Overpowered Resident Doctor-Chapter 174 - 173: Concern

Ouyang Yanran and Yu Youlian, who were like sisters yet vying for the spotlight, were both quite restrained after they arrived.

They simply congratulated Yan Feifan on completing a very meaningful surgery. After giving Wang Chuan and Yu Suye each a meaningful glance, they said nothing more.

Before long, Lo Jun also came out of the changing room.

At his invitation, Yu Youbin, Yu Nanxing, the visiting neurosurgeons from several Binhai hospitals, and a dozen doctors from their own department all gathered in the neurosurgery conference room for an informal medical seminar over food.

However, Yan Feifan, the center of attention, was faltering.

Drained of energy, he forced himself to stay alert, struggling to answer everyone's questions.

Lo Jun noticed this. He knew Yan Feifan hadn't fully recovered from the long coma he had been in.

He very considerately told Yan Feifan to go rest after he finished eating, even excusing him from the post-operative examination for the patient, Liou Ming, after he regained consciousness.

The moment they stepped out of the conference room, Yu Suye, who had tagged along as Yan Feifan's assistant to slack off, solicitously linked her arm with his.

Yan Feifan tried to gently shake his arm free but failed. "Su Ye," he protested, "I'm not so weak I can't walk."

"Hee hee. But this way, you can save a little strength."

Yu Suye kept her arm linked with his. As they walked, she asked, "Feifan, are we going back to the research office?"

Yan Feifan hummed in agreement.

'He felt a little uncomfortable. Growing up, only his sister, Xiaoyu, and a few other people close to him had ever held his arm like this.'

'Having Yu Suye hold his arm like this just felt a little awkward...'

"Su Ye, people will get the wrong idea if they see us walking through the hospital with our arms linked like this."

Yu Suye chuckled. "I don't mind, so what are you so afraid of?"

"Or how about you rest your head on my shoulder and pretend you're about to collapse from exhaustion?"

Yan Feifan actually considered it for a moment before shaking his head. "No, people would get the wrong idea and think I'm in really bad shape."

"I just didn't expect Mr. Lo to ask me to be a surgical assistant. I wasn't fully prepared for the physical strain, that's all."

Yu Suye rolled her eyes and muttered under her breath, "You're so dense!"

"What did you say?"

"Nothing!"

Yu Suye brushed him off and quickly added, "Feifan, when you go to Jingcheng on Sunday, I'll have my great-grandfather take your pulse and write you a prescription to build up your strength."

"Traditional Chinese medicine is quite effective for strengthening the body and restoring deficiencies."

"In that case, thank you in advance," Yan Feifan said politely.

"I've also noticed my recovery has been a little slow lately. It's probably time to rely on some outside help."

Her heart ached for him. "Feifan, it's not that you're recovering slowly," she said. "It's that you're expending more energy."

"I'm only being run ragged by Mrs. Qin."

"But you're being run ragged by three different mentors, on top of having to devise incredibly difficult surgical plans. Of course the physical and mental drain is going to be huge!"

Yan Feifan smiled and said slowly, "It's manageable. I feel like it's still within my limits."

The two of them walked out of the Neurosurgery Department.

The weather today wasn't great. It was overcast with a light breeze.

Still, there was no longer a chill in the early May air of Binhai.

Yu Suye sighed. "I heard from Ruoruo that you still do chores and cook when you get home."

"And your meals are just simple, home-cooked fare."

"That's not going to work."

Yu Suye urged, "Feifan, you should hire a housekeeper. The quality of your meals needs to improve significantly, too."

"You're still in your recovery period, after all."

"And Ruoruo, honestly... this is no time to be pinching pennies."

Yan Feifan rushed to his sister's defense. "My sister cares for me deeply. Without her, I probably wouldn't have held on long enough to wake up."

"I'm the one who offered to do the chores and cook."

"It gives me a chance to move my body and relax my mind."

Yu Suye snorted softly. "You have plenty of other options for moving your body and relaxing your mind, like working out, swimming, playing golf, listening to music, seeing a play, or picking up a hobby."

She continued to persuade him, "Money is meant to be spent."

"Feifan, with your medical skills, you're only going to earn more and more money in the future."

"I strongly suggest you use the project funds from Mr. Pan's sponsorship to hire a housekeeper and significantly raise your standard of living."

Yan Feifan mulled it over for a moment, then nodded. "Su Ye, you have a point."

Then, he added with a hint of a headache, "The apartment is so much bigger now. Cleaning it is really time-consuming and exhausting."

"But if I don't clean it, I can't stand seeing it all dirty and messy. Sigh..."

Yu Suye's eyes shifted. "A four-bedroom, two-living-room, two-bathroom apartment, plus a loft... it must be pretty empty with just you and Ruoruo living there," she said casually.

An idea now in mind, Yu Suye also recalled her aunt's instructions. She smiled and said, "With more and more money coming in, even someone as frugal as Ruoruo should let her standard of living rise accordingly."

"Feifan, you have another money-making opportunity right now, you know."

Before Yan Feifan could ask, Yu Suye quickly explained, "Feifan, that aunt of mine you met this afternoon is a key figure in the Yu Family. She's in charge of operations at Baining Medical Technology Company."

"My aunt would like to invite you to dinner tonight to discuss..."

Yan Feifan finished her sentence. "To discuss applying the puncture and injection technique to surgical robots?"

"How did you guess?" Yu Suye asked, surprised.

'Yan Feifan had no intention of being secretive. Since he and Mr. Wang had agreed to wait for the best offer, he had to let both parties know the other existed.'

"The woman you saw this afternoon, Ouyang Yanran, is a representative from Binhai's Baiyulan Group. She's already spoken to me about this."

"You agreed?" Yu Suye asked worriedly.

Yan Feifan shook his head. "Not yet. We've only had a preliminary discussion. We haven't gotten into any specific negotiations."

"I'm also not sure about the Baiyulan Group's actual capabilities in surgical robot R&D."

Yu Suye breathed a small sigh of relief. "Right. This isn't a small matter. You have to understand everything clearly before you make a decision."

"Although I'm not clear on Baining Medical Technology's R&D progress on their surgical robot project either, you should have some idea of the Baining Group's strength, Feifan. It's definitely more powerful than the Baiyulan Group."

Seeing Yan Feifan nod in agreement, Yu Suye continued, "As for the specifics, I'll let my aunt talk to you about them."

"So, Feifan, about that dinner invitation?"

Yan Feifan shook his head. "Tonight won't work, Su Ye."

"Xiaoyu and her father are coming over tonight. I need to give Mr. Tian a physical."

"Oh," Yu Suye said lightly. "That's fine. It's not too late to reschedule for tomorrow or the day after..."

After that, Yu Suye continued to hold Yan Feifan's arm, making small talk as they walked through most of the hospital and into the emergency department lobby...

Suddenly, Yan Feifan felt something was off.

He glanced around and saw Gao Jin, Li Hao, and several other doctors all glaring at him.

Just as Yan Feifan was about to explain, he heard Yu Suye say in a sweet and solicitous voice, "Feifan, are you still feeling dizzy?"

"Honestly, you just don't take care of yourself."

"When we get back to the research office, I'll give you a massage, okay?"

Yu Suye had always cultivated a cool and distant image, so when had Gao Jin and the others ever heard her speak in such a tender and concerned tone?

Instantly, their gazes on Yan Feifan sharpened, as if they wanted to bore a few holes right through him...