"You still have the mind to do rounds, huh?" After Du Qiang and the others left, Zhang Tiesheng saw Lu Cheng still running towards the ward and got a bit of a headache.

He didn’t know if Lu Cheng had a big heart or was addicted to doing rounds. Normally, he’s quite leisurely, but today, even with a fire on his backside, instead of thinking of ways to solve problems, he goes to do rounds first thing.

Lu Cheng nodded, "Brother Zhang, you head back first. I’ll do another round."

Although recently, due to the constant improvement of medical advice, the skill point gain from rounds has been decreasing, Lu Cheng always adheres to the principle of hitting a few rounds whenever he has time, whether he gains anything or not.

"Alright then, you go ahead. I’m heading back." Zhang Tiesheng scratched his head, not feeling very well.

The higher-ups are checking on ’new technology’ in departments, which means that if he wants to carry out this kind of surgery in the future, the procedure will be more cumbersome.

Lu Cheng then headed towards the ward direction, patiently starting his rounds.

Due to Du Qiang’s arrangements, Lu Cheng’s participation in surgeries has plummeted, though with Du Qiang joining in more, the patient count in the surgical group hasn’t decreased much.

During the rounds, encountering new things means skill points, not encountering anything is not a loss either.

In the observation ward, currently, there are seven patients in the surgical group: one post-appendectomy, three hernias, one post digestive tract perforation repair, and the other two are post tendon suturing.

Lu Cheng’s likeness to doing rounds is spread by word of mouth among the patients in the observation ward, so his sudden visit didn’t surprise anyone, nor did anyone resist.

"Dr. Lu, is my wound healing well? It seemed a bit red when you opened it just now," the gentleman post tendon suturing on bed 4 asked worriedly.

"That little redness is normal. As long as it’s not extremely red and swollen, it’s not an infectious inflammation. Our surgical wound relies on the inflammatory response for healing."

"Of course, this inflammation isn’t like the infectious inflammation you understand."

"Sir, you only need to continue orderly and strengthen exercise, don’t worry about stopping medication leading to infection."

"The wound is good; you can be discharged tomorrow," Lu Cheng said.

"Dr. Lu, if it’s not urgent, I’d like to stay a few more days. Going home, no one to look after me, I’m afraid I’ll break it again while exercising," requested the gentleman.

Lu Cheng replied, "If you wish so, that’s fine, but two more days should be enough."

"Friday, shall we say Friday for discharge, okay?"

The gentleman chuckled, "Thank you, Dr. Lu, I’ll follow your advice."

Hearing this, the patient on bed 5 also joked, "Dr. Lu, Director Du said I’ll be discharged tomorrow, can I stay two more days as well?"

"Nope, your surgery is for hernia, actually you could have been discharged today. What’s there to worry about for discharge?" Lu Cheng immediately shook his head.

Inguinal hernia repair recovery generally is quick. If one goes aggressively, discharge the next day is possible.

The young man smiled wryly, "I’m afraid the intestines might come out again. Isn’t that serious?" 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Lu Cheng took a deep breath, "Bro, that’s before the surgery, now it won’t happen. Post-surgery recovery period, as long as you don’t engage in intense activities, is basically not an issue."

"Look at you, able to walk and sit, move hands and feet freely, even feeding yourself, what are you afraid of?"

"Your situation and the gentleman’s are completely different."

The young man thought for a moment, then asked, "Dr. Lu, can I engage in muscle training according to the gentleman’s exercise methods?"

"That’s not possible; if you’re looking to work out, you can’t just train hand muscles! His rehabilitation training mainly focuses on post-tendon injury mobility and local muscle strength training," Lu Cheng shook his head, rejecting his idea.

"Dr. Lu, then how should I train muscles?" The young man pursued.

"Better find a fitness coach for that; muscle training depends on which muscles you want to train, different muscles have different exercise methods, and need to be gradual. Just talking in theory, there’s a lot to discuss," Lu Cheng said.

"No worries, Dr. Lu, I have time," the young man grinned.

Lu Cheng put on a serious face, "I don’t have the time!~"

"..."

After a round of visits, Lu Cheng gained a total of just 0.2 skill points; the current skill point balance is only 45.2 points.

From returning from the Sha City competition, Lu Cheng enjoyed a few days of normal skill point gains, from November when Du Qiang started ’making trouble’, Lu Cheng’s skill point earnings dropped from five or six points daily to merely two or three points.

After finishing the rounds, the night shift Zeng Huanqi sneaked out during a bathroom break. Seeing Lu Cheng, he whistled at Lu Cheng.

Lu Cheng disinfected his hands with hand sanitizer, then followed Zeng Huanqi to the emergency surgery room, "Brother Zeng, is it busy tonight?"

"Not too bad. In emergency, just need to call for consultation."

"Today neither you nor Tian Zhuang are on duty; all tendon injuries are directly sent to orthopedics."

"Director Xiang in orthopedics still has a way; mid-month he can call doctors from the countryside to Long County," Zeng Huanqi said, implying something.

Lu Cheng felt slightly puzzled, "Wasn’t it said the orthopedic subspecialties quota was occupied by Tong Yuan’an?"

"Where there’s policy at the top, there’s countermeasure at the bottom."

"Currently, there’s no specific regulation for the quota for rural support, assistance, consultation, Director Xiang Kuihua has a strong hand and can still bring people in."

Zeng Huanqi continued, "But it seems that Xiang Kuihua doesn’t mean to target Lu Cheng. He sought me out in advance to inquire about your shift schedule, saying the orthopedic shifts would completely avoid yours."