It was Monday again.

Shortly before eight in the morning, Yan Feifan and Yu Suye were pushing their bicycles through the south gate of the Affiliated Hospital.

Just then, a young man in a suit and leather shoes, slightly shorter than Yan Feifan and carrying a briefcase, darted out from the side and greeted them with a wide smile.

"Mr. Yan, Dr. Yu, good morning."

"I’m Qi Xiuping, the resident physician introduced by Mrs. Yu."

As soon as he heard the introduction, Yan Feifan understood. ’So this is the guy Mrs. Yu foisted on me for special training.’

He sized the man up and saw that he was quite handsome. In the words of old, he had a full forehead and a strong jaw.

’With looks like that, he certainly isn’t bringing down the average for plastic surgeons.’

"You look a little familiar. Have we met before?" Yan Feifan asked.

Qi Xiuping said, a bit embarrassed, "Mr. Yan, I was a year ahead of you in medical school, but then you ended up a year ahead of me."

"We were in several large lecture courses together."

Yan Feifan said, "Oh," and continued pushing his bike with Yu Suye toward the employee non-motorized vehicle parking shed behind the emergency building.

"Dr. Qi, what is your relationship with Mr. Chen?"

Walking alongside them, Qi Xiuping leaned in a little closer and replied, "Mr. Yan, my aunt and Mr. Chen were classmates from kindergarten all the way through high school."

"My mom and Mr. Chen are also acquaintances!"

"So you’re not from a family of doctors!" Yan Feifan said, slightly surprised.

Qi Xiuping chuckled. "Mr. Yan, my father works at a pharmaceutical company, so you could say I’ve been steeped in the world of medicine since I was a child..."

After locking up their bicycles, Yan Feifan and Yu Suye led Qi Xiuping into the first-floor lobby of the emergency building.

Instead of heading straight to the second floor, Yan Feifan called over a young nurse named Lv Xin.

"Lv Xin, your shift’s almost over, right?"

Lv Xin, her long hair tied back, her face a little chubby and her features plain, nodded and said, "The shift change is about to happen."

"Mr. Yan, what can I do for you?"

Yan Feifan said softly, "If you’re not in a hurry to go home after your shift, I’d like to ask you for a favor. It should take about an hour of your time."

"Are you free?"

Lv Xin nodded quickly. "I’m free, Mr. Yan. Very free."

Yan Feifan smiled and said, "Great. After your shift, you and he..."

He pointed a finger at Qi Xiuping, then continued, "Come find me in the research office on the second floor."

Yan Feifan then instructed Qi Xiuping, "You wait here for now, and come up to the second floor with Mrs. Lv later."

"Okay, Mr. Yan!" Qi Xiuping quickly agreed.

Having made the arrangements, Yan Feifan went upstairs to the second floor with Yu Suye.

As soon as they entered the research office, Yan Feifan saw that besides He Junxing—who, like clockwork, had arrived early to clean and prepare their practice equipment and materials—Professor Qin Ying was also there.

Yan Feifan and Yu Suye greeted them in unison, "Professor, good morning!"

"Mr. Ho, good morning!"

Qin Ying grunted in acknowledgment, then immediately said, "Feifan, I gave you fair warning last week."

"Today, no matter what, you have to give me a surgical plan to reconstruct that patient’s manhood."

"So, have you figured it out?"

Yan Feifan set down his briefcase and asked with some curiosity, "Professor, what is your relationship with this patient?"

Qin Ying huffed impatiently, "You don’t need to be nosy about our relationship."

"Hurry up and tell me your surgical plan."

Yan Feifan scratched his head, shot a glare at the snickering Yu Suye beside him, and said, a little sheepishly, "Professor, I did actually come up with a plan."

"Professor, but you said it yourself. You promised you wouldn’t get angry after hearing it, regardless of whether it’s good or bad."

Qin Ying’s face darkened. "Whether or not I get angry depends on whether you actually used your brain for this plan."

"If it’s a half-assed proposal, not only will I get angry, I might just start yelling and hitting people."

At that moment, Yu Suye spoke up. "Professor, the plan Feifan came up with is definitely not half-assed."

"It’s a brilliant, inspired idea. The only drawback is that it’s quite difficult to execute."

