Chapter 411: 403 Or else?

403 Or else?

Although the country now emphasizes rule of law, such disturbances to public order are no longer allowed to occur.

But Cao Guozhen could still imagine his own ending.

He was thrown by the director to the Medical Department for a six‑month reprimand.

He might even be made a scapegoat by the Medical Adjustment Committee to quell the patients' families' anger, resulting in the revocation of his medical license……

His whole life would be ruined.

He had just walked around the edge of a cliff, yet felt nothing at all.

"Zheng… Chief Zheng… what is this?" Cao Guozhen wanted to express thanks, but his speech became incoherent.

Even his stammering failed to convey his meaning.

Su Yun lifted her head, glanced at Cao Guozhen, and sneered, "You know fear now?"

His sneer couldn't be blocked even by a sterile mask.

Not to mention one layer, even two layers of mask couldn't stop it.

Just like his handsome and suave appearance.

At least Su Yun herself thought so.

"……" Cao Guozhen choked, stunned repeatedly.

Shouldn't he be using a gentle smile to win hearts and earn tearful thanks at this moment?

Speaking so provocatively, in a TV drama he definitely wouldn't survive past three episodes.

Su Yun lowered her head, looking at the patient's right lung.

"You must be thinking, I'm so sharp‑tongued, in a TV drama I'd definitely not last three episodes."

Cao Guozhen froze for a moment, wondering if he had just spoken his inner thoughts aloud.

"But have you considered that with your looks, you couldn't even get into the palace?"

"……"

Zheng Ren zhen wanted to snap at him, "You've even entered the palace as a eunuch, what's there to be tsundere about?" But thinking better, it wouldn't be appropriate in front of Cao Guozhen.

"Su Yun, go explain to the patient's family—the damage is too great; I'll figure out how to handle it. Explain the condition, following the protocol for lung lobectomy." Zheng Ren interrupted Su Yun's chatter.

"All right, Boss." Su Yun turned, took off her gloves, used her phone to film the patient's lung condition, then went to explain the situation to the patient's family.

Suturing? Very difficult. In extreme cases, lung lobectomy is needed.

Such a destructive surgery must be communicated with the patient's family.

Preoperative internal fixation of rib fractures plus thoracotomy exploration had been discussed with the family, including a clause that if an unexpected situation arose, the doctor would decide the procedure based on intraoperative findings.

But that was only a minor surgery like repairing a lung rupture; truly removing two lung lobes still requires communication with the patient's family.

Su Yun left the operating room, and Cao Guozhen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Chief Zheng… thank you." Cao Guozhen whispered.

But unexpectedly, Zheng Ren remained silent, coldly gazing at the patient's chest cavity, at the two wounds like bloody basins, completely ignoring him.

Disdain might make someone explode with rage, but being ignored wounded Cao Guozhen's self‑esteem even more deeply.

Especially since he had offered thanks in advance……

These two guys in the Emergency Department are truly skilled, but their tempers are really fucking annoying.

……

Zheng Ren didn't hear Cao Guozhen's words; in the instant Su Yun stepped down, he had already entered the System Space, began buying surgical time to see if similar patients' wounds could be sutured.

Now Zheng Ren is wealthy and bold; a few hours of surgical time means nothing to him.

The System Operating Room rose from the ground, and an experimental subject appeared before Zheng Ren.

Identical to the patient before him, Zheng Ren began attempting lung lobectomy.

But the result…… was mediocre.

The system's surgical completion rating was only 80%.

With such a low completion rate for resection, could it be that the system deducted points because it judged the patient's future survival would be affected?

Zheng Ren hesitated a moment, then tested a new idea on the next experimental subject.

After fewer than ten surgeries, Zheng Ren was astonished to discover that suturing wounds like bloody basins was actually the best approach.

That was quite speechless.

From a doctor's perspective, Zheng Ren had initially ruled out this very method.

But the system judged……

Forget it, looking at the experimental subject's surgical completion mark of 98%, Zheng Ren sighed.

With such a severe injury, achieving a 98% completion rate is already incredibly formidable.

The remaining 2 percentage points are likely due to nodules forming at the suturing and knotting sites, causing a minimal loss of lung function.

However, compared to lung lobectomy, for the patient this is undoubtedly the best option.

Leaving the System Operating Room, Zheng Ren glanced at the little fox in front of the thatched hut.

Having not come here for days, the little fox seemed to have come back to life, every white hair lifelike.

Forget it, no more wasting time here—hurry out and perform the surgery.

Zheng Ren returned to reality, reached out, and said, "Large needle, double‑stranded 7‑thread."

The 7‑thread is already thick, basically used for suturing skin.

Double‑stranded 7‑thread—how thick would that be?

Xie Yiren had no hesitation; she joined the two strands of 7‑thread together and easily passed them through the eye of the largest round needle.

The needle holder clamped the large round needle; the suture line gave a shake, rested in the holder's opening, set at an angle so the thread end wouldn't be so cumbersome.

"Chief Zheng, are you going to suture?" Cao Guozhen asked from behind.

"Otherwise?" Zheng Ren said, shaking his wrist, the round needle had already entered the patient's lung.

"Otherwise?" This question left Cao Guozhen stunned.

Yeah, otherwise? Cutting the lung lobe is indeed the best choice.

Simple, convenient, and after explaining well to the patient's family, consensus can also be reached.

But Zheng Ren gave up the surgical method with the highest safety factor and chose suturing……

If bleeding continues after the operation, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Just as he was about to say something, Cao Guozhen's words reached his lips, but he forced them back.

What's there to say? Are you still waiting to be slapped in the face?

Recalling his appearance when making a diagnosis in the Emergency Resuscitation Room, Cao Guozhen broke out in a sweat.

Who gave him the confidence to stand there and chatter on about how to treat Zheng Ren's patient with a rib fracture?

Moreover, Mutushutan has no dosage limit……

Seeing Zheng Ren, Chief Zheng's confident bearing, who wouldn't know?

Cao Guozhen closed his mouth, stood silently behind Zheng Ren, watching Zheng Ren "crudely" suture the large defect on the middle lobe of the right lung directly.

When ligating, he used so much force. If it were a single-stranded 7-0 suture, it would probably have snapped.

No wonder they used a double-stranded 7-0 suture.

But is doing this really okay?

Cao Guozhen remained silent; he planned to follow up with the patient after the operation to see what effect such a "simple," "crude" suturing would have on the patient's postoperative condition.

A few minutes later, the suturing was finished.

Zheng Ren called for warm saline to flush the chest cavity, found no active bleeding, then proceeded with internal fixation of the rib fracture.

The fixation device is made of shape-memory alloy, which expands with heat and contracts with cold; it needs to be placed first in ice saline to let the clamp expand to its maximum, then clipped onto the rib fracture site, then covered with warm saline gauze, allowing the clamp to shrink and hold the rib in place.

"Boss, I've finished explaining to the patient's family." Zheng Ren was performing the rib fracture fixation when Su Yun came running back, saying, "I've been thinking along the way; maybe we don't need to remove the lung lobe, simple suturing is enough! This is the best way; you don't have to worry about postoperative complications—I'll go to the ICU to keep an eye on things, and everything will be fine."