Chapter 537

Li Yuanpei was the one who told Fang Ziye about Lan Tianluo managing to get that Respiratory Medicine professor removed.

Before Li Yuanpei mentioned this matter, Fang Ziye had been completely unaware of it.

But now, looking back carefully on this matter, Fang Ziye still found it quite absurd and bizarre!

Lan Tianluo was merely a small fry at Zhongnan Hospital, yet he managed to topple a professor so easily, and the other party didn't even put up the slightest resistance?

Of course, at that time Fang Ziye was low in status and had little influence, so naturally he didn't dwell on these things; looking back now, it indeed makes one feel many things are unreasonable.

Even if Lan Tianluo's father, being an out-of-province professor, had stepped in, it would likely have been a messy battle — yet the result was comparable to Teacher Deng's other professor colleague, who simply resigned and went straight to the Xi'an Jiaotong University Affiliated Hospital in Shaanxi Province.

Luo Tingzhu had never mentioned her grandpa, and indeed her grandpa had passed away relatively early.

"Tingzhu, thank you for telling me these things, but I feel I should be able to handle it myself; if I really encounter trouble that can't be resolved!"

"Then perhaps that would be the time for me to truly change careers; if I really can't be a doctor, going to work as an engineer at a pharmaceutical company might even be more prosperous!" Fang Ziye viewed it very openly.

If given the chance, Fang Ziye would still want to be a good doctor.

Rather than going to be some engineer.

……

Yi City truly lives up to being one of the Nationwide civilized cities; the scenery is quite beautiful.

Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu toured for most of the day, feasting their eyes to the fullest.

On the return journey, it was already 10:20 PM; Luo Tingzhu said: "I thought, being a mountain city person used to seeing big mountains, coming to Yi City to see mountains and waters would just be joining in the fun."

"But unexpectedly, Yi City's scenery truly has its unique charm."

If one were born in a plain area, a small earthen mound would be enough to make one feel wonderfully beautiful, but Luo Tingzhu was a mountain city person — Yucheng itself has many mountains — yet she was still attracted.

Hearing this, Fang Ziye said: "Tingzhu, speaking of mountains, our Ba County's mountains are truly quite high; if it's summer, it's a great place to escape the heat."

"And Enshi's Grand Canyon is the same."

"But going there this season would be slightly cold."

As Fang Ziye spoke to this point, the driver spoke up: "Young man, you're from Ba County? Then we're fellow townsmen? Which community do you live in?"

Fang Ziye replied: "Driver, my home is in the town; I can't afford a house in the county."

"My hometown is in the village."

"Living in the town is good — fresh air, beautiful mountains and waters; going to the county is just breathing exhaust fumes, and living there isn't that great either."

The driver said: "Isn't it still to make a living outside?"

Fang Ziye didn't reply further, instead continuing to chat with Luo Tingzhu, giving her a popular science rundown of his family's personal connections while roughly introducing the relatives his family was closer to.

This trip, Luo Tingzhu was going along with him to his hometown.

After arriving at the hotel, Su Xiao (Senior Brother) sent Fang Ziye another message, asking: "Ziye, the surgery is scheduled for Wednesday — is that okay with you?"

"It's fine, Senior Brother." Fang Ziye replied.

"Eh, good; I'll personally come pick you up then."

"Do you and Tingzhu have plans tomorrow? If not, I'll take you to eat at a farmhouse restaurant — all home-raised native ducks and native chickens." Su Xiao replied politely, his tone slightly fawning.

"Su Xiao (Su Xiong), no need to be so polite; tomorrow Tingzhu and I still have schedule arrangements." Fang Ziye replied.

"Then it's settled; tonight I'll give you a formal welcome dinner in the city area."

"You can't refuse again, alright? Otherwise if word gets out, it'll make your senior brother look not very sensible." Su Xiao set the tone first.

……

The next day, at 8:20 AM, Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu finally got up.

They ate Yi City's rather famous soup dumplings with bursting juice, but the taste was just average — probably because neither of them was too used to it.

After eating, Fang Ziye hailed a cab and then said: "Vision has two graves; the ashes are in Han City, Yi City has a cenotaph, which should be in the hometown."

"Shinai told us to come over for lunch!"

Luo Tingzhu said: "Then we'll go early to help out!"

