Episode 9 recap: Chen Hui disagrees with Fan Qiqi being discharged, and Director Liu violates the regulations to save a person.
Dean Pan comes to find Chen Hui. Chen Hui is angry because Dean Pan disagrees with his surgery. Dean Pan doesn't pay attention to his attitude and instead sincerely praises Chen Hui. He also hands over the breakfast prepared by Chen Hui's loved one. During ward rounds, Wang Kai is approached by a kidney failure patient who dismisses Nurse Xiaohu and insists on speaking with Wang Kai about examining the test results. Wang Kai believes it to be true and stays behind. However, the patient directly hands him a large envelope, begging for help in getting a place on the kidney transplant waiting list. Wang Kai firmly refuses to accept it, but the person pleads desperately, mentioning that there are four elderly people in their family who need care.
While the two are struggling, Ma Lan pushes the door open and is surprised by the scene. Wang Kai is also stunned. He quickly explains to Ma Lan that things are not what she thinks they are. Ma Lan says she came at the wrong time and leaves after speaking. Wang Kai angrily pushes the patient back onto the bed and throws the envelope at him, complaining about his actions. It's time for a meal, and the caregiver serves a meal to Li Xiang, the kidney failure patient. Li Xiang happily stuffs the meal with lots of candies, saying that his parents are getting remarried. The caregiver expresses blessings and leaves with the candies in hand, while Li Xiang happily starts eating.
Director Bai and He Tong see this from outside and feel relieved about Li Xiang's mood. Chen Hui learns that Fan Qiqi is about to be discharged and urgently rushes to stop her mother. Fan Qiqi's mother pulls him into the corridor and tearfully begs Chen Hui not to repeatedly give them hope and disappoint them again and again.
Chen Hui can only go to the ward with the gift he prepared for Fan Qiqi. Fan Qiqi's mother deliberately takes a photo of Chen Hui and Qiqi together. Due to the shortage of kidney donors, only one has been allocated this time, and it's designated for patient Dong Biao because his condition is critical and his health is complicated. However, Dong Biao has the shortest hospital stay, and there are several kidney failure patients waiting for a donor before him. Therefore, Director Liu and Wang Kai remind everyone to maintain confidentiality and not cause unnecessary conflicts among the patients.
Dong Biao is about to undergo dialysis, and all the kidney failure patients gather in the corridor. Li Xiang, who is leading the group, stops Dong Biao's cart and questions why Bai Mei took away his kidney source and gave it to Dong Biao. Bai Mei knows that the information about the kidney source has been leaked and persuades Li Xiang in a gentle manner. However, Li Xiang emphasizes that he was the first patient to come and wait in line for the kidney source, so why does Dong Biao, who arrived later, get to have it first? Bai Mei explains that Dong Biao's condition is critical, and he needs to undergo kidney dialysis now. If they obstruct it, they will bear all the consequences. Bai Mei instructs He Tong and Chen Hui to take the patient for dialysis while she stays behind to explain to Li Xiang and the others.
He Tong is worried that Bai Mei sent the patient to the operating room and then returned. Bai Mei is discussing something with Director Liu, and Chen Hui anxiously comes to find Director Liu, saying that Fan Qiqi should not be discharged as it could be life-threatening for her. Bai Mei tells him that it's the patient's family's decision, and the hospital must respect it.
Director Liu has no intention of explaining to Chen Hui, but Chen Hui stops him and angrily says that there are kidney failure patients who need his immediate attention. Bai Mei quickly pulls Chen Hui aside and persuades him not to act this way, saying that she was once like him, not wanting any patient to lose their life, but doctors are not almighty.
Chen Hui rushes out to see off Fan Qiqi and hands over a note he personally wrote to Qiqi's mother, telling her that if Qiqi can hold on for six months, he will continue writing. Suddenly, Dong Biao has a medical emergency, and Director Liu quickly takes him to the operating room for rescue. However, the kidney source is stuck on the way due to a traffic accident. He Tong quickly takes a bicycle to meet it. The bicycle chain falls off on the way, but He Tong ignores her own fall and abrasions, quickly gets up, runs to the ambulance without hesitation, snatches the kidney source, and runs back. Meanwhile, Director Liu and Bai Mei are urgently trying to save Dong Biao in the operating room, but they are unable to save his life. Seeing Dong Biao's grieving mother, all the doctors feel extremely frustrated.
Li Xiang's condition is also very critical, and he believes he won't survive. He asks the nurse for help to attend his parents' remarriage ceremony. Director Liu and Bai Mei make a bold decision—they can't stand by and watch two lives being lost in one day. So, they take the initiative to use the unused kidney source from Dong Biao for Li Xiang's transplant.
However, Director Li does not allow Chen Hui to participate. Chen Hui returns home and finds a package containing a photo of himself and Qiqi inside.
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