The luncheon at Chunlai Restaurant was still ongoing!

By this time, everyone had almost finished eating, and since there was some time before the two o'clock assessment in the afternoon, they chatted while drinking tea, treating it as a break.

The people at the table became a bit more familiar with each other, and Xu Xingye couldn't help his curiosity, asking, "Lin Jie, this morning it was obvious that Dean Hu didn't want you to pass the assessment. To cut someone's future off is a deadly enmity!"

"Do you and this old guy have some sort of grudge? If it's inconvenient, you don't have to answer!"

This question was also what Li Haoxiang and Ye Hongqing wanted to know, and both of them looked at Lin Jie with concern.

"Let me answer that!"

An Weize took over the topic, saying, "Lin Jie's medical talents, as seen from this morning's theoretical assessment, you've got a glimpse of it. It's certain that in the near future, Lin Jie will surely become a world-renowned medical expert."

"The Hu Family also recognized Lin Jie's medical talent and once made significant efforts to recruit him, but he refused."

"Besides this, Lin Jie and I are working together to set up a hospital, which will be located in the currently very hotly discussed Phoenix Mountain District. Once this hospital is built, it will have a significant impact on the Hu Family's Kangning Hospital."

"These are the two main reasons why Hu Yitong doesn't want Lin Jie to pass the assessment smoothly."

Xu Xingye, as well as Li Haoxiang and Ye Hongqing, all made sounds of understanding.

Ye Hongqing, in particular, said indignantly, "To prevent future competition, he wants to cut off someone's prospects—what Hu Yitong did is really too much."

"I have always heard that Kangning Hospital has a decent reputation. But if the hospital's dean has such character, I suppose the hospital is just so-so."

An Weize laughed and said, "Truth be told, Kangning Hospital has leading strengths in cardiovascular and neurosurgery in Binhai City. Other than being a bit expensive, there aren't really any major issues with it."

"Brother An, you really have grand plans and make great decisions! With pollution getting worse these days, and people getting sick or developing tumors at the drop of a hat, hospitals are really an ever-thriving industry!"

Xu Xingye praised a couple of times and cautiously asked, "Brother An, is this hospital you're planning to build going to be a specialist or a general hospital? Do you have plans to accept external investments?"

Ye Hongqing also joined in, "I have some idle capital lying around that could be invested."

An Weize considered for a moment and said, "To be honest, while investing in hospitals seems promising, it is a long-term investment and results can be hard to see in the short term. Especially for a newly built hospital; the first five years might just be running at a loss."

"How about this, if both of you are genuinely interested, we can set a time on another day to discuss in detail!"

Xu Xingye and Ye Hongqing knew that now was not the time to discuss this and agreed to An Weize's suggestion.

However, An Weize's response left Lin Jie a bit puzzled.

He had never heard that the An Family had plans to allow others to participate in the hospital investment, but now hearing his tone, it seemed like there was some flexibility in this area.

At this moment, the phone in Lin Jie's pocket started to vibrate!

He took it out to see that it was a call from Doctor Zhu Heping, who stayed at the Zhujia Port clinic.

Lin Jie left the private room and answered the call in the corridor.

As soon as the call connected, what Zhu Heping said on the phone puzzled Lin Jie for a moment, making him ask, "Left? You mean Fang Yan left, what do you mean?"

"Just now, Fang Yan called a Didi and left the clinic with her stuff. She also asked me to tell you, thank you for your kindness and wholehearted help; she will repay you greatly someday!"

After hanging up on Zhu Heping, Lin Jie thought for a moment and somewhat understood the reason for Fang Yan's departure.

Today was supposed to be the day when Fang Yan was to remove the bandages on her face.

But it coincided with Lin Jie's admission assessment date, so they agreed to postpone the unveiling of the bandages until tomorrow.

Departing like this, Fang Yan might want to sever ties with the past completely and not let those who knew her before see her current face!

As Fang Yan's plastic surgeon who checked her wounds and changed her dressings from time to time, Lin Jie might be the only link connecting her past and present.

"What are you thinking about so deeply?"

Lin Jie turned around and saw An Kexin also leaving the private room, softly saying, "Fang Yan left the clinic today."

"Fang Yan just left like that?"

An Kexin was surprised and rather disappointed, saying, "I still wanted to see what she looks like now! If the result is good, I might also consider having you do some work on me."

Lin Jie laughed and said, "Kexin, you're already beautiful enough. Although describing it as 'adding a fraction would be too long, subtracting a fraction would be too short' is a bit exaggerated, there's no need for you to go under the knife anymore."

"Is it really as good as you say?"

An Kexin happily twisted her figure and coquettishly threw Lin Jie a charming glance, humming, "They say even the four great beauties of ancient times had their flaws; naturally, I also have shortcomings that you don't know about."

"Things I don't know about? But we're…"

Lin Jie had just begun to speak when he realized it might not be appropriate, so he quickly stopped and changed the topic: "Uncle An seems to be considering accepting investment from others. Is it because there's a problem with the funding for the hospital construction?"

