This doctor is already middle-aged, and he's only just started practicing medicine.

Chapter 50 Splenectomy and the Tajima Suture Technique!
August 4th, sunny and bright.

As Lu Cheng rode his electric scooter from Gaojiapo Community to the People's Hospital along Yuelu Avenue, he only felt that his backpack was a bit heavy, but there were no other problems.

A warm breeze was blowing, the scorching sun was shielded by the mountains, and the sky was a clear blue.

At 7:35, Lu Cheng pushed open the curtain of the emergency department and walked into the emergency hall. As a cool breeze rushed in, Lu Cheng also wiped the slight sweat from his neck with a tissue.

After throwing the crumpled paper into the trash can, Lu Cheng rushed to the door of the surgical clinic and called out, "Fifth Brother, wanna order some noodles together?"

Tian Zhuang's neck was held high, his chin slightly protruding. He tilted his head back and said in a cold voice, "I'm going home to eat after get off work... I only have about twenty minutes, it's too late."

"Then you go ahead with your work." Lu Cheng couldn't get his straightforward and unyielding fifth brother to cooperate, so he turned and walked away.

After entering the doctors' lounge of the emergency department's general ward, Lu Cheng took off his backpack and took out Campbell's Surgery (Hand Surgery Volume) and Huang Jiasi's General Surgery (Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Volume).

The person on duty was Zeng Huanqi. He raised his dark head, and as the sunlight streamed in after he drew back the curtains, it didn't affect his ability to remain hidden in the shadows: "Xiao Lu, are you planning to stay in the department permanently?"

"These books must weigh over ten kilograms." Zeng Huanqi's Adam's apple bobbed as he spoke, his speechlessness barely noticeable unless one looked closely.

"Brother Zeng, I've never weighed myself before either. Would you like to order some noodles with me?"

"I'm about to place the order. Professor Chen and Professor Tong will both come to the department to eat," Lu Cheng explained.

Zeng Huanqi's eyes flashed slightly, and he sat up cross-legged: "Xiao Lu, let me order. Tell me Professor Chen and Professor Tong's taste preferences."

Zeng Huanqi dialed the phone directly: "Boss, four bowls of noodles, braised pork with shredded pork, and a fried egg. One with extra vinegar and less chili, one with extra chili and Sichuan peppercorn oil, one..."

After Zeng Huanqi finished ordering the food, Lu Cheng laughed and said, "Brother Zeng, I didn't stand on ceremony with you today, did I? You're not allowed to stand on ceremony with me tomorrow, are you? I remember you prefer beef, right?"

Professor Chen Song is not fat, but he loves to eat pork belly. Tong Yuan'an is slightly chubby, but he actually prefers to eat spicy and shredded pork with wood ear mushrooms and likes to eat very spicy Sichuan peppercorns.

"Why are you being so polite with me, we're brothers?" Zeng Huanqi said, noticing that Chen Song and Tong Yuan'an had walked in one after the other.

When Chen Song entered, he was still arguing with Tong Yuan'an: "Stop arguing. Lu Cheng has certainly learned the Tajima suturing technique that you taught him very quickly, but his progress in the spleen suturing technique that I taught him is also quite good."

"You don't even know anything about surgery, what the hell are you spouting?"

"Tendon sutures are nothing! A ruptured spleen is a life-threatening condition, don't give me that nonsense..."

After Chen Song finished his taunts, he noticed that Lu Cheng had indeed arrived. He raised his chin and said calmly, "Little Lu, just do things your way. If Tong Yuan'an dares to manipulate you behind your back, you can call me anytime."

"Whether it's his teacher, Professor Zhou, or the head of hand surgery, Director Tan, I'm not afraid of him even if he calls Dean Lei over."

Tong Yuan'an's chubby face showed a hint of resentment: "No, Song-ge, I'm here on a mission. Just ask Xiao Lu to give me more time. Once this phase passes, he'll be yours."

"Given Xiao Lu's current progress, we should be able to start the project in about half a month. Why are you arguing with me so much?"

Zeng Huanqi called out to Teacher Chen and Teacher Tong, but neither of them responded.

