Twins in Her Womb: Sir President, Please be Gentle

Chapter 3364 There's No Need To Be So Clingy, Right?

The volunteer's family looked at her in disbelief. An older woman stepped forward to take Luca's hand. "Is it true? Doctor, thank you."

It was Luca's first time facing such warmth from a patient's family, and she felt a bit uncomfortable. She pulled her hand away and looked at Shanks, but he had already left.

Luca suddenly understood why Shanks did not like to talk much after surgeries.

She had heard that before he came to the Island of Despair, he was already a genius-level doctor, so he had probably seen many situations like this. Not everyone enjoyed being thanked by patients' families. Luca definitely did not.

*The patient will need to stay here for recovery. If you'd like to see him, please send someone in a sterile suit, and they can visit him for five minutes. After that, leave it to us and time," explained Luca.

The elderly woman who held her hand quickly said, "I'll go. I need to see my son."

Another middle-aged person asked, "Doc, is he awake?"

*He's under partial anesthesia, so he's awake," replied Luca, helping the elderly woman into the vehicle and assisting her in changing into a sterile suit. After sanitizing, she let her take a distant look.

Even though the elderly woman wanted to get closer, she understood the medical conditions here were not ideal, and moving too close could risk infection.

After she got out of the vehicle, she wiped away her tears, feeling overwhelmed with emotion.

"He's in good spirits, really good spirits," said the elderly woman.

Luca nodded, giving Gerald a subtle glance before heading inside.

She finally understood why their base had chosen this house with a small garden. It was because parking was allowed here.

Luca followed Shanks' lead and walked up to the laboratory on the second floor. Shanks was preparing the fluids for the volunteer's treatment.

Luca thought about maintaining the sterile environment inside the medical van and realized that every time she entered, she had to disinfect. The thought of it made her feel it was a bit of a hassle.

*Mr. Shanks, will the patient be treated in the medical van the whole time?" asked Luca, feeling her phone vibrate.

She discreetly pressed her hand against her pocket.

"He'll be moved into the house tomorrow," replied Shanks as he handed over several bottles of IV fluids. "Find someone, teach them how to change the IV fluids, and have them stay there. You can come back and continue helping."

"Okay." Luca took a set of injection tools, placed them in a small basket, and walked out.

She stopped the first person she encountered. "Mr. Shanks wants you to look after the patient."

"But I don't know how to take care of a patient," replied the man, frustrated. Why did they call him for this?

There were so many people in this villa.

Luca said, "I'll teach you."

"You should have Gerald do it," the man declined. Everyone seemed to think that these tasks were something Gerald should handle.

Luca glanced at Gerald, who was not far off, and coldly replied, "Everything should be Gerald's job? He has his own responsibilities."

Then, she shoved the basket into the man's hands. "If you have a problem, take it up with Mr. Shanks."

The man paused for a moment. He dared not to offend Luca, let alone Shanks. Offending Luca might result in a beating, while offending Shanks would lead to physical torment.

The man had no choice but to accept. Holding the basket, he followed Luca onto the medical van.

After going through the routine, the man stepped inside the van, curiously looking around at the surroundings and the patient lying on the operating table. "This is so complicated. Does this mean I can't go out today?"

*I'll find someone to take your spot if needed. Let me show you how to change the IV fluids," Luca demonstrated the process to him before reminding him to keep an eye on the patient. Then, she turned and left.

She hid in the restroom and glanced at her phone. It was a message from Luke. Luca updated him on the surgery.

Back in A City, Johann took the phone from Luke and glanced at the message from Luca. His eyes widened." Whoa!"

"What's wrong?" Even though Luke did not know much about medicine, he was aware of the scale of the surgery Shanks had just performed.

"That's impressive." Johann gave a thumbs-up. "Although I didn't see the entire surgery, from what Dr. Craw said, this Shanks guy is incredible. A surgery like this usually requires several doctors, and it's very delicate work. The severed, necrotic nerves have to be reattached little by little.

"There's no way a single doctor and a single assistant can do it. Even with a team of doctors, it'd take over ten hours to complete knee replacements and nerve reconnection. He did it in four hours, and Dr. Craw said he reconnected almost all the nerves.

"If the patient's nerves recover, he'll definitely be able to walk again."

Luke furrowed his brows.

Was Shanks really that amazing?

He had a bad feeling. If Shanks was so skilled, why was he working for someone like Abel? What was his purpose?

Johann continued praising Shanks' surgery. "Can I send Dr. Craw a message?"

*Feel free." Luke was still thinking about Shanks.

Johann took Luke's phone and sent Luca a message saying he was Johann and that he wanted to stay updated on the surgery's progress.

No sooner had he sent it than Luca called.

Johann handed the phone back to Luke. "This is probably for you."

Luke quickly answered when he saw it was Luca's call. "Luca."

"Luke, are you okay? Why are you with Dr. Park?" Luca's voice was soft but laced with concern.

"I'm fine, don't worry." Luke glanced at Johann. "He knew about your surgery today and wanted to learn more about it, so he came over to T Corporation."

Luca let out a sigh of relief. "I'm glad you're okay."

"I'm glad you're okay. I was just worried... I have to go now," added Luca.

*Alright, be careful over there," Luke replied reluctantly before hanging up.

Johann shook his head as he watched. The way those two interacted gave him goosebumps on his arms.

*Come on, Mr. Crawford. It's just a short separation. There's no need to be so clingy, right?" Johann teased. "You single-for-life folks wouldn't understand," Luke shot back without hesitation, returning to his work. The bidding was tomorrow. If the bid went well, he could go see Luca. No matter what, he would not let her face those situations alone.

"Man, I've seen people hurt others before, but I've never seen anyone do it like this. I swear, I must owe you two for life." Johann pulled up a chair to sit across from him.

*What are you doing here?" Luke lifted his eyes to glance at him before continuing his work.

*You..." Johann was almost laughing with frustration. "I'm just sitting here. What are you going to do about it? Bite me?

"I'm just worried about Dr. Craw's situation. I specially adjusted my schedule to come here, and now that I know she's fine, you're trying to kick me out. Luke, if you're not a heartless man, I don't know who is."

*Heartless man?" Luke raised an eyebrow. "Sorry, I'm not interested in men."

"You!" Johann was both furious and amused. "Fine, I'll leave and stop interrupting the great Mr. Crawford's work." "Wait a minute," Luke called as Johann was about to leave.