Lin Jie made some specific requests regarding the large water tank facilities, such as maintaining a constant water temperature to always keep it at the most optimal temperature for the human body.

Also, ensuring convenience for the patients to rest and address physiological needs.

This serious bone injury recovery is not something that can be completed in just one or two days.

Lin Jie estimated that it would take at least half a month, or even longer, to restore the bone injury to a point where it could bear the body's weight.

During this time, the patient would essentially stay in the tank around the clock.

Staying in the water doesn't mean soaking in it; the water-separation suit, as well as issues regarding eating, drinking, excreting, and sleeping, all need to be solved.

There's also the issue of adjusting the water.

Pure water has a slightly low density and insufficient buoyancy, so determining which substances to add and in what quantities requires further research...

After listing more than a dozen requirements, Lin Jie said, "These are my initial thoughts. I want everyone to consider and supplement anything I might have missed."

He looked at Lei Jun and instructed, "Dr. Lei, time is tight and the task is heavy, so I'm entrusting this task to you."

"I don't want to disappoint Nannan, nor do I want to disappoint her father."

Lei Jun, with a serious expression, said, "Expert Lin, rest assured, I will do my utmost and won't disappoint you..."

After sending everyone off, Lin Jie went to Yao Henan's ward and found the therapist massaging her lower limb muscles.

Zhang Xiaoxiao and An Kemeng were sitting in the ward's visitor lounge area, chatting casually.

Lin Jie sat next to Zhang Xiaoxiao and An Kemeng, and said softly, "The seafood from Zhujia Port has arrived, nearly a thousand pounds."

"We kept a little at home, and the rest were sent to Freshness Pavilion Restaurant. Tonight, we can indulge in seafood."

An Kemeng was so happy that she almost jumped up, but noticing Yao Henan receiving therapy, she suppressed her excitement and asked softly, "Brother Jie, what about Nannan?"

Zhang Xiaoxiao asked, "Ah Jie, Nannan is only currently recovering physically and hasn't undergone formal treatment yet. She should be able to come out and join us, right?"

Lin Jie shook his head and said, "She's not yet suitable for appearing in public settings. I'll have a portion packed and sent to her."

Zhang Xiaoxiao decided, "In that case, I'll stay in the hospital and eat seafood with her."

"Eating seafood alone in the ward would be lonely, and her appetite surely wouldn't be good!"

She added somewhat proudly, "Ah Jie, Nannan spoke to me, you know. Apart from you, I'm the second person to whom she has spoken."

Lin Jie smiled and said, "This shows that your attentive companionship these past two days has not been in vain."

"It's good that you've decided to stay. This time, Uncle Zhang and Daya sent in lobsters, big crabs, two to three-pound squids, tuna, and amberjack."

"After the restaurant chef prepares it, I'll have it delivered to you first."

An Kemeng smacked her lips and said coyly, "Brother Jie, the way you put it, I'm craving right now."

"I've decided to skip lunch and save the appetite for tonight."

Lin Jie patted her head playfully and asked, "Are you really craving or pretending to?"

"With your family's conditions, what gourmet food haven't you tasted?"

"Seeing you as a little glutton, Uncle An would definitely be heartbroken, thinking he has mistreated you."

An Kemeng chuckled and said, "Perhaps the seafood from Zhujia Port isn't the biggest or best, but having a meal with Brother Jie, sister, Xiaoxiao, and Miaomiao makes everything taste especially good."

"Then I'll cook bitter herb soup for you another day."

Lin Jie joked and then said to Zhang Xiaoxiao, "Remember to tell them the location of today's regular gathering is at Freshness Pavilion Restaurant, and the theme is a seafood banquet."

"Okay, I will notify each of them."

After chatting for a while longer, the therapist finished her massage therapy, moved Yao Henan back to her bed, and left.

Lin Jie walked to the bedside and gently said to the slightly flushed Yao Henan, "Nannan, I've basically confirmed your surgical plan, as well as the postoperative recovery plan."

He re-emphasized, "Because this is a major surgery and due to the specific nature of postoperative recovery, you might need to endure a long period of post-surgery struggle, so you must ensure your body is well-nourished."

"I've already instructed the hospital's nutritionist to start preparing high-calorie nutritional meals for you based on your physical condition, starting tomorrow."

Lin Jie reminded her again, "The taste of the nutritional meals might not be good, but you must persist in eating them."

Yao Henan nodded lightly and whispered, "I will eat them all."

Seeing her so well-behaved, Lin Jie couldn't help but feel affectionate, and said, "Besides nutritional meals, you can also have snacks, pastries, and the like."

"If there's anything you want to eat, just tell Aunt Xiaoxiao…"

"It's sister, Sister Xiaoxiao!" Zhang Xiaoxiao interrupted Lin Jie and corrected him.

Lin Jie was a bit puzzled and said, "Miaomiao said she's Nannan's aunt, and Nannan acknowledged it."

