Surgery Godfather-Chapter 560 - 508: Fellow Villager

When he got home, Xiao Su had already prepared dinner.

Yang Ping told Xiao Su about the incident in the emergency department, and Xiao Su told a story about her classmate.

This female driver had just recently received her driving license when she encountered a scammer attempting insurance fraud. He, not being in the best condition or unfamiliar with the scheme, fell to the ground about two or three meters in front of the car. He fell clumsily, right in front of the car. Her classmate was driving at a turtle’s pace, but when she saw someone fall down, she panicked and accidentally hit the accelerator thinking it was the brakes and ran straight into him. Needless to say, what happened next was predictable.

It seems that insurance fraud scams can be risky too.

"So after I got my driver’s license, I specifically enrolled in a training course for new drivers. It ran for three hours every day, for a month. They taught everything: from reversing into garages, entering and exiting underground parking lots, driving on winding mountain roads, high-speed driving, coping with various complex driving environments. I only dared to drive alone after mastering all of them. That’s part of being responsible not just to myself but to others as well," Xiao Su said with a hint of emotion.

No wonder Xiao Su’s driving skills are so good, and her operation is very standardized. That’s the result of formal training.

"Why don’t we go to my grandfather’s place for the Lunar New Year? He’s mentioned it a few times, he really likes you," Xiao Su said with a smile.

The old man is indeed interesting, at ninety years old, still so keen on his trade craft.

"Didn’t he bring up the idea of competing with Professor Zhang a while ago? Why isn’t he talking about it anymore?" Yang Ping recalled their discussion about a Tai Chi contest.

Xiao Su smiled again: "Of course, they still talk about it. Now, neither one concedes to the other. They’ve agreed to have a big contest after the Spring Festival. My grandfather exercises every morning by jogging and doing chin-ups, and he’s even hired a coach for training."

"I see. Didn’t you notice that Professor Zhang is also jogging around the hospital grounds every morning? He even straps sandbags to his legs. It seems neither of them will stop until they determine a winner. They’re both preparing for the battle."

"My father says, just let them be. Among their old buddies, only these two remain. Life is full of risks, even a fracture wouldn’t be such a big deal," Xiao Su said, her face serious.

Yang Ping fell silent, suddenly recalling Professor Feng Tiancheng’s last words before surgery, expressing his wish to donate his body for medical research. The older generation truly dedicated their lives to medicine.

After dinner, the two of them divided up the work. Those who cook clean the kitchen, those who eat clean the table.

Doing house chores is more fun when two people do it together. Yang Ping has no problem with this, he’s not the macho type.

"I heard Yemen is at war, Saudi Arabia is right next to it, is everything okay?" Xiao Su seemed worried about Yang Ping. He’ll soon be going to Saudi Arabia for a surgical operation.

Yang Ping laughed: "They’re two separate countries not two villages. Even in a war, bombs won’t fly that far. Don’t worry."

"I’m just worried about you. So, promise me that you’ll call multiple times a day," Xiao Su asked Yang Ping to promise.

Yang Ping reassured her: "Don’t worry, I’ll be back as soon as the surgery is done. The New Year is almost here."

When you deeply love someone, you’re always worried, always fretting. That’s what they call concern.

"Now that we have such a big house, don’t you feel it’s a bit empty? Not lively enough," Yang Ping purposely asked Xiao Su.

Xiao Su was surprised: "What are you thinking?"

Back when they bought this house, Xiao Su helped choose it.

He’d also let Xiao Su decide on the house renovation plan, and she personally picked all the furniture.

At the time of buying the house, a 140-square-meter space would have been enough. This 300-plus-square-meter duplex was indeed a bit too big.

But unsurprisingly, he’d just earned a good amount of money from the United States and was feeling generous. Who doesn’t want to live in a bigger house?

Yang Ping is that kind of person. If he doesn’t have a lot of money, he’s okay with living in a single room. If he does have the funds, he’s comfortable in a 300 square meters duplex. He’s just an ordinary person with ordinary desires.

As the saying goes, a gentleman loves money and knows how to earn it rightfully.

No problem with spending the money that one makes oneself. He doesn’t feel like showing off, so this hidden duplex is a perfect choice.

After dinner, once they’ve cleaned the place, took a shower, he would sit on the big chair in the study and read for a bit. Such a delightful moment.

In life, one has to know how to enjoy themselves without sinking into despair during hard times; and when the conditions are right, to know how to enjoy without letting themselves go! This is what they call a state of bliss.

Yang Ping was reading in the study, Xiao Su came out of the bathroom, stood at the door of the study, her pink pajamas highlighting her charming curves, making Yang Ping’s heart race.

"Doctor Yang, how can we make this empty house a bit livelier? Do you have any good ideas yet?" Xiao Su leaned against the door frame.

Yang Ping stood up, walked slowly over, put his arm around her waist: "I have an idea, but it requires Nurse Su’s cooperation!"

"How? What do you need me to do?"

"Be a little bold and conduct a risk-free bio-leak experiment, how about that?"

"We haven’t obtained a license to conduct unprotected bio-experiments yet. It would be more appropriate to get a license first."

"It doesn’t matter that much. As long as we reach an agreement, we can conduct the preliminary experiment first, and follow-up with the formalities later. The experiment we do is very sacred. Everything is for the future of our country, and the procedure should not be our limitation."

"Alright, for the future of our country, I agree!"

