Early the next morning, Lin Jie got up early again and jogged along the beach under the morning glow. He hadn't run far when he noticed a graceful figure ahead, walking towards him in the colorful dawn light.

"Goddess of the Sea!"

Automatically ignoring the left side of Zhuang Shilei's face, and treating the encounter with her as the start of a beautiful day, Lin Jie was quite happy. Unfortunately, she wasn't playing the violin today, and there was no beautiful music to accompany them.

As the distance gradually shortened, Lin Jie squinted and finally saw who was coming.

He was gloomily surprised to find that the person was... her mother.

"Good morning, Aunt Lin!" Lin Jie greeted politely.

Lin Ruoyi, dressed in an aqua blue dress, said seriously, "Even during the holiday, you persist in exercising!"

"Lin Jie, you really impress me. I think the reputation you have now, while certainly due in large part to your exceptional talent, owes even more to your extraordinary self-discipline!"

"Aunt, you're overpraising me. I'm not as great as you say," Lin Jie replied modestly!

He couldn't help but feel a little guilty. Coming to this place with clear skies and blue seas, he initially just wanted to sleep in and relax a bit. But there was a Shen Lanruo inside him, whose strict supervision made it impossible for him to continue being lazy and sleeping.

"Aunt, where's Zhuang Shilei? Are you up early specifically to watch the sunrise over the sea, or..."

Lin Jie speculated that this might not be a chance meeting.

Lin Ruoyi nodded and said, "Leilei isn't as disciplined as you are. She played all day yesterday and is still sleeping in now.

After saying this, her expression turned serious, "Lin Jie, I came specifically to find you."

She brushed aside the hair disheveled by the sea breeze and continued, "When Shilei was six, her cousin used concentrated sulfuric acid to ruin the left side of her face in an accident."

"Her cousin's father worked at a chemical institute, and the concentrated sulfuric acid was stolen by Shilei's cousin from there."

"At that time, if this incident had been exposed, it would have been a serious responsibility accident, so we always claimed that Shilei's left face was severely burned."

Lin Ruoyi was full of admiration, saying, "So many years have passed, but you just touched Shilei's surgically repaired face once and deduced that it wasn't a burn. That really convinces me."

Lin Jie humbly said, "It's easier to differentiate between damage from a strong corrosive agent and burn-induced muscle and skeletal damage."

Lin Ruoyi sighed and said, "Over the years, my family and her uncle's family have been trying hard to restore Shilei's left face. But her left face is too severely damaged, and after consulting many experts, there hasn't been any good solution."

She asked hopefully, "Lin Jie, you mentioned you know a plastic surgery expert..."

Lin Jie did not directly reply but said, "The reason why Zhuang Shilei's left face cannot be effectively restored through plastic surgery is because the muscle damage on her left face is too severe."

"Yes, several experts have said the same thing!"

Lin Ruoyi nodded, "And most of the muscles in Leilei's left face are also severely damaged, affecting her chewing ability. Over the years, Leilei has only been able to eat very tender, stewed food."

She sighed again and said, "Yesterday's braised dish was rare in both taste and compliance with Leilei's diet. Seeing her eat with such enjoyment yesterday, I had the urge to cry."

Seeing Lin Ruoyi's eyes redden, Lin Jie, who feared this, hurriedly changed the subject, saying, "So, the first step in Zhuang Shilei's cosmetic surgery is to repair her left cheek's skeletal and muscle tissue damage."

"The damage to the cheekbone can be relatively easily addressed by embedding and filling with the appropriate skeletal tissue or artificial bone. But muscle tissue repair cannot rely on artificial filling. Only one method can achieve this..."

"What method?" Lin Ruoyi asked eagerly!

Lin Jie confidently replied, "Transplant! Transplant her own muscle tissue!"

"Transplant suitable muscle fibers and nerve fibers from various parts of her body to reconstruct the muscle group and nerve control system on her left face!"

"Transplant? Transplanting muscle fibers and nerve fibers from all over the body?"

Lin Ruoyi was stunned for a while, repeating softly, lost in thought!

As a veteran nurse who has worked in a hospital for twenty years, Lin Ruoyi knows no less medical knowledge than a young doctor.

She knows very well that facial muscles are the most utilized and delicate muscle group in a person's life. The simplest contraction and extension of each facial muscle group results in thousands of subtle expressions of joy, anger, sorrow, and joy.

Lin Jie's method seems feasible but has two difficulties.

First, there are many facial muscle groups of varying lengths, requiring finding muscle fibers from all over the body that match in length, which requires doctors to have an incredibly detailed understanding of a person's anatomical structure.

Second, there is the issue of the survival rate of muscle fiber transplants, which requires rebuilding a network of micro-blood vessels.

As for the nerve fiber transplants Lin Jie mentioned, rebuilding a nerve control system, Lin Ruoyi doesn't even dare to think about it.

Given Zhuang Shilei's current condition, even if her left face could be restored to the point of facial paralysis, allowing her to discard the mask, Lin Ruoyi would be grateful to heaven and wake up laughing in her dreams.

"Can... can this really be achieved?" Lin Ruoyi could hardly believe it.

Lin Jie pondered for a while and slowly said, "Since we're transplanting her own muscle fibers, micro-blood vessels, and nerve fibers, there won't be any rejection issues after the transplant. As long as the surgery is precise, the success rate of the transplant should be relatively guaranteed."

"Of course, this might not be accomplished in a single surgery and might require two, three, or even more transplants and repairs."

"Once the muscle tissue on the face is reconstructed, skin grafting, followed by facial micro-cosmetic surgery, can be performed to make Zhuang Shilei's left face as similar as possible to her right face."

Since seeing Zhuang Shilei's left face yesterday morning, Lin Jie had been contemplating the issue of surgery for her left face.

The more he thought about it, the more Lin Jie felt that it was a very challenging surgery.

Looking at half a face scary enough to make ghosts cry, and seeing it gradually restore step by step in his hands and finally become a beautiful face, is there anything more fulfilling than this?

After bidding farewell to the somewhat absent-minded Lin Ruoyi, Lin Jie ran back and forth on the beach a few times before sweating profusely and returning to the seaside cottage.

After a shower, Lin Jie returned to the top floor to have breakfast with Lin Miao and An Kemeng.

A refreshing sea breeze blew past, and An Kemeng let out a comfortable sigh, longingly saying, "Sister Miaomiao, we have to play to our heart's content today. We have to go back tomorrow, it's really hard to leave!"

Lin Miao tossed a piece of fish to Lele and said, "No matter how nice it is here, it's not our home. For me, the best place is my own home!"

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