Surgery Godfather

Chapter 289: Chapter 0273: The Mistress

The surgery was finally over, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Such twists and turns with just one surgery.

Yang Ping almost forgot that his parents had come today, and Xiao Su had picked them up. They should be having lunch by now, and he wondered how things were going.

“Thank you for your hard work, Doctor Yang! Thank you Director Han!”

Director Mei and Director Ke were quite grateful to the orthopedics team. The critical steps of today’s surgery were all handled by them, and they even helped resolve the strange incident that occurred afterwards.

“Let’s go out for lunch together at noon. I’ll cover the bill!” Director Ke kindly offered.

After putting so much effort and time, it was only natural to offer a meal.

But Yang Ping had to rush back: “You’re all comrades, no need to be so polite. If you need something, just give a shout!”

“Director, I have something to take care of, and I need to leave for the day.” Yang Ping bid his farewell to Director Han, not wanting to waste any more time.

His parents were waiting at home, and with Xiao Su accompanying them, the atmosphere must be quite awkward.

“Off you go!” Director Han waved him off, casual as always.

After changing out of his scrubs, Yang Ping headed out of the operating room and rushed home. At the entrance, he reached for his keys, but then remembered he gave them to Xiao Su. So, he rang the doorbell. The door opened, and there stood Xiao Su, with a sweet and tender smile: “You’re home, Uncle and Auntie are already here.”

“You’re home,” these words felt incredibly warm. This door opened twice a day. It had been more than half a year, and only today did he realize how heartwarming it felt to return home.

Before it wasn’t called a home, but a den, a house, just a place to stay.

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His parents were on the sofa watching TV. When they saw Yang Ping, they immediately stood up with joy: “Pingping, you’re home.”

“Dad, Mom!” Yang Ping responded with great excitement.

“Slippers, change into your slippers!”

Xiao Su brought the slippers and squatted down to help Yang Ping take off his shoes and put on the slippers.

“We haven’t eaten yet, Uncle and Auntie insisted on waiting for you. We just had some fruits.” said Xiao Su as she placed his shoes neatly.

“Dad, Mom, sit down!”

Yang Ping chatted with his parents. It’s been two years since they last saw each other, and he felt extremely excited. He had gone home last time during the Spring Festival two years ago.

“You’ve gotten taller!” said his mother.

“What, he can still grow? I think he’s just gotten stronger.” countered his father.

Xiao Su started serving the hot dishes one by one on the table, and placed chopsticks and bowls properly.

“You should help out, son. How can you let Xiao Su do all the serving by herself?” his mother said with slight anger, complaining about Yang Ping.

“Auntie, it’s okay. He had a tough surgery. Let him rest for a bit.” Xiao Su always responded with a smile.

“That won’t do! In our family, it’s tradition for the men to share in the housework. Xiao Su, if he doesn’t help out in the future and starts acting like a lord, you can tell me. I’ll teach him a lesson,” his mother hurried off to help Xiao Su serve the dishes.

His father asked Yang Ping about work. Xiao Su had already given them a brief introduction, so they had a general idea. Their son was doing well in his career and was very promising.

What else could older parents ask for in their twilight years but to see their children doing well, giving them one less thing to worry about?

Everyone sat around the table for dinner, and his mother beckoned: “Xiao Su, come sit next to me. Let them chat, and we can sit together.”

What was happening? How could their relationship with Xiao Su improve this fast? In just half a day, she has gotten this close with his mother.

It was a good thing though. He didn’t have to worry about mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflicts in the future.

“Xiao Su, you don’t need to go out tonight and end up spending unnecessary money. How good it is for family to stay together! Auntie will cook, and you can taste the rural dishes. I’ll make a few of our hometown’s special dishes.” His mother seemed pleased.

“Show off your culinary skills some other day. Let’s eat out tonight. It’s your first time here, so just relax.” Yang Ping told his mother.

“Auntie, let me help you with the rice!”

“Ah, a little less, that’s just right!”

His mother’s appetite seemed especially good today. Happiness brings good spirit, and she even ate a few more bowls of rice than usual.

Mom kept looking at Xiao Su during the meal, she really liked Xiao Su. What a nice girl!

“Seize the time to buy a house. Your father and I are supporting you. Buy a house, make it a home, and work hard.”

Mom had already made up her mind to borrow from relatives and friends. Even if she had to abandon her pride, she would raise money for her son. If her son could make a good living, she couldn’t hold him back.

“Eat, eat!” Dad thought Mom talked too much, especially during meals.

