"Me, a matchmaker?"

Lin Jie was stunned for a moment, then suddenly got interested and said, "Quick, tell me, who have you taken a fancy to?"

"Tian Xiangyu? Oh, no, he is currently seeing someone."

"Song Licheng? Huo Guangheng? Guo Peng?"

Before Lin Jie could finish listing his male students, Fang Huanru interrupted, "Teacher, if it were the junior brothers I see often, would I need you to introduce us? I can handle it myself."

Lin Jie lightly tapped his forehead, realizing, "That's right, I'm being silly."

He said with amusement, "So tell me, who caught your eye, enough for you to see him differently?"

"Let me make it clear, if the guy's medical skills are too poor, I won't be a matchmaker for him. I can't afford that shame."

Fang Huanru giggled and said, "Teacher, he's not a doctor."

"I don't want to find someone in the same field! At work, I'm always dealing with medical staff, and then to come home to another doctor, that's not the life I want."

"Teacher, the person I have feelings for is your new assistant, Guan Muhua."

"It's actually Guan Muhua?"

Lin Jie was truly surprised and asked, "Fang Huanru, are you sure?"

"You should know, he only graduated high school, and then he served in the military for a few years."

"You have a Ph.D. Will you two have common topics to talk about?"

"Does having high academic qualifications mean there will be common topics?"

Fang Huanru retorted, then continued, "Teacher, I already added Guan Muhua on WeChat. We chat quite well, and it feels like there's a lot we can talk about."

Lin Jie made a sound of understanding and asked curiously, "You already have his WeChat and chat often, so why do you need me to introduce you?"

Fang Huanru took a deep breath and seriously said, "I want you to introduce us to make Guan Muhua realize that I'm serious about wanting to date him and not just playing around."

Seeing her stern expression, Lin Jie softly said, "Okay, I accept your request, and I'll formally discuss this with Guan Muhua."

Seeing a faint smile on Fang Huanru's face, Lin Jie hurriedly added, "Fang Huanru, let me be clear with you beforehand."

"If your father or mother comes knocking, you need to clarify with them that it was your request for me to do this, and that I'm not randomly matchmaking."

Fang Huanru chuckled and said, "Teacher, don't worry. My parents are very open-minded."

Lin Jie snorted, "When it comes to children's marriage issues, I haven't seen many open-minded parents..."

At that moment, Tian Xiangyu entered the office, glanced at Fang Huanru, and reported, "Teacher, Ms. Zhao's tests have all been completed today."

Lin Jie responded with a sound and instructed, "From her test values, her body seems a bit weak."

"In the next few days, make sure to give her some nutritional injections, and try to improve her physical condition as much as possible before the surgery."

"I'll pay attention to that."

Tian Xiangyu replied and then asked, "Teacher, that Herbert guy is eager to be discharged. He says he wants to return to the United States to prepare for a Christmas celebrating his survival."

"Teacher, what do you think..."

Lin Jie pulled up Herbert's medical records on the computer and checked his routine test data.

After reviewing them and finding nothing unusual, he agreed, "Today is the fifth day after his surgery. Compared to us Easterners, Westerners tend to have tougher physiques."

"Go ahead and process his discharge, but make sure to note that the patient insisted on being discharged."

Tian Xiangyu nodded and was about to leave when Lin Jie called him back, "Tian Xiangyu, remind Herbert that given his current physical condition, it's not the time to indulge passionately."

"Tell him to take it easy; his life is his own responsibility."

Tian Xiangyu couldn't help but laugh and said, "I vaguely remember reading a statistical analysis once."

"It said that men who marry beautiful wives tend to live several years fewer on average than those whose wives are less attractive."

"Herbert's fiancée is both attractive and has a great figure, with endless alluring tricks. Herbert might end up living a lot fewer years."

"Senior Brother Tian, do you wish to live a long life or die under the peony flower?" Fang Huanru said with a playful smirk.

Tian Xiangyu shot her a glance, didn't respond, and turned to leave.

"Hey, Senior Brother Tian, you haven't answered me yet!"

Fang Huanru laughed and chased after him.

But soon, she returned, carrying a fruit basket, and ran out of the room again.

Lin Jie had just settled down to study Li Chao's mother's surgical plan when he heard the sound of the office door being pushed open.

This made him a bit annoyed, and he said irritably, "Did you forget again..."

Looking up, Lin Jie realized that the person entering was not Fang Huanru but Guo Fenhan from the Guo Family on Hong Kong Island.

Sensing Lin Jie's displeasure, Guo Fenhan asked apprehensively, "Expert Lin, am I interrupting you?"

