Chapter 108: Impossible!
“I didn’t consider taking the postgraduate entrance exam for the second time. It was a matter of pride, so I acted recklessly,” Lu Cheng replied frankly.
Xie Yuan’an looked at Lu Cheng in surprise, her delicate face pouting unladylike: “Then you really were being reckless…”
“A mere undergraduate student, daring to think of outdoing doctors at Huashan Hospital without a teacher’s guidance? Who gave you the courage?”
“Was it Liang Jingru?”
“Fortunately, Xiao Mumu still believed you were at Zhongnan Hospital. If I hadn’t investigated after returning to China, she would have been misled to Zhongnan Hospital by you.”
Lu Cheng disliked Xie Yuan’an’s tone. He said formally, “Teacher Xie, although the platform at Zhongnan Hospital is not as good as Xiehe Hospital, it is still my alma mater, where I interned and completed my standardized training.”
“Mu Nanshu working there would not harm her.”
Xie Yuan’an waved her hand and admitted her mistake: “Okay, okay, I misspoke. What I meant was, if Xiao Mumu insisted on going there and couldn’t find you, it would have been a waste of effort.”
“There is still a lot of hardship for her to endure in her studies.”
“Our academic system in China is different from abroad. It is even more difficult to meet the requirements of medical schools in the United States.”
“And you’ve made yourself like this. What will happen to you two in the future?” Xie Yuan’an asked from an objective standpoint.
Lu Cheng didn’t reply but sat down with Xie Yuan’an. However, Lu Cheng didn’t quite like Xie Yuan’an’s scrutinizing gaze.
But her gaze was only scrutiny and concern, not mockery, which made Lu Cheng feel that Mu Nanshu had truly found a good friend.
“I’m looking for opportunities, and I’m currently looking,” Lu Cheng replied.
Xie Yuan’an suggested: “I’ve always heard Xiao Mumu say you are excellent, much more so than her. If that’s the case, it wouldn’t be difficult to stay in a hospital in Hanshi City if you pursue postgraduate studies and a doctorate at your age.”
“Although you’re older and the platform you enter might not be as good, it wouldn’t come to the point of being in different cities. Have you considered this?”
“Anyway, Xiao Mumu has considered it. She even asked me to inquire about the recruitment standards at our Huazhong Xiehe Hospital. According to your age, it’s too late.”
“Of course, she also confidently asked me about our Orthopedics department’s Ladder to the Azure Clouds, and I told her about it…”
Xie Yuan’an truly didn’t consider herself an outsider, or rather, she was a typical best friend.
As soon as she saw Lu Cheng, she started “scrutinizing”!
Lu Cheng interrupted Xie Yuan’an’s scrutiny: “I’ve also thought about it.”
Mu Nanshu’s parents had never looked at him with such a gaze, and Lu Cheng did not like others looking at the relationship between him and Mu Nanshu with ‘special’ eyes.
“Cough cough…” Xie Yuan’an, as the host, was operating the coffee machine. Hearing Lu Cheng’s words, she coughed twice.
Turning back, her voice suddenly became bold and amused: “Bro, what are you talking about?”
Lu Cheng smiled and said, “Am I not allowed to dream a little bolder? Who made that rule?”
Xie Yuan’an nodded: “That’s true. You’re very honest and have a stubborn spirit deep down. It’s not surprising that you could captivate our Xiao Mumu.”
“I approve of your engagement!~”
Gulp, gulp, gulp!~
After Xie Yuan’an poured two cups of coffee into disposable paper cups, she pushed one to Lu Cheng: “I don’t like iced coffee, so I didn’t prepare ice. Doctor Lu, please make do with this.”
“Thank you. Teacher Xie,” Lu Cheng said.
Xie Yuan’an said, “You can call me Teacher Xie during class. After class, you can call me Sister An or Sister Xie, just like Xiao Mumu does.”
Xie Yuan’an sat down with her legs crossed and then said, “Although Xiao Mumu is a bit naive, her judgment is not low. She said your talent and aptitude are better, so if you want to come, it will surely be good.”
“The threshold for this Nerve Suturing training class is not low. Most participants are Deputy Chief Physicians from prefectural city hospitals.”
“Aren’t you afraid of wasting tuition fees by signing up?”
“Or is this a sponsored date? If it’s the latter, I can personally issue you the graduation certificate in advance.”
“Anyway, as long as you can get your hospital to send you to the training class, I won’t interfere.”
“After all, it will make our Xiao Mumu very happy.”
Lu Cheng’s tone became serious: “Teacher Xie, Mu Nanshu is Mu Nanshu, and studying is studying.”
“I can come to see her separately, but I won’t use studying as an excuse to see her. These are two different matters.”
“Tuition fees are not meant to be wasted like this.”
Xie Yuan’an said noncommittally: “You have a big mouth. Do you know what kind of foundation is required to officially enter our training class?”
Lu Cheng shook his head and said, “The recruitment announcement stated Attending Physician.”
“Those are senior attending physicians from three hospitals. Our Xiehe Hospital’s nerve suturing has always been a top specialty in Hanshi City.”
“For this session, there are six trainees: four from prefectural city hospitals, you from a county hospital, and another is an Associate Professor from the Hand Surgery department of the Provincial People’s Hospital.”
Xie Yuan’an said: “Hmm, really. If…”
Lu Cheng sighed and said, “Teacher Xie, although you are good friends with Nanshu, you don’t have to look down on me so much. Since I’m here, I definitely won’t waste the tuition fees.”
Upon hearing this, Xie Yuan’an counted Lu Cheng’s age on her fingers and her expression changed drastically as she muttered to herself: “Impossible, right?”
“You’re only thirty this year. Don’t tell me you can do fine vascular suturing…”
After speaking, Xie Yuan’an stared intently at Lu Cheng.
Since Xie Yuan’an was also a professional in Hand Surgery, Lu Cheng said, “Teacher Xie, I don’t actually have much experience in Hand Surgery. During my standardized training, I rotated mostly in Trauma Surgery.”
“However, I later met a Hand Surgery teacher. Under his guidance, I can currently only perform the two-segment and three-segment observational suturing of ‘naked mouse tail arteries.’ I haven’t found a suitable way to apply it in clinical practice yet. That teacher said…”
“Impossible!~” Xie Yuan’an’s expression changed drastically, and a Adam’s apple almost appeared out of nowhere on her neck, bobbing up and down.
“You were lying just now. Tell me, be honest, you’re saying that deliberately just to refute me!~”
Lu Cheng said calmly, “I’m not a Hand Surgery doctor. Why would I fabricate something like this? I don’t even know how to use these suturing techniques.”
“The reason I learned these was actually to participate in competitions and earn money,” Lu Cheng said with a slightly amused tone.
Xie Yuan’an’s tied ponytail really swung back and forth like a horse’s tail as she moved her head, and her voice finally distorted completely: “You learned suturing techniques to become a professional player and compete?”
“No? Who advised you like this?”
Xie Yuan’an was completely overwhelmed: “You practiced suturing techniques to this extent for competitions? What gives you the right?”
“No way, I don’t believe it. It’s impossible for you!~”
“Come with me… I absolutely don’t believe it. Unless you can prove it to me.”
Xie Yuan’an’s changing expression made Lu Cheng even more certain that Tong Yuan’an’s autism was not innate.
Perhaps, his suturing basic skills at his age reaching such a level was indeed considered ‘special’!
After all, the difficulty of suturing naked mouse tail arteries is many times higher than the average level of a ‘professional doctorate’ in tendon suturing…