“Auntie, we don’t need your help. The fact that you’ve brought up Yang Ping is already hard enough. We plan to earn money to buy our own house. Even if we don’t have a house for now, renting is also fine. As long as we both work hard, we will eventually get a house. Moreover, our income is good, so please don’t worry.” Xiao Su was incredibly understanding.

Such a good girl! What she said was so pleasing to the ears. Mom and Dad felt very comfortable after hearing it, like honey had been smeared onto their hearts. The Yang family was blessed with such a wonderful daughter-in-law.

However, who in the city doesn’t expect their husband to have a house? There were a few who had studied and gone out to the city from the village to buy houses, asking their parents to pool money from relatives. It’s just standard procedure. Without a house and car, no woman would marry them.

Xiao Su is smart and pretty. It is not possible for her to marry into our family like this, we cannot let her suffer; if others can do it, so can our Yang family.

Are they discussing marriage?

Yang Ping glanced at Xiao Su, wondering what they were talking with his parents about. They’re even discussing buying a house and getting married.

Xiao Su deliberately avoided Yang Ping’s gaze and warmly invited the old couple to eat.

“Mom, don’t worry about it. We have our own plans.” Yang Ping asked his mother to stop talking.

Dad also coughed. He talked too much when he visited his son’s house. They should really just eat their meal. It was inappropriate to discuss all these things in front of the girl.

This was a very joyful meal. Despite their tiring journey, mom and dad had a good appetite, eating several bowls. Their daughter-in-law’s cooking was really good.

After the meal, there was sugar water for dessert, and fruits after the sugar water. Xiao Su skillfully cleared the dishes. Yang’s mom rushed to help: “Pingping, help, don’t let Xiao Su do all the work.”

“Auntie, let him rest. He just had a very tough surgery.” Xiao Su said sweetly.

Mom didn’t know what else to say. Xiao Su also told her to go rest, but she couldn’t just stand by and do nothing. She helped Xiao Su clean the table, the kitchen, wash the dishes, and tidy up.

“What surgery did you just perform?” Dad, also a doctor, loved to discuss medical matters with Yang Ping.

Yang Ping gave a detailed account of the fetal surgery to his father, who listened to it like a story. It was amazing that we can even perform surgeries on a fetus nowadays, medical science has really advanced.

Xiao Su and Mom came out of the kitchen, both of them laughing and talking. Xiao Su asked Yang Ping: “You don’t have to go to work this afternoon, do you?”

“No, Song Zimo’s there, there should be no issues.”

Yang Ping was very confident in Song Zimo. Having such an assistant put his mind at ease.

“Just like a fence needs three stakes for support, a man needs three assistants. You should collaborate with your colleagues, not act solo. Solo actions cannot lead to success. Xiang Yu was powerful, wasn’t he? But why was he defeated by Liu Bang? Liu Bang was good at attracting and utilizing talent and building a good team.” Dad gave his words of wisdom.

Dad usually loved reading. When Yang Ping was young, he loved to tell these stories and the lessons behind them to him. Some of these teachings were deeply rooted in Yang Ping’s heart now.

“A person should be magnanimous. If you’re a prime minister, you should be able to navigate a ship in your belly; if you’re a general, you should be able to ride a horse on your arm. Don’t waste your time on trivial matters. Always volunteer to do what needs to be done. Even if it seems you may lose out initially, it will be much better for you in the long run. Carry out any tasks assigned by your superior. Report on time about the progress, so the superior can be relieved. Learn from your colleagues, especially their expertise. Don’t be shy. Ask, observe, and practice more—”

Once Dad starts giving advice, he’s never-ending. Mom said to Xiao Su: “Once your uncle starts advising, he can level with a prime minister.”

“If my dad hadn’t become a doctor, he might have been the prime minister now.” Yang Ping joked.

Dad was not embarrassed by mom’s banter and nonchalantly said, “I am sure I could be a village branch secretary.”

“Auntie and Uncle, why don’t we take a walk around our hospital?”

Xiao Su suggested it, and mom and dad were very happy, and readily agreed.

Dad was concerned and asked, “It won’t bother you guys, will it?”

“How could it bother us? Let’s just walk around, as if we are taking a leisurely stroll.”

Xiao Su walked with Mom, holding onto her hand.

“Let’s go then, let’s go see the big hospital. I just had a glimpse of it on our way here. It’s even larger than the hospitals in our provincial capital!” Dad stood up.

Mom gestured, “I heard there was even an airplane on the rooftop. How large of a rooftop is required to accommodate an airplane!”

Dad corrected, “It’s a helicopter. It doesn’t take up much space. I flew in one during my military days.”