Chapter 676: Chapter 675: A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats

The osteoplasty and body reshaping surgery for Nawa, the man from Thailand, began at 8:40 Saturday morning and ended at 3:20 in the afternoon, lasting nearly seven hours.

The main purpose of this surgery was bone-lengthening, while also making Nawa’s physique appear more slender and feminine.

To achieve this, Yan Feifan sectioned Nawa’s leg bones in several places, shaved down his foot and hand bones, removed a pair of his ribs, and also addressed any obviously thick bones...

The surgery was filled with the sounds of clanging, as Yan Feifan transformed into a carpenter, hacking, hammering, and shaving the bones nonstop. He was utterly exhausted.

While he was at it, Yan Feifan also made some adjustments and modifications to the muscles in Nawa’s calves, thighs, and abdomen.

Considering that Nawa would spend the next year suffering in a hospital bed, his body would lose a significant amount of weight, and his muscles would atrophy moderately, Yan Feifan’s work on the muscles was quite minor.

Wang Chuan and five of his students observed the entire surgery...

At nearly 4:00 in the afternoon, after finishing the surgery and cleaning up, Yan Feifan and Wang Chuan, each with their respective students, arrived at a banquet hall on the fifth floor of the Jinxiu Grand Hotel to attend Associate Professor Shi Min’s 30th teaching anniversary and retirement ceremony.

Overall, the event was quite lively and touching.

The attendees were mainly colleagues and students from the medical college and doctors from the Affiliated Hospital, in addition to people who had made a special trip from other workplaces and cities. In total, more than 180 people attended.

The leaders in attendance included the vice president of Bin University Medical College, along with the Affiliated Hospital’s Secretary Liu Jin and Vice President Chen Yu.

In addition to the leaders from the medical college and the Affiliated Hospital who went on stage to speak highly of Associate Professor Shi Min’s thirty years of teaching, twenty-three of Mr. Shi’s former students also eagerly took the stage.

They spoke with great emotion as they recounted a few of their most profound memories with Mr. Shi, thanked him, and presented him with flowers and gifts.

Yan Feifan was one of these twenty-three people.

He spoke about Mr. Shi’s "special treatment" of him. He was often made to stay behind in the dissection lab. Even on exams, the number of questions he had to complete was double that of the other students.

After finishing his speech, Yan Feifan presented Mr. Shi with a bouquet of flowers and the gift he had prepared earlier...

A set of four solid gold bookmarks, one for each season: spring, summer, autumn, and winter.

Amidst one moving speech and thank you after another, Mr. Shi, surrounded by his family and friends, kept wiping his eyes...

Because so many people spoke, the dinner, originally scheduled for 6:00 p.m., was delayed until 7:20 p.m.

Yan Feifan was seated at the main table.

He sat with Mr. Shi and several of his family members, the leaders from the medical college and the Affiliated Hospital, and a few distinguished alumni from out of town who had achieved considerable success.

Yan Feifan had been working all day, hadn’t eaten lunch, and was starving.

Once the food arrived, he basically stopped talking and focused completely on eating and drinking.

This made Yan Feifan’s behavior seem rather impolite.

Zhang Run, a doctoral advisor and researcher from the Su Province Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology who was sitting at the same table, frowned.

Unable to watch any longer, he criticized quietly, "Mr. Yan, you are the youngest at this table."

"Your teachers, leaders, and seniors are all talking. You should pay a little more attention to your conduct."

Yan Feifan’s hand, which was holding his chopsticks, froze.

Before he could even explain, Liu Jin came to his defense, "Mr. Zhang, Feifan just rushed over from the hospital after a full day of surgery. He must be starving."

Chen Yu also spoke up, "This kid, Feifan, has always been a bit willful and doesn’t stand on ceremony. Please excuse him, everyone."

Seeing two big shots from the Affiliated Hospital speak up to protect him, the other out-of-town alumni, including Zhang Run, couldn’t help but take a few more glances at Yan Feifan.

Although they had heard of Yan Feifan, he had only recently emerged on the scene. Busy with their own work, their knowledge of him was vague and based on assumptions.

Some had only just learned of Yan Feifan’s existence at this event and found out he had the reputation of a genius doctor.

