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Chapter 534 More Than One Advisor (Please Subscribe)
Li Yuanpei told Fang Ziye about Lan Tianluo getting rid of the professor who worked in respiratory medicine.

Fang Ziye was completely unaware of this matter before Li Yuanpei mentioned it.

But looking back on it now, Fang Ziye still finds it quite absurd and bizarre!
Lan Tianluo is just a junior staff member at Zhongnan Hospital, yet he so easily overpowered a professor without the professor even making a move to resist.
Of course, at that time, Fang Ziye was a nobody with little influence and not many connections, so he didn't think about these things in detail. Looking back now, he does find many things unreasonable.

Even if Lan Tianluo's father, a professor from another province, had intervened, it would likely have been a major confrontation. In the end, another professor, comparable to Professor Deng Yong, simply resigned and went to the affiliated hospital of Jiaotong University in Shaanxi Province.

Luo Tingzhu never mentioned her grandfather, and indeed her grandfather passed away relatively early.

"Tingzhu, thank you for telling me all this, but I think I can handle it myself. If I really encounter a problem that I can't solve!"

"That might be the time for me to really change careers. If I really can't be a doctor, I might become an engineer in a pharmaceutical company and be even richer!" Fang Ziye was very open-minded.

If given the chance, Fang Ziye would definitely still want to be a good doctor.

Instead of becoming an engineer.

……

Yishi truly deserves its reputation as one of the nation's civilized cities; its scenery is quite beautiful.

Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu spent most of the day sightseeing and had a great time.

On the way back, it was already 10:20 p.m. Luo Tingzhu said, "I thought that since I am from a mountain city and have seen mountains all the time, coming to Yishi to see the scenery would just be for fun."

"I never expected that Yishi's scenery would be so unique."

If one were born in a plain, even a small mound would be enough to make one feel breathtakingly beautiful. However, Luo Tingzhu is from a mountain city, and Yu City is full of mountains, yet she was still attracted to it.

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye said, "Tingzhu, speaking of mountains, the mountains in our Ba County are truly quite high. In summer, they are a great place to escape the heat."

"And the Grand Canyon in Enshi is the same."

"However, it will get a little cold after this season."

At this point in Fang Ziye's speech, the driver spoke up: "Young man, you're from Ba County? Then we're from the same hometown! Which neighborhood do you live in?"

Fang Ziye replied, "Master, I live in the town and can't afford a house in the county."

"My hometown is in a village."

"Living in the town is great, the air is fresh, and the mountains and rivers are beautiful. Going to the county means breathing in exhaust fumes, and it's not a very good place to live."

The driver said, "Don't we all still have to make a living out here?"

Fang Ziye didn't reply, but continued chatting with Luo Tingzhu, explaining the interpersonal relationships in his family and introducing his close relatives.

This time, Luo Tingzhu is going to her hometown with her.

After arriving at the hotel, Senior Brother Su Xiao sent Fang Ziye another message, asking, "Ziye, is it okay if the surgery is scheduled for Wednesday?"

“Yes, senior brother,” Fang Ziye replied.

"Okay, I'll come pick you up myself then."

"Do you and Tingzhu have any plans for tomorrow? If not, I'll take you to a farmhouse restaurant; they have free-range ducks and chickens." Su Xiao replied politely, with a slightly ingratiating tone.

“Senior Brother Su, there’s no need to be so polite. Tingzhu and I have other plans for tomorrow,” Fang Ziye replied.

"Alright, I'll host a proper welcome dinner for you in the city tonight."

“You can’t refuse again, can you? Otherwise, if word gets out, it will seem like your senior brother is being unreasonable,” Su Xiao said first.

……

The next day, at 8:20 a.m., Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu got up.

We ate the famous juicy soup dumplings from Yishi, but the taste was just average. Perhaps the two of us weren't used to them.

After eating, Fang Ziye hailed a taxi and said, "The advisor has two graves. His ashes are in Han City, and there is a cenotaph in Yi City, which should be in his hometown."

"The housewife invited us over for lunch!"

Luo Tingzhu said, "Then we should go help as soon as possible!"

