Chapter 281: Student Becomes the Boss (Asking for Subscriptions)

Fang Ziye really wasn't bragging.

The home video started at 12:27 PM on the 27th day of the 12th lunar month, the next day, and ended at 12:48:13 PM.

During the video, Fang Ziye's parents gave him two choices: let Fang Ziye bring his girlfriend home together, or they would come to Han City to spend the New Year together...

Naturally, Fang Ziye refused both choices without any hesitation; the agreed condition was that Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu would find free time to return to Enshi for a reunion during the Lantern Festival.

Throughout the entire video, Fang Ziye's posture remained very stiff.

Because Luo Tingzhu was right beside him, the parents still gave the younger generation considerable face.

At noon, Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu had actually just planned to go out to find lunch; the morning hot dry noodles were bought downstairs and eaten at home to make do, their stomachs were hungry, they had just packed up and were about to go out, but once the video started they could only pretend they had just finished eating.

"Xiao Nuonuo, now we can rest assured, right? The two of us can peacefully spend the New Year..." Fang Ziye was no longer used to calling her Junior Sister.

He just felt the three words Xiao Nuonuo were just right; of course, if they went to the Department, Fang Ziye would definitely still call out Junior Sister.

During Fang Ziye's video call with his parents, Luo Tingzhu was very nervous, not daring to say extra words; now after hanging up, she finally relaxed with a breath, glanced at Fang Ziye whose attitude was a bit tough and who hadn't been summoned home by his parents, and nodded lightly:

"Although I'm at ease, I feel even more guilty; you originally could have gone back for the New Year, but stayed because you had to accompany me."

Luo Tingzhu's emotions grew desolate as she spoke.

Because Luo Tingzhu felt that if she herself had a happy harbor, a place to return to for the New Year that wind and rain couldn't stop, then Fang Ziye definitely could have gone back for a reunion.

There was no need to deliberately separate from family just to accompany her.

If accompanying her for the New Year and festivals were all a kind of task and burden, this actually isn't conducive to healthy relationship development.

This is also the reason why many people, when looking for a partner, don't especially like finding orphans.

Family are not just simple helpers, but also a kind of spiritual sustenance.

The relationship can be not good enough, but existence itself is a certain person's final bottom line.

Hearing this, Fang Ziye twisted his down jacket while saying: "If you're willing to spend the New Year in Sha City or Zheng City, I can accompany you too."

Midway through Fang Ziye saying this, Luo Tingzhu shot a look over with her eyes.

Fang Ziye could only shut up midway.

Not having suffered another's suffering, don't advise another to be good.

Not all parents are worth their children being willing to acknowledge them as parents, and not all parents are worthy of respect, worthy of the noble title of parents.

You could put it this way: Luo Tingzhu's parents, economically, definitely did not make things difficult for Luo Tingzhu.

But a child's growth, without economy definitely won't do, but with only economy also definitely won't do.

"I won't say more, let's go buy vegetables..."

"Go to the vegetable market or the supermarket?" Fang Ziye hurriedly changed the topic.

"Let's look at both." Luo Tingzhu suggested.

Then the two went out, each with a towel wrapped around them, wearing baseball caps.

But the problem was, even dressed like this, when Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu went out they still ran into an acquaintance they knew, namely Shu Lang who lived in the same community as Fang Ziye.

It's just that Shu Lang didn't recognize the fully armed Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu, but Luo Tingzhu and Fang Ziye recognized Shu Lang.

The two pretended not to know Shu Lang and continued walking forward for a while, then Luo Tingzhu said somewhat guiltily: "Senior Brother Fang, why don't we just be honest with the teachers? Coming back early is just coming back early, it's not something especially big."

"Our overseas resumes are in hand anyway; at most the foreign teachers' opinion of us won't be too good later, it doesn't affect anything else."

Hearing this, Fang Ziye also expressed agreement: "I also feel that hiding like this isn't a solution."

"Right, if we choose to be honest with the Masters, and we still want to spend the New Year together, then we can only be honest about more; then our fellow disciples will all know about our matter."

"Would you not be too used to it?"

Coming back half a month early isn't a big deal, because the procedures abroad were all finished; at most the foreign teaching teachers would say a few words about bad attitude, nothing serious otherwise.

But returning to the country, given the teachers' care for Fang Ziye, if Fang Ziye spends the New Year in Han City and still doesn't want to be called to Yuan Weihong's home for the New Year, there are only two possibilities.

