Super Doctor - Chapter 206

Seeing Xu Ze refuse so decisively and prepare to leave, Zhang Qi was momentarily stunned before quickly saying, “Student Xu Ze, please wait a moment!”

“Student Xu Ze… are you really sure you don’t want to reconsider? You must understand, many people would kill for this opportunity…” Zhang Qi took a light breath, composed himself, and remembering the boss’s instructions, looked at the young man before him and reminded him again: “You can think about it some more… There’s no need to reject me so hastily… If you miss this chance, it might not come again!”

“No… there’s no need to think about it. I truly have no interest in developing in this field…” Xu Ze smiled, stood up, and then said, “I’m sorry, Mr. Zhang…”

Watching Xu Ze’s retreating figure leave the café without the slightest hesitation, Zhang Qi took a quiet breath, feeling quite puzzled. Why was this handsome young man able to resist such temptation?

Regardless, Zhang Qi didn’t plan to give up easily. After all, this was a task personally assigned by the boss. If he couldn’t even manage this, he would be a great disappointment.

“Wu Yueru is this kid’s senior. Maybe I should ask her to persuade him, to find out what he’s really thinking…” Zhang Qi thought, frowning.

For fourth-year clinical medicine students, the academic workload was completely different from the third year. Fourth-year students had already begun their hospital internships.

The internship schedule for the fourth year generally meant attending classes at the university in the mornings and interning at the hospital in the afternoons. So, the course schedule was more flexible, unlike the relatively relaxed and fixed routine of attending classes daily during the second and third years.

However, this didn’t make much difference to Xu Ze. Previously, he had attended classes and then worked. Now, he was just changing the location of his work.

For clinical medicine students, internships involved observing practical treatments at the hospital while simultaneously learning theoretical knowledge. Interns had no authority to perform procedures themselves; they could only watch from the sidelines.

Xing University’s clinical medicine department typically held internships at Xing University Affiliated Hospital No.1. For Xu Ze, this was already familiar territory, but it still made him feel somewhat awkward…

Although he knew the Emergency Department inside out, and Director Qu had previously suggested he do his internship there, the university didn’t arrange it that way. A class of nearly a hundred students was usually divided into six or seven groups of about ten people each, assigned to a specific department for their internship.

The Emergency Department was an extremely complex unit, and internships were rarely scheduled there. Xu Ze didn’t want to be special and go alone to the Emergency Department under the guise of an internship. Arranging it wouldn’t be too troublesome, but it would require Director Qu to communicate with various parties, and his university schedule would also need rearranging. Xu Ze felt it wasn’t necessary.

So, for the internship, Xu Ze planned to stick with his group of about ten students and go to the assigned department for what he considered a rather dull and simplistic internship experience.

After the groups were formed, Xu Ze was elected as the group leader by his teammates, which made him smile wryly.

Xu Ze’s group’s first internship was in the Respiratory Medicine Department at Affiliated Hospital No.1. This came as a relief to Xu Ze, as he was familiar with several internal medicine directors at the hospital. If he were assigned to their departments, he might be recognized, which could be troublesome.

In the afternoon, Xu Ze, carrying the white coat, mask, hat, stethoscope, and other items issued by the university, boarded the school bus to Affiliated Hospital No.1 with his classmates.

For all the students, this first internship was a novel experience. After all, they had studied clinical medicine for three years with the goal of working in a hospital in the future.

Today was their first time entering a hospital in the role of a doctor, even if only as interns. It still made the students extremely excited.

The school bus stopped at the entrance of Affiliated Hospital No.1. Everyone gathered their gear and got off, looking up at the dozen-story Internal Medicine Building with a sense of reverence.

This was the highest-level medical institution in Xingcheng and several surrounding counties and cities. It was also the ultimate goal for all Xing University medical students.

Although most of them would not be able to work here, that didn’t diminish their respect for Affiliated Hospital No.1. Being able to intern here was an honor they felt privileged to have.

The Respiratory Medicine Department was on the eighth floor of the Internal Medicine Building. Led by a teacher, everyone went up to the eighth floor and arrived at the internal medicine office.

A deputy chief physician was already waiting for them. As an affiliate of Xing University, the medical students completed their internships at several of the university’s affiliated hospitals.

These doctors were very experienced in teaching. This time, the instructor was Chief Resident Physician Ji Xueping from the Respiratory Medicine Department. Dr. Ji was in her forties and had passed the deputy chief physician qualification exam three years ago, successfully promoted to the position of Chief Resident Physician, second only to the department head and deputy head.

She had been notified the previous day by Qian Zhixun, head of the Respiratory Medicine Department, that she would be responsible for leading the Xing University students in their internship activities.

This wasn’t her first time conducting such teaching internships, so she was quite familiar with the Xing University teacher who brought the students each time. After exchanging a few words and smiles, the university teacher introduced Xu Ze to Dr. Ji Xueping and then left, entrusting the group to Dr. Ji.

