Time ticked by, one minute and one second at a time, and chess games were played one after another.
However, even though the patient enjoyed playing chess, he became less talkative after the third game.
Li Liwei quickly glanced at Liu Banxia, reminding him.
"I forgot to ask, what do you do for a living?" Liu Banxia asked.
"I'm an accountant; I don't really do much else. It gets very stressful at the end of the month—extremely stressful," the patient replied.
"Accounting is precise work; I could never do it," Liu Banxia stated.
"Let me tell you, these days it's mostly mobile payments. I've even lost my own money in the past because I couldn't keep the amounts straight."
"Dr. Liu, how much longer?" the patient asked abruptly.
"Not much longer. It has been over three hours now, and we're in the final stages," Liu Banxia quickly responded.
Chen Xuehai frowned. He knew the patient was finding it hard to bear. The actual surgery time, up to this point, was just over two hours.