One is being on duty, the other is opening a room or something similar to opening a room.

Otherwise it can't be explained.

During Fang Ziye's first year of graduate school, he was on a 24-hour shift on the first day of the New Year, no chance to go back for the New Year, but New Year's Eve was in Han City, that time he spent the New Year at Yuan Weihong's home; during his second year of graduate school on New Year's Eve, Fang Ziye was on duty that day, that's why he didn't go to the Master's home, because once off shift, Fang Ziye almost flew back to his hometown...

"I don't know either, should be okay..." Luo Tingzhu also found it hard to say clearly whether she dared to be so bold now.

Being generous toward others, and being bold toward others, are two completely different concepts, cannot be lumped together.

However, just when Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu were both still hesitating like this.

Fang Ziye's phone already rang—

"Shu Lang who just came to the Department said he saw you ah? Where are you now? When did you return to Han City?" Yuan Weihong asked very determinedly.

"Ah? Master?" Fang Ziye didn't react at all, after answering the phone he was extremely surprised.

"What ah, Shu Lang said, those shoes you're wearing are very distinctive, he remembers them very deeply, such characteristics can't be repeated on anyone else, plus the build is also similar."

"Are you in Han City?" Yuan Weihong continued pressing.

"Yes, Master. I'm in Han City now, just got off the plane last night, I originally planned to wait a few days..." Fang Ziye 'compromised'.

"Good as long as you're in Han City, hurry to the Department, help cover a shift."

"I have to go to the Outpatient Clinic this afternoon." Yuan Weihong said.

"On duty? What about Zhou Ge? Isn't Zhou Ge the Chief Resident?"

"You come over first then we'll talk."

"Remember to call Tingzhu along too." Yuan Weihong gave a reminder. Meaning, you guys don't hide anymore, I know everything.

I control the whole situation.

Fang Ziye relayed Yuan Weihong's words to Luo Tingzhu.

Luo Tingzhu's pair of small hands clenched and released three or four times, then said: "Let's go Senior Brother Fang, Yuan Lao called us over, there should be something, otherwise Shu Lang wouldn't have been temporarily called to the Department."

"Mm, then let's go."

"Sigh, the place is too familiar, not good; wanting to steal half a day of leisure is impossible, all get pressed into service." Fang Ziye complained.

Fang Ziye never expected that he would actually be pressed into service on the second day after returning home, right before the New Year, at noon.

Actually, strictly speaking, both he and Luo Tingzhu should currently be adjusting to the time difference.

It was just that both of them planned to go out first, and after going out to buy some things, they would immediately adjust to the time difference, continuing until after the New Year.

Of course, saying all this now has no meaning.

Twenty minutes later.

In the Deputy Chief Physician Office.

"Master, Associate Professor Xie went to Emergency? Jin Hongzhou was removed as Chief Resident, and Li Nuo was transferred to Spine Surgery?" Yuan Weihong dropped one bombshell after another on Fang Ziye.

"Then who is the Chief Resident of our ward now?" Fang Ziye was most curious about this.

"Our group's Qin Geluo. He just went to the Emergency Operating Room, so he asked me to cover for him in the department." Yuan Weihong said leisurely.

He did not deliberately change his tone just because Fang Ziye felt shocked.

In just this short one year, personnel had actually undergone such huge changes, which Fang Ziye found hard to predict.

"Why?" Fang Ziye asked.

"The reasons are complex. You'll understand slowly later. Currently the hospital is streamlining personnel. Our Orthopedics Department is also seeking change and breakthroughs. We might have to open new sub-specialties. Otherwise, the current personnel in each sub-specialty are too bloated."

"This is also the development plan of Professor Du and others' sub-specialty branches." Yuan Weihong said.

Yuan Weihong didn't want to elaborate, so Fang Ziye didn't dare ask further.

One can actually imagine that Xie Jinyuan went to Emergency probably because he hit a snag on the road to promotion to Chief Physician, or perhaps Emergency has a shortcut to Chief Physician.

As for Li Nuo and Jin Hongzhou, they probably got into trouble during bed management in the department, or were caught red-handed with some underhanded actions...

After saying these things, Yuan Weihong then asked: "Ziye, many people in the hospital have been expecting output from you after you went overseas for a long time, but you went and then fell completely silent."

