Chapter 387: Chapter 386: Petty
On Thursday, from nine in the morning until four in the afternoon, Yan Feifan served as the lead surgeon for an intraspinal tumor resection.
Before this surgery, Yan Feifan also met with a few members of a medical observation team from Su Province and had a brief chat.
He politely declined an invitation from a hospital director to give an academic lecture.
On Thursday evening, from seven to ten oâclock, Yan Feifan assisted Yu Suye in completing the left wrist joint injury repair surgery for that basketball player, under Qin Yingâs supervision.
On Friday, Yan Feifan first performed an intravertebral tumor puncture and injection procedure, then, in the afternoon, he was the lead surgeon for a mandibular reconstruction and oral plastic surgery on a child from an orphanage who was born without a chin.
On Saturday, Yan Feifan primarily studied facial microneural treatment techniques and gluteoplasty with Director Wang Chuan.
On Sunday morning, Yan Feifan, Yan Ziruo, Yu Suye, Song Yi, and Yu Chuanbai flew to Jingcheng together.
Yu Chuanbai was returning to Jingcheng on the same flight, mainly to discuss investment matters with a few elders from his clan.
He would also be seeing his fiancée.
When the group disembarked and reached the arrivals gate, Yan Feifan couldnât help but frown at the person waiting to pick them up.
"Why is it you again?!"
Lu Yao raised his gauze-wrapped right hand and showed it off. "Yan Feifan, I came all this way to get you while injured, you know."
"Not only are you not going to ask about it, youâre actually annoyed?"
Yan Feifan sharply noticed the guyâs gaze darting toward Yu Suye, who was standing beside him, and let out a cold snort.
"Lu Yao, trying to get noticed like this is useless."
Yan Feifan added a piercing remark, "Itâs rude to keep knocking on a door that has no intention of opening for you."
"Besides, it just makes you more disliked."
At these words, the expression on Lu Yaoâs face slowly faded.
He turned to face Yu Suye properly and asked, "Is that true?"
Yu Suye answered evasively, "Lu Yao, with your qualifications, Iâm sure there will be an excellent girl who will fall for you."
The color visibly drained from Lu Yaoâs face.
After a moment of silence, he forced a smile and said, trying to act nonchalant, "I get it."
"From now on, unless itâs absolutely necessary, I wonât appear before you again..."
Just then, two shouts rang out almost simultaneously.
"Mr. Yan..."
"Chuan Bai..."
Following the voices were two exquisitely dressed beautiful womenâone with long hair, one with short hairârunning over.
Yan Feifan recognized the long-haired one: Zhao Xiaoting.
As for the one with short hair, he knew who she was without an introduction.
Yu Chuanbai had already strode forward to meet her, lifting her into his arms and spinning her around in circles.
"Mr. Yan..."
Zhao Xiaoting, slightly out of breath as she approached, said, "If itâs convenient, let me give you a ride to Baining Hospital."
"Iâd like to ask you about a few medical questions on the way."
Following the direction Zhao Xiaoting was pointing, Yan Feifan saw a familiar Mercedes luxury van.
He understood that Zhao Xiaoting was providing cover for Ding Xuan.
âDid something go wrong with her noseâs recovery?â
Worried, Yan Feifan said, "Sis, Su Ye, Song Yi, Iâm going to take that car."
"Iâll see you all at Baining Hospital later..."
Yan Feifan boarded the Mercedes luxury van with Zhao Xiaoting and, just as heâd expected, saw Ding Xuan dressed in simple clothes with medical tape on her nose.
He got straight to the point. "Is there a problem?"
Ding Xuan said with a smile, "I havenât noticed any problems. Although it hasnât fully recovered yet, every time I change the dressing and look at my nose, I feel really good about it."
She then explained, "I knew you were coming to Jingcheng today, Mr. Yan, so I thought Iâd ask you to do a quick check-up."
"If there are no issues, then I wonât have to make a special trip to Binhai."
Ding Xuan added, a bit sheepishly, "Mr. Yan, itâs not very convenient for me to fly looking like this."
"And driving to Binhai is too exhausting."
"Mr. Yan, I hope Iâm not holding you up?"
Yan Feifan didnât say a word, simply reaching out and peeling the medical tape off Ding Xuanâs nose.
