Chapter 866: Intrigued by her Chapter 866: Intrigued by her So, Nie Jiamin listened patiently to her slightly awkward literary English, mainly because her gaze while speaking was quite captivating. Probably having heard something about her from Tao Zhijie, he asked her a question, “Have you ever performed pediatric surgery in general surgery?”

The professor probably heard that she had once assisted Teacher Tan in performing surgery on Yazhi at General Surgery Department Two.

Xie Wanying detailed the patient’s symptoms and treatment process, “When the child first came to outpatient care, Teacher suspected multiple aggressive leiomyosarcomas. After discussing it with doctors inside the department, everyone leaned toward conservative treatment. The breakthrough was that Teacher Tan later agreed to take another look at this patient.”

“Why did he change his mind?”

“Blood oxygen. If it were a malignant tumor, logically speaking, at this stage her blood oxygen should have been low, but it wasn’t.”

“So, you mean, if it hasn’t spread to the brain and the lungs, which are often the final resting places for malignant tumor patients, including children, we might suspect it’s benign.”

“Right.”

“Your hypothesis is overly optimistic.”

Xie Wanying nodded in acknowledgment, “That’s what the teachers in the department said.”

“But you dared to guess, and you guessed right.”

Xie Wanying looked up and saw a meaningful glint in the teacher’s eyes opposite her and responded even more cautiously, “It was part guesswork and part evidence.”

“No matter how much evidence there is in medicine, the remaining few percent always involves a gamble between the doctor and patient,” Nie Jiamin didn’t completely deny her theory.

It’s unclear whether Teacher Nie was from abroad, but he spoke more directly than domestic teachers.

“Of course, these words we must separate, which patients we can tell and which we cannot.”

“Yes, Teacher.”

“For pediatric patients, medical staff must play the role of an angel, ensuring they feel neither scared nor fearful. Do you think you can do this well?” As a pediatric surgeon, Nie Jiamin naturally focused the conversation on his field.

After her experience and interactions with Xiao Yazhi, Xie Wanying had her own thoughts on treating pediatric patients, believing that “What the children need most is protection.”

Her answer was unexpected. Typically, upon hearing “angel,” one’s first thought might be to play a gentle and approachable role. Nie Jiamin admitted to himself that he initially intended to lead her to that reply, but her interpretation of angel was as she answered.

Sitting in the second row, Zhu Huicang and Chang Jiawei heard her and also appeared contemplative, somewhat puzzled: Aren’t girls supposed to be gentle? Why did she think of protection?

“Angels are meant to protect patients from the affliction of diseases,” Xie Wanying clarified her thoughts again, sticking to her original answer. Just like she told little Yazhi, she, as a doctor sister, had a magical medical wand to ward off the illness with a swat.

Her calm eyes held a strength, like a lighthouse on the shoreline that was somewhat dim and not glaring but persistently present.

This indicated that the girl possessed very firm convictions.

A flash suddenly appeared in the depths of Nie Jiamin’s dark pupils, and his slightly sharp eyebrows twitched: He was evidently becoming curious about her.

It was not clear how she would further interpret the protective concept of angels.

Saying was one thing, but being able to do it was another.

“A bit presumptuous,” Zhu Huicang leaned his head back in the seat, shaking his head as he commented on Xie Wanying’s words.

Chang Jiawei glanced at him: Are you really speaking about your own teacher’s sister like this?

Zhu Huicang always believed their old classmate Cao Yong was blindly infatuated with the girl he liked. He didn’t deny she seemed a bit capable, but her ideals were too naive.