Chapter 314 - There’s Only So Much I Can Do (Part 2 of 4) (1/2)

It felt rather nice not having to work through the night in the hospital.

Ding dong! The bell of mission completion went off.

[Emergency Mission: Sump Cleaner completed.

[Mission content: Complete surgical treatment of a sump syndrome patient.

[Mission Time: 4 hours. 1 hour and 14 minutes spent, remaining 2 hours and 46 minutes.]

Not too bad. Zheng Ren smiled.

He turned around, saw Chief Xia and asked, “Chief Xia, do we send the patient back to ICU or gastroenterology?”

Such patients could be transferred to the gastroenterology department right after surgery as this emergency operation had been an interdepartmental consultation.

Of course, if gastroenterology was not confident at handling postoperative care, they could also transfer the patient to ICU and take her back when she had stabilized.

Without hesitation, Chief Xia responded, “Why the need for ICU?”

Such a strong comeback. Zheng Ren laughed and did not push the matter.

“Little Zheng, your surgical skills are better than Old Sun’s.” Although Chief Xia was slight, her words were so powerful that they stunned Zheng Ren.

She was able to pa.s.s judgment on another department chief without much consideration.

He had no clue how to respond.

“Little Zheng, if the patient recovers well after the TIPS surgery, can you make some room in your schedule for the other patient with refractory ascites?” Chief Xia asked.

Her cla.s.smate was healing so fast, his progress was almost visible to the naked eye.

He was very clearly vomiting less blood after surgery.

It was why Chief Xia acknowledged Zheng Ren’s skill and was continuing to invite him to treat other patients suitable for TIPS surgery.

“If I don’t have any emergency cases, I can do it at any time,” Zheng Ren chuckled.

“Okay, we’ll wait until you remove the stent. If the effects are promising, we can do it immediately. If we keep on delaying the matter, the patient might not survive past a few days.” Her straightforwardness was admirable.

At least they could save time on guessing games.

There was nothing to guess, anyway, since she was not Xie Yiren.

Zheng Ren went to change his clothes. Su Yun followed him into the changing room and said while laughing, “Looks like someone’s progressing.”

“Hmm? This surgery was still okay. All of them had been standard procedures, and I’m just carrying them out accordingly,” Zheng Ren said.

“I’m referring to Xie Yiren. She asked you out to dinner. Too bad you guys can’t make it today. Otherwise, this would have been a great opportunity.” Su Yun closed in on Zheng Ren, his tone becoming conspiratorial and hushed. “Let me tell you a joke; it’s a true story of one of my university friends.”

“Go on.”

“I have this friend. We share the same dorm, and he was so dense and stuffy that he wouldn’t budge even if you hit him,” Su Yun said as he changed, “He was courting a girl, but he was so pa.s.sive. Watching him made me so anxious.”

“Yeah, and the same applies to me,” Zheng Ren said nonchalantly. He knew Su Yun was about to mock him.

“Look at your temper. You’re being more and more irritable, that’s not good.” Su Yun was in one of his rare good moods. “With my help, he finally asked the girl out on a movie date. She had been interested in him for quite some time and had just been waiting for him to make the first move.

“As expected, the girl agreed when he asked.

“I told him that it was his best opportunity to hold hands during the movie. He had to pretend unintentionally to remove the handle between the seats after entering the cinema to reduce the distance between them.”

“What happened next?” The thought of holding hands sparked Zheng Ren’s interest.