Shen Deguan parked his car by the roadside, a distance away from the Bazhaixiang hospital branch. The moment he walked over, he heard noises that were similar to the sounds pigs made when they were being slaughtered ringing out from the hospital branch.
His cousin, Cao Zhuang, who came along with him, smiled. "Small hospitals are pretty interesting. It's quite lively inside, isn't it?"
"I wouldn't exactly describe this as lively." Shen Deguan looked annoyed. Ling Ran would be performing arthroscopy on his mother. Right now, he was worried that Ling Ran would turn out to be a weirdo.
Even though his father had inspected Bazhaixiang hospital branch as the district head and met Ling Ran, Shen Deguan did not really believe in his father's judgment.
Translator's notes:
[1] A character in Journey to the West, a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng'en.