"Before going upstairs, shall we make a trip to the vegetable market?"

"Sure."

……

When Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu appeared before a courtyard carrying large and small bags, a white-haired old grandma pushed open the door.

Because Fang Ziye had attended Professor Dong Yaohui's memorial service, he naturally recognized this as Professor Dong Yaohui's beloved wife, Shinai.

Shinai was two years older than Professor Dong Yaohui, already seventy-two this year, yet still quite hale and hearty: "Little Fang, Little Luo, you've come."

"Why did you bring so many things?"

Shinai's clothing was still quite fashionable; she was said to be a retired university professor too, but whether she was a retired professor from Han City University, Fang Ziye didn't know.

"Shinai, we just bought a few things casually; hope we didn't disturb you?" After entering the courtyard, Fang Ziye looked around left and right, discovering the courtyard had been managed neatly and tidily.

A detached villa, with front and back gardens, filled with trees inside — though in November the leaves were already mottled.

"No no, this courtyard of mine hasn't had any liveliness for a long time. Your uncle is doing business out of town, the kids have all grown up."

"They only come back during holidays; I quite like the kids!" The old lady finished speaking, then led the two to the living room and called out: "Xiao Mei, you can go cook now."

"The two little ones I told you about have arrived." Shinai called out enthusiastically.

"Okay, Aunt Yun!" The person replying should be Shinai's housekeeper!

This is right — with Professor Dong's status, having bought a villa in his hometown, there shouldn't be no housekeeper helping to manage it.

Luo Tingzhu and Fang Ziye glanced at each other, seeming to feel they had been a bit overly sentimental again.

"Shinai, you like children, why not stay in Han City and live with Uncle Bo and them?" Fang Ziye asked.

Professor Dong Yaohui's son is called Dong Bo; the two only had this one child, born when they were thirty, now about forty years old, younger than Deng Yong.

"We've stayed in Han City a whole lifetime, not much meaning to it; the kids are grown, instead it's more leisurely for one person."

"Out here in the countryside, visiting neighbors is more convenient too." Shinai replied.

Then Teacher's Wife started gossiping about the two people's marriage, saying that when the two of them got married, they must let her know, she would give a red envelope, taking advantage of still being able to move around, to rub off a bit more popularity.

However, until mealtime, it was only when the aunt called Xiao Mei spoke that they learned Teacher's Wife was still writing now, and besides writing, she also had to be responsible for a certain famous journal's manuscript review, and was also a very intellectual knowledgeable woman.

……

After the meal was over, Teacher's Wife then brought Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu to a study upstairs, and then brought out one of the boxes.

Inside were placed some notes, and two USB drives, she said: "Ziye ah, my family's Doctor Dong has mentioned you many times, he said you count as his most outstanding disciple's disciple."

"It's just that a generation was separated in between, with Deng Yong bringing you, and you're still Professor Dong's disciple's disciple, so it wasn't convenient for him to get close to you directly."

In Teacher's Wife's generation, even between husband and wife, there was the habit of calling each other by profession, for example, so-and-so Doctor, so-and-so Teacher.

This was their generation's habit.

"Teacher's Wife, perhaps Teacher Grandpa considered too much, I still have some regret at not being able to obtain Teacher Grandpa's much guidance." Fang Ziye placed his two hands properly.

"Inside here, there are some notes, all written during his leisure time, heard that in this USB drive, there are also some relatively precious materials."

"He said, if Ziye you came, then pass this thing to you."

"If you didn't come, wait until a few years later, let me pass it to Deng Yong, Deng Yong should also give it to you."

"He also said, some things inside here, are all his some conceptions, some things cannot be taken as true, some things, perhaps can succeed, just treat it as providing a line of thought for Ziye you."

Hearing this, Luo Tingzhu and Fang Ziye looked at each other!

An old professor's exceptionally cherished things, and some ideas, all left behind, this is a not-insignificant wealth.

Professor Dong Yaohui was not some rookie professor, previously he was also Zhongnan Hospital Orthopedics' one-side giant, Zhongnan Hospital being able to have today's status, all relied on their generation to fight down this territory.

Elder's gift, dare not refuse.

