Medical Center.
Observation Operating Room.
Cristina was performing the first surgery of the day.
Liz was in the second-floor Observation Room, lost in the realization of I'm the Clown Myself.
Only Adam did not know.
Otherwise, he would definitely have quoted the classic line Sheldon, Dr. House, and the others loved to say: "I told you so."
Everyone had originally started from the same line.
Not counting Adam, who had activated cheats and flown straight ahead.
Just look at Cristina and Liz.
Cristina might have been a little more capable, but she had still only been walking forward. She was not so far ahead that Liz could never catch up.
So why had things become so drastically different today, leaving Liz's heart battered and tormented again and again?
Wasn't it because Liz had chosen the wrong direction?
Cristina had stayed true to herself and worked tirelessly toward her dream.
From beginning to end, her career and dreams had come first. Studying medicine was her own form of cultivation.
Her romance with Dr. Burke had merely been a pleasant diversion along her journey of chasing that dream.
Yet precisely because of those priorities, her wholehearted dedication had made her irresistible to Dr. Burke, nurturing their relationship in return. Now they were even about to get married.
And it was Dr. Burke who had eagerly taken charge of the preparations, being considerate in every way.
Now look at Liz.
Love—or rather, other things—came first for her, while her career came second.
She simply lacked enough devotion to medicine.
You could tell from the fact that she had posed for that cardiothoracic doctor photo shoot.
If it had been Cristina, even if she had been offered ten times the money, she would never have done such a thing.
Because Cristina knew that once