Zhou Wei shook his head and tried to temporarily put aside the faint doubts that lingered in his mind.
Maybe it was just an illusion.
After all … in a place like a hospital, there would always be all kinds of patients coming and going. The nurses would be busy taking care of the patients, and the doctors might also be busy performing surgeries. In such a situation, it should be impossible for people to feel relaxed and cheerful.
But —
Zhou Wei's gaze swept across the hall on the first floor again, and he found that this reason seemed to be unable to completely convince himself.
Because this was the Inpatient Department.
It was also the place where the patients recuperated.
It was reasonable to say that all kinds of emergency patients should be sent to the main building of the hospital next door, and most of the doctors should be responsible for performing surgeries there. If it was the Inpatient Department … according to his understanding, it should make the atmosphere more peaceful and quiet. Letting the hospitalized patients relax was the right way to recuperate.
But in front of him …
Zhou Wei found that not only were the doctors and nurses in a hurry, but he also saw that even the hospitalized patients wearing gray-white striped hospital gowns … When they gathered in twos and threes and whispered to each other, they actually had a worried look on their faces.
This really did not look like a normal scene and atmosphere in the Inpatient Department.
It was more like —
It was as if something serious had happened.
The doubts in his mind gradually turned into some kind of inexplicable faint uneasiness, as if his mood was also affected by the atmosphere in the Inpatient Department hall. But Zhou Wei, who remembered his mission when he came here, took a deep breath and shook his head again. Then he found the direction of the information desk and quickly walked over.
In front of the information desk sat a chubby middle-aged British female nurse. She wore a white nurse's uniform and looked a little fat, and she wore a white nurse's hat on her head. When Zhou Wei walked to the front of the information desk, the former was holding a pen and writing something on a medical record with a frown.
This was also the daily work of the nurses working at the information desk.
However, at this moment, this chubby middle-aged nurse seemed to be a little absent-minded. There were two stacks of forms in front of her. One stack of unfilled forms was piled high enough to reach the table, while the other stack of completed forms was only a thin stack. The form she was filling in was still clean and white, but she held the pen for a long time without putting it down.
Zhou Wei glanced at the nameplate on the nurse's chest. The name "Jessica" was written in English on the nameplate. He coughed softly and finally caught the nurse's attention. She looked up at the former, and her frown was still there.
"How can I help you?"
Zhou Wei nodded and cast a glance in the direction of the two rows of wards in the corridor not too far away. He quickly averted his gaze and looked at the slightly plump middle-aged female nurse with a friendly smile.
"Yes."
"I'm here to visit a patient. I hope to get information about her ward."
It was a normal and reasonable request.
So the female nurse, Jessica, responded with a "hmm". Her gaze fell on the screen of a computer in front of her. She moved the mouse to pull up the patient's ward database in the Inpatient Department. At the same time, she asked casually,
"Name?"
'Done.'
Feeling that the task was about to be completed, Zhou Wei felt a little more relaxed. He also smiled and answered without hesitation.
"Her name is An Xi."
After he finished speaking, he did not forget to smile at the slightly plump female nurse in a gentlemanly manner.
“Thank-you。”
However.
The next moment.
The slightly plump middle-aged female nurse in front of the information desk suddenly stopped moving when she heard that. Then, her gaze suddenly turned to Zhou Wei's face.
“AnXin？”
"You are Cassie (Cathy). Who is she?"
Zhou Wei was stunned for a moment. He did not expect that his words would cause such a strong reaction from the slightly plump middle-aged female nurse. He guessed that Cassie was probably the girl's English name. He quickly wanted to explain, but before the words reached his mouth, he was embarrassed to find that he did not seem to know how to answer.
"I … I am …"
Looking at Zhou Wei's hesitant look, the vigilance in the female nurse, Jessica's eyes was obviously stronger. She sized him up from head to toe as if she was looking at a bad person with ulterior motives. After a long time, Zhou Wei finally found an excuse.
"I'm here to visit her at the behest of someone."
This was the truth.
But such an answer obviously could not satisfy Jessica. The slightly plump middle-aged female nurse's eyes were filled with suspicion and vigilance.
"Asked by someone?"
"Who?"
"What's his relationship with Cassie?"
Her tone was aggressive.
It was as if she was conducting an interrogation.
Zhou Wei was a little tongue-tied for a moment. What was the relationship between Vice President Chu and that girl? He did not ask much about this, how would he know …
Zhou Wei did not expect that a small matter that should have been extremely simple and convenient would become so troublesome. He could not help but have a headache. He tried to adjust his mood and forced a smile again.
"I'm sorry, I'm not very clear about the specific situation. I was just asked by a friend to visit Cassie."
"Can I trouble you to tell me her ward number?"
As he spoke, he almost looked at Jessica with hope and pleading.
However, it was still useless.
The extremely sincere request was directly and mercilessly rejected by the slightly plump middle-aged female nurse.
"No!"
"I'm sorry, St. Edin has a rule that we cannot disclose the patient's hospitalization information to unrelated people. If you can't provide sufficient proof of identity, please leave!"
This sentence completely made Zhou Wei a little anxious.
What did she mean?
Chase him away?
He had promised Vice President Chu that he would help him complete the mission. In the end, he had only met such a hard nail when he arrived at the place. Vice President Chu was still waiting for news in the country. How could he return empty-handed?
Moreover, although the middle-aged female nurse in front of him seemed to make sense, he was not stupid. He clearly knew that the other party actually did not reject him just because of the hospital's rules. It was obvious that she was inexplicably wary of him.
Most importantly, he did not understand why this female nurse named Jessica seemed to have such a strong hostility towards him from the beginning.
Or could it be that … the medical staff in England were all so unreasonable?
Zhou Wei could not help but lean forward slightly, put his hand on the information desk, looked at the slightly plump female nurse, and eagerly requested again.
"Nurse!"
"Please! I'm really not a bad person! "
But the more he acted like this, the more vigilant Jessica felt. The slightly plump middle-aged female nurse subconsciously took a step back, but her eyes still did not yield an inch. She stared back at Zhou Wei and sternly emphasized:
"No!"
"Sir, if you do this again, I'm going to call security!"
As if to confirm this sentence, from the direction of the door not far away, a tall black man in a security uniform slowly walked towards the information desk with a baton in his hand. He said to Zhou Wei in a low voice politely but not without warning,
"Sir, I suggest that you leave first —"
Zhou Wei heard this and almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
He really couldn't understand how the situation had turned out like this. What the hell was going on? Damn it, he just made a normal request, and even mentioned the girl's name … How could the situation turn out like this!?
Fortunately.
At this moment.
Finally … Accompanied by a series of footsteps coming from the direction of the corridor, a calm and serious middle-aged male voice sounded:
"What happened?"
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