The shape of the nose had been restored. The tip was small, the wings were rounded, and the bridge was no longer the single, steep ridge it once was.
However, there was still some redness and swelling, traces of incision marks from the sutures, and some dark bruising visible through the skin.
Overall, Ding Xuanâs nose was recovering quite well. Yan Feifan had performed another very successful surgery.
After observing for a moment, Yan Feifan gently pinched her nose and the surrounding area, then reapplied the medical tape.
"Ms. Ding, I previously instructed you to come for a follow-up in a week. Besides checking on your recovery, the other reason was to perform a few minor adjustment procedures based on how your nose was healing."
Ding Xuan let out a soft "ah" and couldnât help but ask, "So, youâre saying I have to make a trip to Binhai for the adjustment procedures?"
Yan Feifan thought for a moment and said, "How about this: when we get to Baining Hospital, Iâll borrow their plastic surgery equipment and do the minor rhinoplasty for you there."
"Mr. Yan, thank you so, so much."
Ding Xuanâs face was filled with uncontrollable joy, and she couldnât help but pour out her feelings, "Mr. Yan, to be honest with you..."
"After the repeated failures of my nose reconstruction, I acted strong on the outside, but it was just a front. Inside, I was falling apart. Iâd even thought about dying."
"After the surgery that day, when I woke up and saw my nose for the first time... even though it was horrifyingly ugly then..."
"I knew that I had come back to life."
"These past few days, my nose and the area around it have been very painful and uncomfortable, but Iâve had the most peaceful nights of sleep in a long time."
"Mr. Yan, thank you, thank you, I truly mean it..."
Yan Feifan noticed that the rims of Ding Xuanâs eyes had turned a little red. He couldnât tell if it was a genuine display of emotion or if she was just being melodramatic.
"Miss Ding, this is my profession. Doing a good job is whatâs expected."
Yan Feifan offered a polite reply, then added casually, "If youâre satisfied with my work, and if itâs convenient, you could promote us within your circle."
Ding Xuan took the tissue Zhao Xiaoting handed her, dabbed the corner of her eye, and smiled. "Of course. I should do that."
"Mr. Yan, as it happens, I have a good friend in the entertainment industry who also wants to get her nose done..."
At that moment, the Cadillac commercial vehicle carrying Yan Ziruo, Yu Suye, Song Yi, and Lu Yao was following right behind the Mercedes luxury van.
As for Yu Chuanbai, he had driven off in his fiancĂ©eâs car and was nowhere to be seen.
It was quiet inside the Cadillac until Lu Yao, sitting in the front passenger seat, was the first to speak.
"Su Ye, I hear the medical technology company you invested in and established is looking for funding everywhere?"
Yu Suye had just murmured in agreement when Song Yi cut in bluntly, "Weâre not just looking for funding everywhere. Weâre looking for like-minded partners."
"You didnât catch Feifanâs eye, so donât even think about investing."
Lu Yao shot Song Yi a hostile look. "Youâd turn down money? Do you have any idea how much capital I can mobilize?"
"Do you have a billion?" Song Yi retorted.
Lu Yao said, somewhat awkwardly, "Of course not that much, but investing ten or twenty million is no problem at all."
"Letâs just say you can rustle up ten or twenty million..."
Song Yi said proudly, "Feifan doesnât even need a project proposal. He just has to say the company needs funds to grow, and someone will send over hundreds of millions."
"You should just keep your ten or twenty million."
Lu Yao scoffed, his voice laced with sarcasm, "Yeah, keep bragging. The richer people are, the less likely they are to be fools."
"Iâd like to see just how much funding you can actually raise."
He turned and sat back properly in the passenger seat.
But it wasnât long before Lu Yao leaned over again.
He said, a little embarrassed, "Su Ye, um... my family has a rather important business partner overseas."
"Heâs had some bad luck and developed a brain tumor..."
Yu Suye understood what Lu Yao was getting at and cut him off. "For something like that, youâd be better off speaking directly to Feifan."
"If I speak on your behalf, it might have the opposite effect."
She then added languidly, "You probably donât know this, but my Feifan can be quite petty at times. Isnât that right, Sis?"
Yan Ziruo agreed emphatically. "Oh, Feifan has an excellent memory. Heâs not just petty, he holds grudges..."