Chapter 214 Medicine
In an apparent hurry, the man strode towards the nurse's medicine room and barged inside.
And as if synced with the perfect timing, the monitoring screen suddenly went black.
"Hurry! Go to the medicine room of the Second Pediatric Department!" Hobart yelled and frantically walked out. Behind him was the security guard of the hospital.
Unfortunately, when they arrived, the man in black was nowhere to be found. He seemed to have disappeared that soon.
"Where is the medicine? Take back all the medicine!" Hobart shouted in panic, turning his head from left to right in search of someone suspicious.
"President Hobart, the medicine has been distributed." Clueless as to why these men would surge in their department all of a sudden, Erin eyed Hobart with a glint of fear.
"Where is Boyd's medicine?" the latter asked as he walked towards Boyd's room.
But before he could even get there, a scream blared from the ward, "Ah, it hurts! Let go of me!
I will really kill you! You idiot keep on feeding me cheap food on me! Do you think I won't notice, huh?! I'm not stupid!"
Evident in Boyd's voice was the disdain and aversion his face expressed.
And while he sounded harassed, Hobart and the security guard rushed in, hoping to catch the man they had been tailing.
However, Boyd graced their sight, grabbing his wife's hair while his eyes were bloodshot. "Bitch, I said I wanted to eat something delicious! Did you hear me?" he yelled aggressively.
"This is what our family can afford. Let go of me! Why do you keep on making trouble?" the woman grieved as her tears rolled on her cheeks. "Stop! What are you doing?"
Hobart shouted angrily and immediately grabbed Boyd's arm. But the latter, perhaps amped with some drugs, slammed him on the ground with brute force.
Even the security guard was anxious and at a loss. He wanted to subdue Boyd, but the crazy patient picked up the infusion bottle and threw it at him. Everything happened so fast that the next thing they knew, the security guard convulsed and fell on the ground.
Meanwhile, after Nancy heard the news from Erin, she didn't think twice and frenziedly rushed over to the ward.
"Boyd, it's me, Dr. Nancy. Please put down the bottle. We can talk about this," she softly said, reminding herself to stay calm. "This bitch always gives me noodles. I've been eating them for two months, and I'm fed up with it!"
Boyd ranted and threw a crisp slap on his wife's face.
Because of the powerful impact, the woman fell on the floor. "We don't have any money to buy other food!"
she cried loudly, ignoring the seething pain and redness of her cheeks. "Boyd, don't worry. I'll buy food for you. What do you want to eat?"
As Nancy walked closer to him, she could hear her heart beating so fast, although she tried her best to calm down.
But her ploy seemed to have worked as Boyd blinked his eyes and gazed up at the ceiling. Then after thinking for a while, he uttered, "I want to eat pancakes, wontons, dumplings..."
Because he thrived in an ordinary household, Boyd thought that those foods were already special, which was not staple to them.
In fact, he had never seen or heard of any other food that the wealthy would fancy to eat. "Okay, look, I have money here. Don't worry. We'll buy you those foods, okay?" Nancy muttered as if she was talking to a baby.
Then, she quickly took out a thousand dollars and commanded, "Erin, go buy dumplings and wonton for Boyd." "Alright."
Erin, who followed Nancy to the ward, took the money and left in a hurry.
Nancy then assisted Boyd's wife, who looked frail on the floor, to stand on her feet.
"Doctor Nancy, he used to be a very economical man. He ate whatever I prepared and had a gentle temper. I don't know what's wrong with him these days. He doesn't seem to be himself anymore. I'm so sorry," the woman helplessly uttered, sobbing. "It's okay, don't worry."
As Nancy spoke with a soft tone, she gently patted the woman on the shoulder to comfort her.
At the same time, Hobart pulled her aside and said in a low voice, "I just checked the surveillance video, and someone entered the pharmacy. But because the camera wasn't clear, we couldn't see his face. I suspect that the current mental disorder of Boyd was because of the medicine!" "Oh?"