"Isn't that right?"

Zhang Xiaoxiao insisted, "If Miaomiao wants to be an aunt, that's her matter. I'm Nannan's sister; we each have our own relations."

"Isn't that right, Nannan?"

Yao Henan's face rare showed a hint of a smile, humming like a mosquito, "Hmm, let's just each talk about our own thing."

"I want to be the aunt!" An Kemeng hurried to express her stance.

Lin Jie couldn't help but ask, "Xiaoxiao, are you too sensitive about your age? You're only a year older than Kexin."

"Even if we talk about our own things, calling aunt or sister randomly, isn't that a bit too chaotic?"

Zhang Xiaoxiao glared, saying, "I just like it this way, what does it matter to you?"

Lin Jie rolled his eyes and said helplessly, "Since you're so insistent, do what you want. But, let me clarify, I intend to be the uncle..."

Back at the office floor, Lin Jie unexpectedly saw Gan Yong, wearing a large mask, waiting in front of his office door holding a big cake box.

Letting him into the office, Lin Jie inquired, "Aren't you supposed to be resting at home, taking care of your wounds? Is there a problem with your facial wound?"

Gan Yong took off the mask and smiled, "There's no problem with the wound, it's healing well."

"Expert Lin, these are cupcakes I made, please have a taste."

Lin Jie took the cake box and placed it casually on the desk, observing Gan Yong's face.

The bruising on his face had mostly faded, but the stitched wound on his face was still clearly visible,

Even so, at first glance, this face already bore a seventy to eighty percent resemblance to Hu Ge's face.

Lin Jie was quite satisfied with this cosmetic result.

"Since there's no issue with the wound, what did you come to find me for?"

Gan Yong smiled awkwardly and said, "The store I reserved will be vacated by the previous owner on the 16th of this month. But in my current state, I can't really go and renovate the store!"

"I just wanted to ask, Expert Lin, if it's possible to perform the third surgery a bit sooner?"

Lin Jie's face turned stern, "Do you think surgery is like shopping, where you can bargain for it?"

"The third surgery is a refinement surgery."

"Refinement means detailing, mainly dealing with the minutiae."

"We need to wait until the wounds on your face have fully healed and the muscle adjustments on your face are relatively stable, so we can accurately discern the discrepancies with the prototype and make corresponding fine-tuning adjustments."

"So, the time for this surgery can't be brought forward, come back in half a month."

"This is still with me as the chief surgeon; if it were another cosmetic surgeon, the wait could be two or three months."

Saying this, Lin Jie paused briefly, suggesting, "Your current appearance already has a seventy to eighty percent resemblance, which is already pretty close. If you don't want to continue, that's also an option."

Gan Yong touched his face lightly, satisfied, saying, "Expert Lin, I've been comparing myself to Hu Ge's portrait at home every now and then."

"Your plastic surgery skills are impressive, I genuinely admire them."

"Since I've already done the surgery and endured the ordeal, why stop at seventy to eighty percent when there's a possibility of achieving ninety to a hundred percent resemblance? I'm always one to go to extremes."

"Expert Lin, I'll come see you again in half a month..."

As Gan Yong left and Lin Jie had just taken a cupcake in hand, there was a knock on the office door.

The visitor was Dr. Jiang Hao.

With red eyes, he couldn't wait as soon as he entered the office, he eagerly presented a three-dimensional model to Lin Jie.

"Expert Lin, look..."

"I spent the whole night using CT scans and angiograms of the conjoined twins' brains to print out this 3D model of their conjoined brains with a 3D printer."

"Expert Lin, please take a look!"

Lin Jie examined these somewhat deformed brains.

They were fused by the parietal and temporal lobes on one side of the brain, and Lin Jie noticed several large blood vessels connecting the two brains.

Brain cortex adhesion! Blood vessel interconnection!

Lin Jie's heart sank; this was not a good sign.

He pointed at the adhesion area and asked, "Dr. Jiang, is there no clear boundary here?"

Jiang Hao shook his head, saying, "From the scan data, no clear boundary can be seen. Perhaps exploratory craniotomy?"

Lin Jie thought for a moment, deciding to say, "For now, exploratory craniotomy isn't necessary."

"First, conduct a functional cortical mapping to see if these two infants are sharing this brain area and what specific functional differentiation there is."

The so-called functional cortical mapping is done by stimulating a certain part or area of the body using high-precision bioelectric and EEG detection instruments to explore the specific active regions of the brain and determine its functional areas.

Jiang Hao nodded, "We'll conduct this examination today."

"Hopefully, they will have distinctly separate functional areas. If they share it, one of the infants will unavoidably suffer brain trauma."

Lin Jie took the three-dimensional brain model, looked at it for a while, and said, "Dr. Jiang, judging from this model, the outlook isn't promising."

"We must prepare ourselves for the possibility of saving only one."

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