I Am Diagnosed as a Medical Titan

"But Brother Sui, you have to understand my situation back then. You know my family background. My parents are farmers, and they mortgaged our house just to send me abroad. I couldn't just come back to China with my tail between my legs. I had to stay in the United States!"

"You're different. You come from a well-off family, and you're brilliant. Even without that first-author paper, you could have gotten into a major hospital and had a smooth-sailing career back home. But that paper was my lifeline. I was backed into a corner! I had no choice!"

Zhang Sui laughed in anger.

He didn't even have the energy to argue. He just asked coldly, "So? Did you call me today just to tell me all this?"

"I'm calling to apologize. I'm sincerely apologizing to you, Brother Sui. I feel guilty for what I did back then."

Jiang He complained internally:

'Haven't you ever heard the saying? If sorry were enough, what would we need the police for?'

Zhang Sui said, "And then?"

Wang Qian paused for a moment before speaking slowly.

"Brother Sui, look, haven't you already brought me down?"

"That Asian student under me, Zou Ji, reported me for academic fraud under his real name. He produced all the original raw experimental data. The ethics committee at Johns Hopkins University has gotten involved, and that wily old fox Miller cut all ties with me to save his own skin."

"My lab has been sealed, and I'm even facing the risk of having my license revoked."

"My reputation in the academic world here is completely ruined... You've gotten your revenge for the injustice you suffered back then, with interest. So... we're even now, right?"

Zhang Sui found this absurd.

'This son of a bitch, how can someone be so shameless?'

But Zhang Sui didn't interrupt him. He wanted to hear what other twisted things this person could possibly say.

Wang Qian said, "Brother Sui, I can't stay in the United States anymore. I'm planning to return to China. You're the deputy director of Affiliated Hospital No. 1 now. You have resources and projects."

"I've been at Hopkins for so many years. I'm familiar with the NIH's operating procedures, and I understand top-tier lab management. After I come back to China, let me work under you. We'll let bygones be bygones. You can guide me, and I can help you raise the research standards at Affiliated Hospital No. 1 to the next level..."

After hearing Wang Qian's ultimate goal, Zhang Sui laughed in anger again and said,

"Wang Qian."

"Rest assured, that's absolutely impossible."

"You think you can just come back to China and start over?"

"What you did won't just stay abroad."

"I will make sure everyone around me, the entire domestic academic circle, knows about you—a shameless scoundrel who loves to backstab his colleagues and climb the ladder through plagiarism."

"As the old saying goes, a pint of rice is a favor, but a bushel of rice is a feud. I treated you like a brother, and you used me as a stepping stone. The story of the farmer and the snake only needs to play out once for me, Zhang Sui. In this lifetime, don't even dream of setting foot in China's medical circle again."

Wang Qian, on the other end of the line, clearly hadn't expected Zhang Sui to be so absolute. He grew frantic and said, "Zhang Sui, are you really going to be this ruthless? We were classmates, for God's sake! Do you have to push me to my death?!"

Zhang Sui replied, "Get it straight. I'm not the one pushing you to your death. You're the one who provoked someone you shouldn't have. You shouldn't have provoked Jiang He."

Wang Qian was stunned. "I shouldn't have provoked Jiang He?"

After saying that, he suddenly lost his composure. "Fuck! Wasn't this whole thing a setup by you to take me down? Weren't you and Zou Ji working together to screw me over from behind?!"

"What does this have to do with Jiang He?! I just rejected that crappy paper according to normal review procedures! I couldn't even be bothered to remember who the corresponding author was! What the hell does that have to do with anything? Who the fuck is this Jiang He guy anyway? I've never even heard of him!"

Wang Qian had always assumed that his fall from grace was Zhang Sui's revenge after years of biding his time.

He hadn't paid Jiang He any mind at all.

Hearing Wang Qian's furious profanities, Zhang Sui actually smiled and said lightly,

"You'll find out who Jiang He is soon enough."

"Not just you, but also your mentor, Miller, and everyone at Hopkins... You will all remember his name very soon."

With that, Zhang Sui hung up the phone.

Jiang He had watched the entire transoceanic conversation unfold.

He gave a thumbs-up and said, "Badass."

—*Blame my lack of culture; a single "badass" is all I need to get by.*

In any case, it was pretty satisfying to watch the director verbally destroy Wang Qian.

Zhang Sui remained stone-faced. "Alright, what did you come here for today?"

Jiang He said, "Oh, it's about Bed 17, Guo Chengyu, who was just admitted to my team today. He has progressive severe acute pancreatitis. During rounds just now, I found that his vitals are deteriorating rapidly. There's a chance he'll develop abdominal compartment syndrome this afternoon and will need an urgent surgical decompression and abdominal drainage."

"Director Yang's surgical schedule is full today; he can't get away. If it really comes to the point where he needs the procedure, I'll have to do it myself. It's a Level 3 surgery, and with my current rank as an Attending Physician, I can't go through the standard procedure. I need your signature for special approval."

Zhang Sui glanced at the application form.

Then, he signed it with a serious expression.

According to his old personality, rules were rules.

If an Attending Physician wanted to perform a Level 3 surgery above their pay grade, he would have rejected it without hesitation and demanded they wait for a senior physician.

But now, Zhang Sui had been humbled.

Jiang He was a little surprised.

Seeing the look in Jiang He's eyes, Zhang Sui explained seriously,

"SOPs are meant to protect ordinary doctors."

"But you are no ordinary doctor."

"You possess a level of skill that transcends the rules. Therefore, the rules shouldn't be shackles that hold you back. So I'll approve your surgery."

To put it bluntly, Zhang Sui now had double standards.

The double standard was: Jiang He versus everyone else.

If other people wanted to receive the same special treatment as Jiang He, that was fine.

They just had to first demonstrate the same level of skill as Jiang He, along with corresponding research achievements. As long as they could do that, they too could be promoted to the "Jiang He Realm."

Zhang Sui had truly seen the light.

'What are flexible standards? What is giving a genius his own track…'

Jiang He stood up. "Thank you, Director. I'll head back to the department and keep an eye on him. I'll be ready to operate the moment something happens."

"Go on. Also, the provincial department is coordinating the itinerary for the symposium in the United States. Get your department's affairs in order. After you're done with these few patients, don't admit any new ones."

"Understood."

...

Back in the hepatobiliary surgery ward.

Meng Shiyu immediately rushed over. "Boss, Guo Chengyu's CT results are out!"

"How is it?"

"There are multiple low-density areas in the pancreatic parenchyma, the surrounding fat planes are indistinct, and fluid has begun to accumulate in the abdominal cavity. Plus, his blood oxygen saturation just dropped to 92%, and his bladder pressure has shot up to 25 mmHg!"

Jiang He's expression sharpened.

The condition was progressing faster than he had anticipated.

Feng Ye's predictive model was indeed accurate.

But this also meant the patient didn't have much time left.

Jiang He made a swift decision. "Notify Anesthesiology. Have He Qing talk to the family and get the consent forms signed. Arrange for an emergency operating room immediately. I'm performing an open abdominal decompression and drainage."

Meng Shiyu's heart skipped a beat. "We're doing it now? But Director Yang, he..."

Jiang He said, "Director Yang isn't free. I'll be the lead surgeon. Go get things ready."

"Yes! Right away!"