Chapter 249: Kept in the Dark (League Leader STpeter bonus update ×3)

Ji Xiang did not think that Bai Chuzhang and Lu Gang would discover anything unusual.

Riding his bicycle home, Ji Xiang thought about diagnostics the entire way, in addition to feeling happy.

The patient's blue ears kept hovering before his eyes.

He guessed that Lu Gang had also been misled by the blue ears and hadn't thought of the possibility of thrombosis in the extremities for a moment.

Opening the door to his home, Ji Xiang saw the old man standing in the living room with a complex expression on his face.

"You're back." Ji Yongchang looked somewhat disheveled, not at all his usual "refined," unshakably composed self.

"Dad, what's wrong?" Ji Xiang asked in surprise.

"Damn it!" Ji Yongchang swore, which was a rare occurrence.

Ji Xiang knew something big had happened.

From the time he was a child until now, he had only heard his old man curse three times, and every time, something major had occurred.

The old man was very angry, and the consequences were very serious.

Changing his shoes and entering the room, Ji Xiang saw...

The room was messy to the Extreme Point, as if it had been raided by thieves.

"Was the house robbed?" Ji Xiang asked in surprise.

No, he immediately thought of the dog the old man had "bought" back from the vegetable market.

"Did Sha Paozi do this?"

"Yeah." Ji Yongchang still suppressed the anger in his heart and let out a deep sigh.

"Sigh." Ji Xiang laughed, "Dad, this is your own doing. You have to keep raising the dog you insisted on getting, even if you have to grit your teeth."

"..."

Ji Xiang looked around and saw Sha Paozi crouching in the corner, shivering.

Although it looked very scared, Ji Xiang had the distinct illusion that Sha Paozi was acting.

This feeling was very strange; even a child of a few years old wouldn't have such high intelligence and acting ability, yet all of this appeared in a dog.

Supposedly, it was a show-quality dog, so such tricks as tearing up the house shouldn't be its style.

"Forget it, forget it, don't be angry."

Ji Xiang comforted him.

"Tomorrow morning, you take it out," Ji Yongchang said in an unquestionable tone. "Run a half-marathon first, and I'll walk it during the day. If that doesn't work, you take it for a full marathon the day after tomorrow."

"Hahaha." Ji Xiang finally couldn't hold it in and burst into laughter.

His old man was shrewd to the bone, planning before acting; since Ji Xiang could remember, there had never been a memory of the old man suffering a crushing defeat.

This time, he had indeed been humbled, defeated by a dog.

"Eat." Ji Yongchang quickly returned to calm.

"Sha Paozi, come here." Ji Xiang crooked his finger and said with a smile.

Sha Paozi wobbled over, wagging its tail, its face full of innocence and sycophancy.

"Dad, I'll take it out tomorrow morning, but I think it would be better if you had an iron cage made to put Sha Paozi in," Ji Xiang said.

"Hmm." Ji Yongchang nodded.

At the same time, Bai Chuzhang was listening to Lu Gang's proud report.

It had nothing to do with eating Hemostatic Forceps; Lu Gang was enthusiastically talking about how he had given the correct diagnosis based on a single blue ear.

Although it was only a preliminary diagnosis, after Lu Gang contacted his mentor, the mentor was very interested. He said that some time ago, he had also consulted on a patient with blue ears, and it had taken a lot of effort to reach a definitive diagnosis.

The mentor even praised Lu Gang a few times for this.

Being able to reach a preliminary diagnosis based on the strange but non-specific symptom of blue ears undoubtedly proved that Lu Gang's level had not regressed after returning to the local area, but had instead grown rapidly.

"Xiao Ji said it looked like frostbite?" Bai Chuzhang suddenly interrupted Lu Gang.

"Yeah, that little Standardized Training Student is really a lucky general!" Lu Gang said proudly.

Bai Chuzhang nodded slightly; he looked at Lu Gang, but his mind was full of Ji Xiang.

