Chapter 152: The Cat Person Returns!
Chen Song was called away by Tong Yuan’an to get a foot massage!~
Inside the private room for two.
Chen Song, wearing an eye mask, closed his eyes comfortably, enjoying the foot massage while resting.
“Chen Song, has your boat with Lu Cheng sunk just like that?”
“Why are the two of us so unlucky? Going to the countryside feels like we’re going through a tribulation.”
“Your situation is a bit better, I’m dealing with landmines every day, it’s nerve-wracking,” Tong Yuan’an asked Chen Song softly.
“What boat is sinking or not sinking?”
“Didn’t you say it before? Being bad at something is the original sin, you have to accept it, reality is just that cruel.”
“I’m bad at it, and I don’t even try hard, so I’m guilty.”
“You call Lu Cheng a scoundrel who judges people by their appearance, am I not the same?”
“If Lu Cheng hadn’t said he could independently develop a new technique, I wouldn’t have thought of directly placing him in the department.”
“I was still thinking of taking him to study, to cultivate him, not like Professor Zhong Junyun, who made so many promises directly.”
“As for vision,” Chen Song waved his hand, “it can only be accumulated over time.”
“So, there’s no boat to begin with, so how can there be any talk of it sinking?” As he spoke, Chen Song removed his steam eye mask.
“What time is it?”
Tong Yuan’an also squinted, letting the technician massage his soles, “I don’t know, why do you care so much?”
“I don’t need you to tell time, and I don’t need you to pay the bill.”
“I said, I’m treating today,” Tong Yuan’an said magnanimously.
Lu Cheng’s research project would bring immense benefits to Tong Yuan’an, which was beyond his expectation but within his comprehension.
When he first came to Long County, he only intended to work on the technique research project within his own department.
The technician massaging Tong Yuan’an smiled and said, “Boss, would you like to extend your session?”
“It depends on whether my brother is willing,” Tong Yuan’an was in a good mood.
Chen Song didn’t say anything, instead, he took out his mobile phone, unlocked the screen, and casually opened WeChat.
Chen Song was in the countryside, so there weren’t many unread messages, and Lu Cheng’s video was located relatively high up.
Chen Song often opened Lu Cheng’s learning and reporting videos, so he habitually clicked into it.
After watching for only a few seconds, he started dragging the progress bar because he noticed that Lu Cheng’s operation was a bit off.
By the end of the video, Chen Song saw Lu Cheng simulating blood flow through the spleen with a virtual water pipe, and the spleen’s surface had no fluid leakage.
Chen Song immediately sat up, pulled his feet back, and crossed his legs.
“Boss, what’s wrong? Are you uncomfortable?” Chen Song’s action confused the young lady massaging him.
Chen Song waved his hand at her, “I’m reading a message.”
“Boss, someone’s checking up on you?” the young lady tried to be chatty, as Tong Yuan’an had mentioned extending the session, which was good for business.
If the session was extended during the massage, the commission would be higher, in addition to wages.
Chen Song looked down and slowly reviewed Lu Cheng’s previous operating techniques. After a few more seconds, Chen Song immediately decided, “Pay the bill!~”
“What are you doing? Leaving before we’re finished?”
“I’m treating, so you can’t say I’m stingy next time.” Tong Yuan’an, who was still enjoying himself, looked at Chen Song like he was watching a clown.
Chen Song put away his phone and asked, “Do you want to extend your session?”
“It’s not impossible,” Tong Yuan’an closed his eyes.
Chen Song turned around, “Extend his session, I’ll pay the bill.”
“Didn’t we agree I was treating? Where are you going?” Tong Yuan’an straightened his body.
“Pay the bill!~ Extend his session.” Seeing how easily Tong Yuan’an was swayed, Chen Song no longer cared about the money.
At this moment, however, Chen Song’s heart was pounding rapidly.
If Lu Cheng accidentally improved the tendon suturing technique by sheer luck, was there a second pile of dung waiting for Lu Cheng to step on?
Incidentally, Chen Song could also join Tong Yuan’an in stepping on it after Lu Cheng did.
A suturing technique applied to solid organs like the spleen, Chen Song found it difficult to define such an operation!
And Lu Cheng, that rascal?!
He’s so devious, knowing he’s so excellent, yet he’s still fishing with a few fishing rods.
Why is he so wicked?
To tempt a seasoned surgeon with this?
Which surgeon can resist such temptation?
Isn’t this pure scumbag behavior?
However, a technically scummy person is different from a real-life scumbag. In terms of technique, it’s recognized by both morality and law for one person to lead multiple teams.
