In 1992, a small village owner became the richest man in the village by owning a car.

Chapter 368 Surgery in progress

"Hey? Dr. Bo Xiao, what brings you here? Didn't you have a meeting this morning?" Yu Dawei placed the fruit and daily necessities on the bedside table.

The room wasn't very big, but there was a cabinet about 60 centimeters high next to the bed for the patient to store everyday items.

“I had a lot of things to do, but since the meeting wasn’t held today, I came to check on you all.” Bo Xiao originally wanted to ask Yu Dawei about the surgery fees, but seeing that there were also family members and patients on the beds next to him, he didn’t dare to ask anymore. Instead, he complained, “We basically have a small meeting every three days and a big meeting every five days now, and there are a lot of pharmaceutical academic conferences. It’s really driving me crazy.”

“You should be alright now. At most, there are only a few hundred types of pharmaceuticals. As technology continues to advance in the future, the types of medicines will increase year by year, such as traditional Chinese medicine, Western medicine, OTC, non-OTC, and even health products.” Yu Dawei took out two oranges from the fruit plastic bag and handed one to Bo Xiao and one to Da Feng.

"Your gynecology department now includes obstetrics, right? In the future, after obstetrics is separated, they will also prescribe some health products for pregnant women, such as zinc supplements, iron supplements, and protein supplements for the baby in the womb... At that time, you will have to hold meetings every day."

Yu Dawei took an orange out of the bag and peeled it while thinking back.

The reason he knew so much detail was that Yu Fang would be working in the pharmaceutical industry in the future, dealing with all kinds of medicines every day. When he visited her later, he also learned about things related to medicine.

"If you say that, we'll suffer a lot in the future." Bo Xiao shrugged and put an orange in her mouth.

"Of course, it's like being struck by lightning if you try to persuade someone to study medicine." Yu Dawei couldn't deny the sacredness of the medical profession, but he also couldn't deny that many, many newly graduated interns would eventually leave this world inexplicably.

"By the way, since we're all free right now, how about we go out for a meal together?" Yu Dawei said to Bo Xiao.

Bo Xiao smoothed her short hair and rolled her eyes at Yu Dawei: "Do you think the hospital is my family's property? It's only a little past ten o'clock, it's working hours. I have to go upstairs to check on things later, excuse me."

"Alright, then let's do it tonight." Yu Dawei didn't make things difficult for the hospital worker.

"By the way, what's your relationship with Wang Zhuo?" Bo Xiao had only taken two steps when she pulled her leg back. With her hands behind her back, holding an orange peel, she looked at Yu Dawei with a mischievous grin.

Yu Dawei was taken aback at first, then he roughly guessed what the other party was thinking, and hurriedly explained: "Just ordinary friends, we met a few days ago while repairing a car."

“Oh, okay.” Bo Xiao gave Yu Dawei a deep look.

There were some things she couldn't say to his face. In fact, after Wang Zhuo asked her for help, he would often call her to inquire about the situation of Yu Dawei and his sister.

She was very suspicious of her best friend's motives. Although the other person had explained it to her, when it comes to love between men and women, people always hope that the truth is as they suspect.

However, judging from Yu Dawei's calm expression and almost indifferent tone towards Wang Zhuo, it is highly likely that this is not the case.

"Sigh, what a pity. I thought I would hear something different." Bo Xiao walked up the stairs to the fourth floor with his hands behind his back, and then returned to his own building through the winding corridors.

Yu Dawei looked away, only to find that Da Feng was staring at him.

"Why are you looking at me like that? I'm decisive and efficient now, like a flower that leaves no trace." Yu Dawei stuffed the remaining half of the orange into Dafeng's hands, then stood up and said, "Your brother here has long since washed away all worldly cares."

"That's for the best, otherwise you'll not only be letting down your sister-in-law, but also your parents and the whole family's changed opinion of you and their expectations of you." Although Yu Feng said this, her words were full of warning.

"Eat your oranges." Yu Dawei took out a newly bought lunchbox from the plastic bag. "I'll go to the hospital cafeteria and get you some food."

"No need, I haven't had surgery yet. Let's go to the cafeteria together." Da Feng gently lifted the blanket, her tone pleading. "Brother, I don't want to sleep here tonight. A hotel is much better; you can even take a shower."

Yu Dawei thought about it and nodded in agreement. Although it was cool here with air conditioning, there was no point in Da Feng staying here for the next two days. Once the examination was completed, everything would be fine.

"I'll ask Professor Zhang when I have some free time this afternoon and see what his plans are." Yu Dawei ultimately didn't want to close the conversation completely, just in case there were any pre-operative arrangements.

And so the two of them chatted as they went to the hospital cafeteria.

