Chapter 587 445: This Eldest Sister Wang Is So Pitiful

At Xin'an Hospital, on a bench outside the internal medicine clinic, Wang Meilan sat with her head down, her eyes lowered and her face dark.

Beside her, Jin Xiaomei sat shoulder to shoulder with her, holding Wang Meilan's arm with both hands. "Sister-in-law, don't be angry," she urged. "The boy is just being a good son."

"Yeah, Auntie..." Li Baoyu, who was standing nearby, heard this and was about to add a few comforting words, but he was met with Wang Meilan's hostile gaze.

Li Baoyu quickly turned his head away, averting his face along with Jie Chen.

"Hmph!" Wang Meilan snorted, glanced up at the internal medicine department's information board on the hospital wall, then said to Jin Xiaomei, "Sister, what do you think? Isn't this just a complete waste of time? We're supposed to be out shopping, but instead he drags me here for this whole charade."

Jin Xiaomei also frowned, speechless. She glanced at Li Baoyu, whose back was turned to her and Wang Meilan, and could only try to placate Wang Meilan again. "Sister-in-law, we're already here, and you've had the check-up. Let's just wait a little longer. As soon as Xiaojun comes out, we'll go shopping."

Wang Meilan's brows furrowed. She let out another heavy snort and said, "What's there to check? There's nothing wrong with me!"

...

"How could there be nothing wrong?" In the internal medicine office, Zhao Jun stared at Zhou Shujuan in astonishment.

Zhou Shujuan was speechless.

Zhou Shujuan was Jie Chen's distant relative—the kind you'd struggle to connect on a family tree. She was thirty-nine years old and had been practicing medicine for many years, making her very experienced.

At this moment, Zhou Shujuan looked at Zhao Jun, utterly exasperated.

Three days ago, her older sister had come to her, saying that the second son of the Jie family had a favor to ask. He had a patient he wanted her to take a look at.

Zhou Shujuan's family and Jie Chen's family were from the same village. When they were children, she and her sister had even eaten the small river fish Jie Chen's mother used to dry.

So, regardless of the connection, there was no way Zhou Shujuan could refuse Jie Chen's request.

Besides, Zhou Shujuan had heard that the patient she was being asked to see was the mother of one of Jie Chen's friends.

Apparently, this friend of Jie Chen's was a very devoted son. He was so worried about his mother's health that he had brought her all the way from Lingxi for a check-up.

Zhou Shujuan thoroughly approved of this. Anyone willing to bring their mother hundreds of kilometers for a check-up was definitely a filial son.

Of all virtues, filial piety is the foremost.

Dutiful children were always looked upon favorably, no matter where they went.

Zhou Shujuan herself was a filial daughter, not only to her own parents but also to her parents-in-law. She was well-known for this, both at her workplace and in her hometown.

So, upon hearing that a devoted son was bringing his mother for a check-up, Zhou Shujuan was more than willing to help. She didn't even mind having to swap shifts with a colleague.

This feeling was especially strong when she saw Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu practically carrying a resistant Wang Meilan into the clinic.

With nearly twenty years of medical experience, she was all too familiar with how resistant rural women could be to seeing a doctor.

This resistance was especially pronounced when it came to internal medicine, where the ailments were unseen and intangible.

So when Zhao Jun managed to get Wang Meilan seated on the stool, Zhou Shujuan found herself greatly admiring the young man. She then helped him persuade Wang Meilan to appreciate her son's good intentions and even praised Zhao Jun profusely. It was only through this combination of gentle coercion and coaxing that they finally got Wang Meilan to complete the examination.

But at this very moment, the way Zhou Shujuan looked at Zhao Jun changed.

It was no exaggeration to say that in her nearly twenty years of practicing medicine, this was the first time she had ever seen a patient's family member get anxious because the patient *wasn't* sick.

Zhou Shujuan didn't know that Zhao Jun was a reincarnator, so she couldn't understand his confusion. However, her grandmother had been a servant for a landlord in the old society, so Zhou Shujuan had heard a few stories about bitter feuds and kin turning against each other in wealthy households.

Seeing Zhao Jun looking at her so eagerly, Zhou Shujuan secretly shook her head and thought, 'That poor Eldest Sister Wang. Her son is just waiting to fight over the inheritance, actually hoping she's sick.'

Zhao Jun had no idea what this "auntie" before him was thinking. He just found it incredible and was worried about a misdiagnosis.

At his insistence, Zhou Shujuan had already run every possible test on Wang Meilan.

And the final result was: nothing was wrong.

On the way here, Jie Chen had told Zhao Jun that this Zhou Shujuan was the best doctor in the town hospital's internal medicine department.

Moreover, Zhao Jun knew that since they had used a personal connection, the chance of a misdiagnosis was virtually zero. But in his past life, Wang Meilan had complained of chest discomfort, and then, not long after, she had passed away.

'Doesn't that mean it was a heart problem?'

But now, a faint suspicion formed in Zhao Jun's mind. Perhaps because of his rebirth, his family's life had gotten better and better. With his mother in a good mood, all her ailments had simply vanished.

"Aunt Zhou," Zhao Jun said, forcing a smile. "I just feel like... my mom hasn't been in the best of health lately, you know?"

Zhao Jun phrased it this way tactfully, wanting to show his concern for Wang Meilan and hoping to get a definitive answer from Zhou Shujuan. That way, he could finally feel at ease.

But in Zhou Shujuan's eyes, Zhao Jun's expression was just a forced smile. And his words just now sounded to her as if he were getting a little impatient.

Therefore, Zhou Shujuan was quite angry. But because of her connection to Jie Chen, she didn't let it show too much, only saying coolly, "I don't know if you, as a son, are being filial or unfilial. Isn't it a good thing that your mother isn't sick?"

"Good, good, it's great that she's not sick." Zhao Jun only focused on the words "not sick" and completely missed the tone in Zhou Shujuan's voice.

A real smile appeared on Zhao Jun's face now, but he still asked casually, "By the way, Aunt Zhou, does my mom need any kind of prescription for her condition?"