His surgery last night was just a minor one, which took two hours, after which he headed back to rest.
By the time he reached the lobby, he was still secretly pleased with himself for being clever enough to have gotten rid of the troublesome patient, Lu You.
Patients like Lu You, who carried a celebrity status, were often the most troublesome for doctors. A single mishap in treatment could easily lead to an onslaught of online abuse from fans.
Especially in cases like Lu You’s, where it seemed there was no hope left, it could potentially become a stain in one’s career. It was better to hand it off to someone else sooner.
He walked into the lobby with a sense of pride, only to be met head-on by Weigus and about a dozen A-level Medical Scholars, accompanied by the dean and Liu Shu.
In an instant, he felt as though a bucket of cold water had been poured over his head.
It was not until the group had passed by without a glance in his direction that he abruptly grabbed a nearby night-shift nurse and asked anxiously, "What’s going on? Did the International Medical Alliance come for an inspection last night?"
The young nurse just covered her mouth and laughed, "Doctor William, it’s really a pity you weren’t here last night! The gathering of big shots on the third floor was truly a once-in-a-century scene!"
"Was there some political dignitary staying on the third floor?" William asked, still unwilling to give up, "It couldn’t possibly have been that race car driver, could it?"
"It was him!" the nurse nodded, "His friends are even more impressive! You should have seen how shocked our dean was!"
William: "..."
He blankly let go of the nurse.
Just then, Liu Shu had finished escorting the visitors and was returning with the dean while sharing a laugh.
William patiently waited for the dean to leave, then asked Liu Shu, "Did people from the Medical Alliance really come last night?"
Liu Shu nodded, "Yes, they did, and in quite a number; over a dozen of them! Not just that, the Medical Seven Saints themselves came over! Oh, by the way, Weigus even exchanged contact details with me..."
With a laugh, he said, "I better stop talking and hurry back to check on the patients."
Watching Liu Shu’s retreating figure, William felt a hollow emptiness within him, his vision momentarily darkening!
As she walked in, she saw everyone with gloomy expressions gathered around the research table, which was littered with broken glass tubes and various liquids.
This was the medication they had been working on, which had hit a bottleneck in the past few days, failing to produce the best results, so it had been temporarily shelved.
To their dismay, they arrived this morning to find everything smashed!
Seeing Chi Gui, the others quickly turned around and asked her, "As the person in charge, what do we do now?"
Although they had only started researching three days ago, they had tried at least five hundred different methods. Even though they always had backups, many minor details hadn’t been recorded, making a perfect replication virtually impossible!
Chi Gui hadn’t responded yet when Shi Liyun also walked in.
She saw the broken glass tubes and spilled liquids, a flash of concern evident in her eyes.
When she had left last night, she had noticed that this particular shelf was slightly tilted, not expecting it to topple over by this morning!
This was a major accident in the research institute, and Chi Gui, as the person in charge, was likely in trouble this time!
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