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

Chapter 37 Improved Tang Method, obtained!

The surgery lasted nearly four hours, and Lu Cheng came out of the operating room at 8:20.

This time frame is normal; if liver-protecting surgery weren't too difficult, it wouldn't be a forbidden procedure in county hospitals.

Lu Cheng quickly called Lin Qianlong: "Director Lin, Professor Chen and I are requesting a day off today."

"If there is a special emergency, transfer them if necessary."

Lin Qianlong's tone suddenly rose: "Lu Cheng, don't tell me you didn't take Professor Chen to rest before?"

"It's been going on until today?"

Lu Cheng replied frankly, "Director Lin, it's my fault for not being meticulous enough; I was just thinking about learning surgery."

"You son of a bitch?" Lin Qianlong's pupils contracted sharply, thinking of the scene where Chen Song was led to 'sudden death' by Lu Cheng, but he stopped abruptly before he could finish his curse:

"Are you Professor Chen's illegitimate son? Why does he tolerate your misbehavior so much?"

Lu Cheng really treated Chen Song like a Japanese man, not like a human being.

"Director Lin, it's mainly because I performed some minor surgeries myself, such as tendon sutures and appendectomies, so I didn't remember Professor Chen's rest time..."

"It's mainly my fault. I'll definitely pay attention next time." Lu Cheng didn't try to defend himself.

"You should take care of yourself too!" Lin Qianlong said.

"We need to pay more attention to Professor Chen's rest time. If he keeps pushing himself like this, isn't that just giving it away for nothing?"

"Forget it... I'll contact Professor Chen myself. Otherwise, if I give you the surgical authority, you might mess things up again." Lin Qianlong hung up the phone unilaterally.

They didn't continue to berate Lu Cheng, but they took back Lu Cheng's "right to schedule surgery"!
Lin Qianlong could understand Lu Cheng's situation. Lu Cheng worked even longer hours than Chen Song, so of course he was tired.

Lu Cheng knew that the opportunity to learn was hard-won.

When he's 'tired,' he might not have the time to pay attention to the details of Chen Song's rest.

Lin Qianlong thought Lu Cheng knew when to rest and when not to, but Lu Cheng just seemed to have gone mad...

Lu Cheng silently put away his phone, accepting Chen Song's kindness and burying it deep in his heart.

After handing over his shift and returning home, Lu Cheng took a shower and immediately fell into a deep sleep.

I slept straight through until 7:40 in the afternoon.

When Lu Cheng came out of the room, Lu Nanjia and his mother Tian Hui were watching TV. After hearing Lu Cheng push open the door, they immediately stood up and said, "You must be exhausted from not being home for so many days... We've been waiting for you to eat."

With a hint of heartache in her voice, Tian Hui immediately went to the kitchen to serve rice, while Lu Nanjia opened the lid of the dining table.

Lu Cheng said, "Dad, Mom has a bad stomach and can't go hungry. Why don't you eat first?"

"You know your mom perfectly well. When you're at home... before you even get up, she'll start eating first, won't she?"

"It's good that you've rested. You must be exhausted these past few days. Go wash your hands and eat." Lu Nanjia invited Lu Cheng to sit down in a very simple and honest manner.

Lu Cheng and his parents were less formal and sat obediently waiting to be fed. After Lu Nanjia sat down again, he said, "Your uncle called again today."

"He even praised you, saying you're doing quite well in the emergency room, and that you've managed to make a name for yourself..."

Lu Cheng was not surprised that his uncle Lu Nanyong would pay attention to him, and said, "Actually, it's not like we've made a breakthrough, it's just that we've had some opportunities."

"Learning surgery is not something that can be done in a day or two. If you learn it, great; if you don't, your true abilities will be revealed immediately."

"Dad, you know me too. Maybe it's because you and Mom spoil me too much, but I'm not the kind of person who only reports good news and not bad news."

"But no matter what, it's better than before." Lu Cheng looked at the skill points he had accumulated and thought that he could finally spend them properly.

You can enjoy it all at once.

Lu Nanjia was silent for a while, then said, "It's good to report both good and bad news, so your mother and I won't worry about you so much."

"I can't really help you much," Lu Nanjia sighed.

"Let's eat, let's eat..." Tian Hui came out with a bowl and first put the chopsticks and rice to Lu Cheng.

