As the director of the ALS Special Research Center of the Affiliated Hospital of Heidelberg University, Howard's behavior and temperament have always been known in the hospital for his resoluteness, strictness, and inhumanity.
Of course, when facing patients, at the level of his own professional field, Director Howard also has the excellent ability that is respected and praised by countless colleagues in the industry.
Even when he treats patients, he always looks cold and ruthless, but this one really devotes his whole body and mind to the struggle to study the treatment methods for the patients, and conscientiously give all his efforts to help the patients fight against the disease.
Countless patients who were once thought to be incurable were all forcibly rescued from the brink of the cliff of death under this man's efforts.
It is precisely because of such an iron-faced director that the Heidelberg ALS Special Research Center's research on ALS series diseases has continued to deepen, improve and break through. The forefront of ALS disease research.
Also, it is because of this—
Howard is so annoyed at this moment.
Because even in their special research center, the Ossenmer patient who is a variant of ALS is definitely a rare case, and their entire special research center has been urgently prepared in the past few days. This kind of mobilization preparation, the next step is to go all out to carry out a comprehensive research and treatment of this young girl suffering from Ossenmer's disease.
This will be an unprecedented challenge for their Heidelberg Special Research Center.
It is destined to be extremely difficult and long-lasting.
It is destined to pay far more effort and hard work than before.
But they are ready.
Rather...
It was at such a critical juncture in the beginning that the patient girl, who was only 20 years old, came to his director's office and made such a completely unexpected request to him.
Even when he couldn't help but be annoyed and made such a direct and unceremonious question and rebuke, the young and beautiful girl still had such a calm and indifferent reaction, shaking her head gently.
"No, Director Howard."
"I didn't intend to be a deserter."
Howard's eyebrows couldn't help being raised high, and his face showed a bit of his habitual mockery:
"Oh?"
"Are you planning to defend yourself? Then I'm very interested to hear your explanation, Miss Cassie, that the transfer procedures just completed came to our Heidelberg Special Research Center from St. Edinland, and everything was just about ready. Entering the schedule of treatment research, all medical related personnel are ready, but the patient who is the most important protagonist of the entire medical research project suddenly asks to leave—”
"This is not a deserter, what is it?"
The tone is getting higher and higher.
In the end, it was almost a harsh rebuke.
Even the other doctors and nurses in the corridor outside the office might be able to hear the annoyed voice of their director, and they couldn't help looking at each other, showing a bit of a chill, guessing that the beautiful Dongfang who had just entered the office not long ago. What did the girl do or say to make their director so angry
…
Inside the office.
An Xin, who was sitting across from Howard, faced such a stern scolding that was almost blowing in the face, her expression remained calm.
The girl just stood up slowly.
Under the frowning gaze of the director of the Special Research Center, Howard, his eyes were as clear as water to meet the former's line of sight, and then he slowly bowed and bowed deeply:
"terribly sorry."
"Director Howard, I understand where your anger comes from."
"I also understand very well that for my special and troublesome patient, including you, what kind of efforts and preparations everyone in the entire special research center has made in the past few days, just because of my own personal point. It is impolite to be a little self-willed to temporarily delay the schedule of the whole thing."
"So, really, very, very sorry."
Speaking of which, the girl bowed deeply again, her tone and expression were extremely sincere and sincere, and it seemed that the Director of the Special Research Center in front of her finally calmed down a little bit of anger and calmed down a little bit of her emotions. Meeting Director Howard's gaze again, he continued to speak earnestly and sincerely:
"But."
"I hope you can understand, I'm not afraid, I'm not shrinking back and want to be a deserter."
"Being able to come here and come to the Heidelberg ALS Special Research Center, I have already made all the psychological preparations, and I am ready to work hard with everyone in the Special Research Center to fight this Ossenmer disease in me. ."
"No matter how hard it is, how hard it is."
"None of them will be a reason for me to flinch and escape."
"only-"
Speaking of which, the girl paused slightly again and shook her head gently:
"I need one last trip to London before all this starts."
"Yes, it is willful."
"But hopefully I can be this wayward one last time, because I really have a reason to go."
Howard's previous anger has been gradually calmed down by the sincere apology of the girl in front of him, because in fact, to tell the truth, if you only have to leave for a short time in the first few days, it will not affect the next treatment plan. will have too much impact.
And what he was really angry about, or really worried about, was that the young girl in front of him who had Ossenmer's disease at a young age was shrinking and afraid of the next treatment. As a patient of Ossenmer's disease, The most important key is not the professionalism of the medical team, but precisely the degree of cooperation with medical treatment, as well as the determination and belief of not giving up.
Right now it looks like this-
It seemed that he was a little more worried just now.
Howard's expression softened a little, and from the sincere words of the girl in front of him, he could hear it and falsify it, and it did not give birth to the kind of withdrawal that he was most worried about.
only…
The last sentence of the girl's explanation also made the director of the ALS Special Research Center feel a little puzzled:
"Why do you have to go?"
"Then why are you going to London?"
An Xin paused, her eyes drooping slightly:
"I'm going to meet someone."
Howard was stunned.
Immediately, there was an unbelievable look on his face: "Just... see someone? For such a trivial matter, do you need a patient like you to rush over there? If necessary, why can't the other party come over, or, it is necessary to be anxious. Do you have to see me now?"
Yes.
Even if this short-term departure will not have much impact on their entire treatment plan, after all, the girl's Ossenmer's disease is slowly getting worse every day, but anyone who can enter the treatment progress one day earlier Among them, there can be a little more optimism.
Just to meet someone...
does it worth
An Xin could hear such an inquiry from the words of Director Howard in front of him.
But also—
For the young girl, she has almost heard this question from other people more than once in the past so many years, and even she herself has asked herself countless times.
yes.
does it worth
The girl's thoughts seemed to have a slight trance at this moment, and the previous pictures flashed through her mind like a revolving lantern.
In every picture, there seems to be that familiar figure that makes her warm.
And every time she saw that figure, it seemed to have a kind of magic, and she couldn't help but smile.
An Xin smiled slightly.
Um.
No matter how many times you ask, the answer never changes.
is worth it.
Getting the answer from the smile on the girl's face, Howard couldn't help shaking his head again, and finally didn't plan to persuade any more, just asked his last question:
"So, if it's convenient, can I satisfy my curiosity too—"
"What kind of relationship do you have with the person who can make you so willing and insist on seeing him?"
I paused for a moment at this question.
The girl turned her head sideways, as if thinking about the words seriously and hard.
Then she looked at the director of the special research center in front of her and smiled sweetly:
"He-"
"It's my courage."
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The update is sent, this chapter is a bit difficult to write, so it took a little longer. .