Personal matters

"Milling cutter." Liu Qitong ordered in a deep voice.

Wang Quan handed over the instrument according to his words, and Liu Qitong quickly and accurately milled the bone flap above the external auditory canal. After a low blunt sound, a palm-sized calvaria was separated.

The bone flap was removed, and the thick translucent dura mater was underneath.Liu Qitong put on a microscope and carefully incised it along the bottom of the middle cranial fossa and the sigmoid sinus, and the bright red and tender arachnoid wrapped around the brain popped out.

In the center of the field of vision is a slightly arched, semicircular purplish-red tumor, deeply buried in the brain tissue, but fortunately the border is fairly smooth.

Liu Qitong roughly observed the size and anatomical location of the tumor—it was a little troublesome, and it seemed to have invaded the inner auditory canal.

"Drilling."

Wang Quan was on the side to help clean up the surgical field of view. Liu Qitong carefully avoided the arteries, blood vessels and nerves, and used a drill to grind the back wall of the internal auditory canal, and carefully separated the tumor tissue.

(Lin Zhen's lips seem to be very soft...)

Liu Qitong was shocked, and his hands couldn't help shaking.

"Director Liu..." Wang Quan couldn't help exclaiming in a low voice—there was an extremely sharp scalpel in his hand, and he couldn't act rashly.

Liu Qitong took a deep breath, clearing out all the distracting thoughts in his mind that should and should not be.

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The operation lasted a total of two hours, and the operation went smoothly, and the patient returned to the ward safely.

Liu Qitong took off his mask and hat, washed his hands while standing by the sink, and looked at Wang Quan with his head tilted.The girl looked wobbly, and felt like a gust of wind could blow her down.

"Wang Quan, take a day off tomorrow, and I'll ask Director Guo for leave for you." Liu Qitong said.

"Oh...do I really look so bad?" Wang Quan raised his arm, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and smiled weakly.

"You were exhausted a while ago." Liu Qitong walked over and handed her a glass of water, "You can relax now... the most difficult time is over."

Wang Quan took the water glass, a little shy.

(It looks like Lin Zhen blushing...)

Liu Qitong was surprised again - what happened to him?Every now and then, he would wander off in his thoughts, and always run towards that person.

He absently greeted Wang Quan and left the operating room.

Back in my office, it was pitch black with no lights.It was already night, who would stay in the ward except the doctor on duty?

Liu Qitong turned on the desk lamp, and the abrupt kiss between Tiantian and Lin Zhen immediately came to mind.Familiar places and scenes were in front of him, and his heart couldn't help beating wildly in his chest.

He stood there, gently rubbing the place where Lin Zhenkeo stood by the table in the morning with his fingers, as if he was still there, and after a long time, he slowly sat down.

I still remember that night, Liu Qitong went back to the ward to rest after finishing the outpatient clinic, waiting for the operation in the evening.Before he entered the office, he raised his eyes and saw Lin Zhen who was on duty.

At that time, Liu Qitong was in a very bad mood, and he didn't have any good looks towards Lin Zhen, so he naturally walked away with hostility.When he came back, Lin Zhen was gone, leaving only an open laptop on the table.The flickering screen seemed to be a silent invitation to him.

Liu Qitong walked over and glanced at it intentionally or unintentionally.

In the photo, a young man with chestnut hair and Lin Zhen hugged each other intimately, and the two turned their heads to kiss...

Liu Qitong's first reaction was to leave quickly!

Just two steps after running out, I suddenly remembered: If someone else saw it, wouldn’t this guy be ruined?Thinking of this, he turned back quickly, snapped the flip of the computer shut, and left in a hurry.

Afterwards, he often thought, why did Lin Zhen's reputation be taken into account at that time?According to the degree of dislike for that person, wouldn't it be better if he was ruined?

Seeing Lin Zhen in the morning, he stood there with embarrassment, his face flushed.Biting his lips lightly and smiling shyly are his usual subconscious little gestures.The Lin Zhen in front of him and the Lin Zhen in the photo gradually overlapped...

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The warm and soft touch on his lips was still there, and Liu Qitong sat stiffly on the chair, motionless.

are you crazy?Are you crazy?

He opened the drawer, and the photo with the girl was still lying there motionless.Liu Qitong hasn't touched it since that day when he threw it in angrily.

The image on the photo is a little blurry, maybe the person who took the photo didn't adjust the focus properly - how long has it been since I saw Bai Xiaofei's smile?If it weren't for Lin Zhen, I'd probably have forgotten the photo that was under the countertop.

After all, Bai Xiaofei was the only girl Liu Qitong ever loved.When they were in college, the two had a very good relationship, and even thought about getting married as soon as they graduated...

Liu Qitong threw the photo back into the drawer, took the key and locked it, together with a certain corner of his heart.

There was a rustling sound outside the door.

Liu Qitong walked over to open the door, only to catch a piece of white clothes at the corner of the corridor.

He took a few steps outside, and he didn't know what he was looking forward to.

"Lin Zhen!"

The thin figure in front stopped and hesitated for a long time before slowly turning around.

"You haven't left yet." Lin Zhen forced a smile.

Liu Qitong looked at him, his heart beating a little irregularly.

"What about you? Going back to the ward?"

"Oh, I just came from the laboratory." Lin Zhen said, "Director Guo asked me to guide him as a graduate student."

"With graduate students?"

Liu Qitong sneered in his heart, what kind of tricks does this old guy want to play?

No wonder Liu Qitong was angry, Guo Huaixiu had always assigned these things to Liu Qitong in the past.Regardless of whether he likes to do it or not, it still shows Director Guo's attitude—Liu Qitong is his direct descendant of Guo Huaixiu, and he will be his successor from now on.Now that Guo Huaixiu turned the car around and changed people halfway, it really can't help but make people have some bad associations.

"You... had surgery?" Lin Zhen didn't notice the change in Liu Qitong's heart at all, and was still embarrassed there.

"Yes." Liu Qitong replied lightly.

"Then I'm leaving... You should go to bed early too." Lin Zhen really didn't dare to look at him too much, and turned around to run away.

"Wait a minute." Liu Qitong called out.

His voice was not loud.

Lin Zhen's feet were nailed in place, unable to move any further.

Liu Qitong walked over slowly, leaned against the wall, and didn't speak, his scorching eyes seemed to scald one's heart.

Lin Zhen unconsciously bit his lower lip again.

Liu Qitong took a deep breath, trying to drive away the thoughts in his heart. "Go back... let's talk about it tomorrow."

Lin Zhen seemed to have received an amnesty, and hurried past with his head down.

Liu Qitong turned his head sideways, watching the white figure gradually disappear from his sight.The elevator door closed with a "ding" sound, and he was finally the only one left in the quiet corridor.