Chapter 686: Chapter 685: Consultation

On Tuesday, just past noon, Yan Feifan was in the Department of Neurosurgery. After finishing his studies with his mentor, Lo Jun, he received a call from his mentor, Shi Min.

He was informed that the medical affairs department had officially transferred management of the twelve patient rooms on the east side of the tenth floor of the Little Red House to the research lab.

Six double-occupancy rooms and six single-occupancy rooms, for a total of eighteen beds. The hospital had met Yan Feifan’s request in full.

However, ten of the rooms were still occupied by patients from various departments.

Yan Feifan’s medical research lab would have to wait for these patients to recover and be discharged before it could take full possession of the rooms.

In any case, Yan Feifan didn’t have enough patients to fill the rooms in the near future, so this was hardly an issue.

Buoyed by the good news, Yan Feifan enjoyed a hearty lunch before hurrying to the Department of Trauma Surgery.

He met up with Director Chen Yu, Yu Suye, his four disciples, and Berry, a visitor from the United States. They were to perform a detailed physical examination on Denis Ogo, a female-to-male transgender patient, who was also from the United States.

Female-to-male surgery is somewhat more difficult than male-to-female surgery.

The main difficulty lies in the reconstruction of the penis.

With current medical technology, a penis reconstructed primarily with artificial fillers is largely cosmetic—a symbol of gender, but unable to provide true male sexual function.

Of course, the "penile bone" technique pioneered by Yan Feifan and his team had made it possible for a reconstructed penis to be fully functional.

According to Zhong Xinyi’s phone call, Denis Ogo, who had transitioned from female to male nearly three years ago, had heard about the procedure from some unknown source and had approached her to ask about the penile reconstruction surgery.

After learning about the procedure and discovering that two people had already undergone the experimental surgery, he immediately decided he wanted it.

Denis Ogo also accepted the two-hundred-thousand-US-dollar surgical fee without so much as a blink.

After nearly two hours, once Yan Feifan had gotten all the information he needed from Denis Ogo, he left the patient with Chen Yu, Yu Suye, and his students, and rushed to the neurosurgery lab alone.

Seeing only Dr. Qiu Ge in the lab, Yan Feifan couldn’t help but ask, "Where are your two students?"

Qiu Ge sighed softly. "Although the investigation confirmed they weren’t involved, the trust is gone."

"Don’t employ those you doubt, and don’t doubt those you employ. Dr. Yan, to avoid any accidents, let’s do as much as we can ourselves."

She added, "I’ve had them reassigned to some tasks in the audio-hypnosis research project."

Hearing Dr. Qiu’s explanation, Yan Feifan asked no more questions and began preparing for the cranial dissection of a lab mouse.

Only four lab mice remained, and they needed to keep two for long-term observation and verification.

His preparations complete, Yan Feifan picked up the ill-fated Mouse Number Two and swiftly injected an anesthetic into its cervical spine...

Yan Feifan and Qiu Ge each took a mouse. Under the watch of two separate high-definition cameras, they began the cranial dissections.

Since it was a destructive dissection, extreme precision wasn’t required. They each finished their work in a little over three hours.

The results were very encouraging.

Aside from the puncture wound itself, they found no significant damage to the brain tissue in the brainstem surrounding the entry point.

In other parts of the brain, they also found no signs of secondary damage.

This anatomical finding left Yan Feifan and Qiu Ge elated.

Unwilling to waste time after finishing the dissections, the two ate a few pieces of chocolate to replenish their energy and began a new round of infrasonic resonance puncture stimulation experiments on a new batch of twelve mice.

To prevent any potential leaks of the technology, they turned off the lab’s video recording equipment for this new round of experiments...

After nine in the evening, having completed the final technical examination on Denis Ogo, Yu Suye, Yu Beihua, and the others had a nurse escort the patient back to his room. They, too, were getting ready to leave for the day.

Yu Suye glanced at her phone, then called out to Yu Beihua.

