Chapter 204 - Fever… (Part 1 of 5) (1/2)

After a quick bite of noodles, Zheng Ren contacted Research Graduate Liang and went to the CT room to review his patients’ films.

There had been a breakthrough last night, after all. Although there was no way to measure it, he had a feeling that it would earn him at least 100 skill points. Thus, it was best to review his patients’ imaging films again in order to perfectly execute the surgeries tomorrow. There also remained a few lingering doubts that he wanted to resolve.

He finally finished reviewing all seven patients’ films that night. Exhausted, he invited both Research Graduate Liang and Feng Xuhui to dinner.

This time, Feng Xuhui insisted on picking up the tab.

Around the same time, Zheng Ren received a call from Su Yun to attend dinner, which he refused immediately.

After all, he was wounded. How would he perform surgery tomorrow if he fooled around the whole night? Besides, eating was a waste of time to him, and he preferred to spend every possible second of his life being productive.

Zheng Ren understood Su Yun better now. It was no surprise that the man could familiarize himself with his peers upon arriving in Imperial Capital as the socialisation alone was enough to drive Zheng Ren crazy.

He had a hard time believing that Su Yun, cynical as can be, would possess such an att.i.tude.

His world finally returned to peace and quiet after Research Graduate Liang and Feng Xuhui left for home.

The shocking experience yesterday and sudden enlightenment today made Zheng Ren feel as if he had been cut off from the outside world for ages.

He only hoped that,

The fewer the thrills, the better.

The more knowledge he got, the better.

Without cus.h.i.+oning his injured shoulder, Zheng Ren casually washed up and lay comfortably on the bed to read his novel.

When he accidentally dropped his phone onto his face from drowsiness, he turned off the lights and went to sleep.

His slumber remained undisturbed until the next morning.

His muscles ached, and his body burned with a fever. It was an indescribable, uncomfortable sensation.

The discomfort woke Zheng Ren up, and when he realized that he had a fever, his heart sank immediately.

It was six o’clock in the morning. After a few moments of hesitation, he called Feng Xuhui instead of Su Yun.

“h.e.l.lo, Manager Feng.” Zheng Ren could practically hear the fatigue in his own tone.

“Yes, I’m having a slight fever now. Please bring me a thermometer and some antipyretics.

“Alright, thank you.”

Zheng Ren figured that his fever was due to the overstimulation during the emergency resuscitation on Fang Lin the day before yesterday, and his wearing only a thin coat in the freezing weather afterward. That was more likely than it being an inflammatory reaction secondary to local infection of the wound on his shoulder.

‘It’s just a cold,’ Zheng Ren thought.

However, every muscle and joint on his body was sore, and his head felt heavy, which made him feel uncomfortable.

Very uncomfortable…

Feng Xuhui was quick with his tasks. He was at the doorstep within twenty minutes.

Zheng Ren struggled to get up and open the door for him.

Feng Xuhui was taken aback upon seeing Zheng Ren’s mentally exhausted, sallow expression. The concentration and finesse of the man who had practically devoured his imaging films yesterday were absent.

Zheng Ren’s body temperature was at 38.6 degrees Celsius. Feng Xuhui boiled water for him to take his antipyretics and asked the front desk for fresh, dry bed sheets so that he could rest up.

“Chief Zheng, it’s best that you don’t perform surgery today.” Feng Xuhui’s heart ached as he said the words.

He had really hoped for Zheng Ren to perform surgery today, and even to win the compet.i.tion, if possible.

That way, his efforts would not have been in vain.

Last night, he had even been contemplating his bright future in the company if Chief Zheng did win the surgery contest.

However, as he looked at Zheng Ren’s sickly visage, Feng Xuhui knew that it would be impossible for the man to complete a surgery even if he partic.i.p.ated.

This was not an appendectomy that a surgeon could complete in mere minutes, confidently setting down their scalpel on the sterile surgical drape next to the patient’s thigh and letting their surgical a.s.sistant handle subsequent procedures with ease.

One had to wear a lead ap.r.o.n weighing a few kilograms to even perform interventional radiology.

Ordinary surgeons could barely perform an operation for one to two hours in a heavy lead ap.r.o.n, let alone a man with a fever at 38.6 degrees Celsius. If Zheng Ren had to perform a surgery with such a load on him, would he die in the middle of the operation?

Moreover, Zheng Ren had gone through seven patients’ imaging films yesterday.

As far as Feng Xuhui was concerned, Zheng Ren would not be able to make it to the surgery, which saddened him greatly.

However, when Su Yun woke up later and noticed Zheng Ren’s condition, he reacted with joy instead of dejection.

Sometimes, he wished to see Zheng Ren taking the lead and showing Jin Yaowu and others their place, but during others, he wanted the man to quit surgery and return to Sea City together.