Healing Doctor

Chapter 606 An Unreasonable Request

"Public enemy? What's going on?"

"Back then, I was rotating through the operating room. You know, Brother Zhao, I would sometimes finish my surgery and wander around, and if I saw other surgical procedures, I would go in and watch."

"However, something always happened to me every time I went to the gastrointestinal surgery room."

"Something always happens every time you go?" Zhao Zhe seemed to remember something, and a knowing smile appeared on his face.

"Yeah, something always happens when I go there, it's really weird. Once, I went to watch an operation for a while, and after I went back to my dorm to rest, I got a phone call and had to go back."

Mr. Miao still feels lingering fear when he talks about the past.

"The surgery I was watching was missing a piece of gauze. They couldn't find it no matter what they said, and the patient just left it there to dry without them daring to close the window."

"Gauze!" Ji Xiang frowned. "Why is there so little?"

"They have turned the operating room upside down. The deputy director of the medical affairs department is directly overseeing the review of the video surveillance. Every doctor who has been to the 8th operating room has to give a detailed account of their whereabouts."

"This involves personal privacy!" Zhao Mengmeng emphasized.

Mr. Miao smiled, glanced at Zhao Mengmeng, and continued, "The operating room was practically turned upside down, and since it was gauze instead of needles, we couldn't use a magnet. In the end, we searched everyone's whereabouts and found that a doctor from another observation platform had left his slippers with gauze stuck to them while changing clothes in the large bucket for slippers in the changing room."

"Phew~~~" Zhao Zhe breathed a sigh of relief. "General Manager Miao, this has nothing to do with you."

"Sigh, because of this incident, the gastrointestinal surgery department blacklisted all the relevant doctors. I was really unlucky at that time, and not long after, I encountered another incident."

"I was rotating through orthopedics. After performing two hip replacement surgeries, I passed by our gastrointestinal surgery room and went in for a look."

"Weren't you blocked?" Zhao Mengmeng asked.

"I'm thick-skinned. They said they'd block me, but I was just passing by and took a quick look. They couldn't possibly chase me away with a broom, could they?" Mr. Miao chuckled and continued, "I stood behind the surgeon. They had just started making incisions, and I was planning to leave after checking the anastomosis. But when I opened the patient's abdomen, I felt something was wrong."

"Did the patient eat anything before the surgery?" Zhao Zhe, with his rich experience, hit the nail on the head.

"Oh, it wasn't that I ate anything, it was like I was starving to death. The amount I ate and drank before the surgery... no, it was more than what a grown man like me normally eats."

"When Director Zou touched the patient's stomach... his voice sounded off."

Ji Xiang seemed to hear the sound of Deputy Director Zou slurping his saliva—slurp, slurp, slurp.

"Upon opening the cavity, we found millet porridge, pickled vegetables, pickled mustard greens, fried dough sticks, and tofu pudding in the patient's stomach."

"Uh...don't you do any pre-operative education?" Zhao Zhe sighed and asked.

"That's what Director Zou said when he scolded the attending physician," General Manager Miao said helplessly. "The attending physician felt wronged but didn't explain. But we all know that nurses provide routine education, and doctors also mention it during preoperative instructions. If the patient and their family don't listen, there's nothing we can do."

"The suction device had been working for a long time when Director Zou turned around and saw me. From then on, we practically hung up a sign at the entrance of our gastrointestinal surgery operating room that said 'No Miao Pu or dogs allowed.'"

"So how did you end up in the gastrointestinal surgery department?"

"What they said about the blacklist was just a joke, it's all superstition. I'm hardworking and diligent, and the head of the department gave me a chance, so in the end I stayed in the gastrointestinal surgery department."

Ji Xiang and Zhao Zhe both laughed; it was obvious that President Miao's final explanation was insincere.

Few doctoral graduates from top-tier hospitals like the First Affiliated Hospital can stay on; most have to find other ways to do so.

As for his supposed diligence and hard work, that's all nonsense. It might fool newbies, but not a seasoned doctor like Zhao Zhe? That's not even enough.

The director is willing to give opportunities, but it's definitely not because Mr. Miao is hardworking that he gets these opportunities.

But Ji Xiang and Zhao Zhe didn't ask, because that's a matter of personal privacy, and Zhao Mengmeng's statement is incorrect. They both know their limits and wouldn't cross the line.

Zhao Zhe began to talk at length about his experiences in Yuanliao City. He was very experienced and had a talkative nature, so telling stories was a regular occurrence for him.

Not long after, a harmless face appeared at the office door.

"Hello, Dr. Ji Xiang."

Lin Jiu stood at the door and greeted them politely and kindly.

Mr. Miao raised an eyebrow, but his gaze immediately turned to the door.

Lin Jiuze has a very deep background and is extremely capable; he is definitely not as simple as he appears.

He subconsciously stood up, tried to focus, and smiled at the door frame next to Lin Jiuze.

For a moment, Mr. Miao felt that he was seeing eyes that were different from his own.

"Hello, Dr. Lin."

"Dr. Ji Xiang, do you have time?" Lin Jiu asked.

"have."

Ji Xiang got up and walked out.

Zhao Zhe hesitated for a moment, but still sat down instead of going out with them. He stared blankly at the door frame, pondering the strange Lin Jiuze.

It was obvious that Lin Jiu had something private to discuss with Ji Xiang.

The two arrived at the fire escape, and Lin Jiu, without wasting any words, said directly, "Dr. Ji Xiang, I have a favor to ask."

"Since it's an unreasonable request, then forget it," Ji Xiang said.

His tone was gentle, but his attitude was extremely firm, and he didn't listen to Lin Jiuze's explanation at all.

Lin Jiu didn't seem surprised; a gentler smile appeared on his otherwise harmless expression.

"Dr. Ji Xiang, I was tricked into coming here this time. Qin Chu and my teacher had some past relationship many years ago. I only knew it was on a variety show. I happened to have a holiday, and my teacher mentioned it, so I didn't think much of it."

Please forgive me if I have offended anyone in any way.

Lin Jiu noticed that Ji Xiang was watching him intently, his expression nonchalant, slightly surprised, and his tone of voice becoming increasingly respectful.

"Dr. Lin, you're too kind," Ji Xiang said calmly.

"After this vacation, I'll be having my own medical team. We've even worked together on a surgery, and I really admire your skills. I wouldn't dare recruit you to my team..."

As he spoke, Lin Jiu paused for a moment to think.

"You can use my medical team as a stepping stone. With your skills, you'll soon have your own medical team. And I estimate you'll soon get a tenured professorship at Massachusetts General Hospital. I'll fully cooperate, so you don't need to worry about that."

"Dr. Lin, the program will be over soon, and I will return to the Second Affiliated Hospital of Baiyi Medical University then," Ji Xiang said.

Lin Jiu quickly recalled his words.

He was sincere and humble, and he took all of Ji Xiang's concerns into account. Even if he didn't explain things in great detail, Ji Xiang's understanding was probably not wrong.

but!

Ji Xiang rejected his suggestion without hesitation!

(End of this chapter)