643 Crispy (1/2)

Once Ling Ran got that piece of spessartine, he was too lazy to choose another piece. So, he just played with it.

Academician Du became high spirited. He wanted to scavenge for another piece when the shop owner was busy, but he failed to pick a good stone several times.

Meanwhile, the old man with grayish-white hair made the shop owner bring out a few more pieces of spessartine. He picked a piece that was similar in size to Ling Ran's before he secretly paid using his phone. He did not let Academician Du know the amount.

The loafers who came because of Academician Du's fame also surrounded the counter. Only a few of them chose seriously; the majority of them just came for fun.

More people came, so there were more people who spoke.

The shop owner was probably fed up with them, so he swung his arm that put all the raw stones on the iron counter into the dustpan before he said, ”It's time for me to close shop. Please come early tomorrow.”

”I haven't finished choosing…”Academician Du raised his head.

The shop owner waved his hand. ”We should rest when it's time to rest. Come again when you're free.”

Academician Du was stunned for a while, and during that time, he was kicked out of the shop.

The sun was bright on the street, and it did not look like it was time for the shop owner to close the shop.

”Forget it, don't sell it if you don't want to.” As Academician Du spoke, he smiled at his grandson, ”This shop owner is really a weirdo…”

”He's not just strange,” the chubby grandson said and looked at Ling Ran. He smiled and said, ”I didn't expect that Doctor Ling would be able to get a good piece on your first scavenger hunt. Your spessartine is small, but it's normal if you sell it for more than 1,000 RMB. 880 RMB is too low. If you sell it later, the price may be doubled.”

But Academician Du was not very satisfied. ”The spessartine was the stone Doctor Ling picked himself. Doctor Ling, give me another chance, I'll get you a piece…”

”We should go back now. We still have to do a lot of preoperative preparations,” Ling Ran earnestly said, ”After you're discharged, it's still not too late for you to choose a stone.”

”Who will know what will happen after I'm discharged?” Academician Du said in resignation, ”Is it that urgent?”

”Yes…” Ling Ran took the lead and walked toward the spot where the car was parked.

Under the sunlight, Mutton Lane looked like a catwalk crafted by time with its shady road and black brick walls that was a blend of ancient and modern culture. When Ling Ran went through that place, he attracted a lot of attention.

Ling Ran slowly stopped. His nostrils flared, and he looked to the shop to the right.

It was a small restaurant that had roasted duck hanging from it.

”Let me treat you with roast duck.” Ling Ran turned around and said to Tian Qi.

”That's great,” Tian Qi answered very readily.

As they spoke, they went into the restaurant.

Academician Du stood at the street, and he was puzzled. ”Aren't we in a hurry?”

Zuo Cidian who followed behind them gave him a gesture to continue forward. He said faintly, ”Doctor Ling is anxious because it is time for the patient to go to the hospital. Since the patient has decided to go, it's only natural that he would not be in a hurry.”

Academician Du still wanted to argue, but Zuo Cidian talked to the chubby grandson beside him and said, ”Why are you still standing around dumbfounded? Send your grandfather to the hospital. He needs to perform surgery tomorrow, why is he still hanging around at this time?!”

The chubby grandson instantly snapped out of his reverie of the scavenger hunt. He quickly said, ”Grandfather, let's go to the hospital first. We'll talk about other things later.”

”Can't I even get some roast duck?” Academician Du was not satisfied.

”No. There are strict rules on the preoperative food and beverages you can take. Otherwise, when you are anesthetized, when your muscles relax, the food may block your trachea.” Zuo Cidian could tell that Academician Du was the type of patient who would keep asking until he was satisfied with the answer. It was useless to let him know about the taboos only, because he was a very skeptical person. However, if he were told the reason, he would listen to the instructions before he got any opposing evidence.

A doctor should give different advice to different patients. The only main issue in this was how to divide their attention to the patients when they tried to give them advice. As for today, it was not a problem, as Academician Du only wanted some special rights, and Zuo Cidian was more than willing to help.

The group of people quickly left Mutton Lane and headed to the wards of Beijing University Sixth Hospital.