“What?!”
Elaine seemed to have heard the cruelest words in the world, and she blurted out, “How can you let me out of the hospital so soon? If I’m discharged from the hospital, wouldn’t I have to go to the detention center, then?!”
The female doctor said apologetically, “I’m sorry, Madam Elaine, but I don’t know what the arrangements for you after you’re discharged are. I really don’t know anything about this. You’ll have to ask the police.”
Elaine cried and said, “Doctor, it shouldn’t be difficult for you to give me a medical report saying that I have a serious injury, right? You should just give me one. I’m already old, and I really cannot stand the hardship in the detention center.”
The female doctor said helplessly, “Madam Elaine, this kind of thing cannot be faked in the United States. If I issue such a medical report for you, the police will definitely ask other doctors to review it. If my medical report is found to be false, I will never be qualified to practice medicine again in my life.”
Elaine hurriedly said, “What you’re saying is just a matter of probability, and it may not necessarily happen. You should pity me since I’m already an old woman... I’ve been in a detention center before, and someone broke my leg inside. I don’t know what kind of environment is inside, and I might really get bullied to death if I go into a detention center again...”
The female doctor shook her head repeatedly and blurted out, “I’m sorry, Madam Elaine, but this is a matter of principle, and I really can’t help you.”
Elaine clenched her teeth and blurted out, “Doctor, why don’t we do this, then? Why don’t you just break another one of my ribs? You cannot kick me out of the hospital if I have two broken ribs, right?”
The female doctor said embarrassedly, “Madam Elaine, if I really do that, it’d not be just a matter of revoking my medical qualifications, then. I might even be imprisoned ahead of you, and the two of us might end up being cellmates in prison.”
Having said that, she changed the topic immediately and said, “By the way, Madam Elaine, you want to eat foie gras with ginseng and millet as well as lobster congee for breakfast, right? I’ll go and make the arrangements for you now, so please wait for a moment.”
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