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Chapter 276 Departure and Farewell! (Please Subscribe)

When Fang Ziye re-examined Shen Tao and asked himself what he had learned, he found that the answer was much more comprehensive.

A prefecture-level city hospital, such as Enshi Central Hospital, is undoubtedly a top-tier tertiary hospital. At that level, it is no different from Zhongnan Hospital.

However, although both are top-tier hospitals, Enshi Central Hospital and Zhongnan Hospital have completely different operating models and other aspects.

At least, Fang Ziye saw many constraints in the prefecture-level city hospital.

Connections, overtime, various inspections, and meetings abound; here, the hospital seems to be led and managed.

Fang Ziye had even heard outrageous claims, such as, "If you don't even attend meetings, what kind of surgery are you going to perform?"

When Fang Ziye first heard this, he thought it was utterly absurd, but later he gradually got used to this way of speaking.

The leader is more than many.

However, the operating model at Zhongnan Hospital is different.

Putting aside the special status of Zhongnan Hospital, which houses many old guys that current leaders dare not easily offend, even if it were just a top-tier provincial hospital, no one would dare to say that they would not hold meetings or perform surgeries.

At least on a cognitive level, they are different.

Secondly, in prefecture-level city hospitals, many regrets can never be undone.

At Zhongnan Hospital, many regrets ultimately stem from guilt for not working hard enough and not achieving enough, rather than the helplessness seen at Enshi Central Hospital!
The upper limit is established.

Furthermore, Fang Ziye has a lot of teachers.

Wu Xuanqi, Nie Mingxian, and those two infectious disease surgery teachers, and Director Zhang Mingcan...

It's difficult for Fang Ziye to determine which approach has greater teaching significance.

All I can say is that they are all meaningful.

Moreover, Fang Ziye also learned about the benefits of having a master's sect.

If both Pang Hong and Li Cong have a powerful sect or master with a vast network of connections, then even if this medical company in Enshi is huge, it will definitely be reduced to dust!

Just kidding. As long as all my fellow disciples are still alive, if any company dares to harm medical workers, whether out of a sense of shared fate or out of a sense of duty to our sect, we will keep pushing forward.

They buy trending topics, access the mayor's mailbox, and even write letters to the National Health Commission's email address, and then "shout" in large circles.

Generally speaking, once a mentor-level person gets involved, the matter will definitely not be able to continue.

Even at the very worst, they shouldn't have ended up like Pang Hong and his ilk.

Such a thing is definitely impossible to achieve in the top three.

Because the number of people in a company might not even be enough to match the number of orthopedic doctors at Zhongnan Hospital. If they ganged up on you, you wouldn't be able to win. How are you supposed to compete?

……

My junior colleague, Lan Tianluo, has already arranged his own dinner and is currently in another group meeting, keeping his voice very low.

With nothing else to do, Fang Ziye, emboldened by his drunkenness, started flirting with his girlfriend who lived thousands of miles away.

Although they haven't agreed to meet in person yet, Fang Ziye had already told Luo Tingzhu that she would automatically become his girlfriend after they met. In this modern, high-tech society, meeting in person is just a matter of video calls, isn't it?

Although Fang Ziye reneged on his promise, Luo Tingzhu did not object. The two of them now chatted almost every day, like cooking porridge.

We didn't call because we didn't have time; both of our schedules were rather fragmented.

However fragmented the time was, and no matter how busy the experiments were, Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu always seemed to find time to type a few words.

Therefore, this truth made Fang Ziye even more convinced of the claims circulating online.

Don't assume the other person is genuinely busy; instead, reflect on whether you're just being overly eager to please them.

Fang Ziye did not leave many regrets in Enshi, nor did he receive much high-end technical education.

After all, even Shen Tao is still learning, and he couldn't possibly teach Fang Ziye advanced techniques like osteotomy or limb reconstruction.

Therefore, what Fang Ziye gained most in Enshi was probably knowledge points.

Knowledge points are teaching and education.

Time flows at an unchanging pace, regardless of individual will; it always moves at its own pace. It's just that you may perceive it as moving at different speeds depending on your emotions.

Fang Ziye, acting as the host, first sent his junior brother Lan Tianluo out of Enshi and back to Hanshi.

When Lan Tianluo left, Fang Ziye was actually very reluctant to part with him, after all, he was his direct junior brother who had helped him a great deal.

Fang Ziye specially brought him some cured pork from his hometown. It wasn't a whole piece of cured pork, but rather cured pork stir-fried with pickled peppers, which his mother had cooked beforehand so it could be eaten directly.

