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

Chapter 221 Rebellion against Tiangang
"Teacher, I have read your letter and I am delighted by your sincere feelings. However, I am currently in a lowly position and live in a remote area. Even if I were to meet a better teacher, it would be a waste of the opportunity."

"As the old saying goes, if one's virtue is not commensurate with one's position, one will suffer the consequences. While my teachers would certainly not harm me, after careful consideration, I have concluded that they are of no use to me for the time being. An opportunity that is not suitable for me may not be an opportunity at all."

"Thank you for your kind intentions, teacher, but I am not worthy of such kindness at the moment, and I can only apologize for not being able to accept it." After editing the message, Lu Cheng read it carefully several times before clicking send.

Lu Cheng didn't know who Xiao Mingqi was or what his background was. He also didn't doubt Xiao Mingqi's connections and abilities.

However, the person Xiao Mingqi wanted to recommend to Lu Cheng was too far away from Lu Cheng, and Lu Cheng simply didn't have the ability to handle him.

It is more absurd for a child to be dressed extravagantly without gold jewelry than for a child to walk through a bustling city with gold jewelry.

What Lu Cheng lacks now is to transform his potential resources into real, tangible resources, such as recognized technologies or academic papers, rather than building connections with other people.

A social network not built through reincarnation is ultimately superficial.

Leaving aside Professor Zhong Junyun, even with Chen Song, Tong Yuan'an, and others, if Lu Cheng didn't have real skills, his connection with them would probably end at Longxian People's Hospital.

Not many people taught Lu Cheng that he had to be highly capable and adapt his abilities to build a network of connections.

Ke Lucheng can also observe himself and others.

Not every place is like Chengdu. Compared to Tian Zhuang and others, Lu Cheng is not particularly special, except that he is a bit faster at learning.

If Lu Cheng didn't have the ability to support himself, he would be like Tian Zhuang, even inferior to Zeng Huanqi and Zhang Tiesheng, and would not be able to form the current cooperative bond.

Moreover, Lu Cheng has already learned so many 'lessons' from Professor Zhong Junyun!
A teacher's role is to teach by words and deeds, but it is not necessarily the teacher who is helpful to you who has an educational effect on you.

Whipping and beatings can also teach you many lessons.

A lesson can be taught in one go.

Xiao Mingqi did not reply again.

Mu Nanshu, however, spoke more cautiously: "The bride price is a common custom here. Actually, as you know, I don't lack that kind of money at all. My parents aren't lacking either."

"But without this process, it wouldn't look as good."

"When you look closely at the wedding process, it's actually mostly for show."

Lu Cheng returned to WeChat and replied realistically: "Bookworm, do you think there's something wrong with my brain or my parents just can't understand? A dowry of 120,000 yuan to marry a rich woman with an annual salary of 300,000 to 400,000 yuan."

"It's a huge profit, right?"

Mu Nanshu replied quickly: "You?"

Lu Cheng said, "That may sound harsh, but it's the reality. What you just said is a real problem."

"For us, happiness is the most important thing. As for me, if you want, I'd even give you my salary card."

Mu Nanshu said, "I didn't mean that. In fact, you have given me many good opportunities. For example, you have made me the correspondent for these research projects."

"This is something money can't buy."

Lu Cheng asked with a smile, "So you mean you're going to sell this hundred jin for 1,200 yuan per jin?"

Mu Nanshu sent a somewhat furious voice message: "If you keep saying that, I'll really get angry."

Lu Cheng replied, "Is it possible that what you just said made me a little angry? We had a good talk before, and if you bring it up again, do you think my parents are difficult to deal with?"

"Or rather, my uncles and aunts might think my parents are not easy to deal with."

Mu Nanshu remained silent for a while and did not reply.

Lu Chengze said, "Sigh, to be honest, I also think that discussing issues like betrothal gifts during engagement and marriage is quite sensitive. No matter how much it is, both sides are sensitive about it."

"Most of the conflicts I know of started from here."

