The Enhanced Doctor-Chapter 749 Controversy arises again over competition for positions

After giving birth, Tang Dou became the No.1 star of Qiaoqiao's social media feed. Qiaoqiao had taken a lot of photos and uploaded them all.

"Qiaoqiao, when the time comes, I can take one off your hands for you. With so many mischievous creatures at home, I'm afraid your life would be quite tough," Wang Xiaoyan said cheerily at lunch.

"Hmph, I knew from the start you had your eye on our Tang Dou," Qiaoqiao retorted, a bit smugly. "Besides, once they're a bit older, you wouldn't know how to properly care for young puppies anyway."

Tang Dou was impressive, giving birth to four puppies in one go. Now, she had many people messaging her asking for a puppy, so she had to choose very carefully.

Actually, what did she really want? She didn't want to give any away; she wanted to raise them all herself.

"How have you been getting along with Qiaoqiao these few days?" Liu Banxia asked Qing Kewa.

"It's been a lot of fun; I don't want to go back. Life here is good, and there's so much tasty food," Qing Kewa replied.

"Then you should stay; you're used to life here anyway," Qiaoqiao suggested.

"Unfortunately, my parents won't come to live here," Qing Kewa shrugged.

"If Qing Kewa didn't have so much family fortune to inherit back home, she might really consider living here," Liu Banxia said with a laugh.

"Well, her family is so wealthy. What choice does she have but to go back?" Qiaoqiao said to Qing Kewa. "For now, you're just squeezing in some fun when you can. But when you get married, Qing Kewa, you need to find someone who truly loves you, not someone who's just after your family fortune."

"Sigh... you rich people have your own share of troubles too," Wang Xiaoyan sighed.

Just then, the doorbell rang. Liu Banxia went to look and saw it was Qiu Mingyuan and Xiao Yue. They must have seen Qiaoqiao's social media feed and rushed over.

Both of them had done very well in their college entrance examinations. Based on their estimated scores, they should have no problem getting into Binhai Medical College or Binhai Institute of Technology.

This was their prime time for fun. Once they actually started college, it would be much harder to play so carefreely.

"What have you got there?" Liu Banxia inquired, looking at the bag they were carrying.

"It's some pet-grade goat's milk powder for Tang Dou, and two crucian carp. Since there are four puppies, we were worried she wouldn't have enough milk for them all," Qiu Mingyuan answered.

"Have you eaten? If not, you can join us," Liu Banxia said casually.

"This meal of yours is just a quick bite. You should come to my place for dinner tonight. My dad can also get off work early today, and we need to celebrate Tang Dou too!" Qiu Mingyuan said.

"Man, Tang Dou has become very important now, hasn't she?" Liu Banxia exclaimed.

"But of course! She's *our* Tang Dou, after all," Qiaoqiao said gleefully.

"But I've really been craving Sister Xian's cooking recently. I've been eating out with Qing Kewa these past few days. I'm not eating anymore. I'm saving room for Sister Xian's cooking."

After saying that, Qiaoqiao put her half-eaten roasted ribs into Liu Banxia's bowl.

Pregnant women enjoyed special privileges: they could do as they pleased, and if they didn't want to eat something, they didn't have to. Food couldn't be wasted, of course, so the task of finishing it naturally fell to Liu Banxia.

"Brother Liu, I went to Yueyue's house last night. Yueyue's father mentioned you. Are you interested in hearing about it?" Qiu Mingyuan asked, grinning.

"Oh, impressive! Already making house calls as the prospective son-in-law, are we?" Liu Banxia retorted.

"It was all him! He shamelessly insisted on going; he pestered me for ages," Xiao Yue said, a little bashfully.

"Well, I have to secure my spot early, don't I? What if you go to medical school and someone else snatches you away?" Qiu Mingyuan said confidently.

"That's it, I'm crushed. Young people these days just don't play by the book," Wang Xiaoyan remarked sourly.

"I'm not eating anymore either. I'll go freeload dinner with them tonight. Sister Xian's cooking really is delicious. While I'm at it, I'll learn a few tricks from her and try to get myself married off quickly too."

In the traditional view, even though these two were about to enter university, their relationship was definitely considered 'dating too young,' especially since they had gotten together back in high school.

But what about the current situation? Both sets of parents were very much in favor of their relationship. If this were in the past, who would have dared to even imagine such a thing?

Looking at herself, she was already so old and hadn't even figured things out as well as these two kids. Still single, and constantly being subjected to others' public displays of affection.

"Sister Yanzi, don't think I don't know. The line of men pursuing you is long enough to form a queue!" Xiao Yue said.

"You're such a sweet-talker, Yueyue. Come to my yoga class when you're free. You have to manage your body well these days. Men... their favorite thing is to chase after the new and discard the old," Wang Xiaoyan said airily, casually taking a jab at both Liu Banxia and Qiu Mingyuan.

That was pure collateral damage; what did it have to do with the two of them?

Fortunately, both Qiaoqiao and Xiao Yue were magnanimous enough. They just shot Liu Banxia and Qiu Mingyuan a warning glance, then huddled together again to look at Tang Dou and her pups.

