Although Lin Jie was not yet a doctor in the legal sense, in his heart, he had long considered himself a doctor, a purely devoted doctor.

As a doctor, once you take on a patient, whether by professional regulations or moral standards, you are required to treat them with dedication and without discrimination, regardless of whether the patient is a murderer, a lifesaving hero, a top billionaire, or a homeless vagabond.

Because a doctor is a doctor, not a judge, not a police officer, and does not have the power to judge patients, only the duty to heal and save lives!

Upon arriving at the Zhujia Port clinic, Lin Jie discovered that An Kexin had already arrived ahead of him.

He exchanged a glance with An Kexin, but without speaking, and with Zhang Daya's assistance, he changed into surgical attire, entered the disinfection room, and after scrubbing in, went straight into the operating room!

Luo Shanshan, who had long changed into surgical clothes, had already prepared the surgical nurse's duties, arranging the surgical instruments one by one, along with the medical consumables used for the bone setting.

The orthopedic surgical instruments, such as electric saws, drills, bone hammers, bone clamps, bone chisels, scraping knives, bone levers, and wire cutters were a dazzling array, quite numerous, and at first glance, many looked similar to a carpenter's tools.

In fact, many orthopedic surgical instruments were indeed developed and evolved from carpenter's tools, and many bone-setting tasks are not much different from a carpenter's work.

This time, however, the bones Lin Jie needed to set were relatively fragmented and small, using the smallest model tools!

At this time, the injured Su Xiaohui had already been placed on the operating table.

Zhang Daya connected the monitoring equipment to the injured, opened three venous channels: one for drip anesthesia, one for physiological saline and anti-inflammatory drugs, and the last one as a backup in case of blood transfusion or other needs!

Luo Shanshan cut open the gauze on the injured's right hand and right forearm, exposing the muddled flesh and limp hand and arm!

Lin Jie took a small round knife, incised the skin and muscle of the right thumb, revealing the bone inside!

Functionally, among the five fingers of the hand, the thumb is the most important, followed by the index and middle fingers, and the treatment sequence follows this order from most important to less important.

Lin Jie first cleared away the small fragmented bones and damaged muscle and vascular tissue at the fracture sites!

He then trimmed the fracture surfaces appropriately, using a one-millimeter diameter bone pin for intramedullary fixation, to align the broken bones, and afterwards, checked for any damaged blood vessels, nerves, and tendons, concluding with skin suturing!

Throughout the process, aside from repairing damaged tiny blood vessels and nerves requiring a higher technical skill, the clearing of fracture surfaces, and using bone pins or screws to connect fractured bones, were all quite straightforward procedures.

However, this simple process truly reflected the varying levels of doctor's ability and experience.

Lin Jie's bone connection was not only fast, but the restructuring of the fracture surfaces was appropriate, and the alignment was exceptionally accurate.

Under these circumstances, the recovery speed of the injured person naturally increases, and the bone regeneration at the fracture sites would be much less prolific, allowing the injured person's right hand and forearm functionality to recover with minimal difference from its original state!

If another doctor were to perform such surgery, take the simplest thigh bone connection surgery for example.

If a person's leg bone unfortunately breaks into two or three segments, once healed, it is quite normal for the injured leg to end up one or two centimeters longer or shorter than the uninjured leg!

In a situation like Su Xiaohui's, where the bones were fractured into multiple segments, the bone healing overgrowth could severely compress the joint and prevent normal movement.

Lin Jie worked meticulously on connecting and repairing each fragmented bone piece, fully focused on repeatedly performing similar tasks, seemingly unaware of the passage of time…

When he first looked up at the clock on the wall, he realized the surgery time had already passed five hours and thirty-six minutes, and it was nearing 6 PM.

Lin Jie instructed, "Dr. Luo, the plaster cast molding on the right hand and forearm, and the closing tasks of the surgery, I'll leave them to you!"

"No problem, everything here is in my hands. Dr. Lin, you can go rest!" Luo Shanshan replied!

Lin Jie nodded, turned around, and was about to leave!

Just then, a surge of forgotten pain suddenly came rushing to him!

This pain seemed to release all the accumulated pain of the past few hours in an instant, engulfing Lin Jie like a tide.

Unprepared, Lin Jie staggered and was about to fall! Zhang Daya, who was on one side, reacted quickly with a lateral cross-step, simultaneously turning and stooping to use her back to support Lin Jie.

Laying against Zhang Daya's back, Lin Jie felt both relief and a sense of ease!

"What happened to you?" Luo Shanshan was startled too and hurriedly inquired!

Lin Jie forced a smile and fibbed, "Standing for too long, my leg went numb!"

"Dr. Lin, let me carry you back to your room!" Zhang Daya softly offered!

Lin Jie put his arm around Zhang Daya's shoulder, expressing his agreement through his actions!

Zhang Daya did not grab Lin Jie's legs or hips, but instead, held onto his arms and, bending at the waist, carried him out of the operating room.

Outside the operating room waited Monkey, Dahei, and An Kexin, who were all surprised to see Lin Jie come out in this posture!

Before they could speak, Lin Jie quickly said, "The surgery went well, I'm fine, it's just a numb leg."

By now, having adapted to the pain, Lin Jie got off Zhang Daya's back, removed his surgical clothing, and with Zhang Daya's and An Kexin's insistence, holding onto him one on each side, he was brought back to his office!

Lin Jie lay down on the bed in the bedroom, once again exhausted like a dead dog.

Zhang Daya still needed to go back and tidy up the operating room, but An Kexin stayed!

She poured Lin Jie a cup of hot water and joked, "Looking at you, it doesn't seem like a numb leg, but more like a worsening sprain in the waist. Monkey told me about your waist… injury."

"It couldn't be from too much vigorous activity and excessive exercise last night, could it?"

Lin Jie propped himself up and glared at her, took several sips of the hot water, and said, "Miaomiao drank a bit too much last night and passed out when hit by the cold wind outside!"

"I got this injury carrying her back to the apartment, not as glamorous as you think!"

After explaining his back injury, Lin Jie quickly changed the subject, "Hey, you, the big boss, leaving hundreds of subordinates behind, just idly waiting outside the operating room for several hours, what's up?"

An Kexin smiled awkwardly and said, "Do you remember that guy Liu Guangxi? Like a sticky gum, I can avoid it here for a moment of peace."

"Hmm, this Saturday evening, the company is holding a farewell and welcome party, mainly for the company's clients and many hospital leaders, experts, attending doctors etc. I specifically invite you to join!"

"Also, this entire set of orthopedic surgical equipment and supplies aren't cheap, costing a cool thirty or forty thousand. I'm still waiting for the payment!"

An Kexin clapped her hands and laughed, "See, I'm waiting here, and it turns out I have quite a few things on my plate."

Lin Jie rolled his eyes at her again, not the least bit politely said, "I didn't have lunch, and now it's dinner time, I'm hungry. Fix me something to eat, or go bag some food at Zhujia Port!"

An Kexin scavenged items from a couple of office refrigerators and brought fish balls, beef balls, shrimp, wontons, noodles, eggs, tomatoes, and several packs of vegetables.

She also borrowed an induction cooker and pot from Zhang Daya, with some condiments, and started cooking a hot pot right in the bedroom!

Lin Jie was indeed starving, letting go of formality, and ate alongside An Kexin in bed.

After a while, An Kexin hesitated before finally saying, "Lin Jie, honestly, I do have something I need your help with!"

"What is it?" Lin Jie asked casually!

"It's about Kemeng!"

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