1: Chapter 1 My girlfriend got out of trouble, and I got stabbed!

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June in Jiangcheng was so hot it made people want to curse.

Lu Chen wore a white coat that had been washed until it turned white, standing in the corner of the back door of the Hospital.

He clutched his phone, the screen displaying a WeChat message sent by his girlfriend, Su Wan.

No, it should be ex-girlfriend now.

Because every word in the message she sent told Lu Chen one fact.

You have been dumped.

"Lu Chen, let's break up. I've passed the civil service exam."

"My family introduced me to someone in the public sector; his conditions are quite good."

"Don't blame me; we aren't a good fit."

Lu Chen stared at this message for a full three minutes.

Three minutes ago, he was still savoring the goodnight message Su Wan sent him last night, along with a kissing emoji.

Three minutes later, he discovered he had become the protagonist of that classic joke.

The first sword stroke after getting a stable job is to cut down your lover.

Lu Chen's mouth twitched, and he typed a line: "Didn't you say we would get married after I finished my internship?"

The message was sent, and the other side replied instantly.

"People change, you know. Don't be too sad."

"You're handsome; you surely won't have trouble finding someone."

Lu Chen almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

What's the use of being handsome?

Can being handsome pay the rent?

Can being handsome publish research papers?

Can being handsome make the department director give him a pleasant look?

He typed another line: "Last month, you said you liked the way I looked in my white coat the most."

Su Wan replied with an awkward smiling emoji.

Then came a long voice message.

Lu Chen tapped it, and Su Wan's voice came out of the phone, still in that gentle tone.

"Lu Chen, it's not that I don't like you anymore."

"But you know, you grew up in an Orphanage and have no background."

"Right now, you're just an intern, taking home three thousand yuan a month. My parents really can't accept that."

"Don't blame me, really."

"Your conditions are actually quite good; you're just lacking a bit of money."

Lacking a bit of money.

These four words stung Lu Chen painfully.

He was indeed poor.

He grew up in an Orphanage, and Director Mother sold everything she had to support him through medical school.

His monthly salary now, besides paying rent, was all sent back to the Orphanage.

Being poor was a fact.

But since she despised him for being poor, why did she get together with him in the first place?

During five years of university, he scrimped and saved to buy her things; why didn't she return them when she said he was poor?

Lu Chen took a deep breath and suppressed all those messy emotions.

He didn't reply to the message.

He deleted Su Wan's WeChat directly.

Then he stuffed his phone back into his pocket and looked up at the Hospital building.

Jiangcheng City Central Hospital, a Grade A tertiary Hospital, ranked in the top five in the province.

He was able to intern here relying on his top-of-the-class grades and his mentor's recommendation letter.

Unfortunately, the status of an intern in the Hospital was about the same as disposable chopsticks in the Cafeteria.

Use them and throw them away.

Lu Chen rubbed his face to cheer himself up.

"Fine, no money, right? Then I'll make money. I'll save enough for Director Mother's retirement first."

He muttered to himself and pushed open the back door to enter the Hospital.

Tonight was his last night shift as an intern in the General Surgery Department.

Next week, he would be assigned to a new department, though he didn't know where yet.

Actually, Lu Chen wanted to go to the Emergency Department the most.

The reason was simple: the Emergency Department had many patients, a wide variety of illnesses, and a fast pace.

Although it was exhausting, he could learn the most and have the most opportunities to practice hands-on.

For an intern with no background who had to rely on his own skills to make a living, the Emergency Department was the best battlefield.

Unfortunately, there were plenty of interns who wanted to go to the Emergency Department.

Where he ended up would depend on the arrangements of the teaching office.

Lu Chen thought as he walked, his pace quickening unconsciously.

When he reached the Nurse Station of the General Surgery Department, the on-duty Nurse, Sister Wang, was inside eating melon seeds.

Seeing him arrive, she waved.

"Little Lu, you're here?"

"It shouldn't be too busy tonight. Attending Physician Liu Wenqiang wants you to revise the medical records you wrote earlier."

"He said there are two places where your writing isn't standardized."

Lu Chen nodded: "Okay, Sister Wang, I'll revise them right now."

"Oh, right." Sister Wang lowered her voice, "How are things with your girlfriend? Last time I saw you guys on a video call, that girl looked quite pretty."

The expression on Lu Chen's face stiffened for a moment.

"We broke up."

"Ah?" Sister Wang dropped her melon seeds, "When did this happen?"

"Ten minutes ago."

"..."

Sister Wang opened her mouth, wanting to say something comforting.

But seeing the terrifyingly calm expression on Lu Chen's face, she swallowed her words.

