Chapter 85: Important Mission!

"Just find someone to fill the quota," Bai Chuzhang said indifferently.

The Deputy Director of the Nursing Department was also at a loss.

Regarding the grand competition, the Nursing Department cared a hundred times more than the Medical Affairs Department.

Usually, nurses aren't even allowed to leave after a night shift and are subjected to all sorts of exams; they have to make a fuss over nothing, let alone a grand competition, which is an opportunity to show their faces in front of the leadership.

But man proposes, God disposes; one of the carefully selected nurses had fallen seriously ill, and the Director of the Nursing Department was already furious, throwing a tantrum at the nurse who was currently receiving an IV drip.

"Prepare to depart," Bai Chuzhang said.

"Director Bai, aren't you going to say a few words?"

"What's there to say?" Bai Chuzhang smiled. "A piddling little competition."

He said the last sentence in a very low voice, audible only to himself.

Although it was a piddling competition, Dean Zhao attached great importance to it, even asking Bai Chuzhang from the Medical Affairs Department to oversee it.

This sort of thing should have been under the jurisdiction of the Department of Science and Education, but the people there were not familiar with the judges.

Bai Chuzhang came from Neurosurgery; by the time he moved to the administrative office, he was already performing aneurysm surgeries, truly a top-tier surgeon in the Provincial Hospital.

Being familiar with the judges and getting some favor points was very important.

Getting on the bus to go to the First Affiliated Hospital for the competition, Bai Chuzhang felt extremely bored, yet he sensed that something felt a bit off.

Was it because of Dean Zhao's son?

Bai Chuzhang listened carefully to Zhao Tianjiao chatting with others; they were talking about publishing articles and performing surgeries in their department.

In less than a week, Zhao Tianjiao had been able to assist in Tying Knots almost every day, which was enough to make any Standardized Training Student proud.

Bai Chuzhang didn't find it strange; if Zhao Tianjiao were like everyone else, that's when he would think something was wrong.

As for publishing articles, that was likely the work of Professor Deng and had nothing to do with Zhao Tianjiao.

His gaze swept over and landed on Ji Xiang, who was sitting in the corner of the last row.

Seeing him holding a thick book and reading, Bai Chuzhang finally grasped what he felt was wrong.

Going to participate in a grand competition, others were either chatting in low voices or holding review materials to sharpen their weapons at the last minute, yet this young man was engrossed in a thick book.

At a glance, Bai Chuzhang knew it must be a professional book; he was too familiar with it.

"Young man, what are you reading?" Bai Chuzhang walked over and asked.

"Teacher." Seeing Bai Chuzhang walk over, Ji Xiang started to stand up, but a hand landed on his shoulder.

"Sit and talk, no need to be so formal." Bai Chuzhang sat down beside Ji Xiang with a smile.

"Oh? The third edition of Urological Surgery."

"Yes, I am rotating in the Urology Department."

"Seeing..." Bai Chuzhang's eyes caught that Ji Xiang was looking at the section on partial Kidney Resection, and he sneered inwardly.

The thought he originally had of asking how far he had read vanished completely.

What was this called?

A classic case of aiming too high.

"I'm reading about partial Kidney Resection and the management of postoperative complications," Ji Xiang said very calmly.

"Young man, build a solid foundation first. Partial Kidney Resection is a Level 4 Surgery; you won't have a chance to perform it during your Standardized Residency Training," Bai Chuzhang said flatly.

Let alone during the training period, even if one were a staff doctor, so what? How many Attending Professors in the Urology Department dared to perform a partial Kidney Resection?

Bai Chuzhang understood clinical practice too well; although he couldn't perform this top-difficulty Urological Surgery, he knew exactly what problems could arise from such a procedure.

Because when things went wrong, he was the one who had to resolve them.

"Yes, I know, Teacher."

"Look at circumcision, look at how to Kou Qianlieshan; that is what you should be doing."

Bai Chuzhang lost all interest and, after saying these two things, got up to return to his seat.

