At midnight, Lin Jie followed Zhang Yufei into the lobby of the Comprehensive Building of the First Military Medical Affiliated Hospital, and he immediately became the focal point of attention.

About thirty to forty men and women, young and old, waiting there, all focused their attention on Lin Jie.

This number of people wasn't enough to make Lin Jie feel stage fright.

He also knew that these people were either relatives of the injured or fellow doctors of this hospital.

Lin Jie looked around and recognized someone among them.

Xia Kaige, wearing a short-sleeved military uniform, appeared very spirited.

He strode up, shook Lin Jie's hand tightly, and said warmly, "Expert Lin, on behalf of the First Military Medical Affiliated Hospital and the patient's family, I warmly welcome and thank you for coming."

Lin Jie chuckled, "Dr. Xia, you're too kind. In a way, this place is like half a home to me as well."

"Half a home?" Xia Kaige was a bit puzzled.

Lin Jie was momentarily stunned.

He immediately realized that his honorary deputy dean appointment at this hospital likely hadn't been made public, so he adapted quickly and explained, "For doctors, the hospital is a second home."

"When I enter a hospital, it makes me feel like I'm back home."

"That makes some sense," Xia Kaige laughed and agreed.

Lin Jie continued to ask, "How's the condition of the injured now? Has there been any change?"

"Oh, let me introduce you!"

Xia Kaige pointed to a middle-aged soldier with a big forehead beside him and said, "This is Director Chu Yongjin from the Department of General Surgery. The injured is under his full responsibility now."

"Expert Lin, hello!"

Chu Yongjin gave Lin Jie a slight smile and introduced, "The injured has remained anesthetized and unconscious."

"He was urgently sent to the hospital by firefighters at four in the afternoon and underwent appendectomy and bladder suturing surgery successively..."

He detailed the treatment measures taken for the injured as well as the latest monitoring indicators for the injured.

"Currently, the injured is properly settled in a sterile intensive monitoring ward with dedicated care. Now, his abdomen hasn't been sutured, and he can enter the operating room for a second surgery at any time."

Lin Jie nodded and then asked, "Has the injured experienced any adverse reaction to the blood transfusion?"

The iron bar was still lodged in the injured's liver, constantly causing blood loss, so the transfusion certainly couldn't stop.

Based on whether there are certain antigens on the surface of red blood cells, human blood can be classified into certain types. The standard ABO blood type system divides human blood into O, A, B, and AB types.

This is only a rough blood type classification. Blood types can be subdivided into dozens of kinds if classified precisely.

For small transfusions, transfusions can be matched according to these blood types.

However, for large transfusions, more precise matching is necessary, and monitoring for abnormal body reactions is required.

After all, like organ transplants, infused blood is also considered a foreign invader by the body.

The body's organs may reject the newly infused blood, especially the liver and kidneys, which have a high blood flow.

If the transfused volume is too large and the time is too long, it can easily trigger many adverse reactions in the body.

In the liver and kidneys, it can sometimes induce coagulation reactions, causing microvascular blockages and seriously impacting the normal functions of the liver and kidneys.

Chu Yongjin nodded slightly, explaining, "We have detected some relatively mild adverse reactions to the transfusion, and we have added some relief medications. The current situation is still under control."

Lin Jie frowned; since there were adverse reactions, it indicated that the liver and kidneys had already sustained substantial damage.

He unceremoniously instructed, "Prepare for surgery immediately! Also, please arrange a room for me. I need to take a shower first. I came here on a motorcycle for the last part of the journey, and I'm covered in dust."

"And prepare a set of clean clothes for me."

Xia Kaige noticed that Lin Jie's clothes were stained with specks of blood.

The car accident that obstructed their journey and Lin Jie's actions had already been relayed to Xia Kaige and others waiting here through Zhang Yufei's phone call.

He replied, "The hospital has a ready room for freshening up, and clean clothes are no problem."

"But..."

Xia Kaige asked with concern, "Expert Lin, it must have taken you at least five or six hours to rush here from Binhai, and the upcoming surgery will require at least four or five hours."

"Do you need to rest for a while first?

Lin Jie shook his head, saying, "The patient is important, and time is tight. I can still hold on,"

Chu Yongjin said, "If that's the case, Expert Lin, I'll take you to the washing room. And for this surgery, I'll be your assistant."

"How could I trouble you with that?"

Lin Jie politely said, "Dr. Chu, you can just arrange a resident or attending physician."

Chu Yongjin laughed heartily, saying, "Expert Lin, I've long admired you. To be honest, I was one of the consulting doctors for that case involving Qin Gang."

"The fact that he could fully recover, I admired it immensely, no words can describe it. I won't give up such a good opportunity for observation and learning to them."

"Expert Lin, there's no need for formalities, just treat me as your subordinate you can use..."

Twenty minutes later, after washing up and changing into clean clothes, Lin Jie put on his surgical gown, scrubbed his hands, and entered the operating room.

