The Enhanced Doctor-Chapter 769: Liu Banxia with no ambitions

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The meal was splendid. After eating, Wang Jingxian also made tea for everyone to cleanse their palates.

"This year has indeed been exhausting, but we've also gained a lot. Once this last busy stage is over, we can truly relax a bit," Liu Banxia said.

"It won't be much relaxation, will it? The normal workload for an attending physician is also quite busy, right?" Qiu Huaili asked.

Liu Banxia nodded. "Anyway, my requirements aren't high. I just need to be able to go home and see Qiaoqiao."

"Oh, what are you saying? Aren't you embarrassed?" Qiaoqiao said, smiling brightly and teasingly.

"I mean it. Even if there's nothing much to do in the hospital at night, it's still cozier to sleep at home," Liu Banxia said.

"When the child is older, consider buying a house near the hospital. That would save you from such a long trip home after work," Qiao Xuezhi suggested.

"Actually, it's pretty much the same. Even if we buy in the city, it would still take over half an hour to get home, and it's easy to hit traffic during the evening commute," Liu Banxia said.

"We'll see what Qiaoqiao thinks. If she prefers to live here, we can, even if it means I have to travel more. Isn't there a plan to extend the subway line out this way? I might even be able to commute by subway by then."

"Hehe, really?" Qiaoqiao asked with a smile.

"What else can we do? If we keep Tang Dou and her puppies in an apartment in the city, they'd feel cooped up," Liu Banxia said.

"Even if they can't play outside here freely, they can still run in the garden. Big dogs like her really need ample space to be happy; otherwise, their mood suffers."

Listening to Liu Banxia's words, Qiao Xuezhi was very pleased.

He had long approved of Liu Banxia, and now he was even more satisfied.

His son-in-law didn't have to be rich, nor did he need to be exceptionally talented, but he must be good to his daughter. This is her happiness for a lifetime; everything else is secondary.

Perhaps hearing her name, Tang Dou brought her leash over again and squatted beside Liu Banxia, staring at him eagerly.

"Missing your puppies? Let's go home then." Liu Banxia rubbed Tang Dou's forehead.

Tang Dou's tail wagged so fast it was like a wheel on fire. She was very happy.

"You guys continue chatting; we're taking Tang Dou back to see the puppies," Liu Banxia said.

"Brother Liu, we'll come and see too," Qiu Mingyuan perked up.

"Usually, Tang Dou is very protective of the puppies and sometimes she'll shield them with her body. Only Sister Qiaoqiao can bring the puppies out, so sometimes we can't even see them."

"Puppy, puppy!" little Doudou called out at this time, pointing at Tang Dou.

"Take him with us. We're all leaving; he might get bored if he's left alone," Qiaoqiao said.

Upon hearing that he was also included, Doudou's face lit up with excitement.

Even though he's a small child, he could understand a lot of what was being said, although his speech wasn't very clear yet.

"Brother Liu, is there any news about that case?" Qiu Mingyuan asked when they got outside.

"I don't know either. But your classmates should have provided some important clues. We can't rush this; it will turn out well," Liu Banxia said.

"Those people are so awful. How can people like that exist?" Xiao Yue said.

"In today's world, as long as there's profit to be made, someone will do it. Otherwise, there would already be world peace," Liu Banxia said.

"Sigh... I miss Qing Kewa. What am I going to do?" Qiaoqiao asked.

"What can we do? We can only video call. Did she go to a hospital when she got home, or did she go to a private clinic?" Liu Banxia asked curiously.

"How could it be that quick? She needs to rest when she gets home. But she seems quite troubled; she hasn't decided where to go yet," Qiaoqiao said.

"This is the trouble of the rich. If it were someone else, just having a job would be enough," Liu Banxia remarked wistfully.

"Just like when I first came to the Second Hospital, my goal was to secure a position there, and I almost didn't make it. Anyway, whatever I have now is all a bonus."

"Having such a good wife, such a good job, and such a good Tang Dou—life is wonderful."

Tang Dou, who was walking up front, turned around and barked twice. WOOF! WOOF! It was unclear whether she was responding to his compliment or urging them to hurry.

Since they were in the same residential compound, it wasn't far. When they got home and unhooked her leash, Tang Dou bolted upstairs to her room.

"Oh my, Brother Liu, is it okay to let Tiggie go upstairs?" Xiao Yue asked after changing her shoes.

"It's okay, as long as Tiggie doesn't get too close to the puppies. Looking from a distance is fine," Qiaoqiao said.

"What a pity. My Tiggie and Tang Dou aren't the same breed; otherwise, they would have been a couple," Qiu Mingyuan said regretfully.

"But Tiggie is quite well-behaved. After Tang Dou snapped at him that one time, he hasn't approached the puppies since and always watches from afar," Qiaoqiao complimented.

