Sunday morning at nine o'clock, Lin Jie, Chen Shi, Tao Taqing, and others gathered in the operating room to check the post-surgery results while removing the muscle fibers that were not successfully transplanted.

At this moment, Zhuang Shilei, lying on the operating table, had already received inhalation anesthesia and was in a coma.

Tao Taqing, seeing Lin Jie motionless, said to Chen Shi, "Old Chen, you go do the check!"

Chen Shi took half a step forward but then pulled back, saying self-deprecatingly, "I've done over a thousand surgeries of all sizes, but this time I feel a bit nervous."

"Dr. Yao, you do this check. After all, the result is already determined, whoever checks it will be the same!"

Seeing Lin Jie had no reaction, Yao Siyuan did not refuse. He stepped forward to the operating table, picked up the surgical scissors, and cut the suture on Zhuang Shilei's left face, slowly peeling back the skin...

Chen Shi, Tao Taqing, and Song Licheng all craned their necks to look...

Red, a bright red, even mixed with some dark brown spots!

The few of them couldn't help but exhale; they were well aware of what the red represented.

As for those dark brown spots, they were nothing but congealed blood stains!

Yao Siyuan switched to the smallest surgical forceps and began carefully searching for discolored muscle fibers, piece by piece.

Once he discovered them, he carefully removed them immediately!

This process lasted for an hour and a half before it was completed. After confirming there were no omissions, Yao Siyuan cleaned the blood stains on the wound and carefully sutured the facial skin.

"Dr. Lin, in total..."

Before he could finish, Chen Shi impatiently said, "There are seventy-eight in total, I counted twice! Only seventy-eight, only seventy-eight..."

"The transplant success rate is over ninety-nine percent."

Tao Taqing excitedly said, "Lin Jie, this is a big success that none of us expected."

Seeing everyone's joyful expressions, Lin Jie also happily said, "The first step is considered a success, but we can't relax. We need to check daily and do a detailed check every three days."

"Depending on the patient's recovery, we will determine the time for the next surgery."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Song Licheng asked, "Professor Lin, when do we check the recovery of the nerve endings?"

Chen Shi laughed and said, "The recovery of the nerve ending network, though faster than nerve bundles, is still much slower compared to other body tissues."

"We need at least a month to perform a microcurrent nerve reflex test on the facial muscles!"

"Of course, we also have a quick check method, but it's destructive and not suitable for the current situation."

Tao Taqing laughed heartily, saying, "With Lin Jie's demonstrated ability, this success is also something to look forward to."

"Currently, we can confirm that this project is half successful. This is a big event; let's have a good celebration at noon today, my treat!"

He added, "The expenses will be reimbursed from the project funds."

Lin Jie reacted and shouted, "Then it's me treating, okay?"

After Zhuang Shilei was sent back to a single ward, she soon woke up.

Seeing Lin Jie, she squeezed out a crying-laughing expression on her right face and asked, "Good news or bad news?"

"The examination results are better than I expected. You only need two more surgeries, that's it!"

Seeing Zhuang Shilei let out a slow breath, Lin Jie continued, "If you continue to be strong during this project, our research team can gift you a surgery."

"A gifted surgery?"

At this moment, the anesthesia in Zhuang Shilei's body hadn't completely worn off, making her expression quite relaxed. She shook her head lightly and said, "Surgery is not a good thing, who would want that."

"I don't want it!"

Lin Jie laughed and asked, "Are you sure you don't want it? You might regret it!"

"I won't regre..."

Zhuang Shilei's anesthesia-affected brain regained some clarity, stopping her words. She turned to ask, "You first have to tell me what kind of surgery is being gifted?"

Lin Jie softly explained, "In this project, when we reshape your facial muscles, it's more from a functional perspective rather than an appearance perspective."

"Even though we've considered aesthetic factors, once your left facial muscles fully recover, there will still be some obvious differences compared to your right face."

"Your left facial skin was originally transplanted later, and after several surgeries, it must have been severely damaged. We'll give you a cosmetic surgery to turn you into a beautiful woman again."

"Ah... another cosmetic surgery..."

Zhuang Shilei, with a face about to cry, said, "Isn't what you are doing now a cosmetic surgery?"

"I gritted my teeth, enduring the pain, just to become beautiful after the surgery ends. Why do I need another surgery from you?"

Seeing her explanation and the other party's understanding were having some issues, Lin Jie quickly said, "Zhuang Shilei, don't rush; listen to me first."

After a few hasty breaths, Zhuang Shilei gritted her teeth and said, "I'm not rushing now, I'm listening, you go ahead!"

Lin Jie carefully organized his words and said, "Let me put it another way, you might understand it more easily. For example, if your current right face appearance is a hundred points, your left face is thirty points..."

"Ten points, no, the left face is zero points, it must be zero points!" insisted Zhuang Shilei!

Lin Jie said helplessly, "Alright, the left face is zero points. After these surgeries, your left face appearance can be restored to seventy or eighty points. To become prettier, another refinement surgery is needed."

"Does that make sense?"

Zhuang Shilei sighed and said, unwillingly, "I understand!"

"Actually, I also understood what you meant earlier."

"I've always thought that as long as I don't have to wear a mask, I'll be fine. But deep down, I have always hoped my left face could be exactly the same as my right face."

"I also know that this is impossible."

She quickly let go of the fantasy, disappointment, and helplessness on her face, showing a slight smile, and asked, "Lin Jie, if I do the additional refinement surgery you're offering, will my left face improve to eighty-five or ninety points?"

"An identical hundred points as the right face is impossible, mainly because your right face is too perfect!"

Lin Jie confidently said, "We can elevate your left face to around ninety-five points!"

He then chuckled and said, "If you want to sacrifice your right face a bit, I can lower your right face to ninety-five points as well. That way, your left and right faces will be completely identical."

This statement made Zhuang Shilei both happy and angry, shouting, "Lin Jie, who would make themselves ugly!"

The celebration at noon for Lin Jie, Tao Taqing, and others was arranged at Tao Taqing's base, that rather remote restaurant.

This arrangement was quite satisfying to Lin Jie, as a significant portion of the cost was covered by his own money.

In fact, just the over one million funds applied for by Tao Taqing, Lin Jie roughly calculated, and there wasn't much that ended up in his pocket.

The main expenditure of the funds was for various costs of treating Zhuang Shilei, such as purchasing some medical equipment, operating room rental fees, surgical consumables, medicine, hospitalization fees, and the labor costs of Yang Jinglong, Zhang Daya, and others.

The expenses for the corpses, animals used in experiments at the Medical College, and some miscellaneous costs also had to come from the project funds.

After deducting the labor costs and project allowances of Yao Siyuan and Song Licheng, Lin Jie estimated that only four to five hundred thousand ended up in his pocket.

Relative to non-consideration of long-term interests, this might be the surgery where Lin Jie invested the most and gained the least.

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