Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 478: Chapter 289: Don’t ever leak the phone number!

Zhao Yi held the opposite view.

He didn’t think that biological research or medical research was just a hobby. Rather, for him, mathematics was the hobby.

A hobby is the interests and abilities that diverge from one’s main profession.

Biology is his chosen major. He decided to study biology courses and knowledge and pursue a career in biological research.

So, to him, studying and researching biology is life, is work. Research on mathematics or other areas could only be considered hobbies.

The reason he could make achievements in mathematics in a short time even international accomplishments, is due to the nature of the subject--

Research in pure mathematics and number theory can be solitarily conducted in a room, where problems can be solved merely by careful thought.

It is different with biology.

Currently, biomedical laboratories are doing mechanistic studies to explore the principles of diseases. The process requires a lot of experiments for verification, not only abstract brainstorming.

Moreover, biological projects can’t simply be carried out whenever one wishes.

In high school, there are absolutely no corresponding conditions, necessary apparatus, materials, financial support, and manpower. However, to be accurate, the mechanistic study of biomedical studies is simpler for him than mathematics.

He can display the most significant and direct effects in observing phenomena and figuring out disease principles through abilities in "Connection Law" and "Correlation Law".

Zhao Yi had talked about biomedical research because he was very hopeful about the results of the Rheumatoid Arthritis project.

Ignoring the influence of the project for now, his mother, Liu Jing, suffers from Rheumatoid Arthritis. Significant progress in the mechanistic project may even lead to the development of a special cure or other treatment methods.

...

Zhao Yi returned to Zhengyang.

He planned to stay at home for a while and enjoy his leisure time.

Every day, he would rise early to jog and then visit friends or join gatherings. He had time for a noon nap and even for fishing and playing chess. A life without research to worry about was truly relaxing.

The only annoying thing was that Lin Xudong asked Lin Xiaoqing to stay at home every day.

Once, Lin Xiaoqing stayed at Zhao Yi’s until 9 pm and was called home by Lin Xudong.

Zhao Yi was upset for the whole night, but the next morning he was soothed by Lin Xiaoqing bringing breakfast.

Since starting university, the amount of time spent with Lin Xiaoqing had indeed become less and less.

Zhao Yi cherished it and started planning a vacation with Lin Xiaoqing for when he was next free. No matter how, they had to stay far away from Lin Xudong and go somewhere Xudong wouldn’t be able to find them.

A few days before going to the capital, Zhao Yi moved back to his old house for two days, using that time to stay with his parents.

It had been raining continuously in Zhengyang, and the drizzle made the air feel quite good.

Liu Jing’s old ailment had a recurrence.

Zhao Yi simply took his mother to the hospital for a check-up, along with getting some medication to control it, and some Traditional Chinese Medicine for body conditioning.

Even though Zhao Yi was doing medical mechanism research, the treatment of diseases and medical mechanism research were two different matters. He didn’t understand too well about the specifics, so he sought advice from experienced doctors.

Actually, without a confirmed pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis, there would not be any direct treatment methods.

The current treatment method is anti-inflammatory and antibacterial, this method only treats the symptom and not the root cause. Another method is controlling the diet or body conditioning with Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Although the treatment effects did exist, a radical cure is indeed impossible.

After seeing the doctor, Zhao Yi and Liu Jing were waiting in line for their medicine.

Looking at the few hundred dollars of medicine on the prescription, Liu Jing seemed to feel the pain, and sighed, "This disease is long-term, it’s incurable. Taking medicine doesn’t have much effect. It’s a waste of money."

Zhao Yi shook his head,"Don’t worry about the money. But, mom, speaking of which, maybe there will be a definitive cure in a few years."

"Really?"

Zhao Yi said, "My research is on the Rheumatoid Arthritis project. We now have a new discovery; if we could solve one factor in the body, it may cure the disease."

Zhao Yi was just talking.

In reality, illnesses are complicated. Discovering one related Rheumatoid factor doesn’t mean that this is the cause of the disease.

Even if the Rheumatoid factor is confirmed to be the cause of the disease, solving the Rheumatoid factor problem does not necessarily mean curing Rheumatoid Arthritis. Because the Rheumatoid factor itself is produced by the immune system’s reaction.

Even if the Rheumatoid factor is solved, the next time the body produces a similar immune response, a new Rheumatoid factor may be secreted again.

Of course, specifics need to be studied further, like subsequent disease development. It would involve many clinical data and cannot be solved just by his lab.

But no matter what, the discovery of the Rheumatoid factor would definitely push the medical field to understand more about Rheumatoid Arthritis, and understanding leads to the development of corresponding treatment methods.

This kind of quick understanding and development is definitely beneficial.

A voice in the line behind them suddenly interrupted, "I’ve never heard this before. Rheumatoid Arthritis is related to a certain factor? But...this idea is very interesting."

Zhao Yi turned back to see a doctor wearing a white coat. The doctor looked young, probably around thirty.

"Zhu Zhiping."

The doctor extended his hand and said with a smile, "Sorry, I was sitting behind you earlier and heard what you were saying, it’s quite interesting."

