Director Wang was alarmed and, glaring, he asked, "Who are you talking about?"

Shen Qiang smiled and, before he could speak, the big-eyed nurse Lv Shuyao stood up and said, "You know who Shen Qiang is talking about."

Looking at Lv Shuyao's chillingly pretty face, Director Wang nodded at Shen Qiang and said, "Well, Shen Qiang, you must be pleased now, even a nurse dares to talk back to me openly."

Shen Qiang laughed, "This is just the beginning."

Director Wang slammed his chopsticks onto the table with a bang.

At that moment, Doctor Liu, who was sitting next to him, spoke up, "Director Wang, you don't need to stoop to Shen Qiang's level; he's just an intern who still has to ask his family for living expenses."

"Not to mention supporting a girlfriend, once he steps out of the hospital's doors, whether he can afford to eat is a question."

Upon hearing this, Director Wang laughed, glanced at the big-eyed nurse Lv Shuyao, and mocked, "Maybe he could live off a woman? But a nurse's salary isn't much, you know."

Hearing this, Lv Shuyao angrily said, "Shen Qiang doesn't need money to prove himself."

Director Wang and Doctor Liu burst out laughing.

"Is one's ability really proven by talking about it?"

"Yes, indeed, you were just boasting something like Liu Bei once sold straw sandals, and Li Jiacheng was a street vendor, implying you are also capable like Liu Bei and Li Jiacheng?"

"If you're really that great, why don't you earn some money to shut us up?"

"Hahaha, that's hilarious, someone whose pockets are cleaner than his face, daring to boast to us about making money in the future? That's truly laughable."

Listening to Doctor Liu and Director Wang, the ever-silent belle Xin Xiaoting suddenly stood up and challenged, "Are you really that rich?"

Director Wang, fiddling with his latest model iPhone, said, "I wouldn't say very rich, but at least I can support myself."

Xin Xiaoting looked contemptuously at Director Wang, just about to speak.

But just then, she noticed Shen Qiang was holding her arm.

"Sit down," Shen Qiang's smile inexplicably made Xin Xiaoting comply, although she really wanted to hit Director Wang and Doctor Liu in the face, Xin Xiaoting still chose to sit back down.

Once she was seated,

Shen Qiang turned his head, looked indifferently at Director Wang and Doctor Liu, and said, "Making money is easy for me, so your words can't make me angry."

Doctor Liu laughed loudly, "Shen Qiang, how can you be so thick-skinned, claiming you can make money? With your amateur medical skills?"

Director Wang sneered, "Shen Qiang, you need to understand, you do have a doctor's qualification now, but you still lack a practice certificate. If you dare to treat someone for money outside this Bikang Hospital, that would be illegal practice."

Shen Qiang calmly said, "There's more than one way to make money in the world."

Doctor Liu laughed, "Oh, now you're about to boast again."

At that moment, Director Wang raised his eyebrows and laughed, "Shen Qiang, you don't have to boast about that, see my phone? It's the latest model in Piano Black, you can't buy it anywhere for an additional two thousand."

"If you can afford the same model tomorrow for work, I'll take back what I just said."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang laughed, "A mere phone, is that really the limit of pursuit for you, the wealthy?"

Upon hearing this, Xin Xiaoting and Lv Shuyao's eyes curved in laughter.

Suddenly feeling the burn of embarrassment, Director Wang stood up and said, "A piece of junk who can't even sort out a phone, what right does he have to say such things?"

Having said that, Director Wang left proudly.

Doctor Liu quickly followed, and as he left, he sneered coldly at Shen Qiang, "It's okay if you can't afford it, you can always take out a loan, the loan sharks love poor guys like you."

Shen Qiang laughed, "Be careful, I might just crush you with my money tomorrow."

Without turning back, Doctor Liu scoffed, "If you really had money, you'd better buy yourself some decent shoes."

...

All afternoon, Deputy Director Wu Guoxi had no surgeries, and neither Director Wang nor Doctor Liu caused any trouble.

Zhao Hui and Zhang Liwei were not at the hospital.

Only Shen Qiang and Xin Xiaoting stayed in the doctor's duty room.

There were no surgeries scheduled for the evening either.

So, at 5:30 in the afternoon, Shen Qiang and Xin Xiaoting got off work on time.

As they reached the hospital entrance, Xin Xiaoting stopped Shen Qiang, took out a bank card, and said with some nervousness, "Shen Qiang, are you short of money? I have some here, you can take it and use it first."

Shen Qiang laughed, "You're not trying to get me to buy a phone, are you?"

Xin Xiaoting was taken aback.

Shen Qiang laughed as he walked away, "Don't worry, they can't beat me yet."

The sunny smile on his face made Xin Xiaoting stunned.

So much so that she stood blankly at the hospital entrance, until Shen Qiang's figure had disappeared, before she came back to her senses, her pretty face unknowingly showing a sweet smile.

Just then, Lv Shuyao, dressed in a nurse's uniform, hurried out from inside the hospital. Seeing the sweet-faced Xin Xiaoting, she immediately asked, "Where's Shen Qiang?"

Seeing it was Lv Shuyao, Xin Xiaoting frowned for no apparent reason and said, "He has gone home after work."

Lv Shuyao quickly smiled, "Then can you tell me his phone number? I have something I need to ask him."

Xin Xiaoting smiled, "I don't have his phone number."

Lv Shuyao was astonished, "What about his WeChat or QQ number?"

Xin Xiaoting smiled and shook her head as she turned to leave, "I'm not sure, we don't contact each other privately."

However, when she reached the bus station and took out her phone, she smiled and opened the contacts on her phone.

Contact: Shen Qiang.

Phone: 137...

WeChat: dda33...

QQ: 6780...

...

In a dilapidated top-floor room in an urban village.

Bang!

Shen Qiang's body lay stiffly on the bed.

After a while, regaining some strength, he picked up the electronic watch used for timing and frowned as he mused, "I used the Observation Skill for only 0.8 seconds, and I already couldn't sustain it?"

"The human visual neurons react in one twenty-fourth of a second, which means that theoretically, in the span of 0.8 seconds, I can see 19 images."

"But in the actual application just now, because I was identifying the composition and age of items, I actually only saw seven pictures."

"This means that when I use the Observation Skill, having too many objects together is also unclear and not helpful."

"Currently, the most reasonable use of the Observation Skill is to look at seven items at the same time."

"If among them there are ancient and valuable items, I can immediately discern them."

"But the difficulty lies in the fact that the antique market is so vast, and jumbled items are everywhere — aimlessly looking, seven items in eight hours, to look over the entire antique market, I don't know how many years it will take."

Suddenly, he sat up.

Looking at the thin stack of paper bills and the scattered change on the bedside table, Shen Qiang frowned.

"It looks like I really need to use my brains tomorrow; otherwise, just with these few hundred yuan, even if I find a valuable antique, I still won't be able to afford it."

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