Even though Nancy had already suspected it too, she didn't expect the culprit to be that bold and commit it twice. "What? What are you talking about?" the wife asked in surprise. "Well, we are not that sure yet. But since he had been in the hospital for a long time and is a little depressed, maybe you should take him out to get some fresh air,"
said Nancy, who was obviously trying to stir the conversation off-topic. "Oh, alright."
Surprisingly enough, the woman just nodded without any suspicions.
At this time, Erin came back with all the foods, and upon seeing her, Boyd excitingly grabbed them and began to munching like a deprived man.
So, after making sure that the patient had calmed down, Nancy and Hobart walked out of the ward. "We'd better leave it to Mr. Fu," Hobart suggested.
With his resources, Hobart could do nothing but inspect the hospital, and since the surveillance footage wasn't much of a help, he could only find limited clues. "President Hobart, just let me handle it myself.11 Although Nancy recognized that Charles had a massive influence, she just couldn't always rely on him when things got complicated at work. "What? Do you have a better idea?"
Hobart curiously asked, narrowing his eyes. "I'll think about it. Don't do anything to alarm the culprit for the time being."
Turning her head, Nancy tried to hide her worry. Although she wanted this solved as soon as possible, she couldn't let other people, even Charles, get dragged with this mess. "But Mr. Fu..."
Fearing Charles' wrath, Hobart tried to insist. That man would surely scold him if he weren't informed of this.
"Don't worry. I will talk with him about it." "All right," he finally uttered. But then, he suddenly looked at her and pled,
"Doctor Nancy, please put in a good word for me to Mr. Fu. I don't want him berating me for not solving this case." "I will.
President Hobart, I have an operation. I need to go."
"Okay."
Then, Nancy hurried to the operating room.
As soon as she was about to enter, Jessie and Anna— who both had no business in that place—suddenly walked out of the operating room. "Hello, Director Nancy,"
Anna greeted her with a shaky smile. "Hello."
Just like she would normally do, Nancy greeted back while putting her mask on.
Then, lowering her head, Anna walked past her, as if the former was in some sort of marathon.
And as Nancy stared at Anna's back, she suddenly realized something. Seeing Jessie and Anna in this place wouldn't be a coincidence, and she had a malicious feeling about it.
Thankfully, the operation was not very complicated. It was just a fracture so she could just let her assistant do it. So after entering the room, she handed the operation to a resident doctor, who Nancy believed was more than capable of successfully carrying it out.
Then she sneaked out and hurried to confirm her suspicion.
When she passed through the First Pediatric Department, she especially took a look and found that Anna was not there.
'Where else would she be during working hours?'
she thought and went straight to the monitoring room. "Oh, Director Nancy!"
greeted the staff in surprise, obviously not expecting a doctor to enter that room.
Nancy raised her hand and hinted them not to speak.
Then, she sat in one of the empty chairs and randomly checked the surveillance video.
And with just first glance, her hunch was confirmed-Anna really went out. More than that, she had changed into her usual clothes, put on sunglasses, and carried a black bag out of the hospital. 'Where the hell is she going and why is she dressed like that?' she thought, now with even stronger suspicion. "Please don't tell anyone that I went here,"
she reminded the staff before leaving.
Since Anna had just walked out, she wouldn't have gone that far yet.
And true enough, when she frantically ran out, she saw her hailing a cab not far from the hospital.
At the sight of this, Nancy got even more curious. So, she cautiously hid while keeping her eyes on Anna.
Moments later, the latter quickly got in a cab.
Fearing that she might lose track of her, Nancy hailed and got in another taxi.
'Where is she going?' she thought again after instructing the driver to tail the cab in front. When Anna 's car halted, Nancy noticed that the area was not heavily flocked with establishments or even with people. Anna then got into a coffee shop.
Around there was a cloakroom where Nancy walked in to buy a peaked cap to somehow conceal her face.
After making sure that her disguise was enough, she walked into the cafe and sat not too far from where Anna was. Knowing that this was the perfect time to gather evidence, Nancy took her phone and started recording.
Not long after, a man in black, who looked oddly suspicious, walked in.
He looked back cautiously and didn't sit down across Anna until he made sure that no one was following him.