Fang Ziye didn't even think of refusing, at that moment stood up, bowed deeply: "Thank you Teacher Grandpa, thank you Teacher's Wife."

Teacher's Wife closed the box: "Nothing to thank, I'm from the Water Conservancy Institute, also did academic work, brain also has many ideas."

"I'm very clear, if you all can really manifest Doctor Dong's these ideas into the world, this is this lifetime's greatest comfort."

"We scientific research people, every person leaves behind many regrets……"

"Regrets hard to resolve ah!" Teacher's Wife explained like this.

"Teacher's Wife, I will properly read Teacher Grandpa's left-behind notes." Fang Ziye sincerely replied.

Fang Ziye's contact with Professor Dong Yaohui was not much, but before he left, the words he said to Fang Ziye, and also the words he entrusted Dong Bo Uncle to pass down, all let Fang Ziye benefit greatly.

Moreover, Professor Dong Yaohui this lifetime, also counts as a very pure doctor.

Even before leaving, he also gave Fang Ziye a very vivid lesson.

Saving people, is a glorious, noble thing.

Some people maliciously speculate about it, saying he wants to redeem himself, to die a good death. Fang Ziye towards this saying, completely sneers at it.

Go to your mlgb!

This kind of saying at a glance is just wanting to sow discord.

Fang Ziye doesn't have just one Teacher's Wife, Chu Lao Professor's spouse, never said Professor Dong Yaohui's bad!

Just this point, confirms many things, the two families have no enmity.

Instead it's the students' generation Deng Yong and Yuan Weihong, every person's heart, more or less has a bit of struggle and guilt.

A fact.

Chu Lao Professor's accidental passing, indeed caused relatively large harm to his own Teacher Uncles, and Yuan Weihong.

Teacher's Wife brought Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu to see Teacher Grandpa Dong's cenotaph, both bought incense and paper, sincerely burned before the grave.

In the brain continuously surged up Professor Dong Yaohui still in the department leading the group's scene.

After paying respects, Teacher's Wife said: "Xiao Fang, Xiao Luo, you all go play yourselves, today you all able to listen to me ramble this long, is also hard on you all."

Teacher's Wife very perceptive, knew the two people coming was merely to see Professor Dong Yaohui, no other intention.

Just teacher-student one generation!

Current this society, also impossible to say one day as teacher lifelong as father, must in front of this Teacher's Wife of hers fulfill filial piety.

Even own grandson and granddaughter can't do the thing, she also won't require Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu two people to accompany.

She lived this big age, many things all experienced, also all seen through.

"Teacher's Wife, have opportunity come see you again! ~" Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu at the doorway bid farewell to Teacher's Wife.

Teacher's Wife hesitated a moment, still stroked Fang Ziye's right hand back: "Xiao Fang, no matter how you think in heart, Doctor Dong in heart all has you this disciple's disciple."

"He said it, you can openly say you are his child."

"Go ba, you young people, can play places many, stroll streets ah what's……"

……

Luo Tingzhu a bit sentimental: "Teacher Grandpa they this generation of people, all so pure ah?"

"Clearly Teacher's Wife very wants someone to more accompany her."

"Perhaps is saw through many things ba, and she also not lonely."

Fang Ziye also sighed with emotion: "Children foolish then before hall exhaust filial piety, children accomplished then far fly high!"

"We later possibly also need to get used to this point, able to accompany, possibly just husband and wife two people."

Fang Ziye thought of his own parents!

If self didn't have that enterprising, perhaps now also at parents' side, let them enjoy grandchildren filling hall, but also unavoidable nagging.

When you at side, others also will take you compare, say whose family's so-and-so how good how good.

"Teacher's Wife last sentence what meaning ah?" Luo Tingzhu asked.

Fang Ziye shook head: "Also not too clear exactly what meaning, should be saying, perhaps Teacher Grandpa can let me stand on his shoulders ba."

"After all Teacher Grandpa also counts as our Zhongnan Hospital's honor benchmark one of."

"But I understood, also not plan to do this."

Not just one Master, so naturally not just one Grandpa.

Fang Ziye regretted that he had not had much contact with Professor Dong Yaohui back then.

On Tuesday afternoon, with little time left, the two of them had nothing to do but wander around.

……

On Wednesday, after Fang Ziye arrived at People's Hospital where Senior Brother Su Xiao was, he began surgery in a tight and urgent manner.