By now, Yan Feifan had eaten some food. His stomach felt better, and he realized his own breach of etiquette.

He apologized, "I’m sorry. That was rude of me."

Shi Min smiled and said, "Feifan, just eat. Don’t mind us old folks."

"Besides, you’re my direct supervisor now. If anything, I’m the one who should be sucking up to you!"

This made Zhang Run ask, unable to help himself, "Mr. Shi, what do you mean by that?"

Shi Min gave a light smile and said, "Feifan is starting to build his own medical research team, and he’s asked me to help manage it and put my experience to good use."

At these words, realization dawned on Mr. Gao, the vice president of the medical college.

Shi Min was only an associate professor. Among the many academicians and full professors at the medical college, he didn’t even rank.

He was here today mostly to represent the medical college in expressing gratitude and recognition for Mr. Shi’s thirty years of dedicated teaching.

He hadn’t expected more than a hundred people from the Affiliated Hospital to show up for this event, or that even their top leader, Liu Jin, would come.

As soon as he heard Mr. Shi say he would be helping Yan Feifan manage his medical team, Mr. Gao understood that Liu Jin, Chen Yu, and the many others from the Affiliated Hospital were actually here for Yan Feifan.

Anyone could see that Yan Feifan had a limitless future, and Mr. Shi’s status was rising right along with it.

Mr. Gao couldn’t help but give Mr. Shi a deep, meaningful look.

’You just never know when life will present you with an opportunity.’

’This Mr. Shi had an unremarkable career, his only distinguishing trait being his unorthodox and extreme strictness when it came to teaching and evaluations, which made generation after generation of students fear, hate, and resent him.’

’Who would have thought that on the cusp of retirement, he would have his moment in the spotlight.’

’It was foreseeable that in the coming years, as Yan Feifan continued to advance and produce more medical breakthroughs, Mr. Shi would be held in increasingly high regard.’

Shi Min noticed Mr. Gao’s attentive gaze, as well as the thoughtful looks from Zhang Run and the others.

He took a sip of tea and announced in a clear voice, "Yan Feifan, a resident at the Affiliated Hospital, twenty-five years old. Some of you may not know enough about him, so allow me to take the liberty of making an introduction..."

Shi Min paused, then said slowly, "Yan Feifan: three years of elementary school, four years of middle and high school, and six years of university. He skipped grades all the way through to finish his education."

"He is, to this day, the only graduate of Bin University Medical College to have earned a doctorate in clinical medicine ahead of schedule."

These words stirred Zhang Run and the others.

Having gone through it themselves, they knew that just graduating on time from the eight-year clinical medicine program required every ounce of one’s strength.

’For Yan Feifan to graduate two years early... that’s something no ordinary person could do.’

Shi Min continued, "Three years ago, he was injured during the Chuanzhong earthquake relief efforts and was in a coma for over a year. After waking up, he became an unstoppable force."

"Yan Feifan pioneered the percutaneous injection technique for spinal canal and brain tumors, saving the health and lives of dozens of patients."

"To date, he has been the lead surgeon on over one hundred major and minor surgeries, including limb reattachment, penile reconstruction, and partial face transplants, without a single failure."

"This year, he is leading or collaborating on five scientific research projects, and has secured nearly fifty million in research funding."

"His current main research project is on audio-hypnosis and using infrasound to awaken patients in vegetative states..."

Just then, Yan Feifan’s phone started ringing.

He took it out and saw it was a call from Zeng Ni.

Yan Feifan declined the call.

Unexpectedly, she immediately called back.

Worried it might be an emergency, Yan Feifan excused himself to Mr. Shi, Liu Jin, and the others, then got up and walked to a relatively quiet corner of the banquet hall.

"What is it?"

"Feifan, guess where I am!"

Yan Feifan could tell from her excited voice, and he warned, "Zeng Ni, if you have something to say, say it. I’m busy."

"Feifan, I’m at Jiaojiao’s comeback party!"

Zeng Ni exclaimed excitedly, "You have no idea! Jiaojiao came out with just light makeup on, and she absolutely stunned everyone."

"Her transformation, her beauty—it drove the whole crowd wild."

"And then, so many people started swarming me and wouldn’t let go..."

"I had to hide in the bathroom just to get a moment to call you..."

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