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A patient with stomach cancer was in terrible pain every day, so he came to plead with Fu Yuze, hoping he would operate on him.

The moment Jiang Ruoning heard this, she could not bear it. Fu Yuze clearly could save him, she thought. How could he watch him go on suffering like this?

She immediately stepped forward and urged Fu Yuze, "Yuze, they're so pitiful. I can see he really is suffering. Just operate on him."

Fu Yuze glanced at Jiang Ruoning, thinking that she knew nothing yet still dared to say something like that.

If he operated rashly and something went wrong, who would take responsibility?

He shook his head. "Zhao Xu hasn't met the criteria for surgery yet."

"But he really is suffering! Can't you save him? Besides, you clearly have the ability to save him, so why won't you agree? Wasn't treating illnesses and saving lives your wish when you studied medicine? How can you bear to watch him keep suffering? Please save him."

[Damn, the female lead's bleeding heart is acting up again. Jiang Ruoning's character is supposed to be beautiful and kindhearted, and her saint complex flares up in plenty of scenes. Seeing a pitiful cancer patient, she naturally can't stand it and goes to persuade Fu Yuze. I'm guessing her next move is to use his identity as a doctor to morally blackmail him. In the original plot, Fu Yuze was initially very rational and wouldn't operate on Zhao Xu, but because the female lead persuaded her, he ultimately lost his reason and agreed to operate on Zhao Xu. Zhao Xu died three days after the operation. His family immediately made a scene at the hospital and even took it straight to court.]

[Zhao Xu's family also posted videos of Fu Yuze online, using their statements to subject him to cyberbullying. The Fu Family spent money scrubbing the news from the internet, but uninformed netizens still came to the hospital to hurl abuse at him, making that period of Fu Yuze's life utterly miserable.]

[So Jiang Ruoning is a pure saintly bitch. Once something goes wrong, all she does is put on an act of comforting Fu Yuze. She can't do anything else. If Fu Yuze doesn't want his reputation dragged through the mud over a medical dispute, he absolutely must not agree to operate on Zhao Xu now.]

Fu Yuze's face turned livid after he finished reading. He had never imagined he could lose his reason to such an extent, actually agreeing to perform this operation because of Jiang Ruoning's persuasion when the patient's physical condition did not permit it.

This plot was beyond absurd.

The operation Zhao Xu needed was a subtotal gastrectomy, currently one of the most difficult surgical procedures. Even after the operation, the patient's survival rate would only be around 30%. Besides, his physical condition was still inadequate. There was no way he could let him undergo it.

Fu Yuze wondered how Jiang Ruoning had brainwashed him into agreeing to a decision that compromised his professionalism so badly.

Moreover, this would not be saving someone at all. Agreeing would mean harming him instead.

Besides, he had heard his eldest sister-in-law's thoughts saying Zhao Xu died three days after surgery. Even if the surgery had not failed, an outcome like that would not be surprising.

So he really had been utterly wrong in the plot. He absolutely could not make such a foolish decision!

This time, Fu Yuze was firmer than he had ever been.

"This is none of your business. Miss Jiang, I still have surgery to attend to. You'll have to excuse me."

After saying that, he paid no attention to Jiang Ruoning's expression, much less the expressions on Zhao Xu's and his family's faces.

"Zhao Xu, I'll say this one last time. If you undergo surgery in your current condition, I'm afraid you'll die even sooner. Although I know you want surgery because you want to survive, blindly demanding it will only lead to a dead end."

Having spoken his mind, Fu Yuze felt incredibly relieved!

Normally, doctors like him could not speak to patients this way, but unless certain things were spelled out clearly, ignorant patients simply would not listen.

It truly wore their hearts out as doctors.

Zhao Xu thought he was refusing to operate because his schedule was too packed with other operations and he had deliberately put him last. No amount of explanation convinced him. Now that he had laid it all out, Zhao Xu would have to listen whether he wanted to or not.

The expressions on Zhao Xu's and his family's faces instantly changed.

"Doctor, you're not lying to us, are you?"

"Of course not. Believe it or don't. If you don't believe what I'm saying, you can ask other cancer specialists. In any case, I've said all there is to say. Your current condition simply isn't suitable for surgery. I dare say that if you undergo it, you probably won't hold on much longer."

This time, Zhao Xu and his family were so frightened that their expressions changed dramatically, and they walked away looking utterly lost.

Only Jiang Ruoning and her younger sister remained.

Jiang Cixue could not help speaking up for her older sister.

"Yuze, he already has a terminal illness. Did you have to upset him like that? And you're a doctor, too. How can you have no sympathy at all?"

Hearing her son criticized so openly right in front of her, Chen Muyu's expression darkened. Afraid that those words might influence Fu Yuze, she abandoned the etiquette of a society lady and rushed forward without another word, launching into an argument with Jiang Ruoning and her sister.

"Jiang Ruoning, Jiang Cixue, who the hell do you two think you are? Does my son need you to lecture him? Does he need you interfering in his surgeries? I've never seen such shameless women. All you know how to do is brazenly cling to him. Can't you see he isn't even paying attention to you?"

"If you dare say one more word to interfere with Fu Yuze's work, I'll rip your mouth apart."

"..."

Su Wanqiao's beautiful eyes widened. She felt that her eyes had been getting bigger and bigger since she married into the Fu Family, all from widening in shock at the Fu Family members' OOC behavior.

Chen Muyu fully embodied the saying that motherhood made a woman strong. Su Wanqiao just could not understand why she had such a strong dislike for Jiang Ruoning and her sister.

Wasn't Jiang Ruoning the daughter of Chen Muyu's late best friend? Surely she ought to show her some kindness out of regard for that friendship.

Su Wanqiao truly could not figure it out.

But this was the first time she had discovered just how formidable Chen Muyu was in a fight.