"Before we go upstairs, shall we go to the farmers' market first?"

"also."

……

When Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu appeared in front of a courtyard carrying large and small bags, an elderly woman with a full head of white hair pushed open the door.

Fang Ziye recognized Professor Dong Yaohui's wife, Mrs. Dong, because he had attended Professor Dong Yaohui's memorial service.

The housewife was two years older than Professor Dong Yaohui, and was already seventy-two years old this year, but she was still quite healthy: "Xiao Fang, Xiao Luo, you've arrived."

"Why did you bring so much stuff?"

The housewife was dressed quite fashionably, and I heard she was a retired university professor, but Fang Ziye didn't know if she was a retired professor from Han City University.

"Madam, we just bought a little something. We hope we didn't bother you?" Fang Ziye looked around after entering the courtyard and found that it was neatly arranged.

It's a detached villa with front and back gardens filled with trees, though the leaves were already mottled in November.

"No, no, it's been a long time since anyone has come to live in my yard. Your uncle is doing business in another city, and the children are all grown up now."

"I can only come back during holidays, but I really like the children!" After saying that, the old man led the two to the living room and then called out, "Xiaomei, you can go cook now."

"The two little ones I told you about are here," the housewife called out warmly.

"Okay, Aunt Yun!" The person who replied must have been the housekeeper's nanny.

That makes sense. Given Professor Dong's status, having a villa in his hometown, he should have a housekeeper to help manage it.

Luo Tingzhu and Fang Ziye exchanged a glance, seemingly realizing that they had been presumptuous again.

"Housewife, you like children, why don't you stay in Han City and live with Uncle Bo and the others?" Fang Ziye asked.

Professor Dong Yaohui's son is named Dong Bo. They only have this one child, and he was born when they were thirty years old. He is about forty years old this year, younger than Deng Yong.

"I've spent my whole life in Han City, and it's not very meaningful anymore. The kids are all grown up, and it's actually more peaceful to be alone."

“It’s easier to visit each other’s homes in the countryside,” the housewife replied.

Then the housewife started gossiping about the couple's marriage, saying that when the two got married, they should definitely let her know so she could give a red envelope and try to get more attention while she was still able to move around.

However, it wasn't until dinner that Aunt Xiaomei told me that the housewife was still writing. In addition to writing, she was also responsible for reviewing manuscripts for a well-known journal. She was also a very intellectual and knowledgeable woman.

……

After the meal, the housewife led Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu to a study upstairs and then brought out one of the boxes.

Inside were some notes and two USB drives. He said, "Ziye, my doctor Dong has mentioned you many times. He said you are his most outstanding grand-disciple."

"It's just that there's a generation between you. With Deng Yong mentoring you, and you being Professor Dong's grand-disciple, it's not easy for him to get too close to you directly."

Among housewives, even married couples sometimes refer to each other by their professions, such as "Doctor So-and-so" or "Teacher So-and-so".

This is a habit of their generation.

"Madam, perhaps Master was overthinking things. I still regret not receiving more guidance from him." Fang Ziye straightened his hands.

"There are some notes in here, all written in his spare time. I heard there are also some valuable documents on this USB drive."

He said, "If you come, Ziye, I will give this to you."

"If you don't come, wait a few years and let me pass it on to Deng Yong. Deng Yong should give it to you too."

He also said that some of these things are his ideas, some of which should not be taken seriously, while others may be feasible. Consider it as providing you with a way of thinking.

Upon hearing this, Luo Tingzhu and Fang Ziye exchanged a glance!
An old professor had kept all the things he cherished, along with some of his thoughts—it's a considerable treasure.

Professor Dong Yaohui was no novice professor; he was a leading figure in the Department of Orthopedics at Zhongnan Hospital. Zhongnan Hospital's current status is all thanks to the hard work and achievements of his generation.

Gifted by the elders, dare not to give up.

Fang Ziye didn't even consider refusing. He immediately stood up, bowed, and said, "Thank you, Master. Thank you, Madam."

The housewife closed the box and said, "There's nothing to thank me for. I work at the Institute of Water Resources and have done academic research. I have a lot of ideas in my head."