Although this kid was only twenty-four, his temperament was very composed.

In the few months of interning in the department, he had been scolded by senior doctors, pushed by family members, and ostracized by fellow interns, yet he hadn't lost his temper even once.

It wasn't that he had a good temper; it was that he could endure.

Sister Wang sighed: "Alright, young man, if you've broken up, then so be it. With that face of yours, are you afraid you won't find another partner?"

Lu Chen smiled and didn't respond.

That phrase again.

He walked to the Duty Room, buttoned up his white coat, sat in front of the computer, and began to revise the medical records.

The General Surgery Department on the night shift was excessively quiet.

Occasionally, the sound of patients coughing and the footsteps of nursing assistants echoed in the hallway, and the fluorescent light tubes buzzed.

Lu Chen finished revising two medical records and glanced at the time: 11:20 PM.

He stretched, intending to go make a cup of coffee to get through the second half of the night.

Suddenly, a sharp telephone ringtone exploded throughout the Nurse Station.

Sister Wang picked up the phone, and her expression changed instantly.

"What? A car accident? Massive hemorrhage? The patient is in the Emergency Department?"

"Okay, okay, okay, I'll notify the on-duty doctor immediately!"

She hung up the phone and shouted down the hallway.

"Attending Physician Liu Wenqiang! Attending Physician Liu Wenqiang!"

"The Emergency Department is sending over a car accident victim with an open abdominal injury."

"Massive hemorrhage, the patient is dying!"

Lu Chen's hand stopped on the coffee cup.

Attending Physician Liu Wenqiang rushed out of the Duty Room, his hair messy, his white coat unbuttoned, asking as he ran: "Where is the patient?"

"The Emergency Department just pushed them over; they're already at the door of the Operating Room!"

"Has the Department of Anesthesiology been notified?"

"The Emergency Department said they already called!"

Attending Physician Liu Wenqiang paused as he ran past Lu Chen: "Little Lu, follow me; I might need you to lend a hand tonight."

Lu Chen didn't say a word, put down the cup, and followed.

He ran fast, the hem of his white coat fluttering in the hallway.

When he arrived at the door of the Operating Room, the scene was already quite chaotic.

A gurney was parked in the middle of the hallway, with a Middle-aged man lying on it.

The gauze on his abdomen was soaked with blood; his skin was terrifyingly pale, and his lips were purple.

His eyes were half-open, and his consciousness was already fading.

Two Emergency Department Nurses were squeezing fluids nearby, and the numbers on the Patient Monitor kept dropping.

[Blood Pressure: 72 / 45 mmHg]

[Heart Rate: 132 bpm]

[Oxygen Saturation: 89%]

Lu Chen understood these numbers at a glance.

Hemorrhagic shock, and it had already reached a very dangerous level.

A woman was kneeling beside the gurney, crying heart-wrenchingly.

She was being held up by two family members, unable to stand on her own.

"Please, save him! I beg you!"

"He just went out to buy something; how did it turn into this!"

Attending Physician Liu Wenqiang squatted down to look at the wound, his expression immediately darkening.

"Open abdominal injury, the wound is at least fifteen centimeters."

"The intestinal tract is visible; the estimated blood loss is over 1,500 ml."

"No, it might already be 2,000."

He turned and shouted to the Nurse: "Has the blood been matched?"

"It has, but the blood bank says O-type blood stock is tight; they can only provide four units for now!"

"Four units is useless!" Attending Physician Liu Wenqiang cursed, "Push him up first, we'll talk once we're in the Operating Room!"

The gurney was quickly pushed into the Operating Room.

Lu Chen followed behind, responsible for helping push the gurney and passing items.

The shadowless lamp of the Operating Room lit up.

The on-duty doctor from the Department of Anesthesiology, Zhao Ming, had already arrived and was performing Tracheal intubation on the patient.

"Brother Liu, this patient is in very poor condition; the blood pressure keeps dropping."

"I will try my best to maintain the anesthesia, but you need to be fast with your hands, otherwise the patient might not make it off the table."

Attending Physician Liu Wenqiang nodded, put on gloves, and began to examine the wound.

Lu Chen stood to the side, acting as the second assistant.

The first assistant was another Resident Physician named Resident Physician Zhang Lei, who was two years ahead of Lu Chen and had already obtained his Medical License, officially on staff.

Resident Physician Zhang Lei glanced at Lu Chen: "Just stand there and don't move; just pass items, don't cause trouble."

Lu Chen didn't speak and nodded.

He knew his status.

An intern, no license, not allowed to operate on the operating table, only allowed to assist.

This was the rule.