Chapter 684: [684] The senior fellow apprentice eavesdropped Chapter 684: [684] The senior fellow apprentice eavesdropped “Are you praising me? I was asking about him, not me.” Tao Zhijie couldn’t help but give a wry smile.
Senior Tao, such a boss, didn’t need her praise; she didn’t praise him but merely stated the facts. A trace of helplessness showed on Xie Wanying’s face.
The sincerely honest face of his little junior sister made Tao Zhijie smile with his eyes curved like crescent moons, saying, “Your perspective while observing the surgery is different from others. It seems that the last class Teacher Tan gave you was extraordinary, revealing to you a new world.”
Thinking about Teacher Tan’s sharp tongue but soft heart, Xie Wanying felt warmth in her heart.
“Putting aside my part in this, talk solely about your thoughts on Doctor Song.” Tao Zhijie asked her to elaborate.
Perhaps Senior Tao wanted to know what the younger generation thought about their peers, Xie Wanying spoke candidly, “I’ve said it already, Doctor Song is very good.”
“Good in what way?” Tao Zhijie pressed for details.
Standing behind He Guangyou and the others, Song Xueling, with his quiet brown eyes that squinted like those of a cat, listened intently to how she was going to phrase her praise for him. She had just clearly stated that his successful operations were all thanks to his seniors.
“Doctor Song, his hands are steadier than Dr. Gong’s, and when breaking through, he applies more force,” Xie Wanying said. “He wields the scalpel like a girl doing embroidery, hiding the needle in the cotton. Surgeons with such a style are rare on the operating table; I haven’t seen one, and probably many others haven’t either. He’s very eye-catching. He has considerable talent and has the right character for an outstanding surgeon, with a very strong will that is unaffected by the opinions of others. He does what needs to be done.”
Indeed, she was really praising him. Song Xueling’s refined eyebrows lifted slightly, thinking how fluently she complimented him, and it didn’t clash with the criticisms she had pointed out before.
Normally, when people mixed praise and criticism, it could leave others feeling uneasy, but her words didn’t give off that kind of impression. Instead, they left people feeling refreshed.
Maybe because she was speaking the truth. Listening to her, he felt much better than when others praised him.
“Your appraisal of him is quite high,” Tao Zhijie acknowledged, nodding his head, accepting the truth in her words.
“Senior Tao, I don’t think my evaluation of Doctor Song is too high. Haven’t many people said that Doctor Song is very impressive?” Xie Wanying recalled the rumors she had heard, unanimously recognizing Doctor Song as the famous Talented Scholar Song from Beidu.
Little junior sister asked him what was going on, Tao Zhijie stroked his chin and said, “I know, you just talked about your hospitalized classmate, saying he will become a good doctor. I believe you were sincere in your words about them.”
Xie Wanying: Senior Tao, were you–eavesdropping?
Catching her gaze, Tao Zhijie was startled, immediately clarifying that he was an honest man who would never stoop to stealthy acts: “I just happened to see you enter the ward and stood outside the door for a while. I wasn’t listening on purpose.”
Senior brother cares for and loves their junior siblings. Xie Wanying understood.
“Everyone, come on in.” Having noticed his people standing at the door, Tao Zhijie finished speaking and called out.
Upon the order, those lingering outside no longer dared to hide and all came inside.
The last to arrive was Qiu Ruiyun, a tall and handsome big lad who effortlessly carried in the meal boxes for the entire group and set them down on the coffee table.
One by one, they opened their meal boxes and began to eat quickly, while listening to the deputy chief’s instructions.
Since Tao Zhijie’s return, there was more work in the department, so they could only hold a small team meeting during lunchtime.
“Bed 18 is getting ready for a transplant, just waiting for the organ.” Tao Zhijie gave a heads-up to the doctors in his group about the busy time ahead, “In these next two weeks, if a liver source becomes available, we might have to perform two liver transplant surgeries.”