Chapter 2684: with translation of chapter title

2586.2487 Strive to eat (Alliance Assertion Lin Min extra chapter 4)

The patient had already gone onto the operating table for surgery, but Zheng Renze did not continue to manage this patient's affairs.

Craniotomy, Zheng Ren believed his skill was sufficient to perform it, but the surgery's completion level was far inferior to thoracic, general surgery, and interventional procedures.

Although he had already performed intracranial surgery on the M4 segment of blood vessels, in a sense Zheng Ren could now go to neurosurgery and lead a team without any problem, but he had no interest in it.

Looking at Xiao Shitou's medical record, Zheng Ren entered the System Space and selected to purchase Surgical Training.

The System Operating Room rose up from the ground, beginning Surgical Training for Xiao Shitou. Before, he had also done it one or two times, but the surgery difficulty was too high, and after failing he did not try again.

Moreover, the front was pitch dark; one shouldn't do surgery just for the sake of surgery. If there isn't enough benefit, letting Xiao Shitou endure more surgical pain, Zheng Ren felt it unnecessary.

But after talking with Xiao Shitou, the child was filled with an optimistic, fearless spirit, and also very much wanted to continue living.

Even if there is only a 1% chance to let Xiao Shitou live a bit longer, these sufferings would not be in vain; Zheng Ren wanted to give it a try.

Surgical Training ended in failure once again, but Zheng Ren still found a hint of a positive trend.

With the bonus from the Scholar title, he forcibly pushed the peak-level surgical skill up a big step.

Even if it failed, the surgery appeared to have progressed compared to before, and even some hope could be seen.

The point of failure lay in the removal of the fourth cervical vertebra.

Zheng Ren did not know whether, in the System's classification, cervical spine surgery belonged to neurosurgery or orthopedics, but he knew that to smoothly complete the fourth cervical vertebra surgery, he had to reach peak level.

And currently, he only has one peak-level skill book in hand.

This book was given by the Nobel Prize mission; it is the final reward of a large continuous mission, and in the short term, Big Pig Trotter cannot possibly give another similar skill book.

After thinking it over, Zheng Ren also had no good solution.

Actually, he guessed that whether it was neurosurgery or orthopedics, as long as he reached peak level, performing this surgery would be no problem.

But it would still be better to think it over carefully for more security.

"Boss, Xiao Shitou, are you only preparing to place an airway stent, or do you want to do a major surgery?" Su Yun saw Zheng Ren lift his head and asked.

"Let me think again." Zheng Ren said.

"A few societies invited you to give a speech, but I turned them down." Su Yun said with a chuckle.

Zheng Ren nodded; the emails in his inbox were all from unfamiliar people. These past few days, some people had come looking for him through the hospital and Director Kong, but he refused them all on the pretext of being ill.

It seemed that after winning the award, getting sick wasn't such a big deal; at least he had a legitimate reason to refuse attending various boring meetings, Zheng Ren thought to himself.

It could be considered a blessing in disguise.

Thinking about Xiao Shitou's surgical plan, Zheng Ren carried out repeated design and simulation.

"Su Yun, has Xiao Shitou's 3D model been printed?"

"What you need is one with blood circulation; the simulated blood will arrive later today. I've contacted the technical staff, and we estimate we can conduct Surgical Training tomorrow." Su Yun looked at Zheng Ren, knowing he still wanted to do a major surgery.

But the surgery's success rate... is really hard to say.

However, Su Yun didn't stop him this time; the Nobel Prize has already been obtained, and after seeing Xiao Shitou and his mother Wen Xiaonuan, Su Yun also felt that the likelihood of problems was not high.

Even if the surgery fails and Xiao Shitou dies on the operating table, it would merely be dying one or two weeks earlier, at most one or two months earlier, thus sparing him suffering.

The 3D-printed human models used for training by the trainees are all without blood flow. Those with actual blood flow are extremely expensive, and within the Medical Team only Zheng Ren can enjoy this privilege.

Moreover, this type must be discarded after a single use, with no possibility of reuse.

He sat in Cui Lao's clinic in the Emergency Department until off-duty time, then went home to eat. Zheng Ren set aside all his worries and peacefully enjoyed the joys of family life.

Everyone says home is a warm harbor; Zheng Ren increasingly feels this. Especially when ill, holding Yi Ren's hand makes his heart less empty and painful.

Life is habit, bit by bit, day after day, until the earth grows old.

The next day, the days repeated like copying and pasting, with nothing new.

Although he had already won the Nobel Prize, the TIPS Surgery still needed to be done. For the TIPS Surgery, the Nobel Prize is not an endpoint but a starting point.

Watching Lin Yuan gradually grow up, and watching Gao Shaojie break through past bottlenecks, Zheng Ren felt somewhat relieved.

After finishing the surgery, Su Yun went to supervise the production of the 3D model, Xie Yiren and Chang Yue had arranged to do skin care at noon, and Zheng Ren had no choice but to go to the cafeteria alone to eat.

For Zheng Ren, eating is truly a troublesome matter; he cannot enjoy any pleasure from it. But if he doesn't want low blood sugar, he still must eat.

Strolling leisurely past the patient cafeteria, Zheng Ren saw Xiao Shitou sitting alone in a chair, struggling to eat.

He obviously also had little appetite; each mouthful of rice felt like bitter medicine, hard to swallow, but he had to eat.

Zheng Ren understood this feeling all too well; he felt great sympathy for Xiao Shitou, and also for himself.

Feeling moved, he did not go to the doctors' cafeteria to eat, but instead went over there, got a bowl of rice, and sat down opposite Xiao Shitou.

"Brother." Xiao Shitou saw Zheng Ren sit down and struggled to show a faint smile.

Zheng Ren nodded, saying nothing.

Xiao Shitou looked at the food before him, feeling somewhat distressed, but still ate mouthful by mouthful. The food at the 912 cafeteria is actually not bad; its quality is medium to above average. The taste... is just so-so, but edible.

The two had little conversation, remaining silent as they struggled to swallow the food before them.

Zheng Ren did not ask why Wen Xiaonuan hadn't come, and Xiao Shitou also did not ask about the surgery in the past few days. Thus they remained silent, each person struggling with the food on their tray.

The food gradually decreased as the two made their effort.

The tumor on Xiao Shitou's neck made it difficult for him to lower his head, especially when swallowing, requiring great effort. The tumor not only compressed the airway but also affected the esophagus.

Even eating requires great effort; such a life is indeed quite hard.

Zheng Ren focused on eating, seemingly not noticing Xiao Shitou's determined and persistent expression, nor that strong will to accumulate a bit of energy for his body.

"I'm full!" Xiao Shitou first put down his Chopsticks, saying it as if relieved of a burden.

"I'm full too." Zheng Ren scraped the last grain of rice from his tray into his mouth, picked up the tray to return it to the staff cafeteria.

As he passed by Xiao Shitou's side, he used his hand to touch Xiao Shitou's head, which had hardly any hair.

It was like touching a hard stone, only slightly warm.