Even back in Rong City, she had been confident she could perform Elder Zhou's surgery.
All she had lacked was an assistant as skilled as Qi Rui or a CT scan that accurately showed the position of the shrapnel.
Then she had met Lao Qi.
Lao Qi specialized in neurosurgery.
In the future, whenever Qi Rui did not want to perform an operation, his grandfather, Lao Qi, would do it for him.
Even if Lao Qi's medical skills in this era were not yet so refined, he was more than qualified to serve as her assistant.
That was why she had been preparing for Elder Zhou's surgery all along.
And now-
She had both the CT scans and Lao Qi.
She had also spent a considerable amount of time improving Elder Zhou's physical condition.
That gave him a chance of having enough stamina to withstand such major surgery.
She was confident she could complete this operation that everyone else considered fraught with difficulties.
But she had never expected to face the task under these circumstances.
If she had not come from the modern era...
If she had not mastered advanced modern medical techniques...
If she had not assessed Elder Zhou's condition beforehand and worked to improve it...
She would be in a very difficult position right now.
Of course, she could refuse.
But the operation she had performed to save Tang Wei at the critical moment...
And that string of brilliant achievements before this...
Would not merely lose some of their luster.
They would also become ammunition for condemning her, perhaps even turning against her.
Because Elder Zhou's surgery had reached the point where it could no longer be avoided.
And she had been built up as the person among them most likely to be capable of performing it.
Refusing