Although Bai Chuzhang didn't know if it was a coincidence or if Ji Xiang had done it on purpose, the matter seemed very interesting.

"Bai Chuzhang, why haven't you left work yet?" Lu Gang thought of this only after showing off.

"I'm studying surgical videos," Bai Chuzhang said. "Recently, Gu Lao's student is going to hold a Urology Department surgical competition. This is the first competition within our province."

"Pfft." Lu Gang snorted with disdain.

"He just wants to pad his resume to prepare for the review of the Outstanding Youth Fund. The academic world is becoming increasingly dominated by academic cliques; it's base."

"Heh heh." Bai Chuzhang smiled. "As medical peers in the Provincial Hospital, we always have to show some support. Liu Zhuren isn't interested in the competition, so I'm thinking of just sending a video to participate."

"Bai Chuzhang, you are..."

"The Imperial Capital side gave me a call; there's no way around it, it's all about personal favors," Bai Chuzhang said with a smile.

"However, Old Lu..." Bai Chuzhang looked up at the smug Lu Gang; he still hadn't realized that the person who might have solved the problem was Ji Xiang.

After sending Lu Gang away, Bai Chuzhang started watching the surgical video of the Giant Hydronephrosis again.

The benefit of endoscopic surgery is that the recording equipment on the camera can record the entire surgical process.

The surgery was performed impeccably; Bai Chuzhang's eye was professional.

As for the matter of showing support, Gu Lao's student, Zhou Jiaoshou, was taking a high-difficulty Kidney Transplant, and he himself was taking a Kidney Resection. It didn't break any taboos, wouldn't steal the spotlight, yet it was a solid move that didn't lose face for the Second Affiliated Hospital.

Bai Chuzhang was very satisfied.

Ji Xiang really was a lucky general; even performing a surgery was so timely.

……

Early the next morning, Ji Xiang took Sha Paozi to run a half-marathon. At the start, Sha Paozi was still sprinting recklessly, but by the end, it was Ji Xiang who had to carry it back.

When passersby saw Ji Xiang jogging with a dog half the height of a person on his back, they all cast surprised looks his way.

Some even suspected that Ji Xiang was a dog thief.

Sha Paozi was truly docile now, its tongue lolling out as it panted heavily, "hachi, hachi."

It was like this for several days in a row; even a show-quality dog couldn't withstand the torment of the Ji family duo and became completely docile.

On Thursday, Ji Xiang arrived at the department early in the morning and saw a familiar figure coming toward him.

"Zhao Ge!" Ji Xiang greeted him.

"Doctor Xiao Ji, Liu Zhuren had me come for further training." Zhao Zhe was clearly very excited, pulling Ji Xiang aside to say, "I'm already old, and the hospital wouldn't approve it no matter what I said. It really goes to show that Liu Zhuren has prestige; he made one phone call, and the big boss of our hospital agreed to let me come over. It's said that Liu Zhuren and our..."

Ji Xiang hurriedly cut Zhao Zhe off; he knew full well that if he let this chatterbox Zhao Zhe continue, they would be talking until the end of time.

Moreover, Zhao Zhe had the attribute of being a social butterfly; as long as he didn't feel awkward, then it was everyone else who would be.

"Xiao Ji, you're here." Seeing Ji Xiang arrive, Liu Zhuren greeted him, "I've already spoken with Mo Jiaoshou; from now on, you'll be on my side."

"……" Ji Xiang was stunned.

"You and Doctor Zhao Zhe will be in the same team, specializing in partial nephrectomy for Renal Cancer," Liu Zhuren said. "Don't worry about the Standardized Residency Training; going through every department like sprinkling pepper won't teach you anything. Come over for surgery!"

Naturally, Ji Xiang couldn't just listen to Liu Zhuren for such a major matter; he prepared to go to the System Operating Room to ask for the System NPC's opinion.

(End of chapter)