Qin Ying’s interest was piqued. "Feifan, hurry up and tell me," she urged.

Yan Feifan didn’t dare keep her in suspense any longer. "Professor, my idea is this..." he began to explain.

"We take the remaining half-stump, sever it, and use it as the enlarged tip. Then, to maintain sufficient hardness for penetration, we implant bone in the shaft."

"Specifically, we transplant one or two toe bones onto the pubic bone."

Yan Feifan explained, "By using the toe joint, the phallus can bend up, down, left, and right within a certain range, like a cat’s tail. It can even rotate."

"This would prevent injury if the ’action’ gets too intense..."

At this point, Yan Feifan noticed Qin Ying was lost in thought, so he paused his explanation.

A moment later, Qin Ying muttered to herself, "Move the latter half to the front... if the corpus cavernosum functions, it will expand and swell when stimulated."

"That takes care of the girth."

"With the toe bone for support, that takes care of the hardness, too."

Qin Ying looked at Yan Feifan and nodded in praise. "Not bad, not bad at all. You clearly put thought into this and didn’t just throw together some random plan to fool me."

"But as for its feasibility..."

Qin Ying mulled it over for another moment, then said slowly, "It’s extremely difficult, but there is a chance of success."

She couldn’t help but glance at her own right hand, then sighed again.

"Feifan, you can start by doing some research and practice."

Yan Feifan grunted in agreement, then added cautiously, "Professor, Mrs. Yu promised to arrange more practical opportunities for Su Ye and me."

"The condition is that I have to tutor a child of her friend so he can pass Mr. Wang’s Wednesday assessment."

Qin Ying said dismissively, "That’s for you to handle..."

She stopped abruptly, then continued, "Feifan, if you want to truly verify if this surgical plan of yours is feasible, you’ll have to get that person involved."

Qin Ying sighed reluctantly. "She’s really getting off easy."

"I’ll go find her myself..."

With that, Qin Ying left the research office.

Watching this, Yu Suye leaned closer to Yan Feifan and said, "Feifan, this mysterious patient must have a very unusual relationship with the professor."

"For his sake, she’s actually choosing to cooperate with her old rival. That’s no small sacrifice."

Yan Feifan chuckled. "Rein in your curiosity. We should get ready to practice..."

The two had just changed into their white coats when they heard a knock on the door.

Qi Xiuping and Lv Xin had arrived...

Yan Feifan opened the door to see Lv Xin in a cool, stylish outfit, her hair let down. He asked, "You have face-slimming tape and other makeup with you, right?"

Lv Xin giggled, patting the leather purse slung over her shoulder. "Mr. Yan, I have a whole makeup kit in my bag."

Yan Feifan said with satisfaction, "As long as you have enough face-slimming tape, that’s all that matters."

He hadn’t chosen Lv Xin at random.

Yan Feifan had once seen Lv Xin with heavy makeup on before.

If she hadn’t approached and greeted him first, he would never have recognized her as the plain-looking Lv Xin.

With her exquisite makeup, Lv Xin was like a real-life photoshop—her face slimmer, her eyes bigger, her beauty cranked up to level ten. She had transformed into a stunning, glamorous woman.

It made Yan Feifan deeply admire her makeup skills.

After letting them into the research office, Yan Feifan turned to Qi Xiuping and said in a serious tone, "Dr. Qi, if you want to be an outstanding plastic surgeon, you need more than just exquisite surgical skills. You also need a sufficient aesthetic sense."

"Surgical skills can be improved through practice."

"But aesthetic sensibility requires innate perception, long-term cultivation, and study. It can’t be developed overnight."

"Mr. Wang’s assessment will definitely include this."

"If you don’t show any outstanding performance in this area, you should just give up on the assessment."

"No matter how well you do in other areas, it’ll be impossible to pass."

Yan Feifan waved a hand, stopping Qi Xiuping, who had been about to speak. He continued, "Dr. Qi, you have forty minutes."

"Using only face-slimming tape, you must alter the contours of Mrs. Lv’s face to make her look more beautiful."

He added, "Also, Dr. Qi, you’ll be reimbursing the cost of the face-slimming tape..."