Chen Song retorted, "What do you mean by half a month or a month? The person isn't mine anyway; it's not yours. I lent it to you."

"The spleen preservation technique is very important!!!" Chen Song raised his voice.

"On a small scale, this concerns whether a patient with spleen damage can save an organ; on a larger scale, it concerns the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Longxian County."

Tong Yuan'an was completely numb.

When it comes to grandstanding, hand surgery can't compete with the emergency department. After all, hand surgery has virtually no fatalities, and its primary goal is to improve people's lives and enhance their quality of life. The emergency department's primary goal is simply to keep people alive…

"You've been training him for so long, but I haven't seen you actually teach Xiao Lu much of your skills. Are you just occupying the position without doing anything?" Tong Yuan'an began his counter-espionage scheme.

"How could I not have taught you?"

"I taught Xiao Lu how to suture tendons, I trained him in appendectomy, and I also mentored him in cholecystectomy and splenectomy..."

"Tong Yuan'an, I've discovered that you're fundamentally a bad person!"

"When they can't reason things out, they resort to personal attacks."

"If you're this kind of person, then I've wasted five years being your roommate. I can't afford to put up with you." Chen Song also started using PUA tactics.

Lu Cheng quickly tried to mediate, saying, "Teacher Chen, Teacher Tong, please calm down. Can we talk about it after we have breakfast?"

"You can't argue properly when you're hungry."

Lu Cheng truly hadn't expected that Chen Song and Tong Yuan'an would actually start arguing...

【保脾术（熟练1/10）（技能点-6）、未正式命名缝合技法（熟练0/10）（技能点-4）】

Lu Cheng mastered the spleen-preserving technique entirely through additional points. He naturally received guidance from Tong Yuan'an during his learning process on the unnamed 'Tajima' suturing technique because of his sufficient basic skills (beginner 2/5). However, to maintain his 'persona,' Lu Cheng also opted to slightly increase his skill level (proficient 0/10)...

However, it was precisely this attempt to maintain a balance that led to a heated argument between Chen Song and Tong Yuan'an.

It's understandable, really. According to Professor Chen Song's previous description, for most surgeons, mastering the basics is the hardest thing to do. On average, after a year, a proficiency level of only 3-4 points is considered excellent.

Learning surgery will be faster, about two to ten times faster than learning basic skills, depending on how fully you dedicate yourself to it.

In less than four days, Lu Chengcai made significant progress in both areas, which, in the eyes of Chen Song and the others, made him a person with exceptional talent.

"I don't care. You, Tong Yuan'an, are an orthopedic surgeon. You can teach me or not, it's up to you. I'm an emergency room doctor, and so is Xiao Lu," Chen Song said.

Tong Yuan'an said, "Xiao Lu is our orthopedic surgeon!"

“That was before!” Chen Song emphasized, then tugged at Lu Cheng’s name tag: “Open your eyes and take a good look. You’ve been to school, haven’t you? Do you want me to read it to you?”

"Lu Cheng, Attending Physician, Emergency Department."

Tong Yuan'an grabbed his chubby head with his chubby hand, looking speechless: "I can't explain it to you. You're narrow-minded and don't understand the big picture..."

"What is the big picture? Is seizing fame and fortune the big picture? Aren't the lives of ordinary people the big picture?!" Chen Song opened his recording:
"Tong Yuan'an, you speak. Tell me, which is more important: spleen preservation technique or tendon suturing technique?"

Zeng Huanqi and Lu Cheng looked at these two clowns and didn't dare to breathe.

Of course, Zeng Huanqi's gaze towards Lu Cheng was also filled with unbearable entanglement.

The reason the two were arguing was that they coveted Lu Cheng's 'body'—the kind of 'body' they actually understood!
"They're all important, Chen Song. Don't try to argue with me. I can't argue with you. Whatever you say, whatever you say. You're the boss..." Tong Yuan'an begged for mercy first, so as not to be laughed at by Zeng Huanqi and the others.

Chen Song, with the air of a victor, stood proudly with his hands behind his back, chuckling, "Little Lu, this spleen-preserving technique..."

(End of this chapter)