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

Chapter 169 The case is solved…

Longxian People's Hospital has emergency departments for internal medicine, surgery, and pediatrics. The pediatric emergency department is located on the pediatric outpatient floor.

In addition, there are emergency treatment areas, observation areas, and comprehensive wards for complex and critically ill patients.

The observation ward is divided into internal medicine and surgery wards. The operating room and surgical team are managed by Lin Qianlong, while the ward for difficult and critical cases is managed by Huang Haibo.

Therefore, Huang Haibo's director's office was located in the ward for difficult and critical illnesses.

Upon opening the door, Tong Yuan'an saw that Huang Haibo's office was neatly organized, with bookshelves in rows and plants in neat rows.

There were thick files and reading notes on the desk, and pens of various colors, red, blue, yellow and black, were neatly arranged.

"Professor Tong, although I don't smoke, you can do as you please, I don't mind."

"Would you like some water or tea? I just received a batch of Longjing tea," Huang Haibo said politely.

Tong Yuan'an said with a smile, "Director Huang, I just arrived this morning and you came suddenly, which caught me off guard, so I spoke a bit bluntly. Please understand."

"The main problem is that during this holiday, although I was supposed to be on vacation, I actually became a phone call magnet for your hospital."

"They've been calling me, both people I know and people I don't. I'm almost ready to call the police and report your hospital for collective harassment."

The topic, which Xiangya Hospital takes very seriously, has been placed in Longxian County. Anyone with a bit of insight would think of interfering.

Everyone thought they were going to get there first, and Tong Yuan'an must have received a lot of phone calls.

Huang Haibo said, "Professor Tong, I understand."

"Then let's have a pot of tea first."

"By the way, Professor Tong, you haven't had lunch yet, have you? I'll order two boxed lunches over, I haven't eaten either." Huang Haibo was testing how much time Tong Yuan'an could stay.

If it was just to clear up this misunderstanding, Tong Yuan'an should have left immediately.

"Director Huang, I'm not one to stand on ceremony. My skin is as thick as it looks," Tong Yuan'an replied with a smile.

"It's good to be straightforward, Professor Tong."

While Huang Haibo went to boil water, he said, "There's something I need to explain to Professor Tong. During the National Day holiday, our department received a patient with a severed limb. I saw that the surgical application form mentioned limb replantation, so I called to report it."

Tong Yuan'an was about to get off when he almost fell on his bottom.

The chair was pushed back quite a distance, making a loud creaking sound.

I don't understand what Huang Haibo meant by that.

Tong Yuan'an was certainly aware of the report about Lu Cheng's surgery during his vacation; someone had tipped him off.

I didn't call, but I did send a message.

Tong Yuan'an had guessed it was Peng Haibo, but he never imagined it would be another Haibo. That's right, 66.6%...

“I mentioned this to Director Lin Qianlong, but he didn’t seem to care. Rather than waiting for the patient’s family to cause trouble, he should investigate it himself first,” Huang Haibo replied very directly.

Tong Yuan'an's expression changed drastically: "Director Huang, have you considered what would have happened if Lu Cheng hadn't corrected the surgical records that time?"

"Unauthorized surgery, suspension of surgical privileges, and delayed promotion."

"He's an attending physician, yet he's supposed to be the chief surgeon for limb replantation? Who gave him that right?"

Huang Haibo continued, "Of course I didn't talk to Lu Cheng about this directly, but I told Lin Qianlong. Lin Qianlong is the director, so he has a responsibility to pass on this information to Lu Cheng."

"However, Dr. Lu Cheng is still quite cautious."

"If a violation of regulations is discovered, the surgeon's authority to perform the surgery will be suspended. However, in cases of medical disputes involving unauthorized surgeries performed beyond the scope of authorized procedures, simply suspending the surgeon's authority to perform the surgery is not enough to resolve the issue."

Huang Haibo spoke calmly, as if he didn't consider this a secret that couldn't be spoken of.

Tong Yuan'an had nothing to say, because what Huang Haibo said was true.

However, he had explained the surgery to Lu Cheng in detail before his leave, so Lu Cheng was prepared and was very fortunate not to be punished.