"Anyway, ever since you started explaining so much to me, I've felt that you've become somewhat sensitized."

"Of course, I've become a little sensitive when I say these things to you. Because I feel that even if my parents' roles change in the future, you've still spent so many years with them."

"In my opinion, there should be fewer areas where you need to work things out."

Lu Cheng had never been married, let alone engaged, but he knew that at this moment, he, as the middleman, had to step forward.

Many conflicts between two parties are likely due to the person caught in the middle trying to please both sides.

But Lu Cheng felt that at this point, it would be better for him, as the middleman, to be a little more assertive.

There is no basis for this; it is purely a personal choice.

"I'm sorry." Mu Nanshu sent those three words after a long pause.

Lu Cheng said, "I should also say these words to you. I just said that I am also a little sensitive right now."

"Actually, it's not just what you just mentioned, but I've noticed that my parents become exceptionally cautious when they come to this house."

"They scrutinized the details so much they practically created a three-bedroom apartment inside the shoe."

“I felt a bit choked up inside, and for a moment I even thought they were being too pretentious. But most of the time, I felt that they were underestimating themselves and being too sensitive.”

"For a moment, I even thought that if my income was high and they became richer, our two families could be a good match, and they might be better off."

"But these are all possibilities. I can't change my parents' minds, nor can I change their current living situation for the time being..."

Mu Nanshu could tell that Lu Cheng's expression implied 'inferiority complex', but Mu Nanshu was smart and did not try to distance herself by saying that it had nothing to do with her.

Instead, after a moment's thought, she said, "Parents' views can only be changed gradually. Actually, I think my parents made a pretty good point about something."

"When a person's wealth hasn't reached a certain level, money is the most important thing. After crossing a certain threshold, feelings become the most important thing."

"Everyone has many regrets in their lives. My parents also have many regrets, such as falling out with my uncle, and he can't change my grandfather's current situation."

He also said that he was fortunate to have several brothers, but what he couldn't understand the most was why even his own brothers had ended up like this, even though they were brothers and had already built up a small business.

"Furthermore, my parents will also worry. They were wary of you before, and they wonder if that wariness will affect your feelings for me, or if you'll target me..."

"But after summarizing, we have a relative advantage: my parents and your parents are old acquaintances and have a pretty good relationship. So, after we get married, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will be relatively easy to get along with."

"You've lived up to that old saying."

The father-in-law looked at his son-in-law and grew happier and happier.

Of course, Lu Cheng did not feel smug about this: "Let's rest first, and talk about it when we meet tomorrow. These things cannot be called contradictions."

"No matter what, my dad was very happy and joyful when he was drinking with Uncle Mu Leng, and my mom was very happy when she was chatting with Aunt Yan."

"If the two families can find a common ground that allows them to let down their guard and become completely relaxed, that would be wonderful."

……

Feng County, an emergency management office.

Tan Li, who rushed over after hearing about the serious car accident in Feng County, looked at the report and said with a hint of annoyance, "Xie Huan? What are you trying to do? What's the point of this report?"

"Director Tan? What do you mean?" The people who were in contact with Tan Li and his group were relevant officials from the Health Emergency Office, the County Party Committee Office, and the County Public Security Bureau.

There are many things to do regarding such a heinous incident, including but not limited to preventing it from becoming news and investigating the cause and effect of the incident.

If the video of someone being beheaded in the street were to circulate online, then without a doubt, a great many people would be whipped!
Those who went down to Feng County with Tan Li included not only officials from the Emergency Management Bureau of the State Health Commission, but also other leaders from the state: "Tan Li, is there a problem with this report?"

Tan Li circled the name Lu Cheng in the report and said, "Director Li, this Dr. Lu Cheng is from the State People's Hospital."

Tan Li's words instantly shocked many people.

The People's Hospital of Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture is one of only two Grade III Class A hospitals in the prefecture, the other being the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture.

