emojis, clearly not believing him.

Chairman Kang could understand their skepticism. He continued, "I’m not kidding. I was right there. I watched my senior massage our teacher’s head, and after just a few moments, our teacher could speak again."

"That’s just outrageous!"

After a moment of silence, Yu Yen typed out a new message: "Third, just give me the word. Does our senior need any hangers-on? Because I’m available."

"What’s our senior’s name?"

Chairman Kang didn’t hide it and sent Wang Jian’s name.

In this profession, having a renowned teacher as a guide can save you from countless wrong turns.

Yu Yen and the others were well aware of Professor Song Yijin’s condition. They had visited Professor Song with Chairman Kang before, so they knew his stroke was severe. Thus, they understood just how mind-boggling it was to hear that a simple massage could enable him to speak again.

If an outsider had told them this, they would have dismissed it as nonsense. But this was their brother, Chairman Kang, saying it. That made it much more credible.

Their curiosity piqued, they immediately started searching for Wang Jian online.

Almost immediately, they found an article about Wang Jian being fired from General Hospital.