University Doctor and His Fragile Patients

Chapter 693: Chapter 518: Malnourished for Someone Else’s Words?

Chen Mu nodded, "Then I understand."

Many college students realize after getting into university that what they’re chasing in school isn’t really about being at the top of the class.

It’s about earning enough credits and passing grades to get their diplomas.

Chen Mu: "Then you really do need to cling to a good student; having someone like that in the dorm isn’t easy."

The boy chuckled at Chen Mu’s comment.

Feeling a bit closer to Chen Mu.

Although Dr. Chen was a bit older than them, he wasn’t that much older than this group of delicate college students.

For example.

If they talked about working hard to earn credits and pass to elders, they might be told they lack ambition.

But Chen Mu seemed to understand them better.

The boy grinned at Chen Mu, "Dr. Chen, when you were in college, did you ever have to work hard to earn credits and pass?"

Chen Mu thought seriously for a moment, shook his head, and then said, "No, there was only working hard to score full marks and be first."

"Huh?" The boy was dumbfounded.

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"Hilarious! This is what you call setting yourself up for embarrassment!"

"Does this naive guy really think Dr. Chen is like him?"

"I’ve only seen some of Dr. Chen’s academic records online, and they’re almost always top of the class."

"Most of the time, people think those they meet are similar to themselves; no wonder these delicate college students have such thoughts and perceptions."

"Well, now he’s stuck in an awkward situation! Hahaha!!!"

"I’ve known since I was a kid not to compare test scores with top students; how has this kid reached college and still hasn’t learned this?!"

"What a sweet kid, having spent so much time at Hai City University yet still maintaining his innocence. It shows he hasn’t been too corrupted by the university!"

"There are a few more people feeling self-conscious tonight!"

"..."

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"Dr. Chen, back when you were studying, your grades were pretty good then."

Chen Mu chuckled, gestured to the group of interns behind him, and said, "It’s not just me; other specializations might get by on the passing line, but with the group studying medicine behind me, do you think any of them dare to just aim for passing?"

"If during their time in school, their grades in major exams were always just hovering around the passing mark, finding a job after graduation would be very tough."

The interns nodded vigorously, proving that Chen Mu was telling the truth.

The boy looked surprised.

But Chen Mu continued to share, "What’s crucial is, during your exams now, the teachers surely give you key points, right, to prevent you from failing."

The boy nodded, "Yeah, our teachers also tell us to be serious in class otherwise if you do too poorly, no one can save you."

Chen Mu shrugged, "In medical school, the teacher won’t save you, and they won’t even give you key points during finals."

"No key points? No way!" The boy seemed to hear something incredulous.

Waving his hands animatedly, he said, "Dr. Chen, are you sure you’re not tricking me?"

"College textbooks are way thicker than those from high school!"

"Especially college calculus, every time I see that book, I feel like dying; I don’t understand why I have to learn such advanced stuff."

Just thinking about the exam topics made the boy feel a bit overwhelmed.

Just then.

An intern, holding a backpack, walked towards them.

Chen Mu looked at the straps of the backpack, judging by how they were stretched, he guessed what might be inside.

He smirked.

Then moved aside two steps, making way for the intern to showcase something.

At first.

Seeing an intern suddenly approaching with a backpack.

The boy was a bit puzzled.

Until...

The intern calmly unzipped the backpack.

Then.

Reached in and pulled out two brick-like books.

The boy was shocked.

In disbelief, he said, "How come your medical textbooks are scarier than ours?"

The intern laughed and shrugged: "There aren’t many fields with textbooks as thick as ours, law might come close."

"Not only are ours thicker, but truly, no one gives us key topics."

"In the words of our school teachers, medicine cannot have key topics because every word in those books is a key point for us."

The boy looked nervously at the two "bricks" in front of him.

He asked, "No way! Why?!"

"Just flipping through such a thick book makes my scalp tingle, without key topics, how do you even take the exams!"

"Do you really not have entire fields, or even the whole school, failing?"

The intern hadn’t had a chance to speak when Chen Mu, smiling, continued the unfinished sentence, "Every generation of medical students hears a sentence from their teacher in class: when you become a real doctor, patients won’t follow textbook key points to get sick."

"Indeed, patients might even suffer from diseases no one has ever seen before."

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"That’s how it is; sometimes when I go to the ER, listening to other patients’ stories, I find the reasons for their illnesses very weird!"

"It’s not scary if illnesses don’t follow textbook topics; what’s scary is diseases that no one has ever seen, with no data for reference."

"Such unseen diseases are the scariest because doctors have no experience and might lack a clear approach, completely crossing unknown territories."

"Common diseases aren’t that scary, but rare diseases often make doctors suggest going to bigger hospitals, not because they don’t want to help, but they fear delaying treatment."

"For people studying medicine, what they least want to admit in their lifetime is being helpless when facing a disease, right?"

"That’s why teachers told us early on, patients won’t fall ill according to highlighted topics. Medical students must study diligently to have the ability to handle rare cases."

"Have you ever gone to the countryside to treat people in really poor places, without large medical equipment or enough alternative drugs? It’s in such moments that a doctor’s skills and experience are truly tested."

"..."

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The boy listened to what Chen Mu said.

He opened his mouth.

Originally wanting to say something, but in the end, didn’t speak it out.

If he was facing students from other fields, he might have wanted to say that just getting by was enough.

Now, he was facing a group of medical students...

From a slightly selfish angle.

He even hoped that every test these people in white coats took ended with perfect scores.

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After all.

In every profession.

As long as they’re human, there’s a day when they’ll fall sick and need to visit a doctor.

If every doctor could master every disease.

Then wouldn’t it be...

For people like them, who might become patients at any time, each doctor they encountered would be absolutely reliable?

The boy didn’t say anything aloud.

But his expression told it all.

Chen Mu had seen this expression too many times.

He looked thoughtfully at the malnourished patient beside the boy, "Why did you suddenly stop going to the cafeteria to eat?"

"Our school’s cafeteria is cheap and nutritious, isn’t it better than your fried rice and instant noodles?"

"Not only did you stop going to the cafeteria, but you also stopped your roommate from going, could it be..."

Chen Mu frowned, becoming serious, "Is someone threatening you not to eat at the cafeteria? If that’s the case, you must speak up, and the school will handle it seriously."

The malnourished patient shook his head.

Chen Mu noticed the live-stream camera nearby, "If you don’t want to speak in front of the camera, I can have it moved, or you can talk to someone else about it."

"When facing problems, you can’t keep them bottled up; you need to talk to someone to solve them."

The malnourished boy said, "You’re right, there’s no need for the camera to leave. The reason I stopped going to the school cafeteria recently is that at the start of this semester, I fell for a girl."

His roommate: "Huh?"