Chapter 1011: [1011] Everyone was terrified

The conditions of other patients can provide reference value for one’s own illness. Whether Teacher Lu’s early visit to check on the surgery preparation signifies this, she couldn’t say for sure. Senior Tao suspected it was a possibility.

If it wasn’t for that possibility, could it be as she initially planned, to show the teacher the new medical technology and the doctors’ determination to save lives, thus leading to a positive mindset for treating diseases, which resulted in the teacher’s proactive behavior this morning?

She was even less certain about that.

After all, Teacher Lu is the boss; what she thinks, one can’t guess as one is not a roundworm in Teacher Lu’s stomach.

Whatever the case may be, the transition from the teacher’s initial strong resistance to now having an interest in surgical operations should be a good thing.

Zhijie thought it might be the case as well, his gaze returning to the teacher’s back, carrying a deeper contemplation.

After changing clothes, the group entered the laminar flow operating room.

Teacher Lu found today’s Chief Surgeon and greeted, “Hello, Dr. He.”

Startled by the boss’s appearance, He Guangyou nearly jumped out of his skin, “Teacher Lu, why have you come?”

“How are your preparations? I heard you are the Chief Surgeon today,” Teacher Lu inquired about his surgery preparations.

Dr. He’s body instinctively stiffened like a primary school student, responding, “Not bad.”

“What do you mean, ‘not bad’?” Teacher Lu expressed dissatisfaction with his equivocal answer.

Being the Chief Surgeon, one should be brimming with confidence and cautious in their words before surgery. Such a question deserves a response that reflects thorough preparation; it’s unacceptable to brush it off with such simple words. Doesn’t that mean that you, as the doctor, are not taking the surgery seriously?

“Yes, Teacher,” was all He Guangyou could muster as an apology in response to the boss’s criticism. After all, he was a puppet on strings today, operating under the instructions of Zhijie and Director Tang. Though he was called the Chief Surgeon, it didn’t really feel like it—all the surgical pathways and thoughts weren’t his own.

“What do you mean by that?” Teacher Lu did not let it go and her finger, like a Teaching Whip, almost touched his nose, “You are the one standing at the operating table with the scalpel, if not you, then who is the Chief Surgeon?”

Unable to placate her with an apology, He Guangyou’s scalp tingled, and his nervousness turned into a taut string; his heartbeats almost became a flatline beeping on the heart rate monitor.

“Where is the First Assistant, Doctor Song?” Noticing that the Chief Surgeon seemed unreliable, Teacher Lu looked for the First Assistant.

It wasn’t hard to find First Assistant Doctor Song; he had been standing quietly in a corner like a cat, watching everything unfold.

Teacher Lu caught sight of this young man who had visited her home last time, his calm, beautiful, and serene eyes were truly unique, leaving a profound impression.

Song Xueling made eye contact with Teacher Lu, without blinking nor filled with questions like her senior colleagues, only those penetrating, observant eyes in a calm stance.

It seemed this First Assistant appeared more reliable than the Chief Surgeon. Teacher Lu turned her head, looking for the anesthetist of today’s surgery, intent on inspecting every member of the surgical team.

Today’s anesthetist was Zhang Tinghai.

While others were talking, Zhang Tinghai had efficiently completed the patient’s anesthesia work. Lifting his head, his gaze met Teacher Lu’s.

The gaze of the anesthetist was composed and steady.

Teacher Lu started inspecting the equipment in the operating room and spotted a conspicuous camera not far from the head of the operating bed. Walking towards it, she pondered aloud, “This is a camera from the Medical Education Department; it’s all set up. There might be some device that is connected, much like a TV station, to a conference event live.”