Surgery Godfather-Chapter 555 - 503 Son-in-law

These days, as soon as Yang Ping got off work, he would follow Xiao Su, making pineapple buns in his newly bought house.

Yang Ping knew nothing about pineapple buns, he could only help out. As long as Xiao Su knew, things would work out fine.

Xiao Su seemed to be an expert at this, how to prepare the ingredients, how to match them, and how to bake.

She was attentive to every step, not until the pineapple buns were taken out of the oven did Yang Ping realise, one by one they were full of color, fragrance, and taste. The girl in front of him who was to be his wife, was a woman who was capable both out of and in the kitchen.

She sorted out the things he was too lazy to do in his daily life in a well-organised manner.

She not only prepared gifts, but had also chosen Yang Ping’s outfit. Yang Ping didn’t need to make any effort, he just had to follow her steps.

It wasn’t that Yang Ping intentionally paid little attention to the details, but when all his energy was invested in his medical career, the energy allocated to other matters naturally decreased.

Xiao Su’s gentleness and meticulousness relieved Yang Ping’s anxieties greatly.

There was still a hint of nervousness, though. It was his first time meeting his future in-laws. After this meeting, their love affair would be formally confirmed according to traditional customs.

Next was marriage and having children - a significant part of life was finally approaching him.

Yang Ping thought a lot, his eyes were fixed on Xiao Su who was packing up. His hormones, being a man, uncontrollably surged once again.

Her beautiful face, tall figure, fair skin, perfect curves.

"Why are you staring at me?" Xiao Su felt Yang Ping’s gaze was strange.

Yang Ping shook his head: "It’s nothing, I’m just thirsty."

"Do you want me to pour you a glass of water?" asked Xiao Su.

"Yes, cold water please." Yang Ping took a deep breath.

Xiao Su could see through his little scheme.

"Just hold on a little longer. After this introduction to my parents--- I won’t let you drink cold water again, ok?" Xiao Su said, shyly lowering her head.

Yang Ping looked at the adorable girl, managed to hold back a smile and asked seriously: "Really?"

"Really!" Xiao Su also responded seriously.

A few days later, Yang Ping formally paid a visit to Xiao Su’s family as Su Yixuan’s boyfriend for the first time.

It was the same villa on Shuangsha Island. Last time he came as Su Nanchen’s friend, this time he was Su Nanchen’s future brother-in-law and Professor Su’s future son-in-law.

This strange relationship made Professor Su and Su Nanchen seem both familiar and unfamiliar to Yang Ping.

The villa on Shuangsha Island was a gift from Xiao Su’s uncle, Su Qinghe, to her second brother, Su Qingyun.

Su Yixuan’s grandparents were both talented students who studied in the Soviet Union; their four sons were all academic achievers and doctorate holders.

The eldest, Su Qingshan, pursued a career in politics and had been promoted in Beijing; Su Qingyun, the second, was already an academician; Su Qingyu, the third, was a business titan in the pharmaceutical industry; and Su Qinghe, the youngest, attended the military academy for his education and stayed in the forces, serving the country, hence he was less known to the public.

Grandpa Su wished all his sons to be doctors, but everyone has their own aspirations and their own fortune.

The Su Qingyun family line inherited the tradition of being a medical family, which was still maintained until Su Nanchen.

Stubborn Grandpa Su declared that his grandson-in-law must be a surgeon, otherwise, he would not welcome him.

Of course, this was just a statement. As a scholar, Grandpa Su wouldn’t do such a crude, feudalistic thing.

It did however illustrate his love and obsession with surgeons.

Now, Su Yixuan’s boyfriend, her future husband, was not only a surgeon but one of the best surgeons.

Grandpa Su was naturally very happy and smiled ear to ear. He put on a Tang suit early in the morning and waited for his future grandson-in-law at home.

"You say that as a young attending physician, he won the championship of the Golden Knife Award?" Grandpa asked.

Professor Su nodded: "Yes! He was the champion, and Nanchen was the runner-up. Nanchen is very good friends with him."

"Feng Tiancheng’s surgery in Shanghai was performed by him?" Grandpa’s thought process was extraordinary.

Professor Su smiled: "Yes! During the trip to Japan, the surgeries that the affiliated hospital of Tokyo University and Shuntendou Hospital couldn’t handle were completed by him as the chief surgeon."

"Oh! --- Is he that good?" Grandpa was somewhat skeptical.

