Chapter 229 He Just Left
In the huge VIP ward of the hospital, Josh’s voice that was mixed with concern could be heard.
“I didn’t mention anything else during the meeting. But, most of the members on the board wanted an explanation in regard to the loss of the project in Elmsbury. Mr. Lightwood said a few words on behalf of you, but Mr. Bane shut him up.”
“Got it.” Alexander had already changed out from his hospital gown. The custom-made black suit fit the curve of his streamlined body and it concealed the bandage on his back. When he got up on his feet, he no longer looked morbid. “Go and take care of the discharge procedures.”
“But, President Duncan, the doctor said that with your injury you can’t be discharged yet.”
However, Alexander seemed to have not heard him. Buttoning up his suit, he marched out of the ward, leaving behind one sentence: “You know what to say to the hospital staff when you go through the procedures.”
Staring at his back, Josh could only sigh and run after him.
According to the doctor, Alexander had to stay at the hospital for at least one month. Two of the ribs on his chest were broken, compressing the nerves around his heart. His condition was very serious.
Nonetheless, Alexander was casual about his injury.
Secretly, Josh thought, Even my boss is so hardworking. There’s no reason for me not to work as hard as him.
With a ‘ding’, the elevator came to a stop as it reached its destination. Josh followed Alexander into the elevator. At the same time, the elevator on the other side had also arrived. A nurse came out pushing an operating bed. Behind her were a bunch of family members and amongst them was a thin figure, who had no strength to resist the push, and came out helplessly with the flow.
The hospital was noisy. It only took a turn for the both of them to miss each other.
“Discharged?” After Courtney asked the nurse on duty at the inpatient department’s nurse station, she was told that Alexander had been discharged. Shocked, she asked, “How could it be? I came right after I heard that he was admitted. Are you sure you didn’t check it wrongly?”
“No.” The nurse explained patiently, “The patient just went through the discharge procedures. Didn’t you just come out from the first elevator over there? He just left.”
Courtney was puzzled once again. “Just left?”
“Yeah. The one next to him, who took care of the procedures for him, is probably his assistant. Both of them just—”
Before the nurse could finish her words, an older nurse from the side cut her off. “They just left. Miss, if you’re really worried, you might be able to catch up to them. But, the patient’s injury isn’t really serious. It’s just that rich people like to make a fuss. According to the doctor, there was no need to stay in the hospital for so long, but he was very worried. So, he ended up remaining under observation for the past few days.”
Upon hearing that, Courtney came back to her senses. Staring at the nurse—who just spoke—in puzzlement, she then confirmed with them again that what she heard was correct. Soon, the anxiety in her eyes faded. This was replaced by a smirk at the corners of her mouth. She was laughing at her own foolishness. How can I believe that Alexander’s injury was so serious and run over like that? If he hadn’t just been discharged and left, he would probably mock me for visiting him.
Staring at Courtney, who had just left in disappointment, the young nurse at the nurse station patted her chest and let out a long sigh of relief. “May, luckily you were fast to stop me. I almost told her before I knew it. If the head nurse finds out, she’ll probably scold me to death.”
“The head nurse said that Mr. Duncan’s assistant had specifically told her that if anyone was asking about his condition, we are not allowed to disclose it. You were probably playing with your phone, right?”
The young nurse stuck her tongue out. “I heard what the head nurse said. But, I didn’t expect there would be someone asking so soon. I was careless. But, it’s strange. His condition isn’t something extraordinary. Why can’t we tell anyone?”
“What do you know?” The older nurse frowned. “Those admitted into the VIP wards are worth hundreds of millions. Things change rapidly in the business world. When one person is down, there are thousands of people who are waiting to take over their place. How can they simply expose their health condition?”
“Is it so scary?” The young nurse was shocked. “Then, I just…”
“Enough. The past is in the past. Besides, nothing happened. Please be more careful in the future. It’s time to begin patient rounds. I won’t tell the head nurse about what happened.”
“Thank you, May. I’ll go now.”
Looking at the reckless young nurse, the older nurse shook her head helplessly.
The worst thing one could do when working in the hospital was to be careless. One had to be on guard at all times. This was especially so for people like them who worked in the special wards at the inpatient department. If they couldn’t keep their mouths sealed, they wouldn’t be able to keep their jobs too.
After leaving the hospital, Courtney went back to the store first. The business was pretty good and there were a lot of people who came to show support. As the designer, Bill came personally. Like a sales promoter, he introduced the material of the clothes and their comfort levels to the customers. He was even listening to the opinions given by the customers humbly.
“This batch of clothes designed by Mr. Dawson has been sold out both online and offline. Several customers failed to buy them and they told us to reserve them when we release the next batch.” The staff reported the sales to Courtney with respect and went on to ask, “President Hunter, we should inform the factory to increase the production of this batch of clothes, right?”
Glancing at Bill, who was busy at the moment, Courtney shook her head. “No. After they’re sold out, we continue to hang up the samples, but we also have to put on a label saying that they’re out of stock.”
Truth be told, before Courtney began her business, she had talked about the same thing with Bill. Bill participated as the chief designer for this series of autumn clothing and his designs weren’t produced in mass quantities. Every size was only made in a limited number of pieces. That way, the clothes would definitely go out of stock.
However, it was Bill’s intention from the beginning to sell them until they were out of stock.
Citron Apparel established itself as an affordable luxury brand. They couldn’t compete with the international first and second-tier brands. Yet, to compete with high fashion brands from the third-tier, they weren’t as fast and as cheap as them. Thus, they could only focus on making their products in limited quantities.
People like to see themselves as a special existence in this world and the limited sale would undoubtedly bank on that mentality.
Bill was indeed a great designer. He could grasp the hearts of consumers with such accuracy and maximize the commercial value of every piece of clothing in the market.
After the customers followed the sales promoter to settle their bills, Courtney only came over to greet Bill. “How was it?”
“Not bad. It’s almost like what I had expected. But, after this series is sold out, there are going to be many imitations on the market. By then, you will be very busy.”
Upon hearing his comment, Courtney flashed him an indifferent smile. “Then, I can just sue them. The compensation we can get from the infringement will be enough for us to open up more flagship stores.”
“I don’t care about these things.” Bill was as cold as usual.
“I’ll go visit Cameron in a while. Do you want to follow?”
“Nah. I don’t want to see her ghostly face.” He frowned. “Wait a minute. I have something to give you. You can pass it to her.”
After he said that, he went to the warehouse and came back with a bag in his hand.
“What’s this?” Courtney was curious when she saw some white yarn peeping out the corner of the bag.
With a disgusted look, Bill said, “Her graduation project.”
