Masterful Miracle Doctor

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 become 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 melancholic.

"Here, have something 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, something bothering you?"

Zhao Fang sighs and says gloomily, "My family called me again and scolded me, saying I shouldn't have secretly given up on the doctoral exam. They also said they're very disappointed in me."

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 medical 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 mean the student is, and it certainly doesn't mean 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 time 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 some relief, "Luckily, up till now, I haven't disappointed this title."

"Senior Brother, how have you been performing, are you better than me?"

Song Licheng smiles faintly and says, "You've performed 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 melancholy, "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 mentor 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 mentor 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 became a doctoral student, he couldn't teach me much more advanced medical knowledge, so there really was no need for me to waste another three years."

Song Licheng says slowly, "If your mentor said so, what are you doubtful about? Could your mentor's insight be inferior to your parents'?"

Before Zhao Fang could respond, he reflects with emotion, "This year, undeniably, we had a hard time, an extremely hard time, but it was also the year we gained the most and lived the fullest."

"Sometimes, looking back, I can't even believe I've managed to get through so many hefty medical tomes and read so many medical 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 moment, a head suddenly pops in, startling Zhao Fang and Song Licheng.

Seeing that it was Yan Beichen, Zhao Fang playfully hits her a few times, 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 me, do you two have some unspeakable secret?"

Song Licheng immediately turns serious and says unhappily, "Yan Beichen, some things aren't to be joked about."

Seeing someone was serious, Yan Beichen sticks out her tongue and apologizes obediently, "I'm sorry, Senior Brother Song, it was careless of me."

She remained serious for only ten seconds before clinging to Zhao Fang's arm and asking, "Did you buy your train ticket home? For what date?"

"I received an email from the teacher saying we could go home after the twenty-third of the lunar calendar, so I immediately went online to buy train tickets, but they were all sold out."

"I had no choice but to book a flight home 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 home on New Year's Eve and returning on the third day of the new year."

"Ah, Senior Brother, why are you staying home for such a short time?"

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 home 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 entertainment,"

"Zhao Fang, do you want to go skiing..."

Xiangtai Apartment!

Lin Miao entered the study and saw Lin Jie still busy at the desk. She said with some 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 me off!"

Pouting, Lin Miao went behind Lin Jie and began massaging his neck, saying, "Let me give you a massage for a while."

She saw the computer screen along with some 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 method! The so-called wake-up procedure is merely 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 time, I must be extremely 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 performed emergency surgery on me, wasn't there a chance I could have become comatose too?"

Lin Jie realized that women often like to ask hypothetical questions like this.

He replied bluntly, "Aren't you fine now? Asking such questions is meaningless."

Lin Miao let out a light hum and said, "Then let me change the hypothetical scenario."

"Brother, if I became comatose due to an accident with little chance of waking up, would you take a drastic step to wake me up, even risking life or death, or would you let me 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 came 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-time 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 became... very difficult... very difficult.

He deeply understood that the rational choice of a doctor and the emotional choice of a patient's family sometimes don't align.

Lin Jie let out a long breath, gently patted Lin Miao's hand, and said, "Miaomiao, your question reminds me that I need to be more focused on work."

"I've rested enough; it's time 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."