Tong Yuan'an replied with a smile, "Director Huang, since you're already doing things this way, isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to come to me this morning asking for help with a research project?"

"This research topic belongs to Dr. Lu Cheng, and it's not that I'm deliberately praising him."

Huang Haibo said frankly and without any hesitation, "I thought Dr. Lu Cheng was doing this on purpose, wanting to take time off to do research."

Tong Yuan'an was somewhat surprised, never expecting Huang Haibo to think that way.

Your ability to use sophistry is so refreshingly unique!
Tong Yuan'an then asked, "Director Huang, have you discovered many other violations by Lu Cheng?"

"That's quite a lot. For example, many medical orders are not followed according to the guidelines."

"However, none of these are serious issues. The more unusual ones are performing spleen-preserving and gallbladder-preserving surgeries within the department."

“He has the skills, but he is not qualified to perform gallbladder-preserving surgery. Sometimes, even when there are no deputy senior officials on the stage, he still does it.”

"Of course, these things can all be explained, after all, it was an emergency evacuation," Huang Haibo replied casually.

Tong Yuan'an's expression turned cold, and he said, "Director Huang's plan is quite shrewd."

Now that Huang Haibo has discovered these things, they might become leverage for him to kidnap Lu Cheng.

"Professor Tong, please don't say that. Procedural justice is the best protection for patients and doctors."

"I didn't do anything either."

Huang Haibo continued, "Actually, I also wanted to help Lu Cheng out of some trouble, after all, he's a young guy in our department."

Tong Yuan'an scoffed, "You reported him, and you're saying it's to help him solve his problem?"

Huang Haibo nodded: "Otherwise what? Professor Tong?"

"Sometimes, cutting off one's own lifeline is also a form of offensive defense."

"If I already know that Lu Cheng's actions are all compliant and lawful, and then I report him, will it prevent any problems from being found?"

"And others also know that Lu Cheng is meticulous?"

"And who would have thought that this was all staged by our emergency department?"

Huang Haibo's expression was somewhat inscrutable.

Tong Yuan'an's expression hardened: "You did this because you heard that Lu Cheng has a research project, right?"

In any case, the blame for this incident rests on another person named Haibo.

Even if Peng Haibo made all sorts of excuses, he couldn't explain it clearly. The mud had already fallen into his crotch, so who would listen to his explanations?
Huang Haibo did not refute.

The kettle boiled, and Huang Haibo, while making tea, readily admitted, "Yes, I don't need to be so pretentious about these things."

"I really want to publish some papers, preferably with experience in participating in research projects."

When Huang Haibo was brewing the tea leaves, he placed the teacups diagonally opposite each other, one in front of him and the other to his left.

It doesn't matter whether Tong Yuan'an can easily take it or not, as long as the diagonal is straight.

Tong Yuan'an chuckled and said, "Director Huang, what role do you think you can play in this project?"

Tong Yuan'an wasn't afraid of Huang Haibo, but he was very curious about why Huang Haibo did all these things.

How did Huang Haibo get involved?

Huang Haibo shook his head, replying quite frankly: "I don't know either, and I've never been involved in this research project."

"Director Huang, aren't you just trying to extort money and act like a rogue?" Tong Yuan'an felt a bit annoyed.

"Professor Tong, how will you know if something is impossible if you don't try?"

"Does that mean you can just shamelessly come forward like others and get a chance? I think that's definitely not the case."

"I specialize in internal medicine, so I can't help Dr. Lu Cheng much. I don't have any connections, and I can't do anything to help Dr. Lu Cheng with his future."

"It might be a staged accident, but I wouldn't be satisfied if I didn't try," Huang Haibo said.

Tong Yuan'an was helpless against such a shameless attempt to extort money.

……

It was 7:10 PM.

Lu Cheng woke up slowly after a good night's sleep. After opening his eyes, he dozed off for almost five minutes before habitually opening his phone to clear his messages.

Upon seeing his mother's WeChat message, Lu Cheng shouted, "Mom, I'm awake..."

As soon as they landed, Tian Hui scolded them, "You're over thirty years old, and you still have no manners. People will laugh at you."

