Chapter 6 — After Doctor Diep Disappeared

She folded the documents, her voice was very calm: "In the operating room there is a camera recording the entire process, extract it and see it clearly." The Head of the Legal Department pushed up his glasses and his eyes flashed: "Director Diep, the video tape in the operating room due to a system error could no longer be extracted half an hour ago." Diep Nam Sanh's body leaned back a bit. She turned her head to look at Trieu Minh - the special assistant standing behind Co Han Chau. Trieu Minh lowered his head and stared at the tip of his shoe. Co Han Chau stood up, walked next to her, and put a hand on her shoulder. The force wasn't great, but it was so heavy that she couldn't move. He bent down, put his mouth close to her ear: "Let's cooperate a little, accept the mistake, resign, publicly apologize. I've already made a statement from the hospital side, and there will be no criminal prosecution." Diep Nam Sanh did not look at him. Co Han Chau's voice became a little deeper: "Bear the pain a little, I will make it up to you later." Diep Nam Sanh turned his head and looked straight into his eyes. From a very close distance, she could see tiny patterns on his iris. Before, she used to think these eyes were very beautiful, very deep, very dark, every time she looked at her, it seemed like there was light inside. Now there is nothing left in these eyes. Diep Nam Sanh bowed his head and slowly removed the doctor's card pinned to the chest of his white blouse. Rectangular plastic card, printed with her name, title and 3×4 photo. The girl in the photo is smiling, her eyes are curved. She picked up the card, waved it lightly in front of Co Han Chau, then let go, and the doctor's card hit him in the face. The edge of the plastic card hit his cheek, bounced off, and fell to the ground. Everyone in the meeting room held their breath. Diep Nam Sanh stood up, took off his white blouse, folded it in half, and hung it on the back of the chair. The black sweater worn inside was very thin, highlighting her deeply concave collarbones. She didn't look at anyone, pushed open the meeting room door and walked out.

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Chapter 5 The news that Diep Nam Sanh was suspended from work seemed to grow wings and fly out of the hospital. Downstairs was crowded with a group of people carrying video cameras. As soon as she got out of the taxi, the flash lights flashed wildly in the whole corner.

"Doctor Diep! May I ask, did you intentionally cut the wrong blood vessel during the surgery?"

“Doctor Diep, the Co family has issued a statement announcing that they will pursue responsibility, do you have any feedback on this?”

Diep Nam Sanh bowed her head as she walked through the crowd. Someone pointed the microphone straight at her face. She raised her hand to block it, her knuckles hitting the metal head of the microphone. Swiping her access card twice to open the door, she slipped into the lobby and turned around to close the glass door tightly. The flash light outside the door was still flickering, the light penetrating step by step through the crack in the door. On the morning of the third day, she went out to buy breakfast. The apartment door had been splashed with red paint. Paint flowed down from the door frame, forming a small puddle on the carpet in front of the door. On the door, four words were scrawled in paint: "Doctor murder." Diep Nam Sanh stood in front of the door and looked for two seconds, then turned and went down to the manager's room to borrow a bucket of dishwashing liquid and a scouring pad. She squatted in front of the door, vigorously scrubbing the red paint. The paint has dried, the brush is not clean, the more you brush, the smudger it becomes. She rubbed for half an hour, His fingers turned red, the words on the door were still faintly visible. She threw the cleaning pad into the bin, carried the bin and returned it to management. Diep's mother took the slow blue train for seventeen hours to get to Bac Thanh. Diep Nam Sanh did not know that her mother could not even afford to buy a hard sleeper ticket, but only bought a hard seat ticket. When Diep's mother arrived at the Co family's villa, it was 3 pm.