*SPLAT!* The instant-noodle bucket overturned, viscous broth and tangled noodles splattering across Deputy Wang’s corpulent frame! He ignored it. Eyes bulged, glued to the urgent dispatch scrolling across his screen. Greasy fingers trembled violently over the keyboard, a frantic staccato. “D-Director Lin! P-Provincial HQ… approved the list!” His voice strangled, cracking. “…But… Zhang Chi’s name… annotated in red! ‘Severely unqualified! Provincial Medical Team rejects! Adjust per local discretion!’” *CRASH—!* Lin Guodong snatched the cracked enamel mug from his desk and hurled it at the towering document pile! “Discretion my ass!” The cup exploded against paper—inkwells, files, shrapnel of documents erupted like grimy fireworks! A bottle of blue ink toppled, CLATTERING t

