LRAB Chapter 1 Rebirth, Getting a Feast from a Rich Woman
Chapter 1 Rebirth, Getting a Feast from a Rich Woman
"Holy crap..."
Chen Yisen forced open his eyes despite the severe headache and tried to push away the heavy object pressing on him.
His last memories were somewhat hazy, but he vaguely felt that he had taken a hit from a loitering munition or an FPV.
"How can I survive this? Am I some kind of superhero of the Republic?"
But as soon as he exerted force with his arms, he felt an unexpected warmth and smoothness in his palms.
It doesn't feel like building ruins or vehicle wreckage.
"What the hell...?"
Chen Yisen's complaints came to an abrupt end as his eyesight returned.
Because he realized that the person he had just pushed away was a woman.
And I am lying on top of the other person in the "brain pad wave" position.
A blue non-woven surgical cap floated to the ground as she moved, and golden hair fell in all directions, revealing her delicate and fair face.
Her slender swan neck was exposed above the collar of her beige shirt, and the blush on her neck had not yet completely faded.
Only one button was fastened, but it happened to be right in the center of the chest. Under extreme tension, the buttonhole was almost torn open, making one worry that it might burst open at any moment.
She wore a white lab coat that clashed with her surroundings; although it was loose and somewhat bulky, it still couldn't hide her full and mature waistline.
"A doctor? Or a foreigner?"
Based on the surgical cap that had just fallen off, Chen Yisen made a subconscious judgment.
But the gaze continued downwards...
The two people were sharing the same blanket.
"No..." He realized that this body had a pale complexion and no scars on its chest, so it was definitely not the original him.
That is... soul transmigration?
For someone born on the eve of the 21st century, this brain circuit is not difficult to open.
As for the original owner of the body... he was probably playing doctor and patient cosplay.
He immediately went into a coma.
At the same time, fragments of memories also flooded into Chen Yisen's mind.
This is Westchester County, New York.
More specifically, it was in a suite at the Hudson-Tareton Estate Hotel.
But he... or rather, the original owner of this body, doesn't work here.
Instead, they came to the nearby Hudson Biovalley to test the drug.
I just received my last injection a few hours ago.
This made Chen Yisen roll his eyes.
You're so poor you're even doing drug trials, yet you still find time to have some fun with women.
"Hmm~"
Before Chen Yisen could continue processing his memories, the woman beside him woke up and let out a sickening moan.
"It's already 7 o'clock... how come it's so fast?"
She glanced at her watch, muttered something with a hint of regret, then pushed back the blanket, bent down to pick up the scattered underwear and jeans beside her, and said as she put them on:
"I have to go to work. You just finished the drug trial and need to rest. You can sleep a little longer... I've been paying for the room, so you don't need to worry about it."
The tone, the content...
Although Chen Yisen's mind was still in a mess, he realized that it was probably not the original owner who had a good time with this woman, but rather the rich young woman in front of him who had a good time with the original owner.
The woman had already quickly put on her pants and stood up from the bed.
Chen Yisen then noticed that the other person's hips were much higher than the tabletop, and his long legs were incredibly proportionate, making him probably 1.8 meters tall.
It was a big vehicle.
"By the way, the hotel restaurant is on the 3rd floor, you can go there for dinner."
Upon hearing the word "dinner," Chen Yisen realized that no light was coming through the gap in the curtains.
He asked almost instinctively, "You start work at seven in the evening?"
"There's no way around it, the data from your drug trial hasn't been processed yet, we'll have to work through the night." The woman took off her white coat, buttoned her shirt, hesitated for a moment, then took a business card from her handbag and placed it on the bedside table. "If you need anything in the future... whether it's for drug trials or anything else, feel free to contact me."
After saying that, he left the room without looking back, leaving Chen Yisen with only a capable back view.
"Did I get used and then dumped?" Chen Yisen looked at the doorway, feeling a bit strange.
But then I thought, the other party seems to have left their contact information, so that doesn't quite count...
He rubbed his head, which felt like it was about to split open, as he picked up the business card.
Hudson Biovalley - Whitmore Center for Biological Sciences.
Senior Researcher, Polina Brittany.
New memories gradually took shape in Chen Yisen's mind.
The original owner of this body was a Chinese-American doctor.
Because he was so desperately poor, he came here to test the drug and then hit it off with Polina, who was in charge of the test data.
He sighed and picked up his phone from the bedside table.
A face with black hair, blue eyes, and sharp features was reflected on the screen.
It is masculine, but not overly rugged.
It is exquisite, yet not overly feminine.
Looking at the unfamiliar face before him, Chen Yisen understood immediately.
With this level of modeling, it's no wonder Polina couldn't resist.
But the slight smugness was completely dispelled the next second by the automatically unlocked screen.
