Sunday afternoon, University Affiliated Hospital, Cardiovascular Ward Section Two.
Most of the patients here are elderly, so it's relatively quiet.
The rest area outside the ward has beco a base for Lin Jie's students like Fang Huanru, Xiao Ganghao, and others to take a break from their busy schedules.
Now, sitting there alone is Zhao Fang.
With a somber expression, she gazes through the glass at the gloomy sky outside, feeling even more lancholic.
"Here, have sothing to boost your energy."
With these words, Zhao Fang sees a piece of dark chocolate appear before her.
She turns her head and smiles lightly, "Senior Brother Song, did you tiptoe over here? I didn't hear a sound."
Zhao Fang takes the chocolate, unwraps it, and takes a small bite.
Song Licheng folds his arms behind his head, leans lightly against the wall behind him, and says, "It's not that I walk silently, it's that you're lost in thought. What's up, sothing bothering you?"
Zhao Fang sighs and says gloomily, "My family called again and scolded , saying I shouldn't have secretly given up on the doctoral exam. They also said they're very disappointed in ."
Song Licheng looks a bit puzzled and says, "Doesn't your family know that being a student of Teacher Lin is much more prestigious than a doctorate? Thousands of dical doctorates graduate every year, but there are only fourteen students recognized by Teacher Lin."
Zhao Fang smiles bitterly and says, "My family says a teacher is a teacher, a student is a student, no matter how outstanding the teacher is, it doesn't an the student is, and it certainly doesn't an I am."
"Especially for doctors, in the end, it's all about personal skill and qualifications."
"Having a doctorate can give you a significant advantage in future job promotions and professional evaluations."
Song Licheng nods slightly, sits up straight, and says, "Your family's viewpoint isn't exactly wrong."
"But they surely don't know that Teacher Lin is different from other teachers. His expectations for us are incredibly high, and we don't carry his student title in vain."
"Yes, being his students, we feel motivated, but more importantly, pressured."
Zhao Fang says slowly, "Every ti I follow the attending doctor for rounds or consultations, and am introduced as Expert Lin's student, I can clearly feel the various gazes—envy, trust, skepticism."
"I'm also afraid of making diagnostic errors or speaking wrongly, which would disgrace the teacher."
At this, she says with so relief, "Luckily, up till now, I haven't disappointed this title."
"Senior Brother, how have you been performing, are you better than ?"
Song Licheng smiles faintly and says, "You've perford so well, as your senior brother, I definitely can't let down the reputation of the teacher."
Zhao Fang smiles lightly too, but the smile quickly fades, and she asks softly with a touch of lancholy, "Senior Brother, do you think I was right or wrong to give up on the doctoral exam?"
Song Licheng doesn't answer directly, but asks, "What did your ntor say when you decided to give up on the doctorate?"
Typically, as a master's student under Chen Shi, Zhao Fang should also apply for Chen Shi's doctoral program.
Zhao Fang says softly, "When I told my ntor about my decision, he said my choice was correct."
"He also said that Teacher Lin's one-on-one guidance and teaching content has long surpassed that of a doctoral program."
"Even if I beca a doctoral student, he couldn't teach much more advanced dical knowledge, so there really was no need for to waste another three years."
Song Licheng says slowly, "If your ntor said so, what are you doubtful about? Could your ntor's insight be inferior to your parents'?"
Before Zhao Fang could respond, he reflects with emotion, "This year, undeniably, we had a hard ti, an extrely hard ti, but it was also the year we gained the most and lived the fullest."
"Sotis, looking back, I can't even believe I've managed to get through so many hefty dical tos and read so many dical papers."
"Human potential is truly pushed to the limits."
He looks at Zhao Fang and continues, "Honestly, I'm a bit envious of you all."
"You spend fewer years in school, but under the teacher's guidance, you caught up with us and learned almost as much as I did."
Zhao Fang humbly says, "Compared to Senior Brother, we still have many shortcomings…"
At that mont, a head suddenly pops in, startling Zhao Fang and Song Licheng.
Seeing that it was Yan Beichen, Zhao Fang playfully hits her a few tis, exclaiming, "Yan Beichen, what are you sneaking around for?"
Yan Beichen snorts, "I think you two are the ones sneaking around!"
"Heads so close together, chatting so intimately? Tell , do you two have so unspeakable secret?"
Song Licheng imdiately turns serious and says unhappily, "Yan Beichen, so things aren't to be joked about."
Seeing soone was serious, Yan Beichen sticks out her tongue and apologizes obediently, "I'm sorry, Senior Brother Song, it was careless of ."