Inside the operating room, besides Chu Yongjin who was already prepared, there was an anesthesiologist, two instrument nurses, and two surgical nurses, each stationed at their respective posts by the operating table.

The injured person, with many tubes inserted in his body, lay quietly on the operating table, a ten-centimeter-long iron rod head piercing straight into his abdominal liver.

Lin Jie walked directly to the microsurgery table.

He first checked the microsurgical microscope, slightly adjusted the diaphragm, focus, and magnification ratio, and then adjusted the seat height for his comfort.

This preliminary preparation work should have been the job of the surgical assistant.

However, since these people were working with Lin Jie for the first time, they didn't understand his requirements, habits, and comfort points, so he had to make these adjustments himself.

After Lin Jie sat down, he nodded slightly at Chu Yongjin and said, "Begin the surgery!"

Chu Yongjin quickly and skillfully removed the liver with the iron rod still embedded from the abdominal cavity and placed it in a tray, and then a surgical nurse brought it to Lin Jie.

Lin Jie carefully placed the liver on the microsurgery table and used surgical forceps to extract the iron rod head.

The liver wound caused by this iron rod head was much larger and more complex than the cavity wound caused by Qin Gang's bullet.

However, Lin Jie's surgical skills had improved significantly since then.

He took the repair tools from the instrument nurse and immediately immersed himself in the intricate repair surgery...

In the waiting hall outside the operating room, Zhang Yufei and many family members of the injured were waiting quietly.

However, everyone could not hide their inner unease and tension, their eyes frequently glancing at the doors of the tightly closed operating room.

Zhang Yufei approached Xia Kaige and softly asked, "Expert Xia, we've prepared a thank-you gift for Expert Lin, but this Expert Lin also has a military identity, right?"

"Won't this gift cause some trouble for Expert Lin?"

Xia Kaige nodded and said, "Yes, Expert Lin was just specially recruited into the army some time ago, became a soldier, and was awarded the same professional technical colonel rank as me."

"As for the gift..."

He knew about the military and hospital policies, which prohibited accepting any gifts and red envelopes, but Lin Jie seemed to be an exception to the rule.

Xia Kaige thought for a moment and said, "I'll ask the person I entrusted it to after daybreak. To be honest, I'm not sure which specific unit or department Expert Lin is assigned to after joining the army."

Zhang Yufei asked, surprised, "Expert Xia, wasn't Expert Lin invited by you to appear for our sake?"

Xia Kaige gently shook his head, sighed slightly, and said, "My relationship with Expert Lin is somewhat complex, and I couldn't have invited him myself."

"Yufei, let me tell you, I had to thicken my skin and ask General Meng Yang, the executive deputy minister of the Department of Veteran Affairs, to invite him."

"General Meng Yang himself?"

This made Zhang Yufei gasp in shock that it required a full-ranking general with actual power to bring Lin Jie in.

He was indeed extraordinary, wasn't he?

His understanding and appreciation of Expert Lin were far from adequate.

Seeing Zhang Yufei's unconcealed astonishment, Xia Kaige said with a complicated expression, "When Expert Lin was awarded the colonel rank, he also received a first-class merit, which was directly signed by the military commission chief."

He lowered his voice slightly and continued, "I also heard that they initially wanted to bestow him with an honorary title. But later, considering that Expert Lin is still quite young, the award should not be excessive, so they downgraded the honorary title to a first-class merit."

Zhang Yufei widened his eyes in disbelief, asking, "That's hardly possible, is it? Honorary titles are the highest honor given by the military and are usually awarded to groups; very few individuals receive them."

"Did Expert Lin achieve such notable feats in the Bamboo Sea earthquake disaster area?"

Xia Kaige paused momentarily, then said softly, "Perhaps there are secrets behind it that we are unaware of."

Thinking of how Xia Kaige held Lin Jie's medical skills in such high regard, Zhang Yufei suddenly thought of a possibility, perhaps involving some senior official...

With that thought, his confidence in the success of his nephew's surgery increased.

At the same time, he silently decided to discuss with his sister and brother-in-law later about adjusting the thank-you gift.

"Expert Xia, there's something I'd like to ask you!"

As he spoke, Zhang Yufei showed a photo on his phone to Xia Kaige and asked, "This is Xie Xingze from the Xie Family in Capital City, just sent to me by a cousin."

"Expert Xia, do you think he looks very similar to Expert Lin?"

Xia Kaige examined it closely and nodded, "Indeed, very similar."

"But I know that Expert Lin only has a twin sister as a relative. With such a large population in the country, it's not unusual to find a few people who resemble each other..."

He hadn't finished speaking when several people entered the waiting hall.

The leading slender middle-aged man, recognized by Lin Jie, was Wen Junchen from the plane.

He approached, pulling a young man's ear, apologetically saying, "I'm truly sorry. I just returned to Capital City and only found out that Xiaopeng had an accident while having dinner with friends."

"When I asked the brat at home, I found out he was present at the scene when the incident happened..."

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