In the emergency operating room next door, after Lu Cheng entered having scrubbed up, the circulating nurse, Li Min, immediately came forward to help him put on a sterile surgical gown, saying playfully, "Dr. Lu, if you hadn't arrived, I was about to go and call you."
"Professor Tong has already urged you several times," Li Min added gently as she adjusted the collar of the sterile gown.
From the operating table, Tong Yuan'an slightly turned his head: "Xiao Lu, you're here just in time. Dr. Zhang can step down for a break."
Tong Yuan'an subtly implied criticism of Zhang Tiesheng's lack of professionalism.
Zhang Tiesheng knew well that hand surgery was not his forte; his assistance was mechanical, unable to expose the surgical field as ideally as needed by Tong Yuan'an.
