Chapter 753 - 374: The Academician Returns for Another Visit! (2)

After turning around, someone asked again, "Director Lu, where is the ICU?"

"It's on the third floor of the surgical building! The surgical operating room floor."

After Lu Cheng replied, the person, whether it was a grandmother or a maternal grandmother, was about to kneel.

Lu Cheng hurriedly stopped them: "Auntie, what are you doing? Please get up, I'm doing the surgery for your grandson out of goodwill; please don't harm me."

"It's the 21st century now; if you kneel to me, you're harming me."

"Director Lu, I'm thanking you. You truly are a living Bodhisattva."

"It's all my fault!" The middle-aged woman stomped her foot and wrung her hands, "It's all my fault for not being careful, which made him fall from the third floor."

"If anything happens to Chengcheng, how am I supposed to live..." The middle-aged woman's emotions were getting out of control.

Lu Cheng could only look at the other family members, who also helped to calm her down: "In-law, please calm down, we all know it wasn't intentional."

Lu Cheng then said, "Alright... everything is in the past. The surgery is done, and the child's current condition is stable, but you will need to take good care of him moving forward."

"Don't cry yourself sick; you won't have the strength to take care of him later."

Lu Cheng started to gently persuade, "No matter how sad you are, it shouldn't affect taking care of the child, right?"

"The recovery phase will be an even tougher battle."

Actually, Lu Cheng understood how both families felt; both families had only one child in three generations.

When the child was born, the mother had a heavy hemorrhage, and her uterus was removed, so she couldn't have any more children.

The child was the 'little emperor' of the family, and it's safe to say they cherished him deeply.

But no matter how precious a child is, falling from the third floor can't be taken lightly; the emergency room doesn't care if he is the only grandchild in three generations.

This surgery, Lu Cheng had worked on from two in the afternoon until now, and if it weren't for the help of Professor Xie Xiao and others, Lu Cheng might not have been able to finish the surgery in time.

No matter if it's the only child in three generations, it could become no offspring in three generations.

After listening to Lu Cheng's persuasion, the woman's mood improved somewhat: "Yes, Director Lu, you're right."

"When can my Chengcheng eat something?"

"I'll go home and make it; he loves eating chicken drumsticks the most..."

Lu Cheng shook his head: "You didn't hear anything we told you earlier at all, did you? The child has to fast for several days post-surgery, he can't eat anything."

"Director Lu, won't Chengcheng get too hungry without eating?" The child's grandmother posed a soul-searching question.

Lu Cheng: "You should go to the entrance of the ICU; your daughter-in-law surely knows the reason."

"I have another emergency surgery to attend to here!"

Lu Cheng thought that since he couldn't get through to them, there was no need to waste any more words.

How can a few words from an outsider make them abandon years of pampering?

Lu Cheng's main job is to get Fan Chengcheng safely off the operating table; whether his family spoils him or not is not his concern.

For the sake of Fan Chengcheng, Lu Cheng had to give up another surgery for moderate limb preservation due to damage.

...

Returning to the operating room, Lu Cheng saw Dai Linfang and Professor Leng Hua'an had performed the surgery excellently, so he didn't step up.

"If you're not stepping up, I'll keep going,"

Dai Linfang said with a mischievous grin: "Don't criticize me later on."

Lu Cheng: "Should I scrub up and step up?"

"No need, Brother Lu, you should rest and give me a chance to practice." Dai Linfang had been yearning for a chance to be the primary surgeon for moderate damage surgery for a long time.

How could he let this rare opportunity to lead the surgery slip by?

Dai Linfang knew that as long as he did well on this one, there would be endless surgeries to follow.

Damage surgery, liver preservation surgery, he could finally step into the realm of a bona fide surgeon.

Moreover, this kind of genuine surgical practice isn't comparable to those small, insignificant surgeries!

The current level of surgical completion he had achieved was stronger, not weaker than that of an average associate professor!

As a man, being such a surgeon was rewarding.

"You need to rest well to be prepared for the tough battles ahead." Dai Linfang's expression even took on a hint of flattery.

Leng Hua'an cast a meaningful look at the pair, amused yet envious.

He didn't have such good friends among his peers.

...

Lu Cheng leisurely moved out of the operating room.

[Completed Liver Preservation Surgery, Hemostasis Technique, Hematoma Removal Surgery, Spleen Preservation Surgery, Intestinal Repair Surgery, and avoided patient shock and death, earning 26.7 skill points.]