Even if done simultaneously, it’s not a violation!
“Didn’t you want to extend your session?” Chen Song noticed Tong Yuan’an had also rushed out when he was paying, his movements were a bit…
Tong Yuan’an’s eyes flickered, he lowered his voice, looking left and right, “Extending the session here has another meaning. I’ve offended someone… I’m afraid I won’t be able to get back!~”
A dragon from afar can’t overpower a local snake.
Tong Yuan’an knew very well that he hadn’t been considerate of Peng Haibo and Peng Kun. If these two kept him in Long County, it would be a huge trouble.
Therefore, Tong Yuan’an had to be cautious.
Chen Song: “…”
“Pay the bill!~”
The person at the front desk was a young man around thirty years old, who said in a low voice, “Boss, we also offer showers here.”
“We’ll come again next time, we still have some things to do,” Chen Song replied with a serious expression.
“Then boss, let’s exchange WeChat. Send me a message in advance next time, and I’ll arrange everything comfortably for you.”
……
“Why are you running so fast? I almost got held back,” Tong Yuan’an looked back at Chen Song with lingering fear after they left the door. He tugged at Chen Song’s arm.
He was originally lying down, but as soon as Chen Song went out, he was almost stripped.
“You said yourself you wanted to extend the session,” Chen Song said with a laugh.
“Where are you going?” Tong Yuan’an asked Chen Song.
Chen Song today was clearly different from his listlessness a few days ago; he seemed to be full of energy.
“I discovered that both of us brothers have been set up by a young man, so I want to go challenge him one-on-one,” Chen Song said sternly.
“You don’t need to personally handle such a small matter.”
“Setting up a scheme? Are you kidding?” Tong Yuan’an rolled his eyes so hard they almost foamed.
Tong Yuan’an understood Chen Song’s words; he was likely referring to Lu Cheng.
But Lu Cheng setting up a scheme? And setting up a scheme for both him and Chen Song? Is that possible?
“That’s why I have to go and confirm it personally!~”
“It’s not too late now, if it gets any later, it will be too late,” Chen Song said quickly.
It was already September 26th.
In five days, this month would end, and he, Chen Song, would return for a promotion.
However, it seemed there were some new variables.
Being a professor wasn’t the end of academic pursuit; it was the starting point of a true academic path. He, Chen Song, was only an associate professor.
Following the normal trajectory, Chen Song’s lifelong destination would only be a professor at Xiangya Second Hospital.
But as an associate professor, Chen Song certainly knew how vast the country and the world were. What was a mere professor?
“You’re also acting crazy,” Tong Yuan’an stretched, then said, “Then I won’t disturb your date on the boat.”
Tong Yuan’an knew that Chen Song and Lu Cheng would inevitably have to make a decision between them.
Chen Song couldn’t be bothered to take Tong Yuan’an’s car; he hailed a taxi directly.
After getting in, the driver asked, “Boss, where to?”
Chen Song: “???”
Right, where did Lu Cheng live? Chen Song had declined Lu Cheng’s invitation to dinner at his home last time, and he was unfamiliar with Long County.
Lu Cheng might have mentioned the residential area where he lived, but Chen Song couldn’t remember.
“Just drive forward, I’ll ask someone,” Chen Song quickly sent a message to others in the department.
……
Lu Cheng had just finished washing up when Chen Song’s call came through.
“Come downstairs and pick me up,” Chen Song’s call was brief.
Lu Cheng was stunned for a moment, quickly rubbed his hair with a towel, dropped the towel, and hurried to the elevator hall, heading downstairs.
Then, as expected, he saw Chen Song at the entrance of the elevator hall, “Teacher Chen, why are you here?”
Chen Song said impatiently, “At this hour, are you still spouting such nonsense?”
“Don’t you have any idea why I’m here?”
Chen Song’s tone was almost a command, “Take me up!~”
Lu Cheng complied, following behind Professor Chen Song, as if Chen Song were the host and he the guest.
After entering the room, Chen Song immersed himself in Lu Cheng’s small training room. He put on gloves and meticulously removed the suturing needle and thread that Lu Cheng had used to close up.
This was to get a more detailed look at Lu Cheng’s operational details and their specific performance and path within the organ.
Both successful and unsuccessful cases were fully restored by Chen Song.
The speed of removing sutures was much slower than that of suturing. By the time Chen Song finished dissecting several pig spleens, it was already 11:49 PM.
Chen Song reconfirmed Lu Cheng’s simulated spleen rupture AAST grading and nodded, “So, in fact, the application of spleen suturing in spleen preservation surgery can be broader, but we just haven’t found a suitable suturing technique for the spleen yet.”
