After breakfast, since Lin Jie also needed to return to the Affiliated Hospital in the afternoon to attend to the sowhat mysterious patient ng Yang had ntioned, he decided to drive An Weize and An Keng to the hospital ahead of ti.
Upon arriving at the hospital, they first went to the neurosurgery departnt to visit Shan Huaizhou and learned that the test results had co back, confirming a severe blockage in one of the cerebral arteries.
Currently, Shan Huaizhou is in the treatnt room undergoing urgent thrombolytic therapy.
With the diagnosis confird and effective treatnt underway, Lin Jie naturally received thanks and praise from Shan Huaizhou's family, as well as from Xian Ping'an, Cui Yunan, Liang Ming, and others.
Feeling proud, An Weize humbly responded a few words on Lin Jie's behalf and then said, "Jie, since Huaizhou is out of danger, you should get back to work. I'll catch a ride ho with Lao Xian and the others later."
Under these circumstances, Lin Jie took the little follower, An Keng, back to his office.
As they entered the office, even before Lin Jie could sit down, An Keng eagerly asked with her hands on the desk, "Brother Jie, where should I start learning from?"
Lin Jie gave her a sidelong glance and said, "Since you've decided to start today, I will help you achieve that. I've already made a call, and soone will bring sothing over shortly."
"Once the items arrive, you can begin."
An Keng responded with a simple "oh," sowhat bored while observing the familiar office, and refrained from disturbing Lin Jie as he checked his emails.
After about ten minutes, a hospital staff mber arrived with a heavy half-bag of items and a thick set of lecture notes.
"Brother Jie, what's in this bag? It's for , right?"
Curious, An Keng, without waiting for Lin Jie's response, untied the bag opening and peered inside.
An exclamation of "Ah" escaped from An Keng's mouth.
At the sa mont, she sprinted up beside Lin Jie at lightning speed, clutching Lin Jie's arm tightly, and shouted in panic, "A head, a skull! Brother Jie, there's a skull in the bag."
Lin Jie could feel An Keng's trembling body, and seeing her slightly pale face, he lightly patted the back of her hand and said, "The bag contains a complete, unassembled human skeletal specin."
"The human structure is one of the most fundantal aspects of dical education. It can be said to be the foundation of all foundations. Only by thoroughly mastering and becoming proficient in human structures can you lay a solid foundation for further learning."
"The human skeleton, comparatively, is the simplest part of human anatomy."
He smiled softly and said, "Keng, if you're scared, you can quit anyti."
"This is just a skeleton specin. In future anatomical studies, you will be dealing with cadavers."
Once the initial fear subsided, a much calr An Keng loudly argued, "Brother Jie, I wasn't scared; it just caught off guard."
"I've been ntally prepared to study dicine."
To prove she was indeed unafraid, she released Lin Jie, took a deep breath, clenched her teeth, reached into the bag, and pulled out a bone, waving it at Lin Jie defiantly.
"Brother Jie, look, now that I'm ntally prepared, I'm not scared at all."
Lin Jie could clearly see that An Keng was pretending to be calm.
Just coming into contact with it and managing to suppress her discomfort was enough to satisfy Lin Jie.
Lin Jie didn't imdiately stop An Keng from holding the bone.
Though these bones are real human bones, they have been dically treated and contain no germs, which makes handling them harmless.
Nonetheless, Lin Jie tossed her a box of doctor's rubber gloves, saying, "Your hands have oils and sweat that can stain the bones. When studying various specins, gloves should be worn."
"Keng, do you know which bone you're holding?"
An Keng glanced at the block-like bone in her hand and, now more adapted, boasted, "It's a vertebra. I've seen pig vertebrae that look similar, so this is no challenge for ."
Lin Jie, smiling, continued to inquire, "Do you know which vertebra it is and where it is located in the human body?"
"Brother Jie, how would I know that!"
An Keng displayed an expression of mock grievance, as if being deliberately tested.
"Human vertebrae are categorized into seven cervical vertebrae, twelve thoracic vertebrae, five lumbar vertebrae, five sacral vertebrae, and four to five coccygeal vertebrae. As a person ages, the five sacral vertebrae fuse into a single sacrum, and four to five coccygeal vertebrae fuse into a single coccyx."
"Thus, an adult spine typically consists of twenty-four vertebrae, a sacrum, and a coccyx, totaling twenty-six bones."
"The bone you're holding is the third lumbar vertebra."
As he spoke, Lin Jie pushed the thick notes to the edge of the desk and said, "You have a week to master the human skeleton."
"My requirents aren't high. You simply need to be able to identify its exact position in the human body when given a bone at random."
An Keng stuck out her tongue, muttering, "And you say that's not a high requirent?"
Despite her words, she obediently picked up the lecture notes, sat on the sofa, and began flipping through them…
The two had their lunch, which they ordered, in the office.
To eat lunch, An Keng washed her hands for at least ten minutes, yet she still didn't have much of an appetite, only eating a few bites before stopping.
Lin Jie didn't force her, knowing there was a necessary adjustnt period.
