Xia Sanghuan and Professor He had been regularly visiting Jing Zhan's hospital ward during this period. The research progress was now at a crucial stage but had been repeatedly frustrated. So, they could only come to his ward for more observations.
"Old He, Huanhuan."
As the two of them were about to leave the hospital, Xiao Song called out to them from behind.
"What's the matter, Elder Xiao?"
The girl turned around to look at him.
"It's like this," Deputy Dean Xiao looked a bit embarrassed.
He thought hard about his words before speaking.
"A few foreign experts came to visit Jing Zhan a while ago."
"They had all followed up on his treatment process before."
As he spoke, he glanced at He Jianyu beside the girl.
His friend nodded in agreement.
"So?"
She looked at Deputy Dean Xiao in confusion.
"They were very surprised by Jing Zhan's current condition. After all, whether it's the stability of his illness or the repair speed of his cells, it's something we never dared to imagine before."
"They asked Jing Zhan's attending doctor, and I told them your name."
The girl looked at Deputy Dean Xiao's expression and thought something serious had happened. But it turned out to be just this.
She was just about to say "It's okay," but the next second, Deputy Dean Xiao added another sentence.
"They want to meet you."
Seeing the girl's somewhat resistant look, he could only persuade her kindly.
"They are all top - notch outstanding scholars in the world, and they have quite a lot of attainments in both Chinese and Western medicine."
"And because they followed up on Jing Zhan's treatment process before, they also have some experience with his illness."
"If you go and talk to them, you might get some inspiration in the treatment."
Hearing Elder Xiao's words, she roughly understood what was going on.
Most likely, he saw that she had been worrying about Jing Zhan's illness every day recently, so he wanted to help her.
Although she still had some lingering fears about such "academic exchanges" because of what happened last time, she also knew that this was a rare opportunity.
Moreover, Professor He and Elder Xiao would accompany her there at that time, so there was nothing to worry about.
She comforted herself like this.
Seeing that she agreed, Xiao Song let out a sigh of relief.
"Huanhuan, people in the medical field have already heard your name to some extent. They are very interested in your outstanding abilities."
"There may be quite a few people who want to meet you at that time."
The girl nodded to show her understanding.
"For your more convenient communication with people in the medical field in the future, I want to claim to the outside world that I have taken you as my apprentice. With this identity, you can have a smoother journey in the academic world."
Hearing his words, Xia Sanghuan fell into silence.
In terms of knowledge and ability, she and Xiao Song were actually on par. And in terms of developing drugs, she was even much better than him.
She was willing to call him Elder Xiao just out of respect for the elderly and predecessors.
But there was one thing she couldn't compare with him. He had a crucial status in the medical field.
She actually didn't care much about status. But after experiencing so many things, she could almost understand how much convenience a good identity could bring.
She hesitated for a while but still agreed.
After all, the top priority now was to treat Jing Zhan.
After she agreed, Elder Xiao spread the news that afternoon.
This news quickly made it to the front pages of major newspapers and sparked unprecedented discussions in the medical field.
Before this, Xiao Song had never taken anyone as his apprentice. At most, he would give some occasional pointers.
Moreover, with Xia Sanghuan's permission, he even made public the current treatment effect of Jing Zhan.
These two explosive news quickly spread throughout the entire medical field. Even the students inside the Philnos Academy knew about it.
The girl had originally kept a low profile at school, but now she became the focus of attention in the academy again.
Those discussions that had somewhat subsided began to spread again.
She had no choice but to arrive at the research lab earlier.
The day for the meeting with the foreign scholars soon arrived. She walked into the spacious lecture hall, where three kind - looking middle - aged people were sitting.
One of the women stood up, walked up to her, and said to her in somewhat broken Chinese,
"I'm very glad to meet you, the smart little nightingale."
This lady hugged her warmly, making the usually low - key girl a bit embarrassed.
They spent a pleasant afternoon together, and Xia Sanghuan gained a lot from this exchange.
After the exchange was over, while chatting with that lady, Professor He accidentally let something slip.
"Do you still remember the two papers with the same signature in *Science*?"
He pointed to Xia Sanghuan behind him proudly.
"She wrote them all."
The lady's mouth immediately opened into an O shape.
The other two gentlemen also came over.
The girl was just about to run away when the three of them blocked her way.
They praised her papers with exaggerated language, and one of them even admitted that he had figured out an experimental idea thanks to her papers.
Although she was very happy when she knew her papers were selected, it wasn't a particularly big deal to her. She was just happy at that time because she could continue to treat Jing Zhan and stay by Leng Chuanjin's side.
Thinking of Leng Chuanjin, the calm lake in her heart began to ripple again.
For some reason, there were fewer and fewer online remarks about his engagement recently, which was quite different from before.
She shook her head to get this name out of her mind.
After returning home from the exchange, she thought the matter was over. But the scholar who had been helped by her papers actually posted his feelings about talking to her today on the Internet. He also revealed that she was the author of those two papers, and at the end, he praised her composure.
She had planned to keep this matter hidden all along.
She threw her phone aside, lay back on the bed, and began to worry about how people would look at her when she went to school tomorrow.
But the top priority was to think about how to face her family tomorrow.
They must have known about it too.
That day when she took Xia Anying back to the Fu family, she was naturally called by her father to talk.
It was the first time her father had been so serious with her.
Actually, it wasn't really serious. It was just that his tone was a bit more serious than usual.
She omitted most of the unnecessary words and briefly explained the situation to her father. Of course, she didn't mention the two times Xia Anying had tried to kill her.
Her father was very reasonable and accepted her explanation. He also arranged the most suitable maid to take care of Xia Anying.
The next day, she got up early as usual.
During the period when she was living at home, it was Fu Lingshi who was responsible for picking her up and dropping her off from school.