One's ambition was like a spark.

When there was a light wind or something flammable, a spark could start a large fire.

Xiao Rong described the beginning of his actions like this after thinking for a long time.

Gu Baisheng saw Xiao Rong put down his hand and Zhang Tiantian sigh in disappointment.

Then, she withdrew her eyes and closed the door.

She turned around thoughtfully.

As soon as she looked up, she saw someone's chest before her.

"Uh…" She was surprised and said in a low voice.

Song Shuang raised his hand to cover her mouth.

She blinked and then knitted her beautiful brows. She looked at Song Shuang in anger.

Song Shuang saw her angry face and turned around to look at Xiao Rong's door. He lowered his deep and charming voice and asked, "Why are you eavesdropping stealthily at the door of his ward?"

Hearing his words, Gu Baisheng took his hand off her mouth unhappily and also lowered her voice, "I'm not stealthy."

"So you're eavesdropping openly, right?"

Song Shuang emphasized the word "eavesdropping".

Then, it seemed that the people in the ward heard their voices and walked towards the door.

Gu Baisheng didn't want to be seen, so she pushed Song Shuang to leave and said, "Let's leave here first."

Song Shuang was pushed by her.

He couldn't help smiling.

His life became interesting on the first day of her work at the hospital. It would certainly be more interesting for her sake.

Gu Baisheng let him go when they arrived at the corner of the hall. She looked at him and said, "Aren't you working?"

"I've finished my work," answered Song Shuang.

"Then what are you doing here?"

"I'm just passing through."

Gu Baisheng gritted her teeth.

He clearly came here to tease her.

Seeing that she gritted her teeth angrily like a hamster, Song Shuang couldn't help smiling, "I'm here to tell you something."

"What?"

Gu Baisheng blinked and asked him.

Song Shuang answered, "All staff off our department will have dinner together at 6 this evening at Chunshanyan Club."

"Chunshanyan Club?"

Gu Baisheng was familiar with this name.

It seemed that she had been there before.

Song Shuang heard her repeating the name and became serious for a moment.

"We'll go there together by car after work." he said.

Gu Baisheng agreed, "I'll go back to work now."

"What are you working on?"

Song Shuang didn't know what she was going to work on as Yang Jing wasn't with her.

Gu Baisheng explained, "A patient is not in a good situation in the inpatient ward in the charge of Yang Jing, but his family doesn't want surgery in our hospital."

"Are you going to persuade them?"

Song Shuang knew her well.

She was always too considerate towards patients.

Sometimes she would intervene in a patient's decision.

Other doctors would hardly do this.

Now the patient-doctor relationships were sensitive and tense.

When a patient's family refused surgery but a doctor persuaded them into it, there would be an intractable problem if something went wrong.

The patient's family thought that they had the surgery at the suggestion of the doctor.

So, the surgery should absolutely be successful.

However, nothing could be absolutely successful in this world.

Some difficult surgeries were less likely to be so.

"I want to talk with the patient's family." Gu Baisheng said.

Seeing Song Shuang's expression, she worried that he wouldn't allow her to do so.

Nevertheless, Song Shuang didn't stop her.

Instead, he said, "I'll go with you."

Would Song Shuang go with her?

Gu Baisheng was somewhat surprised.

It was a good idea though.

Song Shuang was famous.

Many people came here for him and asked him to perform surgery for them. The patient's family would trust her more when they saw Song Shuang.

They would probably have the surgery for Song Shuang's sake.

Gu Baisheng told Song Shuang on the way, "The patient's name is Liu Songshan. He is 56 years old. He had lung cancer before and had a pulmonary lobectomy."

Song Shuang nodded, "Yang Jing has mentioned him. He should have been in the thoracic surgery department, but he refused to leave the hepatological surgery department, right?"

Gu Baisheng answered, "Yang Jing said that his family didn't want to move to another ward as they would be discharged from the hospital a few days later."

"The beds in the third inpatient ward are in short supply," Song Shuang said.

"Then I'll also suggest them moving to the inpatient ward of the thoracic surgery department." Gu Baisheng said.

Hearing that, Song Shuang couldn't help smiling, "Are you sure that you can convince them to do so?"

"I'm not sure."

"Then try your best."

Song Shuang entered the ward with her.

They opened the door and saw Liu Songshan taking oxygen inhalation on his bed.

But he began coughing as he had sputum.

He couldn't stop coughing, and his body trembled.

His son Liu Qiang was patting his back.

They were admitted to the hospital, and Liu Qiang had learned about the cause of Liu Songshan's illness and his condition.

Thus, he didn't look worried though his father trembled when coughing.

Gu Baisheng walked towards them, "Does he always cough like this?"

After hearing Gu Baisheng's question, Liu Qiang raised his eyes and glanced at her indifferently. Then, he nodded impatiently, "Yes."

"Let me pat his back." Gu Baisheng said.

She went to pat Liu Songshan's back gently.

After that, he didn't cough so terribly.

But when he gave the last cough, the blood he coughed stained the white quilt.