Although Su Xiao introduced many people to Fang Ziye, there were too many people to meet at once, and Fang Ziye couldn't remember them all.

With Senior Brother Su Xiao around, everyone was quite courteous to Fang Ziye.

After carefully reviewing the case, Fang Ziye found the surgery was not complex, just a standard functional reconstruction surgery.

However, such functional reconstruction surgery was not considered high-difficulty for Zhongnan Hospital, but for those who had never performed such surgery, it was as difficult as climbing to the heavens!

"Professor Fang, is there no big trouble?" Su Xiao did not call Fang Ziye Ziye, but addressed him as Professor Fang.

"Not bad, similar to the results I saw yesterday!"

"The surgery isn't very difficult," Fang Ziye said while putting on a sterile surgical gown and sterile gloves.

"This surgery isn't difficult?" As soon as Fang Ziye finished speaking, an associate chief physician among Su Xiao's assistants blurted out, his voice sharp.

But the moment he finished speaking, he realized he had been too undignified: "Professor Fang, sorry, I didn't mean anything else, it's just that Director Su and the other directors in the department have discussed this surgery for too long!"

"All felt there was no clue."

Su Xiao was originally putting on clothes; hearing Huang Tao's words, he rolled his eyes and said: "Huang Tao, so we don't even have the qualification to attend Professor Fang's seminar?"

"If you think it's not too difficult, then that is the threshold for sitting in the audience listening to Professor Fang's lecture."

Functional reconstruction surgery is also a high-end surgical technique! Only the hand surgery department of provincial hospitals dares to attempt it; the hand surgery department of prefecture-level city hospitals should just properly perform limb replantation.

They were from Trauma Surgery, and with Su Xiao as a connection, they obtained quite a lot of data.

In prefecture-level city hospitals, the division between specialties is not that clear; as long as you can perform surgery, you can just admit patients yourself.

The patient sources in prefecture-level city hospitals are limited; the daily disease types of Trauma Surgery account for only half of the department, and about one-third of the beds in the department are empty daily.

Yi City has so many hospitals that can perform fracture surgery, so why come to your People's Hospital? Are Central Hospital, Central South Hospital, and Second People's Hospital not good enough?

So, to perform more surgeries, one can only expand sources and break through.

Fang Ziye asked: "The patient is under general anesthesia, right?"

Su Xiao nodded.

Fang Ziye continued: "The difficulty of this surgery is not very high; his functional disorder is mainly in the wrist joint and elbow joint of the left upper limb, as well as the fingers."

"Through MRI, it can be found that he does not have muscle adhesions, only tendon and nerve damage that won't work; just need targeted treatment."

"Our department's daily functional reconstruction surgeries are all full of adhesions, or large segments of nerve necrosis, so this surgery is much easier to handle……"

Fang Ziye's words sounded a bit arrogant, but once Fang Ziye picked up the scalpel, no one thought so anymore.

Almost perfect angle, almost perfect incision, almost perfect dissection, almost perfect surgical field!

Even just watching Fang Ziye's surgery gave people the illusion of "I am very strong," "I could do it too."

Eating too much wild grass, suddenly a meal of fine bran appears, truly opening everyone's eyes!

"Damn, surgery can be played like this?" A attending physician in his thirties, unable to bear the loneliness and unable to help being shocked, burst out cursing!

Su Xiao and Huang Tao both rolled their eyes at the words; he immediately covered his mouth with both hands!

Su Xiao turned his head and said lightly: "Xiao Yongping, do you think holding a seminar and surgery livestream in front of a nationally renowned professor relies on empty fame?"

Fang Ziye is his fellow trainee, and also one of his benefactors!

True strength is right here; Su Xiao cannot let people question it! He has one hundred percent unconditional trust.

For no other reason, because Fang Ziye is now the best of the Master's School, the pride and glory of the Master's School!

However, as the surgery went on, it eventually reached a realm others found hard to understand.

When one's level is limited and capability is average, one's vision and cognition are also limited.

So some things beyond your cognition, you cannot understand!

Two hours later, Fang Ziye had completed most of the key transpositions and reconstruction surgeries of the operation, not noticing everyone's shocked eyes, and sighed: "If Director Zeng were here, that would be great."

