Tang Ke glanced at him, understanding what he meant.
If such an operation was successful, it would surely blow up within the entire scientific field once it was published in a scientific journal. But if it fails, it will be lost among a collection of papers that no one cares about.
Jiang Xu must have read some papers recently.
Facing Tang Ke's curious eyes, Jiang Xu said frankly, "There were three cases, one in which an adult died, one in which a child died, and one in which both did not survive."
Surgery videos were not available online, and relevant literature were also very scarce.
The few that could be found mentioned only unexplained bleeding, multiple organ failure, and hemorrhagic shock...causing death with just a few wrong cuts.
Tang Ke had never thought that far before, and after hearing Jiang Xu's words, he realized that the danger might be greater than he thought. After pondering for a few seconds, he said, "It can be considered luck among misfortunes that there was a successful case in country M."
Jiang Xu was silent for a moment, his gaze fell on the thick pile of examination results, "The condition of the fetus... is better than I expected."
It was a faint sentence that was barely audible.
He and Shen Fangyu had drunk a lot of fake alcohol that ridiculous night, and in recent months, he had been drinking large amounts of coffee, stayed up late way too many times, and fought with Shen Fangyu in the boxing gym at the hospital waiting room.
He didn't expect his baby to be in such good condition.
"You heard the fetal heartbeat yourself, and you saw all the test indicators," Tang Ke said, "Your child is as stubborn as you."
A child who turns out to be tenacious.
"I don't know whether that's a good thing or a bad thing," Jiang Xu commented.
The light blue curtain swayed gently in the wind. Tang Ke looked at Jiang Xu. The passing years haven't left much trace on this man. Except for his calmer and steadier temperament, Jiang Xu's appearance has barely changed since his college days.
During his school days, Jiang Xu never lacked suitors, considering how handsome he was. When he first started working, many people even tacitly agreed that a man like him might have a girlfriend, but Tang Ke, Jiang Xu's good friend for many years, knew that Jiang Xu had never even held a girl's hand.
He thought that Jiang Xu, the master of academic writing, had long abandoned ordinary human interests, such as falling in love. Unexpectedly, something like this actually happened. He sighed with emotion and asked, "Why didn't I know that you like boys?"
He changed his tone to a teasing one, trying to make the atmosphere lighter, "No wonder you were indifferent to so many girls chasing you back then, I thought you would devote yourself to medicine for the rest of your life."
Jiang Xu twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "I don't like men."
Tang Ke was surprised: "Then why did you sleep with a man and become a bottom?"
Jiang Xu: ".."
The sperm must have swam along the soft channel between the cervical opening and the intestines after entering his body, so Jiang Xu couldn't deny it even if he wanted to.
Tang Ke seemed to understand something from Jiang Xu's reluctance to talk about it, and, combined with the fact that Jiang Xu came alone for the entire examination and insisted that he didn't want children, he immediately concocted a long-standing rough love story where "I love you but you don't love me", and carefully said, "Is the baby's father a trash?"
Jiang Xu's gaze penetrated the thin lenses and landed on Tang Ke's face, "For your personal safety, I advise you not to ask."
Tang Ke knew Jiang Xu quite well and knew that he was a man with a sharp mouth but a heart of gold, especially towards his friends. Therefore, he was not afraid of Jiang Xu. Instead, he was more curious: "You didn't ask him if he wanted the baby?"
Jiang Xiu pulled his hair irritably, "He doesn't know."
"Then you might as well tell him," Tang Ke said. "Your situation is different from a normal pregnancy. The risk factors are very high. If something happens, it's best for the two of you to discuss and make a decision. That way, you can immediately make a plan."
Jiang Xu bit his lower lip and said, "I don't have the courage to tell him."
"It doesn't matter." Tang Ke was worried that Jiang Xu's boyfriend would not be able to accept a man's pregnancy. "You're a doctor, so just explain it to him. In the end, it's just a rare disease. There are many miracles in the world. If he can't accept it, let him come to me, and I'll explain it to him."
In the end, he remembered something and cracked a dirty joke: "The baby's father must be in good health; the average man's sperm doesn't have the endurance to swim through that soft tube, not to mention how long it would take."
He gossiped, "Why don't you bring him next time and let him donate some sperm for the benefit of our provincial sperm bank, with a small subsidy of one thousand yuan of course?"
Jiang Xu was silent for a moment, then looked at Tang Ke meaningfully.
Students in medical schools are not shy about discussing such topics, lecturers even give lessons about the increasing problems of male andrology, threateningly saying that the number of men with sexual dysfunction has now reached 10%.
And Tang Ke once cursed that Shen Fangyu must be one of those ten percent because the other party snatched the basketball in front of the girl he liked, thus earning him a lot of looks from the girls.
He wondered how Tang Ke would feel if he knew that the person he had just praised was Shen Fangyu.
"What's that expression on your face?" Tang Ke asked.
Jiang Xu coughed softly, then said to Tang Ke, "You know that person."
"Who? Who?!" said Tang Ke, "I don't think he is a classmate from our university." He immediately mentioned his classmates, they were good friends in his mind.
Jiang Xu looked at Tang Ke's expectant and gossipy eyes, and was worried that he would have a heart attack due to shock. However, his sexual history was as clean as a blank sheet of paper, so much so that it was impossible to find a suspect at this point.
Jiang Xu had a relaxed opinion about sex; he didn't seek it out or reject it, and he never thought about what type of person he would have sex with.
Because he was busy with his studies and work, and had to compete with Shen Fangyu, Jiang Xu had never had an easy day since his first year at university. Every day was more tiring than his senior year, so he never found the time to look for a partner, and he never slept with anyone.
If he had known that his first experience would be with Shen Fangyu and that he would be a bottom, he would have found a girl he liked, gotten married, and started a family. He would stay away from this plague god, and ideally never to see him in his life.
"Quick, tell me!" Tang Ke said, "Don't let me keep wondering."
"You really want to know?" Jiang Xu confirmed it one last time.
He faced Tang Ke, who nodded frantically, and finally said mercilessly, "Shen Fangyu."
With a loud bang, Dr. Tang fell to the ground.
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Author's note:
Baby: Even though my father drinks alcohol and coffee, stays up all night, and fights, I'm a healthy baby~
(cheering in despair because they want to survive)