The voices of Xiao Su and the others could be heard from outside, led by Su Nanchen.

Xiao Su linked arms with Yang Ping, and they entered the living room. After presenting their beautifully packaged pineapple buns, Professor Su and Mrs. Su immediately took them.

"Come and sit, Yang." Professor Su and Mrs. Su were very courteous.

The grandparents, sitting on the sofa, also came out.

With Xiao Su’s introduction, Yang Ping greeted each of them by bowing.

"Come, come, have a seat. Don’t be so formal."

Professor Su was already familiar with Yang Ping, he was always impressed and continually regretted that Yang Ping was not his student.

The funny thing about life was that this young man eventually became his future son-in-law.

Mrs. Su didn’t know as much about Yang Ping as Professor Su. However, when Yang Ping was at the affiliated hospital to perform the flying knife surgery, Mrs. Su had already concluded that this young man was exceptional. She even urged Su Nanchen to play the matchmaker, and now, things had turned out as she wished.

"I’ll serve the tea while you guys talk, I’ll go prepare the food." Mrs. Su enthusiastically arranged everything before heading to the kitchen to prepare a lavish lunch.

Today, Mrs. Su planned to demonstrate her amazing cooking skills and prepare a lavish family feast.

"Young man, you are the one who hugged Xiao Xuan that time, aren’t you?" Grandpa sat on the sofa, pointed to the piano in the living room.

Yang Ping blushed from head to toe.

"Look at you making the child blush, sit." Grandma said kindly.

Su Nanchen quickly poured tea for Yang Ping, then quietly told Xiao Su: "You go help in the kitchen, I’ll be here."

Alright!

Xiao Su glanced at Yang Ping, full of confidence, and then turned around to go help in the kitchen.

"Yang, have some tea."

Professor Su poured tea for Yang Ping again, Yang Ping held the tea cup with both hands, got up, unsure of what to do.

"Sit down, sit down. How is the development of orthopedic fixation for the treatment of scoliosis?"

"The animal experiments are progressing very smoothly. According to the data as of yesterday, all the experimental monkeys show different degrees of correction, some have been completely corrected, and there’s no relapse."

"Oh--- You worked on external fixation for the treatment of scoliosis, it’s kinda difficult. You applied Ilizarov’s bone dilation theory quite well. How effective is it when used on the spine?" Grandpa was also very interested.

"Currently, the effect of orthopedics is very good. The biggest disadvantage is having the external fixation on the back, which somewhat affects daily life. If the external fixation is too close to the skin, it can compress the skin. If it’s too far, it’s too high and affects daily life." Yang Ping gave a serious answer and would not treat it lightly.

"Take it step by step. Any technology is continually developing and maturing. You can’t expect it to hit the mark the first time. If the animal experiments are successful, it will be revolutionary." Professor Su encouraged.

"Xiao Yang, I heard that you did a surgery on the upper spinal cord and medulla oblongata tumors in Japan this time? What’s the specific situation?"

Grandpa Su comes from a neurosurgery background and is very concerned about Yang Ping’s case.

"Nanchen, add some more tea for Xiao Yang."

Grandpa Su wanted to understand this case thoroughly and was waiting for Yang Ping’s response.

"I have the case information on my laptop, should I bring it for you to take a look?" Su Nanchen suggested.

Grandpa Su was quite dissatisfied with Su Nanchen’s dullness: "Hurry up, hurry up! Give me the case of the meningioma of the medulla oblongata and upper spinal cord, I want to see what the situation is."

Back when Grandpa Su was practicing medicine, brainstem tumors were off-limits. After he returned from studying in the Soviet Union with mastery of microsurgical techniques, he began attacking the brainstem, but due to limitations of the medical technology at the time, he never made progress.

Su Nanchen brought his laptop down from his study upstairs and opened the data of Fujiwara Tani.

"Glasses!" Grandpa Su reached out his hand.

Grandma had already prepared the reading glasses and handed them over.

Grandpa Su put on the glasses, leaned forward, and waited for the screen with utmost focus, looking at the imaging pictures frame by frame without even blinking an eye.

"You performed this surgery? You actually performed it?"

Grandpa Su was dubious.

This kind of surgery, even today, cannot be completed by even the top neurosurgeons in the world’s top hospitals.

The neurosurgery department of Mayo Clinic in the United States can be said to be the top team studying such cases, but they also can’t perform this kind of surgery.

