Chapter 517: Pain That Isn't Heartfelt (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader Maxzheng185)

"I thought of it early on." Zhao Zhe chuckled as he took the blame thrown at him by the leadership, acting honestly and not declining at all. "I knew this would happen sooner or later, but this is still too early."

"You thought of it early on?" Zhao Mengmeng was taken aback.

"We film and broadcast one episode at a time, and the show is still ongoing. The location is also very clear; it would be the strangest thing if no one came."

Zhai Yuhan sighed.

It was expected that her clinical experience couldn't compare to an old Attending Physician like Zhao Zhe, but how did it look like Ji Xiang had known from the start as well?

Forget it, Zhai Yuhan gradually accepted Ji Xiang's monstrous nature, and in her heart, she had long since admitted he was better than her.

This thought was quite hard to accept at first, but a doctor must ultimately speak through their skills. Zhai Yuhan had seen with her own eyes how Ji Xiang was at ease in clinical practice while never losing his own persistence, and she gradually accepted it.

It was just that the children nowadays were too bold, having no sense of proportion at all. To see Ji Xiang, they voluntarily requested a gallbladder removal.

They even read surgery books to learn how to fake an illness, damn it!

"Speaking of the kids these days, we have a new nurse in our department who asked the Head Nurse for leave, saying she wanted to go to a concert. What kind of reason is that? The Head Nurse didn't grant the leave, so she just resigned on the spot. She ran off to the concert without even finishing the paperwork, and her voice was hoarse when she came back."

"And there's more..."

Zhao Zhe opened the floodgates and began to ramble on and on.

Zhai Yuhan also gradually accepted Zhao Zhe, this chatterbox of an old Attending Physician. Although he was long-winded, many of his gossips were quite interesting.

Ji Xiang didn't chat with them and began writing the Medical Record.

When at the Second Affiliated Hospital, Lu Gang would lead Zhao Zhe in writing medical records, and Ji Xiang had it easier. But now, because Lu Gang was "on TV," he was always following the film crew, so Ji Xiang had to do it himself.

After finishing the medical record, Ji Xiang said goodbye to Zhai Yuhan and returned to the hotel to rest.

"Xiao Ji, you must be famous now. Girls treat your autograph as importantly as Mao Mao's. You might not know, but Mao Mao started as a nurse and is quite handsome, so he's very popular with the girls. Look at you, you've only been on a few episodes and your status is already the same as Mao Mao's. If you ask me, you'll be getting invitations from many film crews after a few more episodes."

On the way back, Zhao Zhe said with a chuckle.

Ji Xiang waved his hand, not caring at all.

"Xiao Ji, you're too mature for your age. If I had girls chasing after me for autographs at your age, I'd be looking down on everyone with my chin held high."

"It's meaningless."

"Looking back now, it is indeed meaningless," Zhao Zhe said, swallowing a mouthful of saliva and laughing, "but who hasn't been young? Everyone wants flowers and applause."

"Zhao Ge, why are you swallowing your saliva?"

Zhao Zhe laughed, "That's why they say being in a long-distance relationship can make a person stronger. Look at me now, my mind is focused, and I'm devoted to studying medicine."

"..."

Ji Xiang really couldn't understand why an old man like Zhao Zhe would keep the term "long-distance relationship" on his lips.

Since he said he was in one himself, it was truly hard to refute.

"Those two little girls were too naive. Any doctor with a bit of experience doesn't even need to perform a physical exam; one look and you know they're just making trouble for the sake of it," Zhao Zhe didn't expand on the long-distance topic and continued, "Once in our department... over in Yuanliao, we encountered a patient's family causing a scene."

"The Family Member was crying at the top of their lungs and even wanted to hit the attending doctor. The Patient had late-stage Renal Cancer with multi-organ metastasis. Everything that needed to be explained had been explained, and the attending doctor had done their best, but they just wouldn't accept it."

"Oh? And then?" Ji Xiang asked.

"I stood by the corridor watching the show. Late-stage renal cancer with multi-organ metastasis, what kind of scene could they possibly make, right Xiao Ji?"

Ji Xiang nodded.

"Two other Family Members stood next to me watching the show too. One of them said, 'Doctor Zhao, you should call the police.'"

"Calling the police is useless; this is a contradiction among the people," Ji Xiang provided a comment.

Zhao Zhe was stunned for a moment.

"Contradiction among the people"—he was very unfamiliar with such terms, and to hear it from Ji Xiang's mouth was truly surprising.

However, Zhao Zhe didn't ask; he continued gossiping, "I chatted with the Family Member, and one of them said they saw the condition of the dying Patient. They were brought to the hospital just so they wouldn't pass away at home, and even then, they were causing a scene."

"In the end, they said quite angrily, 'If anyone should be causing a scene, it should be me.'"

"Hahaha." Ji Xiang laughed.

Similar things happen one after another in hospitals, and one gets used to it long ago. In a world where things are distributed based on who makes the most noise, as long as one has even a little bit of crooked intent, there will be problems. That's why the system NPC said that to be a doctor, one must know how to read faces.

"Xiao Ji, how did you see through it?" Zhao Zhe suddenly changed the subject.

"The Patient's pain wasn't 'heartfelt' enough," Ji Xiang said.

Heartfelt—Zhao Zhe carefully savored Ji Xiang's description.

"Also, their eyes flickered a bit before they called for the doctor. Furthermore, the Patient's pain was too standard, almost as if it were copied straight out of a textbook. So, I felt there was a problem."

"I guess it's some school students wanting to join in the fun," Zhao Zhe said. "Like that girl with the Tracheal Foreign Body, she even fulfilled her dream of wanting to film a movie along the way. Although the time was short, for an ordinary person to have such an experience, it can be considered quite dreamlike."

Ji Xiang smiled. Indeed, that girl didn't resist being interviewed at all, nor did she resist having her medical history exposed. She was even very excited when Fan Dao suggested filming a documentary.

There are differences in the way people think.

"Xiao Ji, I didn't expect your observation skills to be so sharp. It's no wonder, you could even see something as thin as a staple. If it were me, I'd have to wear..."

"Zhao Ge, how were you able to coordinate with me if you couldn't see it?" Ji Xiang asked.

"I watched your hand shape. As the hand shape changes and the movements change, I know roughly how the surgery is being done. Although I couldn't see the staple on the screen, I could deduce which step the surgery was at by following your hand shape."

"Not bad," Ji Xiang praised.

"I've fumbled around a lot on my own. Many times I'm just struggling with myself, which is different from others."

"Virtual surgery, Zhao Ge—for you to be able to realize this path on your own, you are quite impressive," Ji Xiang praised sincerely.

"It's useless. If I hadn't met you and Liu Zhuren, I would have been an old Attending Physician my whole life and wouldn't even be able to get a Deputy Senior Professional Title," Zhao Zhe said.

The two chatted as they returned to the hotel.

Ji Xiang washed up and rested. The next morning, he got up early and ran a half-marathon in the hotel gym before eating and coming to the hospital with Zhao Zhe.

Lu Gang was nowhere to be seen; he seemed to be following the film crew the whole time.

Ji Xiang didn't call Lu Gang either; to each their own, and there was no point in saying more.

Arriving at the hospital, Ji Xiang passed by the doctors' office on his way to change clothes when he heard Zhai Yuhan's voice coming from inside, "Is this the scan for one patient?"

(End of chapter)