Chapter 149: Chapter 149 - 0143: The Story Behind

Watching the saturation of the blood oxygen rise, rise continuously to 100%, everyone is relieved. His life has been temporarily saved.

If the oxygen saturation dropped below 80 as earlier, he really wouldn’t have made it through the day.

The time taken from the discovery of respiratory failure to the use of the artificial lung, and then to placing the tubes, was very short. The rescue was timely.

Therefore, after some of the sedatives had metabolized, Mr. Ning slowly woke up.

“Dad, it’s okay now, you’re stable!” Miss Ning stroked her father’s forehead.

Mr. Ning nodding weakly: “Thank you to all the doctors, thank you Dr. Yang.”

Miss Ning gently said: “You’ve already thanked us, rest assured and get some rest.”

Mr. Ning looked at the machines beside his bed, the artificial lung, the artificial liver, with all sorts of tubes connected his body. His blood was being drawn out, run through the machines, then reinfused back into his body. He gave a bitter smile.

The doctors and nurses were sitting at a workstation not far away, monitoring the readings on the screen.

The Emergency Ward at the Overseas Chinese Building is guarded by doctors and nurses round the clock.

People are needed to watch over the artificial lung and liver, especially the artificial lung. A medical team must stay on duty day and night, ready to solve any problems immediately. Otherwise, it might endanger life.

“How is the matter with your little brother?” The matter on Mr. Ning’s mind most was this.

Miss Ning’s expression was a bit unnatural: “It’s confirmed. Yes, it’s my little brother.”

“Then have Uncle Nong bring him back as soon as possible!” Mr. Ning knew that he wouldn’t be able to hold on much longer.

“Uncle Nong is booking flights now, they should be back in a couple of days.” Miss Ning said smilingly.

Mr. Ning attempted to sit up. Miss Ning quickly stopped him: “Lie down, I will help adjust your bed.”

Miss Ning slightly raised the bed, which is allowed by the doctor, to help reduce the load on his heart.

Currently, the artificial lung is using the venous-to-venous mode, only taking over a portion of his lung functions. His heart is still good, it does not need to be replaced by the artificial lung.

“Has the hygiene of the bar been handled properly?” Mr. Ning asked anxiously.

Miss Ning nodded, “It was done days ago, you forgot again.”

Mr. Ning was a little breathless, “Qiqi, think about it, this is how he envisions the bar to be, right?”

“Exactly. I remember clearly what he said.” Miss Ning talked with her father.

Mr. Ning gave a bitter smile, then said resignedly: “You said, these were his words from high school. Does he still like this style now? Bring the photos over.”

Miss Ning brought over the photo album of the bar. Mr. Ning flipped through it, pointed to a photo and said: “Look, they used red here, will he like it?”

“That’s what he said at the time, he liked the use of red bricks here.” Miss Ning confirmed.

“Did the money for the assaulted kid get sent this month?”

“It was sent. The bank transfers it on time every month.”

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“Director, I feel bad that you rushed over from home on a weekend.” Yang Ping was feeling apologetic.

Director Han said: “No problem, I worry, so I came over to check.”

Actually, Director Han was not worried about Yang Ping’s medical skills. He was more concerned about risks outside the medical field, afraid that his youthful fervor would lead to impulsive action. After all, he is young and lacks experience.

Seeing the steady performance of him when he explained the patient’s condition to the family after the procedure, Director Han felt more reassured. This young man is not only technically excellent, but also has a stable disposition.

“You’re not in hurry to go back, right? Shall we go to our department and sit a while?” Director Han suggested.

“Sure!” Yang Ping had nothing else on hand, it was good to accompany Director Han for tea.

In Yang Ping’s eyes, Director Han is both a mentor and a godfather. Yang Ping is a grateful person, let alone his current green years, even when he is matured in the future, he will still maintain reverence and loyalty towards Director Han.

On the way, the two chatted about Mr. Ning’s condition. With the support of the artificial lung, as long as there is no serious infections, blood clots or tumor clots causing key organ obstruction, he can hold on for a while.

Money can sometimes prolong life. Sadly we have to admit, if it were an ordinary wage-earner, they wouldn’t even be able to afford this life-saving equipment. Even targeted medicines for liver cancer can drain the family’s savings.

Director Han has abundant social experience, his depth and breadth in considering issues far surpass those of the young.

Like just now, when the Overseas Chinese Building called Yang Ping to do a tube placement, while Yang Ping was solely focused on the illness, Director Han was able to consider all aspects.

Although doctors are usually very straightforward and cooperate well with each other, some people do have human weaknesses.

Doctors are people, and people have common weaknesses, such as selfishness, jealousy, and so on.

Mr. Ning is formidable, his family business involves banking, securities, insurance, and so on. You should know, those who can get licenses in these three fields are the top players among the rich.

Once something happens, and someone needs to take the blame, it becomes complicated. People like him, even if his family doesn’t cause trouble, it doesn’t exclude the possibility of other relatives or outsiders stirring up trouble.