Xu Ze had always held great respect for teachers. He smiled at the middle-aged female doctor and said, “Dr. Ji, we’ll be troubling you…”

“Xu… Ze?” Dr. Ji seemed to find the name somewhat familiar, but she was sure she didn’t know this Xing University student. So, she didn’t dwell on it and instead smiled at the handsome student, saying, “I graduated from Xing University myself. There’s no trouble in guiding you all through your internship…”

“Come on… bring your group and follow me. I’ll take you to see some patients first!” Dr. Ji smiled, nodded to Xu Ze, and then led everyone towards the wards.

Since this was the first internship, Dr. Ji Xueping focused on simple and fundamental skills: taking patient histories, teaching the students how to correctly interview patients or their families.

For Xu Ze, this was as simple as it gets. But for the others, it was still somewhat challenging. Although they had already studied diagnostics and learned how to take a patient history, applying it in a real-world setting was difficult for them to put into practice effectively.

The patient was someone with a cough. Upon entering, everyone could see the patient coughing incessantly. Dr. Ji smiled and said to the group, “Alright, everyone, why don’t you start by asking this patient some questions?”

The students glanced at each other, but no one held back. Most who made it to Xing University were top students. Soon, someone stepped forward to interview the patient.

However, watching the students stammer, ask questions in a disorganized manner, and haphazardly throw out questions one after another, Dr. Ji’s face showed a hint of disappointment.

Xu Ze sighed inwardly. They couldn’t let Xing University lose face like this. If they made a bad impression on Dr. Ji now, they might be stuck reviewing these basic things next time, which would be a waste.

He had no choice but to gently push a few classmates aside, step forward, nod, and indicate that he would take over.

Seeing Xu Ze step up, the other students realized their performance had been rather poor. They quickly stopped talking and let Xu Ze proceed.

After glancing at the patient a couple of times and roughly assessing the situation, Xu Ze began to systematically interview the patient.

Watching Xu Ze methodically ask about the patient’s condition in a clear, logical manner that went straight to the root of the problem, Dr. Ji nodded frequently, thinking to herself, “Although today’s students can’t compare to how we were back in the day, there are still some promising talents. This young man is really quite good. To perform so well on his very first internship is extremely rare…”

“Student Xu Ze did very well… His history-taking was very clear and systematic. Everyone should learn from him…” Dr. Ji nodded with satisfaction, instructing the group. She then took the students to see another patient, carefully explaining the key points of history-taking and having them practice how to conduct targeted interviews with patients.

Through Dr. Ji’s detailed guidance and Xu Ze’s demonstration, the Xing University students—none of whom were fools—basically mastered the first skill of being a doctor: taking a patient history, by the end of the afternoon.

Although they might not be entirely proficient yet, Dr. Ji was confident that with a bit more time, these young people would reach a sufficient level of skill.

However, Dr. Ji Xueping was particularly impressed with the student named Xu Ze. For a fourth-year student to perform so well on his first internship was truly remarkable.

So, the next day at work, she said to Department Head Qian Zhixun with a smile, “Director Qian, although students nowadays aren’t as hardworking as we were, there are still quite a few promising sprouts…”

Hearing Dr. Ji, who rarely praised anyone casually, speak so highly of yesterday’s students, Qian Zhixun couldn’t help but ask curiously, “Oh? Were the students you supervised yesterday that strong?”

“Well… most of that group was average, but there was one named Xu Ze who was quite good…” Thinking of the young man from yesterday, Dr. Ji Xueping couldn’t help but smile.

Hearing the name, Qian Zhixun was taken aback and murmured, “Xu Ze?”

“Xu Ze… wasn’t the kid from the Emergency Department, the one even Director Jiang Zhibo admired, also named Xu Ze?”

But Qian Zhixun quickly shook his head and dismissed the thought: “It must just be the same name. There are far too many people with the same name in this world…”

The morning Internal Medicine class was incredibly boring for Xu Ze. After dozing off for two hours and being called out by the angry Internal Medicine professor to answer two questions, class was finally dismissed.

Luozi, Gangzi, and Pangzi—the three friends—had become quite accustomed to Xu Ze dozing off in class. After all, for most of the past year, Xu Ze had almost never paid attention in class, yet he always managed to pass his exams. So, they were used to his behavior.

The four of them walked towards the Second Cafeteria. Gangzi sighed and said with a smile, “You guys know what? This year’s freshmen include a really beautiful girl… I only saw her twice, but I’m already captivated. She’s so pure and cute, totally my dream girl… I heard she’s already been ranked second on the campus belle list, right after Sun Lingfei…”

“Second on the campus belle list?” Luozi was stunned upon hearing this. “Straight to number two? That impressive?”

