CHAPTER 842: CHAPTER 337: WATER AND FIRE COEXIST—TWO ELDERS RESOLVE THEIR DIFFERENCES

"How do we correct it?"

Zhou Can was naturally eager to resolve these major hidden dangers.

"The method is quite simple, but I’m afraid you might not want to learn it." Director Hu Kan showed a fox-like smile.

"Learn your Stable Knife Technique?"

Zhou Can wasn’t foolish; he immediately understood Director Hu Kan’s intention.

"Smart! To correct this major flaw of the Fast Knife Skill, you can only achieve it through practicing the Stable Knife Technique. You can ask Xu Chen about it." Director Hu Kan, seeing that the fish had taken the bait, sat comfortably as if on a fishing seat.

Don’t be fooled by the abundance of talent at Tuya Hospital; very few catch his eye.

If he had to say, the one he loved most was Zhou Can.

In his eyes, no one could compare to Zhou Can.

Whether in traditional surgical talent, endoscopic surgery skills, psychological quality, character, learning ability, or growth speed, it’s hard to find another to match Zhou Can.

Furthermore, emotionally speaking, Zhou Can saved him twice, so their relationship was naturally closer than ordinary people’s.

In addition, Zhou Can knew how to appreciate kindness and was extremely respectful to his mentors, making these behaviors endearingly favored by Director Hu Kan.

So he wanted very much for Zhou Can to become his successor.

When teaching, he would definitely impart everything he knew.

"Never mind, after going in such a big circle, you still want me to be your successor. This is something I really cannot agree to."

Zhou Can proactively declined.

"Don’t be so quick to block your path! Now, call Xu Chen and ask for his opinion." Director Hu Kan showed incredible persistence, refusing to give up no matter how Zhou Can declined.

There were clearly countless excellent young doctors begging to become his successor, yet he was indifferent.

Zhou Can didn’t want to be his successor, but he simply refused to give up.

"Actually, long ago, Dr. Xu told me that of the Fast Knife Skill, Stable Knife Technique, and Precision Knife Skill, one can only choose one; you can’t have both fish and bear’s paw."

Zhou Can explained.

"It’s okay, you call Xu Chen, and he’ll give you a different answer. As they say, times change; what he taught you before was too one-sided."

Director Hu Kan still insisted he call Dr. Xu.

Zhou Can couldn’t handle this stubborn old man and had to call Dr. Xu right there.

The call connected, and Dr. Xu’s steady voice came from the other end, "Xiao Zhou, did you mess something up?"

There were others present, and asking like this right when the call connected, although out of concern, made Zhou Can’s face flush with embarrassment.

Whenever he got into trouble, it was always Dr. Xu who helped clean up the mess.

"No, no! I’m here with Director Hu from Cardiothoracic Surgery! There’s something that Director Hu insisted I ask you about!"

"Director Hu? Are you and he the only ones there on-site?"

"And Jin Mingxi!"

"Put it on speaker, let’s all talk."

Dr. Xu, experienced and shrewd, seemed to already know what Director Hu Kan was up to.

Zhou Can complied and put on the speaker. Director Hu Kan was the first to greet Dr. Xu.

"Old Xu, let’s discuss something!"

"There’s nothing to discuss; you’re just trying to snatch my apprentice, aren’t you?"

Dr. Xu said irritably.

Jin Mingxi listened on the side, sensing the strong potential for conflict between the two, and hurriedly got up to speak to Director Hu Kan, "Director Hu, I still have patients over there to deal with, I’m heading back first. I’ll report to you tomorrow. Also, I’ll need your help with the paperwork for departmental transfer."

As a small training member, he had no choice but to keep his head down and work diligently.

Transferring departments wasn’t something he could just do on a whim.

At the very least, it required finishing the training period in the current department and finding the next department to accept him before HR would agree.

"Go ahead!"

Director Hu Kan waved his hand.

Immediately, only Zhou Can and Director Hu Kan were left in the office.

"Old Xu, this isn’t called snatching. Your outdated way of thinking needs to change. Let’s work together to train Xiao Zhou better and make him more outstanding, isn’t that good?"

Director Hu Kan usually wouldn’t lower himself to speak to Dr. Xu in such a humble manner.

At this moment, in order to find a pillar for Cardiothoracic Surgery, he was going all out.

"Tell me your thoughts!"

Dr. Xu remained silent for a few seconds, then spoke.

"I just had Xiao Zhou do a paper-cutting test. He’s already touched the threshold of seamless human-knife integration; cutting two layers of paper is no problem at all. However, your Fast Knife Skill’s biggest flaw is dragging the knife when retracting, which is a huge safety hazard."

After Director Hu Kan finished speaking, he intentionally paused for a few seconds, waiting for Dr. Xu to think.

"Back then, the serious medical accident you caused, you might still think it was because the knife was too fast, and the hand was quicker than the mind. I also know that over the years, you’ve been working in the Emergency Department, lying low to temper your mindset, trying to calm your heart to control the demonic nature of the Fast Knife. But I can tell you clearly, this method will never overcome the flaw of dragging the knife."

Dr. Xu remained silent on the other end of the line.

It meant that what Director Hu Kan said was quite reasonable, and he had no way to refute it.

"It’s easy to change mountains and rivers, but hard to change a person’s nature. The Fast Knife Skill’s flaw of dragging the knife when retracting is impossible to change; otherwise, it contradicts the physical logic. Sure, the incident back then was slightly related to the hand being quicker than the mind, but I later pondered repeatedly, and the real cause of the incident was the dragging knife. In other words, even if you develop incredible calm and inner peace, overcoming the Fast Knife’s restlessness and demonic nature, there will still be a chance of another incident in the future."