281 Life is full of strange things (1/2)

At five o'clock that morning, Ling Ran sprung awake.

He used to sleep early and wake up early. During his student life, Ling Ran liked to wake up at four or five o'clock before dawn to memorize some texts or study English. He had to. If he did all this in the afternoon or at night, there would always be some girls surrounding him, strangers included. They would initially say that they wanted to study or do homework together with him, but they usually ended up talking non-stop.

Of course, most of the girls were quite thoughtful. But there would always be a group of girls who came to him.

If one of the girls was talkative, she would disturb the peace among them, or if everyone spoke one or two sentences, he would also waste a lot of time, because there were a lot of people.

But the period before dawn was totally different.

Predawn was a wonderful period of time.

During this time, most people's brains stopped thinking. Only some would have a very clear head.

If the operational capability of the people in the world was set in stone, and the people can only have their minds operate for a certain number of hours before it shut down, then it must be because there was a larger number of people who stopped thinking during predawn, causing a small number of people's operational capabilities to increase, because they were awake at predawn.

And during this period of time, most girls would choose to sleep.

Ever since the concept of beauty sleep overlapped with the definition of laziness, the sleeping time for girls was largely lengthened.

The only thing that Ling Ran had not adapted to was his unfamiliarity in Shanghai.

If he were at Yun Hua Hospital, Ling Ran could start performing surgeries early in the morning. If he were at Yun Hua University, he could have memorized twenty new words. But in Shanghai… Ling Ran could only jog around Fuyuan Stadium for a while.

When he was finished, the sky still looked dark.

Ling Ran could not find the energy to go back to the hotel again, so he went straight to the operating theater to take a bath and changed into a set of scrubs.

The scrubs in the hospital were reusable and could be disinfected repeatedly. The leaders would even love to see their doctors put on scrubs all the time and be at the ready to work in the operating theater at all times.

”Are there even fewer surgeries arranged today?” Ling Ran looked at the printed sheet on the door in boredom. It was just one thin sheet of paper, and it showed that the operating theater was really going to be empty most of the time today.

The nurse who worked at the entrance to the surgical floor smiled and laughed, ”The center has never performed many surgeries daily, anyway. But it's true that recently, we have reduced the number of surgeries.”

The Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center had only around thirty doctors. Among the attending physicians, associate chief physicians and chief physicians, there were only some of them who were able to perform surgeries. Sometimes, they even needed to travel around the country. Normal postgraduate students and visiting doctors would not be able to perform many surgeries, except Ling Ran.

Ling Ran pursed his lips and felt grateful that he worked in a tertiary Grade A hospital. Otherwise, he would have to wait for a very long time for patients.

”The cafeteria is not opening either, right?” Ling Ran looked at the quiet dining area again. The lights were not even turned on.

The nurse nodded and said, ”No one is performing surgeries, after all. We usually don't provide supper for doctors who work night shifts.”

It was impossible for a small research institute like this to be like Yun Hua Hospital, which kept providing food day and night.

In the surgical floor of Yun Hua Hospital, tens of surgeries needed to be performed at night when they were busy. Meanwhile, the Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center would already start complaining that they were busy if they had to perform three surgeries for one night.

Ling Ran glanced at the operating theater sadly. Then, he quietly got himself a chair, took out his phone, and started to place a delivery order.

Plain porridge. Did not feel like eating.

Deep-fried dough sticks. Did not feel like eating.

Buns. Dared not eat.

In the end, Ling Ran chose Chinese pancakes and Tofu pudding from among several shops that were still operating nearby. The Chinese pancake would probably be a little on the soft side upon arrival, but it should not be a problem. As for whether Tofu pudding was a good match with Chinese pancakes? Ling Ran did not think much about that.

It was already good for him to be able to eat while he worked outstation.

He continued to play his game and waited quietly.

The hospital at predawn was as quiet as a haunted house. Any moving sound could be frightening to anyone.

Ling Ran turned on the music of the game and played it in the spacious reception hall. This made the room become livelier.

”Doctor Ling, you came so early?” Yu Yuan rubbed her eyes. She was sleepy, yawned, and sat in front of Doctor Ling.

Ling Ran nodded and asked, ”Why are you here?”

”Because I want to be a chief resident.” Yu Yuan could not help but say, ”I predicted that you'll be waking up very early, but isn't this too early? There aren't any surgeries scheduled today.”

”Yes. There aren't any surgeries to be performed.” Ling Ran nodded his head viciously, and he slammed his phone against his leg. He looked to the front and fell into deep thought.

”I'll go wash my face. Don't wander off randomly now.” Yu Yuan rubbed her face. She was very sleepy.

She knew that Ling Ran was used to waking up early, but she still underestimated the time that Ling Ran would wake up.