It can be said that no one in the world can currently perform this kind of surgery.

This young man in front of him, could he really have completed the surgery?

"Grandpa, he not only performed the surgery successfully, the patient is now alive and well. At the time, the patient had a coagulation dysfunction, and his heart rate and breathing during surgery were on the verge of stopping," Su Nanchen explained.

"You’re saying this kind of tumor can be removed?"

"How did you solve the approach?"

"How did you solve the bleeding control?"

"How did you solve the interference to the heartbeat center?"

Grandpa removed his glasses and asked a series of questions.

"Grandpa, here’s the surgical video---"

These questions couldn’t be answered with language alone, the surgical video at the time could answer all of them.

"Let’s take a look---"

Grandpa, who was just about to rest a little, immediately put on his glasses and started watching the video.

As a former leading figure in neurosurgery in the country, grandpa was sweating profusely after watching the video.

He stared at Yang Ping for a good ten seconds before finally speaking:

"Xiao Yang! It’s impressive; young man! It’s impressive."

"Here, let grandpa pour you a cup of tea?"

Grandpa Su immediately started pouring tea for Yang Ping, who was completely flustered, hands and feet in a mess.

"Grandpa, let me do it myself!"

It was his first time meeting the parents, and he wouldn’t dare to let grandpa pour the tea for him.

"Sit down!"

Grandpa Su disapproved.

Now even Professor Su and Su Nanchen were thrown off guard, the hot tea was not easy to handle, and they could do nothing but go along with grandpa.

"Why haven’t I seen this approach in the literature?"

Grandpa still reads neurosurgery journals every day to keep up with professional developments.

After grandpa Su finished pouring the tea, Yang Ping still didn’t dare to sit while holding the teacup.

"Son, sit down!" Grandma said with a smiling face.

"I designed it myself," Yang Ping said, sitting down.

"This approach really solves a historical problem, it means you’ve made a breakthrough in the study of local brainstem anatomy to design such a scientific approach; and the hemostasis was completed entirely by bipolar coagulation? The technique is too perfect, I’ve been a doctor my whole life, and I’ve never seen bipolar coagulation used to this extent." Grandpa exclaimed.

"Grandpa, you flatter me," Yang Ping humbly said.

"Just stating the facts!" grandpa Su said with a strong pitch.

"In academics, don’t be too modest."

"This approach is all about the gaps between the nerve nuclei, which shows your thorough understanding of the anatomy and function of the brainstem, have you prepared your paper yet?"

"The paper is already written, it’s being revised, and it’s ready for submission," Yang Ping responded respectfully.

"I’ll help you take a look when I have time, I didn’t expect that you, young man, even though you’re in orthopedics, have done quite a deep research in neurosurgery," Grandpa was quite surprised.

Yang Ping hastened to explain: "Because we often encounter tumors in the upper spinal cord that grow into the skull and invade the medulla oblongata, so we also have done research into the brainstem."

"The removal of tumors in this location can greatly interfere with the heartbeat center, theoretically, it’s impossible to completely separate tumors from normal brainstem tissue and ensure that the patient’s heartbeat doesn’t stop, how did you manage to do it?" Grandpa Su had completely forgotten that Yang Ping was a guest, coming to meet the parents for the first time as his future grandson-in-law.

A family gathering turned into a case discussion.

Professor Su encouraged: "Xiao Yang, since grandpa is showing such interest, have a good talk with him."

If it were other inquiries, Yang Ping would really be getting nervous.

But now he’s asking how this surgery was performed – isn’t this exactly what he’s good at?

So he took a sip of tea and slowly started talking.

Professor Su was smiling. He was extremely satisfied with his future son-in-law.

However, what Professor Su was most worried about was the approval of his eldest brother and his wife. Although it’s his own daughter, Su Yixuan is the only girl in this generation of the large family, and her four brothers all attach great importance to her. His eldest brother and sister-in-law had tried to introduce boyfriends to Su Yixuan several times before, all of them sons of high-ranking officials.

Now that he sees how much the old man likes Yang Ping, Professor Su feels relieved. As for his eldest brother and his wife, there’s no need to worry, the old man will handle it.

While Yang Ping was explaining the surgery, Professor Su quietly refilled his tea.

In his eyes, he’s not a future son-in-law, but the son-in-law who is already part of the family!