The Surgeon's Studio

Panda Novel

When he woke up, it was already six o’clock.

A fragrant smell came from the crack of the door.

Zheng Ren put on his clothes and went out to see Xie Yiren had transformed into a little chef. She had on an elegant checkered apron and was preparing breakfast.

“You’re up. Go wash up. It’s time to eat,” Xie Yiren greeted.

“Okay.” Zheng Ren smiled.

Was this the feeling of home? It seemed pretty good.

“Xie Yiren, didn’t you say you wanted to sleep in?” Zheng Ren asked.

“I’ll make breakfast first. I’ll continue sleeping after you leave.” Xie Yiren tilted her head and smiled brightly.

While eating breakfast, Zheng Ren contacted Feng Xuhui. Feng Xuhui said that he was already waiting for Professor Rudolf Wagner.

He shared the seat with Feng Xuhui before eating his breakfast in peace.

Because it was still early, it was not the peak of the morning yet. Half an hour later, Feng Xuhui called and said that he was already at the door.

“I’ll be leaving then. After the surgery, I’ll come to pick you up and take you back to Sea City,” Zheng Ren said.

“Go, go. I need to catch up on my sleep,” Xie Yiren said. “The day Department Chief Kong came, I was so tired.”

Zheng Ren recalled the incident with Department Chief Kong and the night shift god. He was helpless then and felt a bit sad at the situation.

He hoped that he would not encounter such a thing again in the future.

Standing up, Zheng Ren walked to the door and changed his shoes. He smiled and opened his arms.

He hugged her gently and left immediately.

Zheng Ren laughed out loud. He touched Xie Yiren’s head, turned around, and left.

When he got in the car, Professor Rudolf Wagner was still nagging that it was too early and that he had not eaten his breakfast well.

Zheng Ren ignored him. He closed his eyes and began to recall the movie he saw yesterday.

He would go through it again if he had the time. What if there was a problem?

He had become an obsessive-compulsive disorder patient who had gone through surgery a long time ago. Countless ‘what if’s’ surrounded him like flies.

“Boss, I booked a flight for tonight.” Zheng Ren had just recalled the two movies when he heard the professor say that.

“Oh,” Zheng Ren replied flatly.

“Boss, you have to turn on your phone. I’ll call you if I need you for anything urgent.” The professor was always worried about finding Zheng Ren for surgery.

“Okay.” Zheng Ren smiled and said, “Actually, your success rate of the surgery is already around seventy percent.”

“It’s not enough at all!” The professor waved his hand and said, “It has to be a hundred percent!”

“You can do whatever you want. I’ll definitely go over when I have time,” Zheng Ren said.

“Boss, you can’t do this to Hilimaha.” The professor continued, “Dr. Mehar has a lot of weight in the evaluation of the Nobel Prize in Medicine.”

“Got it.” Zheng Ren interrupted the professor. “Lil Fugui, on the 31st next year, how high will the success rate of your application for the Nobel Prize be?”

“It depends on the surgery’s success rate.” The professor was a little nervous. To be honest, he did not understand Zheng Ren’s way of thinking.

The Nobel Prize was even higher than the sky in his eyes. However, in the eyes of the little boss in front of him, it was not much.

Perhaps it was the difference between Eastern and Western cultures?

The car soon arrived at the First Affiliated Hospital of Provincial Capital Medical University. Gao Shaojie stood at the entrance of the third hospitalization department to greet Zheng Ren.

It was still very early so there were parking lots available in the hospital.

“Boss, why are you so early?” Gao Shaojie was also brought over from home by Zheng Ren. It was just seven o’clock and he had arrived so early. The nurses were not at work so there was no way for him to perform the surgery.

“I have something to say,” Zheng Ren said.

Gao Shaojie’s heart skipped a beat. Seeing Zheng Ren’s serious expression, he immediately fell silent.

“How’s the second-stage surgery?” Zheng Ren asked bluntly.

Back in Sea City, Zheng Ren had said that he was going to teach Gao Shaojie the second-stage surgery but he was not as serious then as he was at that moment.

“I’ve done some research and felt that my technique is still lacking. However, I can barely do it so the success rate should be passable,” Gao Shaojie said.

“Yes, I’ll do one of today’s second-stage surgeries. You can do the rest,” Zheng Ren said. “You’ll have to learn it quickly. I might be going to the Capital in a few days. I can’t guarantee that the second-stage surgeries for the patients from Secondary Hospital will be able to be completed by me in time.”

Gao Shaojie understood. It seemed that was the case.

It was a good thing to go to the Capital but he could not fly back just to do the second-stage surgeries.

After all, there were lots of patients in the Capital. If they really flew back, they would be in a rush.

Besides, it was not practical to ask the patients to go to the Capital for surgery.

According to Gao Shaojie’s observation, after the first stage of TIPS surgery, the patients’ symptoms had been relieved to varying degrees.

However, most people were not willing to go through surgery if their symptoms were not severe.

It was normal.

Because the symptoms had improved, only sixty to seventy percent of the patients chose to undergo the second-stage TIPS surgery.

If they were to go to the Capital for the surgery, perhaps not even one in ten of them would go. The boss wanted him to take on the responsibility for the patients. Gao Shaojie nodded.

The second-stage surgery was a little difficult for him but not impossible.

“Oh right, boss,” Gao Shaojie said, “The hospital called me last night to ask about the TIPS surgery. They said that the article has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine?”

“I think so. I heard Su Yun mention it once before,” Zheng Ren said.

“It was published yesterday. Boss, didn’t you read it?” Professor Rudolf Wagner made an exaggerated gesture. “This is a big event. We have to pop champagne to celebrate. Boss, can you not be so calm?”

Zheng Ren smiled and did not say anything.

“Chief Lin came overnight to do the work for the patients for TIPS surgery. He agreed to waive a certain fee for the patients who livestream and record the surgery,” Gao Shaojie said carefully. “Boss, I only just found out about this matter. Are there any taboos on your side?”

“No.” Zheng Ren did not know why the First Affiliated Hospital of Provincial Capital Medical University suddenly paid attention to it. However, the improvement of the TIPS surgery was rooted in the liver’s diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. This could not be reflected in the surgery video recording.

If they were willing to leave information behind then so be it. It was not a big deal. The excellent article had been published. It had definitely left its mark on the surgical method.

When he came to the office, Zheng Ren asked Gao Shaojie for a copy of the post-operative review of the patients who had come to the Provincial Capital for TIPS surgery last time. He explained to Gao Shaojie the specific surgical techniques, such as how to deal with a certain position and what to pay special attention to in certain places.

Every detail was important and the experience was enlightening. It could be said that every word was worth a thousand gold coins.

Gao Shaojie had a good foundation. Although he could not be compared with Professor Rudolf Wagner, he was far superior to others.

In particular, he had seen Zheng Ren perform many second-stage TIPS surgeries with his own eyes so he had his own inkling on it.

As time went by, even Professor Rudolf Wagner was gradually focused on listening.

In many places while he was pointing them out under Zheng Ren’s guidance, he was interrupted by Gao Shaojie or the professor. They had to think carefully for a long time before they could understand what Zheng Ren meant.

Zheng Ren was not impatient. After all, that was a difference in levels. It was not that they were not intelligent or had improper attitudes.

Unknowingly, the number of doctors on duty gradually increased.

When they saw a foreigner with blonde hair and blue eyes standing in the office watching a video, they all felt that it was such an unusual scene.

Someone came over to take a look at what he was saying but soon found that every word could be understood. However, when they put it together to make sense of it all, it was like a heavenly book. They had no idea what it meant.