Chinese medicine: When you do things to the extreme

Chapter 146: Farewell at last

Time flies like water, and a few days pass in a flash.

Sunday, January 1, 18:16 p.m.

Hand surgery demonstration room.

Professor Chen Xiang once again stood at the front of the demonstration room, his hands on the table, a smile on his face.

"We Chinese have an old saying that goes, 'After sending you a thousand miles away, you must eventually say goodbye.' Another old saying goes, 'The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as water.'"

“It is a pleasure to spend five days with you young people.”

As soon as Professor Chen Xiang made his opening remarks, Gong Zixi and others in the audience turned their heads towards Zhou Yanqing.

Happy five days?

Who is happy after all?
During these few days, they have finally witnessed the true warmth and coldness of human life.

Excellent people are really praised.

People who are not so outstanding are like rootless duckweed.

The professors at Jishuitan gave them a very vivid social studies lesson. They were the best in these courses back then, and this time they were the experiencers.

Zhou Yanqing lowered his head and nodded slightly, a little embarrassed, without saying anything or making any strange movements.

Zhou Yanqing would never do such a thing as taking advantage of someone and then acting ungrateful.

Professor Chen Xiang continued, "This session of the Hand Surgery Peripheral Nerve Advanced Training Course is very tight in schedule, with heavy teaching tasks and a lot of content."

"In fact, we teachers are also quite nervous. We are not well prepared. Due to the nature of the course, we don't have enough opportunities to practice. Here, I would like to say sorry to all the students..."

Professor Chen Xiang finally took a small step back and looked for problems in his own department first.

Then he said: "But from another perspective, I feel that our teachers have taught you everything we wanted to teach you to the best of our ability."

"As for what happens next, it's up to the master to lead you to the door, and it's up to you to practice."

“I hope that after you return, you will continue to practice diligently and study carefully, and make your own contributions to the development of hand surgery.”

"The current hand surgery belongs to you, and the future hand surgery will still belong to you..."

After Professor Chen Xiang finished speaking, Gong Zixi smiled and asked.

"Professor Chen, I have a question that may not be appropriate at this time. It has nothing to do with anything else. I'm just curious."

"Is it Yanqing among our students? Is he the child of a professor in your institute or something?" Gong Zixi asked.

Gong Zixi even dared to ask such questions only after the training class was over.

Why did Zhou Yanqing get so many benefits, special treatment, and a side job...

Shouldn't people with poor academic performance be given special treatment and more biased treatment?

Zhou Yanqing turned his head slightly when he heard that. Gong Zixi had a smile on her face, not angry at all, and a look of excitement on her face, as if she was looking for an answer for the "unfair" treatment.

Chen Xiang looked at Gong Zixi, his face serious, and shook his head:

"Professor Gong, I can tell you responsibly that there is absolutely no such situation."

"The teaching plans for our department's training courses are based on fair, just and open rules."

"If there is such a problem as you described, you can report me to your superior."

After Chen Xiang made a joke, he clapped his hands again and said, "This training course has come to a successful conclusion. Let's take a group photo."

"Then I wish you all a bright future and a safe journey."

"Of course, before that, if you have any opinions or suggestions, you can also put them forward, such as if the teaching method is not good, or other suggestions."

No one responded to Chen Xiang's words.

Is the content of this training course rich enough? Of course it is. Are there many opportunities for practice?
As long as we are not competing with Zhou Yanqing, but just competing with training classes of the same level, Jishuitan Hospital has already made an effort.

The two cadaver teachers provided in the training class alone exceed more than 95% of private training classes, let alone others.

Not many training courses dare to provide cadavers as teaching materials.

"Teacher Chen, it's great. The schedule is quite full and there are many opportunities for practice. If you really want to give me some advice..."

"My suggestion is that we can hold more sessions in the future." Gong Zixi spoke as a representative.

Jishuitan Hospital has done its teaching job beyond the standard and it's good enough. You are here to learn, why do you care so much?

As for others spending the same amount of money and learning more, what does that have to do with you?

Studying is not like eating out where you spend the same money and get the same amount of food.

The same nine years of compulsory education, the same twelve years before college, the same five years of undergraduate study...

Then, everyone gathered together and took a group photo.

The intense and fulfilling training course was thus declared a complete success.

Professor Chen Xiang and others dispersed, but when they entered the department, some of them looked back twice or three times to look at Zhou Yanqing.

