Chapter 157: Researching a Little More

Ji Xiang got up early, ran a half-marathon, and went home to eat.

"Ji Xiang, are you doing surgery this weekend? Are you going to the private hospital with Mo Jiaoshou and the others?" Ji Yongchang asked.

"Dad, I'm not going to the private hospital today. Oh right, tomorrow I have to accompany the director to Yuanliao City for a Flying Knife. It should be a same-day round trip, don't wait for me for dinner."

"Oh, that fast." Ji Yongchang looked at his son, very satisfied.

"It's alright." Ji Xiang didn't tell his old man about the Shanghai matter; he wanted to handle this himself.

"Take care of your health. By the way, how is the girlfriend your mother introduced to you?"

"Dad, how long has it been and you're only just asking now." Ji Xiang said, "You should care about your son more often."

"I figured you wouldn't like her, that it wasn't a good fit."

Ji Xiang finished eating and stacked the bowls and chopsticks, "Dad, no more chatting, I'm going to do surgery. Three partial Kidney Resection surgeries today, very impressive!"

"Good luck."

After seeing Ji Xiang off from the window, Ji Yongchang began to tidy up the table like a housewife.

After washing the dishes, Ji Yongchang picked up his phone and made a call.

"Xiao Ying, Ji Xiang is going for a Flying Knife with the director this weekend."

"Amazing! I told you my son could do it!"

"Hehe."

Ji Yongchang, who was usually stern and rarely smiled, was grinning from ear to ear over such a small matter.

……

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Ji Xiang rode his bicycle to the hospital.

He first called Mo Chenggui and Wang Daxiao to apologize, then began helping the doctors in Liu Zhuren's team transport the Patient to the System Operating Room.

Having already seen the post-operative results in the System Operating Room, Ji Xiang still urgently wanted to see it in reality once.

Although the surgery had an extra step and an extra procedure, the results were exceptionally good.

However, according to what the System NPC said, a "true" scientific research project would take over 30 years, and Ji Xiang was still hesitating whether to choose this topic.

"Xiao Ji." Liu Zhuren had also changed into his White Uniform; after saying a few words to the Family Member, he called out to Ji Xiang.

"Director, morning."

"Have you thought through what I told you yesterday?" Liu Zhuren was more concerned about this.

"I've thought it through, mostly." Ji Xiang said.

Liu Zhuren observed his expression and understood Ji Xiang's meaning.

The child was still young; every young person's heart was full of sharpness and vitality.

Especially when combined with shocking talent...

But most people like this had one trait: they were quite stubborn, with a sense of "if you aren't obsessed, you won't succeed."

"Heh." Liu Zhuren laughed in a low voice, "Go back and look up what happened to Guo in 2006, and study it carefully later."

"Director, why do you always talk about Guo?"

"Because news from other circles doesn't spread out; there's a sense of separation." Liu Zhuren walked toward the operating room, "I saw what happened in those years with my own eyes and had some thoughts; it just so happens I'm telling you since I ran into you."

"Thank you, Director."

"Learning from a new master while already skilled isn't shameful, really not shameful." Liu Zhuren rambled, "Back then, when they wanted to ban Guo, wasn't it Hou who helped block a blow for him? Otherwise, even if Guo had heaven-defying skills, he wouldn't have been able to start a prairie fire."

Ji Xiang understood Liu Zhuren's heart; these words could only be said to those closest to him.

However, the description of "learning from a new master while already skilled" was indeed interesting; his own teacher should only be one—the System NPC.

He had a very vague attitude toward his own trip to Shanghai, which was something Ji Xiang couldn't understand.

Supposedly, the System NPC shouldn't be like this.

Liu Zhuren didn't say any more; young people might not necessarily understand what he was saying. Even if they understood the meaning, their spirits were high, and they might not necessarily follow through.

If it weren't for the fact that Guo had been stuffed into a shop window like a Shizi to be watched just to earn some money back then, and if he hadn't been destitute, there probably wouldn't be the stories that followed.

Who knows, it's all fate.

The two began to chat about today's surgery, arrived at the changing room to change clothes, and entered the operating room.

"Liu Zhuren, I see today's surgery is different." The Circulating Nurse was busy and greeted Liu Zhuren after seeing him enter.

"Mm, doing the Embolization first, it's an Advanced Surgical Procedure." Liu Zhuren said offhandedly.

"Ha, Liu Zhuren, you're something else, you're even studying Advanced Surgical Procedures now?"

"That's right, I, Lao Liu, am old in age but not in heart; follow me in the future." Liu Zhuren looked at the Circulating Nurse with a smile, "If I have a bite of meat, you'll have a sip of soup; if I have a sip of soup, you'll have a bowl to wash."

"Who did you learn this silly talk from, what's on your mind?" The Circulating Nurse wasn't angry, but said with disdain, "In your Urology Department, you just earn a bit of manual labor money; it's not easy to support a family. I reckon if I'm your circulating nurse, I'll just be washing kidney dishes all day."

"You can't say it like that. A good Circulating Nurse and Instrument Nurse can both photosynthesize. Why do we need money, right? We can just face the sun and inhale some immortal energy to survive."

Liu Zhuren joked, but it didn't delay the real work.

He began to verify the Patient's information himself.

It was unknown what Liu Zhuren had experienced to be so cautious.

Positioning the Patient, Ji Xiang went to scrub his hands and prepare for disinfection.

Returning from scrubbing, Ji Xiang saw Liu Zhuren checking the pneumoperitoneum equipment.

"Liu Zhuren, do you have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder? You have to check everything from the beginning every time you do surgery. Out of all the directors in the hospital, you're the one with the most issues." The Circulating Nurse made a sarcastic remark before counting.

"Carefulness prevents major mistakes." Liu Zhuren didn't mind, and after checking the equipment, said, "I had a classmate who was already preparing to lead a team in the Imperial Capital, but one day something went wrong during surgery."

"What happened?"

"The surgery was finished, and the Monitoring Instrument started to beep. He didn't pay attention, thinking it was the alarm sound from the nurse removing the equipment. It just so happened that the Anesthesiologist that day was a slacker who ran off to another room to chat."

"Luckily it was discovered early, and after a round of resuscitation, it was fine."

"Isn't everything fine? Why are you saying a major incident happened?" The Circulating Nurse hadn't heard about the Medical Malpractice and felt Liu Zhuren was being alarmist.

"It was also good luck; when I went to the Imperial Capital to learn partial Kidney Resection, he was acting like a lunatic, checking even the connection tubes of the Anesthesia Machine."

"Oh my, bringing a Standardized Training Student to surgery today? Are you that person who participated in the nurse competition during the grand contest?" The Circulating Nurse asked with great interest upon seeing Ji Xiang begin to disinfect.

"It was a coincidence; Bai Chuzhang wanted me to make up the numbers, so I'm just here to fill the quota." Ji Xiang narrowed his eyes slightly.

"I heard the old lady wants to pull you over there to be a Head Nurse? Go! A Head Nurse at Imperial Capital Hospital scolds an Attending Professor just like she's scolding her own son!" The Circulating Nurse gossiped.

"Heh."

"Don't look down on the Head Nurse; the income of a Head Nurse here is no lower than an Attending Professor. Over in the Imperial Capital, the Head Nurse is in charge of bed scheduling; who wouldn't have to be careful when speaking to the Head Nurse?"

"The beds over there are precious; as a Head Nurse, you make at least this much a month." The Circulating Nurse said, raising a hand and spreading five fingers.

(End of chapter)