While thanking him, Lan Tianluo said to Fang Ziye, "Senior brother, I'll start working on the scholarship application process when I get back. Please send me your personal information so we can work together."

"Hey hey hey."

Lan Tianluo seemed determined to win the scholarship.

“Okay, I’ll bring some local specialties with me. You can eat at my rented place.” Fang Ziye didn’t dwell on it.

There will definitely be a future meeting between Lan Tianluo and me.

Lan Tianlu smiled, then started chatting with someone on the phone, even standing on tiptoe at the end.

Seeing this, Fang Ziye very sensibly started playing with his yo-yo. When he was hailing a taxi outside, he indeed saw Lan Tianluo and another girl who looked to be about twenty-four or twenty-five years old walking into the train station together.

"Sigh! Love can be a killer. Even a simple kid like Tianluo has changed." Fang Ziye sighed from outside.

But he could only let him go. He was just a senior brother, not even a parent. Fang Ziye was afraid that a genius like Lan Tianluo would be too naive when it came to love and would not be able to overcome the entanglement of love.

Because there are just far too many examples like this...

Then, with Lan Tianluo gone, Fang Ziye, no longer tasked with research and clinical work, spent his days exercising like crazy, slacking off, writing articles, and chatting non-stop!

Fang Ziye's schedule is very fixed: he goes to bed at midnight, wakes up at 6:30, exercises for half an hour, jogging as far as he can.

I took a shower, ate breakfast, and then started writing my thesis.

With Lan Tianluo present, Yuan Weihong couldn't bear to look at the data processing results produced by Fang Ziye and Jie Han.

There's no way around it; I've been admiring fairies for too long, and suddenly trying to appreciate the beauty of a 90% village girl is just a bit too much of a stretch.

Fang Ziye wrote his thesis, waited for Luo Tingzhu to sleep, chatted, video chatted, and typed chatted until about 11 o'clock, when Luo Tingzhu rested and Fang Ziye ate lunch.

After Fang Ziye finished dinner, Luo Tingzhu could get up. Before going to the lab, the two of them would find some time to video chat for a while.

There are so many things we can talk about, from weight to whether the food we ate yesterday was too salty or bland, to accidentally not using enough coupons when ordering takeout yesterday. We could chat for two or three hours about any of these.

They chatted until 11 PM on Fang Ziye's end, when Fang Ziye started washing up and going to bed.

Repeatedly.

Such a corrupt lifestyle sounds sinful.

But this does not affect the passage of time.

Soon, Fang Ziye's rhythm was slightly disrupted.

First, Wu Xuanqi and Tang Yue, a married couple, started inviting people to dinner in advance, because they said that Fang Ziye would definitely have many dinner parties before he left.

So, Fang Ziye was the first guest to be seen off, and he only drank a glass of beer.

Next up was Huang Kai, who was relatively free. Huang Kai asked his parents to treat Fang Ziye to a simple meal. He then remotely shared a cup of tea with Fang Ziye at the sanatorium.

Fang Ziye did not refuse and became a guest who was seen off for the second time.

Then there were the two brothers, Guan Hongming and Guan Hongming...

Wang Zhongxing with a big beard, Xue Tao, and Li Yuanhong, who returned from further studies abroad.

Fang Ziye only learned later that the people at Enshi Central Hospital were treating him like a superior who had been sent to the countryside for support.

Basically, anyone with the means would invite Fang Ziye to a meal separately.

The relationship with the hospital is the hospital's relationship, and personal friendship is personal friendship. Who knows, Fang Ziye might be promoted to a senior professional title before them in the future, and when they want to be promoted, Fang Ziye will be the examiner.

Even if that's not the case, Fang Ziye is already quite impressive now. A few years later, when Fang Ziye becomes famous at a young age, it will be very difficult for him to have such good connections again.

Even resident trainees like Zeng Weihang and Li Ruokai, after learning that Fang Ziye was leaving, privately gathered together and hosted a dinner party.

However, Fang Ziye felt no psychological pressure.

Although these are resident physicians, not graduate students, it is well known that during their residency training, resident physicians are much more financially well-off than graduate students.

……

It wasn't until the evening of July 31st that Director Wu Guonan, former Director Hong Du, and others held a farewell banquet for the entire department.

At the banquet, Director Wu Guonan even invited Director Zhang Mingcan, who was originally traveling in Mount Tai, back to see Shen Tao and Fang Ziye off.

At the farewell banquet, the most discussed topics were wishes for Fang Ziye and Teacher Shen Tao to have bright futures, to take care of the brothers at Enshi Central Hospital, and to get together more often after they arrive in Wuhan.

Fang Ziye and Shen Tao readily agreed.

