Chapter 116: How To Deal With This Kind Of ‘connections’?
“Happy birthday!~” Mu Nanshu finally said.
She suggested having a meal not without reason; she had specifically gotten off work early today to prepare food, not by chance, but because she already knew September 17th was Lu Cheng’s birthday.
Of course, they could go out for a big meal, but they had been eating out for the past few days, so Mu Nanshu decided to have Lu Cheng’s birthday meal at home.
Lu Cheng also raised his wine glass high: “Thank you, with this, I am truly thirty years old and starting to approach forty.”
Mu Nanshu encouraged him: “Thirty is still very young; you’re just unlucky, not incapable.”
“It doesn’t matter!~”
Lu Cheng shook his head: “Once you’re past a certain age, you’re past the age of selling the future and gaining appreciation based on your potential; you have to accept the basic operating rules of the world, where only results matter.”
“You bookworm, we can only respect and follow their operating rules. If we can’t break them ourselves, we can only comply for now.”
Lu Cheng wasn’t exactly a particularly well-behaved person, otherwise, he wouldn’t be so stubborn.
Such stubbornness, unless supported by fortunate circumstances, would make it almost impossible for him to break through fighting alone.
“There’s nothing wrong with following the rules; while rules bind you, they also protect you.”
Mu Nanshu had her own thoughts and continued: “Tomorrow is the official practical class; you should get some rest early.”
Lu Cheng said: “What’s the rush? It’s not even seven o’clock yet, shall we go for a walk to aid digestion?”
“After we come back, I’ll wash the dishes.”
Mu Nanshu checked the time and then nodded, saying with some regret: “Alright.”
Are girls who are older not good to send out anymore?
This was Mu Nanshu’s thought at this moment.
…
September 18th, Friday, Room 1413 of the Physiology Experiment Building at Xiehe Hospital, the advanced research room of the Orthopedics Physiology Laboratory.
The morning sun slanted in, and the large glass windows let in ample light, making the interior bright. The white fluorescent lights and shadowless lamps on the ceiling were all turned on, further illuminating the room.
Xie Yuan’an clapped her hands lightly: “Today’s two practical classes on domestic rabbit nerve suturing will be personally taught by Professor Liu Huanglong and Professor Lan Hualuo from Zhongnan Hospital.”
“Both Professor Liu and Professor Lan are renowned in the industry for their expertise in nerve suturing techniques. I hope all colleagues will cherish this learning opportunity!~”
“The large class arrangement will still be one hour of demonstration, followed by two and a half hours of free practice.”
“During the free practice, Professor Liu and Professor Lan will provide individual guidance.”
After Xie Yuan’an finished speaking, Dong Qiaoshan naturally asked: “Teacher Xie, will the teachers giving the lecture today not play favorites anymore?”
“We are all classmates. It should be us with less innate talent who need more preferential treatment and care from the teachers, so that everyone can progress together.”
“It shouldn’t be like yesterday, where they only favored handsome guys.”
Dong Qiaoshan’s joke instantly made Lu Cheng the focus.
In the cadaver dissection practical class on the 17th, there was also a nerve suturing project after the dissection.
Dong Qiaoshan already had some foundation in nerve suturing techniques. Combined with the original suturing techniques from Xiehe Hospital, he had caught the attention of Professor Xie Xiao and Professor Zhong Junyun in the morning.
But that was only for a portion of the morning. After eleven o’clock, Professor Xie Xiao noticed that Lu Cheng had advanced from being a novice and was performing nerve suturing quite proficiently.
Lu Cheng then proceeded at a rate of about two hours plus skill points, completely captivating Professor Xie Xiao and Professor Zhong Junyun, who couldn’t move their gaze away from Lu Cheng. They even provided very detailed guidance.
Similarly, Lu Cheng’s progress was visible to the naked eye.
Guidance improved him, he added skill points, guidance improved him again, and so on, in a cycle…
Nerve suturing technique progressed from Blue Proficient 3/10 to Blue Proficient 7/10, and epineural-perineural suturing technique progressed from Blue Beginner 5/5 to Blue Proficient 2/10.
The rapid progress of the student made Professor Zhong Junyun and Professor Xie Xiao feel that their teaching was effective. They lingered until the end of the class without leaving.
Xie Yuan’an almost thought Lu Cheng was her father’s illegitimate son, and she was adopted.
Xie Yuan’an lowered her chin and said: “In the practical classes, the supervising teachers will provide specific and detailed guidance based on each student’s individual level and mastery, not a one-size-fits-all approach.”
“Only if a student’s progress is relatively fast will the supervising teacher focus more time on them.”
Internally, she was screaming—
Stop guessing! I am his connections’ sponsor, and this ‘sponsored person’ has even outperformed me, the ‘sponsor’!
Stop guessing, there’s no other background, OK?
This class was planned for five students; Xie Yuan’an was the sixth, but after seeing Lu Cheng’s name, she pulled him in.
Lu Cheng’s progress was visible to the naked eye, truly built up little by little, it was just a bit fast.
Dong Qiaoshan then said: “Brother Xiao Lu, be more refined today. Delicious food should be shared by everyone; don’t eat it all…”
Lu Cheng replied with a smile: “Teacher Dong, you’ve eaten too many good things, so you don’t appreciate the taste. I’ve never eaten such delicious food before, I’m a country bumpkin.”
“So I can only eat like this, not letting go even if slapped.”
Lu Cheng came from a county hospital, and a remote, desolate border county hospital at that. He definitely couldn’t afford to eat well usually.
Dong Qiaoshan could understand but didn’t agree: “Then you should be more refined too. We all paid money, hehe, and you can’t let us go hungry.”
Lu Cheng cupped his hands and smoothly deflected the joking remarks: “Brother, this is a buffet; don’t deceive us country folk.”
Compromise was impossible and out of the question.
Although Lu Cheng didn’t have many skill points stored currently, he would have to return after this period, and there would be no more teachers to guide him.
Lu Cheng was determined to maximize the efficiency of the teachers’ guidance during this limited opportunity.
“Right? Teacher Xie?” Lu Cheng sought help from Xie Yuan’an.
Unexpectedly, Xie Yuan’an, who had always been supportive of Lu Cheng and Mu Nanshu’s desire to help, glared at Lu Cheng and said: “You can also restrain yourself a bit and pay attention to balance.”
In fact, everyone had understood Xie Yuan’an’s true identity.
She was using her “Lecturer” status to pad her resume, and her “student” status to learn techniques. As Lu Cheng improved, she would receive less guidance.
It was a training class, and Lu Cheng hadn’t resorted to any crooked means to force teachers before him, so he felt no psychological burden.
Lu Cheng then said: “Okay, Teacher Xie, I’ll try to balance the teachers’ teaching time later.”
Xie Yuan’an didn’t reply, but in her heart, she wondered if she was doing the right thing by Mu Nanshu, after all, she had deceived her childhood sweetheart.
Even Xie Yuan’an hadn’t expected that Lu Cheng’s “balancing method” would be a ‘starvation’ based balance…
