The Enhanced Doctor

For the current emergency center, today’s accident is really a small scene.

It’s easy to handle, just a few more wounded, and the critically ill patients are not that difficult to manage.

Among the previous three critical patients, one had a punctured lung due to rib fracture, and the other two had severe internal bleeding.

The last one was operated on by Liu Banxia on-site, and after arriving at the second hospital, he finished the wrap-up work and pushed into the ICU.

The group gradually came out of the operating room, and the rest of the patients completed their respective examinations. But the busiest was still orthopedics, as they had more operating tables.

However, it’s not a big problem, we can transfer people from the inpatient department, which is much more relaxed today compared to the emergency center.

"You’re quite something, still daring to perform cranial drainage on-site," Zhou Shuwen said with a smile.

"There was really no choice, when I discovered it was already early brain herniation, pupil asymmetry, one-sided eye skewed, the eyelid couldn’t open," Liu Banxia replied.

"Fortunately, my operation wasn’t botched, he was lucky enough to come across a toolbox with a hand drill in the car. Otherwise, all the urgency would be in vain."

"Didn’t you think of direct puncture drainage? After all, it’s not like you’ve never done it before." Zhou Shuwen teased.

Liu Banxia grinned, "If someone were guiding, it would be okay, but on my own, I sincerely don’t dare."

"Director Zhou, are all the patient’s surgeries finished?" At this moment, Zheng Yali also came over.

"Pretty much, just a few fracture surgeries left to deal with. There are too many fracture patients, and handling them is time-consuming," Zhou Shuwen said.

"Thank goodness, news from the first hospital and city hospital just arrived, currently there are no deaths," Zheng Yali said.

"That’s quite good indeed, while this accident was not very severe in terms of injuries, there were quite a lot of people hurt. Will their family members dare to come over tonight?" asked Zhou Shuwen.

"Tonight seems unlikely, the earliest would be tomorrow morning," Zheng Yali said.

"The distance is considerable, and now there are quite a few vehicles on the highway. If they can arrive at the county before eight tonight, it would already be commendable."

"Hey? Banxia, why are you so quiet today? Are you having thoughts about not taking the stage?" Zhou Shuwen asked in surprise.

"Uh... actually, I’m a bit hungry. The situation isn’t so tense now. Let’s head to the cafeteria for a meal first. Auntie Zheng is rather busy and needs to report back, I’ll make arrangements first," Liu Banxia said.

He tossed a sentence and then walked toward the cafeteria.

"What’s wrong with this kid? Why does he seem a bit weird? Is the tick toxin still affecting his nerves?" Zhou Shuwen asked with a frown.

"Hehe, Director, Teacher Liu said his mouth is quite sharp now. So these few days, he’s trying to talk less and act cautiously," Xu Yino said with a grin.

Zhou Shuwen laughed, "Can he keep that mouth shut? It’s going to be quite hard for him to bear."

Even he knows that Liu Banxia is the biggest chatterbox in the emergency center, for others chit-chat might be just nonsense. For Liu Banxia? It was relaxing.

If this chatterbox can manage to keep quiet, that’s really saying something.

"Director Zheng, let’s go have a meal together, the food here is quite good," Zhou Shuwen invited.

"When I first arrived, Banxia was promoting your food here. Today I truly want to give it a try," Zheng Yali said with a smile.

"Alright, give us a moment to change clothes, then we’ll start the meal. Come back to help them out, today’s dumplings are interesting, let’s see who’s lucky," Zhou Shuwen said.

"Ah... I have a bit of a shadow regarding New Year’s dumplings," Xu Yino sighed.

Zheng Yali became curious, and Xu Yino recounted the story of the "lucky dumplings" from last Spring Festival.

Zheng Yali found it very interesting and was amazed at how Liu Banxia could perfectly avoid them.

After a bit of tidying up, the whole group headed to the cafeteria, where the food had been set up on the table under Liu Banxia’s arrangements.

Today is New Year’s, eating is flexible, there’s no need to strictly follow meal times. It’s also a continuation of last year’s arrangements since it is truly New Year after all.

"Wow, it’s really quite sumptuous. Banxia, where are the dumplings? Today, I want to test my luck too," Zheng Yali said with a smile.

"They’re cooking now, I don’t even know what’s inside. Anyway, this year I wasn’t involved in making the dumplings, I was busy this morning," Liu Banxia quickly clarified his position.

Last year’s lucky dumplings seem just like it happened yesterday, he definitely doesn’t want to bear the blame again.

At this moment, Zhou Qiang also came carrying a basin of steaming dumplings, freshly scooped from the pot.