"Really?" Zhao Yi extended his hand out as well and shook it with Zhu Zhiping. "Do you also do research, doctor?"

"Writing a thesis?" asked Zhu Zhiping with a touch of helplessness. "But I am indeed interested in medical research, I always like to look at patient data."

"The thesis I’m preparing is also related to arthritis. Your thoughts and mine are closely aligned! I’ve reviewed many blood test reports from arthritis patients, there indeed exist commonalities in some less-noticed areas."

"This disease must be related to blood contamination. I wonder, could there be something undiscovered in the blood, like the ’factor’ you mentioned."

"But that’s only a speculation, no direct evidence..."

Zhu Zhiping shook his head while speaking, fearing that Zhao Yi might not believe him, he enlarged a photo on his phone.

The photo was full of text, with a title reading ’Rheumatoid Arthritis and Unknown Substances in Blood’.

"I gave up."

Zhu Zhiping shook his head regrettably, saying: "Although I’ve found commonalities in the blood test reports of many patients, these commonalities are just speculative. Because of the limited data, the common characteristics may not be accurate, that is to say, I can’t find direct evidence."

Suddenly, Zhu Zhiping stopped talking, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Why am I telling this to you? You’re just here to get medicine, right? Young man, I just thought your idea was closely aligned with mine, so..."

Zhao Yi’s reaction was unexpected.

He gave a thumbs up to Zhu Zhiping and genuinely admired, "You must be a very famous doctor, right?"

"I’m, famous?" Zhu Zhiping asked with a bitter smile: "I’m just an intern, still have two more months to go. How could I have so much free time otherwise..."

"Um."

Zhao Yi looked Zhu Zhiping up and down and asked, "You said you’re interested in medical research, why don’t you do it?"

"Not qualified."

"What?"

"Actually, I’ve always wanted to conduct medical research, but I studied the wrong major. It’s too hard to get a research post in the field."

"That makes sense..."

Zhao Yi thought about Liu Chengjie, who graduated with a Ph.D. in a relevant field, barely avoided being fired after two years of internship, and casually wrote a number on a piece of paper and handed it to Zhu Zhicheng, "If you are interested in doing medical research, give me a call. But remember not to spread it around."

After receiving the phone number, Zhu Zhicheng was a little stunned and blankly said, "Okay... Alright..."

...

When Liu Jing came back with the medicine, she left with Zhao Yi.

Zhu Zhicheng holding the phone number in his hand felt somewhat amused. He had just made a few random remarks after hearing Zhao Yi discuss Rheumatoid Arthritis and ended up getting a phone number. The guy even said to contact him if he wanted to work on medical research?

If it were a man in his fifties, it might’ve been somewhat believable. But Zhao Yi was clearly a young man in his twenties who had just accompanied his mother to a doctor’s visit.

"Was he trying to trick me?"

Zhu Zhicheng shook his head. Regardless of whether it was real or fake, his comment about doing medical research was just a casual remark. freewebnoveℓ.com

While he does indeed have an interest in medical research, his major is clinical medicine. His studies are somewhat related to medical research, but it’s almost impossible to switch fields.

Besides, his current job at Zhengyang First Hospital is not bad. As long as he can get through the internship period, he’ll become a full-time physician.

For most people, this job couldn’t get any better.

He didn’t have any plans to switch jobs.

Just as Zhu Zhicheng was about to throw away the phone number casually, he saw the consulting director from across the room walking over, looking curious. "I was seeing a patient earlier. What were you and Zhao Yi talking about?"

"Director Zhou, you know that guy from earlier?" Zhu Zhicheng wondered if the man was a relative of the director’s.

Director Zhou looked surprised, "You don’t know?"

"Know what?"

"That was Zhao Yi!" Director Zhou emphasized, "He’s the math genius who recently proved the Goldbach Conjecture!"

"Zhao Yi?"

"You must’ve heard of this name before?"

Zhu Zhicheng was stunned, and he glanced in the direction Zhao Yi had left. But that figure had long disappeared. He took a deep breath and explained, "It did sound familiar, I just didn’t make the connection." ƒreewebηoveℓ.com

"You’re from Zhengyang too!"

Director Zhou shook his head, "Zhao Yi was back in Zhengyang recently. There were even media reports a few days ago, saying Zhao Yi, like other students, returned home during the vacation. We’re all from Zhengyang, you should have recognized the name when you heard it..."

He spoke at length before asking, "What were you talking about? Math? Xiao Zhu, I heard you were quite good at it in school."

"Not really."

Zhu Zhicheng blushed at the news. Being good at math in college was far from being a top-tier math researcher. "Even if he had sought me out, I wouldn’t have dared to discuss it. We were talking about work. He gave me his number and told me to call him if I wanted to research medicine."

Director Zhou reacted with some confusion, "Medical research?" After thinking for a while, he simply patted Zhu Zhicheng on the shoulder, "Hold on to that number, you’re lucky. But don’t share it with anyone, especially the nurses here. If they found out... we’ll be in big trouble!"

"Right!"

Zhu Zhicheng nodded vigorously.