21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 433 - 430: Running (Seeking Monthly Tickets, Seeking Subscriptions)

After breakfast, and bolstered by the effects of coffee, Chen Yu also revived in spirits. Once he sorted out his appearance, he picked up his white coat and stethoscope, ready to begin his routine ward rounds for the day.

Following Keiko’s father’s fever subsiding last night, his vital signs had stabilized and there hadn’t been any incidents all night, so Chen Yu had actually managed to get a decent night’s sleep. The reason he chose not to use the "Necromantic Space" to go home and instead slept in his office was because he worried that if something happened and someone came looking for him and couldn’t find him, it would cause a delay.

Sleeping on the sofa was indeed uncomfortable, but given the potential for patient emergencies, Chen Yu’s actions were not at all strange.

Though no incidents had occurred, Chen Yu still planned to conduct a comprehensive and detailed examination of Keiko’s father today. On one hand, this was to check the specific condition of his body after using the "Dragon Blood Potion", and on the other hand, it was to ensure that no issues arose from the mutation, thus preventing any potential problems.

As an associate professor of surgery, Chen Yu naturally had more than a few patients under his care. Making his rounds, although he spent only about ten minutes with each patient, getting through all of them still took nearly two hours, taking up most of the morning.

Chen Yu saved Keiko’s father for last. This wasn’t because Chen Yu thought a comatose patient was unimportant, but because arranging tests for Keiko’s father would take more time, so Chen Yu had put him last.

As a result, by the time Chen Yu arrived at Keiko’s father’s ward, Keiko’s mother and Keiko had already completed the discharge procedures and were packing up to leave the hospital.

"Doctor Chen Yu! I’m really sorry about last night, bothering you to come all the way from your home. I truly apologize," Keiko’s mother hastily put down what she was holding and bowed deeply to him when she saw Chen Yu. She felt very guilty about making Chen Yu rush to the hospital from his home and stay there for the night, and her gratitude towards Doctor Chen and Jounouchi Hiromi for their help towards her family was accumulating beyond measure.

Keiko, having also been told about last night’s events by her mother, bowed deeply in appreciation to Chen Yu, just like her mother.

"You’re both too kind. What I did is just part of my job. What we as doctors hope most is for our patients to be in good health and, ideally, to never need to come to the hospital," said Chen Yu politely. Seeing that they still seemed to want to do something in return, he smiled and added, "If you really want to thank me, just take good care of yourselves. That will lighten our workload too."

"Doctor Chen, you jest," replied Keiko’s mother, thinking he was making a light-hearted remark, and continued with the pleasantries.

Chen Yu didn’t mind the misunderstanding and proceeded with a serious check-up of Keiko’s father. Satisfied with his significantly healthier look compared to yesterday, Chen Yu nodded in approval. He found nothing amiss, but visual inspections and experience are ultimately limited, so to be certain of the exact diagnosis, detailed and professional tests would still be needed later.

Packing up his stethoscope, Chen Yu looked at Keiko’s mother and Keiko, who had finished packing, and asked, "So, are you ready for the discharge?"

"Yes, we’ve finished all the procedures and can leave soon," Keiko’s mother answered Chen Yu, but again expressed her gratitude, "We really can’t thank you and Doctor Jounouchi enough for this incident. If it hadn’t been for both of you, I really don’t know what we would have done! With my husband like this, if I were to have had an accident, what would have become of Keiko all by herself! You both truly saved our family’s lives!"

As she spoke, Keiko’s mother became so emotional that she even knelt down in front of Chen Yu.

Chen Yu quickly reached out to help her up, "You don’t need to do this, no need for such formality! We were just doing our duty as doctors; it’s not worthy of such a grand gesture. Moreover, we are in a hospital, and it won’t be good if word gets out."

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Seeing Chen Yu’s reaction, Keiko’s mother abandoned the idea of kneeling down again, but in her heart, she was even more determined to repay Chen Yu and Jounouchi Hiromi.

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Since they weren’t very busy and both placed a high value on Keiko and her family, Chen Yu and Jounouchi Hiromi were standing at the hospital entrance to see them off when Keiko’s mother and Keiko left the hospital.

"Keiko, make sure you study hard when you get back! Mr. Chen Yu has promised to give you his old review materials and question sets from when he took the entrance exams for The University of Tokyo. If you can get into The University of Tokyo and become his junior, that will be quite an achievement! Even I didn’t get into The University of Tokyo back in the day," Jounouchi Hiromi reminded Keiko with a smile, recalling what was discussed that morning in Chen Yu’s office.

Hearing Jounouchi Hiromi say this, Keiko was overjoyed. While she was confident in her own academic performance, getting into the medical department of The University of Tokyo—the most competitive in all Japan—wasn’t something that could be achieved just by being confident in one’s grades. Now that Chen Yu had agreed to provide review materials and problem sets, Keiko felt her chances of getting into The University of Tokyo had increased significantly.

To have access to review material and problem sets from someone who had actually passed the entrance exam for The University of Tokyo was truly precious and not something money could buy.

"Thank you, Doctor Jounouchi! I will definitely work hard to get into The University of Tokyo and not disappoint you!" Keiko bowed deeply to Jounouchi Hiromi and then to Chen Yu. Unable to fully express her gratitude in words, Keiko could only resort to this gesture to convey her feelings.

Just as Keiko’s mother was about to say something more, the hospital-issued phones for internal communication that Chen Yu and Jounouchi Hiromi were carrying rang simultaneously. They exchanged puzzled glances, pulled out their phones, and saw a message displayed on them.

"An explosion caused by sewer biogas in a certain residential area of Tokyo: one dead, three injured. The injured are severely wounded and currently en route to the hospital, comprising an adult and two children."

Reading the message, Chen Yu and Jounouchi Hiromi couldn’t afford to continue the farewells with Keiko and her mother. After a quick goodbye, they rushed back to the hospital.

Keiko watched as they dashed back to the hospital, thinking how cool they looked with their white coats fluttering as they ran.