"Hey, Doctor Xiao Ji." Tang Yan turned her head, her long eyelashes fluttering; her eyes seemed to speak.

"What's wrong?"

"You're faking it, right?" Tang Yan said. "Trying to get Director Bai's attention? Let me tell you, Director Bai is a standard clinical doctor by background; he was already an Attending Professor back then. It was only because the Medical Affairs Department had a backlog of too many Medical Disputes that the head of Neurosurgery became the head of our hospital, and that's why he was transferred to the Medical Affairs Department."

Hearing Tang Yan talk about Bai Chuzhang's past, Ji Xiang looked up at him.

This person was interesting.

"Director Bai said it clearly, telling you to look at circumcision. I heard you're good at circumcision?"

Tang Yan lowered her voice to ask.

"It's alright, I can do it."

"Hehe, show off a bit when the competition starts." An excited look had already appeared on Tang Yan's face. "This is a trope from TV dramas, and it's written like this in novels too—make Director Bai's glasses fall off in shock!"

Ji Xiang smiled.

He was not interested in that.

"When it's time to show off, you should show off. How does that saying go? 'My child has just grown up, kept in the boudoir, unknown to others.'"

"And 'One day chosen to be by the monarch's side'?" Ji Xiang tilted his head slightly, looking at Tang Yan. "That metaphor isn't appropriate; change it."

"Oh, that's the meaning, just understand it; you're so pretentious. I heard that Director Bai is very capable at resolving Medical Disputes; after he went to the Medical Affairs Department, he resolved over a hundred high-difficulty Medical Disputes that had been piling up."

"Impressive."

"Many department directors want to butter up Director Bai but can't even get the chance."

"Why?"

"Think about it, who doesn't have Medical Disputes? Take your Urology Department, for example; a few years ago, when Director Lao Liu was learning to perform partial Kidney Resection, every time there was bleeding, wasn't it Director Bai who smoothed it over?"

Ji Xiang thought about it; that was indeed a reasonable point.

When the System NPC was teaching him how to perform surgery, it also intentionally or unintentionally mentioned the importance of the Medical Affairs Department.

As long as one is a Doctor, and as long as the surgical volume is large enough, even a circumcision will have complications.

Without the Medical Affairs Department to escort and protect you, don't even think about performing any surgery.

Immediately, Ji Xiang thought of that Patient who had no money for Laser Stone Crushing, and thought of how Liu Zhuren solved the problem with just one phone call.

It looks like his relationship with Bai Chuzhang should be quite good.

"Zhang Zhuren from the Intensive Care Unit wanted to accompany Bai Chuzhang fishing, and guess what happened?" Tang Yan asked mysteriously.

"Fishing is not simple," Ji Xiang said.

"You understand?" Tang Yan was a bit surprised.

Anglers are basically middle-aged and elderly men; young people are all hanging out in internet cafes, playing murder mystery games, or hitting nightclubs—who would go fishing?

"Does Zhang Zhuren know how to handle the line and rod? Does he know which rod is Bai Chuzhang's favorite? Does he know what cigarettes Bai Chuzhang smokes? Has he prepared enough 'dry goods' on international affairs? How do you flatter Bai Chuzhang when he catches a fish? How do you smooth things over if the fish aren't biting?"

"..."

Tang Yan was stunned.

Ji Xiang is clearly an expert.

This doesn't look like a young man at all; he is clearly an old fox.

"Hey, Xiao Ji Yisheng, how do you know so much?"

"When I was a kid, someone wanted to accompany my dad fishing and asked me a lot of questions; these were roughly it, and there were others."

"..." Tang Yan suddenly didn't know how to respond. She hesitated for a moment and changed the subject, "Have you memorized everything for the exam?"

"Mm, I've memorized it all," Ji Xiang said affirmatively.

"How many knots can you tie in a minute?" Tang Yan asked, then she leaned over mysteriously, getting close to Ji Xiang.

Ji Xiang stepped back.

