Chapter 184 I want to call you by a different name next time we meet

The operation started at around 8 o'clock and was not completed until the next morning, but the patient was basically completely stable throughout the operation.

At around 11:00 p.m., staff from the Qingfeng City Blood Bank, hundreds of kilometers away from Qinggang Town, also rushed to the scene with blood products.

However, as one of the participants in the operation, even if she was only an assistant like the anesthesiologist, Su Tang still followed many surgeons through the entire process.

It was not until around 11:00 a.m. the next day that this complex operation, which was organized by multiple people, was completed.

During the visit, Dr. Wu was very interested in the principles and methods of acupuncture hemostasis. Seeing that the operations on the operating table were going very smoothly, he chatted with Su Tang a few more words about acupuncture hemostasis.

"Xiao Su, is your acupuncture hemostasis technique passed down from your master to your apprentice, or did you develop it yourself in recent years?" Old Wu looked at Su Tang with some curiosity.

Logically speaking, given Su Tang's age, Wu Lin would have believed that they were a master-disciple relationship. However, Wu Lin has been well-known in the medical field over the years, but he has never heard of any Chinese medicine master who can stop bleeding with acupuncture so well! Many masters have actively studied this project over the years, but they often hit a wall and make little progress. Since the young doctor Su in front of him can cure Wei Yan's difficult and complicated illness, he must be very capable.

Su Tang touched his nose and smiled, "It can be considered as a disciple, but it can also be considered as my own research over the years."

In fact, doctors have been studying acupuncture and moxibustion for stopping bleeding thousands of years ago. Even her master from her previous life and the other imperial physicians in the palace all had their own experiences. She has learned the skills from her master, studied and discussed with the imperial physicians in the palace, and conducted research for several decades to achieve the current results.

"I see." Elder Wu nodded, suddenly realizing what was going on. He looked at Su Tang and said with a smile, "Xiao Su, do you plan to find disciples to inherit your acupuncture skills? Or do you plan to promote it nationwide? Such a great skill must be truly applied in clinical practice so that it will not be wasted."

"According to the old method of inheritance, I should have found a disciple." Su Tang smiled and did not evade the main point. Instead, he looked at Mr. Wu seriously and said, "But my goal is to promote the culture of traditional Chinese medicine and make it flourish. So I plan to promote acupuncture and moxibustion for hemostasis nationwide."

This is what Su Tang had in mind from the beginning.

Life is only a hundred years long, and there is a limit to what she can do. However, the goal she wants to achieve cannot be accomplished by just a few people or a few disciples.

"Hmm? Nationwide promotion?" Mr. Wu looked at Su Tang in surprise, and indeed couldn't help but smile more kindly: "Then you must strive to complete the thesis and project as soon as possible."

Elder Wu looked at Su Tang with a smile and said, "If your hospital doesn't give you a trial site for your project, come to me and I will give you one in our hospital's operating room."

"Hey, Mr. Wu, isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to start digging in the operating room?" Another doctor who had just stepped off the operating table and took off his surgical gown had been eyeing Su Tang for a long time. He pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and laughed, "The fact that the young man was able to bring the video before shows that this hospital has already started this project, doesn't it?"

"Go away, don't think I don't know that you, an old man, are from Shenzhen. I'm just hoping that Mr. Wu will give up and go to the Sixth Hospital to poach people!" Another doctor who came down from the operating table also teased his companion.

Su Tang then realized that among these examiners, there were people from Shenzhen Hospital.

However, this is also the organizer's decision. In order to make the competition appear fairer, usually supervisors from the same city are not allowed to supervise candidates from their own city, let alone those from the same hospital.

"Hmm~"

Su Tang blinked twice and smiled as she sat aside and watched Dr. Wu talking to several other doctors, while the injured patient was pushed out of the operating room by the nurse and another doctor.

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The entire operation lasted about 15 hours, and even the doctors who were replaced on the operating table in the later stages were very tired.

Su Tang was so sleepy that she could hardly open her eyes. The anesthesiologist was yawning, holding his waist and rubbing his eyes. Layers of dark circles were all over the eyes of almost every doctor.

Two shifts of volunteers were waiting outside the operating room and rushed to bring food and mineral water.

The group of people ate voraciously, and after finishing their meal, they walked back to the lounge and fell into a deep sleep.

The examiners had no time to take care of the competition exams, and Su Tang no longer had the energy to participate in the competition.

It was not until Su Tang slept until six o'clock the next morning and woke up that she regained her original energy and spirit.

"You finally woke up. I almost wanted to call 120 to see how you could sleep so well. Then I found out that I was a doctor, so I didn't call 120." Yao Wen said jokingly while brushing her teeth and looking at Su Tang.

Sleeping in a strange place, Yao Wen and others also got up very early.

Especially today is the third day of the third assessment and also the middle of the entire competition, so everyone naturally has to work harder.

Su Tang, on the other hand, was washing her face while rubbing her cheeks a little embarrassedly: "I was delayed for a day yesterday. The dean must be in a bad mood, right?"

The third round of the competition is about the contestants' communication skills with patients, as well as their practical abilities.

This includes a series of comprehensive factors, including the doctor's professional quality, the doctor's clinical experience, the speed and technique of seeing patients, etc.

But to put it bluntly, these things can be summed up in three words: fast, accurate and ruthless!

Use the most precise language and the fastest treatment speed to hit the key points of the patient's symptoms and solve the problem!

The organizer will send the same number of patients to each hospital on average.

