Chapter 2625: with translation of chapter title

2526.2431 Don't let her keep whispering in my grave.

"I have seen one case." Gao Shaojie said: "Back then I was still an intern, just happened to be in obstetrics. When I started my shift, I saw the attending teacher acting a bit off, and the classmate who was on duty with her had disappeared, so I asked what was going on."

"Later they said that last night a woman in labor gave birth to a child with two faces. It is said that the child in front came out crying, while the child at the back kept smiling."

"" Lin Yuan felt a chill in her heart, she subconsciously leaned toward Zheng Lao Ban. Even if there were any demons or monsters, they should be afraid of Zheng Lao Ban's abundance of yang energy.

That witch Ma Li Si, after seeing the boss, became extremely obedient.

After getting close to Zheng Lao Ban, Lin Yuan felt her body warm up considerably; she let out a breath. Her right hand unconsciously rose, just as she was about to bite her fingernail, she felt Zheng Lao Ban's gaze sweep over her.

Lin Yuan jumped in fright, as if an invisible hemostatic forcep had struck her radial styloid. With a pop, it hurt sharply.

"Cranial parasitic twins are not uncommon." Su Yun said: "That someone... let me think. Right, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Voldemort's first appearance is a double-faced image."

"That's a novel, can you stop spouting nonsense?" Chang Yue said while writing the medical record.

"There must be a real case." Su Yun said: "There was a person named Mordrake, a 19th-century Yingguo person born into a ducal family, the kind born with a silver spoon in his mouth."

"Is it the man who grew a girl's face on his back?" Zheng Ren asked.

"Um, when Mordrake was in his late twenties, he committed suicide, leaving behind these words—'Don't let her keep whispering in my grave.'"

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After hearing these words, a gloomy wind faintly blew through the office.

Chang Yue's face turned a little pale, her typing slow and stiff. Lin Yuan edged closer to Zheng Lao Ban again, cautiously. She gripped her right wrist with her left hand to stop herself from biting her fingernail.

"This case seems a bit fake, published in the Washington Post." Zheng Ren said: "I think it's similar to a novelist's fabrication."

"Tch, scaring them would be fun." Su Yun said disparagingly: "We don't know if this incident is true or false, but cranial parasitic twins are indeed real."

"A 2016 case report states that historically there have been only ten or fewer people with this condition, and according to literature, only three of them survived." Zheng Ren said: "According to research, cranial parasitic twins are said to occur only in genetically identical twins. Therefore, a man growing a girl's face on his back is not credible."

"Old Gao, how did things turn out on your end?" Su Yun asked.

"I didn't see it." Gao Shaojie said: "It's said that after the baby was born, the family thought they had given birth to a monster, so they took the child and the mother and left."

This is another tragedy; what will happen after leaving the hospital, Zheng Ren can roughly guess.

It's something that happened at least twenty years ago; thinking about it further is pointless.

"This patient's surgery isn't difficult; I think Brother Feng just lacks courage." Su Yun said disparagingly: "Otherwise why would they pick a student like Xiao Cao? I guess it's because Xiao Cao is even more timid, to make him look less cowardly by comparison."

When Quan Xiaocao was mentioned, Zheng Ren smiled.

That kid is a bit timid, but when faced with something like a parasitic twin, if he usually enjoys legends and novels about the supernatural, he's likely to tremble when he steps up.

With a thought, he went to the System Operating Room, selected to purchase surgical training time, and indeed saw an experimental subject lying on the operating table.

Zheng Ren didn't rush; after confirming this, he canceled the surgical training and returned to reality.

Alright then, let's prepare to have dinner in the evening. Zheng Ren said: "Lin Yuan, why are you still here?"

"Huh?" Lin Yuan froze for a moment.

"And Gu Xiao Ran?"

"Uh... he went to deliver the documents."

Zheng Ren glanced at Lin Yuan, then said nothing.

Lin Yuan felt a bit uneasy in her heart; Zheng Lao Ban's dignity grew day by day. Although his temper was mild, the heavy aura in his every gesture was truly substantial, almost tangible.

She unconsciously wanted to bite her fingernail, but after Zheng Ren glanced at her, her wrist's radial styloid throbbed painfully, and she sheepishly pulled her hand back.

Zheng Ren didn't mean to blame Lin Yuan; he just glanced casually, and as long as the documents were delivered to Cui Lao's office, that was fine.

Lin Yuan's Inner Mind had too much drama, Zheng Ren didn't get it.

Sitting in his seat, Zheng Ren picked up the Fifth Edition of External Medicine and placed it on his lap.

"Boss, are you looking for surgery related to parasitic twins, or do you want to study Xiao Shitou's surgery?" Su Yun asked.

"Just browsing through a book; otherwise how would we make progress?" Zheng Ren said casually.

As long as we don't dwell on the late-stage cancer patient, Su Yun has no objections. He picked up his phone and started playing, while Zheng Ren went into the System Operating Room to begin surgical training.

Standing before the operating table in the System Operating Room, Zheng Ren was calm and composed.

He set Xiao Shitou's matter aside and stopped thinking about it. Patients like Xiao Shitou are actually not uncommon; even patients of this age can be seen in routine practice.

It's just that they happened to meet by chance, and because of every trace Wen Xiaonuan left on social media, Zheng Ren felt quite familiar with Xiao Shitou.

Although he said he didn't want to, while doing surgical training Zheng Ren's mind was full of Xiao Shitou's calm expression on his thin, weak cheeks.

After opening the abdomen and separating layer by layer, upon entering the peritoneal cavity Zheng Ren saw the parasitic twin enclosed in a membrane.

To the naked eye it looked like a large tumor, compressing the intestines and other abdominal organs.

If not removed, the patient's symptoms would likely worsen. The parasitic twin lacks a brain and heart, and has no consciousness; to Zheng Ren it resembled the patient's appendix.

He gradually dissected the adhesions between the parasitic twin and the intestines and abdominal organs. With peak-level surgical skill, everything appeared extremely simple and clear, with no difficulty whatsoever.

The membrane does not completely envelop the parasitic twin; some tissue has penetrated it, but Zheng Ren didn't mind. Whatever shape it takes, this is called a physiological variant.

While dissecting the posterior side, suddenly a red light flashed before Zheng Ren's eyes, flickering urgently like an alarm.

Uh... what's going on?

The last time this happened was when a patient used eel and hydrogen peroxide for an enema; an eel appeared in the peritoneal cavity, bit his finger, and the system judged the surgeon as dead.

This time?

Zheng Ren stared blankly, then saw a line appear on the system panel before his eyes—'Surgeon's left middle finger injured, infected with necrotizing bacteria.'

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Zheng Ren was speechless.

He watched helplessly as the energy value in the energy bar dropped a chunk with a 'swish'.