"Get up quickly, Xiao Shu has been sitting here for over an hour."

As Tian Hui continued nagging, she pushed open Lu Cheng's room door.

Lu Cheng, wearing a long-sleeved shirt, wiped his eyelids and asked, "Shudai came to play?"

"I stayed up too late the other day!" Lu Cheng walked out of the door in his slippers and found Mu Nanshu chatting with Lu Nanjia.

Mu Nanshu's voice was not loud, and he was the main speaker, while Lu Nanjia nodded from time to time.

Lu Cheng listened to only half of it and had no idea what the two were talking about.

"Want to grab some food? Or should you go out to eat?"

“When Xiaoshu arrived, your dad and I had already eaten. She said she was waiting for you to go out to eat together.”

"The dishes are all pre-cooked; you can just heat them up and eat," Tian Hui asked.

Mu Nanshu glanced at Lu Cheng, her eyes filled with reproach, but she didn't say anything to complain.

After all, she said she would be back two days after National Day, but Lu Cheng stayed in the department for ninety-six hours straight, forcing her to stay home and read academic papers every day...

Lu Cheng quickly said, "I'm going to take a shower. We're going out to eat later."

"Professor Chen also sent me a message, asking me to invite him to dinner, and Shudai will come with me."

……

By the time Lu Cheng finished washing up and changing his clothes, it was only 7:25.

In less than fifteen minutes, Lu Cheng brushed his teeth, took a shower, and dried his hair in a flash, a speed that left Mu Nanshu speechless.

After Lu Cheng finished tidying up, Mu Nanshu stood up and said, "Uncle Lu, let's go eat first. We're still a little hungry."

"I'll come over in a couple of days to freeload again. My dad has a friend who raises giant salamanders. They'll be ready to leave the pond soon, so I'll bring two over with me."

Wild giant salamanders are not edible, but farmed ones are.

"Xiao Shu, you don't need to bring anything. If it's inconvenient for you to cook over there, you can come and eat every day. It's just a matter of adding an extra pair of chopsticks," Tian Hui said hurriedly.

Mu Nanshu said, "No need, Auntie, I cook by myself. I usually cook at home for lunch."

"I'll definitely come back often for meals!"

Lu Cheng then said, "Mom, I've scheduled a gastroscopy for you on the 9th. You absolutely have to go."

"Your stomach isn't good, so you need to have a thorough check-up. If there's a problem, take some medicine first."

“Bookbag, you agree, right?” Mu Nanshu nodded: “Auntie agreed. She said she won’t go to buy supplies tomorrow and will rest for two days first.”

"Oh, by the way, I found you an account and password. You can log in to our school library from home to download documents in the future."

"Also, I found you an account and password for a member of the Chinese Medical Association's Orthopedics Department. There are many instructional videos on it, which you can log in to view for free."

"This teacher uploads teaching videos, so watching other teachers' videos is also free."

"I've written down the account and password for you and given them to Aunt Tian. You can't change them."

Lu Cheng glanced at Mu Nanshu: "Professor Xie's?"

Mu Nanshu nodded: "Yes."

Tian Hui said, "It's in the notebook on the table. Xiao Lu, remember to tidy it up yourself when you come back later."

"Then you should go quickly and come back soon."

"Xiao Lu, go to the upper attic of the kitchen and get a jar of pickled corn, a box of chopped chili peppers, and a box of pickled peppers. Take them to Xiao Shu."

"I don't have time to make fermented tofu and fermented soybeans this year. I'll make them for you in a few days, Xiaoshu. I remember you love these the most."

Lu Cheng did as instructed, while Mu Nanshu thought for a moment and said thank you, Auntie.

……

When Lu Cheng and Mu Nanshu picked up Professor Chen Song, Mu Nanshu sat in the back seat and gave the passenger seat to Chen Song.

Chen Song rented a new apartment and, as he opened the driver's side door, said with a hint of resentment, "Xiao Lu, you're so inconsiderate."

"You let me go hungry, and you don't even care if your wife goes hungry too."

“If I had dared to act like you before, your teacher’s wife would have scolded me for at least half an hour.”

