692 Fierce Dragon Crossing the Canal (1/2)

”Doctor Ling, we're here to help out.” Zuo Cidian and Lu Wenbin announced their arrival loudly after they entered the operating theater.

Ling Ran raised his head to glance at them and hummed in acknowledgment. He then immediately said, ”You guys have come at the right time. Debride the patient's legs. Each of you can work on one leg.”

”Alright.”

”Sure.”

Zuo Cidian and Lu Wenbin immediately agreed.

After performing a quick physical examination, Zuo Cidian redistributed their tasks in a hushed tone. ”Young Lu, can you work on the shins and calves while I work on the thighs?”

As Zuo Cidian spoke, he winked at Lu Wenbin.

Lu Wenbin immediately understood what Zuo Cidian meant.

Zuo Cidian was indeed not as skillful as Lu Wenbin. Lu Wenbin could now act as a chief surgeon in M-Tang surgeries. Even though his skills were far inferior compared to Ling Ran, it did not change the fact that he was capable of performing M-Tang surgery. He could be considered a force to be reckoned with in the medical field in China already.

Based on Zuo Cidian's judgment, the doctor standing opposite Ling Ran could not even measure up to Lu Wenbin when it came to delicate suture.

Hence, to avoid showing his weaknesses, Zuo Cidian made Lu Wenbin perform all the difficult procedures while speaking to Lu Wenbin like he was speaking to a junior doctor.

If a person were to only look at their age, Zuo Cidian was more than qualified to become Lu Wenbin's senior doctor.

Lu Wenbin only took a short time to understand Zuo Cidian's ”ploy”. He acted very obediently, like a weak doctor who did everything according to Doctor Zuo Cidian's commands. He moved toward the patient's shins and calves and quietly debrided them.

After selling pork trotters for more than a year, Lu Wenbin had grown a lot. While he used to be as clueless as and as dumb as a pig, he slowly became as crafty and intelligent as a butcher.

Lu Wenbin even tried his best to put on a convincing act.

He used up every ounce of strength in his body. He widened his eyes and put his full focus on the surgery. However, he seemed nonchalant as he asked, ”Was the patient sent here from the shipwreck out there? His body is covered with lacerations. There're even fractures in his toes.”

”Yeah, he's a victim from the shipwreck. His injury isn't relatively serious, so he was sent here via a boat.” Lin Honghou observed Lu Wenbin's maneuvers as she said, ”The helicopter's main mission is to carry out a rescue operation at the site of the shipwreck, and they are just ferrying patients while they're at it. They wouldn't ferry patients who're not too serious, as it would be a waste of resources. They don't have that many helicopters either.”

”I see. Sending them over by boat does work too. The patients seem well-protected,” Lu Wenbin said in a relaxed tone, and he seemed to be working in a leisurely manner. But in reality, Lu Wenbin was treating the patient very earnestly.

From Lin Honghou's perspective, he saw that Lu Wenbin was a pretty skilled surgeon who could nonchalantly chit-chat as he worked.

Even though Lu Wenbin was not considered an extremely skilled surgeon, he had proved himself to be two or three times more skillful compared to Lin Honghou.

Lu Wenbin learned his skills from Ling Ran, so he had all the basics down. Aside from this, he was acquainted with all the newest technology and had plenty of experience. Hence, his capabilities far surpassed Lin Honghou.

Meanwhile, because Lu Wenbin was only two or three times more skillful compared to Lin Honghou, Lin Honghou could understand all of Lu Wenbin's maneuvers. Hence, Lin Honghou could understand how difficult and complicated were the things Lu Wenbin was doing now.

Because of Lu Wenbin's age, Lin Honghou could not help but feel deep admiration for Lu Wenbin.

He took the initiative and asked, ”Doctor Lu, are you Doctor Ling's colleague?”

”Doctor Ling is the leader of our treatment group. I'm still a resident doctor right now.” Lu Wenbin chuckled good-naturedly, like an American Yorkshire who was camouflaging as a black Iberian pig.

Lin Honghou could not help but feel astonished. ”Doctor Ling is the leader of a treatment group already?”

”Didn't you know about this?” Zuo Cidian was even more astonished. 'Doctors nowadays don't even need to rely on their status to have people flatter them? What's with young doctors nowadays? They've lowered their threshold so much that they would flatter anyone who's skillful.'

Lin Honghou merely shook his head. ”We had been busy operating on patients and didn't talk about this…”

Zuo Cidian immediately understood what was going on. Based on the amount of time that Lin Honghou had spent with Ling Ran, since they had been busy operating on patients, after those few hours, Lin Honghou probably knew what kind of doctor he was working with already.

Lin Honghou asked again, ”Doctor Ling is already a leader of a treatment group in Yun Hua Hospital?”

”Yes,” Zuo Cidian answered seriously, ”Since Doctor Ling is extraordinarily skillful, the hospital made an exception for him and promoted him.”

”Oh, I see. No wonder.” Lin Honghou nodded as he darted a careful glance at Zuo Cidian. He then asked, ”Then, you are…”

Zuo Cidian smiled. ”I'm still a junior doctor who acts as Doctor Ling's assistant and serves Doctor Ling.”