The two Academicians were not joking around; they completed the hospitalization procedures at the fastest speed and then lay on the hospital beds, urging the nurses to quickly draw blood and arrange the preoperative examination.
Moreover, both Academicians had not eaten breakfast and were still fasting—it seemed they had come prepared, rather than on a whim.
Dean Liu and Commissioner Qiao rushed to the ward to work on the two Academicians' mindset, they spoke at length, but to no avail. After much persuasion, Academician Ding, running out of patience, directly retorted, "What are you implying? You don't want me to have the surgery promptly? You don't want me to get rid of the ticking time bomb in my heart?"
This counter-question left Dean Liu and Commissioner Qiao speechless—they feared any further discussion would indeed lead to misunderstandings.
