System Came When the Doctor was Thirty

Chapter 457: Chapter 241: The Chessboard Settles

Dai Linfang said, "Mom, let me go over my thoughts with you again."

"When it comes to being a civil servant, everything is determined by your position and your seat. Aside from these two, everything else seems superficial. The cost of rising and falling is just too high."

"Secondly, I love research more."

"No matter what others think, I believe this path is the most right and proper. Even if my future achievements aren’t as great as yours and Dad’s, I won’t lose out."

"Thirdly, if I do well in research, you and Dad won’t have much impact on me regardless."

"Hasn’t reality already taught me these truths?"

The woman advised, "But in research, it’s easier to judge success or failure based on results; it’s tough to get by!"

"No matter how tough, the downside of failure is fixed. At most, they just kick you out of the table."

"This circle is relatively pure."

Dai Linfang said, "When I need help, I definitely won’t be polite, but right now, I don’t need it."

"In any case, spending ten years sharpening a sword is quite normal in research."

The woman thought seriously and continued, "Regarding that Zhang Tiesheng you asked me to inquire about last time, I spent quite a while finding out."

"Don’t worry too much about it."

Dai Linfang was surprised, "Mom, you took a long time to find out? Is his family’s background that deep?"

"He’s a relative in an office within the provincial auditing." The woman replied.

"And what about Lu Cheng? How’s his character?" Dai Linfang continued to ask.

The woman hesitated, "It’s hard to say; currently, there’s nothing bad, but he seems slippery, indiscriminately mixing in anything."

"In my view, he doesn’t seem like someone passionate about research and clinical work. There’s a lot of personal agenda mixed in, making him hard to evaluate."

"Alright, got it."

Dai Linfang asked, "Is Aunt still looking for Dad lately?"

"You don’t need to worry about that. Whether she finds him or not, things have already happened." The woman replied.

"A million isn’t a small sum."

"Someone has to be responsible for these things. Who would expect you to have no qualifications?"

Dai Linfang sighed, "Sigh... Sorry..."

"But your uncle is still quite happy. He believes in you. Comparatively, your aunt is starting to feel like an outsider." The woman said.

Dai Linfang said, "That’s understandable, after all, the biggest impact now is on Uncle’s family. If I fail, I can just slip away."

"It won’t affect my life."

"But that emptiness will surely be noticed by Uncle. That’s why I say, your field is essentially a betting deal."

"If you succeed, you gain both fame and fortune; if you fail, you’re directly out."

"Is Uncle’s venture capital investment in me a typical failure case?" Dai Linfang asked.

The woman said, "Even the total funding for a big professor’s project in Xiangya Hospital might not be as much as yours!"

"You should remember this favor."

Dai Linfang smugly said, "That’s not Uncle; that’s my second dad. What favor should I remember?"

The woman didn’t argue, "Have you really thought through your future plans?"

"Actually, if you’re willing."

Dai Linfang said, "Mom, just let me venture out on my own... You know my personality; I can’t stay put."

"Wherever I go, I’m seen as a restless element. So, I might as well stay in the most restless research group."

"I can see that Lu Cheng isn’t a settled person either; we get along well."

"I just didn’t expect to find someone like him in this backwater Xiangzhou."

The woman huffed, "If he had your background, he might have listened to advice directly, unlike you!"

"Do you have to pursue fortune amidst danger?"

Dai Linfang laughed, "No, Mom, you’re wrong."

"I’m lucky; my fortune was born with me."

"So my cost of trial and error is high, and since I’m not starting a business or anything, I won’t squander the family fortune. What are you worried about?"

"As long as you and Dad can retire, I won’t starve, even lying down."

"With such a safety net, what’s there to be scared of?"

The woman asked again, "Are you sure the projects they’re working on are genuine projects? Or are they just flashy but insubstantial things?"

Dai Linfang said, "They’re okay. Currently, they’re close to basic flashy but can be transformed into practical techniques."

"It’s not purely theoretical, providing the industry with trial-and-error costs or ideas."

"It’s relatively effective in reality."

"Not too big, not too small."

The woman said, "Not too big, not too small is just right. Your previous steps were too big, out of sync with your reality."

Dai Linfang retorted, "Actually, if I could just get a bit more."

"Why? I already told you, without any reason or foundation, things will go wrong!~"

"Why give you so much? And not to Lu Cheng?" The woman argued back.

"Mom, stop scolding. It’s already hard enough." Dai Linfang smacked his lips nonchalantly.

"Alright!~"

...

Xiangzhou People’s Hospital, Emergency Department!

Lu Cheng looked quite messy, even though he had changed into a white coat, his personal clothes were still stained with blood.

His disposable mask and surgical cap were also speckled with blood, dried into a crust.

But seeing the patient successfully transferred from the emergency room to the operating room, and the pop-up notification of Skills Points totaling +23, Lu Cheng still felt overjoyed.

"Brother Liang, it’s finally done. You can go back now, thank you for your hard work." Lu Cheng told Liang Jianhong.

Liang Jianhong looked at Lu Cheng’s messy state and couldn’t help but say, "Why don’t you change into a new set of clothes? I’ll cover for you for a while longer."

"Blood doesn’t clean easily."

"It’s too far to go back and forth; it’ll waste time. I’ll have my wife send me a set of clothes. I’ll change and clean here in the department." Lu Cheng said.

"I’ll just get a set of isolation clothes to wear."

"Okay then." Liang Jianhong didn’t argue, got up and left, "Then for the rescue records later, you write them up."

"I’ll treat you to a late-night snack."

"Alright..." Lu Cheng said.