System Came When the Doctor was Thirty

Chapter 494 - 257: The Dragon Lies Down, the Tiger Crouches

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On the seventh day of the lunar month, Lu Cheng was on stand-by after his night shift!

Being on stand-by meant he could have a nice sleep!

After waking up, he began to handle the information within the research team.

Mu Nanshu took leave; Professor Chen Song and Professor Tong Yuan’an went to their respective clinical project units, leaving a master’s student to do miscellaneous tasks.

Tong Yuan’an’s vascular suturing technique doesn’t require animal models, and the model building for nerve suturing techniques is simpler than liver and spleen models, so the tasks are mainly coordinating with Lu Cheng.

...

After processing the information.

Lu Cheng saw Xie Yuan’an and Dai Linfang when he drove out, and noticed that this time upon seeing Dai Linfang again, the "easy-going" Xie Yuan’an had geared up with caution, no longer as bold and carefree.

Dai Linfang had pre-booked the tea room at a farmhouse; Zhang Xibei and Ni Xixin were listening to Dai Linfang’s "storytelling arrangements," while Xie Yuan’an sat properly beside them, looking serious and diligent.

With Mu Nanshu absent, the one with the highest overall capabilities and level was Ni Xixin, but even he was excessively cautious now!

"Dr. Dai, what have you been up to during the New Year? It seems like you haven’t taken a break at all?" Ni Xixin asked courteously.

Dai Linfang replied, "I returned home before New Year’s Day and came back a bit earlier afterwards. After checking some data in the research group in advance, I tried making a few animal models, and the current progress is quite good."

"Dr. Dai, you’ve been working overtime?" Ni Xixin commented.

"I joined the group relatively late, so I have to put in more effort to keep up with the project’s pace," Dai Linfang said.

"Actually, before you arrived, Brother Lu and I had discussed the rabbit models thoroughly. We both found them satisfactory, but we still need you and Zhang Xibei to confirm them on-site before we can officially announce."

"We are somewhat novices in this field, so the final quality assessment has to be determined by you."

Zhang Xibei, who had remained silent, was flipping through the "case materials" recorded by Dai Linfang, and after finishing the last page, slowly closed the notebook and spoke hoarsely, "Old classmate, the models we hadn’t got right indeed have been perfected."

Ni Xixin, upon hearing this, nervously rubbed his eyebrow: "So, have they been completed? Even the liver injury model is done?"

"Yes!" Zhang Xibei nodded, confidently owning to his expertise in animal model construction.

"I told you, I am just here eating for free," Zhang Xibei felt quite humble, fearing that Lu Cheng might ask to oust him.

In reality, Lu Cheng and Mu Nanshu were sincere and courteous enough to personally invite him to Shan Province.

Zhang Xibei initially refused but later joined, thinking he could contribute significantly.

Yet, after joining for a long while and wasting quite a bit of money, there wasn’t much substantial progress—only hoping that inviting Ni Xixin, an old classmate, could stabilize Zhang Xibei’s position in the group.

Unexpectedly, before Ni Xixin even joined, Lu Cheng momentarily put aside his ’brains’ label and stepped in himself, exerting effort to construct the animal experiment models...

"Brother Lu, I’m really sorry," Zhang Xibei lamented.

"I’ll pack up my things soon; better not waste money here." Zhang Xibei felt he lacked the face to stay any longer.

Lu Cheng hurriedly said, "Brother Zhang, isn’t this about verifying the models’ validity?"

"We are a team, meant to support each other."

After hearing, Dai Linfang quickly added, "Brother Zhang, by your logic, we should all just wash up and go home; Brother Lu alone could handle everything."

Both Ni Xixin and Xie Yuan’an looked towards Lu Cheng upon hearing this.

Dai Linfang continued, "Indeed, these tasks were initially thought of as a entry point, to showcase my personal abilities within the research group."

"The result was successfully showing Brother Lu that I don’t have much ability."

"Zhang Xibei, the exploration of Brother Lu’s potential by you guys is still too narrow."

Xie Yuan’an was particularly surprised, "This animal model, made by Lu Cheng?"

"First one by Brother Lu, second one by me," confirmed Dai Linfang, summarizing:

"Brother Lu is the strategist in the team, the leader!"

"We are all assisting with tasks."

"There’s nothing wrong with assisting in tasks! ~ Brother Lu is just trying to pursue swift project progress."

Dai Linfang’s words held two meanings: first was to stabilize Lu Cheng’s leader position in the research group; secondly, to elevate his status.

Since Lu Cheng made the first, he could repeat the second batch, third batch.

At this point, Professor Chen Song’s master’s student Liao Hanwen also arrived; after entering the room and politely greeting everyone, he sat down properly.

Nonetheless, Ni Xixin still found it incredible: "Lu Cheng, is what Dai Linfang said true?"

"In our research group, is it really possible now to replicate the rabbit model with liver injury?"

Lu Cheng glanced at Dai Linfang and nodded gently, "Yes, but the model I made was slightly inferior; it died the day after the model establishment."

"The current surviving batch, the data collection batch, were all operated by Dai Linfang."

"I just provided the idea."

Though Lu Cheng really wished to suppress Dai Linfang’s personal abilities by adding points, with limited skill points, Lu Cheng genuinely couldn’t achieve this at the moment.