Overpowered Resident Doctor

At 8:30 on Monday morning, all relevant personnel of the Yan Feifan Medical Research Lab gathered in the ninth-floor office of the Little Red House.

Lab Director, Yan Feifan.

Deputy Lab Director, Shi Min.

Young research lab doctors, Yu Beihua, Pan Jichuan, Zhu Jian, and Li Tianlin.

Surgical nurses, Meng Yao and Ye Lin.

Ward nurses, a total of five people: Charge Nurse Liu Qingfang and Nurse Fang Ai from Trauma Surgery, Nurse Yang Qing and Nurse Xu Ke from the Emergency Department, and Nurse Xv Shuang from the Plastic Surgery Center.

Extraordinary Fund management, He Junxing (part-time).

Research lab finance, Yan Ziruo (part-time) and Lu Yuanqi.

Administrative and logistics staff, Feng Jian and Duan Yu.

Yan Feifan surveyed the dozen or so people standing neatly before him, and the large, fifty-plus-square-meter office—formed by knocking down the wall between two rooms—that was sparsely furnished with a few large boxes, feeling quite proud and ambitious.

This was a major upgrade, quite an operation now.

Yan Feifan cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, our medical research lab is officially up and running as of today."

The moment he finished speaking, Pan Jichuan started clapping, and the others followed with enthusiastic applause.

Yan Feifan quickly waved his hands to stop them.

Once the applause died down, he continued, "I will primarily be in charge of patient intake, surgeries, and matters related to our research projects."

"Mr. Shi will be responsible for all other lab matters."

"That’s all I have to say..."

"In our day-to-day work ahead, we will continue to adjust to one another and get to know each other better."

After saying this, Yan Feifan looked at Shi Min and asked, "Mr. Shi, would you like to say a few words?"

Shi Min smiled and said, "Alright, I’ll just say a couple of things."

He walked to Yan Feifan’s side, and as he looked at the crowd, his expression turned serious. "I won’t elaborate on Mr. Yan’s talent and skill level; every one of you is already aware of it."

"With Mr. Yan’s top-tier medical abilities, renowned both at home and abroad, he must have a support team that is sufficiently professional and skilled."

Shi Min’s stern gaze swept over the tense faces of the crowd as he continued, "Our team is only officially established today."

"I can tolerate some shortcomings, but I will not tolerate a lack of effort, diligence, or ambition."

Shi Min paused for a moment before declaring in a loud voice, "Finally, let me make one thing clear..."

"Only those who can keep up with Mr. Yan’s pace of progress and the team’s rate of improvement will ultimately remain."

After saying this, Shi Min saw that Yan Feifan had nothing to add and continued, "We’ll have a team dinner tonight to celebrate our formation."

"Except for those who have other duties, everyone else’s main task today is to clean and set up the office..."

At Shi Min’s command, the people in the room dispersed and got busy with their respective tasks.

The large office was still empty. Aside from a few boxes full of furniture that had arrived yesterday, more items like desks, chairs, a sofa, wardrobes, computers, and printers would be delivered throughout the day...

He Junxing approached Yan Feifan and asked for instructions, "Mr. Yan, about the files on the three deaf-mute children that Mr. Xiao sent over..."

Yan Feifan instructed, "Just follow the procedure previously established by the fund. The necessary background checks still need to be done."

He added, "Choose high-quality cochlear implants. This is about the children’s entire lives, so don’t worry about the cost."

He Junxing nodded. "Mr. Yan, I’ll handle it..."

After He Junxing finished his business and left, Yan Ziruo came over with the newly hired accountant, Lu Yuanqi.

Yan Feifan had already learned a few things about the thirty-two-year-old woman from his sister.

She was a mid-level accountant with a three-year-old son and had previously worked at an import-export company.

Her husband worked at a medical supply company and had pulled some strings to get a recommendation from a leader in the hospital’s finance department.

Yan Ziruo saw that she was professionally competent and had no special salary demands, only requesting no overtime, weekends off, and holidays, so she hired her.

Yan Feifan sized up Lu Yuanqi, who was dressed in a smart, professional suit and had a certain charm, and said bluntly, "Ms. Lu, you’re a bit overqualified for this job!"

