Chapter 7

Ling Ran stood at the door of the emergency department, the first thing he felt was the rush of restlessness that hit him.

Amidst the chaotic patients and conditions, the disordered families and information, the mismatched medical equipment and locations, the busy nurses and doctors.

The inexperienced interns stood in the emergency room, unable to even find a place to stand.

"This is what the emergency department is like," Lei Beisha slowly walked down the corridor, almost the most relaxed person within the radius of the emergency room, and introduced, "People get sick regardless of day or night, so the hospital's emergency department has no distinction between day and night."

"Eh? Director Lei?" The interns hurriedly greeted him, then looked at Ling Ran with envy.

Everyone knew that Lei Beisha could only be here for Ling Ran.

Yesterday, many students had lined up to try the rat tail reattachment, but none of them succeeded.

From another perspective, these failures highlighted Ling Ran's uniqueness.

Even with Lei Beisha's extensive experience with countless interns, Ling Ran was still very unique.

Having the excellent hand surgeon demonstrate the rat tail reattachment was a traditional project for interns at Yunhua Hospital.

They used the most basic medical skill that interns were familiar with—sutures—to demonstrate the interns' immaturity.

The hospital understood the concept of defeating you with your own strengths.

The only medical skill that interns could be said to have mastered was suturing, so the hospital arranged the rat tail reattachment as a test.

This project was unique and effective, always making interns cry and complain, and there had never been an exception.

Until Ling Ran.

Because of this, although Director Lei was dissatisfied with Ling Ran's "foolish" choice, he still arrived early at the emergency department.

The hospital had many interns, but excellent doctors were scarce in any hospital.

After a night, Director Lei had readjusted his mood, nodded to the interns who greeted him, and then looked at Ling Ran, asking, "How do you feel about the emergency department?"

"Fine," Ling Ran was brief and to the point. What could he say? He couldn't tell the director that he cared more about the system and didn't want to pay attention to the medical education.

In Director Lei's eyes, Ling Ran was completely unrepentant until he saw the coffin.

However, an intern who could practice suturing so well might be able to sew a coffin with just a piece of paper.

Director Lei, unusually patient, said to Ling Ran, "I've already introduced you to Director He of the emergency department. However, don't expect any special treatment. The emergency department is always busy and doesn't like interns. You should be more diligent and sweet-talking, and you won't be at a disadvantage."

The interns were grateful to the point of tears. You finally thought of us, but if you've already greeted the department director, how could there be no special treatment?

After Director Lei left, the interns were still emotionally stirred, admiring and envying Ling Ran.

"Interns, follow me," a nurse rushed to the door, counted the heads, and quickly turned and walked away.

Interns, the lowest in the hospital's food chain, even lower than the nursing assistants, immediately followed obediently.

Passing the triage desk, the infusion room, and the observation room, the dozen or so interns were led into the office next to the resuscitation room.

In the office, there were seven or eight white-coated doctors sitting. When the door opened, they all looked over.

"Sister Li, more people have arrived."

"Newbies."

"Sister Li, do you need help?"

The enthusiasm of the white-coated doctors towards the nurse surprised the interns.

The nurse, however, showed no favoritism, turned to the interns, and said, "Stay here. Don't leave without being called, and don't touch the patients or answer their questions or their families' questions..."

After saying that, the nurse replied, "No work right now," and turned to leave.

Leaving a room full of groans.

"Are you also interns?" The medical students who entered first were quite surprised as they observed the office.

Most of the white-coated doctors were unwilling to answer the newbies' questions, except for one who looked mature and explained, "We are all resident doctors, here to help."

"Oh, you're here to piggyback on surgeries," one who was more informed said, hitting the nail on the head.

The mature-looking doctor's face changed, and he ignored him.

The interns also found it uninteresting, gathered together, and started whispering.

"What's the purpose of piggybacking on surgeries?" Ling Ran, seemingly unaware of the cold atmosphere in the office, found a seat and asked seriously.

The attention of everyone in the room did not change Ling Ran's expression at all.

"You'll know when you start your residency. It's hard to accumulate surgical experience," the mature-looking resident doctor said lazily, adding, "But if you go to a mediocre hospital, it doesn't matter whether you have surgical experience or not."

The interns, who had already been struggling with job hunting, immediately glared.

The resident doctors were not to be outdone.

The junior doctors in this office and the interns had the same goal: to get surgical experience in the emergency department.

Surgical volume was the experience points for surgeons. Junior doctors, who didn't have the qualifications to enter the operating room, could only come to the emergency department to take their chances.

The competition was already intense, and the arrival of the interns was like adding fuel to the fire.

Only Ling Ran, sitting in the middle, seemed oblivious and took out his phone to play.

"Enemy forces will arrive in 5 seconds. Get ready, all troops attack..."

The game dialogue instantly shattered the tense atmosphere.

Both sides looked at Ling Ran for a few seconds, surprised.

Realizing that he didn't care, they all turned away.

The new interns quietly retreated.

Their moods were low, and the one who had mentioned "piggybacking on surgeries" was particularly dejected, saying, "This is bad. Yunhua didn't separate us."

"It's not that bad," the other interns, who were full of spirit, were unwilling to hear such pessimistic words.

An informed intern whispered, "If we were separated, we could follow the attending doctors and at least observe. Now, why would the nurse choose us over the hospital's own doctors? We'll probably sit in the lounge until we wear it out."

"Eh, why does the nurse choose?"

"Who else? Should the department director come here to pick? They're all busy and need help. What else can you expect?" The informed intern was a bit unhappy, took out his phone, and said, "Well, let's endure for a few days. Once they're done, they'll have to give us some work, right?"

"Does that mean we'll just be waiting for a few days?"

"Resident doctors at least know something and are better than interns who haven't even started. They don't get to piggyback on surgeries, so what can we do?"

"I should have gone to internal medicine. At least we could learn to write medical records."

The informed intern was also frustrated, "In the hospital, the least valuable thing is the time of interns. Yunhua is probably the type of hospital that doesn't like to give interns opportunities..."

Bang.

As he spoke, the office door was slammed open, and another nurse rushed in with medication.

Several doctors quickly stood up and greeted her, calling her "Nurse Wang" and "Beautiful Wang."

Some were more reserved, straightening their backs and smiling.

A group of young doctors, eager for practical experience, were almost lining up to bow and pay respects.

Nurse Wang scanned the room, about to pick someone, but her eyes landed on the handsome Ling Ran.

Nurse Wang's gaze clearly paused.

"Can you suture?" Nurse Wang asked Ling Ran.

Ling Ran was taken aback but nodded, "Yes, I can."

"Then come with me."

Nurse Wang didn't wait for an answer, turned, and walked quickly, leaving a trail of disappointment—both at her choice and at this face-obsessed world.