GDLR - Great Doctor Ling Ran

Chapter 9 - Broken-Winged Angel

Ling Ran felt good when his mission completion status was updated to [1/10].

“Doctor Zhou, could you take a look and see how the suture is?” Ling Ran took the trouble to ask. He did not feel like he did the suturing particularly quick or well.

In truth, when it came to medical knowledge, his faculty of judgment was still at the level of a medical intern. When it came to these things, one should have more experience to build the correct perception.

Just like how an aborigine who chased after prey in the mountains all year had to compete with other people to know if he was a fast or slow runner.

Doctor Zhou glanced at Ling Ran suspiciously, not knowing if he was joking or not. If he was only teasing Doctor Zhou, he should not be doing it in front of the patient. If he was not teasing him… why the hell would he ask such a question? Could it be that… he wanted Doctor Zhou to praise him? Or was he merely showing off to Doctor Zhou?

In the blink of an eye, all kinds of thoughts ran through Doctor Zhou’s mind.

All normal surgeons did some strange things. Those who played symphonic music, rock music, hip-hop music and Guo Degang[1] crosstalk in the operating theater were considered normal surgeons. A penchant for making and listening to dirty jokes was also a necessary characteristic for surgeons.

As for those surgeons who liked to scold others or be praised by others… this depended on their medical skills. The skillful ones naturally had the right to scold others, and could ask everyone in the operating theater to praise them to their heart’s content…

For unknown reasons, Doctor Zhou was rather unhappy. He speculated that the young doctor in front of him was an expert from some local hospital who was there for an exchange of experiences to increase his medical standards.

Even though they were all there for their practicum, medical interns and housemen were not the same as visiting doctors from local hospitals.

‘He was probably often praised in his local hospital’s operating theater for having these types of skills. It’s understandable that he’s developed a lot of bad habits because of this,’ Doctor Zhou thought. ‘By taking the initiative to do the suturing, I reckon that he wanted to show off.

‘But even though your skills are good enough, I’m not a junior in your department. Why would I flatter you?’

Doctor Zhou mentally let out a few snorts before raising his head and forcing a slight smile. “The suturing was perfect.”

Internally, Doctor Zhou bemoaned his degeneration again. ‘Sigh, members of a society would only follow the norms of a society. It’s also better not to offend experts from other hospitals if I can help it.’

As he stepped in the swamp known as worldliness, Doctor Zhou thought of the passing of his youth, his dreams and moral integrity as he pretended to be calm, and asked, “We’ve never seen each other before. How should I address you?”

Doctor Zhou reckoned that after showing off, the person would naturally want to be remembered, just like a certain hero who took great pains to shatter a massive rock, pulled a weeping willow from the ground, and fought a tiger[2]. He did it to become famous, right?

Doctor Zhou decided to play along since he had been impressed by his skill.

As a medical intern, Ling Ran naturally answered when he was asked a question. “I’m Ling Ran, and I was just assigned to the Emergency Department yesterday.”

“Ling Ran, huh?” Doctor Zhou desperately recalled.

“Doctor Ling, your fingers are so long. They’re especially suitable for a surgeon.” Wang Jia the young nurse was usually unpleasant to medical interns, but she succumbed to Ling Ran’s good looks without even bothering to put up a fight. She did not even mind addressing him as ‘doctor’.