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Chapter 218 The Talkative Uncle Shen Tao (Please Subscribe)
This five-day May Day holiday was disrupted by various events, leaving Fang Ziye's original plans in disarray.

I was originally going home, but after hearing that my master was in a bad mood, I decided to go to Han City to meet up for drinks. After making the appointment, my grandmother fractured her leg. As a junior, it was only right that I decline the invitation to drink with my master.

"It should be alright now, Junior Sister Luo, you don't need to worry too much."

"I've said everything I needed to say. The rest is up to my uncles." After Fang Ziye saw that Luo Tingzhu had shared the results of his grandmother's manual repositioning technique with him, Luo Tingzhu continued to ramble on and on about some things to Fang Ziye.

She probably remembered her deceased grandmother.

However, Fang Ziye couldn't directly explain to Luo Tingzhu that everyone's family relationships are different. If it's the grandparents who are sick, then the uncles and aunts are the ones in charge.

My maternal grandmother was injured, and my uncle, my own mother, and my aunt are the closest relatives who need to take responsibility.

Because her parents divorced early, Luo Tingzhu was not close to her maternal uncle's family. Furthermore, because her father remarried, her relationship with her father was not harmonious, let alone with her uncle's family.

Luo Tingzhu enjoys the affection between grandparents and grandchildren, but Fang Ziye cannot fully utilize Luo Tingzhu's own feelings to say too much.

Luo Tingzhu seemed to vaguely sense something, so she quickly said, "Oh, okay, senior brother."

"Don't blame me for being nosy."

Luo Tingzhu was very clever and sensed that Fang Ziye meant for her not to give unsolicited advice without firsthand experience; at least in this direction, she sensed it.

This made Luo Tingzhu's tone suddenly become somewhat cautious: "Did I say a little too much?"

The lack of familial affection and the disharmony in her family of origin are what Luo Tingzhu considers her biggest shortcomings. When Fang Ziye brings this up now, Luo Tingzhu instantly reacts like a cat whose tail has been stepped on.

"You're overthinking it, Tingzhu. Go do your experiment, it's getting late."

"If you have the time and your finances allow, please treat your senior sister to a few more meals. /smiley face," Fang Ziye offered a brief suggestion.

At least from Luo Tingzhu's words, it's clear that this isn't just a senior sister, but half a teacher, or in other words, half a mother.

He helped Luo Tingzhu with her research projects, published articles, treated her to meals, and took her to various food stalls. He might never be able to repay such favors, but he had to be mindful of them.

Fang Ziye considered that Luo Tingzhu couldn't be said to be unskilled, but rather that she would never even think in that direction.

For example, when everyone left the department, Chief Resident Jin Hongzhou was on duty and gave the two of them so many opportunities to perform procedures. Fang Ziye didn't hear Luo Tingzhu mention that she was going to treat everyone to a meal.

"Okay, senior brother."

"Actually, I've already found a boyfriend for my senior sister, so she doesn't have time to pay attention to me right now." Luo Tingzhu sent a smirking emoji at the same time.

"Uh..." Fang Ziye was also unsure of who should invite whom in this situation.

"Going to do experiments, see you tomorrow. Goodnight." Luo Tingzhu sent a well-behaved emoji, probably still alluding to her earlier tactless remarks.

……

Fang Ziye didn't reply again. Instead, he casually looked at some materials related to the establishment of animal experimental models and then went to sleep.

The research group should ensure that the tasks are presented in a step-by-step manner, ideally with multiple sub-projects progressing simultaneously.

For example, if the article on osteosarcoma and HK2 has already been accepted, then it would be best to start writing the article on the new fracture classification and basic data analysis, and then start operating the new animal model.

In this way, once one article is published, the next one can be submitted, and the direction of the article after that is already determined.

This smooth and seamless positive feedback loop is what allows the research group to flourish and even surpass other research groups that have already made significant progress.

Around midnight, Liu Wu from Minzu University Hospital sent Fang Ziye a message, asking if it would be convenient for him to go out for a late-night snack, as a small token of his gratitude.

It was already so late, so Fang Ziye pretended not to see it and fell asleep.

The following day was the first working day after May Day.

It was also the first day of May.

Compared to last month, there have been some significant changes in the personnel within the department.

Firstly, there was an absence of a senior professor in all three groups.

The old director group in Hongdu was still led by Director Wu Guonan, but Huang Kaikai, who had a pouty mouth, was no longer in the medical staff group, but in the patient group.

Now, I'm doing post-operative rehabilitation and recovery in the department.

Zhang Jinchuan remained in the group, but Cao Zhen transferred from Director Hongdu's group to Xue Tao's group, while Wang Zhongxing from Xue Tao's group came to Director Hongdu's group...

Then, in Fang Ziye's group, Xue Tao was still leading the group. Moreover, there were residents who rotated out and then rotated back.

In summary, the personnel situation for the three groups is as follows.

Wu Guonan, Guang Shenqing, Guo Yunlei.

Shen Tao (Xue Tao), Zhong Xuegao, Cao Zhen, Fang Ziye, Mao Mao. Hong Du, Wang Zhongxing, Zhang Jinchuan, Huang Yunxiao.