“I know very well that if you can really bring Dr. Dong’s ideas to the world, it will be the greatest comfort of my life.”

"We researchers all have many regrets..."

"It's a regret that's hard to resolve!" the housewife explained.

“Madam, I will carefully study the notes left by the advisor,” Fang Ziye replied sincerely.

Fang Ziye didn't have much contact with Professor Dong Yaohui, but the things Professor Dong Yaohui said to Fang Ziye before he left, as well as the things he asked Uncle Dong Bo to tell him, all benefited Fang Ziye greatly.

Moreover, Professor Dong Yaohui was a very dedicated doctor throughout his life.

Even before leaving, he gave Fang Ziye a very vivid lesson.

Saving lives is a glorious and noble thing.

Some people maliciously speculated that he wanted to redeem himself and die a peaceful death. Fang Ziye completely scoffed at this claim.

Fuck your mother!
This statement is clearly intended to sow discord.

Fang Ziye has more than one housewife. Professor Chu's wife has never spoken ill of Professor Dong Yaohui!

This alone confirms a lot: the two families have no animosity towards each other.

On the contrary, Deng Yong and Yuan Weihong, who were students, felt somewhat conflicted and guilty.

One fact.

The unexpected passing of Professor Chu has indeed caused considerable distress to his senior colleagues and Yuan Weihong.

The housewife took Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu to see Professor Dong's cenotaph. The two of them bought incense and paper money and sincerely burned them in front of the grave.

Images of Professor Dong Yaohui leading a research group in the department kept flashing through my mind.

After the worship ceremony, the housewife said, "Xiao Fang, Xiao Luo, go and play by yourselves. It's been hard for you to listen to me ramble on for so long today."

The housewife was very astute and knew that the two men had only come to see Professor Dong Yaohui and had no other intentions.

They're just master and disciple!
In today's society, it's impossible to say that someone who is a teacher for a day is a father for life, and therefore one must be filial to this housewife.

She wouldn't ask Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu to accompany her if even her own grandson and granddaughter couldn't do it.

She's lived to such an old age, experienced a lot, and has come to terms with it all.

"Housewife, we'll come to see you again when we have the chance!" Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu said goodbye to the housewife at the door.

The housewife hesitated for a moment, then stroked the back of Fang Ziye's right hand and said, "Little Fang, no matter what you think, Dr. Dong always has you in his heart, his grand-disciple."

He said that you can openly say that you are his child.

"Go ahead, you young people, there are plenty of places to have fun, like shopping or something..."

……

Luo Tingzhu said with a touch of sadness, "The generation of advisors were all so pure?"

"Mingming really wants someone to spend more time with her."

"Perhaps she has seen through many things, and she is not alone."

Fang Ziye also sighed with emotion: "If one's children are foolish, one should be filial at home; if one's children are capable, one should fly far away!"

"We may have to get used to this in the future; the only people who can accompany us will probably be the husband and wife."

Fang Ziye thought of his parents!
If I hadn't been so ambitious, I might be living with my parents now, letting them enjoy the company of their children and grandchildren, though I wouldn't be able to avoid their nagging.

When you're around, people will compare you to others, saying how great so-and-so is.

"What did the housewife mean by her last sentence?" Luo Tingzhu asked.

Fang Ziye shook his head: "I'm not quite sure what it means either. It probably means that perhaps the advisor can let me stand on his shoulders."

"After all, the advisor is one of the honorary role models of our Zhongnan Hospital."

"But I understood, and I don't plan to do that."

If one has more than one master, then one must have more than one advisor.

Fang Ziye regrets that he didn't have much contact with Professor Dong Yaohui back then.

On Tuesday afternoon, with little time left, the two of them simply strolled around.

……

On Wednesday, Fang Ziye arrived at the People's Hospital where his senior brother Su Xiao worked and immediately began the surgery.

Although Su Xiao introduced Fang Ziye to many people, there were too many people to meet all at once, and Fang Ziye couldn't remember them all.

With Senior Brother Su Xiao around, everyone was quite polite to Fang Ziye.

