Huating Manor is a somewhat aged villa community, located at the old botanical garden in Binhai, now on the east side of Binhai Park.

With the rapid development of Binhai City, Huating Manor now enjoys the convenience of being in the city center and the tranquility akin to a park, becoming the most upscale villa area in Binhai City, inhabited by the rich and powerful.

Led by Hu Yuanqing, Lin Jie entered Villa No.19, which from the outside appeared quite unremarkable.

As soon as he stepped into the villa, Lin Jie felt as if he had traveled through time, arriving at the house of a Ming and Qing government official's family from hundreds of years ago!

In front of him were all antique Ming and Qing furniture and decorations: every table and chair, window lattice, the calligraphy and paintings hanging, vases, and various artifacts all exuded an aura of history.

What surprised Lin Jie even more was that the woman who greeted them was dressed in traditional attire, with wide sleeves and a gauzy long skirt, resembling a young lady from ancient times.

"Is this the set of a historical drama?" Lin Jie muttered quietly.

Hu Yuanqing chuckled softly, "The owner of the villa, Mr. Tan, indeed owns a Ming and Qing film city and a film company; he is also a renowned collector of Ming and Qing antiques!"

In the reception room, Lin Jie found that more than a dozen people were already seated, sipping tea and chatting quietly.

Hu Yuanqing clasped his hands and said, "Professor Ren, Professor Li, Professor Chen, Professor Wang, Professor Zhou, Dr. Jiang, Dr. Qin, Dr. Qi, hello, I apologize for being late!"

The group ceased their conversation and rose to greet Hu Yuanqing!

While they exchanged greetings, Lin Jie took the opportunity to observe the crowd.

The professors were all in their fifties or sixties, presumably the review experts Hu Yuanqing mentioned!

The three doctors were about the same age as Hu Yuanqing, a golden period combining experience and physical strength.

Neurosurgeons are different from surgeons in other departments; brain surgeries can easily last seven or eight hours, even more than ten hours!

Once the surgery starts, it's difficult to pause for a break unless it fails, and it's hard for other doctors to take over. This demands a high level of physical and mental focus from the chief surgeon!

Many well-known neurosurgeons, upon realizing their declining physical and mental stamina as they age, typically allocate more energy to education, research, or management positions, gradually stepping back from the surgical front line!

Besides these people, Lin Jie also noticed several relatively young individuals, around thirty years old, knowing they were probably assistants brought by the doctors or young people brought along by the professors to gain experience.

Among them, Lin Jie unexpectedly recognized an acquaintance, Ren Jianzhong!

Seeing the surprise flash in Ren Jianzhong's eyes and the way his face darkened, Lin Jie directly ignored his presence, responding with a smile to the surprised glances the other young people gave him.

Indeed, Lin Jie appeared too young among this group, like a primary student accidentally intruding into a college setting, making it hard not to draw attention!

"Dr. Hu, is this young man one of your family's new talents?"

The rosy-cheeked Professor Ren also noticed Lin Jie's presence and said with a smile, "Your Hu Family really is full of talented individuals, bringing them out to gain experience at such a young age!"

Hu Yuanqing laughed and shook his head, saying, "He's not from the Hu Family; he's my newly hired assistant, named Lin Jie!"

"He has a talent for learning medical skills, with many creative ideas that inspire me. This time, I just brought him along to meet some experts and seniors!"

"Oh..."

Professor Ren became interested, smiling kindly at Lin Jie, asking, "Which Medical College are you currently attending, or with which teacher are you studying?"

"Not attending any Medical College, I learned medical skills at home!" Lin Jie said vaguely!

Professor Ren nodded upon hearing this, thinking Lin Jie was still a high school student, learning some medical skills with the Hu family people, not considering it further!

Standing by, Ren Jianzhong opened his mouth, wanting to reveal Lin Jie's background, but upon reflection, Lin Jie wasn't exactly lying after all.

Even if he exposed Lin Jie's background now, it wouldn't significantly impact him!

