This doctor is already middle-aged, and he's only just started practicing medicine.

Chapter 159 Interpersonal Relationships in a Small County!

After Professor Chen Song's intervention, the patient's vital signs became increasingly stable.

The only thing Lu Cheng didn't understand was why Professor Chen Song, who was usually quite talkative, had become so taciturn.

Could it be that spending too much time with Professor Tong Yuan'an has influenced me?
At 11:10 p.m., Chen Song announced that the surgery was officially over, then stepped back and began to take off his clothes, without calling for Lu Cheng to leave the stage as was customary.

This demeanor makes it seem like Tongli Tongqi has become "reclusive".

He took off his clothes and sterile gloves, picked up his phone, and stepped on the automatic sensor-operated airtight door of the operating room—all in one smooth motion.

Professor Chen Song seemed to only realize that Lu Cheng was still in the operating room when he left. He turned his head back, half crying and half laughing, with his left and right eyes of different sizes.

I tried to imitate the classic, god-like acting skills of Master Ji Gong, but it wasn't quite as classic.

Zeng Huanqi then asked, "Xiao Lu, isn't this your uncle who works at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital?"

Lu Cheng explained, "This is Uncle Wei, a very good friend of my dad. He often gives me lucky money."

"I've been traveling around all these years."

Upon hearing that he would receive New Year's money every year, Zeng Huanqi thought that he was practically a blood uncle: "It's a good thing that Professor Chen is here, otherwise your Uncle Wei would have to gamble on another referral after you stopped bleeding."

"I doubt you could handle that kind of liver damage."

Lu Cheng smiled and said, "Brother Zeng, you don't need to doubt me. You can be more certain in your attitude. I just can't handle it..."

After the drainage tube was placed and the abdominal skin was sutured, it was already 11:30 when I went out.

Professor Chen Song had long since disappeared, so Lu Cheng could only send him a private message of thanks.

She was thinking that if Chen Song replied, she would find an opportunity to invite him to dinner; if he didn't reply, she would have to wait until tomorrow to talk about it.

Anyway, both of them are 'resting' tomorrow, so there's plenty of time.

Outside the emergency operating room, He Shanshan saw Lu Cheng and quickly squeezed in to ask, "Lu, how is your Uncle Wei? Is the surgery over?"

Lu Cheng saw that besides Wei Ying's relatives, He Shanshan was also accompanied by his father, but he walked the slowest and stayed at the back of the crowd.

"Auntie, Uncle's surgery is over. His condition was quite serious. During the operation, we performed a splenectomy and a liver-preserving procedure."

"The main reason is that Uncle Wei's spleen contusion and laceration were too severe, and it was also a multi-organ injury. Performing a spleen-preserving surgery would delay the operation time too much, so Professor Chen considered removing the spleen, after all, saving his life was the priority."

"The surgery is now complete. Uncle Wei has survived the most dangerous stage. He will be transferred to the ICU for monitoring and treatment. The rest depends on whether Uncle Wei can make it through the ICU."

"The surgery went well, but the damage inside the abdomen was too great. Will there be an infection after the surgery, or other complications that could lead to near-shock?" Lu Cheng replied truthfully.

He Shanshan's face immediately turned even paler, and her voice became panicked and choked with sobs: "Xiao Lu, don't scare me."

"Auntie, I'm not trying to scare you, I'm just telling you the truth. Uncle Wei has survived the most dangerous part of the operation."

"The rest should be something to look forward to," Lu Cheng said.

Lu Cheng worked at the county hospital for five years and encountered many doctors who had treated their own relatives and friends; most of them had definitely been saved.

In a very small number of cases, people have become enemies due to poor communication...

Lu Cheng did not address the families alone; rather, he was the doctor the families were more familiar with, hence the initial communication.

Zeng Huanqi took off his mask and said without any hesitation, "The patient's condition was so serious when he came to the hospital. If there had been any delay or if the situation had been any more complicated, he wouldn't have had the chance to get into the ICU now."

"The current outcome is all thanks to Dr. Lu and Professor Chen's timely surgery, but we are all human and cannot fully predict the future."

"After the surgery, the patient will also face certain life-threatening risks."

"Now, what you family members need to do is to leave some people outside the ICU to wait for the patient's recovery, and the other people should go back and rest so that they can take over tomorrow."

"The surgery was done very well, and we no longer need to worry about whether the surgery was successful or not," Zeng Huanqi said definitively.

