The Surgeon's Studio c1-799

by Black Ursa Prime

  "Oh right, I met someone. He's in the catering business." Zheng Ren thought of Song Ying and said, "If you need any dishes, you can give him a call."

  "Oh?"

  "He was previously my patient. I met him when I came to the Imperial Capital to do research. He is the boss of the Tang Song Restaurant and friends with Chief Chu from the CT department."

  "The Tang Song Restaurant. I've been there twice. The food is not bad. He has a passion for food." Xie Yiren drove past the red light.

  Song Ying had a passion for food?

  Zheng Ren suddenly remembered the grilled sausages in Song Ying's hands. It was especially vivid when it matched his walking posture.

  "What else do you want to cook? Should I call to order some ingredients?" Zheng Ren asked.

  "Um..." Xie Yiren muttered and said a few things. Zheng Ren began to contact him.

  Song Ying did not expect Zheng Ren's call to come so quickly.

  "Zhou Jinxi is here too. A few days ago, she sent Sister Yue a message saying that her group has a charity concert in Sorcery Capital. She invited you and Sister Yue to go." Xie Yiren wanted to dilute the atmosphere of speculation. She thought for a few seconds before successfully finding a topic.

  "Oh? Their group can hold a concert already?" Zheng Ren still remembered Zhou Jinxi.

  He might not know her when they met but when he mentioned her name, the only thing that appeared in his mind was the technique and the whole process of using a colonoscope to perform an appendectomy.

  If he did it now, the effect would definitely be better, Zheng Ren thought to himself.

  "Of course, their girl group is quite popular now." Xie Yiren smiled. "But during those days, Sister Yue and I watched the news channel every day. We didn't have the mood to go to the concert, so we just said a few perfunctory words."

  "Oh." Zheng Ren nodded. "It's rare that they still have a contact."

  "Sister Yue said to be careful of Zhou Jinxi. Sister Yue said that the way she looks at you is not right." Xie Yiren seemed to casually say that.

  It was definitely a pointed statement.

  "Is that so?" Zheng Ren did not realize that one of his feet had already stepped on the edge of the cliff. His first thought was, could it be because he was going to perform the surgery?

  That was not right. It was just appendicitis. He didn't understand. He did not perform the surgery by himself. Moreover, the surgical progress bar given by the System was also 100%. Nothing could go wrong.

  'Then why did she look at me in the wrong way? Could it be that she was dissatisfied with the medical procedure? It shouldn't be.'

  Xie Yiren was a little surprised to find Zheng Ren in deep thought.

  "Hey, what are you thinking about?" After an unbearable silence for more than ten seconds, Xie Yiren broke the silence.

  Zheng Ren's reaction was beyond Xie Yiren's expectations. She had imagined how Zheng Ren would answer this question, but the only thing she did not expect was Zheng Ren's deep thought.

  "What's wrong with the diagnosis and treatment procedure? I don't think there's anything wrong with it. She shouldn't be hostile, right?" Zheng Ren frowned and said, "Besides, you're a nurse in the operating theater. If you report this to the Medical Investigation Commission, it has nothing to do with you. I did the surgery and Chang Yue wrote the case."

  The two of them, with their different train of thought, suddenly made things go in different directions.

  Even a fool has his own luck. He did not realize the danger, yet he walked over as if he was walking on flat ground.

  Xie Yiren smiled. While waiting for the red light, she turned her head to look at Zheng Ren.

  This guy was still thinking about the details before and after the surgery.

  "It's not like that. Zhou Jinxi seems to like you a little." Xie Yiren smiled.

  "Huh? She likes me? What does Zhou Jinxi look like again?" Zheng Ren muttered to himself.

  However, he instantly realized that the atmosphere was not right and immediately sat up straight.

  "She definitely doesn't like me." Zheng Ren, as a person with a strong mentality, immediately denied Xie Yiren's opinion. "I guess she had just started her career at that time and wanted to have an appendectomy, which would leave a scar. It was a huge trauma for her. Because of that, Zhou Jinxi was very scared at that time. At that time, I performed an operation on her, which could be considered to have saved her career. This is a very famous psychological theory called Rendez Syndrome."

  ...