Lu Yuanqi offered a soft compliment, "To be able to work for you, Mr. Yan, even the smallest task is an important matter to me."

"I also believe the research lab will only grow bigger and bigger."

Yan Feifan chuckled. "I hope you’re right."

Just then, Yan Ziruo spoke up, "Feifan, I’m going to take Ms. Lu to meet the colleagues she’ll be interacting with."

Yan Feifan grunted in acknowledgment, then waved over Liu Qingfang, the charge nurse from trauma surgery.

"Mrs. Liu, you’re the most experienced person on our team when it comes to ward management and patient care."

"Besides Fang Ai, the other three don’t have much experience on the wards. I’ll need you and Fang Ai to work a little harder to guide them."

Liu Qingfang, who was in her early thirties, assured him, "Don’t worry, Mr. Yan. I’ll get them up to speed in the shortest time possible."

"Oh, Mr. Yan, how many wards will we be in charge of?"

Yan Feifan shook his head. "There are no fixed wards. It will be determined by the number of patients."

"For now, you only need to care for the little American girl."

Liu Qingfang said, "Oh," and then suggested, "Mr. Yan, it would be best to secure a fixed number of wards and beds assigned to the research lab."

"That way, even if the wards become crowded in the future, we’ll have a place for the patients our lab admits."

She then added with a laugh, "Mr. Yan, when it comes to hospital rooms, the more the better. In the Affiliated Hospital, wards are a scarce resource."

"Even if we don’t need them all at the moment, we can lend them to other departments. It’s a way to build good relationships and gain some benefits."

"Gain benefits from lending out hospital rooms?" Yan Feifan asked, a little curious.

"Of course!"

Liu Qingfang lowered her voice. "Beds in the Affiliated Hospital are always in short supply. To secure a newly vacated bed immediately, a little ’consideration’ is sometimes necessary."

Seeing Yan Feifan’s expression turn serious, she quickly added, "It’s mainly small gifts, like food or useful items. Nothing too expensive."

Yan Feifan nodded lightly.

He knew that beds at the Affiliated Hospital were always tight.

However, Yan Feifan had never had to worry about bed availability before.

Any patient he accepted would simply be assigned one.

But Yan Feifan knew that his situation had been special before; someone else had always handled these concerns for him.

Now that the research lab was an independent entity with its own accounting, he would have to start worrying about beds himself.

"Mrs. Liu, I’ll apply to the hospital for fixed bed assignments."

"Remember, Mr. Yan, the more beds, the better!"

Liu Qingfang reminded him once more, then changed the subject. "Mr. Yan, your patient in trauma surgery, Liao Zili, was asking about you all day yesterday!"

"Oh? What about?" Yan Feifan asked casually.

Liu Qingfang said enthusiastically, "He said he wants to thank you properly. After a few days of recovery, he noticed that the stubborn, bone-deep, gnawing pain in his right calf is gone. Now, it’s just the straightforward pain from the surgical incision."

Yan Feifan couldn’t help but chuckle. "This guy certainly has a clear understanding of the different kinds of pain..."

After handling some matters in the research lab, Yan Feifan began his hospital rounds with his four disciples.

First stop: checking on the postoperative recovery of the little American girl.

Second stop: checking on Nawa’s postoperative condition in the plastic surgery center.

Third stop: Neurosurgery.

Just by checking on two patients and then rushing to neurosurgery, Yan Feifan and his group had traversed nearly half the hospital.

This made Yan Feifan personally feel the necessity of consolidating his patients in one area.

Yan Feifan went to neurosurgery to check on the six laboratory mice and to perform brain dissections on half of them.

He and his group, along with Dr. Qiu Ge and her two students who had just finished their department work, went to the laboratory together.

Standing before the cages holding the mice, Yan Feifan watched one of them scurrying around and felt that something wasn’t right.

He opened the cage, reached in, and with a swift movement, grabbed the mouse. He turned it over to examine the puncture wound on its cerebellum.

"Dr. Qiu, something’s wrong. This isn’t the mouse we originally experimented on..."