Wednesday morning at 8:30, Binhai University Affiliated Hospital!

Zhao Fang, waiting early at the doctors' parking lot, hurriedly approached Lin Jie as he got out of the car, respectfully saying, "Good morning, teacher!"

Lin Jie nodded and replied, "Good morning to you too, Zhao Fang, you could have actually waited for me in the office!"

Zhao Fang chuckled and said, "It takes at least seven or eight minutes to rush to the office from here. Waiting here allows me to hear a bit more of your guidance, teacher."

"That's not entirely true. I know you all wish you had less time to spend with me!"

Despite his words, Lin Jie still found Zhao Fang's words quite pleasing.

He started walking towards the hospital's main building, smiling, "Last night, besides receiving a call from Dean Cheng, I also unexpectedly received a call from Mr. Joshua, the chief editor of 'Nature' journal."

Zhao Fang's eyes lit up, and she asked excitedly, "Teacher, does this mean the paper we submitted was accepted?"

Lin Jie gently nodded, saying, "Mr. Joshua and I discussed the contents of the paper over the phone, and he finally said the paper would be published in the second week of September."

"Wow... wow... hooray..."

Zhao Fang couldn't help but exclaim with excitement, "Teacher, it's 'Nature', the renowned 'Nature'! Teacher, I truly admire you."

Seeing Zhao Fang so elated, Lin Jie couldn't help but feel a bit infected too, happily saying, "You also have a share of the credit for this. Zhao Fang, I need to remind you of one thing."

Zhao Fang calmed down her emotions and said, "Teacher, feel free to instruct me."

Lin Jie said solemnly, "The paper will be published in mid-September, and after publication, many medical researchers will certainly conduct verification studies."

"Which means..."

"You have at most a month to verify the effect of the arteriovenous exchange method on treating coronary heart disease."

Zhao Fang also realized this, pondered briefly, and stated, "Teacher, I will work even harder to produce results as soon as possible."

Lin Jie acknowledged with a sound, continuing, "Last night, I had a phone call with Professor Ren Maoshi."

"He is very supportive of our research project and promised to ask a deputy director of the hospital's cardiothoracic surgery department to fully assist us."

"Now, let me take you to meet this deputy director."

"With such an experienced cardiothoracic surgeon assisting you, plus finding a few volunteer patients to conduct some verification tests, achieving results within a month should be sufficient."

"As for research funding, just report the real costs; there's no need to save on expenses..."

After saying this, Lin Jie realized that Zhao Fang was not by his side.

He stopped, turned around, and saw Zhao Fang standing two to three meters behind, wiping her eyes continuously.

"What's wrong? Did something fly into your eye?" Lin Jie asked.

"I'm just overwhelmed with excitement and emotion!"

Zhao Fang, with reddened eyes, candidly corrected him and flattered, "Teacher, you are so good to us, you are the best teacher in the world..."

The two of them arrived at the cardiothoracic surgery department, where Ren Maoshi introduced a doctor named Pang Leshan to Lin Jie and Zhao Fang.

Dr. Pang, after hearing Lin Jie's proposal, was amazed and overjoyed.

When he learned that the subproject head was Lin Jie's student, a first-year PhD student named Zhao Fang, Dr. Pang did not show any unusual response.

He also actively expressed his willingness to assist Zhao Fang in completing various research tasks for the subproject.

Dr. Pang understood that being able to participate in this very application-oriented project and getting a piece of the action was already a stroke of fortune, and having further desires would be courting disaster.

Moreover, using this project opportunity to establish close contacts with Lin Jie was something many doctors dreamed of.

After briefly explaining the project to Pang Leshan, Lin Jie returned alone to the office floor of the hospital, where he saw Zhuang Hongbo and two others waiting outside his office.

One of them was particularly eye-catching.

This was because his physique was somewhat overly large.

His height exceeded 190 cm, and he was very fat, with thighs even thicker than Lin Jie's waist, his body fat slightly trembling, making Lin Jie feel a sensation of greasiness.

He was initially estimated to weigh at least over 300 pounds.

At this moment, this extraordinarily fat person was holding the hand of a middle-aged, slender woman beside him, looking very attached, just like a child clinging to his mother.

Zhuang Hongbo took a step forward and said, "Expert Lin, hello! This is my friend Lu Donghai and this is Lu Donghai's mother!"

"Hello, Expert Lin!" Lu Donghai's mother said very politely.

Lin Jie nodded at the two, looked up at Lu Donghai, and found his eyes somewhat dull, giving off a foolish impression.

He opened the office door and said, "Please come in!"

Lu Donghai, pulled in by his mother, entered the office and, under her soothing, plopped onto the sofa.

The sofa immediately creaked unbearably under the weight.

Lin Jie very much suspected the sofa might be left with an unrecoverable deep dent.

"Expert Lin, Lu Donghai wasn't like this before, he used to be very strong and muscular."

Zhuang Hongbo explained softly, "People like us eat a lot every day, but we also exercise a lot, burning off almost all the energy consumed."

"After Lu Donghai got injured, he stopped exercising as much, yet he continued eating as much if not more, and in just over a year, he turned into this."

Lin Jie knew that many professional athletes, once retired, could suddenly balloon up, mainly because they couldn't control their appetite while no longer maintaining high levels of physical activity.

"Let me first see Lu Donghai's previous examination results."

As Lin Jie spoke, Lu Donghai's mother pulled out a thick stack of paperwork from her handbag and handed it over.

Lin Jie first took out several copies of cranial CT scans and placed them on the viewing light to examine.

According to the dates noted on the CT images, they were taken at different times.

Lin Jie first examined the oldest, which was the cranial CT taken after Lu Donghai was injured, and with just a brief look, he discovered the problem.

The earliest cranial CT showed several coagulated small blood clots within Lu Donghai's skull, located near the brain's memory, logic, and cognitive control centers.

These blood clots likely affected Lu Donghai's memory and logical thinking.

Following the chronological order, Lin Jie examined the cranial CT images from oldest to newest.

He discovered an issue: the blood clots shown in the CT images in the brain significantly diminished over time and their numbers had decreased considerably.

According to these brain CT scans, Lu Donghai's symptoms should be getting lighter.

Lin Jie reconfirmed by asking, "Zhuang Hongbo, I remember you told me that your friend's symptoms were progressively worsening?"

Zhuang Hongbo nodded heavily and said, "Expert Lin, indeed it's true!"

"At the beginning, he was just a bit forgetful, but his intelligence was still normal. But now, as you can see, he's become somewhat foolish."

The discrepancy between the examination results and the actual symptoms was intriguing.

With growing interest, Lin Jie listened to Lu Donghai's mother nervously saying, "Expert Lin, my son's condition truly worsens day by day."

"But after all the repeated checkups, the doctors tell us that his brain condition is gradually improving."

"Is this not blatant lying?"

"Expert Lin, I know you're very talented, please, you must cure my son."

"Since I've taken on this case, I will naturally do my best."

Lin Jie simply replied and then advised, "Zhuang Hongbo, I'll write an order for you to take Lu Donghai to arrange hospitalization first."

"Afterward, conduct a set of blood tests, cranial CT, MRI, cranial angiography, and other detailed examinations."

"Another full set of examinations?!"

Lu Donghai's mother muttered with some disappointment.

Zhuang Hongbo softly said, "Auntie, as I previously promised, I will cover all the costs for Lu Donghai's examinations and treatments this time, so please rest assured."

"You can absolutely trust the medical skills of Expert Lin; there will surely be effective treatments for Lu Donghai this time. I'm confident of this, and I ask you to have confidence too."

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