Chapter 351: 344 Watching a Movie

Zheng Ren glanced at his watch; fifteen minutes had passed, and Professor Rudolf was still applying pressure to stop the bleeding, as if he had forgotten the time.

"Fugui'er!" Zheng Ren shouted.

"Gaha?" the professor stared for a moment, then came to his senses and replied.

Zhou Yisheng swayed slightly; a Fugui'er full of rustic charm was already enough to be shocking.

When the professor spoke pure, standard Northeastern dialect—something rarely heard even in the Northeast—Zhou Yisheng finally broke down.

This damn……

"Time's up, apply the pressure bandage, let Brother Zhou send the patient back." Zheng Ren finished speaking, and Xie Yiren already appeared before the professor holding a pressure bandage.

"Brother Zhou, I won't help send him back," Zheng Ren said with a smile. "Normally the pressure bandage is removed after 24 hours, but you'll be doing a vertebral removal surgery tomorrow—listen to the professor from the capital for the specifics."

Zhou Yisheng was still immersed in the professor's blond‑blue‑eyed "gaha" laugh, unable to extricate himself.

Hearing Zheng Ren's words, he merely nodded in a daze.

"Right, Chief Zheng, tomorrow I'll go pick up Teacher Tian. Surgery, postoperative care—once I'm busy with this, I'll treat you to a meal." Zhou Yisheng said: "Thanks for this."

"Don't be polite." Zheng Ren laughed.

Helping to lift the patient onto the cart, Zhou Yisheng waved his hand and then led the orthopedics doctors in pushing the patient out.

The operating room finally grew somewhat quiet.

"Fugui'er, you'll head back to the hotel soon," Zheng Ren said to Professor Rudolf after seeing him finish his work.

"Boss, if there's an emergency intervention surgery tonight, you have to call me," the professor said, still reluctant to leave.

If the doctors at Xinglin Yuan were in a state of surprise, then the professor had grasped the true essence of interventional surgery.

Having tasted the marrow and known the flavor, Professor Rudolf felt he had returned to the state of an intern, his whole body brimming with energy; even emergency work didn't seem so unpleasant anymore.

"That's break time, your personal time, Fugui'er." Zheng Ren waved his hand.

The name Fugui'er is quite pleasant to pronounce.

Really a good name.

"No, boss, let that damn personal time go to hell." Professor Rudolf made a firm gesture and said: "I'm your assistant now; if there's surgery, please be sure to call me."

"Got it." Zheng Ren kept glancing around with shifty eyes; after seeing the patient off, Xie Yiren and the circulating nurse had been busy with the operating room's trash and disinfection, etc. He thought it over, hesitated a few times, then made up his mind.

After going to the changing room together with the professor, Zheng Ren then drove the professor away, took out his phone, and sent a WeChat message to Xie Yiren.

【What to eat tonight? Any suggestions.】

She must be busy; Zheng Ren didn't get a reply. He gripped his phone tightly, slipped it into his white coat pocket, afraid he wouldn't hear the reply notification, and felt the phone's vibration with his hand.

Sitting quietly in the changing room, Zheng Ren waited in silence.

Should I ask Xie Yiren to go see a movie today?

That's a question.

Since Su Yun told Zheng Ren that joke, he's been obsessed, constantly thinking about the movie theater scene.

He himself had hardly ever gone to a movie, couldn't even remember which way the theater doors opened, let alone going with the girl he liked.

Just thinking about it made Zheng Ren's palms sweat profusely.

Like a soldier awaiting dawn with his spear at the ready, Zheng Ren's mind went blank.

The phone rang, vibrated three times, and startled Zheng Ren, who had been intently waiting for a reply.

Excited yet apprehensive, he picked up the phone, only to discover disappointingly that the message was from Su Yun.

【Boss, Yang Lili has entered the polyuric phase. For three consecutive hours, her hourly urine output exceeded 100 milliliters.】

Hmm, this is good news. Entering the polyuric phase means that after renal reperfusion, function has recovered to some extent.

As long as diabetes insipidus doesn't occur, we can let time smooth out the scars.

【Any consciousness?】

Zheng Ren replied.

【She can open her eyes, consciousness is hazy. Tomorrow we can reduce the sedative dosage a bit, but that's tomorrow's concern—I need to go home and sleep; tonight there's an emergency, so please don't call me, I can't hold out.】

【Go ahead.】

Zheng Ren's mind filled with the image of Su Yun sitting in the ICU, her black hair limp on her forehead.

He smiled.

The chances of successful rescue are gradually increasing. That guy Su Yun has really been working hard.

Just then, Xie Yiren's WeChat came in.

【A new Cantonese restaurant just opened, supposedly run by a chef from Shunde—want to give it a try?】

Zheng Ren didn't know that the most authentic Cantonese cuisine comes from Shunde; for someone who only eats when hungry, light and healthy Cantonese holds no appeal.

But as long as I eat with Xiao Yi Ren… no, whatever we do, it's fun.

After a brief hesitation, Zheng Ren's face showed a determined, resolute expression.

【After dinner, want to go see a movie together?】

Pressing send, Zheng Ren felt his heart pounding hard and strong, as if it might leap out of his mediastinum at any moment.

Neither his sternum nor ribs could restrain the surge of his heartbeat.

The high‑energy phosphate bonds of ATP cracked snap‑crackle‑pop, supplying energy. That microscopic world's sound, Zheng Ren seemed to hear it crystal clear.

Man, I'm really nervous—what if Xiao Yi Ren refuses?

It seems eating holds a stronger attraction for her.

That Su Yun—why doesn't he teach me what to say when eating?

Zheng Ren's mind was in turmoil, thinking about all sorts of messy things, and his phone still hadn't received a reply from Xie Yiren.

As time passed, Zheng Ren grew increasingly fearful.

That feeling of gaining and losing……

As a... a single dog, I have never experienced.

【I glanced at the movie; the recent showing is only 1 hour long. It seems there's no time to eat, so let's watch the movie first.】

Xie Yiren replied, letting Zheng Ren relax.

However, the movie seems to have many shows playing together; the recent showing—what does that mean?

The doubt flashed through Zheng Ren's mind and vanished.

Xie Yiren says what she says; why am I overthinking?

【I'm in the changing room; tell me when you can leave.】

【Not going to check the ward?】

【Before the surgery, I had seen it; the ICU patient just received a message from Su Yun, saying they have entered the polyuria phase and consciousness has also appeared.】

【Great, wait for me five minutes.】

【No rush.】

Zheng Ren held his phone, his heart full of happiness.

After a successful surgery, post-op I can go see a movie with Xiao Yi Ren; life, ah, is truly wonderful.

He completely forgot about buying the movie ticket.