"It's not a problem with the funding—it's that the difficulties we are facing have increased!"

An Kexin led Lin Jie to a relatively quiet place and whispered, "A few days ago, Luo Wantong came personally, wanting to collaborate with us to build a hospital."

Lin Jie frowned and asked, "Hasn't he already bought Phoenix Mountain Hospital? Why does he still want a piece of our hospital?"

An Kexin explained, "His proposal is for us to stop building our own hospital and run Phoenix Mountain Hospital together with him. He would have absolute control over Phoenix Mountain Hospital, while our An Family would have the operational rights to the hospital."

Seeing Lin Jie showing a worried expression, An Kexin hurriedly said, "This collaboration plan was rejected by my father. He said that operational rights without controlling shares are like a building on quicksand, with no stability whatsoever."

"Even if it's clearly written on paper, a seemingly flawless promise cannot be trusted. If the other party wants to overturn it, they can always find a flexible, feasible method."

She tucked a few strands of mischievous hair that ran to her forehead behind her head and continued, "Father also speculated that the main reason Luo Wantong wanted to collaborate with us is because of you!"

"It's not as if the Luo Family lacks the capability to run a hospital independently. If it weren't for you, he wouldn't have come to us. After all, for our An Family, building and operating a hospital is like a bride going on a sedan chair for the first time!"

Lin Jie seemed to understand a bit and continued to ask, "You refused his proposal for collaboration—what does that have to do with you accepting investment?"

An Kexin sighed and said with a gloomy face, "Lin Jie, let me tell you one more thing!"

"Besides Luo's Phoenix Mountain Hospital, the Han Group is also planning to build a hospital, and Limin Hospital has plans to establish a branch in the Phoenix Mountain District!"

"Now hospitals are clustering together, competition will be extremely fierce, even brutal. Our Anlin Hospital is relatively the weakest among them."

"Father is already prepared for long-term loss operations. If there is external investment to share part of the pressure, it would be all the better."

Lin Jie did not expect such a new development to occur. Regarding this, he was also powerless and could only rely on the An Family to handle all potential challenges.

At 1:30 PM, everyone left Chunlai Restaurant and returned to school.

At 1:50 PM, everyone gathered again in the small auditorium!

By this time, the podium area of the small auditorium had transformed significantly, with an operating table, shadowless lamp, and monitoring instruments, essentially turning it into a complete operating room.

Seeing such changes, many in the small auditorium began to chatter.

"Is it possible that Lin Jie will perform surgery on someone here?"

"Are you stupid? Lin Jie isn't a doctor yet, not even a student of the Medical College. He doesn't even qualify to perform surgery under a mentor's guidance!"

Someone else objected, "Then why put up an operating table? It's not like they're just going to have Lin Jie identify various surgical instruments and equipment, right?"

One person scoffed, "If you can't operate on a living person, you can still operate on a dead one! This is the Medical College, after all; they are not short of cadaver specimens."

A girl covered her mouth, somewhat scared, "Really? With so many people watching, and this being a live broadcast, bringing in a dead body to operate on suddenly—won't that scare some people to death?"

"Haha, most people watching this assessment have medical experience and have dealt with bodies; they won't be scared. If you're afraid, sweetheart, you can lean on me..."

At this moment, the school and college leaders, along with the judges, entered the small auditorium, and the scattered conversations gradually subsided.

Lin Jie stood once again at the podium, calmly looking at the seven judges in front of him!

Ren Maoshi took the microphone, stood up, cleared his throat twice, and said, "In the theoretical assessment in the morning, Lin Jie left a deep impression on us judges. His solid and profound theoretical knowledge amazed me!"

"This afternoon, we will assess Lin Jie's practical skills. Before the assessment, let me first talk about a few matters related to Lin Jie!"

Ren Maoshi spoke while walking from his seat to the front of the podium, standing by Lin Jie's side!

He spoke passionately, "The first thing is during the Baihui Square accident in June last year, Lin Jie, who was at the scene, bravely stepped forward and actively participated in rescuing the injured!"

"It was due to Lin Jie's active rescue efforts that at least three critically injured individuals were kept alive until they reached the hospital and got the precious opportunity for resuscitation. And there's another thing Lin Jie did that left many emergency physicians in awe."

"That is..."

Ren Maoshi took a thin straw from his pocket, raised it high, and said, "Lin Jie used a straw to perform an emergency intubation on an injured person!"

"Theoretically, at the right speed, force, and angle, a seemingly soft straw can even penetrate a big potato or a carrot. But we all understand the significant gap between theory and actual implementation."

"Yet Lin Jie managed to do it!"

Ren Maoshi said with much emotion, "Let's just say it was luck!"

"Not to mention Lin Jie's courage and decisiveness, but the anatomical knowledge of the human body and the command of emergency medical knowledge and skills demonstrated by the straw intubation are not something ordinary emergency physicians can match."

Hearing himself being praised like a flower, Lin Jie couldn't help but feel unsettled, thinking, "What is this guy up to? Is he trying to build me up only to tear me down? Could he be trying to coax me into performing a straw intubation again?"

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