Upon hearing Zeng Huanqi's words, it was probably a relative who was particularly close to Wei Ying who stepped forward: "Since Wei Ying has gone to the ICU, it proves that he survived the operation in the operating room. Let's go wait over there."

"So that the ICU can find someone when they need to."

"Dr. Lu, doctor, you've worked hard. You should go back and rest too."

Zeng Huanqi nodded: "We need to go back and rest. After the patient is admitted to the ICU, most of the work on waking up is handled by the ICU. If you have any questions, please contact the doctors in the ICU first. We will only go over to check on the patient's condition periodically."

……

"Brother Han, you go back first. I'm going to fill in the surgical records and post-operative instructions," Lu Cheng said as he left with Han Xiaoping and Zeng Huanqi.

Zeng Huanqi joked, "Xiao Lu, do you not trust my abilities?"

"I'm on duty today, do you expect me to go to the department to do this kind of thing?"

"Give me the post-operative instructions and surgical records. You can make changes later if there are any problems," Zeng Huanqi said generously.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Brother Zeng..." Lu Cheng didn't stand on ceremony, after all, Mu Leng was still in the crowd, and he had come with Mu Leng.

Although I don't know what Mu Leng's next steps are, I suddenly went into the operating room for surgery, and I need to explain things to him afterward.

Now, He Shanshan and other family members are gathered outside the ICU. Lu Cheng first sent a message to his father and Uncle Mu Leng.

After learning that there weren't many people gathered outside the ICU, Lu Cheng changed into casual clothes and went over.

When Lu Cheng arrived, there were indeed not many people left.

Mu Leng, Lu Nanjia, He Shanshan, Wei Ying's brother Wei Hai, and Du Qiang, the director of the general surgery department of Longxian People's Hospital.

When Lu Cheng approached to call for help, Du Qiang quickly extended his right hand: "Dr. Lu, you've really worked hard, thank you for your hard work."

Lu Cheng didn't understand the relationship between Du Qiang, the director of general surgery, and Wei Yingjia: "Director Du, it's all just what I should do."

“Uncle Wei and my dad are friends. I had already finished get off work today, but if I hadn’t heard the news and come over, I wouldn’t have known this would happen.”

"Director Du, I'm so sorry. After we determined that the patient's condition was quite urgent, we immediately called Professor Chen. It's just that we've troubled your general surgery department to make an extra trip."

Lu Cheng took all the blame, good and bad.

Du Qiang understood Lu Cheng's current position and explained, "Dr. Lu, you were able to find Professor Chen Song from Xiangya No. 2 Hospital for my brother-in-law. You are a benefactor to our family."

"I might not be able to find Professor Chen!"

"Professor Chen was on stage at the time, so how could we dare to go up there and point fingers?"

Du Qiang then turned to He Shanshan and said, "Sister-in-law, is there this kind of relationship between Xiao Lu and my brother? Why didn't you say so earlier? If you had, I wouldn't have had to go through so much trouble."

"The key point is that it takes a lot of effort but is useless."

Long County is very small. Du Qiang, who originally had absolutely no connection with Lu Cheng, somehow ended up having a connection with Lu Cheng through a series of twists and turns.

Du Qiang's wife is Wei Ying's sister, and Wei Ying has a fairly good relationship with Lu Nan's family...

After they introduced themselves, Du Qiang reassured her, "Sister-in-law, don't blame Xiao Lu. He's standing next to a doctor."

"If my brother can survive the surgery, he's alive. All he has to do is wait for him to be discharged from the ICU."

"Dr. Lu, let's go get something to eat together. It's fate... Brother Leng, why don't you come too..." Du Qiang very politely invited Lu Cheng and Lu Nan's family.

Mu Leng declined on behalf of the delegation, saying, "I won't go today. I'll invite you for drinks next time, Director Du. I have some urgent business to attend to."

Lu Cheng replied, "Director Du, I also have something to attend to. Professor Chen stepped down first..."

Du Qiang immediately followed up, "Xiao Lu, could you tell Professor Chen that we could all sit at one table together?"

Lu Cheng originally only used Professor Chen Song as an excuse, never expecting Du Qiang to take advantage of the situation.

Lu Cheng could only pick up his phone to read Professor Chen Song's reply. After reading it carefully, he said, "Director Du, Professor Chen replied by himself. He is having dinner with friends, and I couldn't get him to come."

