"Yes, sir, I have declined the invitation from there, so you don't have to make any other arrangements。。。。。。 Yes, I'm not leaving for Europe until next Sunday, so you can rest assured。。。。。。 Goodbye, sir. ”

Standing far away, glancing at the steaming hot pot on the dining table, Tian Lu only felt that his tongue suddenly became wet, and his stomach couldn't help but drum quietly. As soon as he hung up the phone, he rushed to the table in three steps and two steps, and while pulling out the stool and sitting down, he couldn't wait to shout: "The water is boiling, the water is boiling, hurry up and bring something!" ”

"It's coming, it's coming!"

Ye Lan and Qian Lele walked out of the kitchen with a few plates of cleaned food with a smile.

In San Francisco in September, the temperature is very pleasant during the day, but it can get colder at night, so it is best to eat something hot to warm up.

Tian Lu and the living room of the house they rented were not large, and there was barely enough room for a folding table in the open space, so Ye Lan and Qian Lele struggled to set things up, and when they sat down on the stool, Tian Lu had already thrown a bunch of things into the pot: after a busy day on the operating table, he was really hungry now!

"Why did you hear about the operation on the phone? Aren't you resting tomorrow? ”

Putting the prepared ingredients in front of Tian Lu, Ye Lan asked with a frown.

Tian Lu's eyes kept on the tumbling hot pot, shook his head and said, "It's nothing, didn't you receive an invitation to the neuroanatomy conference after you came back?" The doctor didn't know that I had turned down the invitation, so he called to make sure. ”

"I still think it's a shame you don't go."

Qian Lele put some vegetables in the pot, and said with a smile: "You don't have to spend your own money, just take it as a trip, why don't you go?" ”

In fact, as an invited speaker, the conference will basically be responsible for all the associated costs, and even if there are none, San Francisco Medical Center will be happy to pay for it. For each resident trained, the U.S. government pays $100,000 a year to the hospital, part of which is used to pay the resident's salary, and the other part is to pay for other related training expenses. However, if you are invited to give a presentation at an academic conference, even if it is not included, the hospital will absolutely support it.

"Have a trip? You're talking about it easily! ”

Tian Lu shook his head with a wry smile and said, "People didn't invite me to play, but invited me to make a report." You're going to prepare a speech, right? Want to prepare a slideshow, right? Am I really idle when I spend hours on the plane and then come back after a day? And this conference is so close to the European conference that I'm really not interested. ”

"We can't go if we want to."

Muttering in a low voice, Qian Lele pursed his lips and said no more. This issue has been discussed many times, and although Qian Lele feels a little incomprehensible about Tian Lu's decision, he can't influence his thoughts after all.

After the three papers were presented, various conference invitations followed. Comprehensive conferences, such as the General Assembly of the European Federation of Neurological Societies, and highly specialized conferences such as the Conference on Neuroanatomy and Neurochemistry, are so varied and covered that Tian Lu, who has always been dedicated to his work, is dumbfounded and somewhat overwhelmed.

It is indeed a rare honor for ordinary physicians or researchers to give a report at a high-level academic conference, especially for some large-scale and long-standing large-scale conferences, where non-top scholars or those with outstanding achievements have no chance, and it is often a touchstone for identifying a doctor's status in the profession.

But after careful consideration, except for the largest European Neurological Association, Tian Lu turned down all other invitations. After all, his final year at San Francisco Medical Center was just too important for him.

Due to the constraints of the training system, as a resident physician, Tian Lu can only perform surgery under the guidance of the attending physician, and the level of surgery that can be performed is different depending on the stage he is in. Only in this final year, although he must also be supervised by the attending physician, he is already qualified to perform complex neurosurgical procedures.

This is extremely important for Taro.

Even with the help of the clinical operation support system, Tian Lu must continue to accumulate surgical experience in reality, especially those complex neurosurgical operations, which even take more than ten hours to complete, and it is difficult to fully grasp even Tian Lu with the support of theory alone.

Seeing more, learning more, and especially participating in those complex neurosurgical procedures, this is a plan that Tian Lu has made early on.

As the seventh-year chief resident, Tian Lu is now in charge of the clinical work of neurosurgery at Hites Hospital, a teaching hospital, responsible for surgical scheduling, leading the resident team, and attending as many difficult neurosurgical procedures as possible.

Besides, will there be fewer such opportunities in the future?

。。。。。。

"It's so full!"

patted his stomach, Tian Lu collapsed on the chair without any image, looking full of food and drink, and extremely satisfied. Although he knew that it was not good to overeat like this, Tian Lu, who had an obvious preference for hot pot, always couldn't control his mouth, and he had to eat until his belly was round every time.

