People used to say that a woman with makeup and a woman without are two completely different creatures.

Now, Shen Qiang believed it.

When he saw the director's beautiful assistant, Su Xiaonuan, at the hospital, her attire was very composed and mature, complemented by black-framed glasses and shoulder-length curly hair.

She appeared to be around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old.

But now, looking at Su Xiaonuan in sports clothes, holding headphones, and with her hair in a ponytail,

a youthful vigor engulfed him.

Almost instantly, Shen Qiang realized that this Su Xiaonuan was definitely not as old as he had imagined; she looked at most twenty-two or twenty-three years old.

Seeing the astonishment in Shen Qiang's eyes, Su Xiaonuan smiled, "What's with that expression? Don't you recognize me?"

This made Shen Qiang somewhat embarrassed.

In fact, Su Xiaonuan was still beautiful with black-framed glasses, a business suit, and big curly hair; but she looked completely different from her current appearance.

"I'm just surprised," he said, "I didn't expect you to be skilled in the art of disguise."

Upon hearing Shen Qiang's somewhat teasing words, Su Xiaonuan laughed, "It's necessary for work. I have to look the part to be taken seriously, otherwise no one would pay attention to me."

Shen Qiang laughed, "True, you look too young like this."

With that, Shen Qiang continued jogging.

Su Xiaonuan caught up in a few strides and hurriedly said, "Hey, I was talking to you about your new contract. The offer our hospital has made is really good."

Still jogging, Shen Qiang replied indifferently, "That's only in your opinion. Let me ask you, is the treatment for an associate chief doctor good?"

Walking alongside him, Su Xiaonuan said, "The basic salary still increases with seniority, but the bonuses are substantial. With some effort in surgery, you could easily make about ten thousand a month."

Shen Qiang laughed as he ran, "That's quite a lot, but the problem is this contract would bind me for twenty years. How old would I be in twenty years? Nearly fifty."

Jogging next to him, Su Xiaonuan frowned, "What does that matter? You're a doctor; isn't it the same wherever you work?"

Shen Qiang laughed and shook his head, "Not necessarily. As a doctor, I could open my own clinic, hospital, pharmacy, or even a pharmaceutical factory. All those are possibilities."

"But if I sign a twenty-year contract with Bikang, it would be difficult to pursue those options. If I resign then and the hospital refuses to release my medical license, keeping my registration at Bikang, it would be too troublesome."

"So, all things considered, I won't sign such a contract."

Su Xiaonuan frowned.

Just then,

Shen Qiang saw that tall forward from the CBA, standing with crossed arms in the path ahead.

Another person about the same height as Shen Qiang stood beside him.

"Hey, kid, want to race me in a long-distance run?" the CBA player challenged Shen Qiang.

Shen Qiang ignored him and kept a steady pace, speaking as he ran, "If the hospital intends to bind me for a lifetime with this contract, no amount of money would make it worthwhile."

Su Xiaonuan frowned, "If you have enough capability, then everything you said makes sense, but if your abilities do not match your ambitions, aiming too high is only going to result in losing everything."

Shen Qiang laughed, "I once had nothing, but now, I live in Jinyu Huacheng, so don't mock my dreams because they might just become reality before you know it."

Su Xiaonuan was stunned, "You live here? The rent isn't cheap. Even the smallest house costs over six thousand a month."

Shen Qiang laughed, "It is indeed a bit expensive."

Su Xiaonuan frowned, "In that case, don't you need a stable job even more? So think it over. With such benefits, any other intern would wake up laughing from their dreams."

Shen Qiang laughed, "They are them, I am me."

Stopping in his tracks, Shen Qiang looked at the road ahead and asked Su Xiaonuan, "Are you going that way?"

Su Xiaonuan casually pointed to the left.

Shen Qiang immediately said, "Great, I'm going right. Goodbye."

Without considering what Su Xiaonuan might think, Shen Qiang calmly ran towards the right, then exited through the side gate of the neighborhood and went straight to the antique market.

Since it was close by, he arrived at the antique market earlier than usual.

Upon arriving at the market, many people came up to greet Shen Qiang, mostly the shop owners who were present during his house moving.

Shen Qiang politely chatted with them for a few moments.

Then he began to stroll aimlessly through the stalls.

However, the finest treasures sometimes can't be obtained merely by having keen eyesight.

After wandering around for the whole morning, Shen Qiang didn't find anything particularly good. He handled a couple of small items, made over ten thousand yuan, and transferred it to Sun Kaiping.

Lately, his stall where he opened jars was doing exceptionally well.

In fact, many people at the antique market knew that his jars were fake.

But they still bought them.

The reason was quite simple; Sun Kaiping sold fake jars, but the contents inside were real. So, some people who were not very discerning and liked to try their luck with antiques enjoyed buying from him.

The jars were opened.

The contents inside were real.

They wouldn't lose much money, and if they encountered a collector who liked the item, they might even make a profit.

Therefore, Sun Kaiping's jar stall

was now making a fortune daily.

However, this business wasn't something just anyone could imitate.

Without a large stock of genuine goods, it was difficult to sustain in the long run.

Outside the antique market, Shen Qiang quickly grabbed some breakfast and wisely chose the subway this time. It took him only about twenty minutes to reach Bikang.

He arrived at the Tumor Surgery ward.

After hesitating for a moment, Shen Qiang went to the nurse's station and saw that the beautiful young wife, Gao Hui's husband had already been discharged.

This left Shen Qiang feeling somewhat conflicted.

Soon after, Shen Qiang saw the new specialist in oncology, Deputy Director of Tumor Surgery, Chen Liangpeng. He was talking to Wu Guoxi as they walked upstairs. Upon seeing Shen Qiang, his eyes immediately lit up.

"Shen Qiang, you arrived just in time. Our department has a major surgery, extremely difficult. If successful, our Tumor Surgery at Bikang Hospital will definitely become renowned throughout Provincial City."

Shen Qiang smiled, "That sounds like a good thing."

"However, the difficulty of this surgery is very high. After discussing yesterday, the experts unanimously agreed that the likelihood of success is almost zero and believed that conservative treatment is the only option."

"So I wanted to get your opinion since your surgical skills are quite outstanding. If you are confident, I will definitely secure this opportunity for you."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang laughed, turned around, and entered the duty room.

"Let's do conservative treatment then."

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