[249] She, the rookie, pretends to be ignorant.

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The purpose of the retractor is to spread the muscles apart to expose the surgical field, and doing so inevitably affects the activity of other tissues within the abdominal cavity. Tighten the muscles a bit here, relax them there to press down to low positions, press to stop the bleeding, and see if the blood can be directed towards the suction tip.

This idea came to her naturally the moment she stepped up to the operating table and grasped the retractor. She had never handled a retractor before, and indeed, no one had ever taught her to do so.

Xie Wanying wasn't sure why her brain reacted so quickly. All she knew was that she had to do a good job with the retractor. As for how Teacher Tan was looking at her, she didn't have time to care.

This "greenhorn" was pretending to know nothing? Tan Kelin took another glance from the corner of his eye, beneath his surgical magnifying glasses.