Professor Liu Guowei, in particular, stood blankly at the door of the department, watching Zhou Yanqing come out of the demonstration room...

He watched Zhou Yanqing looking at him, watched Zhou Yanqing walk towards him, watched Zhou Yanqing greet him, watched Zhou Yanqing say goodbye to him, and then watched Zhou Yanqing follow the other four people down the elevator.

Only after watching the elevator door close did Liu Guowei put all his thoughts aside.

Liu Guowei is not an ordinary person either. He is a professor at Jishuitan Hospital and the administrative director of the Department of Orthopedics.

There aren't many people or things that can make him regret, but...

Zhou Yanqing could have become his "direct disciple", someone who could teach him everything he knew and even surpass him.

Everyone knows that disciples seek masters, but few people know that the true master-disciple inheritance is often that the master seeks disciples, rather than the disciple seeks the master.

When one reaches Liu Guowei's level, most of his life's dreams have been realized. The only thing that has not been realized yet is finding a true disciple to pass on what he has learned throughout his life.

And then there is the further advancement...

Both require fate. One of the fates was placed in front of him, but he missed it, so his melancholy is the strongest.

……

After getting off the elevator and walking out of the first floor lobby, Yuan Qiong asked Zhou Yanqing one more question:
"Xiao Zhou, what is your relationship with Professor Liu from Jishuitan Hospital?"

"Why do I feel that he is more friendly to you than to his own son?"

Zhou Yanqing heard this and said, "Brother Yuan, it doesn't really matter. It's just that when I applied for a doctorate at Jishuitan Hospital two years ago, I chose Teacher Yuan as my advisor."

"In the end, I was eliminated because of lack of fate..."

After leaving the advanced training class, Zhou Yanqing finally explained what he thought was the reason.

"My grass..."

"My grass..."

Several of them surrounded Zhou Yanqing with their legs limp, and then they left with different expressions...

Zhou Yanqing also went to the hotel first, packed his luggage and went through the check-out procedures. After finishing all this, Zhou Yanqing took a taxi to Kyoto West Station and then took the high-speed rail back to Shashi.

When Zhou Yanqing arrived in Shashi, it was already 9:37 in the evening.

However, Zhou Yanqing still saw Chen Yu's beautiful figure at the exit leading directly to the subway.

Today, Chen Yu is wearing a light blue windbreaker, a white velvet sweater underneath, and a light purple long skirt. The polka-dot skirt and flesh-colored leggings meet at the ankles.

"Aren't you cold dressed like this?" Zhou Yanqing walked up to the other person and pulled his hand.

Maybe it was because we were inside the subway station and it was still warm.

Chen Yu adjusted the position of his shoulder bag and said, "It's not bad. There hasn't been much cold air in Shashi these days. It's much cooler than Kyoto where you are."

"College bully, you're not going to study or go to the lab today, right?"

"Shall we go for dinner and a midnight snack?"

Chen Yu asked as he followed Zhou Yanqing towards the subway station.

"Okay!" Zhou Yanqing nodded.

I've been crammed like a devil for so many days recently and I want to take a break, which is a combination of work and rest.

Zhou Yanqing put down his luggage first, and then the two of them set off for a newly opened Yu City hot pot restaurant.

After placing the order, Chen Yu tied up her hair first and asked, "You must be exhausted these days, right?"

"It's okay, but I feel a little bloated in the brain. I feel like my brain is going to swell again."

Zhou Yanqing stood up first: "I'll go get a bottle of drink first, do you want anything to drink?"

"Get a glass of coconut milk." Chen Yu stopped tying her hair and said after blinking twice.

Zhou Yanqing got up and brought back two bottles of drinks, and asked the waiter for a small bag!

Zhou Yanqing took a big bottle of Orange Juice for himself. Today, Zhou Yanqing wanted to have some sweets.

Zhou Yanqing opened the coconut juice and pushed it in front of Chen Yu, then handed her the bag: "This is a small gift from the hot pot restaurant."

Chen Yu was skeptical and looked at it curiously: "What is this?"

"I don't know either." Zhou Yanqing replied.

After Chen Yu opened the bag, he found a small gift box inside.

Chen Yu knew what was going on as soon as he saw it: "You gave it to me. Let me see it."

After Chen Yu opened the box again, she found a very thin silver pendant necklace and some simple but exquisite pendants inside.

Zhou Yanqing explained: "Xiaoyu, I don't know what you like. I took some time to go shopping in the mall the day before yesterday and bought it."

