Chapter 372: 372: Caring for the Intellectually Disabled
At that moment, Tao Zi felt as if he could sense the pain of Qian Lin and Student Jia!
It was truly demoralizing to be stacked up against such a freak, and even more so by oneself…
Thinking of this, Tao Zi breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had been too harsh on them and should consider their feelings more in the future.
After all… not everyone is a genius.
Right!
With that thought, the look Tao Zi gave to Qian Lin and Student Jia softened somewhat.
But…
To Qian Lin and Student Jia, this gaze was like a thunderbolt from the ninth heaven!
Shock!
Qian Lin’s face paled with horror. What the hell have I done again?
What on earth did I do?
Is there something wrong with an eye-contact assist?
However, thinking of Director Tao’s gaze, Qian Lin felt a surge of unease and panic.
What virtues or abilities do I, Qian Lin, possess to deserve such a gentle look from Director Tao?
What on earth did I do wrong?
Could it be… could it be because I didn’t look passionately enough at the pericardium?
Or… or could it be because my love for the heart isn’t deep enough?
This gaze is dangerous!
For from Director Tao’s gaze, Qian Lin sensed pity, consolation, understanding, approval, helplessness… and even a touch of reflection!
This is not normal at all!
It wasn’t just Qian Lin, even Student Jia couldn’t help but sigh and swallow hard!
Calm and undisturbed as still water in their hearts…
Has that day finally come?
Am I going to be the first graduate student to be expelled by my mentor?
At this thought, Student Jia felt a profound sadness.
However, when he turned to look at Qian Lin, his mood lightened somewhat.
After all, I’m not the only one.
Right, at least I have company!
With that thought, Student Jia felt slightly reassured.
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The surgery proceeded slowly.
Chen Cang watched the surgery from beginning to end with a mindset of learning and comparison.
With Chen Cang’s help, Tao Zi’s pace of surgery also sped up a bit.
Suddenly, Chen Cang received a system notification!
[Ding! Apprenticeship theft successful. Tao Zi’s skill acquired: Constrictive Pericarditis Surgery! Grandmaster level.]
Chen Cang was stunned.
What the hell…
This apprenticeship theft skill!
You say when you should be stealing, you don’t, no, when you should be learning, you don’t learn!
Now you’ve learned a skill I already have.
You tell me!
Chen Cang grumbled internally, wishing he could suck out that pleural effusion and spray it in Qian Lin’s face.
I already have the Constrictive Pericarditis Surgery skill, and now I have another one.
However, soon after, Chen Cang received another system notification!
[Ding, it has been detected that you already possess Constrictive Pericarditis Surgery; the special effects of your surgery have increased.]
[Constrictive Pericarditis Surgery: Grandmaster level; Special Effects: 1. Safe; 2. Meticulous; 3. Precise Separation; 4. Minimal Complications.]
Looking at the two new special effects, Chen Cang thought that these must be Director Tao’s ultimate techniques, right?
In the blink of an eye, Chen Cang felt a flood of information stream into his mind, and his Constrictive Pericarditis Surgery, well, improved a lot!
Another fifteen minutes passed, and the surgery finally concluded.
Tao Zi glanced at the clock and saw that they had finished fifteen minutes ahead of the usual time!
All of this was thanks to Chen Cang!
Meanwhile, Zhang Wenfu was completely moved. Although he didn’t take part in the surgery, he had a profound understanding of it.
Zhang Wenfu eventually focused not on Director Tao but on Chen Cang for the entire procedure.
He found that, in fact, many details from Chen Cang were extremely beneficial to him.
After all…
Typically, Zhang Wenfu was not the chief surgeon; he was merely an assistant, with so many directors above him; all he had to do was his part.
Therefore, today, Chen Cang performed the role of assistant to perfection, elevating Director Tao’s master-level operation directly to grandmaster-level!
That’s the power of a good assistant.
At that moment, Zhang Wenfu looked at Chen Cang with fervent admiration.
After the surgery, he was definitely going to have a good talk with Chen Cang and learn from each other.
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Before long, the surgery ended.
Tao Zi looked at Chen Cang with a somewhat strange expression.
He always felt that Chen Cang had many unique insights and thoughts about the surgery.
This intrigued Tao Zi.
As a surgeon, the thing he yearned for the most was to continuously improve his surgical skills and to identify his own shortcomings.
But at Tao Zi’s level, how many people could pinpoint his shortcomings?
Even if these less experienced doctors like Zhang Wenfu noticed something, they might not dare to speak up!
Of course, without sufficient understanding, they wouldn’t even notice in the first place!
With surgery, standing at different heights yields vastly different perspectives and understandings.
Although Chen Cang did not say extra words from beginning to end, or even show much obvious expression on his face.
But!
Who is Tao Zi?
A director in his fifties, who has seen more of life than most!
He had his own way of reading people and situations, and he had seen Chen Cang frowning slightly in thought several times—the look in his eyes was just like the one he had when looking at junior doctors!
Thinking of this, Tao Zi felt an unbearable itch.
Where could he possibly have gone wrong?
Just a few days ago, Xia Gaofeng had just invited him to East University Hospital to perform a constrictive pericarditis surgery and to give a lecture on the topic afterward.
With his current abilities, he could impress most people without any problem!
But it wasn’t quite enough to impress Xia Gaofeng!
He was just a little bit short.
And Chen Cang was his chance to overcome this shortcoming.
With this thought, Tao Zi was eager and turned to say, “Xiao Chen, come to my office later, I’ve got something to discuss with you!”
Chen Cang looked bewildered but nodded.
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After Tao Zi finished speaking, he looked at Qian Lin and Student A, smiling slightly like a benevolent teacher.
At this moment, Tao Zi felt that he shouldn’t put these two on the same level as Chen Cang.
He should teach them according to their capabilities!
After all, not everyone is Chen Cang.
With this in mind, Tao Zi looked at the two.
“Qian, Xiao Yang, you’ve done well today. When you go back, make sure to read up, take the surgical videos with you, study them carefully, and strive for the next time you can be an assistant!”
After saying this, Tao Zi’s encouraging gaze patted Qian Lin and Student A.
He then turned and left.
Leaving the two of them in astonishment.
Qian Lin was somewhat taken aback.
“Why has the teacher changed his tune so suddenly? Why is he being so nice to us?”
Student A shook his head, his demeanor calm, and uttered, “Don’t you think the teacher’s look towards us is kind of like that thing?”
Qian Lin looked puzzled, shaking his head and asking, “Like what?”
Student A sighed deeply, “Like the way you look at a child with intellectual disabilities…”
Qian Lin shivered, his hefty body trembling, and recalling Director Tao’s last look, he felt somewhat desperate…
Director Tao, it would be better if you still had some qualms about us…
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ps: Here are five chapters delivered; I overestimated my typing speed a bit, it’s really tough keeping up with fifty chapters.