"Doggy, doggy!" Doudou extended his little hand again, pointing upstairs.

"Haha, initially I thought Doudou was referring to Tang Dou when he was shouting 'Doggy,' but he was actually thinking about Tang Dou's puppies too," Qiaoqiao laughed.

Children are all adorable. Doudou is cute, and Tang Dou's puppies are also very lovable.

Although everyone was gathered around the entrance to her room, Tang Dou, unlike her usual possessive self, was lying quietly inside feeding her puppies.

The four puppies were so robust, largely thanks to Tang Dou's feeding. Even though Tang Dou had been eating very well every day, she had lost some weight.

"Ah... Looking at these little puppies, they're just too adorable," Xiao Yue said.

"It's just that she ran out of ink when making them," Liu Banxia joked. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Tang Dou glanced at him, as if to argue, The ink cartridge was low; it's not my fault. They were born like this, so what are you going to do about it?

"They're drinking milk and not coming out to play," Doudou said, again extending his little hand while Qiu Mingyuan held him.

"We have to wait a bit longer. When they grow a bit older, Doudou can play with all the little puppies," Qiu Mingyuan coaxed him.

"Doudou has Tiggie," the little one said happily.

"In the future, if you want to see Tang Dou's puppies, wait until he comes back. She used to nurse them with her back to me; she's only lying down openly like this today because he's here," Qiaoqiao said.

"See? Tang Dou is closest to me. Let her take care of the puppies in peace. Shall I cut some fruit for everyone? Or make some juice?" Liu Banxia asked.

"Fruit is fine. Juice sometimes makes you even thirstier after drinking it," Xiao Yue said.

It was up to her to make the decision; Qiu Mingyuan was just tagging along, after all.

"Brother Liu, have you ever considered a career path that includes the medical college in the future?" Xiao Yue asked curiously after they returned to the living room.

Liu Banxia shook his head decisively. "My career plan is very simple: heal the sick and save lives. That's it. I try to avoid getting involved in too many complicated matters as much as possible."

"This time, circumstances forced my hand, and I ended up in the eye of the storm. There was no other way, so I just have to bear with it. Time is so tight; it's never enough."

"In the future, I plan to do some research in orthopedic surgery and pediatric general surgery. The emergency center also needs to make some changes in this aspect."

"But if you go to teach at the medical college, with your qualifications, it would definitely benefit your future development. It's not like you'd have to be at the school all the time; you could just go when you have classes," Xiao Yue said.

"But in that case, I'd have to prepare lessons too. Otherwise, I'd be shortchanging the students," Liu Banxia said with a laugh.

"My daily patient consultations and other tasks already take up so much of my time. I'm quite satisfied if I can just handle all this work smoothly."

"Moreover, it would be even more of a mess over at the medical college. It's better for me to focus on developing at the emergency center than to get entangled in issues like title evaluations."

"Actually, I did consider such a development path before, and it would certainly help my future promotion. But what I'm doing now really takes up too much of my energy, and I need to save some time for my wife and child."

"Hmph, that's more like it," Qiaoqiao snorted.

"Yueyue, I think we should just be doctors in the hospital in the future, like Brother Liu, and not worry about all that other complicated stuff," Qiu Mingyuan said.

Liu Banxia was a cautionary tale. If Xiao Yue also got so busy that she couldn't come home every day, life would be very hard.

"My goodness, I wish I could be as busy as Brother Liu. But do I even have that capability?" Xiao Yue said exasperatedly.

"Don't underestimate yourself. Only when you truly engage with medicine will you know what your foundation is and how much potential you can still tap into," Liu Banxia encouraged.

"But I might be a little different. As I just said, I really have no other ambitions. It's not like I absolutely have to rise to a certain high position to feel I've realized my self-worth."

"Letting me perform surgery every few days makes me content. Don't mind that I always get dog-tired from surgeries, but if I'm idle for too long, my hands will feel itchy."

"Haha, just like when I first learned to drive. I wished I could live in the car; now I don't even like to drive much," Qiu Mingyuan said.

Liu Banxia also laughed. Even though Qiu Mingyuan wouldn't be eligible to take his driver's test until next year, he was already a seasoned driver. His family had many cars, so he could just drive them for fun in deserted areas, of course.

"Doudou is really good, sitting here and eating fruit by himself," Qiaoqiao complimented.

"I'll have to work hard. If we have two kids, one of them has to be a boy, right? Then Doudou can marry into our family, and I'll be Doudou's mother-in-law."

"That mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship will be rock-solid," Qiu Mingyuan commented.

"Absolutely, it will be great. The mother-in-law will be taking her daughter-in-law out to play then," Liu Banxia added.

Qiaoqiao gave him a pinch, then couldn't help but imagine the scene and laughed herself silly.