Admittedly, there is no superior-subordinate relationship between the State People's Hospital and Feng County People's Hospital; they are merely a medical consortium and have no jurisdictional relationship.

However, you, a secondary-level hospital, are saying that doctors in tertiary hospitals made diagnostic errors and failed to detect "critical cases" in time!
Is this really good?
This is like a state police officer who, while on vacation, fails to spot a hidden informant while catching thieves, resulting in the inability to apprehend all the suspects.

The county's public security bureau said you were "not careful enough"!
Li Bo is in charge of criminal investigation. He can ignore car accident cases, but walking down the street with one's head in the lurch is definitely within his jurisdiction.

Xie Huan, who works in the Emergency Management Office of the County Health and Wellness Commission, changed her expression drastically upon hearing this, and said in disbelief, "Director Tan, is there some misunderstanding here? We found out that Dr. Lu works at Longxian People's Hospital."

"He said it himself."

Tan Li explained, "Yes, his personnel file may still be in Long County, as is his place of practice."

“However, he passed the selection exam and will soon be taking up a position at the State People’s Hospital.” Tan Li then looked at Li Bo and the direct superiors of the Health Commission: “Director Li, Director Tong, the reason I remember Lu Cheng is because of that incident last time.”

"It was only after we found Dr. Lu Cheng that we were able to resolve that troublesome matter relatively properly."

Tan Li did not explicitly mention any inspection team, but everyone present knew about it.

However, they weren't concerned about who was performing the surgery; they were more interested in the inspection team's attitude and whether they would escalate the matter.

Ultimately, it will result in the National Security Bureau or the military directly moving in.

This is a sensitive matter, and there are precedents to follow. The inspection team is worried about Xiangzhou, and Xiangzhou is equally worried about the inspection team making malicious reports.

Xie Huan was a little embarrassed when she heard that.

But he reacted quickly, immediately saying in an emergency, "Director Tan, then this report might actually have some problems."

"Our leader actually meant to commend Dr. Lu, since he was willing to help others outside of work hours."

"It's probably because those people at the county hospital lied about some things in order to shirk responsibility."

Li Bo didn't comment, but asked, "Xie Huan, don't you need to investigate further? Maybe Dr. Lu really did make a mistake in diagnosing the problem too late?"

"He is protected by emergency avoidance status and will not be punished or implicated."

Ultimately, whether or not to award Lu Cheng a "Helpful Person Award" is decided by the county, and Li Bo wouldn't strongly recommend him.

He wasn't familiar with Lu Cheng, but Xie Huan shamelessly shifted the blame to the county hospital.

Given the rise of short videos, it is no longer possible, anywhere, to easily hold doctors who are willing to step forward in emergency situations accountable.

In that situation, helping is a favor, not helping is one's right.

If he doesn't reveal his identity, who would know he's a doctor?

Xie Huan said firmly, "Director Li, this is our stance. This report needs to be considered more carefully."

"I'll have someone change it right away."

"In this case, the deaths of the three people in the car accident were indeed due to factors that were relatively beyond our control."

How the car accident happened, and whether or not someone was killed, is not something the Health and Wellness Bureau can control.

The health system only needs to do its job well.

But if someone dies in the hospital, the county has to investigate whether the hospital system is ineffective, leading to the escalation of the incident.

The problem has been identified, so let's divide the blame together.

After all, if someone gets shot in the head on the spot, and you say it's the doctor's fault, that's just treating the leaders like fools.

News can be discounted, but reports cannot!
Xie Huan continued, "Director Li, leaders, I will report this to the leaders of our Health Bureau and ask them to analyze Dr. Lu Cheng's actions on site more thoroughly and carefully."

Those who are successfully selected are either extremely capable or have an extremely strong background.

You're causing him trouble at this time.

Brother, if medical disputes occur in the hospital in the future, will the county still be able to get away with it?

Lu Cheng may not become a member of the expert group, but his superiors may have opinions about Feng County's health system.

If everything is handled strictly according to official procedures, many things will become more complicated.