"What have you been doing all this time? You didn't slack off, did you?"

Fang Ziye's time abroad was indeed not outstanding, although he did publish a fifth-author first-tier journal paper.

But to be honest, let alone one fifth-author first-tier paper, even five or six would not help the current Fang Ziye much. They would only have the significance of icing on the cake.

"Master, that really wasn't slacking off."

"Before going overseas, didn't you say: passing the imperial exam is a small success, the wedding night is a great success. Master, your words and deeds, every word a pearl. The student kept them in mind and diligently pondered them day and night, so he spent half a year racking his brains."

"He took all the time others use for research and used it to ponder how to fall in love, and finally found a girlfriend..." Fang Ziye spoke with a straight face, 'talking nonsense'.

But precisely this expression, these movements, this tone, left Yuan Weihong with no temper.

No way. When he went overseas, Yuan Weihong had instructed Fang Ziye exactly like this. He just never expected Fang Ziye would actually obey this perfectly, to the point of doing almost nothing but obeying, not a single bit of proper work.

A fifth-author first-tier original article type paper is actually enough for a PhD graduation, but?

Compared to Fang Ziye's previous output efficiency?

Yuan Weihong even suspected whether Fang Ziye had truly exhausted his talent.

And this exhaustion was Fang Ziye being directly hollowed out. Otherwise, even if Fang Ziye just produced a seventh or eighth-author paper, the workload would at least be ten-plus.

Although it couldn't compare to Fang Ziye's peak period, it would still be relatively acceptable. His future would be bright.

But only a few workload units in half a year. This kind of output efficiency would affect the upper limit Fang Ziye could reach in the future.

"You really went to fall in love?" Yuan Weihong asked.

"Mm-hmm, Master!"

"When Xiao Nuonuo and I first came over, we were holding hands." Fang Ziye continued joking.

"Xiao Nuonuo?" Yuan Weihong was puzzled.

"Actually it's Xiao Luo Luo, but I feel Xiao Nuonuo sounds softer and more glutinous, so!" Fang Ziye actually explained seriously.

Yuan Weihong instantly got angry: "Shut up! I, you!"

"No, Ziye, it's only been half a year, how did you become like this?" Yuan Weihong seemed to see his own shadow in Fang Ziye. This was the definition of shameless.

The old Fang Ziye was very positive energy, hardworking, ambitious.

But now?

Love-brain?

"I think it's pretty good, Master. This is life. Master, honestly, I really admire your life philosophy and attitude now."

"Life is only a few decades long. Enough to eat, enough to drink. Play when you should play, and play to the fullest. Brag when you should brag. Otherwise, being too serious makes this whole lifetime too tiring, tired to the point of not being worth it. So I feel..." Fang Ziye continued speaking seriously like this, using the man's own way against him.

Hearing this, Yuan Weihong immediately stood up: "Don't say any more. A man apart for three days should be looked at with new eyes!"

"You think your master is still the same master as before?"

"Isn't he?" Fang Ziye examined Yuan Weihong carefully, but couldn't see any special change in him.

"I! ~"

Yuan Weihong also found it hard to explain to Fang Ziye. He just sighed: "Forget it. This isn't something that can be explained in a few words."

"I'm f*cked, how did I find three immortals who all give me headaches at once?"

"Forget it, forget it." Yuan Weihong waved his hands repeatedly.

"Hey, right, Master, where are Xiao Jie and Tian Luo? You have Outpatient Clinic today, right?" Fang Ziye looked left and right, seemingly not seeing the two fellow trainees, and hadn't seen them in the office earlier either.

"Xiao Jie?"

"Xiao Jie is practically gallivanting among the flowers now. His life only has carefree left."

"As for Tian Luo, there's even less need to mention. He's practically become my boss. Would I dare let him follow my Outpatient Clinic?"

"???" Fang Ziye at this moment had a head full of question marks.

"Don't know how Tian Luo did it. He found a team and analyzed one of our hospital's Internal Medicine teams from top to bottom. All the fraud and even errors were found by him. Including his own data redundancy and fabricated data, over ten papers were retracted."

"A professor was hard forced back down to Lecturer."

"Now several Associate Professors are working for Tian Luo. They're nominally in my team, but they don't really give me face." Yuan Weihong said while scratching his nose.

"Oh, is that so?" Fang Ziye pretended not to know about this.

(Chapter End)