"We can now see the patient's vital signs recovering quite intuitively."

This sentence directly made the director of the Anesthesiology Department's legs tremble, and he smiled bitterly in reply: "Professor Fang, what you say, Professor Zeng Quanming's attainments in movement and sensation separation anesthesia, how can we compare?"

"I can only do general anesthesia and nerve block."

But in his heart he was complaining: If I had this skill, Tongji and Peking Union Medical College Hospital would have invited me over!

Fang Ziye turned his head and smiled faintly!

Using a retractor to lift the patient's tendon, the patient's fingers reflexively stretched and contracted freely.

He said: "Senior Brother Su, look? At least, the patient's passive movement is now full!"

"Active rehabilitation training needs to be strengthened after surgery; fix for five days, and after five days, the flexion of the five fingers must directly reach ninety degrees! ~"

Su Xiao said: "Does it have to be so aggressive?"

"Slower is also fine! ~" Su Xiao said.

Fang Ziye replied: "Senior Brother, I am still being conservative here; our department generally reaches ninety degrees in three days, and removes the fixation device the next day."

"Five days is not too little."

"The instruments, suture thread, etc., here are not inferior to Zhongnan; what's not possible? Don't be afraid the tendon will break! ~"

"After surgery, hormones must be used sufficiently, used until the fourth day, then reduced until stopped; this can reduce the patient's inflammatory response, and pain will also be less."

"The patient will be more willing to undergo active functional training."

"Also, Senior Brother Su, if your department wants to perform functional reconstruction surgery, the suturing technique may need to be strengthened." Fang Ziye gave guidance.

Su Xiao nodded: "I know this, Professor Fang."

"That's basically it." Fang Ziye put down the instrument in his hand.

Checking the time again, only two hours and fifty-seven minutes had passed.

A surgery they thought was as difficult as ascending to the heavens, Fang Ziye had already finished operating!

"Ah?"

"Then what about the rest?" Su Xiao was stunned.

What a joke!

"We're all surgeons; closing the cavity isn't difficult, right? As long as you don't suture the nerves and tendons, just do a normal closure—there's nothing special about it." Fang Ziye tried to keep his tone calm.

However, perhaps Fang Ziye was used to being "wealthy."

In the eyes of a tycoon with hundreds of billions in cash flow, what was spending one or two million to buy a house? Even buying one a day, he couldn't spend it all in a lifetime.

Used to performing super complex functional reconstruction surgeries, Fang Ziye felt today's surgery was completely unfulfilling.

A surgery yielding only a thousand-plus Knowledge Points was truly not very interesting to perform.

Therefore, Fang Ziye spent money casually, making people find it incredibly unbelievable, giving a sense of a dimensionality reduction strike.

This was very normal.

"So it's sutured?" Su Xiao dared not make any decision at this moment.

"It can be sutured, Senior Brother Su, I definitely wouldn't lie to you." Fang Ziye said.

Fang Ziye knew this patient was very important to Su Xiao, even being his "benefactor" for further advancement to Chief Director of Surgery or even Vice Dean.

But Fang Ziye was still very confident in his own surgery; such a simple surgery, could it possibly still need me to suture it?

Of course, it wouldn't matter if Fang Ziye sutured it himself; mainly, he wanted to have lunch with Luo Tingzhu.

Only then did Su Xiao accompany Fang Ziye to step down from the operating table.

After stepping down, Fang Ziye added, "Director Huang, I'll agree to your friend request later; please add a note then."

"Professor Fang, definitely, definitely!" Huang Tao nodded excitedly.

He no longer dared to think Fang Ziye was throwing his weight around; where was this throwing weight around? He was already a big shot, even said to be one of the few top surgical blades in the country.

If they could invite him to perform surgery, it would be a blessing for the department and the patient, not merely a transaction!

After the two left, Huang Tao finally sighed in relief, filled with emotion.

"Although it sounds unflattering for me to put it this way, Professor Fang is truly fucking awesome!"

"Indeed, I thought we would need to step down several times during the operation to carefully ponder, then learn, and refine the surgical plan."

"As it turned out, one round was over, and we hadn't even reacted before it ended." Senior Attending Physician Chen Dongqiang replied.

