Chapter 361: Chapter 211: Sharing Good News and Joining the Team!

"Xiao Mumu, thank you for picking me up. I thought I’d have to take a taxi to the hotel." Xie Yuan’an squinted her phoenix eyes, her voice both proud and slightly coquettish.

Mu Nanshu twisted around in the front seat and said, "Sister Xie, if you hadn’t texted me, I wouldn’t have known you were coming to Ji City."

"Next time, if you’re coming, let me know in advance."

After having dinner with Lu Cheng and Professor Chen Song, Mu Nanshu went to watch a movie since it was the weekend, and watching a movie on a weekend night is quite normal.

But midway, Mu Nanshu received a message from Xie Yuan’an, who said she was almost there, so they left just as the movie started.

It’s not easy for Xie Yuan’an to come from Rongcheng to Ji City. She needs to take a flight to Zhang City and then transfer to a high-speed train to Ji City, traveling for nearly five hours.

"Did you eat, Sister Xie?" Mu Nanshu asked.

"Not yet, I had a piece of bread on the plane."

"You guys?" Xie Yuan’an clearly wanted to grab a bite.

Mu Nanshu said, "Lu Cheng, let’s head to Qianzhou for some barbecue..."

The hotel Xie Yuan’an booked is in the Economic Development Zone, not far from Qianzhou.

Lu Cheng immediately turned the steering wheel left.

"Teacher Xie, why did you suddenly think of coming to Ji City?" Lu Cheng asked while driving.

Mu Nanshu also inquired, "Yeah, Sister Xie, didn’t you say before that you were going back to Han City with Professor Xie?"

Xie Yuan’an’s face slightly reddened, though it wasn’t obvious in the dark, she replied a bit shyly, "My dad arranged for me to come to Ji City first."

After beginning, Xie Yuan’an regained her usual composure and continued, "Lu Cheng, Xiao Mumu, you two aren’t outsiders, actually, my dad has his little plans for having me here."

"Previously, even though I learned suturing techniques from Lu Cheng, I never realized how important these techniques could be."

"My dad just wants me to be a loafer here."

Mu Nanshu’s expression stiffened slightly, she smiled and said, "So you can just come because Professor Xie asked? Doesn’t Professor Zhong mind?"

Xie Yuan’an replied, "I asked my dad about it too, and he said he’d talk to Professor Zhong."

"Better keep it in the family!"

"Xiao Mumu, actually, I feel sorry for suddenly intervening. But let me make it clear first, I’m just here to help, I don’t care if my name is on any papers or projects."

Xie Yuan’an’s straightforwardness about her intentions left Mu Nanshu unsure how to react.

Lu Cheng said, "No problem, I originally planned to collaborate with Professor Xie on the tendon suturing technique."

"Teacher Xie, there’s one thing we need to clarify first. The spleen organ suturing technique is something I’m doing with Teacher Chen."

"And for the nerve and vascular suturing techniques, I’m collaborating with Professor Tong and Professor Tan from Xiangya Hospital."

Xie Yuan’an immediately responded, "No problem, I can work on anything..."

"But, Lu Cheng, if I’m not part of the project, can I learn some suturing techniques in advance? I promise not to spread it around!"

This time, Xie Yuan’an came not on her own accord but was assigned by Professor Xie Xiao.

Professor Xie Xiao’s idea was to take advantage of proximity to gain benefits.

She didn’t have to work on the technique project or have her name on any papers, but she must learn and master the new, good techniques.

Given Xie Yuan’an and Mu Nanshu’s relationship, it shouldn’t be a big issue for Lu Cheng to teach some suturing techniques.

Currently, suturing techniques are only effectively used in single-item suturing, but functional reconstruction surgery is undoubtedly a comprehensive surgical technique that hasn’t been finalized yet, and everyone is using their own understanding and methods to expand it.

However, one of the industry-recognized good methods is to use single-item suturing techniques to promote the expansion of functional reconstruction surgery.

"That certainly won’t be a problem." Lu Cheng readily agreed.

Before the competition, Xie Yuan’an, Tong Yuan’an, and others hadn’t asked Lu Cheng what suturing techniques they wanted to learn; whoever would be the contestant representative was already determined by Lu Cheng.

But that was before, at the dinner gathering, Tong Yuan’an also mentioned wanting to learn the tendon suturing technique to lay the groundwork for further development of functional reconstruction surgery.

The source of the techniques is with Lu Cheng, so Lu Cheng will definitely teach those at Union Hospital as well. Both hospitals’ hand surgery departments are at a relatively equal starting point, and it’s up to each to see who can run faster and further.

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A barbecue stall in Qianzhou was fully packed.

When Lu Cheng and the others arrived, they had to wait five minutes for a table before finally being seated.

While Lu Cheng was ordering, Xie Yuan’an was showing off her certificate to Mu Nanshu.

A hard-covered certificate with gold edging, along with a special trophy inscribed with ’First Prize in the First Young Microsurgery Skills Competition in Hua Country (Tendon Suturing, Solid Organ Suturing) Track’.

The awarding bodies were the Hua Country Worker Technical Association, Hua Country Medical Association, and Hua Country Hand Surgery Association.

It was highly prestigious.

As Xie Yuan’an shared with Mu Nanshu, she kept glancing at Lu Cheng, knowing that Lu Cheng wanted to participate in the competition to earn prize money.

Lu Cheng’s family background is average, so he needs to earn legitimate money through extra means.

This is a national competition, and the prize for first place in a single track is as high as 120,000 yuan.

Xie Yuan’an then said, "Teacher Lu, I took the honor of this competition, so I’ll give you the prize money as an apprenticeship fee, okay?"

"For me, the benefits this medal brings are much more than this prize money."

If 120,000 yuan could buy a first prize medal in a national competition, the organizer’s door would have a long queue.