This doctor is already middle-aged, and he's only just started practicing medicine.

Chapter 143 Fuel is also a component!
It was 5:57 a.m.

Dawn had broken in the east, and a ray of crimson sunlight shone down into the corner of the locker room, its brilliant color unappreciated.

Zhang Tiesheng handed over a packet of Hecheng Tianxia: "Xiao Lu, want one to perk you up?"

Lu Cheng wasn't used to doing this, but he was really tired right now, and his shift wasn't finished yet.

Lu Cheng took one and popped it into his mouth. He chewed it with a crunch, and the strange thing squeezed out from the middle of the betel nut almost irritated the back of his tongue.

Lu Cheng's face instantly turned red, and his drowsiness vanished by at least three-tenths.

"How about it? This stuff is pretty good for keeping you alert, isn't it? The less you know how to chew, the more alert you'll be after eating it," Zhang Tiesheng said with a smile.

Lu Cheng nodded upon hearing this, baring his teeth as he began to chew: "I felt like my throat was being locked just now, and I almost got sent away."

Zeng Huanqi, now dressed, flashed his signature big white teeth: "Xiao Lu, shall we go out for breakfast later or order some to eat back home?"

"Has Professor Chen not stepped down yet?" Zeng Huanqi asked Du Daihua beside him after he finished speaking.

Du Daihua replied, "Professor Chen and Professor Tong went out a long time ago; they're probably having some fun now."

Zhang Tiesheng thought for a moment and said, "Brother Zeng, could you arrange breakfast for Professor Chen and Teacher Lu later? I have to work a long shift later."

"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Zhang." Zeng Huanqi was also very polite to Zhang Tiesheng.

"It's my turn to be on duty, what can I do? I'm going to catch up on my sleep." Zhang Tiesheng was very tired, but he didn't complain. Instead, he went out to catch up on his sleep.

This was a truly awful night.

As Lu Cheng was leaving, he said, "Brother Zeng, you and Dai Hua go ahead first. I'll go back to the office to write in the handover log, and I'll take care of my own breakfast after get off work."

Zeng Huanqi suggested, "Zhang Tiesheng is sleeping in the department, you can just let him know. There's no need to be so rigid about the rules."

It wasn't that Zeng Huanqi was deliberately trying to trick Lu Cheng into leaving get off work early; it was his genuine thought. Zhang Tiesheng would definitely not refuse, and now that Lu Cheng could perform limb replantation, Zhang Tiesheng had even less reason to refuse.

"Everyone is quite tired, let Brother Zhang get some rest, in case there's an emergency."

Lu Cheng glanced at his skill point balance, which had returned to 6 points, meaning he had gained 14 skill points in one night!

The benefits are quite substantial and invigorating.

Lu Cheng was able to put himself in Zeng Huanqi's shoes, so Zeng Huanqi didn't try to persuade him any further: "Dai Hua, let's go have breakfast..."

Chen Song and Tong Yuan'an both exuded a sense of "little happiness," especially Tong Yuan'an, who frequented the emergency room, drinking and smoking.

When Lu Cheng arrived, Chen Song tossed him a blue Yaha iced coffee: "Han Xiaoping ordered takeout; she's very thoughtful."

The bottle was cold and dripping with water, instantly wetting Lu Cheng's palm.

Upon seeing Lu Cheng, Tong Yuan'an jokingly said with a grin, "Little Lu, it seems you gained a lot from this advanced training course, didn't you?"

Nine people were injured, with seventeen wounds. Yesterday, Lu Cheng alone treated at least six tendon injuries, more than a dozen ruptured tendons, and performed a partial limb replantation.

Lu Cheng's brain had already turned at least a tenth of its volume into mush, so he didn't have much time for any polite exchanges with Tong Yuan'an.

"Teacher Tong, the gains have been quite good. I've learned the framework of nerve suturing and also picked up a tendon suturing technique along the way." After saying that, Lu Cheng looked at Chen Song: "Teacher Chen, I haven't slept for twenty-six hours. I need to go back and rest for a bit later."

After hearing this, Tong Yuan'an was stunned for a moment, wondering if Lu Cheng's words were a sarcastic provocation that he was ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth.

After thinking it over, Tong Yuan'an stretched out his chubby hand and clamped Lu Cheng's wrist!
His chubby face was serious, and his eyes were piercing.

Eye:???
Chen Song was already quite familiar with the emergency department, so he didn't stand on ceremony and lit a cigarette in the doctors' lounge, puffing away.

Anyway, once the door is closed, even if someone pushes it open, there's time to extinguish the fire. The emergency room isn't an operating room, so there's no need for particularly strict aseptic principles.

Chen Song didn't care whether Lu Cheng went back to rest or not, but when he looked at Tong Yuan'an's deformed face, he took the initiative to laugh and said, "Little Lu, you'd better make things clear, or I'm afraid he'll suffocate."

Lu Cheng was not delirious; he just paused slightly when thinking about problems.

After all, a person's energy is limited, and you can't increase it by adding more. So Lu Cheng said, "Teacher Tong, when I went out to study this time, the teachers there gave me specific guidance on the essence of suturing."

"Furthermore, the lecture explained in great detail the direction of improvement from nerve suturing to nerve suturing techniques, so I gained some insights during the lecture."

"Based on the technique you developed and the Tsushita suture technique developed by Professor Tajima, with slight modifications, the results seem to be acceptable."

Tong Yuan'an's expression remained stiff upon hearing this.

However, his serious, chubby face relaxed slightly: "You mean, not that Peking Union Medical College Hospital also improved the technique, but that you improved it yourself?"

Like Professor Zhong Junyun at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Tong Yuan'an instinctively assumed that Peking Union Medical College Hospital had also made improvements to the tendon suturing technique.

It's important to know that Union Hospital of Central China is far more renowned than Xiangya Hospital, and Union Hospital has an exceptionally large number of top-notch doctors.

In particular, the Department of Hand Surgery at Union Hospital in Central China is the best in Central China, and this foundation is sufficient to support Union Hospital in developing a new suturing technique.

Lu Cheng replied, "They're not professors from Peking Union Medical College Hospital. The professors there mainly research nerve suturing and don't have much experience with tendon suturing."

“Teacher Tong, I got back too late yesterday, and these things can’t be explained over the phone, so I didn’t mention it to you. Otherwise, if I had brought it up with you and I couldn’t come back, you would have been even more upset.”

"Of course, I originally planned to explain everything to you in detail today, but last night, a group of young people got into a fight, and I couldn't do anything about it..."

"I have some videos here..."

Lu Cheng then showed Tong Yuan'an a very detailed video of the tendon suturing technique he performed at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and also showed him the relevant data he had compiled at the hospital.

Tong Yuan'an was one of the main researchers involved in the development of the Tongfa technique, and of course, he immediately recognized the influence of the Tongfa technique in Lu Cheng's operating methods.

It has the shadow of Tongfa, but it is quite different from Tongfa. This is naturally Lu Cheng's original creation based on 'Tongfa'.

After learning all this, Tong Yuan'an's mindset suddenly cleared, though his tone remained complicated: "Damn it. This is... you bastard..."

The first part of his sentence contained a strong connotation of "motherhood," and after hesitating for a while, Tong Yuan'an finally sighed:

"At least our efforts weren't entirely in vain; fuel is still a resource..."

"Xiao Lu, why don't you hold on a little longer and come back with me this time..."

(End of this chapter)