After finishing his rounds, Fang Ziye noticed that Xue Tao's pressure had lessened considerably. Afterwards, he grinned at Professor Shen Tao, "Professor Shen, thank you so much, Director Wu, for your generosity in keeping you here. I feel much more at ease now."

Well, after hearing Xue Tao say that, Fang Ziye finally understood Xue Tao's anxiety last time.

So Xue Tao was afraid that Wu Guonan would selfishly take Shen Tao away as well, causing the team to collapse. In reality, Shen Tao's actual combat effectiveness was almost equal to that of Wu Guonan and other chief physicians.

Previously, the fact that Director Zhang Mingcan was able to place Shen Tao in Director Wu Guonan's group shows that Zhang Mingcan has a very broad mind.

At this moment, Shen Tao frowned, looking somewhat listless and a little anxious.

He scratched his head, patted his rather large receding hairline, and his previous smile and cheerfulness were gone: "Director Xue, would it be convenient for me, Ziye, and Cao Zhen to have a private chat?"

Upon hearing this, Xue Tao immediately stood at attention, almost giving a military salute: "Teacher Shen, we will naturally obey your orders. From now on, our group will follow your arrangements."

"Ziye, Caozhen, you two, go with Teacher Shen to the next room!" Xue Tao generously arranged.

Next door, naturally, is the deputy director's office. Li Yuanhong, who is about to be promoted to associate senior physician, is away for further studies and has not yet returned. Kaiye handed over the key. The current principle is that the associate senior physician's office is exclusively for Xue Tao, the associate chief physician of this hospital.

"Teacher Shen, are you alright? Is it still a lingering effect from last time?" Fang Ziye asked quickly after Shen Tao left the office.

The incident involving Shen Tao last time could have been a big deal or a small deal, a positive or a negative one.

"Teacher Shen? What kind of aftereffects?" Cao Zhen parted her long hair, revealing her eyes.

Shen Tao turned to Cao Zhen and said, "Cao Zhen, can you cut your hair? Do you believe that if I see you like this again tomorrow, I'll just shave it off?"

"No, Uncle-Master." Upon hearing this, Cao Zhen took two steps back, his expression conflicted.

His way of addressing Shen Tao made Fang Ziye, who was standing next to him, seem thoughtful.

Cao Zhen is a master's student at Three Gorges University, yet he calls Shen Tao "Uncle-Master"? What does that mean?
Is Cao Zhen a student of Shen Tao?

The relationships are a bit complicated, and Fang Ziye hasn't been able to sort them out yet.

Shen Tao snorted coldly: "If you want to be a surgeon, then be a proper surgeon. If you want to be a performance artist, then be a performance artist."

“We weren’t in the same group before, and you were unconventional, but now that you’ve agreed to join me, you need to behave yourself.”

"I'm not your teacher, I won't spoil you."

"Uncle-Master. Okay, I'll go cut it off in a bit." Upon hearing this, Cao Zhen's expression immediately hardened. Although he felt bitter, he seemed to have no other choice.

Then, Shen Tao looked at Fang Ziye, who had an innocent expression. After entering the deputy senior's office, he leaned against the door, locked it, and began to look Fang Ziye up and down. His burning gaze seemed as if he could devour Fang Ziye in one bite.

"Teacher Shen, what's wrong?" Before Shen Tao could answer the previous question, Fang Ziye pressed on, wondering if it was a lingering effect of Shen Tao's previous report.

"Ugh!"

Shen Tao sighed and then said, "Ziye, I may have to learn manual repositioning techniques from you for a while in the future."

Fang Ziye looked slightly taken aback and puzzled.

Then, Shen Tao explained the reason.

It turns out that Shen Tao had learned from Fang Ziye that Fang Ziye's manual repositioning technique was incredibly powerful, something even Yuan Weihong didn't know.

So he used this to scare Yuan Weihong, trying to brag to Yuan Weihong in a very convincing way.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Weihong was intimidated and made a phone call to Professor An Luming, the director of the Department of Trauma Surgery at Hubei Provincial People's Hospital, to ask whether Fang Ziye had actually been in contact with Hubei Provincial People's Hospital.

An Luming astutely grasped the loophole in Yuan Weihong's question, then vaguely glossed over it, and took Shen Tao's boastful words in front of Yuan Weihong as true.

Now he has been given a death order: either Shen Tao returns with his excellent manual reduction technique to take over the major direction of osteotomy and orthopedics, or he can win over Fang Ziye.

Alternatively, even if Shen Tao obtains the associate senior professional title, the department will not hire him.

Shen Tao is all talk and no action; how could he possibly sway Fang Ziye? He also doesn't want to enjoy the benefits of an intermediate-level professional title despite holding a senior-level one, so he has no choice but to take the first path.

"Oh, Uncle-Master, so it's not about what you told me about last time!"

"Don't pretend to be innocent after getting the benefit."

"This matter is not entirely unrelated to you, Fang Ziye. It's mainly because Professor Duan Hong and Professor An from Tongji Hospital discussed you, so the two of them decided to try to poach your employees first. If they can manage to do so, then they'll each rely on their own abilities."

"So you shouldn't completely stay out of it," Shen Tao said firmly.

(End of this chapter)