Chapter 2607: 2514 Can hair follicles really grow on the soles?

"Walking two steps on the ground, I feel something's wrong." Zheng Ren looked at the patient and said seriously.

"912, when did it become like this?" the patient felt somewhat confused. Isn't it said that the doctors here are so busy they see over a hundred patients a day, not even having time to drink water?

"What has happened to me? Could it be a scam? In an instant, many rumors began to surface in his mind—like certain hospitals outsourcing certain clinics, and so on."

"To be honest, the patient himself didn't even consider his foot pain a big deal. He came to the hospital just to see if it was a fracture. If it's not a fracture, then just let it heal slowly—what else could be done?"

"Time is a good medicine; that saying isn't wrong in a certain sense."

"But now he was suddenly surrounded by four or five doctors on the examination bed; the patient felt dazed and at a loss."

"'Boss, do you think it's a tendon problem?' Su Yun asked: 'Just now I saw Manager Zhou examine him, and there was nothing.'"

"'No.' Zheng Ren shook his head, ignored Su Yun, looked at the patient, and said: 'First walk on your tiptoes and see if it hurts.'"

"The patient nodded, his painful foot slipping in his shoe, and following Zheng Ren's instruction, he touched the ground with his toes and took a few light steps."

"'Does it hurt?' Zheng Ren asked."

"'No.' The patient shook his head, thinking this young doctor wasn't good at diagnosing. His heel hurt; walking on tiptoes shouldn't hurt. He couldn't even understand a word, yet he was supposed to be a doctor—how could he treat patients?"

"'Try walking on your heel instead.' Zheng Ren continued."

"……" The patient showed a difficult expression; he really didn't want to try, then said: "Doctor, at home I always walk on my tiptoes. My heel can't touch the ground—if it does, it's a piercing pain."

"'Sit down, let me take a look.' Zheng Ren nodded, turned to Lin Yuan, and said: 'Get a mask and gloves.'"

"'Eh!' Lin Yuan responded, turned and went to the treatment room to fetch a disposable mask and a film glove, handing them to Zheng Ren."

"The patient's foot odor was too strong; even without a mask, Zheng Ren still had some reservations."

"Regarding Zheng Ren's actions, the patient had no other thoughts; he was already used to it. When Zheng Ren put on the mask, he actually felt his mental pressure ease considerably."

"'Doctor, just prescribe some medicine—no redness or swelling, as long as it's not a fracture.' Seeing Zheng Ren wearing a mask, the patient fell silent, knowing he was holding his breath to examine the sole carefully. Feeling guilty and a bit uneasy, afraid of being cheated, he explained."

"'The film glove won't do; get me a pair of sterile gloves.' Zheng Ren's hands made a light rustling sound twice as he spoke, slightly dissatisfied."

"'Oh...' Lin Yuan hesitated, but whatever Boss Zheng said was law in the medical team, deeply ingrained in Lin Yuan's heart."

"'Boss, that's too wasteful.' Su Yun muttered from behind: 'Doing this, the head nurse of the emergency department wouldn't dare say anything to you, but Manager Zhou might get strung up and beaten.'"

"Zheng Ren said nothing, waited for Lin Yuan to sprint back, swiftly put on the sterile gloves, and began searching for that hair on the patient's sole."

"Originally a B-rank task, but with that sour, stinky smell like love, it directly became an S-rank task."

"Zheng Ren narrowed his eyes, feeling tears beginning to well up."

"'There's a problem here, do you see it?' Zheng Ren said, pointing his finger at the patient's sole."

"'Where?' Su Yun glanced, saw no red or swollen area, no external injury, and asked in surprise."

"'Where?' Zhou Litao also asked in unison."

"Zheng Ren sat up straight, tilted slightly backward, trying to stay as far from the sweaty foot as possible."

"If the patient had emotional issues, Zheng Ren wouldn't show it so obviously. But the patient clearly had expectations—probably the kind where his wife won't let him in bed if he doesn't wash his feet at home—so Zheng Ren didn't hold back."

"'There's a hair, about 2 cm long.' Zheng Ren said, 'Look closely.'"

"Hearing that, not only Su Yun and Zhou Litao, but even the patient became curious and wanted to look at his own sole."

"'Don't move—if you move, we won't see it.' Su Yun immediately stopped the patient's motion, 'Huh? It's really there? Hair follicles on the sole? No way!'"

"'Doctor, what did you see?' the patient asked anxiously."

"'Why are you so gullible?' Su Yun retorted, 'It's just a hair growing—what's there to see? Anyway, it's growing on your own body; we'll figure it out first, then go home and you can hold your foot up and stare as long as you like.'"

"……"

"The patient was speechless, feeling the doctor's words made sense, yet something felt off."

"'It shouldn't be caused by hair follicles on the sole.' Zheng Ren said calmly: 'Most of human skin is exposed, which is unique among primates...'"

"He had just said that when Zheng Ren's words were cut off by Su Yun."

"'Boss, I think the book by Professor Nina from the University of Pennsylvania is too obscure.' Su Yun said, 'I believe humans are extraterrestrial organisms, not native to Earth at all.'"

"……"

"Zhou Litao felt a surge of contempt in his gut, estimating that even Darwin's coffin lid couldn't hold it down."

"Seeing Zhou Litao's expression, Su Yun knew what he was thinking, and sneered: 'In the 1920s, Soviet biologist Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov began attempting to create human-chimpanzee hybrids.'"

"'Hybrid... human...'"

"Zhou Litao muttered."

"'You're saying he's anti-human, right? I can tell from your expression.' Su Yun said, 'This is scientific research.'"

"'Black technology...'"

"'Professor Ivanov conducted a series of experiments, attempting to create a human-nonhuman primate hybrid.'"

"'This included using human sperm to artificially inseminate female chimpanzees and using ape sperm to inseminate human women, even transplanting a woman's ovary into a female chimpanzee named Nora and then inseminating her with human sperm—but none achieved the goal.'"

"'This is illegal!!' Lin Yuan, hearing Su Yun say this, immediately rebuked."

"'Yeah, it's definitely illegal. Back then, astronomers who invented the telescope and studied Earth's orbit around the sun were also breaking the law.' Su Yun said coldly."

"This counterargument was simply too professional—secretly swapping concepts, hiding the unfavorable side, and immediately retorting."

"Su Yun does this kind of thing professionally, and it's state-recognized."

"Lin Yuan frowned, feeling something was off. Her CPU ran at high speed, and she immediately pinpointed the problem."

"But just as she opened her mouth to retort, Zheng Ren said: 'Horses have 64 chromosomes, donkeys have 62; each parent contributes half, producing a mule with 63 chromosomes that is sterile.'"