"Still worried I'll take advantage of you? Have some backbone, act like a real man," Tang Yan said with disdain.

"I'm not used to being this close, watch out for Respiratory Alkalosis," Ji Xiang smiled, "Why are you asking this?"

"I just heard from that person in Zhao Yuanzhang's family that he can tie over 130 knots a minute, and he also said he wants to break the record Zhao Yuanzhang set back in the day."

As they spoke, the warm breeze blew frequently, fragrant and sweet, making one feel intoxicated.

Ji Xiang still felt it was better to keep some distance.

"I see you do surgery well, and your Tying Knots is good too, keep it up!" Tang Yan was as energetic as a husky that had been cooped up at home for three days.

"You don't like him?"

"Our Head Nurse introduced him to me as a potential partner the day before yesterday and praised him to the skies, so I don't like him," Tang Yan said.

This reason was a bit nonsensical.

"No need for that, no need for that," Ji Xiang waved his hand, "We Surgeons value a calm mindset, even during emergency rescues. It's just a big competition; there's no need to have any thoughts in your heart."

"Externally train the tendons, bones, and skin; internally train the esophageal smooth muscle?"

After Tang Yan finished speaking, she laughed, her face a bit red.

Ji Xiang always felt there was something wrong with this sentence, but when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't find where the problem was.

This girl speaks and 'drives' more smoothly than he does, and there are even some slang terms he doesn't understand the meaning of.

"I always feel like you're 'driving'," Ji Xiang asked seriously, "Tell me, what does that mean?"

"Hahaha," Tang Yan laughed, turned around, "Time to memorize the questions. We Nurses have it much worse than you; they don't even let us off after night shifts and insist on organizing study sessions for us. Recently, I've been using too much skincare, so going to work at the hospital is just losing money."

Seeing Tang Yan turn away, Ji Xiang continued reading his book.

Upon arriving at the First Affiliated Hospital, staff members arranged the competition process.

First a written test, then the practical operation; it was simple, even somewhat crude.

The process was relatively simple; some hospitals took it seriously, while others just went through the motions to show support.

In this kind of "small" competition, the home team definitely has an advantage; for example, the Judges are basically all professors from the First Affiliated Hospital.

Ji Xiang was slightly troubled.

The Judges are all their people, and he still wants to place?

Basically impossible.

But what about the mission?

Ji Xiang glanced at the System Panel in the top right corner of his vision, slightly puzzled.

Forget it, the System NPC has already opened many backdoors for him; if one mission doesn't go well, it doesn't go well, it doesn't matter.

It's just a pity for such a mission; he was looking forward to getting the highest reward, but in the end, it seems he won't get anything.

Ji Xiang was only slightly disappointed, but he didn't dwell on it.

Preparing for the written test, Ji Xiang glanced at 【Gaze of the Superior Doctor】; he didn't believe he could lose to those rookies in Tying Knots.

If it really doesn't work...

Ji Xiang had the thought of using the skill, but he calculated it—seven or eight Expert Judges; if he had to "look" at them one by one, it's hard to say if he would even break even in the end.

Better forget it, Ji Xiang sighed.

Besides, in broad daylight, under the bright sky, he would have to scold the Expert Group from the Provincial Hospital in front of a hundred or so people? The System NPC didn't have such a good temper when he was young; if he really said something damaging, Ji Xiang would also feel very embarrassed.

If the mission can't be completed, then so be it, it doesn't matter, Ji Xiang comforted himself.

"Ji Xiang!"

Just as Ji Xiang was about to enter the exam hall, Bai Chuzhang suddenly appeared and waved at Ji Xiang.

"Bai Chuzhang."

"Come out for a moment," after Bai Chuzhang called Ji Xiang out, he said, "Xiao Ji Yisheng, the hospital has arranged an important task for you."

"Hm?" Ji Xiang was startled.

"You don't need to participate in the Doctor's competition anymore; go participate in the Nurse's competition instead."

"!!!"

(End of chapter)