Months of continuous global upheaval, intense cooperative negotiations, and exhausting efforts on complex cases, like a continuously pressurized furnace, have forged the team's resilience, yet consumed them greatly.
Everyone had some degree of fatigue on their faces. Even the usually energetic Zhang Lin couldn't help but down two cups of strong coffee in the break room after hosting a delegation from a certain Middle Eastern country's medical team. Rubbing his temples, he smiled wryly at Tang Shun, "It feels like my brain's been emptied. Now, hearing words like 'system,' 'regulation,' and 'cooperation' triggers a conditioned reflex."
Tang Shun deeply empathized. Not only did he have to handle the increasingly heavy international academic coordination at the institute, but also shared part of Ruixing Medical's work in technical alignment, while dealing with his wife Li Yingtong's sporadic "prenatal anxiety" as her due date approached.
