Chapter 590 - 589: Departing for the United States
"Would it kill you to hold off for a month or two?!"
After seeing the guinea pig’s red and swollen, carrot-like penis and learning what had caused it, Yan Feifan was furious.
This guy, whose limb fractures and penis hadn’t even fully healed, had actually called an escort to his home last night for a rather vigorous session.
This morning, when the guinea pig discovered his penis was abnormally red, swollen, and in agony, he had rushed to the hospital in a panic.
Yan Feifan’s preliminary examination revealed that the ligaments and muscles connecting to the guinea pig’s penile bone had suffered multiple ruptures and tears, which could only be treated with surgery.
This was, however, a golden opportunity to test the results of the surgery.
After Chen Yu and Yu Suye hurried over, Yan Feifan led another corrective surgery on the guinea pig’s penis.
During the procedure, the three of them meticulously observed the internal recovery of the guinea pig’s penis, especially the wear and tear on the penile bone joint.
The repairs, observation, and corrections to a few issues they discovered made the seemingly minor corrective surgery last a full five hours.
After the surgery, Chen Yu, Yan Feifan, and Yu Suye took a short break and began their discussion over takeout in the director’s office.
"He was able to go for over two hours. Although the injuries are quite severe, this proves that our penile reconstruction surgery is indeed viable."
Chen Yu said excitedly, "We need to thank our guinea pig for his selfless and fearless spirit of self-sacrifice and dedication."
Yan Feifan sighed softly, saying with some confusion, "Couldn’t the guy just hold out a little longer?"
"The grafted nerves in his penis haven’t fully recovered, so he can’t have felt much while he was at it. What was the point?"
Chen Yu chuckled. "Psychological satisfaction!"
"Didn’t you notice? When he was describing what happened last night, he mentioned more than once how the woman was crying her eyes out and saying she couldn’t take it."
"Clearly, he was both satisfied and proud of his performance last night."
Yu Suye scoffed in disdain. "Let’s see if he’s still so happy after he gets the bill for today’s surgery."
Chen Yu said cheerfully, "Considering our guinea pig’s sacrifice and dedication provided us with a wealth of experimental data and areas for improvement, we should at least give him a discount. Let’s make it twelve percent off."
She laughed again. "If we send today’s surgical data to that delegation from the United States that just went back, we might be able to get more money out of them."
Chen Yu added expectantly, "With more funding, we can conduct more experiments and make the penile reconstruction surgery even more mature and perfect."
After a pause, she suddenly asked, "Feifan, has that guy Zhuo Xingfa paid the five million he promised?"
Yan Feifan shook his head. "Not yet. He’s still in the recovery phase, so we can’t claim the surgery was a success just yet."
"We’ll probably have to wait a while."
He added, "This was a collective surgical achievement. The incentive bonus belongs to all of us."
Chen Yu quickly clarified, "Feifan, I have no intention of splitting the money with you. You came up with the concept, so you deserve it."
"I was just giving you a heads-up."
"There’s always a gap between the surgical outcome and the patient’s expectations. Besides, this was an experimental procedure, so imperfections are unavoidable."
"The recovery process is long and grueling."
"The longer this drags on, the less likely they’ll be to follow through on their promised incentive."
Yan Feifan chuckled. "It’s fine if they don’t actually pay up."
"That’s unacceptable!"
Chen Yu said with a stern expression, "A promise is a promise."
"Feifan, I know you’re worried about saving face for Dr. Qin Ying and Dr. Qee, and you’re too embarrassed to bring it up."
"Just leave it to me."
"I have no problem asking. My relationship with Qin Ying is already bad, anyway. She vouched for him, so I’ll go straight to her."
Yan Feifan tried to dissuade her. "Director, there’s really no need."
Chen Yu just gave a commanding wave of her hand and said, "Don’t you worry about it. I’ll handle it..."
By the time the three of them had finished lunch and their discussion, it was already past two in the afternoon.
Leaving the trauma surgery department, Yan Feifan glanced at his watch, then looked off in the direction of the library and could only sigh.
’Damn it. It’s like the media resources room and I are star-crossed.’
Yu Suye chuckled. "Well, what can you do? You’re a busy man."
Then she suggested, "Why don’t you pull some strings? I’m sure the surgical training videos in the media resources room can be checked out under special circumstances."
"With your status now, you should be qualified for that, right?"
Yan Feifan thought for a moment, then said with a sense of resignation, "Su Ye, I used to despise privilege and people who pull strings."
"And now, I’ve finally become the very person I used to hate."
Yu Suye grinned. "It’s called the effective allocation of resources. Is it really better for you to wake up at six just to come here and wait in line?"
"You could be doing so many other things with that time."
"Stop being so dramatic and just make the call."
Yan Feifan shot Yu Suye a look, took out his phone, and dialed the number of Mr. Chen Changrui, the hospital’s vice president of education and research.
After hearing Yan Feifan’s request over the phone, Mr. Chen readily agreed and told him to go directly to the library’s media resources room and copy the surgical videos he wanted.
Yan Feifan, Yu Suye, and Duan Yu arrived at the library’s media resources room and were warmly greeted by the administrator.
On the room’s main computer, Yan Feifan found a total of five instructional videos by the venerable Mr. Guo Qi on lisp correction surgery.
He copied all of them.
After filling out the necessary registration forms and signing the liability and confidentiality agreements, Yan Feifan left the library with the five instructional videos without any trouble.
Afterward, the group returned to their residence at Zuimo Court.
As soon as he walked in the door, Yan Feifan noticed a large suitcase, over a meter tall, sitting in the living room.
He went to lift it and found it was dead heavy.
"Sis, I’m just going to the United States for the surgery and coming right back. I’ll only be on American soil for five or six hours."
"It’s summer there, too. I just need to bring two changes of summer clothes and a set of pajamas, at most."
Yan Ziruo explained, "You’re going all the way to the United States on the other side of the world. It’s better to be overprepared than underprepared."
"Besides, it’s a private plane. It can fit as much as you want, and it won’t cost extra."
Yan Feifan said glumly, "But it’s exhausting, dragging such a heavy suitcase around."
"It’s not like you’ll be the one getting tired..."
After saying this, Yan Ziruo realized Duan Yu was also there and gave him an embarrassed, awkward smile.
Yan Feifan said with a note of disdain, "Sis, I’ll just take a backpack. It’s more convenient!"
"Sis, just leave it. I’ll pack myself..."
Yan Ziruo shook a small fist at her brother’s retreating back as he walked toward his bedroom, muttering indignantly, "Oh, look at Mr. Capable!"
Then she turned and gave Duan Yu a sweet smile.
"Duan Yu, this is Feifan’s first time traveling abroad, and he’s going all the way to the United States."
"We’ll be counting on you to take good care of him during the journey and while he’s there."
Duan Yu stood up straight and said in a solemn voice, "Mrs. Yan, Mrs. Yu, please rest assured. I will protect Mr. Yan’s safety at all costs."
At five in the afternoon, after an early dinner, the Yan siblings, Yu Suye, and Duan Yu met up with Wang Chuan, Yanyan, and Zhong Xinyi, who had driven over. Together, they all headed for Binhai International Airport...