Chapter 714: [714] Senior apprentice brother showed concern Chapter 714: [714] Senior apprentice brother showed concern Later, perhaps the teacher couldn’t bear to see her idle and gave her a minor task to help wipe the bloodstains around the area with gauze when there was nothing else to do.
Opposite her, Song Xueling was busy suturing, a task that was much more demanding than hers. However, being a Talented Scholar, he didn’t even need to break a sweat, looking leisurely and relaxed. The only time he seemed intense was when he occasionally glanced at her face, his dark brown eyes piercing as if trying to figure out how her brain was wired.
The surgery was completed after over six hours and everything went smoothly.
Tao Zhijie went outside to talk to the family members, and upon his return, he started looking for the two who had escorted the organs that day.
The head nurse told him, “They have gone to eat, they’ve only had two airline meals for almost the entire day.”
Upon hearing this, Tao Zhijie naturally furrowed his brows.
Back in the doctors’ office of the ward, Xie Wanying and her senior Qiu Ruiyun were wolfing down noodles, slurping frantically. Airline food wasn’t very satisfying. They had had only a little to eat and were almost starving.
Watching them devour their meal, He Guangyou put his left hand on his hip, eyebrows arching, feeling a mix of sympathy and exasperation as he chided them, “You knew there wouldn’t be time to eat on the road; couldn’t you have brought some biscuits and water to have during the car ride?”
“It’s not easy to bring biscuits and water on the plane due to security checks,” Qiu Ruiyun replied between mouthfuls, “Besides, they provide complimentary meals on the flight, which we did eat.”
“Was that enough for you?” He Guangyou sized up the tall man before him.
Given Qiu Ruiyun’s basketball player build, his appetite on a normal day was more than double that of others.
Qiu Ruiyun didn’t deny it but didn’t seem bothered either, saying, “We didn’t really go a whole day without food; just eating a little was enough to keep our blood sugar up. We didn’t do any physical activities like running, it was all sitting, so two airline meals were enough to cover our expenditure on the road.”
True to being doctors, they had calculated their caloric intake and expenditure, ensuring they didn’t exceed the physiological limits of the human body.
He Guangyou glanced at him, “Are you only thinking about yourself?”
“Isn’t she eating enough?” Qiu Ruiyun asked, turning his head and noticing that Xie Wanying, sitting beside him, was hungrily chomping on a Western-style bread roll after devouring her bowl of noodles.
Er, Qiu Ruiyun wished he could retract his previous statement.
In fact, having dined together before, one should realize that Xie Wanying’s appetite could not be measured by the standards of an average girl.
He Guangyou turned around to see Tao Zhijie entering and quickly reported in advance, “I’ve already lectured them, they know they were in the wrong, and they’ll remember to bring something to eat next time.”
Such a considerate Senior He, always nagging, but he didn’t forget to cover for them in advance and avoid a lecture from the leadership, which could be more severe.
“I am not here to talk about that,” Tao Zhijie said, as he approached Qiu Ruiyun and the other with his hands in the pockets of his white coat.
The two eating noodles didn’t dare to put down their spoons, scraping the bottom of their bowls as if too busy eating to listen.
Xie Wanying recalled what Senior Tao had said over the phone, “We’ll talk about it when you get back.”
It turned out he hadn’t planned to let them off completely; rather, he had chosen not to discuss the matter while they were on the road to avoid upsetting them and risking an incident, but they still needed to address the issues upon their return.
As for the word “scold,” she remembered clearly that Senior Tao was usually very easy-going and nice.
“What delayed you on the road?” Tao Zhijie asked, clearly remembering every word they had told him over the phone.