Chapter 160: Chatterbox (Alliance Leader Feiyang Bonus Chapter x10)

Liu Zhuren drove toward Yuanliao City.

There is no high-speed rail here, nor is there a highway, but it is not far from the Provincial Hospital; it takes just over two hours to arrive.

That eccentric Doctor is truly tactless; counting the highway tolls, gas money, and vehicle wear and tear for this trip, 500 for a round trip definitely won't cover it.

And that's not even counting food and lodging.

If you add all that up, Liu Zhuren is actually paying out of pocket to perform this "Flying Knife" surgery; isn't that a joke?

It's hard to imagine what that weirdo is thinking.

But to have such an awesome idea over a dozen years ago, and most importantly, to have never given up on it—Ji Xiang is also particularly interested in this person.

Chatting with Liu Zhuren along the way, Liu Zhuren tried to persuade Ji Xiang several times to go to Shanghai. His words were filled with earnestness and expectation, overflowing beyond his expression.

Ji Xiang knew this was Liu Zhuren's good intention toward him, so he smiled and agreed.

After exiting the highway, Liu Zhuren went through the ETC lane smoothly. He parked the car on the side of the road and picked up his phone to make a call.

"Liu Zhuren!"

A warm, overflowing voice came from the other side of the phone.

"When will you arrive? I've been waiting for you at the highway exit since early this morning. Don't talk on the phone while driving; you are precious, a distinguished guest of our Yuanliao City, so you must be careful. Drive slowly, there's no rush."

"I'm waiting right here at the highway exit. The surgery is tomorrow, but no matter what, you must do me the honor today; I'll treat you to..."

Ji Xiang sat in the passenger seat, his shoe already worn through with a large hole.

This Doctor definitely has a condition, and it's not a small one; the diagnosis is social butterfly syndrome and a chatterbox.

While saying not to talk on the phone while driving, he was incessantly introducing the food they would eat today to Liu Zhuren.

Truly a freak who would dare to visit someone's home carrying a pheasant!

Truly a freak who could still invite Liu Zhuren with all his might after being turned away countless times!

"Little Zhao, can you let me get a word in?"

"Ah!" The person on the other side of the phone gave a surprised 'ah'. "I'm sorry, Liu Zhuren, I talk a bit too much and delayed you. Do you think iron pot stew won't do? How about we just eat at my place? I'll have my spouse cook some dishes for you. My spouse's level is quite impressive, no worse than Michelin. Especially what she makes..."

"..."

Ji Xiang sighed.

It's no wonder this person has been so persistent for so many years and Liu Zhuren still hasn't agreed.

This is only because Liu Zhuren has a good temper; if it were someone with a bad temper, his nose would have been punched flat.

Liu Zhuren simply put the phone aside. "See, that's the kind of person he is."

Ji Xiang also smiled helplessly.

"If it weren't for wanting to see what kind of surgery he's researching, I wouldn't have brought him along. Coming here once shortens my life by half a month."

On the phone, Zhao Yisheng kept talking to himself, and it took a full three minutes before he realized something.

"Liu Zhuren, are you there?"

"I'm here." Liu Zhuren's tone was somewhat cold. "I've already exited the highway and am calling you from the exit. License plate number Ji A******."

Liu Zhuren seized the moment during Zhao Yisheng's pause to tell him the license plate number.

If he were even slightly negligent, he figured his words would be interrupted again.

"Ah, you've already exited the highway, so fast. Let me look... speaking of which, your license plate number is quite good. Four-digit plates are hard to find now, let alone five-digit ones. Liu Zhuren, you must have bought your car a long time ago; there were fewer cars back then, and it was very comfortable to drive. I bought mine late, and by the time I..."

Liu Zhuren really wanted to turn the car around and go back.

He didn't want to stay here for even a second, if not for his curiosity.

Curiosity really does kill the cat; the moment Liu Zhuren thought about having to perform surgery with him tomorrow, his scalp began to tingle.

"I see you, Liu Zhuren."

Liu Zhuren saw a middle-aged man waving and walking over not far away; it was indeed Zhao Yisheng, and he immediately hung up the phone.

"Liu Zhuren, you arrived so fast!" Zhao Yisheng walked to the car, bowed slightly, his face full of respect.

It turns out he is a chatterbox by nature and a patient with late-stage social butterfly syndrome, but he actually has genuine respect for Liu Zhuren in his heart.

No choice, as long as one is a person, one has flaws, Ji Xiang smiled slightly.

"And this is..."

"Little Ji Doctor," Liu Zhuren introduced indifferently.

"Little Ji Doctor, I didn't see you when I went to the Second Affiliated Hospital last time. To be able to come with Liu Zhuren for a 'Flying Knife' at such a young age, I'm so envious. You have a bright future ahead, a journey of ten thousand miles. I didn't have such good luck when I was young; if I had half your luck, I..."

Ji Xiang glanced at the System Panel in the top right corner of his vision.

If you had half the luck... maybe in your next life.

Zhao Yisheng shook Ji Xiang's hand, rambling on about this and that.

His words were like the beatings of society, and they took effect even faster; after breaking through defenses, they rapidly triggered a series of critical hits, grinding down all of Liu Zhuren's patience at the fastest speed possible.

"Shut up!" Liu Zhuren barked with a cold face.

Zhao Yisheng was startled; he immediately realized he was having another episode and hurriedly put on a smiling face.

"I..."

"If you say another word, I'm driving back right now," Liu Zhuren said sternly.

Ji Xiang also didn't expect to encounter such a bizarre situation on his first 'Flying Knife' surgery.

This was nowhere near a conversation between a local Doctor and a 'Flying Knife' Expert.

"Little Zhao, have all the examinations been done? When was the Interventional Surgery performed?" Liu Zhuren asked, seeing Zhao Yisheng close his mouth.

"Done, done. You coming for a 'Flying Knife' made the Patient grin from ear to ear. I said a big Director from the Provincial Hospital was coming and that many tests were needed, and the family agreed. You have to say, it still has to be an Expert from the Provincial Hospital; if I asked the Patient to do so many tests, the Patient and the Family Member would definitely say this is wrong and that is wrong, suspecting I'm making money off their tests. You tell me, we are a public hospital, there's no commission for writing orders..."

"Shut up!!"

The veins on Liu Zhuren's forehead were bulging.

Zhao Yisheng subconsciously pressed his mouth shut.

"Answer whatever I ask, do you hear me?"

Zhao Yisheng nodded, not even daring to let go of his hands.

Looking at his idiotic appearance, which was the same as when Ji Xiang used 【Superior Doctor's Gaze】, it was all Muscle Memory, a power stemming from DNA and bloodlines; Ji Xiang particularly understood Zhao Yisheng.

But the pitiful thing was that Ji Xiang only needed to avoid using the skill, while Zhao Yisheng was constantly shrouded in the shadow of being a chatterbox and having social butterfly syndrome.

"First, have all the Patient's examinations been done?"

"Done!" Zhao Yisheng said these two words, then immediately clamped his mouth shut.

"Second, when was the last Interventional Surgery performed? How was the result?" Seeing Zhao Yisheng's cautious and timid appearance, Liu Zhuren could not bear it, "Let go of your hands, just answer my questions."

"It was done 5 days ago. Our hospital doesn't have DSA equipment, so I begged and pleaded to get the surgery done in the operating room of the Circulatory Internal Medicine Department. Liu Zhuren, you don't do interventional work so you wouldn't know, but the machine in the Circulatory Internal Medicine Department has a very small field of view; it's specifically prepared for heart surgery, and compared to the DSA Machine for interventional work..."

(End of this chapter)