"Brother Liu, don't tell me you can finish off all these leftovers?"

Seeing Liu Banxia still sitting at the table, eating slowly and methodically, Qiu Mingyuan started to feel a bit antsy.

"It shouldn't be a problem. They ate very little to begin with, and we didn't make much food. The ribs were takeout; we can't roast them like this ourselves," Liu Banxia said.

"Brother Liu, I only found out when I visited Yueyue's father yesterday. Turns out, this business of your promotion to deputy director has caused quite a stir," Qiu Mingyuan said, sitting down at the table.

"Right now, there are basically two viewpoints. Those who think you're up to it believe you're flawless and can do no wrong. Those who think you're not are just picking on your lack of seniority."

"Moreover, this promotion also seems to somewhat break from the norm. Many people are worried that if things are always done this way, it will create an imbalance within the system."

Liu Banxia nodded. "I figured as much early on. It's also a matter of fortunate timing and opportunity. I didn't expect a new Deputy Chief Director to arrive, and even less that someone would be at odds with Chief Director Chen."

"Discussions at the medical college are also very heated. This should have been something resolvable within our hospital. Now it seems the medical college is going to formally intervene. It's a real headache."

"Brother Liu, do you think those people oppose you because they genuinely feel that way, or are there other factors involved?" Qiu Mingyuan asked curiously.

"Probably both," Liu Banxia said. "After all, in an environment that values seniority, for a greenhorn like me to suddenly pop up... it's not that easy for people to accept."

"Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many issues now. Alternatively, if I had graduated from Binhai Medical College myself and accumulated some connections through years of work, then it wouldn't be an issue either."

Qiu Mingyuan nodded. "However, according to Yueyue's father, it seems Chief Director Chen intends to withstand the pressure and keep the appointment of the Deputy Director of the Emergency Center as an internal matter for the Second Hospital to resolve."

"It was originally a matter under the Second Hospital's jurisdiction anyway; it only got blown up this big because of some criticism. As I see it, if this matter is handed over to the medical college for discussion, then no matter what Chief Director Chen is insisting on, he would have already lost."

Liu Banxia frowned. He hadn't expected that the competition for a mere deputy director position could stir up such dramatic waves.

Although the Second Hospital is an affiliated hospital of the medical college, it operates under a system where the Chief Director holds responsibility under the leadership of the hospital's Party Committee. The position of Deputy Director of the Emergency Center, in truth, is not actually very high-ranking within the overall hospital hierarchy.

The reason it seemed somewhat special was because the administrative ranking of the Emergency Center was slated for an upgrade in the future.

If it weren't for this, why would Xu Qixin, a chief physician in plastic surgery who was doing so well externally, return to compete for this deputy director position? What a joke!

But even with this factor, that was still something for the future. The current scale of things wasn't that significant; it was entirely within the Second Hospital's jurisdiction, merely equivalent to a non-clinical deputy director of a large department.

The crux of the conflict in this matter, in reality, was no longer about Liu Banxia himself; it had shifted onto Chen Zhenxing.

"I am rather curious about one thing, though," Qiu Mingyuan continued. "It seems no one is making an issue of your master-disciple relationship with Director Zhou."

Liu Banxia chuckled. "The medical system is somewhat special. If you were to forcibly try to establish connections, you could connect almost anyone. Take the interns I'm currently supervising; even if they don't have a formal master-disciple relationship like mine with Director Zhou, where I was accepted into his tutelage, they still respectfully call me 'Teacher.'"

"We're still relatively young. If you trace back further, aside from those recruited from outside, almost everyone graduated from Binhai Medical College. If people made an issue out of this, the entire medical system in Binhai City would collapse."

"This is also a kind of burden for a medical college's affiliated hospital, I suppose. To say it has no influence whatsoever would be nonsense, but trying to completely avoid it is impossible."

"Sigh... It was originally about my competition for the position, and now I've become more like an onlooker. If the selection process could be handled internally within the hospital, I would basically be set."

"Everyone has connections; eventually, those connections don't matter as much. After all, Chief Director Chen is my direct superior. Aside from my lack of seniority, they can't find any other faults with me."

Qiu Mingyuan nodded. "My dad said the same thing. He actually finds all your hospital politics quite interesting—much more complicated than personnel adjustments in a company."

"I think that's pretty good, isn't it?" Qiu Mingyuan said. "At least you don't have to feel any pressure. If it's decided within your hospital, you're set. If it goes to the medical college, there's still a chance to rally support."

"Actually, all I want right now is for things to be less troublesome," Liu Banxia said, shaking his head. "But then these matters just have to come find me."

His thoughts were still somewhat complicated. Because even if he really did get the deputy director position in the future, nobody would say he got there based on his own abilities.

Although he wasn't overly concerned about what others said now, it wasn't that he *didn't care at all*—he still cared a little.

He had his own pride, didn't he? Although he might have started putting in serious effort a bit late, he had genuinely worked hard, and his current grasp of medical skills was very solid.

That's why his feelings had become rather conflicted; the sensation of having his future decided by others wasn't good at all.