  Half an hour later, Zheng Ren and Xie Yiren returned to the Golden Palm residence. Zheng Ren carried the vegetables as he and Xie Yiren went upstairs.

  When they opened the door, the first thing they saw was Chang Yue's somewhat gloomy face.

  Something had happened!

  Chapter 760 - B.r.e.a.s.t Cancer?

  Based on Zheng Ren's understanding of Chang Yue, this girl could really treat patients as if they were family when she was facing familiar patients and family members with good temperaments.

  Zheng Yunxia, Wu Xiaomei, Ji Fei'er, and Du Chunfang were all examples.

  "Chang Yue, what's wrong?" Zheng Ren asked in a low voice.

  "My little sister discovered she has b.r.e.a.s.t cancer," Chang Yue said.

  In the clinic, the word 'cancer' should never be said in front of the patient, especially in front of the preoperative patient.

  If it had to be said that it was a tumor, the possibility of it being benign had to be described in detail to give people hope.

  Wu Xiaomei? She was so young, how could that be?!

  Zheng Ren knew that she was a person filled with hopes and wishes since young. He hoped for her sake that it was benign.

  "Is there any pathology?" Zheng Ren asked softly as he changed his shoes.

  "No, but the physical examination proves that the probability is there." Chang Yue's face was gloomy. Zheng Ren could feel the storm that was coming.

  Zheng Ren knew he must not provoke Chang Yue at this time. He changed his shoes and walked into the house.

  The main living room was right at the door. In order for them to discuss it, Zheng Ren hid in a corner.

  As soon as he entered the house, Zheng Ren saw Zhou Jinxi and Wu Xiaomei sitting on the sofa. Su Yun was paralyzed on the couch and playing with his cell phone.

  Zhou Jinxi held Wu Xiaomei's hand and said something. Wu Xiaomei looked out of the French window at the black building with an avant-garde design.

  Seeing Zheng Ren enter, Zhou Jinxi was a little nervous. She was even more nervous than when she was singing and dancing on the stage.

  Her face was a little red. She couldn't sit still anymore and felt very uncomfortable.

  She forgot to let go of Wu Xiaomei's hand. She stood up and said, "Doctor Zheng, you're back."

  "Yes," Zheng Ren answered, but his eyes were looking at Wu Xiaomei.

  The System panel was a light green color. The System didn't give a diagnosis at all.

  Zheng Ren knew how the System worked. Moreover, after going through the experience at the frontline, Zheng Ren had more and more faith in the System.

  No diagnosis? If it was in the past, Zheng Ren's first thought would be that the System was broken and had crashed.

  But this time, his first thought was that it would definitely be fine. But as for how it was fine, he would have to put in a lot of effort to find evidence.

  "Doctor Zheng..." The moment Wu Xiaomei saw Zheng Ren, she felt as if she had been pulled out from the water and now had someone to rely on.

  "It's nothing. Sit down." Zheng Ren waved his hand. This was the first time he was treating someone at home. He felt a little strange.

  Su Yun changed his position from the sofa as if he was floating. He was still listless.

  He looked at his phone and said, "Boss, where did you go today?"

  "I went to see Chief Luo from the gastrointestinal department."

  "Oh? You said you didn't want to, but it seems like you're grow
ing," Su Yun said. "Are you trying to increase the number of beds we have access to? It's like a role reversal. Old Chief Physician Pan from the Union Medical College is performing surgeries all over the hospital while you're trying to make connections."

  "Yeah."

  "Don't you know how to act tough? Wait for Department Chief Kong to come back before you say anything? A young doctor going... You can't be saying to others that you've won a Nobel Prize, right? That would be bad. You don't even know that academic conflicts are very..."

  As he spoke, Su Yun saw Zheng Ren's generous and gentle smile, and his voice gradually became softer.

  "Chief Luo sent me out. In the end, he said that if you have anything to say, feel free to look for him," Zheng Ren said.

  Su Yun looked at Zheng Ren as if he was looking at a monster. Zhou Jinxi and Wu Xiaomei stood there, not knowing whether to sit or stand. It was a little awkward.

  "Can't you be a day late and bring me along?" Su Yun complained.

