Chapter 1364: 1323 I Made One Myself

Liu Xu zhi laughed, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes all opened.

Zheng Lao Ban came to Xilin Zhen Yiyuan Hospital in the midst of his busy schedule, contrary to his expectations.

Although they had previously arranged for him to come and perform a guiding surgery, he had just finished operating on Doctor Mei Ha'er two days ago, and looking after the doctor was very important.

Putting himself in Zheng Lao Ban's place, Liu Xu zhi felt he certainly wouldn't fly to a remote town at this time.

Liu Xu zhi also knew this place was a poor, remote backwater with no money or patient sources. Could Zheng Lao Ban have flown here just to go play in the Gobi Desert?

Nonsense.

If one really wanted to go to the Gobi Desert, Xinjiang's deserts are better and vaster; even foreign ones like the Sahara are more fun than our little desert.

Liu Xu zhi felt so grateful he bent over and couldn't straighten up.

"Old Liu, you say you're this old—how come you're not even a director?" In the car, Su Yun looked at the medical records Liu Xu zhi had brought, clicked her tongue, and said.

Those words were like a needle, stabbing into Liu Xu zhi's heart.

That's right—I'm not even a director… I don't even have a ward; all the patients are staying in the gastroenterology department.

Really irregular.

The key point is that I'm just a small doctor… asking a professor to perform surgery while being a small doctor violates the unspoken rules.

But Liu Xu zhi had no way around it; broadly speaking, the intervention department traditionally has no wards—Peking Union Medical College's intervention department has no wards, and Xilin Zhen Yiyuan Hospital doesn't even have an intervention department, so what's the problem?

Putting it another way, with just this one doctor, I suppose I'll pretend to be able to do interventional surgery. Liu Xu zhi sighed, and in front of Zheng Lao Ban and Yun Ge'er, he said he could do interventional surgery, feeling guilty inside.

"Whether we have it or not doesn't matter; Haicheng Shi Yiyuan Hospital is no different, right?" Zheng Ren smiled warmly and said, "The patient is fully prepared; tomorrow morning's surgery is all arranged, right?"

"Zheng Lao Ban, rest assured, only our hospital uses the intervention equipment." Liu Xu zhi said with a smile.

"Alright. After last time's anatomy lesson, how well did you grasp it?" Zheng Ren asked.

"I… I recently tried making one." Liu Xu zhi then said.

"Oh? Old Liu, impressive—you just set one up yourself!" Su Yun slapped Liu Xu zhi's shoulder hard, just like in the intervention department of Pengxi Township Hospital.

Papapa—

"Hey, Yun Ge'er, stop picking on me." Liu Xu zhi said, but he straightened his back, "I did poorly—it took five attempts to get it right."

This level is basically the Mayo Clinic's standard before the new TIPS surgery was developed.

And yet, the sole interventional doctor at a second-tier township hospital in Xilin Town actually described his skill as needing five attempts to get it right.

Liu Xu zhi felt a surge of pride well up inside him.

Improving technical skill is what a doctor's foundation really is. With this ability, even if future hospital reforms bring unexpected problems, making a living elsewhere shouldn't be hard.

"Not bad." Zheng Ren didn't demand more from Liu Xu zhi; instead, he gave praise.

"Indeed, given Liu Xu zhi's basic level, achieving this standard after one anatomy lesson and a few on-site observations, without any guiding surgery, shows he's been very diligent."

"What about the second-stage surgery?" Zheng Ren asked.

"I tentatively tried the second-stage surgery, and the results were not bad." Liu Xu zhi said, slightly proud.

Zheng Ren chuckled, "Old Liu, you're capable." Though he looks like a coward, being able to perform a second-stage TIPS surgery is no small feat.

You know, Zhu Liangchen ran into serious trouble when he attempted the second-stage surgery.

"Old Liu, for this patient, where do you think the puncture point is?" Su Yun asked, holding up an image.

The car was the big SUV Liu Xu zhi brought, with plenty of space and a provincial capital license plate. Even so, looking at the images in the cramped cabin was extremely difficult.

Liu Xu zhi had studied this image and the patient for a long time.

Everything was in his mind; otherwise, how could he have the confidence to ask Zheng Lao Ban to fly over and perform the surgery?

This is a live‑teaching surgery, and I'm the operator. A slip‑up getting hit by the hemostatic forceps would be minor, but if colleagues nationwide and even worldwide saw it as a joke, I might as well not be human.

"Yun Ge'er, here." Liu Xu zhi pointed with his finger on the image; although he was fairly sure, he couldn't pinpoint it exactly, so he drew a small circle.

No wonder it took five attempts—his understanding only went this far.

Zheng Ren chuckled and said, "Old Liu, do you have any fresh animal liver?"

Liu Xu zhi froze for a moment.

Is Zheng Lao Ban going to give me another anatomy lesson?

Good grief~

Liu Xu zhi's heart felt like it was about to fly away.

"Your understanding has a few small issues; it's a problem from the earlier anatomy lesson." Zheng Ren said, "When I gave a lecture at the Mayo Clinic, I demonstrated with a guidewire on site, and it was very easy to understand."

Zheng Ren's words left Liu Xu zhi feeling a bit confused.

What Mayo Clinic? It exists only in his imagination. To Liu Xu zhi, Mayo Clinic is just a name, definitely not a real hospital.

Even thinking about such a world‑top existence feels like blasphemy.

"Old Liu, hurry up." Su Yun said with a smirk, "A few days ago, more than twenty foreign experts and a dozen or so domestic directors didn't see the boss do an anatomy dissection; I went up and gave them the lecture instead."

"……

"You say, the boss should look after you more." Su Yun gave a hehe laugh.

"I'll get in touch right away—surely we can get it. Zheng Lao Ban, do you want pig liver, sheep liver, or cow liver?" Liu Xu zhi thought it through and asked first.

"Whatever's convenient." Zheng Ren said, "By the way, at this point buying liver might not be easy. Should we buy a whole animal?"

"Probably." Su Yun glanced at Liu Xu zhi, like she was seeing the worms in his gut, and laughed, "Old Liu, your intestines are all green, congested and edematous—even the superior mesenteric artery is under pressure."

"Yun Ge'er, please don't say that." Liu Xu zhi gave a wry smile, "You're describing it too finely—just hearing it makes my stomach hurt."

"Hahaha~" Su Yun laughed loudly, "Old Liu, look at your little ambition. Just buy a whole pig, have the butcher slaughter it, take the liver, and haul the rest to your place. Tell me how much it costs and I'll reimburse you."

"……" Liu Xu zhi thought of the stupid pig meat, swallowed a mouthful of saliva. He hadn't eaten lunch and had been waiting at the airport to pick someone up.

"Yun Ge'er, this isn't right." Liu Xu zhi felt that taking both food and stuff wasn't very proper.

"Don't spout nonsense; for the big picture we're just missing one pig from you. Besides, someone's footing the bill." Su Yun laughed, "Afterward, more than forty people will come, uh……

At this point, Su Yun patted their head, "Boss, I forgot to remind Director Zhou to book the hotel."