Practicing Medical Skills in a Small Clinic-Chapter 258 - 153: Irresistible Invitation, The Small Clinic Becomes a Sensation

The man doesn't retort, just chuckles awkwardly.

"Once my hand heals, I can go back to the factory and earn money again. Goodbye, doctors."

The man waves his hand and walks away with his wife.

He leaves with a face full of joy. His wife's worried frown has also relaxed.

Watching the middle-aged couple leave, Li Jingsheng shows a knowing smile.

In the hospital, you see the joys and sorrows of many families every day.

The most frightening thing is a diagnosis of a terminal illness or a disease requiring hundreds of thousands in treatment fees, a tremendous disaster for most families.

This is also a great test of human nature.

After mastering the fifth advanced bone-setting technique, Li Jingsheng can treat more patients.

Basically, whoever comes can be cured.

The manual alignment clinic room now has a new mainstay.

Occasionally, if someone can't be cured, they're either told to return in a few days or to be admitted for surgical treatment.

Unfortunately, the sixth advanced bone-setting technique, the bone differentiation method, hasn't been learned yet.

Otherwise, his bone-setting skills would be even stronger.

"Teacher, I should return to the clinic for work."

Dr. Xu's health has deteriorated, and as his apprentice, he should be helping his teacher.

Leaving at the last moment is somewhat unkind.

However, such a large tertiary hospital can't possibly lack other doctors to replace Dr. Xu.

At most, some higher difficulty manual bone-setting techniques can't be performed.

"Go ahead! Remember to come early tomorrow, the more we can treat, the better."

Dr. Xu takes it quite well.

Doing your best is enough.

Doctors are human too, and if he, the main commander, gets sick, it's unavoidable.

"Take care of yourself, call me anytime if you need anything."

After Li Jingsheng finishes speaking, he waves and leaves the clinic room.

It's apparent that both Dr. Chen and the nurse Li Li are a bit reluctant to see him go.

Now that the mainstay of the manual clinic is sick, and with Li Jingsheng leaving, who will treat the patients?

"Dr. Li, could I bother you for a few minutes to have a chat?"

Director Hua, who had left earlier, intercepts Li Jingsheng at the corridor's exit.

Judging from the scenario, it seems he was prepared.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be such a coincidence.

"Please feel free to instruct me." Li Jingsheng adopts a very humble posture.

"It's not convenient to chat here in the corridor, let's go to the small meeting room to talk."

Director Hua goes ahead into a meeting room behind him.

Upon entering, inside there's a long oval conference table lined with more than twenty chairs. Flowers are placed in the center of the table.

The flowers are definitely fake.

"Sit!"

Director Hua casually pulls out a chair and sits down, engaging with Li Jingsheng in a casual, family-like conversation manner.

But then, he's naturally gentle in character.

"You've seen the situation in our orthopedics manual clinic room yourself, whenever Dr. Xu is down, there's no one to cover. This situation not only worries me but also Dean Jin and others are very worried. Old Xu, you see, has a stubborn temper, and he's reluctant to easily pass his medical skills to others. It's not that he wants to hoard his skills, there are some special reasons for not easily passing them on.

The fact that he passed all his skills on to you so quickly surprised even me.

I can tell you clearly that talented individuals with a knack for bone-setting are hard to find, but they're still quite numerous.

As far as I know, you're neither related nor acquainted with Old Xu, yet a doctor from a small clinic outside. What moved Old Xu to wholeheartedly teach you, I do not know."

Director Hua says a lot in one breath.

The main point is simple, Dr. Xu is reluctant to easily take in disciples, and Li Jingsheng is the only one he's willing to wholeheartedly teach at present.

"Though Old Xu's temper might be peculiar, he's not a bad person, and his medical ethics are better than most doctors'. I believe that whoever he values must not be much worse off. There's a few exceptions."

Director Hua's last statement seems a bit redundant.

Yet it reveals some deeper information.

Dr. Xu is reluctant to easily accept disciples, and initially, Li Jingsheng also thought it was due to his peculiar temper.

After prolonged interaction, he realized Dr. Xu had a strong guard against outsiders.

This includes Li Jingsheng as well.

Of course, the wariness towards Li Jingsheng has now diminished a lot.

From a psychological perspective, only someone who's been hurt would have such deep-seated vigilance.

Once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of a well rope.

This is just a basic instinct for self-protection.

"Did Dr. Xu ever get hurt by a disciple?"

Li Jingsheng instinctively blurts out.

"You can ask him yourself in the future. This is your teacher's privacy, so it's inappropriate for me to say much."

Director Hua's eyes flicker.

It seems Li Jingsheng guessed right.

No wonder Dr. Xu is adamantly unwilling to accept more disciples.

Even after many tests and recognizing Li Jingsheng as a worthy disciple, he still refuses to acknowledge himself as Li Jingsheng's teacher.

How could a disciple hurt a teacher?

The classic saying, 'Always keep ten steps ahead, to prevent the disciple from overtaking the master,' comes to mind.

It's just that in this area, aside from Dr. Xu's outstanding bone-setting skills, there's been no word of a more skilled doctor!

"Dr. Li, let me be straightforward. I sincerely invite you to join our Second Hospital's orthopedics department. You could work three days a week and maintain your private clinic the rest of the time, how about it?"

Director Hua gets straight to the point.

The invitation is similar to that of Station Chief Qiao from the health station.

"I'm sorry, I might disappoint you."

Li Jingsheng shakes his head in gentle refusal.

"Having you work three days a week is for the sake of your future. Currently, whether in our country or in other developed countries worldwide, there's a strict grading system for doctors and nurses. I've reviewed your file; you used to work as a resident at First Hospital for a few years, but your performance was relatively average, and even to get a supervisory position, you have to queue up."