After carefully reviewing the case, Fang Ziye found that the surgery was not complicated; it was a standard functional reconstruction procedure.

However, such functional reconstruction surgery is not considered a high-difficulty surgery for Zhongnan Hospital, but for people who have never had such surgery before, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky!

"Professor Fang, is there any major trouble?" Su Xiao did not call Fang Ziye "Ziye," but addressed him as Professor Fang.

"It's alright, the results are about the same as what I saw yesterday!"

"The surgery isn't very difficult," Fang Ziye said as he put on his sterile surgical gown and gloves.

"This surgery isn't difficult?" As soon as Fang Ziye finished speaking, one of Su Xiao's deputy chief physicians blurted out in a sharp voice.

But the moment he finished speaking, he realized he had been too out of line: "Professor Fang, I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything by it, it's just that Director Su, the other directors in the department, and I have been discussing this surgery for too long!"

"Everyone felt completely lost."

Su Xiao, who was still getting dressed, rolled her eyes when she heard Huang Tao's words and said, "Huang Tao, so we don't even have the qualifications to go to Professor Fang's seminar?"

"If you find it too easy, then you're ready to sit in the audience and listen to Professor Fang's lectures."

Functional reconstruction surgery is a high-end procedure! Only hand surgery departments in provincial hospitals dare to attempt it; hand surgery departments in prefecture-level city hospitals should stick to performing limb replantation properly.

They were in trauma surgery, and with Su Xiao's connections, they had access to a lot of information.

In prefecture-level city hospitals, the division between specialties is not so clear. As long as you can perform surgery, you can admit patients yourself.

The number of patients in prefecture-level city hospitals is limited. Trauma surgery patients account for only half of the routine cases in the department, and about one-third of the beds in the department are usually vacant.

So many hospitals in Yishi can perform fracture surgery, why should we come to your People's Hospital? Aren't the Central Hospital, the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, and the Second People's Hospital better?

Therefore, if we want to perform more surgeries, we have no choice but to break through the limitations of open source technology.

Fang Ziye asked, "Was the patient under general anesthesia?"

Su Xiao nodded.

Fang Ziye continued, "This surgery is not very difficult. His functional impairment is mainly in the wrist and elbow joints of his left upper limb, as well as his fingers."

"An MRI scan revealed that he did not have any muscle adhesions, only no tendon or nerve damage, so he only needed targeted treatment."

“The functional reconstruction surgeries we perform routinely involve either complete adhesions or large segments of nerve necrosis, so this surgery was much easier to handle…”

Fang Ziye's words sounded a bit arrogant, but once he picked up the scalpel, everyone changed their minds.

Nearly perfect angles, near-perfect incision, near-perfect dissection, near-perfect surgical field!

Even just watching Fang Ziye's surgeries gives one the illusion of "I'm very strong" and "I could do it too".

After eating too much wild grass, a meal of fine chaff suddenly appeared, which truly opened everyone's eyes!
"Holy crap, surgery can be done like this?" A 30-something attending physician, unable to contain his shock and disbelief, swore at the incident.
Su Xiao and Huang Tao rolled their eyes at him, and he immediately covered his mouth with both hands!

Su Xiao turned his head and said calmly, "Xiao Yongping, do you think that holding seminars and live-streaming surgeries in front of nationally renowned professors is just about having a reputation?"

Fang Ziye was his junior brother and also one of his benefactors!

His true strength is right there, and Su Xiao would never allow anyone to question it! He trusts him completely and unconditionally.

There's no other reason than that Fang Ziye is now the best in the sect, the pride and glory of the sect!

However, as the surgery progressed, it eventually reached a point that others found difficult to comprehend.

When your skill level is limited and your abilities are average, your vision and understanding will also be limited.

Therefore, you cannot understand things that are beyond your comprehension!

Two hours later, Fang Ziye had completed most of the crucial transposition and reconstruction procedures of the surgery. Ignoring the shocked looks on everyone's faces, he remarked, "If only Director Zeng were here."

"We can now see the patient's vital signs recover more clearly."

