Chapter 128 - Ma Wentao (1/2)

The nephrectomy continued. Heimduller was finally able to complete his task, releasing Li Jianguo's hands as he used an aspirator to drain blood while searching for the mutated blood vessel.

”I found it!” Heimduller exclaimed rather excitedly.

”Do you think I'm blind? Do you need to say it out loud!?” Li Jianguo retorted angrily.

Heimduller's face reddened out of embarrassment. He didn't dare to say anything. Heimduller's previous thoughtless exclamation had really infuriated Li Jianguo.

Li Jianguo was the extra cautious type to begin with. This patient was also special due to having connections that Li Jianguo viewed as important. If Heimduller's thoughtless remark which implied that Li Jianguo hadn't performed the surgery properly was spread by anyone, the patient's family wouldn't know any better, and would definitely cause trouble for Li Jianguo. This was why Li Jianguo was so furious right now.

Now that the mutated blood vessel had been located, things were no longer so bad. Ligation and transfixion were performed to stop the bleeding, and then the patient's abdomen was sewn up. The surgery was now complete.

Heimduller was rather depressed. He knew that he had severely angered the department director today, which meant that he wouldn't have an easy time in the department anymore.

”It's fine, Brother Heimduller. Today's surgery was rather rushed. The director is in a bad mood now, but his mood will improve in a few days. He wouldn't possibly keep a grudge over one sentence, would he?”

”Sigh! Brother Zhang, thank you so much for today. It's all thanks to you that no major medical incident occurred. I was in a state of shock at the time, and couldn't react. I need to keep a low profile for the time being and make it past this period when Director Li is in a bad mood. He's the type to really hold grudges. I'm so worried!”

”It's fine! Director Li wouldn't mind something like that from a subordinate attending physician!”

”I really hope so! Brother Zhang, let me treat you to lunch. You've been busy all morning.”

”No need. I still have something else to do. No need to mind me. I'll be leaving now.”

Heimduller remained to explain the necessities of postoperative care to the patient's family.

Shao Hua and Jingshu were out touring Bayinbrook Grassland, so Zhang Fan took some dried lilies and went over to visit Li Xiao.

These lilies weren't worth much money at all back when Zhang Fan was younger. Not many people ate lilies back then. The people of Lan City would maybe put a few lilies into their porridge at most. But starting from an unknown time, people in southeast Asia, Taiwan, and Hong Kong suddenly popularized eating lilies. This caused the price of lilies in Lan City to multiply several times over. Previously, nobody was interested in eating lilies, but now, normal people couldn't afford to eat them.

Yesterday, Li Xiao had called Zhang Fan to invite him over for lunch at her place today. Ever since Li Xiao's back had been cured, she would call Zhang Fan almost every week and invite him over to a meal, but since Zhang Fan didn't have much free time, he rarely went.

Li Xiao now viewed exercising with great importance. She would only work for two hours straight before getting up and performing the exercises that Zhang Fan had taught her. Perhaps due to the exercises or her good care for herself, Li Xiao's complexion had been improving more and more recently. She seemed to be glowing.

Previously, Li Xiao had a bad temper due to her back pain, but now that her back pain was gone, she was such a happy person. When Li Xiao visited Raptor City recently, her older sister who lived there was incredibly astonished to see her like that.

Her older sister was also quite concerned about her. Li Xiao had always been single due to a romantic problem when she was younger. No matter how much her sister tried to convince her, Li Xiao was unwilling to try finding a boyfriend again. Li Xiao told her older sister about her back treatment massages, but her sister didn't pay much attention. However, Li Xiao's nephew, Ma Wentao, paid close attention to this.

Ma Wentao was a rather unique individual. Li Xiao's brother-in-law was an incredibly high-ranking government official in the border province. However, Li Xiao's nephew had no interest whatsoever in politics. Li Xiao's brother-in-law had slowly climbed through the ranks, starting from minor government official.