The afternoon sun came in warmly through the window, leaving a patch of light in the middle of the room.

Lu Weibei took a stack of materials and sat at the reception table in the center of the room. She wears a light blue rabbit fur sweater and has a rather sparse light makeup on her face. It was said that it was makeup, but in fact, it was just a light sweep of the eyebrows and a light lipstick.

She is a genetic counselor whose main job is to analyze the genetic mutations of cancer patients to determine whether their tumors are inherited in families and what kind of treatment options are suitable for them.

This job requires her to be in constant contact with patients. So, although the company requires them to wear makeup as a sign of respect, she doesn't like to dress up too elaborately. On the one hand, delicate makeup will make people feel distancing, which is not conducive to her communication with patients, and on the other hand, she always feels that when facing patients who are struggling with death, dressing too brightly will make patients feel weaker in comparison.

Sitting across the table from her were cancer patients and their families who had come for consultation. Among them, a silver-haired old man is a patient with advanced lung cancer, and the middle-aged man next to him is the son of the old man, and the two of them are nesting next to each other in a place where the sun does not shine.

The old man was curled up and half-leaned back in his chair, his eyes hollow, his skin dull, loose like an ill-fitting, loose garment hanging from his body.

He coughed incessantly and suppressedly, beads of sweat were densely squeezed out of his forehead and wrinkles, and his body twitched from time to time, apparently experiencing great pain. His son sat beside him with a frown, stroking the old man's back from time to time when he was coughing badly, then taking the phlegm he coughed up with a tissue and feeding him two mouthfuls of warm water.

On her right hand sat Li Jin, an intern newly assigned to her by the company, sitting by the window with his head held high with his notebook, just bathed in the sun, his face was gilded with golden light, and his vigorous vitality seemed to gush out.

Lu Weibei rarely saw a lung cancer patient with such a serious condition, and felt that Li Jin's vitality was a little dazzling compared to the two.

She sighed to herself and began to explain the contents of the test report to the two people opposite, "This report is a treatment recommendation based on the genetic mutation status of Mr. Liu's cancer tissue. Based on the test results, there are seven possible treatment options. First of all, because 11.7% of Mr. Liu's tumor cells carry mutations in the EGFR gene, tyrosine kinase inhibitors are suitable, and the common drugs are......"

Li Jin was flying with a pen on the side, eager to write down every word in his notebook.

He found genetic counseling a difficult job.

Before he came, he thought that as long as he read enough literature and studied the results of clinical trials, he would be able to propose a good enough treatment plan. But in reality, there are no exactly the same people in this world, so there is no history of how effective each treatment is for a given person.

The results of the study give statistics one by one, this article said that 85% of patients with therapy A prolonged progression-free survival by three years, and that article said that 95% of patients receiving therapy C had a longer progression-free survival by one year.

When he saw the patient standing in front of him, he really couldn't treat this decision as a simple math problem, calculating expectations and answering directly. He wants to consider the influencing factors a little more, a little more, to provide the best treatment plan for the patient.

But it's really too hard.

Lu Weibei is a leader in this field, although she is young and has only been working for three years, but for some reason, her patients have always been treated very well.

So far, the prognosis of the patients she has taken over has been excellent, and even patients with cancers such as pancreatic cancer and liver cancer with a very poor prognosis have lasted for two or three years, and there are not a few who have survived until now. Over time, the pennants she received could fill a cabinet, and she herself was almost a god in this small circle.

Li Jin rushed into Jingxin Company for an internship in her name, and happened to be assigned to Lu Weibei's subordinates. But after following her for so many days, he found that she did everything step by step every day, checking literature, sorting out information, consulting and talking, and the whole process was no different from others. But if everything is the same, why is her treatment recommended so good? What the hell is going on?

At this time, Lu Weibei just finished explaining the first treatment plan. She took a moment to ask questions of the patient and the family, and then took the time to look at the patient's face again.

What caught her eye was a pale and aging face, a sweaty forehead, and sparse gray hair.

and, a string of numbers.

It was white in black letters, and it appeared less than a finger above the old man's head. When it first appeared, the number was 137, and then it jumped rapidly until it stopped at 795.

She silently memorized the number and moved on to the next treatment.

As the treatment plan introduced, the number above the old man's head kept changing. Seven treatment options are explained at the end, and seven numbers are also collected at the end.

The fifth regimen, tyrosine kinase inhibitor combined with PD-L1 inhibitor, corresponds to the largest number, 3351.

Lu Wei didn't calculate it in his heart. 3351 days, more than nine years. It is a rare good prognosis in advanced lung cancer.

She was in a good mood and her tone was relaxed, "The above are the seven possible treatment options, but based on our experience, I recommend the fifth, tyrosine kinase inhibitor combined with PD-L1 inhibitor treatment regimen." At present, it seems that this solution works best and can maximize the survival time of Mr. Liu. ”

She explained a few other things to them. When they said goodbye, both of them had brought the joy of desperate life and the strength of fighting against all odds.