These words made the head of the anesthesiology department tremble. He replied with a wry smile, "Professor Fang, what are you saying? Professor Zeng Quanming's expertise in motor and sensory separation anesthesia is beyond our reach."

"All I can do is general anesthesia and nerve blocks."

In my heart, I was thinking, "If I had this skill, both Tongji and Xiehe Hospitals would have wanted me!"
Fang Ziye turned his head and smiled gently!
The patient's tendon was gently pulled with a retractor, and the patient's fingers responded by extending and retracting freely.

He said, "Senior Brother Su, look! At least for now, the patient's passive movement is at its maximum!"

"Active rehabilitation training should be strengthened post-surgery. Immobilize the fingers for five days initially, and after that, the flexion of all five fingers should reach 90 degrees!"

Su Xiao asked, "Do we have to be so aggressive?" "It's okay to go a little slower!" Su Xiao replied.

Fang Ziye replied, "Senior brother, I'm being conservative. In our department, we usually wait three days until the temperature reaches 90 degrees Celsius, and then remove the fixing device the next day."

Five days is quite a lot.

"The equipment and sutures here are just as good as those at Central South University, so what's wrong with that? Don't worry about your tendon ruptured!"

"After the surgery, hormones should be used until the fourth day, then the dosage should be reduced and eventually stopped. This can reduce the patient's inflammatory response and reduce pain."

"Patients will be more willing to actively engage in functional training."

"Also, Senior Brother Su, if your department is going to perform functional reconstruction surgery, the suturing technique might need to be improved," Fang Ziye advised.

Su Xiao nodded: "I know that, Professor Fang."

"That's basically it." Fang Ziye put down the equipment in his hand.

Looking at the time again, it was only two hours and fifty-seven minutes.

Fang Ziye completed this surgery that they thought was extremely difficult!

"what?"

"What about the rest?" Su Xiao was stunned.

Are you kidding me?

“We’re all surgeons, closing cavities isn’t difficult, is it? As long as you don’t suture nerves and tendons, just do it like a normal closure. There’s no coincidence.” Fang Ziye tried to keep his tone calm.

However, perhaps Fang Ziye is used to being 'rich'.

In the eyes of billionaires with hundreds of billions in cash flow, what's a million or two to buy a house? Even if they bought one a day, they could never spend all their money in their lifetime.

Having been used to performing extremely complex functional reconstruction surgeries, Fang Ziye felt that today's surgery was far from satisfying.

A surgery that only yields a little over a thousand knowledge points is really not worth doing.

Therefore, Fang Ziye's casual spending seemed incredibly unbelievable, giving off a feeling of being outmatched.

This is normal.

"Then let's sew it up?" Su Xiao didn't dare to make any decision at this moment.

“It can be sewn up, Senior Brother Su, I would never lie to you,” Fang Ziye said.

Fang Ziye knew that this patient was very important to Su Xiao, and might even be his 'benefactor' in helping him advance further and become the head of surgery or even the vice president of the hospital!
But Fang Ziye was still very confident in his surgery. Such a simple operation, there was no way he would need me to stitch it up.

Of course, it didn't matter if Fang Ziye sewed it himself; the main thing was that he wanted to have lunch with Luo Tingzhu.

Su Xiao then accompanied Fang Ziye as they stepped off the stage.

After Fang Ziye stepped down, he said, "Director Huang, I'll accept your friend request later. Could you please add a note to my contact?"

"Professor Fang, definitely, definitely!" Huang Tao nodded excitedly.

I no longer dare to think that Fang Ziye is acting like a big shot. This is not acting like a big shot at all. He is a big shot in his own right. He can even be said to be one of the top surgeons in the country.

If we can get him to perform the surgery, it will be a blessing for the department and the patient, and not just a transaction!
After the two left, Huang Tao breathed a sigh of relief, filled with emotion.

"It may not sound nice, but Professor Fang is absolutely amazing!"

"That's right. I thought we would need to get off the operating table several times during the operation to think things through carefully, then study it again, and refine the surgical plan."

"As it turned out, before we could even react, it was over," said Dr. Chen Dongqiang, the former chief physician.

"This might be what they call a dimensional reduction attack."

