When I'm on the night shift, all the department heads can't sleep.

Lin Ye had just printed out the disposal order when Guo Ming glanced at it.

"Approximately how much will this CT scan cost?"

"The payment window has a detailed list; I can't give you the exact amount here." Lin Ye handed over the form. "Hold your hand still for now, and don't move it around too much."

Guo Ming pinched the edge of the paper with his left hand and rubbed it twice with his thumb.

"I've already lost half a day's wages, and now I need a CT scan and a follow-up appointment. I need to check if I have enough money on me."

Jiang Wen pushed the cart over and overheard him calculating the money.

She placed a cushion beside the bed: "Give me your right hand. Keep it in place so you don't reach for your bag again later."

Guo Ming placed his hand on it: "I won't do anything. I'll just go back to the warehouse, sit down, and keep count. Is that alright?"

"We'll see if it works or not after the results come out." Jiang Wen supported his forearm. "Relax your hand."

Jiang Wen first padded the splint with cotton padding, then lifted the splint from the forearm all the way to the wrist, wrapping it around the base of the thumb as well.

As the bandage wrapped around his wrist for the second time, Guo Ming instinctively tried to turn it to check, but she pressed down on his forearm.

"Don't move. Are your fingers numb?"

"It's not numb, it just hurts here."

Lin Ye bent down to examine the exposed fingertips. The color and temperature were normal. He pressed the nail, and the color quickly returned.

Guo Ming stared down at his right hand, which was now immobilized: "If they really find a problem later, can you give me a certificate? My boss only recognizes written documents."

"Yes. Once the results are in, I'll give you the diagnosis certificate and rest recommendations."

Lin Ye hung his backpack on the hook next to the bed.

Guo Ming, who had been constantly scrolling through his phone, finally turned off the screen upon hearing this: "Okay, then let's investigate."

The CT scan room's call number came relatively quickly.

Guo Ming was going to get a checkup, so Jiang Wen gathered the two shoulder straps of his backpack together and hung them on his left shoulder.

Guo Ming was in too much pain to help, and stood there letting her do as she pleased.

"I'm a grown man, why should I trouble you to carry my bag?"

"It's okay, I'm not a weak woman." Jiang Wen stuffed the examination form into his left hand. "Follow the green sticker on the ground, don't go into the wrong room."

Less than twenty minutes after Guo Ming returned from the CT room, a thin-slice image of his right wrist was transmitted to the workstation.

As the forest unfolded layer by layer, a very thin fracture line appeared at the waist of the scaphoid bone.

Before the official report was issued, he contacted the on-call orthopedic doctor and reported the injury mechanism, tenderness in the nasal cavity, and axial pressure pain in the thumb. He also told the doctor that the CT images had been uploaded.

The on-call orthopedic doctor quickly arrived at the general clinic area.

He checked several layers of images to confirm, and then went to the bedside to re-examine the vital signs in his right wrist and the blood circulation in his fingers.

"Look closely, it's a fracture of the scaphoid lumbar region, the position is good, and there is no obvious displacement."

Guo Ming stared at the almost invisible line on the screen: "Such a thin line, and it counts as a fracture?"

"The fracture line is right here." Lin Ye displayed the X-ray and CT scan side by side on the screen. "When this kind of injury first occurs, it is sometimes not visible on a regular X-ray, but it is much clearer on a CT scan."

"So if I actually went back to move that half-truck of drinks, I might even move it to the wrong place?"

The on-call orthopedic surgeon held his wrist: "If you really use it to test your strength, things might not be so easy later on."

Guo Ming quickly picked up his phone and sent a voice message to the work group: "It really is a fracture, I won't be going this afternoon. It's not that I'm being lazy, the CT scan is already done, please tell the boss."

After sending the voice message, Guo Ming stared at the work group for two seconds before putting his phone back in his pocket.

The on-call orthopedic surgeon placed a plaster cast on the short arm's thumb for fixation.

"Come back for a follow-up appointment at the orthopedic clinic within a week. We'll check on the healing progress at regular intervals. The cast cannot be removed by yourself, and it must not get wet."

Upon hearing that he couldn't dismantle it himself, Guo Ming quickly shook his head: "No. Take good care of it and go back to work as soon as possible."

Jiang Wen unwrapped the plaster cast beside her: "That's more like it."

Jiang Wen removed the temporary splint, re-padded it with cotton, and then supported the wrist and thumb along the radial side of the forearm with the plaster cast, securing it with a bandage, leaving only the distal phalanx of the thumb and the other four fingers exposed.

After the fixation was completed, Lin Ye checked the color, temperature, sensation, and capillary engorgement of Guo Ming's right fingertips again. He then had Guo Ming flex and extend the four exposed fingers in turn to confirm that the distal phalanx of the thumb was normally responsive.

Guo Ming bent each hair one by one to show him, and after he finished, he asked, "Is it okay? No numbness?"

"Sure. Moving your fingers is fine, just don't use that hand to lift things."

The official CT report was quickly transmitted back to the workstation.

Lin Ye added the orthopedic consultation opinion, the blood supply after fixation, the outpatient follow-up time, and the indications for emergency return to the hospital to the medical record one by one. The diagnosis certificate also clearly stated that the right wrist should not bear weight.

"If your fingers become increasingly numb, turn pale or purple, or feel noticeably cold to the touch after you go home, or if the cast becomes increasingly painful, go straight to the emergency room." Lin Ye handed him several sheets of paper. "If the cast becomes loose, broken, or soaked, don't try to wrap it with tape yourself; come to the hospital to have it treated."

Guo Ming placed the diagnosis certificate on top and slapped it on the boss first.

The other party quickly replied with a voice message. After listening to it, his shoulders visibly relaxed: "Tell me to rest today and bring the materials over tomorrow."

Guo Ming neatly arranged the diagnosis certificate and follow-up visit slip, put them into the examination bag, and picked up his backpack with his left hand.

As he reached the entrance of the clinic area, he turned back and raised his right hand, which was in a cast: "Thank you, doctor. I won't dare to just turn around and leave next time."

Jiang Wen added, "Don't expect a next time."

Guo Ming chuckled and turned sideways to leave the house.

Lin Ye returned to the workstation and completed the discharge record.

The notification that had been in view faded away.

The process breakpoint has been closed.

The words disappeared.

After finishing with the other bed, Zhou Min pulled over a chair, looked at the injury mechanism and the orthopedic consultation opinion, and then scanned the peripheral blood circulation record.

"What are the conditions for returning to the hospital?"

"It was on the paper, and the patient understood it."

Zhou Min clicked "Approval," and the page immediately displayed "Approval Approved."

"Okay, this one doesn't need to be sent back for rewriting." She slid the chair back to its original position. "Write the rest according to this."

Lin Ye closed the medical record page.

Around noon, the general outpatient clinic was unusually quiet for two minutes.

Lin Ye picked up his phone and opened the one-bedroom apartment that Chen Kai had sent him earlier.

The property listing was still up, so he typed a message in the inquiry box and sent it out.

Hello, is it possible to view the apartment after 6:30 PM tonight?

My phone vibrated quickly.

The landlord replied to the message.

Sure. But there are other people watching tonight, so you'll need to arrive before 7 PM.