Chapter 363 - 363 363 It turns out to be from her hometown

Chapter 363: [363] It turns out to be from her hometown Chapter 363: [363] It turns out to be from her hometown Zhu Huicang adjusted his glasses and felt that the name of the city seemed vaguely familiar.

Three doctors seated nearby from a different medical institution suddenly remembered, “Songyuan, it’s from our province.”

“It’s from your province?” asked someone else.

“Yes, it’s from our province,” the three external hospital doctors said in unison.

From the same province, could these people be from Xie Wanying’s hometown?

There was a sudden silence in the private room.

“Are they your fellow countrymen?” Luo Yanfen pointed across the table and asked Xie Wanying.

Xie Wanying wasn’t sure which hospital the senior doctors across from her were from, or whether they were from a hospital in her hometown.

“We are doctors from Zhongshan Medical First Affiliated Hospital,” the three external hospital doctors introduced themselves, “We came here because we had previously met Teacher Fu and Teacher Zhu at the national cardiothoracic academic exchange conference, and we have some connections with Teacher Fu’s team, so our hospital sent us to discuss a partnership with Guoxie. We hope our hospital’s young doctors could regularly come to Guoxie for specialized cardiothoracic training. Guoxie’s cardiothoracic training base is the best in the country, and everyone wants to learn here.”

So they were doctors from Zhongshan Medical, which was very famous in her hometown; students who graduated from Zhongshan Medical typically had no problem finding jobs in hospitals within the province. Back then, she too had once dreamed of attending this medical college.

Now even the doctors from Zhongshan Medical believed that Guoxie’s cardiothoracic department was the best. Xie Wanying thought to herself how fortunate she was to have insisted on getting into Guoxie no matter what.

“Yingying, isn’t your cousin at Zhongshan Medical?” Wu Lixuan whispered into her childhood friend’s ear.

Had her childhood friend not mentioned it, she would have completely forgotten about this matter. Her maternal cousin Zhou Ruomei had made it sound so appealing, saying that her cousin would call to guide her through medical school, yet in over three years, not a single call came through. Now, looking back, Xie Wanying thought it was a blessing he never called, or else it would have been incredibly awkward.

Seeing that she did not deny it, Luo Yanfen laughed and said, “So, you really are fellow countrymen with them.”

Fellow countrymen meeting each other, tears brimming in their eyes – they should hurry up and share some hometown sentiments. Everyone at the table thought so.

Since the people opposite were her seniors, Xie Wanying could only wait for them to speak first to avoid seeming overeager and sticking her ‘hot face’ to someone who might not acknowledge her as a fellow countryman. “You’re from Songyuan, yet you managed to get into Guoxie?” the three seniors asked her, their tone carrying a hint of surprise.

The others, listening to their tone, didn’t quite understand, “Is there a problem with her attending Guoxie?”

“Because students in our province wanting to study medicine can apply to Zhongshan Medical College,” the three Zhongshan Medical doctors said confidently and proudly.

Zhongshan Medical College was extremely well-known in The South, ranking among the top few national medical colleges, and definitely number one within the province. In such a situation, outstanding local students wouldn’t need to go far to study medicine in the north.

The climate, diet, and lifestyle differences between The South and the north are stark; southern people find it quite difficult to adapt when they move north.

Being from afar without connections is a great hindrance to medical students’ employment prospects. The medical community is also a place that values personal connections.

“Are you here alone?” her senior countrymen asked.

In more than three years, Xie Wanying hadn’t found a single fellow countryman from Songyuan at Guoxie; even those from the same province seemed to be only heard of but never seen, likely because there were too few of them. Xie Wanying had to admit this reality, as the best local students would prefer Zhongshan Medical, just like her cousin.

“Why did you come to study at Guoxie? How many points did you score on the college entrance exam?” her senior countrymen bombarded her with a series of questions.

“She was the top science student,” Wu Lixuan answered for her childhood friend.

“The top science student, a girl?” The few Zhongshan Medical seniors were taken aback, recalling an important fact, “Is she from the 96 Class?”