"Moreover, Professor Fang seems quite down-to-earth, not as aloof as rumored."

"I think I've become a fan of Professor Fang," Chen Dongqiang said.

"Other people have so many female fans lining up, they don't need you as one more fan," Huang Tao said sarcastically.

"..."

In the locker room, Su Xiao calmly said, "Ziye, I've inquired about those rumors, and it seems they came from the Provincial Health Commission recently."

“I have already told my master, and he said he will be careful.”

"Thank you, senior brother!"

Fang Ziye hurriedly said, "Senior brother, do you have any surgeries scheduled later? If so, please go ahead and take care of them. Tingzhu and I plan to return to Enshi tomorrow."

To get back to Enshi from Yishi, you need to take the high-speed train; you can't take a boat!
"Are you in such a hurry?" Su Xiao asked politely.

"Senior brother, I've been in Yishi for three days now, and if I add tomorrow, it will be four days." Fang Ziye arrived in Yishi on Sunday.

"I was planning to take you to see Master Dong tomorrow!"

"You've already been there, haven't you?" Su Xiao asked.

After Professor Dong Yaohui returned to Yishi, Su Xiao was naturally the first person to greet him.

"Yes, senior brother, it was Master who sent me the location. You're busy, so I was sorry to bother you!" Fang Ziye said.

Su Xiao blushed and replied, "Ziye, don't blame your senior brother for being snobbish. In a prefecture-level city hospital, personal connections are very important. It's not something you can get into just because you have the ability!"

“I know, senior brother, I worked at Enshi Central Hospital before,” Fang Ziye replied.

All of this is understandable; the smaller the place, the more important personal relationships become.

On the contrary, in top teaching hospitals like Zhongnan Hospital, personal relationships carry less weight!

Imagine, which leader would be willing to entrust their relative to an incompetent nepotism?
Su Xiao said, "I'd still like to invite you and Tingzhu to dinner!"

“Other things can be postponed, but since you are all leaving, this matter definitely cannot be postponed any longer.”

"Ziye, if you go to the countryside next time, you must come to our hospital."

"I will try my best to secure counterpart support from Zhongnan Hospital," Su Xiao replied.

Yishi People's Hospital is not a place Fang Ziye can come to whenever he wants. Generally, each teaching hospital has its own designated support hospital.

After leaving Zhongnan Hospital, Fang Ziye could only go to these hospitals.

To advance from associate professor to professor, Fang Ziye still needs to go to the countryside. This is an essential step towards becoming a full professor, and it is also one of the provincial policies to help improve the capabilities of remote hospitals.

"Senior Brother Su, if I have the chance, I will definitely come!" Fang Ziye replied.

……

Finally, after saying goodbye to Su Xiao, Fang Ziye breathed a sigh of relief.

"This whole thing has turned me into a mobile surgical machine the whole way here."

"I was quite interested in that surgery in Yue City, but today's surgery was completely unremarkable," Fang Ziye complained to Luo Tingzhu.

"Senior brother, you'd be strangely interested in the patients admitted to Yishi People's Hospital!"

“Most hospitals would refuse to treat patients like that. If it weren’t for Professor Zhou’s safety net at Yueyang Central Hospital, do you think Director Huang there would dare to take on such patients?” Luo Tingzhu, however, saw things quite clearly.

“That’s true,” Fang Ziye replied.

How's your paper coming along?

Luo Tingzhu didn't go to the operating room with Fang Ziye today; instead, she stayed at the hotel writing her thesis.

"Not bad, we've almost finished building the skeleton!"

"Senior, I also looked at one of Professor Dong's USB drives. I was worried that the contents might be corrupted, so I copied a copy onto your USB drive."

"I have to say, Professor Dong's generation is really bold!"

"He even considered making artificial intelligence prostheses, which could completely compensate for the functional loss of amputees."

“But this idea is too far ahead of its time!” Luo Tingzhu said as she walked.

"Artificial intelligence? Prosthetics?" Fang Ziye frowned deeply upon hearing this.

Considering Professor Dong Yaohui's low-key nature and some of his bold ideas, it's hard to connect the two.