"This might be what a dimensionality reduction strike is."

"Moreover, Professor Fang seems quite down-to-earth, not as aloof as the rumors say."

"I think I've become a fan of Professor Fang." Chen Dongqiang said.

"Other people's female fans are lining up in crowds; they don't lack you as one fan." Huang Tao teased.

"......"

In the changing room, Su Xiao calmly said, "Ziye, I inquired a bit about those rumors; it seems they came from the Provincial Health Commission recently."

"I've already told Master; Master said he will pay attention."

"Thank you, Senior Brother! ~"

Fang Ziye hurriedly said, "Senior Brother, do you have any surgery arrangements later? If so, go ahead and be busy; Tingzhu and I plan to return to Enshi tomorrow."

Returning from Yi City to Enshi requires taking a high-speed train; taking a boat won't do!

"In such a hurry?" Su Xiao asked politely.

"Senior Brother, I've already stayed in Yi City for three days; plus tomorrow, that's a full four days." Fang Ziye arrived in Yi City on Sunday.

"I was still planning to take you to see Master Dong tomorrow!"

"You've already been there, right?" Su Xiao asked.

After Professor Dong Yaohui returned to Yi City, Su Xiao was naturally the first to come out and receive him.

"Yes, Senior Brother; Master sent me the location. Since you're busy, I didn't want to disturb you!" Fang Ziye said.

Su Xiao's face turned red, and he replied, "Ziye, don't blame Senior Brother for being snobbish; at a prefecture-level city hospital, personal connections are very serious—it's not that you can get in just because you're capable!"

"I know, Senior Brother; I've worked at Enshi Central Hospital before." Fang Ziye replied.

These could all be understood; the smaller the place, the more weight personal connections carry.

Conversely, at a top teaching hospital like Zhongnan Hospital, the weight of personal connections is lighter!

Think about it—which leader would entrust their relative to an incapable relationship household?

Su Xiao said, "I'll still treat you and Tingzhu to a meal! ~"

"Other things can be postponed; you're leaving anyway, this definitely can't be postponed again."

"Ziye, if you go on a rural rotation next time, definitely come to our hospital."

"I'll try my best to strive for Zhongnan Hospital's pairing assistance." Su Xiao replied.

Yi City People's Hospital was not a place Fang Ziye could come to whenever he wanted; generally, every teaching hospital had its own targeted assistance hospital.

Having come down from Zhongnan Hospital, Fang Ziye could only go to these hospitals.

From Associate Professor to Professor, Fang Ziye still had to go on a rural rotation; this was the necessary path to becoming a Chief Physician, and also one of the provincial policies for assisting and improving capabilities at remote hospitals.

"Senior Brother Su, if there's an opportunity, I will definitely come!" Fang Ziye replied.

Finally, after parting with Su Xiao, Fang Ziye breathed a sigh of relief.

"This whole thing—along the way, I've practically become a mobile surgery machine."

"I was quite interested in the surgery in Yue City, but today's surgery had no highlights at all." Fang Ziye complained to Luo Tingzhu.

"Senior Brother, if you could get interested in the patients at Yi City People's Hospital, that would be strange!"

"Patients like that, most hospitals avoid them if they can. If Yue City Central Hospital didn't have Professor Zhou backing them up, just look at whether Director Huang there would dare accept such a patient." Luo Tingzhu, however, saw things more transparently.

"That's true enough." Fang Ziye replied.

"How's your thesis coming along?"

Luo Tingzhu didn't follow Fang Ziye to the operating room today; she stayed at the hotel writing her thesis.

"Not bad, I've pretty much got the framework laid out!"

"Senior Brother, I also looked at one of Professor Dong's USB drives. I was afraid the stuff inside might get corrupted, so I copied a copy onto your USB drive."

"Have to say, Professor Dong's generation really had guts!"

"He even considered making AI-powered prostheses. Amputees could fully achieve functional compensation through such a prosthesis."

"But this idea was too leap-forward!" Luo Tingzhu said as she walked.

"Artificial intelligence? Prostheses?" Fang Ziye listened, his brows furrowing deeply.

Recalling Old Professor Dong Yaohui's low-key nature, as well as some of his bold ideas, it was hard to connect the two.