Lu Cheng said, "This food is so delicious, even better than what you get at restaurants. I think you and Mom could really open a small restaurant; you'd definitely make money." Tian Hui shook her head: "No, no, I only know a few simple home-style dishes. Opening a restaurant is unreliable. We'd lose all our savings..."

But Lu Cheng said he liked home-cooked meals, and Tian Hui still smiled happily.

After dinner, Lu Cheng took the initiative to help clean up the dishes and watched TV with his parents for a while. Around nine o'clock, Lu Cheng locked himself in the training room.

Lu Cheng looked at his skill point balance—

Current skill point balance: 42.3 points

Then I looked at my skill panel.

【缝合系技能：缝合术（专精4/20）、肌腱缝合术（熟练7/10）、改良kessler缝合法（熟练6/10）（+1）、津下缝合术（包括滑动型）（熟练4/10）（+1）、改良Tang法（熟练10/10）】

【专科术式：胆囊切除术（入门4/5）（+2）、阑尾切除术（入门5/5）（+2）、脾切除术（入门3/5）（+2）】

The reason Lu Cheng didn't rush to add skill points immediately was that he discovered that the greater the skill difference between him and Chen Song, the easier it would be to get guidance and improve, and the more skill points he would save.

With Chen Song backing him up, Lu Cheng wasn't worried about the quality of the surgery not meeting the standards.

Moreover, once the basic skills are improved, the rate of improvement in common surgical procedures such as cholecystectomy, tail resection, and splenectomy is rapid.

In this situation, adding skill points would be a waste and would not yield the maximum benefit.

[My basic suturing skills are insufficient; I failed to complete the modified Tang technique. All skill points have been refunded!]

Lu Cheng looked at the regulation.

Tendon suturing was a technique that Chen Song could no longer instruct or teach Lu Cheng, so after accumulating skill points, Lu Cheng immediately tried to break through the barrier in order to master the modified Tang method as soon as possible.

But this regulation was a huge blow to Lu Cheng.

I can understand it, but I don't support using the control panel like that...

Lu Cheng asked Chen Song, and Professor Chen said that the strength of one's basic skills determines the upper limit of proficiency in a series of surgical skills!
Not practicing the basics is like practicing martial arts without developing internal strength—it's just a showy display.

Now that he has a few more skill points, but not enough, Lu Cheng can only try them one by one.

[My proficiency in tendon suturing was insufficient; I failed to master the modified Tang technique. All skill points have been refunded!]

【缝合系技能：缝合术（专精10/20）（技能点-6）、肌腱缝合术（专精0/20）（技能点-23）、改良Tang法（熟练10/10）】

[Current skill points remaining: 16.3!]

Insufficient skill points to pass the level.

"Fuck you..." Lu Cheng sat in front of the control panel and could no longer hold back his curses, yelling at the air.

Why is surgery difficult? Why is the modified Tang technique so hard to learn? Why are there so many pitfalls in tendon suturing?
At this moment, the 'text' on the panel brought it to life.

Why couldn't Professor Chen Song learn the improved Tang technique? And why wasn't Xiang Daihong at the State People's Hospital good at the improved Tang technique?
Why has the flexor tendon in Zone II been called a no-man's land for so many years?
It's all for a reason.

After Lu Cheng finished cursing, he picked up his phone and saw a message from Zeng Huanqi: "Little Lu, someone has a ruptured tendon. It seems to be the extensor tendon zone four you mentioned."

"Are you going to handle it yourself or refer the patient out?"

“Peng Kun means he’s giving up…” Zeng Huanqi hinted to Lu Cheng.

Peng Kunkun, the orthopedic surgeon, was still not so 'well-behaved'. Occasionally, when Lu Cheng was resting, he would ask his father to rub the tendon rupture.

However, Lu Cheng was unusually well-behaved today despite taking a break, for reasons unknown.

"Go for it! Brother Zeng, I'm coming right away." There were still a few skill points needed, so Lu Cheng rushed out of his house without hesitation, hopped on his electric scooter, and hit the road.

It was 5:30 a.m.

Lu Cheng looked at his improved Tang technique, which had finally reached the expert level, and then, satisfied, lay down in the emergency room's break room and began to fall fast asleep...

Improving the Tang method was certainly difficult, and learning it was fraught with obstacles, but Lu Cheng eventually overcame it.

(End of this chapter)