After sending them away, Lu Wei turned around and secretly gave himself a thumbs up while no one was paying attention.

"Don't say goodbye, how do you know which of these seven should be chosen?" Li Jin couldn't hold back any longer, and as soon as the door closed, he rushed up and asked.

Lu Weibei looked calm and said, "It depends on the results of previous studies, and the treatment plan with the best response rate and the longest progression-free survival time is the one that should be chosen." ”

Li Jin was not satisfied with this answer, "But this new PD-L1 drug has just been launched, is there such a complete information on the combination of drugs?"

"It doesn't mean anything that a new drug has just been launched, some drugs will be designed in combination with drugs in clinical trials before they are marketed; second, although PD-L1 inhibitors have not been marketed in China for a long time, they have been used abroad for a long time, and these can also be used as references. Lu Wei replied without changing his face.

This answer made her feel a little empty-hearted.

In fact, the information is very incomplete, and I can't find it no matter how I look for it.

She knew which treatment was optimal because she had a supernatural ability since she was five years old: she could intervene in the lives of others and see the results of that intervention.

Once she does something that affects someone else's lifespan, a number will appear above that person's head, and that number is the number of days left in his life. At first, the number indicated the amount of time the person was supposed to have, and then the number would move rapidly within ten seconds, stopping at the time remaining after being affected by her.

For her, choosing the best treatment for her patients is nothing more than choosing for him, the one that makes the number on his head the most.

It's as simple as lying on your back at night and sitting up in the morning.

But she couldn't tell anyone.

Li Jin saw that she was talking at her, and nodded quite solemnly, secretly determined in his heart that he must read more information and read more books in the future.

Lu Wei didn't suppress his weak heart, nodded his head, left the consultation room with him, and walked towards the office.

"By the way, Weifaree, do you have to settle dinner by yourself today?" asked Li Jin.

"yes, what's wrong?" Lu Wei was happy when he mentioned this. Her mother was a complete proponent of dark health cooking, and she was usually poisoned and did not dare to resist. Finally, her mother went out, and she finally found an opportunity to cook for herself and soothe her stomach.

"Then why don't we eat together tonight?" Li Jin's eyes sparkled, "I've been here for a few days, and you've taught me a lot of things, and I haven't had a chance to thank you officially." ”

Lu Wei sighed in his heart. The fresh ingredients I just bought online are going to be useless.

Actually, she can't control her superpowers.

To go into more detail, it is that her impact on the life span of others will happen when it happens, without warning and irreversible. So she tries to follow others in everything as much as possible, and tries not to let herself do things that affect others.

For example, now, it is absolutely impossible to refuse Li Jin.

Rejecting him like this may lead him to be involved in a major traffic accident on the way home early, or he may find a random roadside stall to cushion his stomach after being refused, and unfortunately suffer from food poisoning or dysentery, or he may feel that she is dissatisfied with him, so that he will fall into a panic about office politics, or even fall into depression and despair and commit suicide.

She didn't have the courage to take the risk.

So she had to smile and say, "Good ......"

Halfway through her words, she suddenly got stuck.

Because of the number above Li Jin's head, the tens of digits are constantly falling.

Lu Weidon't be so frightened that he almost knelt down for God.

This has happened before.

She once saw the number above her old father's head drop to 0 because she wanted to eat ice cream, and she also saw the number above her best friend's head in junior high school drop by 75 because she proposed to eat Malatang, and the most terrifying thing was that when she went to the cafeteria together in college, she ordered a curry rice and found that the number above the head of one of her companions dropped to 2350.

So she immediately changed the tone and tried to turn the situation around, "...... It's good, but unfortunately I've just bought the ingredients online, and if I don't go back to cooking, I guess it's going to be bad. ”

The topic turned too bluntly, and Li Jin's smile stiffened when he heard this.

Lu Weibei didn't know how to explain it, and his heart was so anxious that he was on fire.

Fortunately, the Su at the next workstation saved her. She grabbed Li Jin and said, "You kid is not moral, you don't know how to call me when you eat! Who borrowed your computer system disk? Who helped you sign for your old courier yesterday? Who taught you to use the database? I taught you how to teach less?"

Li Jin's face turned red when he said this, and he only explained again and again, "No, no, I didn't mean that...... Why don't we go eat?"

"That's fine! It just so happens that I don't have dinner today. Su Su agreed to be refreshed.

Lu Wei didn't look at the number above Li Jin's head and recovered, and then he relieved his heart, "Then you guys go." I'll go back first. I'm sorry, Xiao Li. ”

"It's okay, let's make an appointment next time!" Li Jin touched his head, completely forgetting the subtle embarrassment before.

Lu Wei breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Su Su gratefully.

Su Su winked at her, pulled Li Jin and turned around and left.

When leaving, Su Su quietly told Li Jin, "Don't be a little bit of a social barrier, although it's not serious, but you usually be a little more considerate of her......"

Lu Wei was relieved and fled.