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"Don't worry..." Fang Ziye said to comfort him.

"Senior brother, I'm not worried, I just feel heartbroken."

Luo Tingzhu shook her head: "I feel so sorry for the baby and the mother. What if she doesn't get married?"

Fang Ziye didn't know how to assess this situation. Logically speaking, most people wouldn't marry a "mentally ill" wife, but not everyone has the ability to marry a normal wife.

The woman's parents are willing to let their daughter get married, so why are Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu worrying about this?
"Alright, alright, my maternal wife, go check on Xiyan."

“We are all doctors. If we were to have compassion for all living beings, we wouldn’t need to come out of the oncology department.”

"In fact, the more we become doctors, the more we need to believe in fate."

Fang Ziye continued to comfort him: "There's a saying online that goes, 'Go to a private room and see what looks matter in front of money? Go to a hospital and see what money matters in front of life.'"

"I'll call the postpartum care center first and tell them they don't need to come."

Luo Tingzhu gave Fang Ziye a nudge, slightly annoyed: "Senior brother, you're really heartless!"

Of course, Luo Tingzhu didn't take it seriously; her compassion for humanity was destined to lead to her being powerless to help.

Liang Xia was slightly happy to learn that Luo Tingzhu didn't have to go through the hassle of being discharged from the hospital, but she still explained to Luo Tingzhu with a bit of sensitivity: "Tingzhu, Mom just doesn't want you to be discharged from the hospital so early, it's not that I'm reluctant to let you go to a postpartum care center and waste money."

You need to understand this.

“He’s inhuman!” Liang Xia began to berate Fang Ziye.

Such a high-ranking professor, after his wife gave birth, he agreed to leave as soon as the director said he would, without even throwing a tantrum.

Liang Xia knew that if Fang Ziye didn't want to leave, no one could force him to go.

If the outcome of getting ahead is to live a subservient life and not be able to make yourself and your family more respectable, then it's better not to get ahead at all.

This is Liang Xia's way of thinking.

……

At 11 o'clock, after a knock on the ward door, a group of people filed in.

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye immediately sat up, drew the curtains, and without even looking at the two female doctors in white coats leading the team, directly ordered, "Get out!!"

"Professor Fang, this is the family member of patient in bed 13. He's here to thank you," said the head doctor on duty.

"I told you to get out!" Fang Ziye said coldly, really wanting to curse! He took a few steps forward and lowered his voice.

Good grief, this is the maternity ward. Postpartum mothers need to breastfeed. You are a hospital staff member, so it's okay for you to knock on the door and make rounds.

Did they bring their families and just barge in?

The two doctors realized what was happening and quickly left the room.

After Fang Ziye closed the door to the private room, the two doctors on duty explained, "Professor Fang, we are really sorry. We were too excited just now, so we didn't pay special attention."

"These are the family members of patient in bed 13. They came specifically to thank Professor Fang. They want to present you with a banner to express their gratitude."

Bed 13 is the postpartum woman who had emergency surgery last night. The baby is currently fine, but the mother has been admitted to the ICU.

The man holding the banner was the child's father, who spoke nervously: "Professor Fang, thank you for saving my wife last night. Professor Li and Dr. Zhu explained the situation to me this morning."

"Thank you so much."

Fang Ziye took a light breath and said in a cold tone, "No need to thank me. I was just doing it as a favor. I appreciate your gratitude."

"If there's nothing else, you can go back now."

"My wife is breastfeeding inside, and you barged in right after knocking. It's extremely rude of you!"

"I was just reacting instinctively as a normal adult. I'm just a family member now, not a professor."

"You should return this banner."

"This isn't my ward, it wouldn't be proper for me to accept it." Fang Ziye stood with his hands behind his back, showing no intention of accepting the banner.

It's not that Fang Ziye is pretending to be high-minded!
Of course, he didn't blame the doctor or the family, but he wouldn't give them a friendly look either.

“Professor Fang, this banner has already been signed, so it can’t be returned. The patient meant well, so why don’t you accept it?” Dr. Zhu, the attending physician for bed 13, said apologetically.

The resuscitation of patient in bed 13 is a very typical case, and it's highly likely the hospital will publicize it. Fang Ziye, as one of the key figures in the resuscitation, will undoubtedly deserve the most credit, and she'll also get some 'performance points' in the process!
"It's not appropriate for me to accept the banner here. Let your Director Li accept it on my behalf."

"Thank you for the banner... I have something to attend to, so I won't entertain you any longer." Fang Ziye said before turning and returning to his ward.

If the time and method were different, Fang Ziye felt that the atmosphere of receiving and delivering the banner would be exceptionally harmonious.

But given the current time and situation, Fang Ziye really had no interest in chatting with the other party.

It's not that we're being demanding of them, but one side is an obstetrician and gynecologist, and the other side is the mother's family member. They didn't seem to be trying to avoid any appearance of impropriety.

If Fang Ziye hadn't been aware of this, he could have rushed into the ward last night to examine the patient.

