Chapter 47 Medical Skills

There was ba /brare flicker of helplessness in Jasper’s bexpression/b.

He raised a hand.

The robot cat suddenly reached out a paw and patted Scarlett on the shoulder.

“Pixel, you’re the partner! A great partner!”

Its eyes turned a soft peach–pink, as if trying to show its affection.

Scarlett couldn’t help butugh and pulled it into a hug.

“Your understanding skills, forget it. Why am I even arguing with you?”

The robot cat radiated a warm pink glow, making it look even more adorable.

Scarlett’s mood immediately lifted.

Jasper looked up. “So, don’t say things that might confuse it again.”

Scarlett blinked. iWhat /iidid /iihe /iimean/i? iDid /iiI /iisay /iisomething /iiwrong/ii? /iiSomething about /iiMr. /iiFletcher /iiseemed /iioff/ii. /iBut she couldn’t quite put her finger on it.

At the hospital, after nearly a full day of work, John finally sorted through all theplicated cases and put together solutions for each.

The hospital director was so grateful, he nearly dropped to his knees.

He insisted on treating John to a meal.

But John had always been a low–key person who disliked those kinds of social events. He waved him off.

“Let’s skip that. Have Eugenee over, I think he’s got potential. I’d like to chat with him.”

The director was a bit taken aback.

Honestly, he preferred another young doctor over Eugene, someone who was more ambitious.

But John had spoken, so he didn’t argue.

If John really saw something in Eugene, that would certainly affect future promotions within the hospital.

Not long after, Eugene rushed into the office, beaming.

That’s when he noticed the cases in front of John were carefully categorized into several piles.

John had taken off his reading sses, rubbing his temples from exhaustion.

“John, would you like some tea?”

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He hurried off to make some, but John called him back.

John quickly slipped his bsses /bback on and motioned with a smile.

“Don’t bother with that formality. Come over here. Let’s have a talk.”

Eugene had been hoping for this. He immediately bsat /bacross from himb, /bcautiously diving into academic

discussion.

By the end of their conversation, John still felt Eugene’s foundations were shaky;

But at least the young man had the right attitude and a strong desire to improve. More importantly, if Eugene could convince Scarlett to be his apprentice as well, John wouldn’t mind passing down his medical knowledge to him.”

“By the way, John, there’s another case I wanted your opinion on.”

Taking advantage of the moment, Eugene sifted through the pile and pulled out Reba’s file, respectfull handing it over.

To avoidplications earlier, Reba had been examined under a different name.

So John hadn’t noticed anything strange; he simply reviewed the numbers carefully.

“Professor, I wanted to ask–based on this patient’s current condition, is she eligible for a kidney transnt? And during the surgery, what specific precautions should we take? Also, if you had the time to lead the operation, I’d be extremely grateful.”

John assumed Eugene wanted clinical experience and gently set the case file down, speaking kindly.

“This isn’t a particrly typical case. You’d benefit more from observing more specialized surgeries. As it happens, I’ve scheduled a few in theing days. You cane along and watch.”

Eugene thanked him, but didn’t let the case go.

“Professor, could you at least walk me through this one? I was thinking of going straight to the transnt, but the patient grew up in the mountains and didn’t have ess to proper nutrition. Her body’s weak, and I’m worriedplications might arise during surgery, so…”

“Hold on, hold on.”

The more John listened, the more tightly his brows furrowed.

“Wasn’t this patient on the road to recovery? Why are you talking about surgery? Wait–are you saying you’re not the one treating this patient?”

Eugene had no idea what he meant.

But then something clicked. His eyes lit up as he realized something was off.

“Can you get in touch with this patient? I need to know what medication she’s been taking!”

Eugene was totally confused by now.

A long silence.

Then, with disbelief, he asked, “Recovery?b” /b

It felt wrong to question his teacher, but he couldn’t help himself. “Professor, did you read that right?”

John was stunned. iWhat /ibiwas /i/bigoing /iion /iihere/ii? /iiHad /iithis /iisupposed /iiapprentice /iie /iihere /ito test imy /iimedical /iskillsi? /i

“Professor, I didn’t mean anything by it…” Eugene scrambled for an excuse and eventually came up with a clumsy one.

“It’s just, this patient is a friend of mine, that’s why I’m so invested.”

But John was already pacing excitedly around the room.

“Have your friend–no, we should visit her together. Professor, her condition right now…”

“Oh, look,” John said, spreading out several years‘ worth of reports.

“The first exam was seven years ago. Her kidney function was definitely abnormal. Over the years, her condition kept deteriorating. But then… look, right around two years ago, her numbers started to improve.”

Eugene still didn’t get it.

“But these values are already abnormal enough to meet the threshold for surgery.”

John simply smiled and shook his head.