As expected, Da Feng stayed at the hospital until evening, but only after having dinner with Yu Dawei. After dinner, Yu Dawei first sent Er Yan and A Gui back to their hotel, and then returned to the hospital to be with Da Feng.

Professor Zhang had instructed him that in the afternoon, in addition to accompanying the patient for the necessary pre-operative examinations, he should also chat with her appropriately, talk about happy things, and keep her in a good mood and state of mind, which could also improve the success rate of the surgery.

Yu Dawei was acutely aware of the danger of Yu Feng's surgery. Even if it meant staying up all night despite his exhaustion, he was determined to stay by Dafeng's side. He wanted to fulfill his responsibilities and obligations as the eldest brother and leave no regrets.

That evening, Dr. Bo Xiao secretly reminded him that this surgery was very dangerous, and that he should try his best to satisfy any food or desire Yu Feng might have, otherwise…

Bo Xiao didn't say anything more. She just stood beside Yu Dawei, looking at the streetlights stretching into the distance, and calmly and serenely said, "Human life is really fragile. Too many separations and deaths happen in the hospital almost every day. Especially when I'm on duty in the emergency room, I can easily hear crying, shouting, and sadness."

Bo Xiao's words stung Dawei's nerves. In fact, he was the one who first suggested Dafeng's surgery. Although his parents also strongly agreed, he was under considerable pressure.

One day, two days, three days... Yu Dawei began to get used to staying by Yu Feng's side every night. In order to avoid the clever Yu Feng from noticing anything, on the third day, he called A Gui over to "take the shift" while he lay in the car, wanting to sleep but unable to, so he was half asleep and half dreaming.

He knew that Yu Feng had always liked those little red leather shoes that other girls wore since she was a child. Yu Dawei bought them for her, but he didn't give them to Yu Feng.

He was still afraid that Yu Feng would guess from his unusual behavior that the surgery was very dangerous.

I'll give her those little red leather shoes after the surgery is over.

And so, it came to the fifth day of Yu Feng's hospitalization. All the medical examinations were almost complete, and Professor Zhang also gathered several outstanding experts from both abroad and China together.

There were five doctors in total, all over fifty years old. Two of them were brain tumor surgeons from abroad. In addition to their superb surgical skills, they also focused on academic research. The reason they came here was because this type of congenital brain tumor, which suddenly accelerates its malignant transformation, is very rare.

The other two surgeons are more focused on practical surgical skills, but Professor Zhang is different; he is an all-rounder, so he was the lead surgeon this time.

Dr. He, who is also a top-level brain tumor expert in China, was chosen as a substitute because Professor Zhang had initially estimated that the surgery might take longer than the removal of the glioma, at least eight hours.

It's obviously impossible to have a doctor work eight hours straight.

The doctors had already divided up their tasks and planned their shifts during the later stages of the surgery. In order to increase the success rate of the surgery, Professor Zhang even found a white mouse to perform a brain resection surgery, just to train everyone's teamwork.

When the surgery officially began, not only was Yu Dawei outside the door very nervous, but the old men on the operating table were also somewhat nervous looking at Yu Feng after she was anesthetized.

Such a large-scale operation to remove a brain tumor is probably a first in the world.

“Hey Zhang, if this surgery is successful, I want to go back to China and compile it into an academic case study. This is definitely a very typical case of brain tumor resection and treatment.” A blond elderly man spoke to Professor Zhang across from him in fluent Italian.

“No problem, the institute has already lent me a recording device. If you need any materials later, I can also make a copy for you.” Professor Zhang took a deep breath, slowly closed his eyes, and tried to regain his best condition.

"That's great! I knew coming to China was the right decision."

"Shall we begin?" another elderly man spoke up, his voice deep and resonant.

The others also began to calm down and get into the actual surgery.

Outside the door, Yu Dawei was able to sit still at first, but as three hours, five hours, seven hours... accumulated, Yu Dawei's mood sank to the bottom.

Although Professor Zhang had told him in advance that the surgery would take a very long time, he never expected it to take a whole day, and the surgery was still ongoing.

Er Yan and A Gui sat silently to the side, their faces filled with worry.

But there was nothing he could do right now, so Yu Dawei could only offer a few words of comfort to them, which also served as a way of comforting himself.

Three more hours passed, and it was now past nine o'clock at night. The surgery had lasted for ten hours. Several times, Yu Dawei really wanted to push open the door and go in to see what was going on inside.

Whenever he felt agitated, he would hypnotize himself by pacing in circles at the door.

"Yu Dawei, how is it? Still not out?" Bo Xiao walked over from the stairwell in the distance. She was also shocked. She wondered how Professor Zhang and the others managed to keep going for such a long surgery time.

(End of this chapter)