  "You guys chat. I'll go and cook." Xie Yiren entered the room and broke the awkwardness. She didn't know Wu Xiaomei, but she had heard of her. In this kind of situation, no matter what she did or said, it would be awkward, so she directly hid.

  Chang Yue went to help. She picked the vegetables with a gloomy face while listening to the words outside.

  "There will be plenty of opportunities in the future." Zheng Ren ignored Su Yun. He smiled at Zhou Jinxi and Wu Xiaomei and said, "I'll take a look at the test report."

  Looking at Wu Xiaomei's expression, Zheng Ren knew that she already had an understanding of his 'illness' so he didn't have to be shy about what he should avoid and what he shouldn't. If he was overly cautious, Wu Xiaomei would probably think too much.

  Wu Xiaomei was silent. Her eyes were a little red. She took out a folder and handed it to Zheng Ren with both hands.

  She did not go back to sit down. Instead, she stood beside Zheng Ren's sofa with her head lowered.

  "When did you find out?" Zheng Ren asked.

  "A few days ago during a concert, little sister found a hard knot when she was showering. I accompanied her to have a check-up." Zhou Jinxi did not go back to sit down either. Instead, she stood beside Zheng Ren while he sat on the sofa.

  Zheng Ren felt the pressure of two 1.8 meter tall girls standing on his left and right side.

  Su Yun looked at this strange scene and found it a little funny.

  According to the average statistic of most girl groups, 1.8 meters was too tall and did not conform to the public's aesthetic standards. However, the team behind Zhou Jinxi was really not bad. In addition to highlighting the member's good qualities, they were actually able to fight their way out to the top.

  Who would have thought that just as they were gradually climbing to the peak of their acting career, the main member, Wu Xiaomei, would initially be diagnosed as possibly having b.r.e.a.s.t cancer. This was something that they could not bear, regardless of who in their group actually got it.

  Su Yun had seen too many beautiful women. Zhou Jinxi and Wu Xiaomei did not catch his eye at all. He only treated them as ordinary patients.

  It was just that these two patients were more familiar and could enter the house. That was all.

  Zheng Ren took out all kinds of examination materials from the folder and looked at them carefully one by one.

  The System did not give a diagnosis of the disease, so the possibility of a problem was not that it did not exist, but it was very small. Zheng Ren had a preconceived idea, so the rest of the work was much simpler.

  Even if he could not see Wu Xiaomei, Zheng Ren felt that he could still make a correct diagnosis, just like in Chief Luo's office in the afternoon.

  With it, it would just be more convenient.

  Wu Xiaomei's ultrasound examination revealed a low-echo lump in the 1 o'clock direction of her right b.r.e.a.s.t. The size was 1.5 × 0.9 × 0.9cm. The shape was irregular, the edges were sharp, and there was no blood flow signal inside. The strain elastic imaging indicated that the mass was relatively hard. In the Sorcery Capital Hospital, after the ultrasound examination, the lump was divided into BI-RADS stage 4C.

  There was no problem with this phase.

  The standard of ultrasound in the Sorcery Capital Hospital was also very good. The two images on the list marked out the mass as much as possible.

  Bi-rads 4C meant that it was not possible to determine whether it was benign or malignant through the ultrasound. It required pathological biopsy or direct surgery to remove it.

  There was no sign of swelling in the axillary or cervical lymph nodes. Wu Xiaomei's condition was worlds apart from Chief Resident Shen's classmate, Gu Lili, whom he had met in the afternoon.

  What was the possibility of an irregular echo? Zheng Ren sat on the sofa. The sofa was soft, but it could maintain the normal physiological curvature of the vertebrae. It was very comfortable.

  Zheng Ren held the ultrasound sheet in his left hand and gently tapped the armrest of the sofa with his right.

  Su Yun felt that this guy was becoming more and more like an old doctor. For example, this posture made him look like Old Chief Physician Pan.

  Chapter 761 - The Legendary Doctor Lamb

  Zheng Ren was deep in thought when the doorbell rang. Chang Yue went to open the door.

  A few people appeared in front of the door with exquisite bags and a dark blue plastic box filled with water in their hands.

  "Hello, we are from the Tang Song Restaurant," a young man at the front said. "These are the ingredients Mr. Zheng wants. Please check them."

