Lin Jie picked some of his favorite foods and took them to the dining area. Just as he sat down, Chen Shi also sat opposite him with his own plate of food.

"Lin Jie, I have a surgery at Limin Hospital this afternoon. Do you want to come along and check it out?"

"What kind of surgery?" Lin Jie asked casually!

"A pulmonary appendectomy!"

As soon as Chen Shi mentioned this, Lin Jie immediately understood.

This is a case of pulmonary sequestration, considered a rare congenital disease, classified under congenital pulmonary development anomalies.

Normal people have five lung lobes, two on the left, three on the right. However, patients with pulmonary sequestration have an additional underdeveloped lobe.

Such cases usually are undetectable unless complications arise.

Some people never exhibit symptoms and can go their entire lives without realizing they have this issue. However, that extra lobe, due to underdevelopment and lack of significant respiratory function, easily becomes infected, similar to how a useless appendix does in regular people.

Lin Jie asked in puzzlement, "For such a surgery, Limin Hospital specially requests you, a renowned expert? Isn't that overqualified?"

Chen Shi savored Lin Jie's flattery and said smugly, "If I'm being invited, it's naturally not just any ordinary surgery. This patient has been coughing persistently for a couple of weeks, mistook it for a cold, took some medicine himself, and ignored it, causing a delay!"

"Now the patient's sixth lung lobe is already purulent and infected, with pus-filled alveoli. You get it now?"

Lin Jie now understood that the surgery carried certain risks.

During the removal of the sixth lung lobe, if the abscess is accidentally punctured, it could infect the entire chest cavity, potentially leading to the patient's demise. Even if it doesn't, the patient could suffer a chronic infection that lasts twenty to thirty years, which is incurable.

He whispered, "This surgery requires a certain level of steadiness and precision. However, as an expert-level surgeon, this surgery isn't particularly challenging for you."

Seeing Lin Jie talk so lightly, Chen Shi felt a bit miffed.

But, thinking about it again, Lin Jie having successfully performed An Weize's brain tumor surgery, this surgery's difficulty naturally wouldn't impress him.

Chen Shi said gloomily, "Seems like this surgery doesn't hold any observational value for you. Lin Jie, aren't you even curious why a University Affiliated Hospital doctor is performing surgery at Limin Hospital?"

"Why's that?" Lin Jie asked cooperatively!

"All because of you!"

Raising his voice, Chen Shi said, "To get Fang Lianggong and Tao Taqing to voluntarily apply as your assessment experts, I agreed to several unequal terms with them on the spot!"

"Thinking back to what I gave up, I still feel a bit regretful."

Seeing Lin Jie's lack of a special response, Chen Shi could only say with frustration, "One of the conditions was to unconditionally accept Fang Lianggong's invitation to perform three surgeries at Limin Hospital!"

"Today's surgery is the first!"

At this moment, Lin Jie understood Chen Shi's intention—it was to flaunt his accomplishments.

He smiled lightly and said, "Professor Chen, great expert Chen, if I remember correctly, apart from our casual chats, just counting the cases we've discussed over the phone and some tricky issues, you've called me around twenty times, if not fifteen or sixteen, right?

"Moreover, at Anlin Hospital, you have vested shares too, so helping me is helping yourself as well!"

"Therefore, boasting about your merits has no effect on me."

Lin Jie had spent considerable time interacting with Chen Shi and considered himself to have a decent understanding of him. With a meaningful smile, he asked, "Just tell me directly, what do you want?"

Having his little secret guessed by Lin Jie, Chen Shi wasn't embarrassed and smiled, saying, "I knew you were sharp, couldn't hide it from you. Lin Jie, I want to discuss something with you!"

Seeing Chen Shi's rather mischievous smile, Lin Jie grew wary and asked, "What is it? Let me tell you, if it's beyond my capabilities or puts me in a difficult position, I won't agree."

"This task neither exceeds your capabilities nor puts you in a tough spot!" Like an old fox, Chen Shi smiled and said, "What I need you to do is quite simple!"

"As you know, I supervise more than a dozen master's students, a few doctoral students, and occasionally perform surgeries at the hospital while conducting research projects."

With a bitter expression, he said, "Alas... as I age, my energy wanes, and I can't juggle all tasks. Besides, next year is the thirtieth anniversary of my marriage, and I've been too absorbed in work to spend quality time with my wife."

"This heart of mine…"

"Stop! Stop! Don't complain to me or play the sympathy card!"

Lin Jie interrupted him bluntly, saying, "These are all part of your job duties. Surely you're not asking me to perform surgeries, conduct research, and teach students for you?"

Chen Shi enthusiastically slapped the table and said, "Not to replace you entirely, just need you to... replace me in teaching students!"

"What? Teach your students?"

Pointing to himself, Lin Jie exclaimed, "You're asking a grad student who just got admitted to teach your master's and doctoral students—not joking, right?"

Chen Shi straightened his face with emphasis and said, "I'm not joking at all."

"Lin Jie, you realize it too, in some respects, you could practically be teaching me. Let alone teaching those master's and doctoral students who only have superficial knowledge."

This was true, but...

Lin Jie pondered.

Benefiting from Shen Lanruo's nightly intensive teachings, his medical knowledge was as vast as the sea. However, while he memorized it, he still lacked the integration and subsequent improvement process.

He understood that today's medical research and technology were continuously evolving. In some sense, Shen Lanruo's knowledge was becoming somewhat outdated.

To continue improving, Lin Jie needed to systematically organize and integrate the memories in his mind.

Perhaps, by taking the opportunity to teach master's and doctoral students, he could conduct a systematic review and consolidation of his memory.

With this thought, Lin Jie made his decision. However, he presented a hesitant expression and said, "Professor Chen, I really want to help, but..."

"Let's put it this way, when others come to me with questions, I can provide relatively satisfactory answers. But to deliver systematic lectures—now that would challenge me!"

Chen Shi simply laughed and said, "That's an easy fix. I'll give you a syllabus, and you just lecture according to it..."

"I am neither imposing nor intimidating to those senior students!"

Chen Shi shot him a fierce glare and boldly declared, "They dare! Whoever doesn't listen to you, I'll expel them on the spot and notify the school to revoke their student status!"

Lin Jie was about to decline but said in difficulty, "I..."

In an instant, Chen Shi understood and laughed, "You little rascal, no need for this act, just tell me your conditions?"

Lin Jie chuckled and said, "I heard that, in my case, I'd still have to attend undergraduate professional courses, which would be a waste of time, right?"

Chen Shi thought for a moment and nodded, "That's right! How about I discuss it with the college to administer the university professional exam at the start of the term? If you pass, you won't have to attend those courses."

"How does that sound?"

"Alright! I have no problem with the professional exam! But..."

Lin Jie continued, "I also heard that in the graduate phase there are some non-professional public courses. You know, with merely a middle school education, tackling non-professional courses is very taxing for me."

"If I take your teaching role, I won't have time for public courses."

Chen Shi furrowed his brows slightly and said, "Public courses are tricky. However, your situation is special. Let me handle it, and figure out a solution. Anything else?"

Lin Jie smiled, "Just one final condition."

"Since I'm teaching your students, we should agree that how I teach, in what manner, and ultimately grading their performance, you have no right to interfere!"

Chen Shi laughed heartily, saying, "Naturally, if I let go, it's completely letting go! In that case, a gentleman's promise..."

Lin Jie replied straightforwardly, "Set in stone!"

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