Why bother going through all that trouble?
If a problem is found, who would dare say he's impolite?
However, in such a situation, Fang Ziye would also think about how to make things more convenient and avoid misunderstandings.

These two groups of people, on the other hand, just knocked on the door and came in, giving no one time to react.

After entering the room, Fang Ziye went straight to the inner room of the ward without looking back.

The four people outside the door looked at each other in bewilderment.

In the end, the patient's husband didn't know what to do, so he handed the banner to Dr. Zhu: "Dr. Zhu, is Professor Fang angry? Could you please pass it on to him?"

The doctor on duty was a resident physician in the obstetrics and gynecology department. She stared at Zhu Jing, not daring to speak.

"It's my fault. Please give me the banner first, and I'll find a chance to give it to Professor Fang later."

"I was just confused for a moment and knocked on the door and came in." Zhu Jing was quite annoyed at the moment, realizing that her overconfidence was exactly what she had just done.

"Dr. Zhu, we'll head down now. I don't know when my wife will wake up..."

……

After the two family members turned around, a murmur came from behind them: "Professor Fang has such a bad temper. It's just breastfeeding, why is he acting like it's a royal palace..."

"What kind of society is this now? In an era where you have to pull down your butt to find your underwear, it's so outdated..."

"I came to present a banner, but I ended up with a mouthful of hair instead. This world is truly in chaos."

The patient's husband said, "Dr. Zhu was too reckless, okay? She chose to stay in a private room because she didn't want to be disturbed easily."

"People who are good at technology are usually quite picky."

"Teacher Zhu, what should we do now?" Duan Qinqin, a resident physician, asked Zhu Jing.

"Go back to work first, and then ask Director Li what to do."

"Patient 19 could have an attack at any moment. Go check on her again and make sure she has the necessary tests done, paying special attention to her coagulation function. If anything goes wrong, immediately call for an emergency consultation with the second-line team." What could Zhu Jing do but proceed with the rest of the work?

Time cannot be turned back, and she has no chance to regret it.

……

On April 20, the pregnant woman in bed 13 finally woke up from the ICU and her vital signs stabilized. She was then transferred to bed 9 in the obstetrics department.

The mother was switched from spinal anesthesia to general anesthesia, so she could hear everything clearly during the first half of the procedure.

The moment she was transferred back to her ward, Lin Jiajia said, "Honey, I survived this time entirely thanks to Professor Fang."

"Professor Fang noticed my abnormal signs beforehand, and he also saved me and my child during the surgery. I need to go and thank him in person."

"Which beds are Professor Fang and Professor Luo staying in?"

The patient's husband hurriedly said, "Professor Luo and the others were discharged yesterday. We've already thanked them and presented them with a banner." "They just have a bit of a temper," Lin Jiajia's sister-in-law added.

Lin Jiajia said, "No, Professor Fang is a very refined person. He speaks very calmly and gently during surgery. Are you sure you're not mistaken?"

The patient's husband looked at his sister and said, "Don't talk nonsense. She's your sister-in-law's savior, after all."

He then told Lin Jiajia about presenting the banner the day before yesterday.

Lin Jiajia hesitated and said, "You're going to present a banner, but didn't you even remind Dr. Zhu?"

"I forgot at the time! I was just thinking about finishing the delivery as soon as possible, so I came down to wait for you," said Lin Jiajia's husband.

"Yeah, that's right, my brother is so clingy!~"

"I'm going to see Xiao Huihui. You two can keep saying your mushy things..." The sister-in-law couldn't stand it anymore and went to see her nephew instead.

Lin Jiajia sighed, "I'll find another opportunity to thank Professor Fang later."

She was actually a little touched, after all, no pregnant woman doesn't want her husband to be considerate and caring towards her when she is going through a life-or-death situation.

However, the etiquette when presenting the banner was indeed not well observed.

……

Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu had long forgotten about this matter.

4 month 23 day.

Luo Tingzhu is indeed relatively young. She had just been discharged from the hospital and was already secretly thinking about eating some "snacks," such as spicy hot pot.

"Senior brother, could you go buy me a bowl of this? It doesn't have to be spicy."

“They don’t have the custom of postpartum confinement in other countries either, and they’re all fine, aren’t they?” Luo Tingzhu said.

This is clearly a case of forgetting the pain once the wound has healed; Luo Tingzhu was already tired of chicken soup and chicken meat just two days after being discharged from the hospital.

"That's not a good idea. Mala Tang is a bit too strong in flavor. Let's wait a while before eating it, at least half a month." Fang Ziye could understand Luo Tingzhu's feelings.

However, Liang Xia and Fang Nan knew that they would have to give them a beating for what they had done.

In their view, postpartum confinement should be done in a proper and orderly manner to avoid catching a cold and suffering any long-term health problems.

"Okay." Luo Tingzhu smiled secretly, and then started scrolling through her phone.

A moment later, Luo Tingzhu was furious. Holding her phone, she yelled, "Xiaoxiao, what's wrong with you? How can you keep making such a basic mistake?"

"Don't be angry!" Fang Ziye quickly tried to comfort her when he heard Luo Tingzhu's scolding.