Liu Qiang wasn't surprised when seeing his father cough up blood. He took a tissue to wipe the quilt.

"We'll change the bedding later. You don't need to wipe it," Gu Baisheng said.

Hearing that, Liu Qiang looked up at her and said, "Aren't you just an intern? Why are you taking charge of everything?"

Gu Baisheng froze for a moment when she heard his words.

Song Shuang was standing behind her and touching her waist.

He signaled her to stand aside.

Gu Baisheng turned around and looked at her stalwart husband.

She knew that Song Shuang was unhappy as she was accused.

And he might get mad.

So, she gently grabbed his arm.

She wanted to tell him that she could handle it by herself.

Liu Qiang followed Gu Baisheng's gaze and saw Song Shuang.

Obviously, a famous doctor was more appreciated than an intern who had been on the news and had a lot of rumors.

Liu Qiang's eyes twinkled with delight. He stood up excitedly at once, "You're Dr. Song, right?"

Dr. Song?

He was politer when addressing Song Shuang.

Gu Baisheng looked at Song Shuang resignedly.

Song Shuang nodded.

Liu Qiang said immediately, "Could you tell me something about my father's surgery?"

Gu Baisheng was resigned.

Song Shuang was in the hepatological surgery department.

But Liu Songshan's surgery would be performed in the thoracic surgery department.

Song Shuang probably didn't know how to introduce the surgery.

"My wife has closely analyzed your father's surgery. Perhaps she can tell you about it." Song Shuang said.

As expected, he asked her to introduce it.

Apparently, Liu Qiang knew little about things in Beicheng.

He didn't know that Gu Baisheng was Song Shuang's wife at all.

His eyes nearly popped out of his head as he was surprised by Song Shuang's words.

He asked, "Is she your wife?"

Song Shuang nodded.

Liu Qiang immediately regretted that he wasn't kind to Gu Baisheng.

He apologized at once, "I'm sorry. I just..."

"It's fine." Gu Baisheng said.

Gu Baisheng didn't want him to apologize embarrassedly and stopped him before he could finish his apology.

She also took a look at Song Shuang with a little complaint.

Song Shuang turned a blind eye to it.

Song Shuang's words reminded Liu Qiang of Song Shuang's ex-wife Gu Baisheng.

He thought that Song Shuang's wife must be capable.

After all, his ex-wife was Gu Baisheng, who was outstanding.

Liu Qiang also gave Gu Baisheng a carton of milk from his father's milk box to show that he was sorry.

He was a little clumsy when trying to be nice.

Gu Baisheng smiled and knew that Liu Qiang was an honest man.

She took the milk and put it on a nearby table. She said, "I've looked at your father's case carefully. His surgery is risky."

Hearing that, Liu Qiang obviously looked upset.

He looked at his father worriedly.

His father felt bad. The old man reclined on the bed and listened to Gu Baisheng telling his son about his condition. His eyes were dull and he looked tired.

He seemed to know that he couldn't be cured.

He was depressed.

"But if the surgery goes well, it can adequately extend your father's life." Gu Baisheng said.

Liu Qiang looked at his father and was inspired. He asked, "How many years can it be extended for?"

Gu Baisheng said, "His life can be extended for many years if he recovers well and doesn't relapse."

"How many?"

Liu Qiang asked eagerly.

Gu Baisheng thought about it and said, "Several decades."

There was hope in Liu Qiang's eyes.

Liu Songshan's eyes also became brighter after he heard Gu Baisheng's words.

Obviously, no one would like to suffer from illness and die.

They wanted to survive if they could.

Liu Songshan and Liu Qiang wanted to be discharged from the hospital because a doctor told them that Liu Songshan might relapse even if his surgery went well.

Thus, they thought that the surgery wasn't necessary.

Now, Gu Baisheng's words gave them hope.

After saying that, Gu Baisheng also knew that her words gave them hope.

They would have great hopes.

So, if the surgery didn't go well, they would blame Gu Baisheng for that.

She looked at Song Shuang.

Song Shuang frowned slightly.

It seemed that he disagreed with her on the way she explained the surgery.

Liu Songshan and Liu Qiang were happy.

Gu Baisheng said at an opportune moment, "Perhaps the doctor who persuaded you into the surgery didn't make such an analogy."

"What kind of analogy?"

Liu Qiang asked.

"Unlike the goods sold by retailers, the surgeries we perform don't have a shelf life."

Liu Qiang froze. He didn't understand Gu Baisheng's words.

Gu Baisheng explained, "To be more straightforward, a surgery deals with a patient's disease, but it doesn't ensure that the patient won't die of that disease later."

Both Liu Qiang and Liu Songshan understood.

Liu Songshan struggled to sit up and asked, "You mean you can cure me, but you can't guarantee that how long I can live for after the surgery."

Gu Baisheng nodded.

Liu Qiang was a little worried, "Can he live for ten more years?"

"It depends on how you take care of him. It's possible if he recovers well and is well cared for."

At this, Liu Qiang made up his mind, "Then we'll have the surgery."