Although he didn't want to move, Tian Lu still barely stood up and cleaned up with the two girls.

Compared with the house they rented before, although the house that Tian Lu and Ye Lan are renting now is in a better location, it is too small, and it is really uncomfortable for the three of them to be in the kitchen together, so after just making a look, Tian Lu was pushed out by Qian Lele.

Tian Lu was also happy to be lazy, leaning on the sofa and turning on the TV.

Today's Tian Lu has long passed the stage of knowledge accumulation, in addition to paying full attention when going to work, in addition to continuing to pay attention to those newly published academic journals in his spare time, he no longer has to work as hard as before.

After a while, Ye Lan and Qian Lele finished packing up their things and also came out and sat on the sofa. Tomorrow is the weekend, not only Tianlu is off, but even Qian Lele happens to be a rest day, so he is not in a hurry to go back.

"By the way, Tian Lu, you are in your seventh year of residency, where are you going to apply for fellowship?"

After chatting a few words, Qian Lele asked intentionally or unintentionally.

“fellow？”

Tian Lu and Ye Lan were stunned when they heard this.

The so-called fellow is actually a stage between the resident doctor and the attending doctor, and generally speaking, the outstanding residents will choose to further subspecialty training, which is called fellow. Just like Hans, who was the same year as Hetian Lu, he planned to go to Hopkins Hospital to do fellowship training in functional neurosurgery.

Completing residency training means that you can become a doctor, but in some specialties, it is difficult for physicians who have only completed residency training to get any good jobs, and only physicians who have completed fellowship training can find satisfactory opportunities.

In Qian Lele's view, it is inevitable that Tian Lu will continue to apply for fellowship.

A little embarrassed grinning, Tian Lu glanced at Ye Lan, and after getting the other party's nod, he took a deep breath and said to Qian Lele with a wry smile: "This。。。。。。 I'm not going to continue applying for fellows. ”

"Not applying for a fellow?"

Qian Lele was taken aback, and immediately widened his eyes: "You have already found a job?" ”

Without waiting for Tian Lu to answer, Qian Lele suddenly nodded and said, "Also, with your three articles, plus your performance in the past few years, even if you don't do fellow training, presumably Professor Locke will do his best to keep you, right?" Hee-hee, congratulations, the income of the supernatural surgeon is 。。。。。。 Hee-hee. ”

Qian Lele, who is now an attending physician, has an annual salary that is more than double that of Tian Lu, but once Tian Lu also becomes the attending physician, this income will be reversed all of a sudden.

"Uh。。。。。。"

Scratching his head embarrassedly, Tian Lu shook his head in embarrassment and said, "Actually。。。。。。 Lele, I'm sorry, we haven't told you。。。。。。 ”

Seeing Tian Lu's apologetic face, including Ye Lan's expression, which was also a little unnatural, Qian Lele's heart suddenly burst out, and he suddenly had an extremely bad premonition.

"We're going to go back home after we finish our training!"

Sighing softly, Tian Lu said in a low voice.

"Returning home?"

After being stunned for a moment, as if hearing a very funny joke, Qian Lele blinked, covered his mouth and smiled: "I'm asking you about business, what are you kidding me!" ”

"Lele, he's not joking with you."

Seeing Tian Lu's gaze asking for help, after also sighing first, Ye Lan took Qian Lele's small hand and explained: "No one has ever told me about this matter, but we really plan to return to China next year." ”

After looking left and right, and finding that Tian Lu and Ye Lan both had serious faces, Qian Lele's heart suddenly panicked.

"Why?"

Qian Lele stood up suddenly, frowned and asked, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Do you still treat me as friends? ”

The anxiety in his heart made Qian Lele a little unable to control his emotions.

"Lele, don't worry, we didn't tell you in advance, mainly because of 。。。。。。"

While explaining, waving his hands, Tian Lu tried his best to calm Qian Lele down. For this classmate and friend, he and Ye Lan cherish it very much, and they don't want to have a gap because of this matter. It's just that Tian Lu has been focusing on his studies and work, and he really ignored this matter, and Ye Lan also forgot about it for various reasons.

Or, in a sense, forgetting。。。。。。

"I'm sorry, I'm not feeling well, so I'll go first."

Qian Lele, who was in a mess in his heart, shook his head, suddenly grabbed the leather bag on the sofa, lowered his head and rushed out.

They looked at each other and looked at each other, Ye Lan also chased them out, while Tian Lu hesitated, and finally shook his head and sat back on the sofa. He can understand the reason why Qian Lele is depressed: far away in a foreign country, it is not easy to have two classmates and friends in the same city?

However, as far as this matter is concerned, I can only apologize to her。。。。。。