"Senior Brother, Professor Dong really had a lot of ideas. You've obtained a very precious treasure!" Luo Tingzhu said with some envy.

Fang Ziye asked: "How does it compare to Jie Han?"

Just as he said this, Fang Ziye's phone rang again.

Fang Ziye picked it up and looked — still Su Xiao (Senior Brother) calling.

Su Xiao went straight to the point: "Ziye, can you stay one more day? I've got a patient here?"

Fang Ziye heard this and directly interrupted: "Senior Brother, tell him to come to Zhongnan and find me!"

After saying this, Fang Ziye waited for Su Xiao's reply.

Helping once is a favor; asking for help a second time is pushing your luck.

Su Xiao immediately replied: "Okay, Ziye! ~"

"Wish you and Tingzhu a good time." Su Xiao's change of attitude was also very fast.

Fang Ziye heard this and said again: "Senior Brother, it's not easy for me to come out for a trip; who knows when there'll be another chance."

"Senior Brother understands."

"Actually Senior Brother is just going through the motions."

"Our Dean called, I couldn't very well ignore it." Su Xiao said.

……

Luo Tingzhu frowned deeply: "This Su Xiao (Su Xiong), isn't he trying to use you to build a relationship network? Again and again!"

Luo Tingzhu naturally recognized Fang Ziye's value.

Even just surgical videos have value, let alone him personally coming to perform surgery.

"That's a prefecture-level city hospital for you! ~"

"Su Xiao (Su Xiong) has no choice either. He hasn't made excessive demands, so let's not pursue it further!" Fang Ziye shook his head.

In the jianghu, one is at the mercy of circumstances.

Even if Su Xiao is the Director of Trauma at a prefecture-level city hospital, so what?

Still just in the circle — only difference between a big circle and a small circle.

The two's itinerary continued!

After the train tickets from Yi City to Enshi were confirmed, Fang Ziye called his parents.

After getting off the train, Fang Ziye saw Fang Nan and Liang Xia. The two had driven an open-top four-wheeler to pick up the two of them.

This vehicle was what Fang Nan usually used for hauling and delivering goods; this time he'd driven it from the town all the way to Enshi Railway Station!

After Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu got off, the moment the two saw Luo Tingzhu, they froze for a second, then hurriedly rubbed their hands and walked over: "Little Ye'er."

"Ziye." Mother and Father's forms of address weren't quite the same.

Fang Ziye introduced the two to them; Luo Tingzhu also hurriedly called Uncle and Aunt, a bit nervously……

Fang Nan and Liang Xia were very enthusiastic. They put the two's suitcases in the back trailer, then hurriedly drove away from the train station, and then found a restaurant that looked quite high-end.

Fang Ziye said: "Dad, this place isn't good. Turn right up ahead then left, there's a small lane; the flavor there is better, and it's cheaper too!"

"What kind of talk is this? Is this about cheap or not cheap?" Fang Nan scolded Fang Ziye.

Daughter-in-law hasn't even crossed the threshold yet, and Fang Ziye 'not close' first.

"The environment there is better too." Fang Ziye said repeatedly.

……

At two in the afternoon, a pig in Fang Ziye's family pigsty kicked the bucket.

At three in the afternoon, two chickens and two ducks also walked up to the chopping block.

Opened the granary, went to the valley, the excellently preserved cured meat was also taken out.

There were cured pig trotters, cured pig face……

A whole table of seven dishes, only one vegetarian dish, and that was cabbage picked from the back courtyard.

If Fang Ziye hadn't stopped them, the pair of rabbits in the back courtyard would probably have had to experience a parting of life and death too!

Sitting around the table, Fang Ziye said: "Mom, you say these things, cooking them one meal at a time would be so good? Making this much all at once, how can we finish it?"

"What do you know, just eat! ~" Liang Xia also simmered silver ear red date soup and brought it up for Luo Tingzhu.

"Auntie, don't make more, if we can't finish it later it'll be wasted." Luo Tingzhu hurriedly said toward the kitchen direction.

"Tingzhu, don't listen to Little Ye'er. There's still a pig stomach over there, coming out of the pot right away." Liang Xia brought the soup up to the table, sand pot and all.

"Can we finish this much? Auntie didn't invite other people, did she?" Luo Tingzhu asked in a low voice.

