751 Focus (2/2)

”Your knee is more precious than a safe deposit box.” The butler bowed a little.

Tian Guozheng flashed a satisfied smile.

This was when Ling Ran nodded and said, ”The surgery is almost over. Ma Yanlin, I'll leave the rest up to you.”

Ling Ran habitually stepped aside and made way for Ma Yanlin.

”Wait a moment!” Tian Guozheng shouted. He continued, ”Doctor Ling, you should finish what you started. I don't feel comfortable with someone else operating on me.”

Ling Ran hesitated for a moment. Many patients had made similar requests to him. However, most of them would only ask him to finish off the surgery. They would not talk about how they were not comfortable with someone else operating on them. After all, ordinary patients would not want to offend any doctor, even if the doctor was only a junior doctor like Ma Yanlin.

However, in this case, Ma Yanlin did not dare to offend a patient like Tian Guozheng. He quickly said, ”Doctor Ling, why don't you do it instead? I'm worried that my hands would tremble.

”Why would your hands tremble?” Ling Ran furrowed his eyebrows. Shaky hands was a major problem for doctors.

When Ma Yanlin saw Ling Ran's solemn expression, he quickly said, ”That's not what I meant. I'm just thinking about how after we traveled all the way to Brazil, Mister Guozheng treated us to a feast of tremendously delicious beef. Doctor Ling, why don't you close the incision for Mister Guozheng? You're better at suturing, and the stitches would look nicer.”

Ling Ran glanced at the growing hair on Tian Guozheng's shaved leg and said, ”If you guys don't want to do it, I'll close the incision. But with the patient's condition right now, the stitches would not look nice no matter what.”

After Ling Ran finished speaking, he examined the patient's knee joint and aspirated the fluid out of the patient's joint cavity. He then took a needle holder and started closing the incision.

Yu Yuan, who was standing beside Ling Ran, reminded him. ”Doctor Ling, the patient is under local anesthesia.”

”I know,” Ling Ran replied. He then turned and asked, ”Did I say something wrong just now?”

Yu Yuan stayed silent for a few seconds before she answered, ”It's true that you didn't really watch your words.”

Ling Ran hummed in acknowledgment. He then thought about what he had said for a moment and added, ”By closing the incision, I can at most make sure that the patient's knee looks like how it used to. But the patient's knee doesn't look nice, to begin with…”

”Doctor Ling,” Yu Yuan cut Ling Ran off. ”Why don't we focus on the surgery?”

”Sure.” Ling Ran lowered his head. He attached a surgical thread to the needle holder and made a knot.

Tian Guozheng experienced conflicting emotions after he heard what Ling Ran said. He wanted to refute Ling Ran's statement, but when he raised his head and saw how Ling Ran looked like as he focused on the surgery, he could not help but sigh and say, ”Doctor Ling looks really handsome.”

Everyone in the operating theater nodded in unison.

After Ling Ran finished closing the incision, he stepped aside again and said, ”You guys will be applying the surgical dressing and bandaging the incision.”

Yu Yuan and Ma Yanlin did not say no this time. They quickly stepped forward and got to work.

Tian Guozheng grunted in slight displeasure, and the butler quickly asked, ”Doctor Ling, why are you stopping again?”

Yu Yuan replied on Ling Ran's behalf, ”You've watched documentaries where lions eat the meat of their prey, haven't you? But have you seen lions licking the bones of their prey clean? Bandaging is akin to licking the bones clean.”

”So… this means that you're vultures?” Tian Guozheng nodded in understanding.

Yu Yuan parted her mouth a little. She wanted to retort, but she suddenly realized that what the other party was saying made a lot of sense.