"Senior brother, Professor Dong has some great ideas. You've gained a very valuable asset!" Luo Tingzhu said with some envy.

Fang Ziye asked, "How does that compare to Jie Han?"

Just then, Fang Ziye's phone rang again.

Fang Ziye picked it up and saw that it was still a call from Senior Brother Su Xiao.

Su Xiao went straight to the point: "Ziye, would it be convenient for you to stay another day? I have a patient here."

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye immediately interrupted, "Senior brother, let him go to Zhongnan to find me!"

After saying that, Fang Ziye waited for Su Xiao's reply.

Asking for help once is a favor, but asking for help a second time is taking advantage of someone's kindness.

Su Xiao immediately replied, "Okay, Ziye!"

"I hope you and Tingzhu have a great time." Su Xiao's change of heart was also very quick.

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye added, "Senior brother, it's not easy for me to come out and have fun. I don't know when I'll have the chance again."

"Your senior brother understands."

"Actually, my senior brother is just going through the motions."

“It was a call from our dean, so I couldn’t just ignore it,” Su Xiao said.

……

Luo Tingzhu frowned deeply: "This Senior Brother Su, could he be trying to use you to build a network of connections? Time and time again!"

Luo Tingzhu was certainly aware of Fang Ziye's value.

Even a video of a surgery is valuable, let alone performing the surgery in person.

"So this is a prefecture-level city hospital!"

“Senior Brother Su can’t do anything about it. He didn’t make any unreasonable demands, so let’s not pursue the matter further!” Fang Ziye shook his head.

People in the arena involuntarily.

Even if Su Xiao is the director of trauma surgery at a prefecture-level city hospital, so what?
It's not really within the same circle; it's just a difference between a large circle and a small circle.

Their journey continues!
After confirming the train tickets from Yishi to Enshi, Fang Ziye called his parents.

After getting off the train, Fang Ziye saw Fang Nan and Liang Xia, who had come to pick him up in a four-wheeled convertible.

This vehicle is what Fang Nan usually uses to haul goods and deliveries, but he drove it from the town to Enshi Railway Station!
After Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu got out of the car, they were stunned for a moment when they saw Luo Tingzhu. Then they quickly rubbed their hands together and came up to her, saying, "Little Ye'er."

"Ziye." The way mothers and fathers address each other is slightly different.

Fang Ziye then introduced them, and Luo Tingzhu quickly and nervously greeted them as uncle and aunt...

Fang Nan and Liang Xia were very hospitable. After putting their suitcases in the back of the car, they quickly drove away from the train station and then found a restaurant that looked quite upscale.

Fang Ziye said, "Dad, the food here isn't good. Turn right ahead, then turn left again. There's a small alley there; the food there is better and cheaper!"

"What are you talking about? Is this a matter of whether it's cheap or not?" Fang Nan scolded Fang Ziye.

Before his wife even entered the family, Fang Ziye had already become 'unfriendly'.

“The environment over there is better too,” Fang Ziye said.

……

At 2 PM, one of the pigs in Fang Ziye's pigpen died.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, two chickens and two ducks also went to the guillotine.

They opened the warehouse, removed the grain, and even took out the perfectly preserved cured meat.

There are cured pig's trotters, cured pig's face...

The table was set with seven dishes, but only one was vegetarian, and it was a cabbage picked from the garden in the backyard.

If Fang Ziye hadn't stopped them, the pair of rabbits in the backyard would probably have experienced a life-or-death separation!
Sitting around the table, Fang Ziye said, "Mom, wouldn't it be better to cook these things one meal at a time? How can we possibly finish eating so much at once?"

"What do you know? Just eat!" Liang Xia also brought out a bowl of white fungus and red date soup for Luo Tingzhu.

"Auntie, don't make it anymore, it'll be a waste if we can't eat it later," Luo Tingzhu said hurriedly towards the kitchen.

"Tingzhu, don't listen to Xiaoye. There's another piece of pig's stomach over there, it'll be ready soon." Liang Xia brought the soup and the casserole to the table together.

"Can we finish all this? Did Auntie invite other people too?" Luo Tingzhu asked in a low voice.