The work that other hospitals used to require 16 people to do was done by only 15 people at the Sixth Hospital yesterday. This made Su Tang feel a little embarrassed, so she asked other colleagues to help share her tasks yesterday.

"Hey! Don't worry."

Yao Wen knew what Su Tang was worried about. She spat out a mouthful of toothpaste foam and said vaguely, "The organizer talked about your case in the cafeteria yesterday morning. To ensure fairness, the Sixth Hospital only allocated 15 contestants. So even though you didn't go to the competition yesterday, it didn't have any impact."

"The dean is a little disappointed..." Yao Wen smiled and shrugged, "We all thought that you helped in the operating room yesterday and we could get extra points. But in the end, we got nothing."

Su Tang heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and at the same time, she smiled and assured him, "Don't worry, I will definitely do my best today!"

The competition emphasizes 'speed, accuracy and ruthlessness'. As long as she can use the fastest speed and accurate judgment to treat every patient who comes to see her today, she can get a good score!

"Come on, come on! The clinic will start at 8 o'clock. If you didn't come yesterday, you wouldn't know that when the door opened early in the morning, a huge crowd gathered at the door. The day is not at all relaxing than when we were in the Sixth Hospital, so we must eat more breakfast!" Yao Wen tied her hair into a ponytail, put on a white coat, and urged Su Tang and Li Yinglin to go to the cafeteria quickly.

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The bustling cafeteria is comparable to a university campus.

Groups of contestants in white coats mingled at the tables. Some of them were groups of three or five acquaintances chatting and eating together, some were contestants from the hospital sitting together with their accompanying leaders and chatting, and some who liked to enjoy the quietness sat alone at the table, briefly browsing their phones while quickly eating breakfast, waiting to go to the door to see the doctor later.

Su Tang sat with a group of people from the Sixth Hospital, eating soy milk and fried dough sticks while listening to Jiang Haichao chatting with other doctors.

Breakfast soon came to an end.

“Boom boom boom—!”

Suddenly, a hand reached out to the dining table and gently knocked on the table where Su Tang was sitting.

Su Tang looked up subconsciously, only to see Secretary Zhao, who was now wearing a thick black down jacket she had never seen before, handing her an envelope with her name on it.

Su Tang's heart skipped a beat, and she hesitated, "What is this...?"

"Doctor Su will know once he sees it..." Secretary Zhao smiled and gestured with his hand, and Su Tang opened the envelope.

The dining table at the Sixth Hospital was silent for a moment, and no one knew who was the first to take the lead and walk out with their plates full of food. Jiang Haichao, Yao Wen and the others looked at each other and followed suit, carrying their plates and walking out.

Soon the entire dining table was cleared, leaving only Secretary Su Tang Zhao and Li Yinglin still at the table.

Su Tang glanced at the backs of the people leaving and knew that these people already knew Secretary Zhao's identity. She wanted to avoid suspicion and did not say much.

She took a deep breath, held her breath and opened the envelope.

A piece of white letter paper appeared in her hand from a brown kraft paper envelope.

Obviously, letters in winter are a little cool, and a piece of paper seems light and weightless.

But when I hold the sugar in my hand, it always feels a little heavy.

What happened to the patient yesterday made Su Tang try not to think about Wei Yan, but when he appeared in front of her, it was like a raindrop hitting the water, causing ripples.

Su Tang opened the envelope carefully with her fingertips, and couldn't imagine what Wei Yan would write to her.

In this age when digital information is flooding the world, she hasn't received a handwritten letter on paper for a long time.

The beautiful bold small characters in the letter were as serious and formal as Wei Yan himself.

Su Tang lowered her head and looked at the letter. The content of the letter jumped before her eyes.

“To Dr. Su:

Sitting at the table, I thought about the problem from the night before for a long time.

I have always believed that love does not need to be explained. Just keep the person in your heart and cherish them, and that means happiness. But now I have split the word "love" and re-examined it, trying to find the meaning of the word. But I found that after thinking about it, I could not find any more answers.

But I have always been a rational person, so I returned to the essence of the problem the night before.

If there is a time difference, adjust it. If there is insecurity, create it.

You and I are both a blank painting, each holding an ink pen.

As long as you are willing, I can draw the most solid city wall backing on this painting. Maybe it is not artistic and romantic enough, but it is strong and reliable enough to protect you from wind and rain, and also allow you to see the lights of thousands of homes and the glow of green trees.

Care, responsibility, understanding, and respect. These are the commitments I can make to this relationship.

I hope Dr. Su will seriously consider my suggestion. I hope that next time we meet, I can call him by a different name, such as Tangtang."

“Bang, bang, bang—”

This is the sound of your heart beating violently in your ears.

Su Tang blushed and felt a little moved.

Secretary Zhao smiled and pointed outside the cafeteria at Su Tang, "Doctor Su, since you've had breakfast, would you like to go to the door?"

"Door...?" Su Tang was puzzled, but her feet moved out involuntarily.

Su Tang stood at the entrance of the cafeteria and subconsciously looked up.

But she saw Wei Yan sitting on the third floor opposite her, looking at her.

Secretary Zhao stood aside, smiling and lowering his voice, "Doctor Su, actually our company originally planned to send another senior director this time, but Director Wei heard that you were here... so he came."

"I know you don't want to affect the next game, so Mr. Wei didn't come down...but he hopes you can think about it carefully during this time and give him an answer."

The two sides looked at each other, and Wei Yan seemed to hear what Secretary Zhao said, and he curled his lips slightly towards Su Tang.