Chapter 2397: Everyone Has Their Preferences
Stepping into the corridor of Shou’er’s operating rooms for the first time, Xie Wanying counted the surgical rooms and found the number impressive. With a casual stroll, she could see various advanced instruments inside the operating rooms, and most notably, the operating tables. About half were specialized children’s surgical beds, small in size. Larger adult surgical beds were provided for adolescent use.
In terms of scale and facilities, it was comparable to a top-tier general hospital’s operating room. It was said that Shouer’s modernization of hospital operating rooms preceded that of Guoxie, demonstrating that Shou’er was much wealthier than Guoxie.
Up ahead, she saw a classmate washing hands, so Xie Wanying walked quickly over and stood next to Student Pan Shihua.
Using liquid soap and disinfectant, taking a brush to scrub their hands, stepping on the faucet to open the sensor pedal, a splashing sound as water rinsed over arms and wrists and fingers. According to the regulations, unless the surgery was extremely urgent, the pre-surgery handwashing steps could not be skipped.
Careful scrubbing was to reduce the risk of infection to the patient. This was especially important for child patients with lower immunity than adults.
After Luo Jingming finished the patient handover, he walked out from the operating room, assessing the junior brothers and sisters who stayed behind to help on the operating table, and took the opportunity to observe the academic talents from Guodu.
Not to mention Student Xie, who hadn’t graduated yet, even the predecessors at Guoxie paid attention to notable juniors from rival institutions, eager to see what the competition was truly like.
Adjusting his glasses, Luo Jingming looked at Student Duan’s face—fair, clean, and round like a child’s. Student Duan’s handwashing actions were standard and methodical, like a kindergarten child following rules step by step, giving off the impression of a well-behaved kid. This created a paradox. No academic prodigy is "well-behaved." The more genius they are, the more they are eccentric like Song Xueling.
"What music shall we play today, Dr. Cao?" the operating room nurse asked for the doctor’s opinion while preparing.
A group of assistants went to wash their hands, and among them, Cao Zhao stood inside, wearing a surgical mask around his neck, eyes fixed along with the anesthesiologist on the numbers on the monitor.
Upon hearing the nurse’s question, the first to look up was the Guoxie student washing outside, curious.
Student Pan Shihua furrowed his brow, thinking: Someone’s about to request their infernal devil’s tune.
Student Xie Wanying thought: Could Immortal Brother want to hear an immortal’s melody?
No one expected Immortal Brother to toss this hot potato of a question away; truly, someone who doesn’t play by earthly rules.
"This question doesn’t need to be asked to me today, ask Doctor Duan," said Cao Zhao.
Following instructions, the nurse walked over to ask Student Duan Sanbao: "Doctor Duan, what music would you like to hear today?"
Student Duan Sanbao’s round eyes blinked like an innocent child and said, "Why not ask them? It’s their first day here."
The academic prodigy from Guodu insisted on the principle that visitors answer first.
The thing is, their Guoxie operating room seldom played music. Student Pan and Luo Jingming had no experience to answer.
"What kind of songs do they usually like to listen to?" Xie Wanying asked, accepting their hospitality and turning to help with the song selection.
"What they listen to depends on their mood," the nurse sister candidly revealed, laughing as she disclosed their hospital doctor’s little hobby without hiding, "Dr. Cao likes to listen to Bach’s classical music. Dr. Duan rarely chooses, usually something from Journey to the West or so."
Xie Wanying instantly understood, recalling the music discs at Senior Cao’s home and car, and said, "How about playing a popular song of the moment?"