First Lesson

Lecture hall.

Columbia University Medical School of Medicine's Class of 1995 gathered together.

"That's an exaggeration."

Iliad sat next to Adam, sizing up the other classmates, and muttered to Adam, "There are just too many handsome men and beautiful women in our year."

Adam looked around and nodded in deep agreement.

Among the handsome men, not to mention the super handsome Adam and William, there are several who are just average-looking.

Among beauties, not to mention the stunning Alice or the slightly less so Iliad, there are quite a few pretty girls.

One of them looked somewhat familiar to him.

This isn't a talent show; it's a medical school freshman orientation.

Anyone who can get in, or is willing to get in, is undoubtedly intelligent and persevering.

While good looks and intelligence aren't exactly inversely proportional, both are scarce resources in the general public, and their overlap has always been low. The current situation is clearly very illogical.

As expected of a comprehensive world of American TV series and movies, good looks are the most important thing in every industry and profession, and even professional workplace dramas can be turned into idol dramas.

"Thank goodness there's no Dr. Derek Ramour (Joey's character in the soap opera)."

Adam was internally ranting and raving.

He would really go crazy if a classmate appeared who looked exactly like Joey.

"Do you know that handsome guy?"

Iliad nudged Adam with his shoulder and gossiped, "Is there some kind of 'handsome men and beautiful women' club? How come you know them all?"

"Coincide."

Adam laughed and said, "If such a club really existed, you wouldn't be unfamiliar with them, would you?"

"Hehehe."

Hearing Adam praise her like that, Iliad immediately nudged Adam, feeling both embarrassed and happy. "Don't say that, I'm hardly a beauty!"

"No way?"

Adam feigned surprise and said, "No one has ever complimented your beauty in all these years?"

"Yes, there are..."

Iliad blushed and whispered something.

There's something left unsaid: none of them are as handsome as you. That makes the compliment have a completely different effect.

As the two were chatting and laughing, two pairs of eyes fell on them.

Alice felt a mix of emotions.

Who would have thought that the person she couldn't invite in Las Vegas would be her classmate?

My God!

This is too cruel.

If people find out about her past part-time jobs, what will they think of her?

In United States movies and TV shows, there are various feminist warnings, as if it were truly a paradise for women.

But the truth is quite the opposite.

Shuren Zhou once said, "The more something is lacking, the more it is promoted."

The Desperate Housewives of the United States are world-famous. Without a sufficient number of full-time housewives, it would be impossible to create such Desperate Housewives.

In fact, there are quite a few United States women who choose to give up their jobs and become full-time housewives after marriage.

Women in the United States are naturally discriminated against in the workplace.

That's why people are so sensitive to discrimination; where there's demand, there's a market.

The main audience for TV dramas is full-time housewives who stay at home every day.

In reality, they face discrimination. When they see various feminist warnings in movies and TV shows, the sense of satisfaction is no less than the slap in the face of a pretentious novel.

Being a doctor is a highly professional profession, and patients' trust in their doctors is extremely important; otherwise, they can simply switch doctors.

Once Alice's part-time job is exposed, she will face ridicule and contempt from her classmates. Even worse, this ridicule and contempt may spread to the hospital through her classmates and reach the ears of the patients.

After all, in a busy hospital, gossip and rumors are the best seasoning, and their speed and reach are incredible.

Adam vaguely remembered a beautiful, ruthless blonde female doctor who, in order to pay off her student loans early, after graduating with her Doctor of Medicine, posed for a "doctor series" of photos for well-known "professional" magazines like Playboy, and was then ridiculed in various ways.

During my residency, sexy and alluring photos were posted in the changing room and throughout the hospital.

Then some patients didn't want her to get close or participate in their surgeries because they had seen and used those photos. Every time they saw her, they didn't see a professional doctor, but a 'sexy doctor'.

Alice may not know this example, but as a woman who could rely on her looks but prefers to rely on her talent, she has encountered this kind of thing far too often since she was a child.

She was confident that she could persuade an ordinary man to keep the secret completely.

But she couldn't see through Adam.

Even now, she still can't understand why Adam rejected her in that way.

Especially when you see Adam making the Iliad blush and laugh so hard with just a few words, the only reason you can think of—that Adam isn't a man—seems untenable.

Damn it!

What should she do?

While Alice was struggling and going crazy, William was also experiencing mixed feelings.

To his delight, he met his true love again here, which made him even more convinced that Alice was his soulmate.

To his dismay, his true love didn't focus on him, but instead on Adam, whom he disliked.

Upon seeing Adam, he couldn't help but touch his back. It was because of Adam and Heather that his back almost broke. The trip to Las Vegas was definitely the most terrifying nightmare of his life.

As the freshmen sized each other up and chatted, the dean and a group of professors finally walked in.

After a welcoming speech, we got down to business.

That was the first lesson for medical students: taking an oath under the leadership of the dean.

"I solemnly swear."

"I solemnly swear*108!"

"I will dedicate my life to serving humanity."

"I will dedicate my life to serving humanity*108!"

"I will give my teachers the respect and gratitude they deserve."

"I will give my teachers the respect and gratitude they deserve*108!"

"I will practice medicine and save lives with my conscience and dignity, and the health of my patients will be my primary concern."

I will respect the privacy of all patients, even after they have passed away.

I will do my best to uphold the honor and noble traditions of the medical profession and regard my colleagues as my brothers and sisters.

I will not allow prejudice based on age, illness or disability, religion, ethnicity, gender, race, political opinion, nationality, sexual orientation, social status, or any other factor to interfere with my duties and those of my patients.

I will give the utmost respect to human life.

Even under threat, I will not use my medical knowledge to harm human rights and justice.

I solemnly and voluntarily swear this oath with my personal integrity.

The dean would read a sentence, and Adam and the others would repeat it.

The freshmen had already memorized this oath beforehand, so even the long passage that followed was no problem for them.

This is a modified version of the oath from the United States; there was also the classic Hippocrates Oath.

Hippocrates, Greece, is revered in the West as the father of medicine, and his statue can be found in almost every medical school.

His oath is an ethical initiative for the medical community and a requirement for self-discipline in words and deeds for all professionals in society. Hence, this first lesson.