Chapter 431

Not long after Matthew sat down, he heard a familiar voice coming from outside the door. “Matthew works here?” Thus, he hurriedly stood up and opened the door. Then, he saw that Ellie and Crystal were walking over together.

Crystal tugged at Ellie’s hand and smilingly said, “Isn’t that Matthew?”

Looking at Matthew, Ellie blushed furiously, lowering her head as she greeted him, “Hi, Matthew.”

On the other hand, Matthew was feeling curious. “Ellie, why are you here? How is Mrs. John doing? Is she in better condition?”

Ellie smiled and replied, “Crystal transferred us over to this hospital. She claimed that this hospital has better facilities. Moreover, she helped us pay for the medical expenses too.

Crystal is such a nice person. Also, Dr. Ellis has been treating my mom, and Mom seems to be completely healed. She will be discharged from the hospital in a few days. Mom is still considering, but she plans to invite you over for dinner.”

In response, Matthew immediately replied with a smile. “Of course, I’ll go! It’s been such a long time since I ate Mrs. John’s cooking.” When he had been neighbors with Ellie in the past, he often went over to her house for free meals.

Ellie said, “Matthew, I-I actually came here to apologize to you… If it wasn’t for you, I-I—” As she spoke, her eyes reddened. Previously, she had sneaked into the medical exchange conference and nearly caused a huge ruckus.

Crystal looked awkward as she said, “To be honest, that was my fault, Ellie. Don’t worry; I’ve learned from my mistakes after what happened! I will never make the same mistakes again!”

Her words were meant for Matthew. Even so, he didn’t react—he didn’t care about her situation at all.

Unfortunately, his lack of reaction made her feel a little sad.

After chatting for a while, Matthew went to the wards upstairs to visit Ellie’s mother. It so happened that Mr. John was there too. He was extremely grateful toward Matthew and thanked him profusely.

They chatted for a short while, then Matthew took his leave. As he passed by the director’s office, he heard a raging voice coming from inside. “Sir, why should that new nurse be assigned to the department of that piece of trash, Matthew?! The Department of Chinese Medicine doesn’t even have a single patient!

As a director, he is redundant. So, why was a nurse assigned to him?! In my opinion, he should be cleaning the toilets! What right does he have to be the director of a department?!”

Matthew frowned. He could tell that the voice belonged to Tristan Fields, an attending physician in the hospital. Rumor had it that Tristan came from a family with a large network. For that reason, he tended to throw his weight around and act rather unreasonably within the hospital.

Still, Matthew had not had much contact with him before. So, there shouldn’t have been any conflicts between the two. Therefore, it was surprising that Tristan was going about slandering Matthew behind his back.

“Tristan, you don’t understand much about Matthew’s situation. Besides, these matters are arranged by the hospital. So, you shouldn’t poke your nose into it so much!” the director replied earnestly.

Tristan immediately snarled, “Director, I couldn’t care less about all that! I came here to say one thing.

Our department is sorely in need of nurses. You should transfer Crystal Harrison over to our department!”

Upon hearing that, Matthew finally understood the situation. Tristan had nothing against him. Rather, he was aiming for Crystal. Hence, Matthew couldn’t be bothered about that. You can cause all the trouble you want, Tristan. If you manage to get Crystal transferred out, that’s even better.

I can’t drive her away because of my relationship with Joseph—I need to be considerate of his feelings.

But, if you get her out of my hair, won’t that make my life easier?

When he returned to the office, Crystal was busy wiping down his table.

“Miss Harrison, you don’t need to do that. I can do something as simple as that myself,” he said.

She smiled sweetly. “Don’t mind me, Matthew. I came here to be a nurse. So, I should be starting from the basics. Besides, I should be the one doing these kinds of things. Why don’t you take a break? I’ll make you some tea in a bit.”

He was surprised. Did Crystal really change? Still, he couldn’t be bothered to say anything, Thus, he casually sat by a chair nearby and read the newspaper.

All of a sudden, the door opened, and a six-foot male doctor walked in. Matthew recognized him—it was Steven Newton. Steven came from a powerful family and was very handsome to boot.

He was also famously known as the prince charming of the hospital. Without even bothering to glance at Matthew, he directly went up to Crystal and smilingly said, “Miss Harrison, it’s your first day at work.

It must be tiring, right? I bought two cups of milk tea. Shall we have tea together?”