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

Chapter 55 I Gave Birth to a Father?!
"So, all our hard work has only proven that we're even worse?" Tong Yuan'an's face gradually turned pale.

Lu Cheng, standing to the side, swallowed hard, thought for a while, and then offered his suggestion: "Teacher Tong, could it be that there are differences in proficiency? That's why the data is different?"

Tong Yuan'an's tone was icy: "Absolutely not, a bad player is a bad player... it has nothing to do with skill level."

“It has nothing to do with your proficiency level. You’ve only just started learning…” Tong Yuan’an softened his tone for a moment, and then silently continued to measure each item one by one.

The more measurements were taken, the more silent Tong Yuan'an became, the more terribly tense the atmosphere became...

Seeing Tong Yuan'an like this, Lu Cheng didn't know what else to say.

There is now a big problem—

Lu Cheng was unaware of Tong Yuan'an's proficiency in suturing techniques, just as Tong Yuan'an was unaware of his own proficiency.

"Teacher Tong?" Lu Cheng asked.

"It's alright, Xiao Lu, you go back first. I need to be alone for a while and think carefully about where the stitching technique is lacking. It's not your fault..." Tong Yuan'an forced a smile, appearing polite.

Since Tong Yuan'an had already given him the order to leave, Lu Cheng had no choice but to turn back.

……

Study room inside Gaojiapo residential area.

After taking a slow sip of his black coffee, Lu Cheng saw Mu Nanshu's reply: "Bookworm Hero, are you free now? I have something I'd like to ask you."

How do I search for articles by a professor from an island nation named Tajima?

"I searched online, but I couldn't find the target literature."

"Bookbag" was the nickname Lu Cheng gave Mu Nanshu when she was a child. This nickname was only used by Lu Cheng; Mu Nanshu's parents called her Nannan.

Mu Nanshu's schoolbag was very big and heavy when she was a child.

Mu Nanshu expressed his difficulty: "Tajima is a surname of an island nation. If you only have this one keyword, it will be very difficult to find the target literature."

Are there any other keywords?

Lu Chengdao: "Tajima and tendon suture method, that's all the information I have at the moment."

"I used PubMed and Geen Academic. Is it possible that I need to use other websites to check? Or maybe I need to use a VPN or something?"

There are dedicated academic nodes for academic circumvention.

“I’ll give it a try first…” Mu Nanshu replied.

Lu Cheng replied, "Thank you so much! Are you off today? Why don't you send me your address and I'll treat you to a milk tea remotely?"

"You're probably not afraid I'll come knocking on your door, are you?"

Mu Nanshu didn't stand on ceremony with Lu Cheng at all, and directly sent over the details of the residential complex, building, unit, and floor she had purchased.

Mu Nanshu had already exchanged phone numbers last time, so she didn't send them to Lu Cheng.

Mu Nanshu had earned her master's and doctoral degrees, so her literature review skills were somewhat better than Lu Cheng's. About half an hour later, she found the literature Lu Cheng was looking for.

"Take a look and see if this is the one. It was published in January of this year." Mu Nanshu took a picture, which also showed the Chayan Yuese milk tea 'Youlan Latte' that Lu Cheng had ordered for her.

Mu Nanshu said, "Next time you can try Phoenix Perching on Green Osmanthus or Matcha Grape."

"Okay, I'll take a look first." After Mu Nanshu sent him the document, Lu Cheng chose to download it.

"Do you intend to write a meta-analysis of this paper?" Mu Nanshu asked. Lu Cheng read the introduction while recounting his story with Tong Yuan'an, including the Jinxia suture technique and the Tang method.

Mu Nan read the book, hesitated for nearly five minutes, and then replied, "Lu Cheng, I think you shouldn't get involved in this kind of pointless research."

"Because generally speaking, professors who can create original techniques that are superior to ordinary operating techniques can be considered world-class top professors."

"According to your statement, in all these years, China has only produced one 'Tang method' by Professor Tang Jinbo in terms of suturing techniques. Then the superiority of the 'Tajima suturing technique' is something that Professor Tan from Xiangya Hospital cannot easily refute."

"I'm not trying to boost others' morale or belittle our own. I'm just giving you some honest advice. If you want to do research, I suggest you start with meta-analysis and system analysis to get started," Mu Nanshu said, offering detailed advice.

"It's not me who writes the articles, it's Professor Tong and his team who want to write them... I need to publish articles for my promotion, and publishing in provincial core journals will be enough at most..."

"Bookbag, wait a moment, I'm recording some data," Lu Cheng said.

After reading the book, Mu Nan hesitated for a while and said, "If there is an opportunity, I would still like to get involved with research papers."

"Some things can only get you across the threshold, but if you want to do better within that threshold, you have to follow the mainstream rules."

Lu Cheng was registering data, so he let slip in a moment of carelessness: "I can't even find the way to the Azure Ladder you sent me. Talking about this is too far-fetched."

After sending the data, Lu Cheng continued registering it.

Lu Cheng had a good memory, and some of the data was available for lookup, so after sending the data, he recorded the complete information:
【2mm裂隙抗张强度：佟源安（Tong）法：108.40±7.52N；Tajima法：105.40±9.32N；改良Tang法：100.30±8.20 N；改良津下法；62.6±7.4 N】

【断裂抗张强度：Tong法：166.31±11.50 N；Tajima法：163.23±10.32N；改良Tang法：150.25±10.50 N；改良津下法：125.3±11.5 N】

【肌腱韧度：Tong法：14.21±1.34N/mm；Tajima法：13.9±1.57N/mm；改良Tang法：12.55±1.25 N/mm；改良津下法：8.3±1.8 N/mm】

The table clearly shows that Tong's technique is slightly superior to the Tajima suture technique described in the paper.

Therefore, Lu Cheng immediately sent the paper and the data in the table to Tong Yuan'an.

About ten minutes later, Tong Yuan'an posed a crucial question: "Why is the Tajima method in the paper inferior to your Tajima method?"

How could Lu Cheng answer such a question? "I don't know, Teacher Tong."

Tong Yuan'an sat cross-legged. In fact, he thought of a possibility: Lu Cheng's proficiency was too high, high enough that he could use his proficiency to achieve a comeback.

While there are different sewing techniques, the effects of each technique vary depending on the level of proficiency.

It's not to say that the modified Tang method is necessarily superior to the Tsushita suture technique. If a beginner uses the Tang method to suture, it's like throwing an egg against a rock compared to the Tsushita suture technique performed by a master.

"Can you come back?" Tong Yuan'an scratched his scalp with his chubby hands, his scalp tingling.

He was so focused on urging Lu Cheng to push forward that he forgot about maintaining his balance.

"What if," Tong Yuan'an said, "if by any chance, Lu Cheng is really very talented and can learn the techniques in the theory to an extreme level that even the original creators cannot perform."

It's the legendary level of skill, within the realm of theory but beyond the realm of practice...

Did I urge someone to give me a powerful father?

Return it?

Lu Cheng tried, but his proficiency level wasn't good enough to produce a minus sign.

Lu Cheng also scratched his head: "Teacher Tong, is this even possible?"

Tong Yuan'an's face was getting rounder and rounder, and he didn't know what to do.

(End of this chapter)