Chapter 50: That Damn Sense of Familiarity

However, that skill is a bit silly; the speech and behavior, coming from the depths of the soul and one's DNA, are embarrassing.

Ji Xiang remembers very clearly that he is a Standardized Training Student, and being able to perform surgery is already a top-tier stroke of luck. But once on the table, having to become the superior doctor and bossing around a real superior doctor—this sense of contrast leaves Ji Xiang at a loss.

These professors and experts look amiable, but if you push them too far or cause them to lose face, I fear your own path will become difficult to walk.

The most critical thing is that Ji Xiang feels it is embarrassing to use a Hemostatic Forceps to tap Mo Jiaoshou on the operating table; it is better not to use this skill if possible.

For a small Standardized Training Student, accepting the behavioral code of a superior doctor whose word is law in an instant is still somewhat difficult.

Even though Zhou Tianbo, Zhou Jiaoshou, has some unpleasant words, Ji Xiang thinks for a moment and suppresses his impulse.

Just consider it saving one Surgical Points, Ji Xiang consoles himself.

Ji Xiang does not answer Zhou Jiaoshou, but instead separates the foreskin adhesions at his own rhythm.

After the separation is complete, Ji Xiang reaches out to touch the stapler.

If it were in the System Operating Room, the System NPC would have slapped the stapler into Ji Xiang's hand at the first opportunity.

If Mo Chenggui or Wang Daxiao were assisting with the surgery, the stapler would be in the most convenient position, right there for the taking.

But Ji Xiang reaches out and touches nothing.

Zhou Jiaoshou removes the Bell Base, habitually wanting to place the Bell Base inside the foreskin.

Gu Lao frowns, and Mo Chenggui and Wang Daxiao on the observation deck are also unhappy to see Zhou Tianbo doing this.

They do not know if Zhou Jiaoshou is doing it on purpose; perhaps someone who has been the primary surgeon for years is simply not used to being an assistant and subconsciously starts performing the surgery.

It is like how Guo Degang is excellent at being the lead comedian, but when he is the straight man, he is always aggressive and steals the spotlight.

But no matter how you put it, this action by Zhou Jiaoshou has caused a lack of harmony in the surgery.

Seeing Zhou Jiaoshou come up to take over the surgery directly, Ji Xiang feels a slight anger in his heart.

Concentrating slightly, the skill—【Superior Doctor's Gaze】 is activated; Ji Xiang uses one Surgical Points, just like cocking a bullet into the chamber.

Give him one!

"Clack!"

A Hemostatic Forceps taps on Zhou Jiaoshou's radial styloid process.

Zhou Jiaoshou, holding the Bell Base, pauses.

The flow of time seems to slow down; Zhou Jiaoshou vaguely feels something is wrong, but in his trance, he does not know what is wrong.

It is just a minor surgery; come up, clack-clack-clack, finish it, and let the boss see that he does it better than a Standardized Training Student! Zhou Jiaoshou has such thoughts in his heart.

But!

What is that eerie aura?

A wave of pain travels up from his wrist.

With a sharp gaze falling upon him from the side, Zhou Tianbo cannot help but shiver.

In an instant, his DNA moves; the fear of a superior doctor deep in his heart is awakened, and in an instant, he returns to his student days.

"Boss." Suppressed by the aura, Zhou Jiaoshou does not even dare to raise his head, obediently handing the Bell Base to Ji Xiang.

Seeing Ji Xiang's action, Gu Lao was originally a bit unhappy.

Even if Xiao Zhou is grabbing the surgery, Ji Xiang should not have tapped his wrist.

But the next second, he hears Zhou Jiaoshou's voice calling him "Boss."

Gu Lao is stunned.

Wang Daxiao is stunned.

Only Mo Jiaoshou knows that Zhou Jiaoshou must have encountered the same situation he encountered yesterday.

It is truly strange; today he even felt carefully and did not sense any god-like power on Ji Yisheng.

Mo Chenggui had originally defined all this as being a bit dazed from doing too many surgeries yesterday, but inexplicably, the Hemostatic Forceps in Ji Xiang's hand tapping on Zhou Jiaoshou's radial styloid process silently tells him that all this is inevitable.