Shortly before two in the afternoon, Lin Jie t with ng Yang and a solemn-looking middle-aged man who accompanied him in the office.
ng Yang, noticing the young woman in the office, said, "Expert Lin, the matter we need to discuss has to be kept confidential, and it cannot be known by outsiders."
Lin Jie had no choice but to let An Keng step out.
After An Keng left, the stern-faced middle-aged man very unceremoniously went to the window to draw the curtains and took out a lighter-looking object from his pocket, pressed it, and placed it on the desk.
"This is an electronic jamr, it can prevent eavesdropping," ng Yang explained in a low voice.
This setup seems unusual, could it be that this ti the patient is truly a significant figure?
A president, pri minister, king, or princess from so country?
While Lin Jie was lost in these thoughts, the middle-aged man opened the briefcase he brought along, took out so photos, and placed them in front of Lin Jie.
These were photos of two Caucasian n, including face close-ups, nude front shots, nude back shots, as well as photos of feet, and even dental X-rays.
After going through these photos one by one, Lin Jie asked perplexedly, "Shouldn't you be showing the patient's dical record? What do these photos an?"
The middle-aged man remained silent and just looked at ng Yang.
ng Yang softly said, "Expert Lin, this is actually a secret operation, so there's no need to ask too much. You only need to answer whether it is possible or not."
"Expert Lin, based on these docunts, is it possible through surgical ans to transform one person into another? The requirent is that even their closest friends and colleagues wouldn't notice."
Lin Jie was taken aback; is this impersonation?
It seems I might be involved in a significant national secret operation.
This conjecture both excited and scared Lin Jie.
He pondered for a mont and said, "The bone structure of these two faces is quite different, and due to the inertia of facial muscles, it would be very difficult to completely transform one person's face into another's. It's not sothing that can be completed in one or two surgeries."
"In terms of ti, it would take at least two to three years."
ng Yang pressed, "So does this an, at least if their facial bone structure is similar, and their appearances sowhat alike, it might be possible to complete such a surgery?"
Lin Jie replied quietly, "That depends on the level of resemblance."
"However, unless they are identical twins, no matter how similar, transforming one into an exact replica of another is incredibly difficult. Aside from requiring extrely high-level plastic surgery skills, it also needs a certain amount of luck."
"Expert Lin, I need to know..."
The middle-aged man suddenly spoke, his voice flat, devoid of any emotion, "If I present you with two individuals who look roughly alike and give you sufficient ti..."
"Can you transform one person into another, at least fooling surveillance caras and friends and colleagues?"
"This..."
Lin Jie hesitated for a mont and said, "I have never done such a thing, but theoretically speaking, with a bit of luck, it should be possible."
"So you're saying, Expert Lin, it should be achievable. Does that imply soone in the world can achieve this?"
After the middle-aged man asked this, Lin Jie pondered and asserted, "Soone should be able to achieve this."
The middle-aged man nodded slightly and spoke again, "Expert Lin, we are well aware of your profound expertise in plastic surgery. For instance, there was a young lady, Fang Yan, who gained a new life and beca a different person through your surgical skills."
Lin Jie was shocked.
The other party had investigated him thoroughly, even knowing about Fang Yan's case.
He continued, "There's also Zhuang Shilei, Cui Shanshan, and Ni Ni, who all reflect your extraordinary plastic surgery skills."
Saying this, the man took out another stack of photos from his briefcase.
"With such advanced plastic surgery skills, you're surely skilled at identifications as well. Expert Lin, could you identify if the people in these dozen or so photos are the sa person?"
Lin Jie took the photos and found that they were of a young Asian girl at different tis.
Judging by appearances, the people in these photos should all be the sa person.
He looked for a while and shook his head, "The resolution of these photos is a bit low, do you have high-resolution electronic photos, the kind that can be enlarged?"
"Yes!"
The middle-aged man then took out a thick tablet from the briefcase, turned it on, operated it for a while, and called up the sa photos, handing them to Lin Jie.
Lin Jie enlarged them and looked at them carefully, murmuring, "This girl's face has undergone no less than ten plastic surgeries, making it difficult to determine quickly."
After a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he picked out two photos from the stack on the table and handed them to the middle-aged man, confidently saying, "I can't be sure about the others, but the people in these two photos are definitely not the sa."
"Reason?" the middle-aged man asked in a deep voice.
One of these two photos was of a woman in a short skirt, and the other in shorts.
Lin Jie pointed to the knees of the woman in the short skirt photo, saying, "The legs of both haven't undergone surgery. This woman's legs are likely bowlegged."
"Her current leg shape should have been corrected through exercise."
"But no matter how they're corrected, the shape of her knees is always slightly deford. If you carefully look at the other person's knees, you should be able to spot the differences."
The middle-aged man picked up the two photos, compared them carefully for about three or four minutes, exhaled, and said, "Expert Lin, thank you, you've been a great help to us."
He paused for a mont and said, "Expert Lin, let's pretend today's conversation never happened. Please forget about this and don't ntion it to anyone."
After saying this, the middle-aged man packed up his things and left the office straight away.
ng Yang, however, stayed behind and advised again, "Expert Lin, forget about what just happened, now let's..."
"Talk about a patient I'm about to bring..."
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