"I have another suggestion. Actually, sometimes, our experiments cannot adhere to conventional ways. We need to unleash our imagination, try various methods to achieve the best experimental results. For example, when adding biological reagents, we can try multiple angles."

"How do you know so much?"

"As a doctor, I am naturally learned! I can’t ignore matters related to humanity’s future. I’ve watched numerous videos introducing experiments in the past, so I’ve gained some knowledge."

The door gently closed, and the experiment began in full swing.

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Apart from the struggle for survival, there is still poetry and the distance beyond.

But even the distance meant surgery, and Yang Ping’s trip to Saudi Arabia was swiftly confirmed.

The new director of the International Medical Department, Director Lian, is a returned overseas scholar with proficiency in several languages. He is extremely familiar with the operations of international medical services. Despite his experiences in other hospitals, be they public or private, his work was unfulfilling.

Because these hospitals had virtually no international awareness, let alone contacting international business, his department was expendable, most of the time acting as a translation department for foreign patients, with no actual international medical business to speak of.

Shortly after he took office at Sanbo Hospital, Director Lian dealt with an international consultation invitation from Saudi Arabia. This was a legitimate international medical cooperation business, and he was invigorated.

With his skills and experience, Director Lian arranged Yang Ping’s cross-country consultation smoothly, including round-trip tickets, hotel reservations, pick-up arrangements on the other side, etc., every detail nailed down.

Talent, talent is the most important.

All capabilities are made up of talents.

However, after completing these operations, Director Lian realized that it was almost the Spring Festival. He had been too eager to display his talents that he forgot about the Spring Festival.

So he asked Yang Ping with trepidation, "Do you want to change the date?"

If he doesn’t go before the Spring Festival, he will only be able to go after the Spring Festival. This delay of more than ten days may seem insignificant, but for a dying patient, it is a matter of life and death.

Unconcerned with the Spring Festival, Yang Ping confirmed that this arrangement was very suitable and there was no need to change the date.

Every country has its taboos due to cultural differences, and Director Lian prepared a booklet of information for Yang Ping.

The booklet outlined details for what to pay attention to when traveling to Saudi Arabia, including cultural taboos, emergency contact numbers in the local area, and the emergency hotline of the Chinese Embassy.

After finishing these tasks, Director Lian was pleased. At other hospitals, so-called international business consisted solely of inviting foreigners to have surgeries in China. At Sanbo Hospital, he was arranging for Chinese doctors to perform surgeries overseas.

This job is great, to his liking.

Thinking about it, Director Lian called Yang Ping: "My phone is on 24 hours a day, when you’re abroad, please call me anytime you need something."

Professor Li Ze began to express his gratitude. As an overseas Chinese, he understood the significance of Spring Festival to a Chinese person. It is the most important holiday of the year. Apart from the armed forces, police, and essential personnel and businesses, everyone else is on holiday.

Professor Li Ze was deeply moved by Yang Ping’s professionalism.

Without any hesitation, he arrived in Saudi Arabia three days earlier to do some preparatory work. At this time, Professor Li was very excited. Although he himself is a top surgeon, it was only after watching Yang Ping perform surgery that he realized what a true world-class surgeon looks like.

Operational qualifications were not a problem. As a formal contract doctor of the hospital, Yang Ping could perform any type and level of heart surgery as long as Professor Li Ze recommended him. It didn’t matter that he was originally an orthopedic surgeon.

Two days before the Chinese New Year’s Eve, Yang Ping took a plane to Saudi Arabia’s second-largest city---Jeddah, a place unfamiliar to him.

This was the coldest time in Saudi Arabia, the temperature was only around 3-4 degrees, which made the cold feel particularly dry.

Among the crowd at the airport, Professor Li recognized Yang Ping. He walked up to shake his hand excitedly, not knowing what to say.

"The weather is quite good today, just a little bit chilly. The little guy is not in very good shape. If we delay the surgery, I’m afraid he can’t wait."

After exchanging pleasantries, Professor Li expressed his apology for inviting Yang Ping to Saudi Arabia on the eve of Spring Festival.

"What are the conditions for surgery at the hospital?"

Without any unnecessary small talk, Yang Ping got straight to the point. Nobody travels a great distance to chat about the weather.

"This is a place that spares no expense. The equipment in the hospital is the latest and most advanced in the world with the nursing staff coming from all over the world. The person assisting you is a nurse from Australia. The doctors are locals as well as from abroad. Even the local doctors have received standardized training in Europe and America. I will be there to assist during the operation." Professor Li Ze offered to help Yang Ping with his luggage.

However, there was only one luggage case, easy to pull along, and Yang Ping courteously refused.

Professor Li had seen Yang Ping perform surgery at Sanbo Hospital---surgical correction of scoliosis concurrently with adhesive heart and major blood vessel malformation. He was impressed by Yang Ping’s superb technique and believed that only he could be the chief surgeon on this operation.

When he invited Yang Ping, and Yang Ping accepted the invitation with pleasure, Professor Li was even more convinced that his judgment was correct.

A top doctor would absolutely never venture into an unfamiliar field, whether it’s for the patient’s sake or to protect their own reputation.

Upon leaving the airport, Professor Li invited Yang Ping to get into the car. The vehicle picking them up was a Red Flag sedan, which gave Yang Ping a warm sense of familiarity.

The driver was a local Saudi. He took pride in serving a Chinese professor. He shook hands with Yang Ping and said in Chinese:

"Fellow countryman! Hello!"

Yang Ping was both amused and bemused. He guessed they thought "fellow countryman" was a term that could narrow the distance between them.