To Ren Jianzhong, Lin Jie now was like someone with nothing to lose. Revealing this now would instead make him look petty, since everyone present was an elite, and none were foolish.

Thinking of this, Ren Jianzhong swallowed his words.

Professor Ren scanned the room, exchanged glances with several professors, and said, "Since everyone is here, let's not stick to the scheduled time anymore. Why don't we start now?"

"I agree!"

"I have no objections!"

Hu Yuanqing and the other three doctors agreed.

Professor Ren restrained his smile and said seriously, "Very well, let me briefly explain!"

"Dr. Jiang, Dr. Qin, Dr. Hu, and Dr. Qi, you will, under our supervision, develop a surgical plan based on detailed patient medical records within two hours!"

"The surgical plan needs to be completed by yourself, and you are not to consult with outsiders or search for information in any form! We will review your surgical plans and select the one we find most suitable!"

Professor Ren's gaze slowly swept across Hu Yuanqing and the others' faces, seeing no expression of dissent, he continued, "If there are no objections, please follow us upstairs!"

As the professors and doctors went upstairs, Lin Jie, Ren Jianzhong, and the other three men and one woman remained in the reception room. The atmosphere livened noticeably.

The only woman, Chen Lan, smiled mischievously and said, "Hey, little brother Lin Jie, you must have some extraordinary talents for Director Hu to specially bring you here, can you tell us what your specialties are?"

Lin Jie hadn't yet decided how to answer when Ren Jianzhong spoke apathically, "He does have some language talent; recently, at Limin Hospital, where I work, there were experts from Germany, and he did on-site translation!"

What Ren Jianzhong said was not wrong, Lin Jie nodded, acknowledging it.

"Oh, that's impressive! I am only good at English; when it comes to German, I am completely clueless!" Chen Lan praised casually and then turned her attention back to chatting with the others.

Either because they knew each other beforehand or had heard of each other, they chatted more enthusiastically, leaving Lin Jie somewhat out of place and sidelined.

Lin Jie did not mind at all, pulling out his phone to play games!

"Ahem... ahem..."

Ren Jianzhong cleared his throat not too lightly, drawing everyone's attention back, and smiled, "The directors upstairs are having their competition; talking can be quite dull, so why don't we play a little game to pass the time?"

Chen Lan beamed and said, "Great, I love playing games the most!"

Gao Xiaobo, with rimless glasses, Lu Kaicheng with an artist's melancholic temperament, and the short and stout Li Hetong, all voiced or nodded in agreement!

Ren Jianzhong pointed at a traditional-dressed beautiful woman standing quietly in the room, serving the group, and said, "Let's test each other's observational skills! We all observe this beautiful woman, no touching, no asking questions, whoever sees the most and most accurately wins! How about that?"

"Ah... that's so unfair!"

Chen Lan disagreed a bit, "You all peek at so many beauties every day and have so much experience. I don't know how much data modeling you've stored; I definitely can't compare with you all!"

Li Hetong chuckled and said, "Well, we are all men, and you are a woman!"

"Our understanding of women is superficial at best, while you have an intrinsic understanding..."

This remark caused a round of ambiguous chuckles among the men.

Chen Lan spat, "None of you are decent! If you can't go deep, that's your own incompetence, not our fault!"

She said boldly, "Fine, I'll play with you, show you what I, a woman, am capable of, but how do we determine the winner of this game?"

Ren Jianzhong pondered for a moment and said, "It's just a game, playing too big isn't good! How about this, two thousand each, winner takes all!"

At this point, he turned his gaze to Lin Jie, saying, "Lin Jie, you should join us!"

"To give you an advantage, you don't have to pay if you lose, but you get to take the money if you win. How about everyone?"

Ren Jianzhong's suggestion seemed considerate of Lin Jie's young age, but he actually believed Lin Jie could never win!

His purpose was to get Lin Jie involved, hoping the game would reveal his lack of skills and ignorance!

Lin Jie showed a bright smile, saying, "Not losing money and having a chance to win money, such a good thing, I certainly want to join!"

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