Inevitable!!!

Ji Xiang takes the Bell Base, places it inside the foreskin, and completely covers the head.

Reaching out, the zip tie is handed to his hand by Zhou Jiaoshou at the first opportunity.

He is like a small beast, understanding his status instantly after being tapped and trying hard to please him.

Zhou Tianbo's technical level is high enough; he settles his heart to be an assistant, and Ji Xiang's surgery goes very comfortably.

It is just that Ji Xiang feels a bit embarrassed about using the Hemostatic Forceps to tap Zhou Tianbo, and Zhou Tianbo subconsciously calling him "Boss."

But having eliminated the biggest distraction, Ji Xiang begins to focus entirely on the surgery.

Using the zip tie to fix the foreskin onto the pull rod, he then inserts the pull rod into the center hole of the shell.

Ji Xiang is already quite proficient in these steps.

Although the Circumcision with the stapler has been upgraded to Level 7, the technique is mature and seasoned.

Cutting, checking for areas prone to bleeding, Ji Xiang adds a stitch at the frenulum, applies a Pressure Bandage, and the surgery ends.

The Patient is sent away, the skill ends, but Zhou Jiaoshou is still immersed in endless confusion.

"Xiao Zhou, come here." Gu Lao frowns and beckons.

Zhou Jiaoshou looks at his own boss in a daze, then looks at Ji Xiang, stunned for a full 3 seconds before he realizes in shock what just happened.

Himself!

Actually!!

Mistaking a Standardized Training Student for the boss!!

Is his brain flooded with water or was it caught in a door?

Zhou Jiaoshou is a bit angry, but when he recalls the surgical process just now, he suddenly remembers that strange pressure.

It is just like the feeling when he had just been taken in by his boss and the boss let him perform his first surgery.

Cautious and careful, not even daring to take a deep breath, for fear of displeasing the boss, for fear of remembering a step wrong or doing it wrong and never having the chance to perform surgery again.

That was the most important surgery of his life.

The feeling just now was exactly the same as it was back then, not a single bit different.

He had even been so ashamed as to call that Standardized Training Student "Boss" while on the operating table.

It was simply too shameful; at this very moment, Zhou Jiaoshou felt no anger in his heart, only complete astonishment and panic.

It was like being on a high-speed train and unable to find the restroom, so one just stands by the train door to relieve oneself.

But then, stopping right in the middle of one's unbridled relief, only to find a surging crowd at the station in front, with countless gazes fixed upon oneself.

Damn it all!

Zhou Jiaoshou was in a trance.

Seeing the complex expression of astonishment, sudden realization, and shame on his face, Gu Lao was even more confused.

"Xiao Zhou, come here!" Gu Lao said with a heavier tone.

Zhou Jiaoshou was startled back to reality; enduring the embarrassment and shame, he lowered his head and trotted over to his boss.

"What just happened?" Gu Lao asked.

"Bo... Boss..."

"Boss what boss, are you the boss or am I!" Gu Lao scolded, very displeased.

"Boss, just now I suddenly felt like I was performing surgery with you. It was the first surgery you led me through years ago; it felt exactly the same as it did back then." As Zhou Jiaoshou spoke, he used his toes to scrape the floor through his slippers.

He didn't manage to scrape the floor, but he nearly tore through his slippers.

"Hm? Suddenly felt? Did you not rest well last night?" Gu Lao certainly wouldn't believe in such supernatural things, so he asked with a frown.

"Yes, yes, yes."

Zhou Jiaoshou took the opportunity to step down, agreeing incessantly.

He also found it strange, but he had no explanation and could only attribute it to not sleeping well last night.

"You," Gu Lao said, very displeased, "When you go out, whether it's to give an academic report or perform surgery, you represent me."

*You've lost face all the way to your grandmother's house, * Gu Lao didn't say this aloud, but Zhou Jiaoshou knew it in his heart.

He lowered his head, "Boss, for the next surgery I..."

"You what you, I told you to cooperate well with Ji Yisheng Xiang, yet you went to snatch a Circumcision, what a disgrace!"

Gu Lao scolded.

The surgery ended, and as he left the operating table, the superior doctor's gaze skill ceased; that strange feeling vanished completely, and Zhou Jiaoshou was sober again.