Lu Cheng explained, "I'm sorry, Professor Chen, I overslept and the alarm clock didn't wake me up."

Chen Song said, "Ha, you're lucky the Ox-Head and Horse-Face didn't lure you away."

Chen Song extended his hand to shake hands with Mu Nanshu in a generous manner: "Hello, Researcher Mu, my name is Chen Song. You can call me Lao Chen."

“Teacher Chen, my name is Mu Nanshu. Nan is the nan of bamboo and Shu is the book. You can call me Xiao Mu or Xiao Shu, but please don’t call me Researcher.”

“In your presence, we are all students,” Mu Nanshu quickly explained.

Chen Song smiled and said, "I wouldn't dare. PhD graduates from Stanford are all very capable people. In terms of scientific research, we are just beginners."

Although Mu Nanshu has just graduated, he applied for a PhD program at Stanford University, not as an exchange student or on a government scholarship, which makes the situation different.

Although Mu Nanshu's graduation was delayed, he may still get in and graduate, so his degree is still very valuable.

Otherwise, Professor Zhong Junyun of Peking Union Medical College Hospital would not have sent Mu Nanshu to be the project leader.

In front of Mu Nanshu, Chen Song dared not play any tricks. In fact, he even had to ask Mu Nanshu about some things to avoid making any mistakes.

Chen Song is a professional doctorate. While a professional doctorate is still a doctorate, one should still be a bit more reserved in front of a research-oriented doctorate, especially a professional researcher.

Scientific research is not so easy.

"Teacher Chen, you're too kind to say we should learn from each other."

"If I hadn't taken a break in the middle, I would have come to visit you much earlier," Mu Nanshu replied graciously and appropriately.

"Teachers, may I drive off now?" Lu Cheng suddenly asked.

Chen Song was taken aback, then turned to look at Lu Cheng: "What kind of address is that?"

“Mr. Mu is my boss,” Lu Cheng said.

Chen Song probably knew that Mu Nanshu's family was much better off than Lu Cheng's, so Lu Cheng's explanation wasn't wrong.

"Let's go eat first, and then we'll try to define the specific direction of the research topic."

……

During the dinner, Lu Cheng's main responsibilities were ordering food and listening to the audience.

Chen Song was responsible for explaining the current indications for spleen preservation surgery, the current research status, and the directions in which this suturing technique can be expanded.

After listening, Mu Nanshu nodded: "Teacher Chen, I have something to add."

"Exactly, is this suturing technique primarily applicable only to spleen-preserving surgeries?"

"Can it be applied to other areas as well?"

Mu Nanshu glanced at Lu Cheng and then said, "As far as I know, spleen preservation techniques are more widely used for emergency spleen injuries. Do they also have application value in some elective and chronic spleen diseases?"

"Also, who should we contact to conduct this animal experiment for the emergency disease model?"

"Disease model?" Chen Song realized he was a bit of an amateur.

Mu Nanshu nodded: "They are professional animal model builders. Among our full-time scientific research staff, in addition to those who do the most basic cell experiments, there are also such people."

"For example, there are dedicated animal testing personnel. In addition to conducting animal experiments, some of these dedicated animal testing personnel can simulate real-world clinical emergency diseases and transfer them to animal models."

"I wonder if you have any connections in this area, Professor Chen? If not, I do have a suitable candidate on my side."

Chen Song was very surprised: "Xiao Mu, do you mean that there are people who can transfer the specific symptoms of patients in clinical practice to animals?"

Yes!

Mu Nanshu nodded again: "To be more specific, for example, a spleen rupture of AASTIII grade, the direction and depth of the damage can be replicated."

"Of course, this kind of replication is very difficult and requires a highly specialized animal testing surgical operator to do it."

Chen Song glanced at Lu Cheng and immediately revealed his lack of scientific research knowledge: "How come there's such a division of personnel?"

"I've really broadened my horizons."

"If we had such talent, wouldn't it be much easier to practice treating many diseases?"

Mu Nanshu said, "Professor Chen, this is a small branch that has gradually emerged in recent decades."

"If you don't have a suitable candidate to recommend, I might have to go out in a few days to visit and invite them."