"should not!"

“If they were going to call, they would have told me in advance. We’re going to my grandfather’s house for dinner tomorrow and my maternal grandfather’s house the day after. They shouldn’t have called anyone today,” Fang Ziye said.

"That's so much, it's such a waste." Luo Tingzhu looked at the table full of food, feeling a little reluctant.

"Then you should eat more..." Fang Ziye said helplessly.

What can be done if the elderly couple at home can't persuade them?
……

On November 12th, Luo Tingzhu was strolling around the town when she saw a scale in front of a pharmacy, so she took off her shoes and stepped on it.

“One hundred and three point seven!” She panicked a little.

"I've gained more than three pounds in just a few days. I can't take it anymore. I'm not eating dinner tonight," Luo Tingzhu said.

"That probably won't work. If you don't eat a full bowl, my parents will always try to persuade you to stop."

"Let's be patient a little longer!" Fang Ziye said.

In the past few days, Fang Ziye has also gained weight, reaching 145 pounds, a full four pounds more than Luo Tingzhu.

"It's not that I couldn't resist, but once it was on the table, I couldn't help myself."

"Sigh, your cooking is really good, but you wasted so much meat." Luo Tingzhu said, squatting down to straighten her shoe heels.

Immediately afterwards, Luo Tingzhu stood up and asked, "Senior brother, you told me yesterday that Teacher Dong was being suppressed. What happened?"

"Professor Dong is very insightful. When he was the director of the Department of Trauma Surgery, he had a great opportunity to go further. Even if he didn't become an academician, he could have easily won a National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars award and become like Professor Duan Hong now."

"But because of Professor Chu's matter, many of his things were cut off."

"After that, I couldn't get any more projects even when I applied for them."

“So let’s just end it here!” Fang Ziye sighed.

"Didn't you say that Professor Chu's sudden death had nothing to do with Professor Dong? I heard that after Professor Chu passed away, someone calculated that Professor Dong's working hours were as long as seventy-nine hours?" Luo Tingzhu asked.

"That's not important. As a leader, if someone in your department has an accident during an emergency, you have to take responsibility!"

"Being a leader isn't easy."

"So, some of Professor Dong's ideas and thoughts ended up benefiting this greenhorn like me, including some rather mature concepts," Fang Ziye said.

"A clerk is still a clerk."

Fang Ziye couldn't help but think how comfortable his life would be if Professor Chu hadn't passed away and Professor Dong hadn't been suppressed.

Of course, it's also possible that he couldn't even get into the interview room during the master's entrance exam. There were too many top students competing fiercely, and Fang Ziye's resume wasn't rich enough, so he might have failed the interview and missed out on his desired program.

Fang Ziye's phone rang again at that moment.

Fang Ziye looked up and saw it was Deng Yong calling: "Ziye, is that you?"

Are you available to stop your vacation recently?

"Hmm? Master, why? Usually, after a chief inpatient stay ends, there's a one-month leave period?" Fang Ziye asked.

Fang Ziye could tell that Deng Yong swallowed several times on the other end of the phone: "Ziye, your total hospitalization period isn't as long as others'; it's only seven months at most."

"Others usually take one and a half to two years."

"Furthermore, your mentor really couldn't withstand the pressure from the patients in the department. After they heard that you were on leave, they put pressure on me through various connections."

"They said they absolutely have to have you come back to perform the surgery!"

"Yes, Liu Huanglong personally performed one of the surgeries, and the results were rather unsatisfactory!"

"Dean Wang has called me many times to discuss this matter," Deng Yong said in a slightly low voice.

Before Fang Ziye left, the department was filled with a harmonious atmosphere.

Even if Fang Ziye doesn't go on stage, he will be watching from the sidelines and making timely corrections.

Therefore, no one realized Fang Ziye's true role and occasional remarks. Now that Fang Ziye is gone, even Liu Huanglong's surgical quality has fluctuated greatly!
This made everyone realize that Fang Ziye was still the backbone of the group.

A few months of accumulation is not enough for Liu Huanglong and his group to stand alone!
(End of this chapter)