Harboring ill intentions towards others is not acceptable, but one must always guard against others.

The two first went to Director Han’s office, Director Han replaced the water and added tea leaves to the Zisha teapot.

“Just started the division, are you used to it?” Director Han asked.

Yang Ping also helped with the work: “Very much.”

“Don’t worry about income, just do your surgeries well, but you also have to make money. Everyone needs to eat and provide for their families. This is a very realistic problem. Without reality, there can be no ideals. Now you are in charge of comprehensive orthopedics surgery. The surgeries you do, and the orthopedic consumables are all yours. This is a time of need of money, in the future, buying a house, getting married, having children, which one doesn’t require money. If you have any difficulties in work and life, just tell me at any time, you can call, send WeChat messages, or talk in person.”

“Thank you, Director, but how can I take all the consumables?” Yang Ping disagreed.

Without Director Han, he wouldn’t be where he is today. The orthopedic consumables are shared proportionally according to the rules.

“That’s settled then, you just need to comply with the arrangement. Follow me, improve your skills and also economically. You can’t just work hard all day and end up with nothing. Don’t worry about the consumables. You may not know this, but our hospital’s Dean Xia has his ways with this. This area is clean, just take it and rest assured. I’ll explain to you more later.” Director Han was very firm with his arrangement.

Since Director Han had made the arrangement, he must have his reasons. Yang Ping no longer had any objections: “Thank you, Director!”

The tea was slowly boiling, Director Han took out a Zisha cup from the sterilizer: “From now on, you’ll use this for tea in my office. It has a mark on it.”

Indeed there was a mark of the character “Ping”, Director Han was really thoughtful.

“To achieve great things, one must have team awareness. Song Zimo is also very talented, although he is not as good as you, he is indeed a rare talent. You need to guide him well, in the future, he will become your capable assistant.”

“Yes, I understand, Director, I will manage the team well.”

The two chatted until lunch. They went to a nearby beef restaurant called Cow Demon King.

After eating, Yang Ping went back to the division to take a seat. Zhang Lin was on duty, he had just finished eating, the pediatrician cleaned up the lunch box and went home.

“The love meal is good, isn’t it?” Yang Ping sat down in the dining room and joked with him.

“Stop teasing me. With Xiao Su’s cooking skills, you’ll be eating full-course meals all the time.” Zhang Lin said with his mouth, but was very happy in his heart.

“Did you get the house settled?” Yang Ping asked.

Zhang Lin was a bit hesitant: “Not yet, I have to make the down payment soon, but I haven’t raised enough money for it.”

“How big is the house?”

“Eighty square meters”

“How much is the down payment?”

“Over nine hundred thousand. Both of our families are wage earners, our parents could only put together six hundred thousand, we’ve only been working for a short time, and even with frugality, we could only come up with around two hundred thousand in savings. There is still a gap of over a hundred thousand for the down payment.” Zhang Lin frowned.

Yang Ping looked around. There was no one else: “I have a few tens of thousands on hand, if you need it, just let me know.”

Zhang Lin clasped his hands: “Thanks. Let’s not talk about it for now, I appreciate the sentiment. I’ll see if I can raise enough, and if not, we’ll talk.”

“I’ll hold on to it for you, just let me know when you need it.” Yang Ping figured this money wouldn’t be enough to buy a house anyway, it’s better to let Zhang Lin use it.

That kid, Little Five, probably doesn’t care about money for buying a house at all. Despite his idling looks, it’s said that Xiao Qing’s family owns building in G City CBD. They are engaged now and an Audi was sent for commuting. It was said to be a Porsche Cayenne but they didn’t dare to drive it for it could be too high-profile.

Xiao Qing won’t marry anyone but him. However, Xiao Qing’s parents are also quite satisfied with Little Five – a graduate student, a doctor, handsome, and sweet-talking.

“Why did you come back with Director Han on the weekend? Heard that Mr. Ning from the Overseas Chinese Building isn’t doing well?” Zhang Lin was quite knowledgeable.

“Yes, he suddenly developed respiratory failure and is on ECMO.” Yang Ping said.

Zhang Lin seemed to know everything: “This old man is just holding on, waiting for his son. I don’t know if he could wait that long?”

“How do you know? This is their family matter?” Yang Ping was surprised.

“For someone of his status, is there such a thing as family matters? His son paralyzed someone ten years ago and served five years in prison. It is said his son blamed him for not helping him get out of it. After his son was put in prison, he cut off father-son ties. After he was released, he disappeared, a rebel!” Zhang Lin knew a lot about it.

“Where did you get this information?” Yang Ping felt this guy seemed to know everything.

“Don’t ask, it’s just my talent, like how you do surgeries.” Zhang Lin said, proud of himself.

This guy, where does he dig out these backstories?

Zhang Lin laughed: “The incident with his son was reported in the newspapers back then.”