"I'm just afraid that our topic is too small, and that others won't be interested and won't want to come."

At this point, Mu Nanshu said to Lu Cheng, "This person is one of my junior classmates. She went to the United States about two years ago, but she was an exchange student."

"I only stayed for a year, and now I work at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University."

Chen Song said, "Xiao Mu, do you need me to go with you? Wouldn't that show more sincerity?"

"It's hard to say right now. I need to ask her if she's willing to come. If she is, and she hasn't been booked by any other big shots, then the three of us might have to go and pay her a visit."

"The more standardized the animal testing model is, the more worthy of scrutiny the authenticity, originality, and rigor of the research topic will be, and the higher the quality of the final research topic will be."

After Mu Nanshu finished speaking, he added, "Professor Chen, this project requires funding, and you will need to allocate some funds from your account for preliminary research."

"You should have some discretionary funds allocated by the hospital, right?" Mu Nanshu specifically emphasized the discretionary funds.

Special funds are not easy to use.

"Yes, yes, there is." Chen Song could sense Mu Nanshu's professionalism.

Mu Nanshu then added, "Lu Cheng has no research experience, so Professor Chen Song, you'll need to make connections with him for this project."

"Otherwise, with his accumulated research experience, applying for research grants would be like throwing a stone into the sea; he wouldn't be able to get any funding."

"I also have some research start-up funds, but the amount isn't high, only two million..."

Chen Song coughed lightly: "Two million isn't enough?"

Mu Nanshu glanced at Chen Song: "Animal models are very expensive. Generally, it can cost 30,000 to 40,000 yuan to make and raise one of these models."

"Two million would only be enough for forty or fifty..."

"Holy crap..." Chen Song choked on his words.

Scientific research is really an expensive thing.

Lu Cheng was completely bewildered. Two million was a huge sum of money for him, and he never imagined that even two million wouldn't be enough to cover the costs of this project.

“Bookbag, Teacher Chen, how about we grab something to eat first? We can talk about these things later,” Lu Cheng suggested.

"Alright, that's perfect, I'm starving." Chen Song lowered his chin, no longer daring to be as arrogant as he was when facing Lu Cheng.

It seemed that Mu Nanshu had easily subdued him with just a few words.

Midway through the meal, the group stopped talking about work.

Lu Cheng said, "Teacher Chen, our Xiangzhou may not be good in other aspects, but its landscape is beautiful."

"If you'd like, you can drive there for a visit soon."

Chen Song said, "What's the point of me driving alone? But after a while, I really want to drive to Furong Town. It looks beautiful online."

"I've heard it's a rip-off, but we're already here."

After taking a few bites, Chen Song said, "The hot pot chicken here still doesn't taste as good as the firewood chicken."

Lu Cheng said, "Everyone has different tastes, and the key to firewood chicken is the wok hei (the smoky aroma) and fragrance."

"Hot pot chicken is made by stir-frying with hot pot broth. After cooking, it will be a little dry."

Chen Song glanced at Lu Cheng in surprise: "Little Lu, you're quite the eater too."

"This is good."

At this point, Chen Song asked again, "Xiao Mu, were you already planning to abduct Lu Cheng to Peking Union Medical College Hospital?"

"They even specially asked Professor Xie to call Tong Yuan'an..."

Mu Nanshu looked up, her face full of confusion: "Professor Xie called Professor Tong? When did this happen? How come I didn't know?"

Mu Nanshu's expression made Lu Cheng and Chen Song even more astonished.

Lu Cheng had no idea that someone had called Tong Yuan'an.

"Perhaps Tong Yuan'an misspoke." Chen Song was just joking, but he didn't expect that Mu Nanshu was unaware of his joke.

That's really strange.

Of course, this problem didn't bother Mu Nanshu for long; she soon learned from Xie Yuan'an what the gossipy girl had done...

Nothing else, just for the sake of 'eating melons' (gossiping).

Mu Nanshu looked at Lu Cheng and explained earnestly, "I really didn't know about this before."

"Professor Xie too? Eating...melon...?" Mu Nanshu swallowed hard.

Lu Cheng also looked completely innocent and said, "I didn't know either!"

(End of this chapter)