24: 20 minutes to finish, I'm not gay

You know, shattered bones are very difficult to clean. You have to locate them and remove them piece by piece.

But now, Ye Lin seemed to have X-ray vision. With each in-and-out motion, a piece of shattered bone was removed, and because the incision was so small, only a tiny bit of blood flowed out.

Ye Lin removed some of the overgrown shattered bones and reset the original shattered bones. It’s not advisable to remove all shattered bones; if fixed properly, they are beneficial for bone recovery.

Even with his bone-setting technique and clear vision of the bone's position, operating on two legs like this still left Ye Lin drenched in sweat.

After the procedure, Ye Lin performed a simple suture on the wound.

Then he turned and picked up a box he had brought.

Meng Zhaofeng had completely shed his earlier doubts. Just looking at this incision, only he at the entire Peoples Hospital could barely achieve it. If someone were to say such a person was a fake doctor, he would be the first to rush over and give them a big slap.

Now, he only wanted to see how Ye Lin would handle it. Without steel pins, how would he fix it?

Ye Lin opened the box, dug out a large lump of black medicinal paste, and applied it to Jiang Xiaosheng’s broken leg. Then he took out two wooden splints and quickly fixed and bound them.

The people in the operating room were stunned. They looked up at the shadowless lamp, confirming that this was indeed an operating room.

This… doing traditional Chinese bone setting in an operating room, this was probably the first time.

Soon, Ye Lin finished treating Jiang Xiaosheng.

The entire operation took a total of only 20 minutes.

Meng Zhaofeng secretly estimated that even with his skilled hand speed, opening the incision, crushing, cleaning, and inserting steel pins would definitely take no less than 2-3 hours.

“All right, you can push the patient out,” Ye Lin wiped his sweat.

Outside the operating room, Vice Director Zhang sat idly on the cold bench, thinking he still had to wait two hours, and he was getting restless.

“I have a meeting. Call me when he comes out,” he instructed the nurse outside.

With that, just as he lifted his backside, the operating room door suddenly opened, and Ye Lin walked out first.

Vice Director Zhang’s heart sank. “Damn, nothing went wrong, did it?”

Following closely behind was Meng Zhaofeng, with a strange expression on his face.

Finally, Jiang Xiaosheng was pushed out.

“Mr. Ye, is there any problem?” Vice Director Zhang asked nervously.

Ye Lin calmly said, “No problem, he’s already fine.”

“Ah—” Vice Director Zhang was a bit confused. How long had it been?

20 minutes?

30 minutes?

He secretly glanced at Meng Zhaofeng behind him, who nodded, his eyes full of surprise as he looked at Ye Lin.

Since it was done, Vice Director Zhang didn't say much more.

On the other side, Jiang Waner had already rushed over, took Jiang Xiaosheng, and looked at Ye Lin with expectant eyes, wanting to know the outcome of the surgery.

“Take your brother home. He needs to rest in bed during this period. He can get out of bed in a month and run around in three months,” Ye Lin said softly.

“Okay, okay. I will take good care of my brother.” Upon hearing that her brother could walk again, Jiang Waner’s tears flowed uncontrollably, and she choked out her thanks to Ye Lin.

“Go now, work hard, and guide your brother to the right path in the future.”

Ye Lin waved his hand.

Meng Zhaofeng was now utterly impressed with Ye Lin; not only was his medical skill outstanding, but he also possessed medical ethics.

In this era, there were many skilled doctors, but medical ethics were often just spoken about, rarely truly internalized.

There were realistic reasons, as well as changes in ideology.

Meng Zhaofeng walked up to Ye Lin and, to everyone’s astonished gazes, bowed deeply to Ye Lin.

Startled, Ye Lin quickly took a step back. “Damn, what’s he trying to do?”

“Mr. Ye not only has profound medical skills but also the benevolent heart of a healer. I am truly impressed,” Meng Zhaofeng repeated “impressed” twice, making Ye Lin blush a little.

“Brother, this is all thanks to the system.”

But he couldn’t say that directly. Ye Lin put on the air of an otherworldly expert, nodding slightly, “Technique may prevail for a time, but the Tao will be renowned for eternity.”

“This is the Tao that we, as practitioners of medicine, must follow.”

Meng Zhaofeng’s eyes lit up with admiration, “Mr. Ye is truly noble.”

Those two eyes made Ye Lin’s skin crawl, so he quickly slipped away with the Jiang siblings.

In this day and age, academic types like Director Meng were rare. Although Ye Lin didn’t dislike him, he couldn’t stand such gushing praise.

After sending the Jiang siblings home, Ye Lin returned to the station after work.

The dormitory was empty; Lin Xianfeng seemed to have gone to take a shower.

Thinking of showering, he felt sticky after a day of work, so he simply picked up a basin and went to shower.

The showers at the station were all communal, with five or six showerheads lined up, and everyone would stand in a row, naked, to wash up.

When Ye Lin went in, only Lin Xianfeng was showering; the other old policemen had gone home.

Lin Xianfeng, tired after a day’s work, was happily scrubbing himself, revealing his muscular physique.

“You’re here, just as I thought!” Ye Lin exclaimed happily when he saw Lin Xianfeng.

It was just a casual greeting, but Lin Xianfeng seemed to have heard the voice of a demon. The soap in his hand slipped and fell to the floor.

“Hey, your soap fell. Pick it up quickly, or someone might step on it and slip,” Ye Lin kindly reminded him, while starting to take off his clothes.

To his surprise, it would have been better if he hadn't said anything. As soon as he spoke, Lin Xianfeng’s face instantly turned liver-colored, flushed crimson. He turned around, one hand tightly covering his backside, and with the other, holding a shower gel bottle, he pointed at Ye Lin and said in a terrified voice, “You… don’t come over here. I don’t pick up soap.”

Ye Lin, whose clothes were half off, froze for a moment. “Damn, if you don’t pick it up, who will? Am I supposed to pick it up?”

With that, he quickly stripped off his clothes and was about to go shower.

“Stop!” Lin Xianfeng screamed in terror.

“Ye Lin, I’m telling you, I don’t like men, and don’t you dare mess with me, or don’t blame me for being impolite.”

Ye Lin’s mouth hung open, stunned in place.

“Damn it! Lin Xianfeng, what the hell do you mean? Are you saying I’m gay?”

“Aren’t you? Everyone at the station is talking about it, thinking no one knows.”

“I’m gay?! Who the hell said that?” Ye Lin roared in anger.

“There’s a pile of medicinal herbs in your room. Everyone says you have a problem and are taking medicine,” Lin Xianfeng said weakly.

“My family practices traditional Chinese medicine, and I myself study it. Bringing some herbs for a friend, what the hell is the problem with that?”

“Didn’t I deliver them to someone this afternoon?”

“Damn it, who spread this rumor?”

Ye Lin was furious. How dare someone say he was gay? He was a pure man!

“I heard it from our captain,” Lin Xianfeng said weakly.

Ye Lin decisively put on his clothes, grabbed his phone, and called.

Zhang Degen: I heard it from Instructor.

Huang Xuliang: I heard it from Sister He.

He Wenyan… Ye Lin made a round of calls and finally tracked down the two auxiliary police officers on duty today, then gave them a good scolding.