"Beihua, Feifan is still busy in the lab. Why don’t we, aunt and nephew, go grab a late-night snack tonight?"

Yu Beihua glanced over at Berry, who was being escorted out by an enthusiastic Li Tianlin and Pan Jichuan, and agreed with a sigh of resignation...

Having changed out of their white coats and into street clothes, the aunt and nephew strolled toward the hospital’s south gate.

"Beihua, you’ve been at the Affiliated Hospital for over a week now. Are you settling in okay?"

Yu Beihua nodded. "It’s alright!"

"The Affiliated Hospital is so busy and full of energy. It gives me a completely different feeling compared to Baining Hospital."

"I like it. This is what a hospital is supposed to be like."

"But..."

Yu Beihua glanced at Yu Suye and lowered his voice. "Auntie, it’s been several days, but our mentor has only given us chores. He hasn’t actually taught us anything substantial yet."

Yu Suye replied with a soft laugh, "Having you do assistant work and observe surgeries—isn’t that a form of teaching?"

Yu Beihua gave an embarrassed laugh. "Well, Auntie, maybe the skill gap between us and our mentor is just too wide."

"Take the macroglossia correction surgery on that little American girl, for instance. After watching the entire thing, Dr. Peng from Oral Surgery had a look of sudden enlightenment, like he’d gained a massive insight."

"All I saw was that our mentor’s technique was incredibly smooth and almost beautiful to watch. The little girl barely even bled."

"But as for what I specifically learned from it... I’d have to say, very little."

He quickly added, "I asked Pan Jichuan and the others, and they felt pretty much the same."

Yu Suye chuckled. "Your mentor’s skills are, indeed, on a completely different level from yours."

"It takes someone like Dr. Peng, with his wealth of clinical experience and operating in his own field of expertise, to truly appreciate the brilliance of your mentor’s surgical technique."

"Never mind you all. Even I can only understand the intent behind his every incision and every move because I’ve been with him for a long time and he’s willing to patiently explain it all to me."

Pausing for a moment, Yu Suye added a word of caution, "Beihua, the incident with Xv Fang made your mentor much more guarded."

"His hands-off approach with you all lately... it could be a test."

"Beihua, this is not the time to slack off or do anything to disrespect your mentor."

Yu Beihua declared, "Don’t worry, Auntie. I understand the principle that a teacher for a day is a father for life."

Yu Suye nodded with satisfaction and reminded him, "Your mentor is an obsessive perfectionist."

"Now that he’s taken you on as his students, he won’t just abandon you."

"He also mentioned to me that once this busy period is over, he’ll begin your formal instruction."

"Beihua, you need to be mentally prepared. Your mentor’s standards are incredibly high, so don’t even think about cutting corners."

Yu Beihua chuckled. "Auntie, no matter how strict he is, I’m not scared. I’m confident I can meet our mentor’s standards."

Seeing Yu Beihua’s gung-ho attitude, Yu Suye thought to herself, ’You’re still so hopelessly young.’

But in the end, Yu Suye held back any further warnings. She decided it was better to let reality itself teach the boy a harsh lesson.

"Beihua, about Berry..."

Yu Suye was mid-sentence when Yu Beihua suddenly cut in, "Sixth Grand-uncle? What are you doing here?"

Yu Suye followed his gaze toward where he was running and saw a tall, slender man standing just inside the hospital’s south gate.

It was none other than Yu Youyi...

In the cafe on the ground floor of Shengjing Apartments, the three of them—Yu Youyi, Yu Suye, and Yu Beihua—sat in a booth, each having ordered a coffee.

"I arrived in Binhai at noon," Yu Youyi explained briefly. "I spent the afternoon in discussion with Dr. Peng Zhanghua from Oral Surgery and others, and then we had dinner together."

Yu Youyi briefly recounted his day, then continued, "I’ve watched Dr. Yan’s macroglossia surgery video several times. I’ve learned a great deal, but it has also left me with some questions."

"I came to Binhai this time hoping to consult with Dr. Yan for further clarification..."

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