Jiang Tao quickened his pace and ran up to Chen Cang, blocking his path. He looked earnestly into Chen Cang’s eyes and said seriously, "I was wrong!"
Chen Cang smiled, "You’re drunk."
Jiang Tao shouted loudly, "No, I’m not drunk! Professor Chen, I was wrong. I was ignorant, arrogant, proud, and conceited... I... I apologize to you."
Chen Cang was stunned. Watching Jiang Tao shout so heart-wrenchingly left him rather taken aback.
He hadn’t really cared about Jiang Tao; he felt indifferent to these matters, nor did he pay them any mind.
Jiang Tao, staring at Chen Cang, said, "Professor Chen, my teacher is Gu Hongi!"
"I want to follow in your footsteps. I want to complete the journey that their generation didn’t finish!"
"Only you can lead us to victory!"
"Professor Chen, I want to follow you!"
After listening to Professor Tang’s stories about the old days, hearing about the older generation’s struggles and their glory, Jiang Tao was also moved by the spirit of the older generation!
It was the path that the predecessors in Chinese dical and healthcare hadn’t finished!
They had limited conditions and had walked a long, long road, and maybe by today, they couldn’t go any further!
And we, as the new generation of doctors, should finish this path.
Even if we can’t complete it, we should go as far as possible!
For the sake of our future children and our students, to give them a higher starting point.
Jiang Tao knew that they were advancing on the shoulders of their teachers, thinking about the persistence of the teachers over the years, about the surgeries and research, day after day, year after year, even at their advanced age.
Thinking about how the teachers and Director Chang Honglei were still trying and researching every day...
Now, he suddenly understood why they had to do this?!
Because of responsibility!
And because of legacy.
To the average person, being the director at Jishuitan would an one is at the pinnacle of their career, now it’s about attending etings, lecturing, taking in students for research projects... essentially, it’s ti to live off past achievents.
Why bother with such hardship when you’re over fifty and still at the clinical forefront?
Wouldn’t the small joys of money be pleasant?
Isn’t Maldives comfortable?
Isn’t it delightful to cuddle your grandchildren?
...
But then, having heard Professor Tang’s words, he suddenly understood.
It was their generation’s perseverance, their contribution to this era.
It was because of these people that they had their current starting point!
Jiang Tao shouted at the top of his voice, heart-wrenchingly. He wanted to take the fervent, red heart from within him and show Chen Cang, I, Jiang Tao, have ideals too, I am willing to devote my life to the cause I am part of!
Seeing Jiang Tao like this, Chen Cang fell silent.
Hadn’t he felt the sa way?
Listening to the stories of the older generation, their struggles, the towering monts of their years...
Hadn’t Chen Cang been moved?
Chen Cang looked at Jiang Tao: "Are you really willing?"
Jiang Tao was startled and looked at Chen Cang: "Can I... Can I really do that?"
Chen Cang gazed into his eyes and said quietly, "Why not?"
Jiang Tao imdiately felt his confidence surge. He grabbed Chen Cang’s arm: "I will definitely do my best!"
Chen Cang took Jiang Tao back to his ho.
Jiang Tao was clearly drunk, talking too much, babbling that he wasn’t drunk.
Afterward, he made his way towards his house.
The wind on the road was sowhat chilly, but it couldn’t extinguish the fire in Chen Cang’s heart.
Listening to Professor Tang’s words, Chen Cang felt envious. Those were their stories.
Perhaps...
I can have a story that belongs to !
Maybe, decades later, when I’m old and have had a bit too much to drink, I could also, in my tipsiness, talk about our stories back then...
Life goes on, and the fla of legacy has never been extinguished!
Back ho, Chen Cang lay on his bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.
He sent a ssage to Qin Yue, but there was no reply.
Chen Cang thought she was asleep.
He had thought about a lot, thought of Tang Jinbo, thought of Wang Yushan, and thought of Chang Honglei, as well as An Yanjun, Tan Zhonglin, and Jiang Tao, even Li Yu.
In the end, Chen Cang suddenly had an idea.
Why not give it a try?
Since he had this opportunity, why couldn’t he take this group of young people a little further?
At this point, Chen Cang thought of sothing!
An opportunity that could eliminate the barriers between the older generation and increase the cohesion of the new generation.
Invite these people over, sit down properly, and have a new discussion about future plans!
Afterward, he picked up his cell phone and sent a ssage to Wang Yushan.
Then to Chang Honglei.
Finally, to Jiang Tao, since he didn’t have Gu Hongi’s number, he simply asked Jiang Tao to contact her directly.
After that, he put down the phone and prepared to sleep.
Suddenly, a WeChat notification sounded.
Chen Cang picked up the phone, and it was Qin Yue’s reply, "Just now my dad got really drunk and spent the whole ti crying and throwing up in the toilet..."
"Mumbling to himself, saying, ’Teacher, I haven’t done well! I...’"
Chen Cang was taken aback, and after thinking about this evening’s conversation, he also let it go.
Smiling, he said, "Take good care of him."
A little while later...
Qin Yue suddenly sent an emoji of crying and laughing.
Chen Cang was startled, "What happened now?"
Qin Yue: "My dad isn’t crying anymore, now he’s over there laughing."
Then, Qin Yue recorded an audio and sent it to him.
"Wife! I’m telling you, I haven’t turned the provincial hospital into the best hospital! But... I believe my son-in-law can!"
"He’s got no problem! I am going to marry my daughter off to Chen Cang!"
"This young man, I’m telling you, he’s solid!"
"I’ve drunk with him, I know what kind of person he is, I’m going to marry my girl off to him, you better not stop !"
"If he doesn’t have a house, I’ll buy one, if he doesn’t have a car, I’ll buy that too, as long as he treats my girl well, I’m up for anything!"
"This kid, he’s definitely talented, I believe that if the provincial hospital is led by him, it will absolutely beco the number one in Dongyang Province!"
"If I were thirty years younger, I’d beco sworn brothers with Chen Cang..."
"Ugh... this kid, he’s making proud!"
Chen Cang, listening to Qin Xiaoyuan’s words, didn’t know whether to laugh or cry!
Qin Yue laughed: "Hear that? My dad is planning to marry off to you! Happy?"
Chen Cang was gleeful, "Happy!"
Ji Ruyun watched Qin Xiaoyuan switch from crying to laughing and didn’t stop him; instead, she squatted beside him, carefully patting his back to make him more comfortable.
An Jing was listening to Qin Xiaoyuan talk nonsense, handed him a cup of hot water to rinse his mouth.
She didn’t mind the sour and rotten sll of vomit.
She knew that old Qin was happy today.
For all these years, this was the first ti she’d seen him get this drunk.
Qin Yue secretly glanced outside, seeing her parents like that, suddenly felt imnse envy in her heart.
Hope our future can be just as beautiful.
Thinking this, Qin Yue sent a ssage, "Husband, I love you, good night!"
Chen Cang smiled, "Love you, good night!"
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