Amidst his shame, a thought occurred to him—when he was doing the Cavernous Body Puncture and Cavernous Puncture Infusion yesterday, did his own boss have the same thought as he did?

Could that Ji Yisheng Xiang be a psychology major?

Did he use some kind of movement to hypnotize him?

"Cooperate well with Ji Yisheng Xiang for the surgery," Gu Lao said in a deep voice, "The remaining three are manual Circumcisions, right?"

The first sentence was said to Zhou Jiaoshou, and the second to Mo Chenggui.

Mo Chenggui nodded immediately, "Gu Lao, that's right."

"Let one go to Xiao Zhou, how about that."

"Alright, alright."

Mo Chenggui couldn't understand why anyone would fight over a Circumcision.

He didn't know what Gu Lao meant, so when Wang Daxiao brought the Patient in, he whispered a few words to Wang Daxiao.

The Patient lay on the operating table, and Ji Xiang chatted with the Patient while preparing for the surgery.

Ji Xiang had already said countless times that scars were a man's medals; once one adapted to the speed, the world became still.

Everything is a matter of habit. Driving is the same.

The speed was so fast that the Patient's nervousness was slightly relieved.

Local disinfection, Anesthesia.

Zhou Jiaoshou kept his head lowered, not daring to look at Ji Xiang, fearing he would use psychological gestures to hypnotize him.

Although this thought was quite bizarre, Zhou Jiaoshou couldn't find a reasonable explanation for the time being.

However,

Zhou Jiaoshou's actions caused extreme dissatisfaction in Gu Lao.

It was truly hellish; what on earth was wrong with this student of his? A simple Circumcision, and he was acting like a thief.

In Ji Xiang's eyes, Zhou Jiaoshou's movements... looked like he was deliberately refusing to cooperate.

Ji Xiang had never encountered such a situation; school was relatively simple and clean compared to society. The student union wouldn't give Ji Xiang any trouble, and he had lived quite freely during his university years.

With Zhou Jiaoshou not cooperating, the surgery was being performed in a stumbling manner; it would have been better to do it alone, as he was just standing there being a nuisance.

There was no other way; although Ji Xiang was reluctant to spend a Surgical Point, he still activated the superior doctor's pressure again, adhering to the principle that surgery comes first.

What is going on...

What is this damn sense of familiarity!

Zhou Jiaoshou lowered his head, subconsciously doing what an assistant should do, preparing to just endure through this surgery, but he once again felt the pressure coming from Ji Xiang beside him, as if it were tangible.

He had done a stupid thing today—he had gone up and performed a sliding tackle, making the tiger beside him roar.

Zhou Jiaoshou felt like crying but had no tears.

"Focus."

Ji Xiang didn't use the Hemostatic Forceps to tap Zhou Jiaoshou's Radial styloid process, but said in a deep voice.

Zhou Jiaoshou instantly became "spirited."

Cooperate with the surgery, it's just a Circumcision, a small surgery that couldn't be simpler, Zhou Jiaoshou thought to himself.

It was just that he couldn't suppress the fear engraved in his DNA, and he used all his strength to cooperate with Ji Xiang in the surgery.

The surgery was proceeding at lightning speed, and Zhou Jiaoshou was gradually beginning to enjoy this feeling.

Compared to Stapler Surgery, Manual Circumcision relies more on technique and is also slightly more complex.

Ji Xiang's technique was nimble, and Zhou Jiaoshou, standing from an "objective" standpoint, realized that the level of the person beside him surpassed his own, at least in the surgery of cutting the foreskin.

Once that damn sense of familiarity was accepted, treating Ji Xiang as his own boss was actually not bad.

The surgery ended smoothly; Zhou Jiaoshou did not look as bewildered as he had after the previous surgery, and he joyfully helped Mo Chenggui lift the Patient onto the flatbed cart, just like a true assistant, doing the work with remarkable nimbleness.

Ji Xiang also could not understand why Zhou Jiaoshou's attitude had shifted so quickly, and he felt a little bit of awkwardness in his heart.

Gu Lao looked at this prized student of his, his brows furrowing tighter and tighter.

(End of this chapter)