"Manager Zhou really worked hard today, this afternoon... I better just eat," Liu Banxia said half a sentence before quickly turning aside.

But everyone could catch his implication, probably meaning there isn’t much to do this afternoon and he can help out. However, he doesn’t dare say it, fearing that his jinx of a mouth will manifest again.

The group was also in good spirits, seeing his awkward shift and uncomfortable expression, they found it very amusing.

Liu Banxia didn’t bother serving dumplings to everyone but took a bowl for himself instead. Anyway, he was resolute in his belief to avoid giving anyone the chance to pass the blame onto him.

He had already decided today that he would just be honest and straightforward. But after taking a bite of the first dumpling he picked up, his face turned into a bitter gourd face.

The taste was quite strong, rushing straight to his nose.

"Teacher Liu, could it be that you got it?" Xu Yino asked curiously.

Liu Banxia nodded helplessly and braced himself to eat the "lucky dumpling."

If it wasn’t for him who served it himself, he would have suspected that someone was deliberately sabotaging him.

"Looks like I’m as lucky as ever this year," Liu Banxia remarked, and picked up another one to take a bite.

This was unbelievable—the familiar feeling, the familiar taste, the familiar recipe—he had just tasted it.

Liu Banxia was utterly depressed. Was he really that lucky? Two dumplings in a row, all lucky ones, hogging all the luck?

"Really?" Xu Yino, who had been watching him, commented again.

"So I’m really very lucky, see?"

Liu Banxia said with resignation, and then forced himself to finish the remaining half of the dumpling.

Everyone else was greatly amused, all carefully selecting their dumplings from their bowls, hoping to find a lucky one.

As for Liu Banxia? After two consecutive bouts of luck, he was quite apprehensive about the three dumplings left in his bowl. No worries; leave them for later and just have the dishes for now.

"It’s quite entertaining, I ate six dumplings and not a single lucky one. What about you all?" Zheng Yali laughed and asked.

"Neither did I. If they had gotten any, they would have shouted about it by now," Zhou Shuwen chuckled and replied.

After he spoke, everyone’s gaze focused on Liu Banxia.

It was truly rare; the lucky dumplings this year absolutely weren’t as abundant as last year. But even so, Liu Banxia had hit two in a row; he was extraordinarily lucky.

"Teacher Liu, eat the dumplings."

Liu Yiqing finished another dumpling and said slightly disappointed.

"No rush, I’ll eat the dishes first." Liu Banxia tried hard to maintain a calm expression.

Liu Yiqing pondered for a while and pushed her bowl of dumplings in front of Liu Banxia, "Teacher Liu, I have two dumplings left, let’s switch one. You pick them."

Liu Banxia was slightly tempted. He had a high chance of not hitting three in a row.

Anyway, he was quite nervous about the dumplings in his bowl now and genuinely didn’t dare to make a move.

But after picking one up, he hesitated.

He remembered last year’s incident—last year, Xu Yino switched dumplings with him, and she ended up very "lucky." Would he continue to be "lucky" if he switched this time?

In total, only five dumplings were served; is it possible that three of them are lucky? What kind of defying-the-odds luck would that be?

"No switch, maybe the switched ones have wasabi, I’ll... I’ll stick with the ones I served myself."

After saying that, Liu Banxia decisively took a bite.

Even though he tried to maintain his expression, not wanting everyone to see what he ate, that expression was difficult to maintain under the attack of wasabi.

If Liu Banxia’s first two hits were amusing coincidences. Now? Three hits in a row. Liu Banxia’s luck was unnaturally good.

"Yesterday, everyone advised you could try lottery tickets; when the sales resume, you might as well buy one," Zhou Shuwen remarked.

Liu Banxia looked at the dumplings in his bowl and, gritting his teeth and his heart, gave one each to Liu Yiqing and Xu Yino.

Can’t I just not eat them? I’ll just eat the dishes, can’t I? There’s also rice as the main dish.

The two girls were very enthusiastic and, under everyone’s watchful eyes, both finished their dumplings successfully.

Just regular dumplings, the chance of three lucky dumplings out of five is quite slim. These three had been individually picked out by Liu Banxia, making the chances even slimmer.

"This meal really hit home," Liu Banxia chuckled helplessly.

"Your luck is truly rare. Keep it up, talk less and work more these days," Zhou Shuwen advised.

Can’t deny it—this was happening right in front of us; how would you explain it?

Liu Banxia’s luck right now was just that uncanny; you couldn’t deny it.

Everyone else found it quite entertaining. After today’s emergency treatment reception, everyone’s spirits were still somewhat high.

Now Liu Banxia added yet another boost to everyone’s life. It was really quite delightful.