Chapter 1433: with translation of chapter title

Zheng Ren ran up the stairs all the way, arrived outside the private room, stopped his steps, and adjusted his breathing and expression.

This is the most crucial moment; I must not neglect it! Zheng Ren thought to himself, silently cheering himself on.

I can do it, I definitely can!

If I get too nervous, I might have to retreat into the System Operating Room to calm my mind.

I still have an ace up my sleeve; it's fine, it's fine.

Zheng Ren never imagined that the System Surgical Training Time could be used this way. It was a spur-of-the-moment idea, and it's not inappropriate.

"Dang dang dang~" Zheng Ren knocked on the door.

As his fingers tapped the door, his heart rate began to quicken, thumping like he was about to join an emergency rescue.

There was a sound inside; someone was speaking in the room.

Zheng Ren pushed the door open and entered, seeing Xie Yiren chatting with a girl who resembled her somewhat.

"Yiren, do you have a sister?" Zheng Ren blinked and asked.

The air in the room stagnated for a moment, then the girl who looked very much like Xie Yiren broke into a smile like a blooming flower.

Zheng Ren felt embarrassed.

He quickly realized.

This must be Xie Yiren's mother, but she seems too young.

"Zheng Ren, this is my mother; you can call her Aunt Lin." Xie Yiren said with a smiling eyes.

"Mom, this is Zheng Ren. Zheng Ren, how did you come up by yourself?"

Lin Wan wore a smile, sizing up Zheng Ren from head to toe.

"Yiren, this isn't what you usually say," Lin Wan said with a laugh: "Looks like you're spreading false information."

"Huh? No." Xie Yiren said, a little flustered.

"You say Zheng Ren usually doesn't talk much, but as soon as we met he's all smooth talk—though it's quite pleasant." Lin Wan said, smiling, and stood up.

"I'll go pick up my dad." Seeing Lin Wan's genuine smile, Xie Yiren also relaxed.

"Okay, go." Lin Wan looked at Zheng Ren with a smiling gaze, making Zheng Ren feel creepy inside, nervous, even more so than his first time in surgery or his first time as lead surgeon.

Facing my mother-in-law, what should I do?

So nervous, what can I do? Zheng Ren didn't know where to put his hands and feet; his eyes looked at his toes, yet that felt impolite.

He wanted to say something, but didn't know how.

"Dad! How did you two come up separately?" Xie Yiren bounced out like a cheerful oriole.

Zheng Ren's heart tightened; he forced a smile at Xie Yiren's mother, which looked worse than crying.

My father-in-law has arrived; I should go meet him.

He turned awkwardly and followed Xie Yiren out the door.

At the doorway were only Xie Ning and… Su Yun.

Zheng Ren, looking dazed, saw Xie Ning and couldn't believe it; he glanced around, saw no one, then fixed his gaze on Xie Ning, his eyes empty and pallid.

Xie Ning stopped, smiling at Xie Yiren and the Zheng Ren behind her.

The atmosphere was somewhat strange.

Xie Yiren frowned, glanced at Xie Ning, then turned back to look at Zheng Ren.

"Haven't you met at Pengxi Township Hospital? You even took part in the rescue together? Did I remember wrong?" Xie Yiren muttered to herself.

"Yiren, you still don't know what kind of person your Zheng Ren is?" Su Yun sighed, "He didn't recognize 【him】."

The doubt in Xie Yiren's eyes instantly turned to realization, followed by a pleasant sparkle of starlight.

"Dad, let me introduce you—this is Zheng Ren, my boyfriend." Xie Yiren said playfully.

Xie Ning didn't speak, didn't move, just stared at Zheng Ren.

"Zheng Ren, this is my father, Xie Ning. You should have met him when you were in Pengxi Township."

"Uncle Ning… Dad… uh…" Zheng Ren's body, usually as steady as a rock, felt weak; his hands, which could hold lead clothing and stand still for three days and nights without trembling, didn't know where to go. Even his mouth felt a bit loose, his speech incoherent.

He could feel that under adrenaline's effect, insulin was secreted in large amounts, countless high-energy phosphate bonds exploded simultaneously, providing energy that kept Zheng Ren from fainting.

"Hello, Boss Zheng." Xie Ning smiled, took a few steps forward, and extended his hand.

In an instant, Zheng Ren felt the world go dark.

Countless black lines slid down from his forehead, gold stars flashed before his eyes, ATP high-energy phosphate bonds kept cracking, but the energy supplied couldn't sustain his body's consumption.

Those steady hands, I had seen them in Pengxi Township; he was like a reliable mountain guarding my back.

It let me have no worries behind me,

It let me relax my hand speed, without needing to worry whether the patient's postoperative care would be delayed.

It was just a feeling; I didn't yet grasp its preciousness.

But after experiencing the solo emergency rescue at Xilin Town People's Hospital, Zheng Ren realized even more how crucial Xie Ning's role had been—no exaggeration is too much.

Back then, without those hands supporting from behind, how many more people would have died?

But now those hands appear before me, still as steady as ever, yet I feel no sense of safety. My muscles are tense all over, lactate from metabolism keeps building up.

Could I be suffering from lactic acidosis?

A strange idea flashed through Zheng Ren's mind.

As for the address… it's not Zheng Ren; Uncle Ning calls me Boss Zheng…

What does that mean?

Zheng Ren looked dazed; countless thoughts spread out in his mind. Because he was thinking too much, this guy just crashed.

"Zheng Ren?" Xie Yiren heard no movement behind her, turned her head in surprise to look at Zheng Ren.

What met his eyes was a pale face.

"Ning Shu, don't scare him. If you keep joking, he'll just break." Su Yun gave a wry smile; our Boss has so little courage, what can I say about him? It's full of problems.

Zheng Ren was awakened by Xie Yiren's call; the pair of hands before him were steady and kind.

He stretched out his hands and firmly grasped Xie Ning's hand.

Originally that pair of hands was hard and warm, but now they were extremely wet and cold—this is the result of massive insulin secretion, and Zheng Ren couldn't control it.

The nervous system judged that the body faced enormous danger, was in a state of stress, and should break down and release a lot of energy.

"Ning Shu, look at me, how could I not have thought of this all along?" Zheng Ren spoke bluntly.

"Turns out we don't know each other, Dad, stop teasing Zheng Ren." Xie Yiren was very dissatisfied.

"Hehe." Xie Ning chuckled and let go.

But the hands gripping his were so forceful, like iron pliers, as if they wanted to crush his hand.

Is this meant to establish dominance? Xie Ning wondered.

"Boss, let go!" Su Yun hurriedly slapped Zheng Ren's radial styloid process on the side, "Ning Shu, this guy is already dazed, not intentional."

After the chaos, several people entered the private room and sat down.

Xie Yiren sat beside Xie Ning, her eyes smiling, and she and Lin Wan ordered dishes like sisters, giggling.

Xie Ning watched Zheng Ren with interest; during the rescue in Pengxi Xiang he was calm and composed, during business Negotiation he was nonchalant, and now his Tension and Anxiety formed a stark contrast to his earlier self, as if he were on the verge of collapse.