“That’s why spleen partial resection was developed.”
“In spleen preservation surgery, suturing can be applied more broadly.”
Lu Cheng thought for a moment and earnestly explained, “Teacher Chen, the reason I thought of this is mainly based on two points: one is the suturing of muscle tears in hand surgery, and the other is the combination of microsurgery and urology for the cavernous body suture.”
Chen Song stood up, hands behind his back, “Make your thinking more concrete and send it to me in more detail. I need to organize it.”
“Huh?” Lu Cheng glanced at Chen Song!
“What ‘huh’?” Chen Song glared, “You’re unwilling? Then why did you tell me so much?”
Lu Cheng immediately responded, “Oh, okay, Teacher Chen.”
“Are you playing some abstract game?” Chen Song asked inexplicably.
Chen Song clearly had something more to say.
Lu Cheng was deliberate today!
After a full half-minute of silence, Lu Cheng looked up and said, “Teacher Chen, I’ve recently come to understand a principle: relying on oneself is better than relying on others.”
Chen Song’s mouth slightly parted, his expression arrogant, and his tone even a bit dismissive, “Do you want to set up a table right now?”
“If you move a table, will others recognize you?”
Chen Song understood Lu Cheng quite well; he was not one to be content.
At Huashan Hospital, after so many years, Lu Cheng still sought to achieve a clear state of mind.
As an adult, Chen Song naturally understood Lu Cheng’s meaning: I’m just not convinced, I want to go ‘fight.’
This time at Xiehe Hospital, after being startled by Professor Zhong, Lu Cheng must have been affected.
It’s just that Lu Cheng’s ambition is a bit too big!
You don’t even know where the banquet hall door is, and you want to join the table?
“Naturally, they won’t recognize it. I didn’t mean to set up that kind of table,” Lu Cheng replied.
Lu Cheng thought very, very carefully again, and then chuckled, “No matter what, Teacher Chen, you know that restraint, hiding and not revealing, is not suitable for my age.”
Chen Song’s thin eyes looked particularly fragile under his receding hairline, “But you must understand one thing: arrogance is a cognitive error.”
After Chen Song’s reminder, he looked at the pig spleen on the table. At this moment, he was thinking that stir-fried pig spleen would surely taste very good.
“Um… are your parents at home?”
“Can you get out of the house?” Although Chen Song’s entry was hasty, he saw traces of other people at home.
“Teacher Chen, would you like something to eat? I can go out,” Lu Cheng replied quickly.
To ask for help, one must adopt a humble demeanor.
Lu Cheng knew that his current research accumulation was very thin, which was his significant flaw.
To identify and fill gaps, one must not only work hard but also seek help from others.
Lu Cheng’s earlier statement of “relying on oneself is better than relying on others” didn’t mean not seeking help, but rather seeking help from one’s own people.
After months of interaction, Lu Cheng knew Chen Song was an absolute foodie. According to Tong Yuan’an, the highest recorded feat Chen Song achieved was taking a missy from a KTV to eat real mala tang after completing a game, and it was extremely spicy, causing the missy to have diarrhea.
Real mala tang, not the kind spread online…
“I need to have a good talk with you about some things,” although Chen Song didn’t consider himself as mercenary as Tong Yuan’an, he couldn’t resist the temptation Lu Cheng was offering at this moment.
Professional suturing techniques for solid organs like the spleen were something many people wanted to achieve but couldn’t figure out.
For most surgeons, suturing is the most basic of basic skills. Without in-depth practice, they felt it was sufficient.
Based on this premise, by the time they had mastered surgery, it would be too late to try and incorporate the advantages of suturing techniques into their operations.
Technical learning requires “foundational skills.” Although surgical techniques don’t have the same rigor as “foundational skills,” they still require specialized learning from the beginner stage.
“You know what, I’ll treat you to dinner later, my treat,” Chen Song emphasized.
Upon exiting, and descending into the underground parking lot, Chen Song got into the passenger seat of Lu Cheng’s car and immediately felt that the seat width was not quite right.
Chen Song thought for a moment before asking, “Xiao Lu, you’re quite quick on your feet.”
Lu Cheng didn’t take the bait thrown by Chen Song, but instead asked, “Teacher Chen, for just a spleen suturing technique, can you stay?”
“Would you like to add something else…”
Chen Song was stunned, then exploded, “F**k you… Are you the ant queen?”
But after thinking about it, Chen Song said, “If you are really willing to give, then it’s not impossible…”