  Chang Yue looked at the pile of things and was stunned.

  "Chang Yue, check them. I made the order." Zheng Ren's eyes did not look away from the ultrasound list. His brain was working at high speed. Countless possibilities appeared one by one. They were either denied or pending investigation.

  "Su Yun, go and pay the bill."

  Su Yun did not have many qualms about spending money. He stood up lazily and walked over.

  "Boss, I only slept since last night. You even called to order food. Your social skills... Ah, they're improving." As he spoke, Su Yun yawned and looked as if he had not woken up.

  The others did not know what had happened and looked confused.

  Zheng Ren continued to ponder the results and ignored him.

  The right b.r.e.a.s.t was extremely dense with the molybdenum target slanted. There were no suspicious findings.

  The test results were all normal. Even the tumor markers that needed to be examined for normal b.r.e.a.s.t cancer were not suspicious at all.

  It was not that the number was not high enough to determine that it was normal. At the early stage of the tumor, the tumor markers could be normal. This was determined by the physical fitness of each person and the body's autoimmune reaction.

  Even at the late stage, the tumor markers might not be high.

  Zheng Ren had also encountered patients with liver tumors of more than 10cm and patients with normal alpha-fetoprotein.

  Although it was not decisive, it could be used as a reference.

  As they watched Zheng Ren flip through the list one by one, Wu Xiaomei and Zhou Jinxi's expressions became more and more serious.

  If there was nothing else, Doctor Zheng should have said it by now.

  But he did not say a word...

  Wu Xiaomei still had a glimmer of hope in the end but looking at the silent Zheng Ren, her hope gradually disappeared.

  After discovering the lump, suspicion was that it was malignant. However, it was still early, so Wu Xiaomei firmly refused the company's arrangement and directly flew to the Imperial Capital to look for Zheng Ren.

  She came in such a hurry that she didn't even tell Chang Yue before she boarded the plane.

  They were already panicking when they heard the news.

  Indeed, she wasn't even twenty years old yet. She might look very strong if they were to work hard outside. But once they encountered problems like life and death, who c
ould remain calm?

  A career? A frozen company? In the face of b.r.e.a.s.t cancer, it was all a joke.

  The speed at which Zheng Ren's fingers tapped on the armrest of the sofa didn't change at all. It was as if his emotions didn't fluctuate at all. He just silently looked at the two images on the ultrasound list.

  It was just like Old Chief Physician Pan tapping on his dilapidated chair. This was just a mode of thinking.

  "Boss, what the f*ck did you order?" Su Yun paid the money and helped Chang Yue deliver the things to the kitchen. He rejected the idea of the chef from Tang Song Restaurant staying behind to help without any hesitation as he asked the question with a darkened face.

  "Oh? The things that Yiren wants, which seems to be fish and a few kinds of vegetables. What's wrong?" Zheng Ren was recalling the articles and reviews in his mind, together with the various related cases that he had encountered previously.

  He only heard Su Yun's words at face value.

  What he understood was only the literal meaning. Anything more and it would be gone.

  "It cost more than eight thousand yuan! Boss, do you still have a conscience!" Su Yun glared at Zheng Ren fiercely.

  "Oh." Zheng Ren's fingers suddenly stopped tapping. He looked up at Wu Xiaomei and said, "Sit, sit. We can't talk if you're just standing there like that."

  Wu Xiaomei was nervous. The moment she heard Zheng Ren's words, she immediately started to cry.

  "Don't cry. It's nothing." Zheng Ren smiled. His face was bruised. He had just reached the absorption period. He looked more and more strange, like the legendary Doctor Lamb.

  "If you have something to say, just say it. You're scaring Wu Xiaomei to death," Su Yun said.

  Zheng Ren was also very helpless. He raised his head and spoke. He... The Doctor's words had no credibility at all. If he said it like that, Wu Xiaomei would probably be even more unwilling to believe it.

  Chang Yue had been listening attentively. The open kitchen was right behind Zheng Ren. She wiped her hands and quickly walked out to help Wu Xiaomei onto the sofa.

  "The doctor from Sorcery Capital, did he say that the possibility of malignant tumors is not ruled out?" Zheng Ren said with a smile.