Chapter 423 - 257: Wu Family’s Housewarming Banquet, A Full House of Distinguished Guests
Chapter 423: Chapter 257: Wu Family’s Housewarming Banquet, A Full House of Distinguished Guests
"I’ve heard that over in Xiao City, it’s common for men to marry into their wife’s family. And this Feifei is President Jin’s only daughter—she’s quite the little rich woman, you know."
The older relatives were quite sensitive to this situation.
Wu Xin grew a little uneasy listening to them.
"I’ll ask Wu Mu about it privately later. If they’re really making Wu Ting marry into her family, that’s unacceptable. No one from the Wu Family can do that. It doesn’t matter how much money she has. Our Wu Ting is an exceptional young man; it’s not like he can’t find a wife."
"That’s right. As the eldest, you need to have a serious talk with Wu Mu and Zhang Qing and make things clear."
The relatives chatted for a while. After all, Wu Ting didn’t have any powerful connections. He was talented, sure, but he was still just a young doctor. They couldn’t imagine how he could accumulate so much wealth at his age without the financial backing of Jin Yihong and the Jin Pharmaceutical Group.
"Speaking of which, a lot of Wu Ting’s superiors and friends are coming today. As his elders, we have to make a good showing for him."
As they were chatting, Wu Ting’s cousins—the other young men and women of his generation in the Wu Family—started to arrive.
The fourth uncle’s daughter, Wu Wenye, had just been accepted to Qinghe City University of Technology this year. She was home for the holidays and had come for the family banquet as well.
Wu Wenye greatly admired and envied her older cousin, Wu Ting. When she met Deng Feifei, she liked her instantly. Her future sister-in-law was beautiful and had a great figure.
The two chatted for a while, and as girls often do, found plenty to talk about. They enthusiastically exchanged contact information.
After all of Wu Ting’s relatives from his father’s side had arrived, his mother’s family began to show up as well.
Before long, Wu Ting’s friends also began to arrive at the banquet hall.
The first to arrive were the top surgeons from Jin Province—hepatobiliary experts and professors Fu Jinfen, Shen Xiaofei, and Shen Guofeng!
Faced with such distinguished guests, Wu Mu and Zhang Qing were a little flustered.
Deng Feifei stepped forward to welcome them and make conversation. She was quite familiar with the department directors from Haijin Port.
After all, her maternal grandfather was a senior professor at Jinggang University and a leading figure in the field of immunology.
The directors were very warm when they saw Deng Feifei. Inwardly, they all congratulated Wu Ting. ’He really has good taste. And he’s a lucky man.’
Shen Guofeng was the only one with a hint of regret. He had originally hoped to set up Yan Xi with Wu Ting. But in the face of Wu Ting’s brilliance, Yan Xi had become a complete fangirl, so how could she dare to hope for anything more?
Deng Feifei showed the professors to their seats.
Seeing these famous surgeons from Xiao City, the Wu Family’s relatives were a little intimidated, but they still gave them a warm welcome.
Every single one of them was bursting with pride. Wu Ting really had connections!
These were top specialists that ordinary people couldn’t get an appointment with, no matter how long they waited in line.
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There was an elementary school near City First Hospital.
Around the time work let out, the street in front of the school was crowded with cars and students leaving for the day.
Chen Yuhui, a very ordinary auxiliary police officer, was there directing traffic.
Chen Yuhui stood before the crosswalk, stopping cars to let the children cross.
Just as Chen Yuhui was motioning for an oncoming car to stop so the students could cross, a Tesmark suddenly lost control and hurtled toward them!
The Tesmark was an imported electric vehicle. For some unknown reason, it had suddenly lost control, and the driver was completely unable to brake.
Seeing the Tesmark about to plow into the students on the crosswalk, Chen Yuhui lunged forward. He shoved a child out of the vehicle’s path. In that short distance, just a few meters, he had only enough time to push the child to safety before he himself was unable to dodge.
It struck him full-on!
He was sent flying, tumbling through the air before slamming into a nearby utility pole. His entire abdomen took a massive blow!
The Tesmark veered into the greenbelt, finally crashing to a halt against a large camphor tree.
The students and parents nearby all screamed in horror.
Chen Yuhui felt a searing pain in his abdomen. His chest was tight, his breath came in ragged gasps, and he struggled to breathe. He lay on the ground, having lost control of his bladder and bowels.
The crowd of parents and children gathered around him. When they saw the mess, no one showed any disgust—only concern and admiration for his heroic act.
Chen Yuhui’s face was pale, his eyes fixed on the crosswalk. Only when he confirmed the child was safe did he finally relax. But in the next moment, an all-consuming wave of pain washed over him.
The parents on the scene immediately formed a circle around Chen Yuhui, calling both the police and 120 for an ambulance!
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「Inside City First Hospital.」
In the Emergency Surgery department, everyone had been in high spirits, feeling relaxed. The plan was to leave Yasui on duty after their shift while the rest went to Wu Ting’s house for his housewarming party.
But after a call from the emergency dispatch center, who had time to think about a party?
Wu Ting, as the third-on-call attending physician, heard the report: patient hit by a car, abdomen slammed into a utility pole, now incontinent, with probable internal injuries. He immediately put all thoughts of the party out of his mind.
Wu Ting and Yasui paired up and immediately rode with the ambulance to the scene.
Fortunately, the accident was on a street very close to City First Hospital, and they arrived in under five minutes.
Wu Ting and Yasui went to assess the scene. The driver of the Tesmark was feigning unconsciousness but was otherwise mostly unharmed. The ambulance driver and another junior doctor loaded him into the ambulance.
Meanwhile, Wu Ting and Yasui focused on Chen Yuhui.
With Wu Ting’s practiced eye, a quick physical exam was all it took to determine the patient had fractured ribs and abdominal bleeding!
After applying simple measures to control the bleeding, they loaded Chen Yuhui into the ambulance and began monitoring his vitals. Simultaneously, Wu Ting performed a rapid paracentesis.
Just as he suspected, Chen Yuhui had a ruptured liver. And the situation was likely even worse than that.
Fortunately, the hospital was close enough. Once they got him to the emergency room, Wu Ting immediately ordered a bedside ultrasound.
Combining the results with the patient’s EKG, Wu Ting came to a very grim conclusion.
"Get an upper abdominal CT, stat! Contact Cardiothoracic, Orthopedics, and General Surgery right away! And get Director Huo and Director Qin to the OR! The patient’s condition is critical!"
Wu Ting’s tone was urgent. Yasui had rarely seen him this rattled. It was obvious the patient’s condition was dire.
But the timing couldn’t have been worse.
Gao Yuhu, the director of Cardiothoracic Surgery, had used the housewarming party as an opportunity. He’d asked Wu Ting to invite Shao Yuqiao and Shen Siyuan to assist with a heart transplant.
As a result, that team of top surgeons was still in the middle of the transplant. Seizing the rare opportunity to observe, Huo Yun was also in the cardiothoracic OR.
The surgery had already been underway for over five hours. According to the plan, it would be at least another half an hour before they finished. By the time they got out, Chen Yuhui would be dead.
Only Qin Donglai was available, and Director Qin rushed over at once.
Just then, the plain CT scan was completed, and Wu Ting looked at the images of the upper abdomen.
The director of Radiology, Qin Donglai, and Yasui were all stunned.
"Th-th-this... Where’s the patient’s heart?"
On top of that, the patient also had a contused right kidney, an enlarged spleen, and a ruptured liver!
But the most shocking discovery was that the directors couldn’t find the patient’s heart. The space where it should have been was completely empty!