Chapter 348: Chapter 206: Adorably Bad! (Part 3)

Zhang Tiesheng ultimately got caught in his own trap, Lu Cheng used his own method to deal with him, outsmarting him, leaving Zhang Tiesheng with no way out: "You motherf—?!"

"Right, talking like this does sound more cordial." Lu Cheng, being sworn at, was not angry; he actually laughed.

Zhang Tiesheng sighed, his eyes spinning rapidly.

Then Lu Cheng’s phone rang.

It was from Shanghai.

Lu Cheng didn’t think much and chose to answer: "Hello."

"Is this Dr. Lu Cheng? I’m Du Lianshan from Huashan Hospital." Du Lianshan’s voice was quite polite.

Lu Cheng’s expression turned slightly stern, he picked up his lunchbox and walked out the door, not until he reached the doctors’ lounge did Lu Cheng resume the call.

On the other side, Du Lianshan kept saying "hello, hello, hello."

"Yes! I’m on duty, just got back to the office, please go ahead, Teacher." Although polite, Lu Cheng’s tone carried some stiffness.

"You finally got signal back, huh? I thought you lost it." 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

"Dr. Lu, right? I’m Du Lianshan from Huashan Hospital, and during the recent National Microsurgery Skills Competition, I went through quite a hassle to get your name."

"I found it quite impressive, this call is somewhat out of admiration." Being a seasoned person, Du Lianshan quickly shifted the topic.

"Teacher, I have no fame at all. You’re too kind."

"Is there something you need? I’m on duty. Eating right now." Lu Cheng’s reply remained stiff.

He didn’t understand how the other side got his number, but Lu Cheng never thought people from Huashan Hospital would contact him.

It was meaningless.

Lu Cheng’s even stiffer reply left Du Lianshan somewhat choked: "Dr. Lu, you’re eating, then maybe you should finish eating first?"

Lu Cheng: "Okay! Then I’ll hang up."

This, more or less tinged with personal grudge or complete recklessness, made Du Lianshan feel Lu Cheng was disrespectful: "Dr. Lu?"

"Actually, I do have something I’d like to discuss with you."

"Dr. Lu, you’re supposed to be a hand surgeon, right? The future major trend of hand surgery."

Lu Cheng interrupted: "I’m not a hand surgeon, I’m an emergency physician."

"Cough, cough, cough!" Du Lianshan choked. "What kind of nonsense is this?"

Lu Cheng said: "Teacher, I said I’m an emergency physician, I’m not a hand surgeon."

"So, this talk about the major trend of hand surgery doesn’t have much to do with me, and I don’t understand it. I can’t really discuss it."

"Did I offend you somehow? Or is there some misunderstanding between us?" Du Lianshan quickly asked.

If Lu Cheng had no personal grudges, why be so distant?

Is he a natural member of the aloof party?

It shouldn’t be, right?

"No offense... nor is there a misunderstanding." Lu Cheng naturally replied.

"Then you?" Du Lianshan’s tone was conflicted.

"Teacher, I’m an emergency physician, you want to talk to me about the future of hand surgery, can we really have that conversation?"

"Moreover, you’re from Huashan Hospital, in Shanghai, and we’re thousands of miles apart, can we really have that conversation?" Lu Cheng explained.

"Dr. Lu, didn’t you understand what I meant? You could be a hand surgeon." Du Lianshan decided to be clearer.

Lu Cheng: "Why should I become a hand surgeon? Did hand surgery give me food to eat or something?"

What gives Lu Cheng food is hand surgery, the diseases of hand surgery, the patients, not hand surgery itself.

Du Lianshan finally showed some personal temper: "Dr. Lu, if you speak like this, then there’s really nothing to talk about."

Lu Cheng’s tone remained calm: "Sorry, Teacher, I’m just eating, getting a bit hungry."

"If you have other things, just say them. If not, I’d like to finish eating and rest a bit."

Du Lianshan’s deep breathing was quite harsh: "Dr. Lu, aren’t you being a bit too aloof?"

"Even if we’re strangers meeting by chance, you don’t have to be so indifferent, do you? Moreover, my contacting you is merely a normal academic exchange."

"Aren’t you lacking basic hospitality?"

Lu Cheng thought for a moment, then said: "Teacher Du, what you say makes sense."

"But I know you, of course, you definitely don’t know me."

"However, I don’t want you to know me now, that’s what I mean. I’ve said it bluntly."

Du Lianshan was defeated by Lu Cheng’s straightforwardness but also found the problem’s root: "So, there really is some misunderstanding between us."

"When did I inadvertently offend you?" Du Lianshan’s tone was conflicted.

"Teacher Du, you’re mistaken; there’s no misunderstanding between us, nor does anyone offend anyone."

"Everything is straightforward."

Du Lianshan continued to probe: "Dr. Lu, can you be even more straightforward?"

Lu Cheng calmly said: "There’s nothing much to say! ~If I don’t want to be known, then I don’t want to be known, why are there so many whys?"

"I’m not lacking anything right now."

Du Lianshan: "Isn’t this going in circles?"

"I just feel there’s no such tight misunderstanding between us, right? Can’t be resolved?"

Lu Cheng said: "There’s no misunderstanding, Teacher Du."

"Really, it’s just that my current development direction and choice is emergency department, if I need to collaborate with hand surgery colleagues, I already know some I can ask."

"I’m an emergency physician; I don’t particularly need a specialized hand surgeon for cooperation or anything?"

"Isn’t this a very realistic issue?"

"I’m not heading in the direction of hand surgery, and given the distance between us, what can we talk about?"

"To say it even more realistically, what benefit can I gain?" Lu Cheng stated candidly and directly.

Du Lianshan was utterly stupefied by Lu Cheng’s words: "Then."

"You!"

What benefit Lu Cheng could get, Du Lianshan really couldn’t answer because in academia, no one converses like this.

Lu Cheng chuckled: "Isn’t that the truth? If I need help from you, Teacher Du, you can also ask me the same question and refuse me."

"I only talk about the practical. So it’s a bit real, Teacher Du, please don’t mind."

"Alright, then I’ll hang up." Du Lianshan didn’t continue the conversation with Lu Cheng with a cheeky face.

However, after hanging up the phone, Du Lianshan was utterly perplexed.

Is there really such a straightforward rascal in the world, who just lays bare what’s in his heart like this?????