Lin Jie waved his hand and said, "Not really an interruption; I just mistook you for one of my mischievous students."

"Are you here to see your little treasure?"

Guo Fenhan nodded and said, "Tomorrow, the little one will be transferred back to a hospital on Hong Kong Island for recovery."

"I'm here to accompany him on the way back, to prevent any tantrums."

She bit her lip and asked, "Expert Lin, is there no way to improve the vision in his right eye or his intelligence?"

The post-operative damage for the Guo Family's little one is near blindness in the right eye, with some deterioration in intelligence and logical thinking capacity.

Lin Jie explained, "Some unavoidable informational connection nodes were damaged during the surgery, making recovery very unlikely."

"However, except for the right eye's vision, which relies on luck, his intelligence and logical thinking can be gradually improved with training and learning."

Guo Fenhan confirmed, "Even with improvement, he will still be a bit slower than average people, right?"

Lin Jie nodded and said, "The damage has formed, and no matter how we try, he won't recover a hundred percent."

"The little one will just be a bit slower and react more sluggishly."

"That doesn't mean his achievements in the future will be inferior to many, especially with the resources of your Guo Family."

"Just like Forrest Gump in 'Forrest Gump,' he ended up becoming a billionaire, didn't he?"

Guo Fenhan didn't catch the meaning of Lin Jie's words and instead asked with a worried face, "Expert Lin, are you saying that when he grows up, he'll be like that Forrest Gump, with severe intellectual deficiencies?"

"Better than Forrest Gump!" Lin Jie replied truthfully.

Guo Fenhan looked heartbroken and said despondently, "Movies are still movies. Achieving success like Forrest Gump in real life is nearly impossible."

"Expert Lin, if the little one had been sent to you for treatment earlier, would his condition be better now?"

"I won't answer hypothetical questions like these; it's meaningless."

Lin Jie advised sternly, "What you need to do is accept this reality."

"A movie is a movie. The possibilities are slim but not nonexistent. It depends on how you handle it."

"I think your father and your brother understand this more clearly and thoroughly than you do."

Guo Fenhan forced a smile and said, "Expert Lin, you're right! Father and brother surely have comprehensive plans; I've been overthinking…"

Just then, Qin Gang suddenly entered the office, wearing a gloomy expression.

Seeing this, Guo Fenhan excused herself and left.

Lin Jie glanced at Qin Gang's troubled face and asked, "What's wrong? Did your wife and your mother have a fight?"

Qin Gang shook his head and sighed, "It's about a neighbor in the community, something that just happened."

"My mom just called to tell me that an acquaintance, a friend she often exercises with in the mornings, was supposed to be looking after her year-old grandson at home."

"After the child fell asleep, the neighbor joined a mahjong game where they needed a fourth player."

"When the child woke up, he was probably hungry and got up to find something to eat…"

"When the child's grandfather got home, he found that the child wasn't breathing, with screws and nuts in his mouth."

"The child's grandfather took a kitchen knife, went to the neighbor still playing mahjong, and chopped off her hand."

Lin Jie had been at the hospital for quite some time.

He had seen and heard of many bizarre, absurd injuries or deaths, so Qin Gang's story didn't shock him that much.

Lin Jie asked, "Do you want me to go and reattach her hand?"

Qin Gang shook his head again and said, "No! She was sent to a hospital near the community, not here."

"I often saw that little kid; he was very lovable. Suddenly losing him like that makes me feel very uncomfortable."

Lin Jie softly said, "You are about to become a father soon; that's overflowing compassion."

He lamented, "No one wanted such a tragedy to happen, and that child's grandmother must be deeply regretting it."

Qin Gang clenched his fist tightly, saying angrily, "Just a moment of inattention, and a family is ruined just like that! This really is… this is really…"

At this point, Lin Jie's phone suddenly rang. It was a call from Cheng Xingguang.

As soon as he answered, a voice urgently came through: "Expert Lin, the hospital has admitted a pregnant woman four months along who was in a car accident."

"The mother and child are both in critical condition and are being treated in the gynecology operating room."

"It's said that her first child just had an accident at home and died."

Upon hearing this, Lin Jie exchanged a look with Qin Gang, both understanding the implication.

Darn it, could it be just a coincidence? This really is misfortune upon misfortune!

Lin Jie grabbed the phone and ran out, with Qin Gang closely following.

Cheng Xingguang's voice continued from the phone, "The Deputy Director of Gynecology, Deputy Director Qi, said that the pregnant woman's injuries are severe, and she's not confident! Expert Lin, are you available to take over this surgery now?"

"I'm on my way to the gynecology operating room; I'll be there in about five minutes!"

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