[Completed emergency Hemostasis Technique, bought critical surgery time, avoiding the onset of shock in the patient, earning 18 skill points.]

[Completed Functional Reconstruction Skill (new), ensuring better rehabilitation and improved quality of life for the patient, earning 12.3 skill points.]

Seeing these skill points credited to his account, Lu Cheng felt thoroughly refreshed.

Now he basically didn't play in the lower leagues anymore.

The daily surgery volume wasn't large, nor were the procedure frequencies high.

But the skill point earnings were substantial.

After a day's work, the skill point earnings surprisingly exceeded 60!

Although that was because there were indeed many patients today.

In the past, Lu Cheng had also encountered days with many patients, but he didn't have the ability to earn so many skill points.

As his thoughts floated, Lu Cheng's consciousness was suddenly pulled away. He saw a familiar face in a patient's gown, and Lu Cheng's eyes widened: "How did you get here?"

"You said it was just a minor surgery, and I could walk around freely, so isn't it normal that I walked here?" Mu Nanshu wobbled left and right.

Lu Cheng pursed his lips and knocked on Mu Nanshu's forehead: "Did you sneak down from the surgical building alone?"

"Oh… look at you, if someone else had undergone my kind of surgery, you'd probably let them go straight home."

"I just walked from the surgical building to here, and you're worried?"

"Local anesthesia, finger surgery."

"Back in the ward, I'm just like a normal person, eating by myself, going to the bathroom by myself… I could even shower myself..." Mu Nanshu was quite pleased.

It seemed Lu Cheng's intelligence left him when in her presence.

Lu Cheng suddenly realized, "How did you convince those few?"

"I asked the doctor..."

"I told you, in others' eyes, I'm just an ordinary girl!"

"The on-duty doctor said I could sleep directly back there or leave the hospital tomorrow," Mu Nanshu replied.

"How would you do functional recovery after going back?"

"Don't go back yet, at least wait until tomorrow or the day after."

"Your nerves are still in an edematous state, and you need to be on intravenous medication for a few more days before switching to oral medication."

"I'm the attending doctor; you must listen to me."

Lu Cheng led Mu Nanshu into the break room: "Hungry? Want something to eat?"

"I want spicy hot pot, will you allow it?" Mu Nanshu asked.

She's someone who can't live without spicy food.

"Do you think I want to live?"

"I worked so hard to complete the surgery; you want me to ruin it now?"

Lu Cheng shook his head: "Choose other non-spicy takeout options."

"Like Black Chicken Pot..."

Mu Nanshu shook her head: "Forget it, those are too greasy."

"You're very busy in the department, hardly any free time it seems."

Mu Nanshu indirectly commented that she's been around for quite some time.

As Mu Nanshu was speaking, there came a knock on the door.

"Come in!"

To their surprise, it was Yan Sangyue who entered, her demeanor lenient: "I knew Lu Cheng had come back; I just went to the bathroom, and you were gone."

"Mom..." Lu Cheng stood up, giving Yan Sangyue a place to sit.

"Lu Cheng, is Nanshu alright running like this? The surgery was just today," Yan Sangyue asked.

Lu Cheng shook his head: "She'll be fine; her trauma isn't severe."

As Lu Cheng spoke, his phone rang again.

"Sorry, Mom, let me take this call." Lu Cheng took out his phone, and seeing the contact note, his brow furrowed slightly.

Then he showed it to Mu Nanshu and answered it in her presence, even turning on the speaker.

"Dr. Lu, good evening!~" Professor Gu's voice was particularly hesitant.

Lu Cheng candidly replied, "Professor Gu, good evening. I'm on duty… it's not entirely good, though."

"Sigh..." Professor Gu sighed deeply.

"Just tell me when you're free; I need to fly over directly."

"This anesthesia machine you're working on, our hospital and our department must start using it immediately."

Professor Gu, who just returned from Ji City last month, had to fly back hastily, though he found it grueling at his age.

However, he knew that without this effort, given Lu Cheng's current attitude towards Huashan Hospital, they'd be left out.

"Professor Gu, I don't have time recently; my wife is in the hospital," Lu Cheng replied.

"You can always squeeze out some time,"

Professor Gu pressed actively, "Let's aim for tomorrow or the day after; I'll call you then..."

You can never imagine how proactive your once aloof goddess can become at times.

The aloof academicians too.