"He seems to be with Director Lin from our emergency department. Why don't you call Director Lin and ask?"

Du Qiang glanced at Lu Cheng a few times and understood what Lu Cheng meant: "Then we'll talk about it later. Dr. Lu, aren't you going to get something to eat?"

“We’re all surgeons. Surgery is both a technical and physical job, so we need to replenish our energy.” Du Qiang acted as if he and Wei Ying had a very good relationship.

Lu Cheng shook his head: "Thank you, Director Du. I ate quite a lot tonight."

After Lu Cheng, Mu Leng, and Lu Nan's family left, Du Qiang went to the side to make a phone call.

……

"This brother-in-law of Wei Ying, he didn't come when I called him right away, pretending to be in surgery. He's so hypocritical," Mu Leng said after getting Lu Cheng and Lu Nanjia into the car.

"Xiao Lu, you must stay away from people like that in the future."

Lu Nanjia looked at Mu Leng and said warmly, "Old Mu, when did you get back? Why didn't you say anything?"

"You're not drinking anymore either!"

Mu Leng was annoyed, but her expression was relaxed: "Don't mention wine to me. You're a miser, you can't bear to part with good wine."

"How is corn liquor not good liquor? It's all handmade. Don't ask me to bring you any more." Lu Nanjia said, his eyes wide. "You only have corn liquor at home?"

Mu Leng sat in the passenger seat, turned her head and glanced at Lu Nanjia: "You really know how to manage a household, huh?"

Then she rolled her eyes: "How can you be so shameless?"

Lu Nanjia tossed a soft white sand cigarette to Mu Leng: "Having food and drink is what really matters. As for saving face, that doesn't matter."

"No other liquor tastes as good as corn liquor."

Then I lit it up.

"What kind of wine do you want?" Lu Nanjia was just honest, not stupid, and of course he understood what Mu Leng meant.

Mu Leng didn't stand on ceremony, lighting a cigarette as he spoke: "At least it should be a special edition of Moutai or Wuliangye, don't be stingy."

After saying that, Mu Leng asked Lu Cheng:
"Xiao Lu, are you really not going to ask Professor Chen again?"

"Although he refused, it wouldn't hurt to ask again. It's never a bad thing to be polite."

Mu Leng seemed to want to teach Lu Cheng about interpersonal relationships and worldly wisdom.

Lu Cheng replied, "Professor Chen was having dinner when he arrived; he already had prior arrangements!"

“I disrupted his drinking party by calling the emergency room. He’s probably gone back to apologize now. If I still called him over, then I was being inconsiderate.”

What about the people who ate with Professor Chen?

"Uncle Mu, it's alright."

Mu Leng nodded, agreeing with Lu Cheng's idea and statement: "That's true. Let's invite Professor Chen to dinner later."

"Someone who can't be persuaded even by the vice president must have the skills and ability."

……

Just then, Lu Cheng's phone rang.

Lu Cheng picked it up and looked at it; there was no note.

Since the location was Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture, Lu Cheng chose to connect.

"Hello?" Lu Cheng's voice was slightly hesitant.

"Hey, is this Xiao Lu? I'm Du Qiang from the general surgery department. Why did you run away? I came looking for you." Du Qiang's voice was very kind.

“Um… Director Du, please speak.” Lu Cheng replied.

"Xiao Lu, it's like this, a relative of mine accidentally fell from the roof of their self-built house!"

"He is currently in the operating room at the county hospital."

“The person has gone into shock, and the situation is very complicated. I originally planned to ask Professor Chen to come and take a look, but I didn’t expect that Professor Chen would leave in the blink of an eye.”

"Could you please make a phone call and ask Professor Chen to come? Please." Du Qiang's tone was slightly obsequious and pleading.

So that's what Du Qiang meant when he kept trying to get him to invite Professor Chen along.

Lu Cheng replied, "Director Du, you should contact Director Ke Lin about inviting Professor Chen."

"Director Lin said that Professor Chen's phone went through but no one answered," Du Qiang replied politely.

"But if you call, Professor Chen should answer."

Lu Cheng explained, "Director Lin called but no one answered, so I know no one will answer if I call again now."

"It's almost midnight, Director Du."

Du Qiang said, "Xiao Lu, please help me out, I'm begging you."

"You must have a way to get in touch with Professor Chen."

