Chapter 357: Erotomania

The next day.

In the morning, Ji Xiang returned to the Urology Department to perform a partial Kidney Resection.

Liu Zhuren basically took a hands-off approach with Ji Xiang; he came to the operating room to verify the Patient's information, then scrubbed in and put on his gown but did not step up to the table, sitting in the corner to "slack off."

"Liu Zhuren, you really are being hands-off." Seeing that Ji Xiang and Zhao Zhe had started the surgery, the Circulating Nurse chatted with Liu Zhuren in a relaxed manner.

"Pah, you have to trust the young people," Liu Zhuren said very casually. "Besides, I'm still following along, aren't I? Nothing they do can escape my discerning eyes."

"What's this, you don't even want to watch?" The Circulating Nurse certainly didn't believe him; Liu Zhuren was just an old geezer, what kind of discerning eyes could he possibly have.

"Of course, Xiao Zhao is our own doctor now," Liu Zhuren said. "It's just that his rank isn't high enough. Once his paper is published and his credentials are sufficient for promotion to Deputy Chief Physician, I won't have to follow along anymore."

"What's there to watch in surgery? I'm old, and I always feel like my eyesight isn't good enough when doing dissections," Liu Zhuren smiled, speaking bluntly without hiding anything. "My task now is to cultivate the young."

"How could that be? You are still hale and hearty."

"I will be, one has to accept getting old," Liu Zhuren laughed. "Besides, how could working every day be as comfortable as wandering around to watch the excitement?"

"Watch the excitement?" The Anesthesia doctor looked toward Liu Zhuren.

"There are few surgeries lately, so I'm seizing the time to get dental implants," Liu Zhuren said, touching his cheek. "I went for the implants the day before yesterday, and I heard a Patient inside screaming in pain; it was so loud."

"Same here, I shiver whenever I hear the sound of the electric drill in the Stomatology department; I'm allergic to it," the Anesthesia doctor laughed.

Liu Zhuren knew he hadn't understood what he was trying to say, so he continued, "I heard the sound wasn't right. Stomatology, Xiao Li, you must rarely go there."

"Yeah, I haven't been there. Is there a problem?" the Anesthesia doctor asked, puzzled.

"When a Stomatology Patient screams in pain while getting their teeth fixed... just think about it, the electric drill and everything are in their mouth, how can they scream? The sound definitely wouldn't be clear; it would be muffled, like they had a mouthful of water, as if they could spray it on your face at any moment."

"That's true!" The Anesthesia doctor suddenly realized. "Why were you able to hear what she was saying, Liu Zhuren?"

"I was curious at the time, so I went in and took a look. A female Patient was holding a mobile phone, probably recording; the volume was turned to the max. Whenever she felt the slightest discomfort, she would press play on the recording, and then 'scream' it out."

"Damn, is she that smart?!" The Anesthesia doctor was surprised and then burst into laughter.

Liu Zhuren smiled and glanced at the endoscopic monitor. Seeing that Ji Xiang was nimble and had already prepared for the dissection amidst the idle chatter, he stood up and walked behind Ji Xiang.

"Liu Zhuren, you've really had your eyes opened this time."

"Eyes opened? That's the Anorectal Department. Although both are about clearing out the 'sewers,' we are still different," Liu Zhuren said with a chuckle.

"……"

"……"

The Anesthesia doctor and the Circulating Nurse exchanged a look.

Every single doctor in the Urology Department, including Mo Chenggui, who looked honest and simple, was a dirty rascal.

Their perception was completely different from that of normal people; even the most normal words sounded like rascals when they came out of their mouths.

Tang Yan stared at Ji Xiang's hands without looking at the endoscopic screen. She handed the Electric Cautery to the First Assistant Zhao Zhe and asked, "Liu Zhuren, this should count as a rather bizarre Patient, right?"

"Bizarre? This doesn't count," Liu Zhuren said. "When I was young, I encountered a Patient who still makes my heart race when I think back on it."

That was what he said, but Liu Zhuren immediately thought of that Patient who wanted to die from exhaustion.

If one were to recall carefully and seriously, the Patient who contracted Tetanus should be the most bizarre. Regardless of the symptoms or anything else, it looked no different from being possessed by an evil spirit.

Especially the Patient's forearm, which looked as if it had been forcibly "snapped" in two.

Thinking of this, Liu Zhuren shuddered.

"Liu Zhuren, you seem really scared," Tang Yan's eyes were fixed on Ji Xiang's hands, but the corner of her eye caught Liu Zhuren's movement, and she asked curiously.

"Pah, do you know there is a disease called Erotomania?"

"Sounds familiar." Tang Yan frowned slightly.

"What Liu Zhuren means is a 'simp'," Ji Xiang translated while performing the surgery.

"Focus on the surgery, be fast and steady, don't chat," Tang Yan scolded, then asked, "Liu Zhuren, is Ji Xiang right?"

"That's about what it means," Liu Zhuren said. "That was over twenty years ago. There was a senior in the department two years ahead of me who admitted a Patient with Urological Calculus. The Patient's illness was cured, but she just insisted on not being discharged."

"At that time, everything was publicly funded, and staying in the hospital didn't cost money, so there was no habit of chasing people away. Therefore, everyone didn't find it strange; back then, this behavior was called 'soaking in the ward'."

'Soaking in the ward'—Tang Yan had never heard this term. Her eyelashes fluttered, almost touching her sterile cap.

"When we did rounds, I would chat with that senior, and I could always see her nearby. One morning, she walked right up and hugged that senior."

"That direct?" Tang Yan was surprised.

"The senior was scared silly; his little face was turned pale, whiter than paper, hahaha," Liu Zhuren laughed. "Later, we went to explain to the Patient, saying that the senior already had a girlfriend and was preparing to get married, so he wouldn't like her. If there were any misunderstandings, please forgive us."

"And then?"

"The Patient said that if he didn't like her, it was just the senior being too shy to admit it; she knew exactly what the senior was thinking in his heart."

"Tsk tsk, this is a standard 'simp'," Tang Yan clicked her tongue in wonder.

"It's very troublesome to encounter such a Patient. How was it resolved?" the Anesthesia doctor asked.

"Exactly. Later, the Patient simply blocked the door. The director forced the Patient to be discharged, but it still didn't work. She would often come to block the door and even threatened that if the senior got married, she would slit her throat at the wedding," Liu Zhuren said softly. "That senior couldn't bear the harassment, so he finally resigned and went to the South."

"How unlucky, to encounter such a Patient with Erotomania," the Anesthesia doctor sighed.

"Unlucky? Damn!" Liu Zhuren cursed.

"Hm? Isn't it unlucky? Liu Zhuren, do you also want to have such a romantic encounter?" The Anesthesia doctor was very puzzled.

"The senior went to Shenzhen. At that time, Shenzhen was short of people, so he went to the Central Hospital, the biggest one, and also bought a house when the price was 2,000. Now he has 4 houses in Shenzhen; he's achieved total financial freedom."

"Look at me again! If you said we could swap now, I would definitely agree."

"!!!"

"You see, when people encounter things, don't panic; whether it's good or bad is not certain," Liu Zhuren said. "At the time, it was called leaving one's hometown, but who the hell knew it was called abandoning darkness for light."

"Hahaha."

The door of the operating room opened, and Deng Chaohong appeared at the entrance.

"Xiao Ji, what time will the surgery end?"

(End of chapter)