“Of course… In my opinion, she’s not any worse than A’Ze’s Sun Lingfei…” Gangzi clutched his chest with a lovesick expression and sighed. “It’s just that Sun Lingfei’s popularity is too overwhelming, so she has to temporarily stay behind Sun Lingfei… I think within a year or two, reaching the top spot on the campus belle list definitely wouldn’t be difficult… She’s just so adorable…”

“Is she really that beautiful?” Pangzi also looked skeptical. Who was Sun Lingfei? For someone to compare to her, what must she look like…?

“Yes… of course… I swear…” Seeing their disbelief, Gangzi raised his hands angrily as if taking an oath.

Watching his three friends banter, Xu Ze followed behind with a light smile. He naturally knew who Gangzi was talking about. Thinking of that elegant, simple young girl, Xu Ze couldn’t help but smile.

“Brother Xu Ze…”

Just as he was smiling, a somewhat familiar voice reached Xu Ze’s ears. Startled, he confirmed it wasn’t an auditory hallucination.

He slowly turned around and saw that elegant, simple, and cute girl, holding a book, standing not far to his left, smiling at him.

Xu Ze was dumbfounded for a moment. He had just heard her name, and now she appeared. But he quickly collected himself and smiled lightly at the cute girl. “Long time no see… I didn’t expect you to really come…”

“Yes… I finally got into Xing University… Brother Xu Ze, you have to look after me, okay…” Lin Mumeng walked over gently. Her shoulder-length hair and the captivating smile on her elegant face attracted many gazes. Hearing the sudden gradual quietness around them, the trio walking ahead of Xu Ze finally sensed something was wrong. They turned around and saw the elegant girl.

Pangzi’s mouth hung open as he stared blankly, then murmured, “Gangzi… I believe you now…”

“I believe it too…” Luozi rubbed the back of his head, looked at the elegant girl who had walked up to Xu Ze and was gazing at him with a happy smile, and nodded with a sigh.

“This Old Fourth guy… why is he familiar with every beautiful girl? Even this junior who just arrived a couple of days ago… how did he manage to connect with her?” Gangzi grumbled resentfully.

Hearing Gangzi’s frustrated tone, Luozi cleared his throat and said, “Ahem… you really shouldn’t compare yourself to Old Fourth… Can you even compare to him…?”

“Exactly… Can you compare to Old Fourth? He can play the piano… Can you? He can play the violin… Can you?…” Pangzi looked at the two who seemed quite close and sighed lightly. “Look… Old Fourth and this junior standing together, like green leaves and a red flower, a handsome man and a beautiful woman… don’t they look well-matched?”

“If you were standing next to that junior… it would be like cow dung and a fresh flower…” Pangzi snorted, looking at Gangzi.

“……” Gangzi sighed speechlessly, for once not retorting to Pangzi’s words.

“Brother Xu Ze… could we have lunch together?” Hearing the incredibly cute and elegant junior say these words to Old Fourth with a blushing face, Luozi also sighed, then pulled Gangzi and Pangzi away. “Let’s go… Let’s not interrupt Old Fourth’s good fortune here…”

Pulled back by Luozi’s strange strength, Gangzi looked back reluctantly: “Luozi… Old Fourth already has Sun Lingfei… Getting to know this junior ourselves wouldn’t be so bad, right?… Such a good opportunity…”

“Hmph… You daydreamer, can’t you see how that junior looks at Old Fourth?… It’s obvious there’s something between them… There’s nothing for you here anymore…” Luozi looked at Gangzi sympathetically and sighed.

“Wah… Why?… This world is just too unfair…” Gangzi looked utterly dejected, shook off Luozi’s hand, and ran towards the Second Cafeteria. He needed food to heal his wounded young heart.

Seeing the hopeful, slightly shy look in Lin Mumeng’s eyes, Xu Ze couldn’t help but sigh inwardly, remembering her words about wanting to come to Xing University. He had no choice but to smile and nod. “Alright… I’ll treat you to a meal…”

Wu Yueru listened to Zhang Qi’s words, thought of that seemingly overly arrogant junior, and couldn’t help but frown. “Brother Zhang… I’m not very familiar with that Xu Ze. We only exchanged a couple of words. But he doesn’t seem very easy to deal with…”

“Not being familiar doesn’t matter… If you’re not familiar with him, aren’t you familiar with other people at Xing University?” Hearing Wu Yueru’s evasive tone, Zhang Qi frowned, displeased. “You need to think of a way. This is something the boss personally assigned… So, no matter what, we must do everything possible to get this done…”

“The big boss’s intention?” Hearing Zhang Qi’s words, Wu Yueru was startled. So this was an order from the big boss himself… That made it harder to refuse. And she couldn’t easily offend Zhang Qi either… Although reluctant, Wu Yueru had no choice but to nod in agreement…