"Director Du, I can try calling, but I estimate the situation will be similar to Director Lin's." Lu Cheng said, then hung up the phone.

Lu Cheng pulled over and dialed the number, but Chen Song didn't answer.

Lu Cheng then sent a message to Du Qiang.

Unexpectedly, just as Lu Cheng was about to get up, Du Qiang called again: "Little Lu, why don't you go to Professor Chen's house and call him?"

"The situation is indeed quite urgent, extremely urgent. I'm begging you, Xiao Lu."

"I'm really in a hurry." Du Qiang acted as if Lu Cheng had already agreed.

Lu Cheng finally spoke without any politeness: "Director Du, my father is right next to me."

Du Qiang was taken aback: "Dr. Lu, what do you mean?"

"Director Du, my dad's right next to me. I need to have some late-night snack with him; he just got off work!"

"I really can't get away." Lu Cheng explained curtly, not caring what Du Qiang might think.

What the heck? You want me to go to Chen Song's house to call someone? Don't you have legs?
My father is here with me, so I don't need to go in any other direction to fulfill my filial duties.

"Dr. Lu, you can call Professor Chen for your own friend, but you can't do that for others, right?" Du Qiang suddenly blurted out, seemingly out of nowhere.

"Director Du, you only spend your money on your children? Why don't you donate it?"

"Did Professor Chen hang on me? Or did I put his house in my pocket?"

"Director Du? How old are you this year? How dare you say such a thing?" Lu Cheng retorted without any politeness.

"Fuck you!!" Du Qiang cursed, then said, "Answer the phone, answer the phone now..."

Du Qiang should have two mobile phones on hand.

Lu Cheng hung up the phone on his end...

Lu Cheng put away his phone and continued driving.

Mu Leng and Lu Nanjia both watched Lu Cheng do all this, and didn't dwell on the topic.

Professor Chen Song's willingness to help is a favor, while his unwillingness to help is his right.

Lu Cheng was also asking for a favor. Favors are something you can only use once, so you won't waste them needlessly.

Mu Leng then emphasized once again: "Lu Nan family, you really need to prepare more good wine."

"However, Professor Chen's wine needs to be prepared by Wei Ying himself after he wakes up."

Mu Leng does have some money and is considered quite well-off in Jilin City, but that amount isn't enough to easily hire a professor from Xiangya No. 2 Hospital.

Mu Leng just didn't expect that Lu Cheng could do it.

Mu Leng did not believe that Lu Cheng had deliberately hired Du Qiang, the director of general surgery at the People's Hospital, to put on an act in front of him as a bargaining chip.

Wei Ying is Du Qiang's wife's brother, so he's Du Qiang's brother-in-law. After Wei Ying was injured and brought to the hospital, Du Qiang didn't come immediately. Instead, he called another doctor on duty in the general surgery department. He must have had something important to do.

Lu Nan hesitated for a moment: "Little Lu, is this an emergency surgery?"

Lu Cheng replied, "Dad, Professor Chen and I both have our own shifts. We can't possibly treat all the patients."

“Uncle Wei Ying is my uncle, and it’s my duty as his nephew to call him.”

"Director Du's relatives are Director Du's relatives. Whether or not Professor Chen can be found is his responsibility, not mine to do favors for him."

"Where would I get such a big face?"

"Even if Professor Chen and I have a good relationship, I can't treat Professor Chen like an animal, can I?"

"Uncle Mu, what do you think?" Lu Cheng turned the conversation to Mu Leng.

Mu took a drag of his cigarette and replied, "Old Lu, you're just meddling in other people's business."

"I think Lu Cheng's reply just now was excellent. His father was sitting in the back of the car, and Du Qiang is not Lu Cheng's father."

"Send Lu Cheng to bang on Professor Chen's door? What's that all about?"

"He's harming Lu Cheng."

Upon hearing this, Lu Nanjia stopped worrying about it.

Although Du Qiang is Wei Ying's brother-in-law and now needs Lu Cheng's help, Du Qiang's intentions are not pure, and he actually wants to harm Lu Cheng. This is not a position that Lu Nan's family can take to help.

Within seconds, Lu Cheng received a sarcastic message from Director Lin Qianlong: "Director Du Qiang accidentally pushed his 'second wife' off the roof. It must be because they couldn't agree on the price..."

Upon seeing this message, Lu Cheng understood why Du Qiang had gone mad.

(End of this chapter)