Just as Xie Huan said this, someone else came in to report.

However, he did not report to Xie Huan and Tan Li, but to a deputy director of the State Health Commission.

After receiving the report's feedback, he frowned, looking around at the report in his hand, unsure whether he should point it out.

We're all in the same industry, and reports are really just for the boss to see, to give a plausible explanation so things don't get too awkward.

He didn't know Lu Cheng either, and in the end, he simply didn't tell anyone what he had overheard...

After all, quite a few people came to Feng County this time.

It wasn't until twenty minutes later, after the people from Feng County indicated they intended to resubmit the "report," that the leader said, "I just received news that many people at the county hospital say that Dr. Lu handled the emergency response very well."

"They speculate that if he hadn't intervened, the death toll at the scene might have been one or two higher."

"It was precisely because Dr. Lu Cheng performed hemostasis on the spot in a very timely manner that the patient had time for subsequent surgery."

After hearing the leaders of the State Health Commission say this, the leaders of the County Health Bureau finally said, "Oh right, it's fortunate that an expert from the emergency department of the State Hospital was on site this time."

"Otherwise, the on-site rescue might really be too late."

The county public security bureau officer suddenly said, "Director Li, there are quite a few injured people involved this time. Since there are no non-contact injuries from direct contact with the vehicle, shouldn't we be able to leave it unreported?"

Li Bo said, "I don't know about that. You should talk to your superiors yourselves."

"Anyway, the opinion we and your county's criminal investigation department have given is that the suspect has confessed to his crimes. The reason is..."

"Alas!~"

"Let's not talk about reasons anymore," Li Bo said in a businesslike tone.

In his view, the woman was at fault, but her crime did not warrant death.

Li Bo was only in charge of criminal investigation. There were other people in charge in the public security system. He glanced at several leaders in the county's public security system and asked, "According to the suspect's confession, he said he had reported the case, but it was not answered."

"Who were the people on duty and handling the cases that day? Please report back!"

The group of people in the county all tensed up.

What was bound to happen has finally happened.

Actually, if it weren't for the claim that the police report wasn't accepted, the nature of this matter wouldn't be so serious.

But now that it's a fact, there's something to talk about.

The case itself was simple, but the matter was not, so many units and departments worked together to handle it, including multiple departments such as publicity and health.

……

In the operating room of Fengxian People's Hospital.

Dr. Yao Xin, the director of the Hepatobiliary Surgery Department at the State People's Hospital, was transferred here to perform the life-saving surgery.

Yao Xin felt uncomfortable about this arrangement, since it meant working overtime on holidays.

But after hearing from the general surgery department of the county that the county leaders were still trying to use the "emergency avoidance" rule as a pretext, he cursed loudly: "Damn it, they've gone against the grain! Do these people have their asses cut open on their faces?"

"Is one of our hospital staff members going to be implicated too?"

When Zhao Zhixiong, a general surgeon, heard this, he was stunned: "What? Director Yao, Dr. Lu works at your hospital? That can't be!"

"Everyone says he works at Longxian People's Hospital."

When Lu Cheng was undergoing surgery at the State People's Hospital, Yao Xin was just an assistant. While others didn't know Lu Cheng, Yao Xin definitely did.

Yao Xin glanced at Zhao Zhixiong and said, "He used to work at the county hospital, but now he works at our hospital. Is there a problem?"

"I still want him to come to our department, but he doesn't want to, so he went to the emergency department."

Zhao Zhixiong certainly didn't intend to report this matter; he was just the director of general surgery, and his job was to treat patients and save lives.

Lu Cheng wasn't the main character, and everyone's attention was on him. He didn't even know who Lu Cheng was: "Dr. Lu refused you, Director Yao?"

Zhao Zhixiong, with a smile, suddenly said, "Oh? Let me tell you something outrageous. The associate professor at Xiangya No. 2 Hospital is his assistant."

"I was on stage at the time."

The operating room was completely silent.

Okay, this is getting interesting...

(End of this chapter)