Then, the main topic of conversation was that both Director Wu Guonan and former Director Hong Du hoped that Zhang Mingcan could return to Enshi Central Hospital, as the orthopedics department might need Zhang Mingcan to take charge of the overall situation.

This was also Huang Kai's idea.

Huang Kai's plight is entirely Zhang Mingcan's fault.
However, Zhang Mingcan felt that he was not suited to work at Enshi Central Hospital, so he declined for the time being. He insisted that he wanted to go out and improve himself. He would deal with the future later. Zhang Mingcan had to finish his doctoral studies!
Fang Ziye and the others could no longer persuade him on this point, as it was Zhang Mingcan's own idea.

Even after seeing you off for a thousand miles, we must eventually part ways; even with a thousand words of farewell, we must eventually break off our vows.

Fang Ziye had already cleaned the rental apartment, but he was still worried that he hadn't cleaned it thoroughly enough. As he left, he held up the phone and said, "Mom, could you come to Enshi again later and help me clean it up? And have Auntie come over to check it out, okay?"

"Thank you for your hard work, Mom."

For a period of time in July, Fang Ziye stayed at home for three or four days. Although he spent most of his time writing papers and reading books, his parents were overjoyed, feeling that Fang Ziye was by their side.

So they were still very happy today, nodding and saying, "It's alright, you go back to school, your dad and I will clean up the mess..."

"Yes, Mom and Dad, I might have to go abroad this year and won't be able to come back for the Chinese New Year."

"But I should be back after the New Year, and I'll bring you a beautiful daughter-in-law then," Fang Ziye said with a smile.

During those few days at home, Fang Ziye was still chatting.

When Luo Tingzhu's parents saw her looks, their eyes lit up. When they learned that Luo Tingzhu was a PhD student at Han City University, they thought this girl was exceptional.

A PhD paired with a PhD, a perfect match.

I didn't ask anything else.

Just as Fang Ziye was about to depart, Associate Chief Physician Xue Tao was waiting for him in his car outside the residential compound.

After hanging up the phone, Fang Ziye said, "Teacher Xue, you're too kind. I can just take a taxi to the train station."

"Hey, you're too kind. Nobody's as polite as you, Dr. Fang."

"Teacher Shen Tao offered to be your driver yesterday, but you refused. You insisted that his car was too cheap. You wouldn't even bother riding in a car that cost less than ten million to build, right?" Xue Tao joked.

How many private cars can be as expensive as high-speed trains?

"Teacher Xue, you're wronging me. I was just too drunk last night because you made me drink too much. I was worried about getting Teacher Shen's car dirty," Fang Ziye quickly replied.

Shen Tao was leaving overnight; this was something he had planned in advance.

However, Fang Ziye was a little drunk. As a doctor himself, he would rather rest than spend the night drunk on the way to Wuhan.

There's absolutely no need for that.

"So, Dr. Fang, I'm troubling you to descend from the heavens and ride in my beat-up little car today," Xue Tao joked as he started the engine.

After walking for about a few hundred meters, Xue Tao asked again, "Xiao Fang, did you really eat breakfast?"

"I've already eaten, Brother Tao. I bought steamed buns. Have you eaten yet?" Fang Ziye only dared to call Xue Tao "Brother Tao" after Xue Tao called him Xiao Fang.

"I've already eaten. After seeing you off, Dr. Fang, I'll go back to my department for training..." Xue Tao said, trying to sound pitiful.

"Brother Tao, I told you, you didn't really need to come and deliver it..."

An hour later, as Fang Ziye watched the scenery outside the high-speed train recede into the distance, his gaze slightly unfocused, he couldn't help but feel a sense of unease and uncertainty.

This journey will surely pave the way for a bright future for me.

But this departure will inevitably take him further and further away from his hometown.

Having gained experience in grassroots counterpart exchanges like in Enshi, Fang Ziye's future career path and promotion speed will inevitably prevent him from returning to his hometown to contribute to it.

Fang Ziye didn't know if what he was doing counted as fleeing his hometown.

It definitely counts, but it also definitely doesn't, because from a broader perspective, Hubei Province is also my hometown; I've just moved to a different place.

Naturally, one will grow further and further away from one's parents.

But my parents said that the greatest way to show filial piety to them is not through the simple act of having many children and grandchildren, but by letting them fly as high as they can and go as far as they can.

"Mom and Dad, is this really what you really think?" No matter how intelligent Fang Ziye was, he couldn't see through his parents at this moment.

All that remained were moist eyes.

He could only console himself with the memory of how many people in town had red eyes when they looked at their parents on his way home.

Others envy their parents.

(End of this chapter)