She remained serious for only ten seconds before clinging to Zhao Fang's arm and asking, "Did you buy your train ticket ho? For what date?"
"I received an email from the teacher saying we could go ho after the twenty-third of the lunar calendar, so I imdiately went online to buy train tickets, but they were all sold out."
"I had no choice but to book a flight ho on the twenty-fourth of the lunar calendar. What about you guys?"
Song Licheng said softly, "I've already discussed with my family, I'm going ho on New Year's Eve and returning on the third day of the new year."
"Ah, Senior Brother, why are you staying ho for such a short ti?"
Surprised, Yan Beichen speculated, "Did the teacher give you special instructions?"
Song Licheng shook his head and said, "I decided this myself."
"My PhD thesis still needs further revisions based on the teacher's opinion. The teacher also requires that the doctoral thesis defense must be completed by early April at the latest."
"In April and May, Anlin Hospital will conduct a centralized training for this year's graduate recruits. It's not good to miss it."
Zhao Fang also spoke up, "I have to attend this training too, but my master's thesis is easier to write, so I can stay at ho a few more days."
Yan Beichen sighed with regret, "What a pity, Senior Brother Song, it seems you won't be able to go out and have fun this Spring Festival. Senior Brother Tian said he has several tickets to the Northern Ski World, with free food, lodging, and entertainnt,"
"Zhao Fang, do you want to go skiing..."
Xiangtai Apartnt!
Lin Miao entered the study and saw Lin Jie still busy at the desk. She said with so concern, "Brother, you've been in the study since early morning and have been busy until now. Shouldn't you take a break?"
Lin Jie looked up at Lin Miao, shook his head, shrugged his shoulders, and laughed, "Alright, I'll listen to you and rest for five minutes."
"You're really good at brushing off!"
Pouting, Lin Miao went behind Lin Jie and began massaging his neck, saying, "Let give you a massage for a while."
She saw the computer screen along with so materials spread out on the desk and asked, "Brother, have you been studying that comatose patient's data all day?"
Lin Jie responded with a hum and said, "Her detailed examination is complete, so I decided to solve her problem first by performing a wake-up procedure on her."
"Brother, have you found an effective way to wake her up?" Lin Miao asked excitedly.
Lin Jie gently shook his head and said, "There's no such effective thod! The so-called wake-up procedure is rely stimulating the patient's brain to restore its normal function."
"Given her actual condition, I plan to give her a volcanic eruption-like concentrated stimulation, hoping to succeed in one go."
He said worriedly, "If this concentrated stimulation isn't successful, the patient might not have another chance to wake up in the future, and she might even directly enter a state of brain death."
"So this ti, I must be extrely cautious with the wake-up plan, considering all possibilities to improve the success rate."
Lin Miao started massaging Lin Jie's temples and said confidently, "Brother, you can definitely succeed."
"Sigh... Brother, when I was injured, and you perford ergency surgery on , wasn't there a chance I could have beco comatose too?"
Lin Jie realized that won often like to ask hypothetical questions like this.
He replied bluntly, "Aren't you fine now? Asking such questions is aningless."
Lin Miao let out a light hum and said, "Then let change the hypothetical scenario."
"Brother, if I beca comatose due to an accident with little chance of waking up, would you take a drastic step to wake up, even risking life or death, or would you let remain in a comatose state to be with you?"
"I would of course... I would of course..."
Lin Jie initially thought this question would be easy to answer but found it hard to choose when it ca to it.
Based on Lulu's examination, Lin Jie didn't have confidence in this wake-up procedure.
Whether it would succeed or not depended largely on fickle luck,
and he himself believed that the possibility of failure was high. The result of failure would be that Lulu completely loses the chance of waking up, with a certain probability of going directly into brain death.
However, in facing Lulu's current condition, Lin Jie considered the best option to still be attempting the wake-up.
But if it were Lin Miao instead of Lulu, would it be a one-ti chance deciding life or death, or keep hoping and let Lin Miao silently accompany him?
Lin Jie suddenly realized that even though this was just a hypothetical question, the choice beca... very difficult... very difficult.
He deeply understood that the rational choice of a doctor and the emotional choice of a patient's family sotis don't align.
Lin Jie let out a long breath, gently patted Lin Miao's hand, and said, "Miaomiao, your question reminds that I need to be more focused on work."
"I've rested enough; it's ti to start working."
"I must ensure the wake-up procedure is as perfect as possible. Once I'm confident in awakening the patient, I won't have to struggle with why not choose another possibility."
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