Doctor: Picking Up Attributes in the Hospital-Chapter 348 - 326: Treated as a Confidant

Modern medicine relies heavily on technology, just like the treatment for Ma Xiaochen. No matter how skilled Zhao Heng is, without effective treatment methods, or even if he thinks of one, current technology may not be at that level yet.

So, Zhao Heng had no choice but to develop a brand new nanomedicine to treat a patient.

This kind of situation only occurs with Zhao Heng. For other doctors, treating a patient means selecting the most effective, least harmful treatment method from existing options.

After all, a doctor who can decide on the spot to develop a nanomedicine like Zhao Heng is probably one of a kind in the world.

Next, Zhao Heng instructed Liu Meng and Li Yang to get to work while he sat in front of the computer, refining and modifying the siRNA colloid bundle preparation plan he proposed with Professor Li Hongwei yesterday.

Creating a new nanomedicine isn’t just clapping your hands in front of a reactor and shouting, then having the reactor emit a bright light and generate the nanomedicine.

If it were like that, it would be alchemy, not modern technology. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

To be honest, sometimes Zhao Heng wished real alchemy existed in the world. Just clap your hands, and you could treat patients or create a treatment potion—how much trouble that would save!

But that’s just fantasizing. In this world, alchemy is only a product of imagination.

While Zhao Heng was working on the plan, Liu Qing came in from outside the office. Seeing Zhao Heng busy, she sat quietly on a chair nearby, waiting for him.

"Ms. Liu?"

Zhao Heng sensed someone nearby, turned around, and was surprised to see Liu Qing.

During his rounds earlier, he had explained everything about Ma Xiaochen’s treatment in detail.

So there was no need for Liu Qing to visit his office.

What did Liu Qing want from Zhao Heng now?

"Dr. Zhao, am I disturbing you?"

Liu Qing asked gently, seeing Zhao Heng engrossed in work. She saw in him a glimpse of her son a few years later.

After all, Ma Xiaochen is seventeen now. In six or seven years, if he works, he might just look like Zhao Heng.

Even though Ma Jianteng is quite charming, Liu Qing is a stunning beauty, and Ma Xiaochen takes after his mother, so he’s quite handsome.

"Is there something you need, Ms. Liu?"

Zhao Heng, a bit puzzled, looked at Liu Qing. Her gaze seemed strange, like she was looking at her son. He found it hard to adjust to such an affectionate look, making him feel goosebumps.

"I heard you’re only twenty-five this year?"

Liu Qing sized up Zhao Heng as she spoke.

She’s met many young geniuses, but never someone as young as Zhao Heng, achieving such levels in medicine.

Not only had she not seen it before, but she’d never even heard of it.

This gave her an inexplicable confidence in Zhao Heng.

Before Mayo Clinic, she was already desperate because even the world’s best hospital had no solution for her son’s condition, so what else could she do?

"Yes."

Zhao Heng nodded, unsure why Liu Qing suddenly asked about his age. However, she didn’t seem to look down on or distrust him because of it. Since meeting yesterday, she had always been polite and gentle.

"Dr. Zhao, honestly, the moment I met you, I felt an inexplicable sense of closeness and trust, a feeling I haven’t had in years."

Liu Qing said warmly, looking at Zhao Heng.

"Uh..."

Hearing Liu Qing’s words, Zhao Heng felt even more befuddled. What was Liu Qing trying to express?

Do rich people always speak in such roundabout ways?

From her two sentences, Zhao Heng couldn’t tell what she wanted to convey.

"Dr. Zhao, I’ve been feeling suffocated lately and just wanted to talk to someone. Please don’t mind."

Noticing Zhao Heng’s bewildered face, Liu Qing said.

The higher you stand, the lonelier it gets. Although Liu Qing is definitely a strong woman, she recently faced the greatest challenge of her life — her son fell ill with a difficult-to-cure disease.

In front of everyone else, including her husband Ma Jianteng, Liu Qing would not show this side of her.

It was after meeting Zhao Heng that she felt a familial bond due to his demeanor, and he was also her son’s chief doctor, which added up to her seemingly bold move.

This only shows that even rich people are human!

"It’s fine, go ahead."

Zhao Heng nodded. Fortunately, she just wanted someone to talk to, which wasn’t strange. It gave him a start; he wondered what Liu Qing intended.

Such situations are common for doctors. With a sick family member, relatives naturally feel tortured. Doctors become a beacon of hope for both patients and their families.

Given this trust, many, whether patients or relatives, want to talk to the doctor to ease their anxiety.

This is quite normal. Clinically speaking, talking to patients and their families to reduce anxiety is also a form of psychotherapy.

"Dr. Zhao, excuse me for laughing. Since Xiaochen was diagnosed, I haven’t had a full night’s sleep. I often wonder why Xiaochen got this disease—is this heaven’s punishment for me?"

Liu Qing said wearily. Ever since she was young, she’d always wanted to achieve great things. Unfortunately, being a woman in her young days made it difficult to stand out.

So, she chose Ma Jianteng, using her family’s background and influence to elevate him, leading to today’s wealthiest man and the hugely successful Jianteng Group.

But since her son Ma Xiaochen fell ill, the typically ambitious and spirited Liu Qing faced the greatest blow of her life, without comparison.

"Everyone gets sick, eating grains and cereals. Tumors have a strong genetic relationship. Moreover, everyone has proto-oncogenes within them; they are just not activated. So illnesses have nothing to do with divine punishment."

"If every illness were a result of divine punishment, we doctors would be opposing heaven, and wouldn’t we be struck by lightning every day?"

Zhao Heng said indifferently. He never believed or cared about illness being a divine punishment.

If someone’s illness and recovery depended on the heavens, what value would doctors have?

And what about scientists doing research now?

It seems the overall extension of human life comes from medical discoveries that enhance human lifespan, like surgical sterility, penicillin, quinine, artemisinin, etc.

And not some sudden gift from heaven.

Pff~

Hearing Zhao Heng’s words, Liu Qing burst into laughter, her gloomy mood instantly lightened. She didn’t expect Zhao Heng to have such a humorous side.

"Dr. Zhao, this is the first time I’ve heard this perspective, but it makes a lot of sense."

Liu Qing nodded, deeply agreeing with Zhao Heng’s view.

"Dr. Zhao, I entrust Xiaochen to you."

After a pause, Liu Qing said earnestly.

She didn’t promise wealth or luxury for curing her son; only upstarts would say such things.

"Rest assured, stop thinking about divine punishments."

Zhao Heng said sincerely.