Winnie Miao, a 38-year old mother with two children, was the head nurse of the VVIP Ward Department. It was her fifteenth year working in the Yao Hospital.
She scrutinized the two new nurses in front of her, knowing that they've got their jobs by pulling strings. This made Winnie extremely annoyed.
She cleared her throat, and asked, "Are you Angela Si? And you are Nancy Dong?"
They both nodded. Angela told Winnie with a smile, "Winnie, I'm Angela Si, and she is Nancy Dong!"
Winnie Miao seemed to be offended by the pleasantry. She narrowed her eyes and replied with an unfriendly tone, "Have I asked you about it?"
Winnie was playing hardball with them. Angela wanted to say something back, but Nancy interrupted her in a low voice, "Angela, calm down!"
To calm her nerves, Angela took a deep breath and thought of her brother's warning, "Going out to work is not the same as studying in school. Hold back your tantrums, or you won't even know why you've been trapped!!"
She paused for a while so that she could cool down, then she answered Winnie with a smile, "I'm sorry about what I've done, please continue."
Winnie glanced at the two ladies and nodded with satisfaction, "You may start your work now. You should start at the bottom and work your way up. I don't care how you landed this job but you would never receive any special treatment. You would be treated as ordinary nurses here. If you can't stand the difficulties, I wouldn't stop you from leaving."
Winnie was a straightforward person. Without much talking, she asked two qualified nurses to take them to work right away.
Time had passed quickly. Luckily, this morning's work had been a breeze. Since there were only ten wards with two patients, there was no need to ask the novices to get their new hands in treating the patients. They just spent their time watching how the tenured ones work to familiarize themselves in their new working environment.
At noon time, Angela asked Nancy to come with her to the Pharmacy Department. When Angela ran, Nancy pulled her to stop, "Angela, you better take care of your looks..."
Nancy was like an old conservative lady. She had always been reminding Angela about the proper manners. Angela stopped in her tracks, "Nancy, as a girl, sometimes you can't be too tender, you know? Well, you should learn from me..."
Nancy gave a disapproving look, "Your brother has told you to learn from me!"
"... Just forget it!" Actually, Angela learned something from her but it was not a good experience. Nancy was too kind and weak-hearted. It was a piece of cake for her to confront ten girls like her at the same time!
She shook her head and frowned at her. However, her expression quickly changed when she suddenly saw someone, "Hey, Angela, isn't that Randal?"
Randal, the guy whom Angela really liked, was the only reason why she was rushing downstairs and hoping she would ran into him.
Even if she only saw his back, she was sure that the thin boy was Randal!
She quickly straightened her cap, patted her pink uniform, and then made her way to him. However, Angela wasn't fast enough. There were two other nurses who came to him first, "Hey! Randal!"
Angela suddenly felt discouraged, "Nancy, tell me how can these women be..." so persistent like me!"
Nancy chuckled, "So, there's only you who can be determined to win his attention?"
"Well, whatever!" Angela left Nancy and hurried towards Randal, "Ran... Ah!"
When Angela was about to tap Randall's shoulder, she ran into a man who was looking down on the medical records.
Unfortunately, Angela lost her balance and spinned around... And another spin before she was able to steady her feet.
Angela looked blankly at the medical records flying around her. Why was there no hero who came to save her?
Where was Randal?
He had already gone...
Suddenly, a cold voice had pulled her back to reality, "What were you doing? Why are you being so rash!"
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