Healing Doctor

Chapter 357 Paranoia of Love

The next day.

Ji Xiang went back to the urology department this morning to undergo a partial nephrectomy.

Director Liu basically left Ji Xiang to his own devices. He would come to the operating room to check patient information, then wash his hands and get dressed, but wouldn't go up on stage, instead sitting in a corner "slacking off".

"Director Liu, you're really letting go of all the burdens!" The circulating nurse said casually to Director Liu after seeing Ji Xiang and Zhao Zhe go into surgery.

"Well, you have to trust young people," Director Liu said casually. "Besides, I'm still following them around. What they do can't escape my watchful eye."

"What, you don't even want to look anymore?" The circulating nurse, of course, didn't believe it. Director Liu was just a decrepit old man; what right did he have to look at anything?

"Of course, Xiao Zhao is our family doctor now," Director Liu said. "It's just that his level isn't high enough. Once his paper is published and he has the necessary qualifications to be promoted to associate chief physician, I won't have to follow him anymore."

"What's so interesting about surgery? I'm getting old, and when I'm doing separation surgery, I always feel like my eyesight isn't up to par." Director Liu smiled and said frankly without any attempt to hide anything, "My current task is to train young people."

"How could that be? You're still quite vigorous for your age."

"Yes, people have to accept getting old," Director Liu said with a smile. "Besides, working every day is nothing compared to the comfort of wandering around and watching the fun."

"Just watching the show?" The anesthesiologist looked at Director Liu.

"I haven't had many surgeries lately, so I'm making the most of my time to get dental implants," said Director Liu, touching his cheek. "The day before yesterday, when I went to get one done, I heard a patient inside screaming in pain, and it was incredibly loud."

"Same here, I get shuddering at the sound of a dental drill, I'm allergic," the anesthesiologist laughed.

Director Liu knew he hadn't understood what she was saying, so she continued, "I sensed something was off about the voice. Xiao Li, you must rarely go to the dental department."

"Yes, I've never been there. Is there a problem?" the anesthesiologist asked curiously.

"When a patient in the dental department is getting their teeth fixed and is yelling in pain... Think about it, with the drill and all that in their mouth, how can they yell? Their voice is definitely unclear, muffled, like they have a mouthful of water that could spray onto their face at any moment."

"Yes!" The anesthesiologist suddenly realized, "Why could you hear what she was saying, Director Liu?"

"I was curious at the time, so I went in to take a look. A female patient was holding a cell phone, probably recording, with the volume turned up to the maximum. Whenever she felt slightly uncomfortable, she would press the record button and then 'shout' it out."

"Wow, so smart?!" The anesthesiologist exclaimed in surprise before bursting into laughter.

Director Liu smiled, glanced at the endoscopic television, and saw that Ji Xiang was quick and agile, already preparing to wander off during the chat. So he stood up and walked behind Ji Xiang.

"Director Liu, this is quite an eye-opener for you."

"Wow, that's eye-opening! That's the proctology department. Although we both unclog sewers, we're different," Director Liu said with a smile.

"..."

"..."

The anesthesiologist and the circulating nurse exchanged a glance.

Every single doctor in the urology department, including the seemingly honest Mo Chenggui, is a scoundrel.

Their perceptions are completely different from those of normal people; even the most normal words sound vulgar coming from their mouths.

Tang Yan stared at Ji Xiang's hand, not even looking at the endoscope screen, and handed the special electric aspirator to her assistant Zhao Zhe before asking, "Director Liu, this must be a rather unusual patient, right?"

"Strange? That's hardly it," said Director Liu. "I had a patient when I was young, and I still get chills thinking about it now."

That's what they said, but Director Liu immediately thought of the patient who was on the verge of death from exhaustion.

If you think about it carefully, patients infected with tetanus are probably the most bizarre. Their symptoms and everything else seem no different from being possessed.

In particular, the patient's forearm looked as if it had been forcibly "bent" off.

Thinking of this, Director Liu shuddered.

"Director Liu, you seem very scared." Tang Yan's eyes were fixed on Ji Xiang's hand, but she noticed Director Liu's movements out of the corner of her eye and asked curiously.

"Hey, do you know there's a condition called delusional love syndrome?"

"It sounds familiar." Tang Yan frowned slightly.

"What Director Liu meant was 'simp'," Ji Xiang translated while performing the surgery.

"Focus on the surgery, make it quick and stable, and stop chatting," Tang Yan scolded, then asked, "Director Liu, is Ji Xiang right?"

"That's roughly the idea," Director Liu said. "Back then, more than twenty years ago, there was a senior colleague in our department who was two years ahead of me. He admitted a patient with urinary tract stones. The patient recovered, but he just refused to leave the hospital."

"Back then, everything was covered by public funds, and hospitalization was free. There was no custom of kicking people out, so no one found it strange. At that time, this behavior was called 'hospitalization.'"

Tang Yan had never heard of the term "soaking in a hospital," and her eyelashes fluttered, almost touching the sterile cap.

"When we did rounds, I would chat with my senior colleague, and I would always see her nearby. One morning, she came up and hugged that senior colleague."

"So direct?" Tang Yan asked in surprise.

"My senior colleague was so frightened that his face turned as white as paper, hahaha," Director Liu laughed. "Later, we explained to the patient that he already had a girlfriend and was preparing to get married, so he wouldn't like her. Please forgive any misunderstandings."

"and then?"

"The patient said that he didn't like her, but his senior colleague was too embarrassed to admit it. She knew exactly what his senior colleague was thinking."

"Tsk tsk, this is a classic simp." Tang Yan clicked her tongue in amazement.

"It's very troublesome to encounter patients like this. How do you handle it?" the anesthesiologist said.

"Yes, later the patient simply blocked the door. The head doctor forced the patient to be discharged, but it still didn't work. She kept coming to block the door and even threatened to slit her own throat at the wedding if her senior got married," Director Liu said softly. "That senior couldn't stand it anymore and finally resigned and went to the south."

"What bad luck to encounter a patient with this kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder," the anesthesiologist remarked.

"Damn it!" Director Liu cursed.

"Hmm? Not unlucky? Director Liu, do you also want to have this kind of romantic encounter?" The anesthesiologist asked curiously.

"My senior went to Shenzhen. At that time, Shenzhen was short of staff, so he went to the Central Hospital, the largest one. He also bought a house when the house price was 2000 yuan. Now he owns four houses in Shenzhen and is definitely financially independent."

"Look at me again! If you asked me to change it now, I would definitely agree."

"!!!"

"You know, when something happens, don't panic. It's never certain whether it will be good or bad," Director Liu said. "Back then, it was called leaving one's hometown, but who the hell knew it was called abandoning darkness for light?"

"Hahaha."

The operating room door opened, and Deng Chaohong appeared in the doorway.

"Xiao Ji, what time will the surgery finish?"

(End of this chapter)