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The next day Bing Xue woke up early and finished her daily exercises. She then had her breakfast and went to work, while Song Jue stayed behind. She had to finish some articles and therefore she stayed at home. Bing Xue was in a relatively better mood because of her break the previous day. She started her morning shift after her rounds.

In the afternoon she had to perform a minor operation. After she completed that she went to the doctors' lounge to work on her research paper. However, at about 6.30 p.m. there was an emergency. There was a patient who was in a car accident. He was driving the car. However, due to the brake failure in his vehicle, he lost control. He crashed directly into a wall. He was severely injured and needed to be operated on immediately.

Again, Bing Xue and Yang Ruowei were called to the operation theatre. The senior surgeon selected Yang Ruowei to assist him in the operation. Bing Xue was asked to observe the operation. Bing Xue was a little disappointed. It was a difficult operation. She would have learned a lot if she assisted. However, she didn't get the opportunity. She would have observed such a procedure even if she was not told to do so.

The operation took about 6 hours. There were a few complications in the middle but it was a success.

It was past midnight. After the operation ended Xue went to the hospital canteen for dinner. Then she returned to the doctors' lounge to sleep in the restroom.

However, when she reached the lounge, she found someone sitting there at this hour. It was Yang Ruowei. She looked as if she was waiting for someone. When Xue entered the lounge Ruowei looked at her and said, "You are back finally."

Xue was surprised and asked, "Were you looking for me??"

Ruowei said, "Yes I needed to talk to you."

Xue asked her, "Is it important? If not, we can talk in the morning." She was trying to dismiss as she wanted to go to bed.

But Ruowei continued and said, "Nahh… it's not but it will just take a few minutes."

"You have around 2 months left in your contract. What are your plans? Are you going to continue here?"

Xue stared at her for a second before saying, "Firstly, I haven't decided yet. Secondly, why does it matter to you?"

Xue felt irritated by her questions so she continued, "We are not even friends but merely colleagues. So, you should not be asking me such questions. You will know about my decision when everyone in the hospital does. Now if you will please excuse me I am going to sleep."

Ruowei smirked at Xue and said, "Okay don't tell me. But before you go, I will give you friendly advice."

"You should go abroad and apply to the top hospitals there. You have talent but if you continue to stay in YGH it will just be a waste."

"As for other hospitals in the country, I don't think they can hold a candle to YGH in terms to quality and quantity. Again, you will not be able to use your 'great' talents. So, you should consider applying to foreign hospitals.", saying this Yang Ruowei left the doctors' lounge.

Bing Xue felt irritated by her words. She was openly telling her either to leave the country or to continue being suppressed by her. Xue thought about it for a few minutes before going off to sleep.

A month later-

Less than a month was left in Bing Xue's contract period. In this past month, she had further researched MLH.

There was indeed a rapid expansion of the cardiothoracic surgery department. They had hired a few doctors from abroad. They were also looking to hire young cardiothoracic surgeons from Cinea.

In the past month, she had perfected her resume and had decided to apply to MLH. She would send her resume in the next few days.

The news of her applying to MLH had somehow spread in the hospital. Xue had a strong feeling that it was Ruowei's work. After that night in the lounge, she had kept a close eye on Bing Xue. The doctors and the nurses had always maintained a distance from Dr. Bing Xue. But after the news was leaked, they further distanced themselves from her.

In this past month apart from a couple of minor surgeries, she was not called up for any major surgeries. The attitude of the staff towards her was disheartening. Most of it was due to Yang Ruowei's influence and the rest was due to jealousy.

However, this did not faze Bing Xue at all. Once she had decided to leave YGH after her contract period, she stopped caring about the staff's attitude. After the next month, she won't be seeing them.

As the senior doctors were not allowing her to assist in major operations, she was relatively free. After her rounds, she would either be in the doctors' lounge working on her research paper or she would be researching about MLH and working on her resume.

At 7 p.m. in the evening she was still in the lounge working on her paper. Suddenly a person came in. It was Yang Ruowei. She came up to Xue and stood in front of her.

Xue looked up and saw her. She asked her, "Do you need something?"

Ruowei said in a taunting manner, "I gave you such good advice but instead you have taken such a stupid decision. Instead of going to the top hospitals abroad, you have decided to apply to MLH. At present, it only has two operational hospitals. The one in Cinea has been operational for less than 2 years."

Xue stared at her for a second and then said in an extremely cold voice, "GET OUT!!!"

Ruowei was stunned by her tone. She was shocked by her demeanor and stood frozen for about 5 seconds. After that, she collected herself and quickly exited the lounge.

At this moment, Xue was feeling very pissed. She decided to call it a day and go home. As she was about to leave, she received a call. It was from an unknown number. She picked it up.

"Hello. Is this Dr. Bing Xue?"

She replied, "Yes. This is she."

She heard the person say, "I am calling from MLH. It has come to our attention that your contract with YGH is about to come to an end. Our hospital is currently in the process of expanding our Cardiothoracic department. Therefore, we are conducting interviews for hiring doctors."

"If you are interested, kindly report tomorrow at 1 p.m. at MLH Inc."

Xue was surprised when she got this call. She had been thinking about sending her resume in the next few days. Instead, the hospital contacted her first.

She replied, "Ok. I will." The other side ended the call after giving her all the relevant details.

The next day she got up early. She completed her daily exercise routines. She had a shower and sat down for breakfast. She then called YGH and took the day off.

She then started preparing for the interview. She put all her certificates and documents in a folder. She polished her resume with last-minute details. It was strange because she hadn't sent her resume to the hospital. Still, they had obtained her information.

At around 11.30 a.m. she went to change her clothes. It took her an hour to get ready. When she was ready, she looked very lovely and elegant. She wore a cream shirt and a white cardigan on top. She wore a knee-length violet skirt. She also wore a pair of black mules.

She tied her luscious hair in a bun. She wore minimum make-up. She also wore her glasses today. Generally, she wore contacts but today she decided to wear her glasses.

She left her house at 12.30 p.m. MeiLi Hospitals was 5 miles from her apartment. She took a cab and reached the hospital in 10 minutes.

The hospital was located in one of the most expensive commercial areas in Cinea. More than being expensive it was very difficult for new businesses to acquire land in this area. One would need a lot of connections and influence to start a venture in that commercial area.

When she reached the entrance, she found the patients were flooding in. She made her way to the reception and stated her purpose. As she was 10 minutes early, the receptionist told her to wait. She sat down in the waiting area which was adjacent to the exit. She observed the entrance and was actually surprised by the footfall. On comparing to YGH, she found out that it didn't lose out to YGH at all. The hospital had six floors which were three less than YGH.

While waiting she started arranging her documents and certificates properly. After 10 minutes the receptionist received a call. She gave her directions to the office where her interview would take place. She then directed Bing Xue towards the lift.

Bing Xue got up and made her towards the 6th floor.