Luo Tingzhu said, "Senior brother, tell me about this Xiaoxiao. She has already done this twice by directly culturing cells with calf serum. This is the third time, and I still don't remember."

"So clumsy! Calf serum is so expensive!"

The culture medium is made from serum, which is very expensive per milliliter, and the original serum costs tens of dollars per milliliter.

Luo Tingzhu has experienced hardship, so I feel sorry for her.

Fang Ziye could understand Luo Tingzhu: "No matter how expensive the serum is, it's not worth getting so angry. Never mind, you're on maternity leave, don't think about work."

"Reading books, watching short videos, and reading Xiyan's videos—that's all you'll be doing for the time being."

"Give me your phone! ~ Confiscated. Go get your tablet and watch some shows." Fang Ziye directly adopted a 'parental' style of education.

She's already on maternity leave, why is she still rolling around?

Fang Ziye wasn't actually trying to control Luo Tingzhu; he just hoped she wouldn't get too angry.

Every lab has novices like that.

Many of the teams he works with, including some novices, have this problem: they're like "Teletubbies" who directly wash cells with culture medium!
What can we do?

Focus on the big picture and let your subordinates set the rules and regulations, then teach them gradually.

"Tingzhu, do you still want chicken soup today? If you do, I'll have your dad kill a chicken." It's only 9:40 in the morning, and Luo Tingzhu's pastries haven't even arrived yet, but Liang Xia is already thinking about lunch.

With a postpartum nanny, three meals and three snacks are a normal requirement.

The nanny was in charge of the three points, and Liang Xia, who had nothing to do, took care of the three meals. Since she didn't have to take care of the child for the time being, she thought about how to feed Luo Tingzhu.

"Mom, could we eat some other meat? Like beef or something. I think chicken is a bit too greasy."

"Or you could skip the meat altogether and have braised beef brisket with potatoes?" Luo Tingzhu suggested.

“I don’t want chicken, but I think chicken is great! ~ But you can have beef brisket if you like.” Liang Xia nodded in agreement.

After being educated about science for a while, she also realized that times have changed.

Back then, they ate chicken during their postpartum confinement period because chicken was the only readily available food. In the countryside, where it was far from towns, beef and fish were readily available.

Therefore, cured meat, pork, and chicken are the main sources of protein during postpartum confinement.

Fang Ziye hurriedly said, "Mom, just buy some ordinary side dishes. As for the beef brisket, I contacted an acquaintance who will deliver it this afternoon."

"It's a freshly slaughtered cow..."

“Okay!” Liang Xia agreed.

Before long, Luo Pan and Aunt Ruan also came to see their niece. As the only little darling of both families, Xi Yan was truly pampered.

Aside from sleeping, even a single cry from her can attract several adults to gather around her...

Luo Tingzhu, Luo Pan, Aunt Ruan and a few others gathered around the crib, watching Xi Yan's fair and chubby body sleeping soundly. They then tiptoed back to the baby's bedside.

The nanny then went to make some pastries, and whispered, "Professor Fang, why don't you have some too? It's just something I can do..."

Fang Ziye's phone rang at that moment: "Okay, thank you for your hard work, Sister Chang. I'll take this call."

Fang Ziye quickly went to the balcony and answered the phone.

"Professor Fang, this is Zhu Jing from the obstetrics department. I'm calling you today specifically to apologize and also to ask about Professor Luo's post-operative recovery." Zhu Jing's voice was very polite.

Fang Ziye had long forgotten about that incident, and said in a kind tone, "It's alright, Dr. Zhu, it's all in the past. I was also quite stressed at the time, so my tone was inappropriate."

"My wife is recovering well and has recently started doing squats occasionally at home!~"

Zhu Jing replied, "Professor Luo recovered too quickly! That's great, but you should pay attention to the amount of exercise and the range of motion, and not do too much or too strenuous exercise."

"The patient in bed 13 is recovering very well now and is able to get out of bed and move around. The patient's family specifically asked me to convey their gratitude to you again."

"Yes, thank you, Dr. Zhu. Please also convey my gratitude to her; just tell her I'm really happy!~"

"But it's all in the past, so there's no need to dwell on it. I just happened to be there, and I was just doing my duty."

"Dr. Zhu, you can go ahead and do your work. You don't need to call me or anything..."

"Hospital interview? I won't come. Professor Li has more experience in handling interviews than I do. I'm on vacation right now and don't want to work."

“Yes, I don’t want to work every day anymore. I’ve lost that initial passion,” Fang Ziye chimed in.

After hanging up the phone, Fang Ziye saw Zhu Jing's friend request. After accepting the friend request, Fang Ziye saw the adorable baby he had never met before.

He's quite chubby, even chubbier than Xiyan. After all, he's a boy, so his frame is bigger. He's just not delicate enough; he looks rather fierce.

Fang Ziye felt that this photo was the best expression of gratitude; being able to see such a baby being held by his mother was the best gift...

I guess I managed to snatch a life and a half from someone else? (End of Chapter)