Chapter 601: Being Cursed Like a Dog

"Lin Jiuze he... he... he..." The arteries on Qin Chu's face and hands bulged, his blood pressure soaring; it looked like it was about to exceed his height.

"Boss, calm down, calm down," Ling Tian hurriedly urged.

Qin Chu had arteriosclerosis, and with his blood pressure rising suddenly, Ling Tian was truly afraid his boss would collapse in front of him the next second.

Whether it was a Myocardial Infarction or a cerebral hemorrhage, Ling Tian didn't know, but he was clear that fortunately there had been a transition, and all of this hadn't been presented to the boss too abruptly.

When Ji Xiang and Lin Jiuze were whispering, the boss's expression had already been off; he had already realized something was wrong.

It was also fortunate that there was this period of time as a buffer; otherwise, if the turn had been too sudden or too steep, the boss's blood pressure rising so suddenly, he would likely have to enter the ICU right now.

"This is impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Qin Chu's expression was ferocious as he growled in a low voice.

"Boss, don't be angry, something must have gone wrong somewhere." Ling Tian took out his phone, "I'll contact Jiuze right now."

Qin Chu's body swayed, and in a daze, he used his hands to steady himself against the desk, only then avoiding a fall.

Ling Tian hurriedly helped Qin Chu sit down and immediately contacted Lin Jiuze.

Just like before, Lin Jiuze did not answer the phone.

Before this, Ling Tian could still think that Lin Jiuze had a reclusive personality and was unwilling to answer his calls. However, after watching the program, Ling Tian knew that there must have been a change on Lin Jiuze's side.

But no matter what, Lin Jiuze wouldn't answer the phone, and Ling Tian was worried about his own boss, so he could only contact Lin Jiuze's teacher.

A full hour passed before Ling Tian's phone rang.

Seeing that Qin Chu had already fallen into a drowsy sleep, he took his phone and tiptoed out of the director's office to the doctors' office.

It was a video call from Lin Jiuze.

Ling Tian answered.

"Ling Tian, why are you looking for me?"

In the video, Lin Jiuze's face was gloomy, the harmless-to-humans-and-animals demeanor from before gone, as he asked sharply.

"..." Ling Tian was stunned.

Lin Jiuze was like a different person; Ling Tian wasn't stupid, and connecting the cause and effect, his heart stirred.

"Junior Brother Jiuze, what happened on your side? Why aren't you answering the phone? It made me very worried about you. If it weren't for the good public security environment in the country, I would have flown over by now," Ling Tian said with a fawning smile.

The doctor on duty in the department was busy, and seeing Director Ling being scolded, he wisely and quietly slipped away. He tiptoed, terrified of making even the slightest sound that would attract Ling Tian's attention.

"Junior brother? Who is your junior brother? FUCK!" Lin Jiuze started cursing directly.

Ling Tian froze. Lin Jiuze shouldn't be this agitated; what on earth happened? And he wasn't afraid of his own boss; he was offering a fawning smile, and he couldn't even call him junior brother... Ling Tian couldn't understand Lin Jiuze's emotional shift.

"Ling Tian, you damn bastard, you set me up!"

"Jiuze, what exactly is wrong? Why are you so angry?"

"Ling Tian, did you watch the program?"

"Just finished watching it."

"You also perform Interventional Surgery; whether those two Micro-guidewires were used well or not, I don't need to say anything more, do I?" Lin Jiuze looked at Ling Tian in the video, his face full of sharpness and resentment.

"I know that Ji Xiang's surgery was indeed done well, but I didn't expect it to be this good," Ling Tian said sheepishly.

"Screw your mother." Lin Jiuze took off his mask, venting his emotions in the simplest, crudest way.

Ling Tian was speechless.

Without Lin Jiuze needing to say anything more, Ling Tian could roughly guess where the problem lay.

"Jiuze, then... what do you plan to do next?" Ling Tian asked, thick-skinned.

"Return to the United States. To hell with Ji Xiang! If you bastards are looking for death, don't drag me into it!" Lin Jiuze was incredibly irritable, like a beast from the primordial era.

"..." Ling Tian never expected that Ji Xiang would strip away Lin Jiuze's mask and force out his original form with just one surgery.

And the powerful Lin Jiuze didn't even have the slightest intention of resisting; he chose to escape... and resent.

Ling Tian's vision went black.

What kind of monster had he and his boss provoked!

"Ling Tian, your level is too poor; you didn't understand that surgery at all," Lin Jiuze said in a low voice. "In consideration of our past relationship, I won't hold it against you and that old thing Qin Chu for setting me up this time. And I'll give you one more piece of advice: don't go provoking Ji Xiang. Did you hear me? Don't you fucking go provoking Ji Xiang again! You ignorant, death-seeking thing."

After cursing, Lin Jiuze hung up the video directly.

Ling Tian held his phone in a daze, completely unaware of where the problem lay.

In the hotel, Lin Jiuze put down his phone and rubbed his hands vigorously.

Amidst the swishing sound, the temperature of his palms rose, and then he covered his face with them.

After a minute, he moved his palms away, and a harmless-to-humans-and-animals smile appeared on Lin Jiuze's face once again.

He picked up his phone and dialed a number.

"Teacher, I've replied to Ling Tian," Lin Jiuze said gently and respectfully.

"I watched the program. The technique of using the elasticity of the metal to avoid the collateral damage caused by the Thrombectomy Umbrella while operating the two Micro-guidewires is indeed at least an era more advanced than the currently popular surgical procedures."

An aged voice came from the other side of the phone.

"Teacher, Ji Xiang is very strong, exceptionally strong," Lin Jiuze smiled. "However, the gap between us is not so huge that it cannot be bridged. I will go back and study it carefully. Three years... no, two years, and I will return!"

"A competitive spirit is useless. The land of China is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers; do you know that now?"

"I know." Lin Jiuze had a harmless-to-humans-and-animals smile on his face as he said slowly, "Teacher, I always feel that something is wrong with Doctor Ji Xiang."

"What is wrong?"

Lin Jiuze was silent.

He could feel that something was wrong with Ji Xiang, but he couldn't say exactly what. Moreover, there were some things he couldn't explain clearly to his teacher; he could at most express some feelings.

"Forget it, Qin Chu is senile," the old man on the other side said indifferently. "Come back; there is a consultation here."

"Oh, what illness?"

"The Sports Medicine department is looking for you for a consultation."

"Sports Medicine? Looking for me?" Lin Jiuze asked in confusion.

"A player in the European league has been very prominent lately; he suffered a major injury, underwent surgery, and recovered quite well post-operation."

Lin Jiuze listened quietly.

"The medical team learned of this case after being asked about the New Surgical Technique, and they gave that young man a physical examination and obtained his Medical Record."

"Teacher, these are surgeries from two different disciplines," Lin Jiuze said.

"This young football player's knee ligament surgery was completed via Hybrid Surgery, so the Sports Medicine side is asking if it is possible for you to perform a similar operation."

"Hybrid Surgery?" Lin Jiuze was taken aback.

"Yes, I have verified it; it is indeed Hybrid Surgery," the old man said slowly. "I have sent the Medical Record to your email; take a look when you have time. As for that young Doctor, don't provoke him for now; there is plenty of time, and your potential is far higher than his."

"This matter was me being insufficiently cautious, thinking he was just an Intern."

(End of chapter)