460 Happy (2/2)

The operation would be performed soon. Right then, no one felt that it was a good idea to scold the chief surgeon.

Elder Mei panted loudly. His rage gradually went away, and his tone became a little better. He said, ”Fine. Even if I can't eat, at least let me drink something.”

”You can drink cola. Carbonated drinks can be drunk three hours before the surgery,” Ling Ran said. ”Let's limit the total to ten ounces.”

Elder Mei's eyes lit up, but he pouted and said, ”Don't lie to me. Young Jin just said that I can drink two hours before the surgery.”

Ling Ran sighed, and he looked like he was about to give some earnest advice. As he opened his mouth and was about to say something, he was interrupted by Elder Mei.

”I know, I'm plump!” Elder Mei lay flat on the bed out of spite.

…..

Mei Tiangui smoked one cigarette after another at the end of the corridor leading to the operating theaters.

He was almost done smoking a pack of Chunghwa cigarettes when he saw Ling Ran wearing a scrub and entering the operating theater while whispering to a few doctors next to him.

”Doctor Ling, a word with you?” Mei Tiangui crushed the Chunghwa cigarette case, which only had one cigarette left in it.

Ling Ran stood opposite Mei Tiangui, bowed his head, and looked at him quietly.

Mei Tiangui looked at Ling Ran's face and suddenly felt very pressured.

Mei Tiangui snorted as if he was thinking about something. He placed his hands behind his back, took a few steps to the side, and turned to look at Ling Ran before he said, ”Doctor Ling, you've performed three operations today, right?”

”Yes.” Ling Ran wore a slight smile. ”All three are hepatolithiasis.”

Mei Tiangui nodded slowly. Not only did he know about the three operations that day, but he also knew that dozens of Ling Ran's similar prior operations had been incredibly successful.

Even if Mei Tiangui did not understand medicine, he understood that while it was easy to promote a surgeon's successful handling of an operation, it was hard for a surgeon to succeed in every surgery case.

Therefore, although he felt that it may not be the best for Ling Ran to operate on his father after doing three operations before that, if Ling Ran believed that there was no problem, Mei Tiangui had nothing else to say too.

”Doctor Ling, please do your absolute best for my father's surgery.” Mei Tiangui could only beg with words at that point.

”Okay.” Ling Ran nodded. He looked at Mei Tiangui again before he turned around and said, ”We're going to perform the surgery now.”

”Wait a minute, Doctor Ling, um... is there anything I can do?” Mei Tiangui felt antsy for not being able to help.

”You can just wait,” Ling Ran said.

Mei Tiangui shook his head. ”Doctor Ling, we agreed to three things earlier. I mentioned three things, and you did all of them. You requested three things as well, but I couldn't even fulfil one...”

”Yep.”

”I've been feeling uneasy about it the whole time, so I was wondering if there's something else I can do...” Mei Tiangui said as he looked at Ling Ran. ”Please don't feel like it's a burden. I-I just want to express my gratitude and regret. I hope that you'll be happy, and everything will go smoothly...”

”I know.” As Ling Ran listened to Mei Tiangui stuttering, countless similar scenes came to his mind. He did not allow Mei Tiangui to continue feeling awkward, and he waved his hand before he said, ”You can ask my team members. If they're happy, then I'm happy.”

After finishing that sentence, Ling Ran left as Mei Tiangui wore a dumbfounded expression. His team members who were feeling ecstatic went to wash their hands.