"Shouldn't have!"

"If they invited people they should've told me in advance. Tomorrow we go to Grandpa's for a meal, the day after to my maternal grandfather's. Today shouldn't be to the point of calling people over." Fang Ziye said.

"So much, what a waste." Luo Tingzhu looked at the table full of food, a bit reluctant to let it go to waste.

"Then you eat more..." Fang Ziye was also helpless.

The two elders at home couldn't be persuaded, what could be done?

……

On November 12th, while Luo Tingzhu was strolling idly in town, she saw a scale at the pharmacy doorway, so she took off her shoes and stepped on it.

"One hundred and three point seven! ~" She instantly panicked a little.

"It's only been a few days, and I've gained over three jin. No, I'm not eating dinner tonight." Luo Tingzhu said.

"That probably won't work. If you don't eat at least a bowl, my parents will still keep urging you."

"Just bear with it!" Fang Ziye said.

These past few days, Fang Ziye had also gained weight, reaching one hundred forty-five, a full four jin heavier, one jin more than Luo Tingzhu.

"It's not really bearing it. Once I'm at the table I can't hold back either."

"Sigh, Uncle and Aunt's cooking is really good, it's just a waste of so much meat." Luo Tingzhu stepped off the scale, squatting down to fix her shoe heels.

Immediately after, Luo Tingzhu stood up again and said: "Senior Brother, yesterday, Teacher Dong was suppressed. What happened?"

"Professor Dong is someone with ideas. When he was Director of Trauma Surgery before, he actually had a great opportunity to advance further. Not to mention becoming an Academician, securing a Distinguished Youth grant and becoming like Professor Duan Hong should not have been a problem."

"But because of Professor Chu's matter, many of his things were cut off."

"Afterward, applying for projects was also sought but not obtained."

"So it just ended up cut off like that! ~" Fang Ziye said with emotion.

"Wasn't it said that Professor Chu's sudden death had nothing to do with Professor Dong? I heard that after Professor Chu passed away, someone calculated Professor Dong's working hours, a full seventy-nine hours?" Luo Tingzhu asked.

"This isn't important. As a leader, during the emergency rescue process, if someone in your own department has an accident, you have to take responsibility!"

"Being a leader isn't that easy."

"So, Professor Dong's ideas and concepts benefited this hairy kid. Among them were quite a few mature concepts." Fang Ziye said.

"Master is still Master."

Fang Ziye couldn't help thinking: if Professor Chu hadn't passed away, and Professor Dong hadn't been suppressed, how comfortable his days would be now.

Of course, it's also possible that during his Master's entrance exam, he couldn't even get through the door. The competition was too fierce with too many god-like figures, and Fang Ziye's resume at the time wasn't rich enough. He might have failed the interview and been eliminated.

Fang Ziye's phone rang again at this moment.

Fang Ziye picked it up and saw it was Deng Yong calling: "Ziye, you?"

"Are you available to stop your leave recently?"

"Huh? Master, why? Generally after the Chief Resident rotation ends, isn't there a one-month compensatory leave period?" Fang Ziye asked.

Fang Ziye could hear Deng Yong on the other end of the phone swallowing several mouthfuls of saliva: "Ziye, your Chief Resident time limit isn't as long as others'. Counting generously, it's only been seven months."

"Others are generally one and a half to two years."

"Furthermore, your Master really can't withstand the pressure from these patients in the department anymore. After they heard you were on leave, they pressured me through all kinds of connections."

"Saying they insist on you coming back to be the lead surgeon! ~"

"Mm, Liu Huanglong personally came to be lead surgeon for surgeries. Among them, one surgery's outcome was also barely satisfactory!"

"Dean Wang has called me many times to communicate about this matter." Deng Yong's voice was slightly low.

Before Fang Ziye left, the department was harmonious and happy.

Because even if Fang Ziye didn't operate, he would watch from the side and correct things in time.

So everyone didn't realize Fang Ziye's true role and his occasional speaking up. Now that Fang Ziye is gone, even Liu Huanglong's surgical quality fluctuates greatly!

Only then did everyone react and realize that the current Fang Ziye is still the backbone.

Merely a few months of accumulation is not yet enough to let Liu Huanglong and the others stand alone! ~

(Chapter End)