Of course Chen Yu didn't believe it. With her memory, she knew very well that this was a high-end imitation necklace in her Taobao shopping cart, which cost nearly two thousand yuan. She had been hesitating whether to buy it.

I don’t know when Zhou Yanqing saw it, so he bought it back. Chen Yu picked it up and took a look at it.

Then he carefully put the box back into his bag and said, "You are such a nerd and you still do peeping."

"How can it be peeping? It was just an accidental glimpse." Zhou Yanqing said calmly.

Zhou Yanqing remembered it clearly in his little notebook that Chen Yu would be turning 1 on January 23.

However, this Friday, Zhou Yanqing's schedule had already been booked one month in advance by his mentor, Professor Tan Zhongyu.

January 1rd is Friday, and Professor Tan Zhongyu will take him to Yue City for surgery again.

Zhou Yanqing didn't understand why a surgery required an appointment one month in advance, but since the teacher had said so, it was difficult for Zhou Yanqing to refuse, so he tried to make time.

"Then I'll accept it?" Chen Yu said happily.

But then she added, “Actually, I’m afraid it won’t look good. If you buy it online and try it on and it doesn’t look good, you can return it.”

"I definitely won't retreat." Chen Yu quickly explained after noticing that Zhou Yanqing's eyes changed slightly.

"It's definitely beautiful."

"I think it would look good on you," Zhou Yanqing said.

……

After having dinner and a midnight snack, the two of them walked on the street together.

After casually chatting about Chen Yu's winter vacation destination, Chen Yu tilted his head and said, "University bully, after I sent out my admission letter, I don't want to go back."

"I have signed up for a teacher writing training class organized by the provincial writers' association. I have already told my family about it. I will see if I can go back with you when the time comes."

The two met through a blind date, and both families knew the general situation.

There was something going on in their relationship, and their families knew about it.

Now that they have met, the next step is definitely to meet the parents.

Blind dates work like this, no matter if you are getting married or not, as long as you are dating, arrangements will be made to meet the parents as soon as possible.

Zhou Yanqing knew that Chen Yu had a dream of writing, and he also wrote a little bit occasionally.

It's good to have your own hobbies and do what you like. It's better than staying at home every day watching TV series or shopping.

"I think it's pretty good?"

"When will this training class start?" Zhou Yanqing asked.

"January 29th." Chen Yu tilted his head and looked at Zhou Yanqing, not knowing what he was thinking.

Zhou Yanqing was stunned when he heard this.

This year the Chinese New Year falls on February 4th.

January 29th, it’s already the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month!
Zhou Yanqing frowned and asked, "Aren't your family members urging you to do this?"

Zhou Yanqing is in Shashi, and Chen Yu has a lot of free time during the winter vacation, and he is still staying in Shashi. An ordinary family would probably worry about what might happen, right?
"Of course they are worried, but they only told me that we can't live together before we get engaged." Chen Yu said as he took two steps forward.

Zhou Yanqing: “…”

"Do you have a place to cook? I want to learn cooking." Chen Yu realized that the topic was sensitive, and she didn't want to be too hasty and appear casual, so she quickly changed the subject.

"I live in a single apartment. If I want to cook, I have to buy new pots, pans, and induction cookers."

"Don't you have a place to cook?"

"How about? Your roommate is not here, so I can come to your place to eat?" Zhou Yanqing explained.

"That's fine too. My roommate is going to go live with her boyfriend after sending her acceptance letter."

"Recently, if you have time, come over and be my guinea pig to try out my cooking skills?" Chen Yu smiled happily.

It can be seen that Chen Yu has no experience in love, and no one knows how she got on the path of blind dates.

"Would you like to go upstairs and sit for a while?" Chen Yu suggested after Zhou Yanqing sent Chen Yu downstairs.

Chen Yu doesn't have to go to work tomorrow.

"Let's do it tomorrow. I'm a little tired today." Zhou Yanqing refused.

My condition is not very good. First, I am too tired and need to rest. Second, Zhou Yanqing has to go back to the ward to work tomorrow, so I need to adjust my condition.

When I am too tired, I just want to rest and I am not interested in anything else, including the so-called fussiness and ambiguity.

What's more, Zhou Yanqing is a traditional and serious person.

On the way back, Zhou Yanqing was still muttering: "I won't go to revive the cells tomorrow..."

(End of this chapter)