Two short messages are displayed at the top and bottom of the notification bar:
【您尾号7742的帐户于2030年7月16日收到款项3，500，交易后余额3730.59】
[Nelnet Automatic Deduction: $3,687.33 (including a late fee of $360) for this month's student loan has been deducted from your account ending in 7742. Your remaining balance is $43.26. The current principal due is $285,273.19, with an interest rate of 6.840%. You need to call to apply to suspend payments or change your repayment plan, but interest will still accrue daily.]
"what?"
Chen Yisen's expression froze on his face.
"Take away the young master?"
He opened the second text message, read it carefully, and made sure he hadn't misunderstood.
"No way, you guys dare to charge nearly 7% interest on student loans? I'm so pissed off..."
Chen Yisen's cursing was only halfway through when the screen, which had just dimmed, lit up again.
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"..."
A few seconds later, he finally managed to utter the last word he had been holding back:
"mom……"
But his voice was already weak and feeble.
Unfortunately, Chen Yisen, as a seedling raised in the greenhouse of the East, although he knew roughly what the United States was like in the past, was really not psychologically prepared to face the iron fist of capitalism.
That 6.84% interest rate was only possible because I studied medicine and had excellent grades.
The average person gets around 9%, while the Parent Plus plan can even reach double digits.
In addition, my car insurance expires on Friday, I have to pay rent next week, and I only have fifteen days left to eat this month...
The remaining forty-odd dollars in the account were not enough to fill up the nearly empty gas tank.
How did I, the original owner of this body, manage to get to this point, given that I belong to one of the two most prestigious professions in America?
Chen Yisen tossed his phone aside and thoroughly reviewed the memories in his mind.
She is 28 years old and works as a doctor.
The white man's father and the woman's mother both ran away within a few years.
I was hungry for nine meals in three days as a child, and I was often hit with a small steel rod.
Fortunately, he had a great talent for learning and a cousin who occasionally helped him out. He managed to graduate from NYU three years ago with a MD (4-year program, or 4+4). Then, through the "Resident Matching Program," he was matched with the Department of Internal Medicine at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, which has a 300-year history, and began his residency training.
Everything seemed to be going very smoothly.
Until six months ago, while consulting for a musical actress suffering from recurrent polychondritis with acute laryngotracheal involvement, he proposed an early combination therapy based on a dual cytokine blocking mechanism.
The new regimen involves off-label use of both tocilizumab and tofacitinib, but patients do not need to endure the high-dose prednisone pulses of traditional treatment, and can completely avoid side effects such as central obesity, worsening hoarseness, and tracheal structural softening.
For a Broadway actress who had only recently entered the industry, this was undoubtedly a lifesaver.
Academic journals often appreciate stories like this.
Furthermore, the application of JAK inhibitors in autoinflammatory diseases aligns with current medical trends.
With a little design, it's enough to publish a paper with a decent impact factor, and even challenge the New England Journal of Medicine.
Chen Yisen indeed completed the paper "Application of JAK Inhibitor Combined with IL-6 Blockade in Recurrent Polychondritis" at the fastest speed.
However, before submitting the manuscript, she was asked to change the first author to Natalia Lynch.
That is, the senior doctor in charge of his hospitalization training.
It's important to know that internal medicine residency programs only last three years.
For Chen Yisen, who has already entered the final stage of PGY-3, such a paper is definitely a chance to change his fate.
He did not choose to back down.
However, a mere resident doctor is clearly no match for the powerful in this matter.
At first, we reasoned with them.
"Ethan, according to regulations, any unconventional treatment involving off-label medication must be approved by the attending physician, so Natalia is indeed the person primarily responsible..."
Then, appeal to emotions.
"You know, Ethan, Dr. Lynch is at a crucial stage in her academic evaluation. If successful, she'll become the deputy director of the department in her early thirties, and as her resident physician, you'll certainly benefit from that..."
Then came the threats.
"Chen, don't forget your training isn't over yet. Dr. Lynch's evaluation will directly affect your chances of entering specialist training later..."
"..."
In fact, by this point, the original owner's will was no longer as firm as it had been at the beginning.
If this drags on for a few more days, they will most likely have to back down.
But Natalia herself confronted him at the most crucial moment.
"Ethan, you're right that the hospital wouldn't risk revising consultation minutes for the sake of a paper... but they also wouldn't allow a person of Asian descent, a person of Chinese descent, to stand in the spotlight."
If this statement were directed at an African American or Latino woman, it would be enough to ruin her reputation and prevent her from ever recovering.
But Chinese people, especially mixed-race Chinese people, and even mixed-race Chinese men...
Even if they did record it, no one would care.
This is one of the reasons why Natalia dares to act so recklessly.
As she said this, she placed her hands on the armrests of the chair and lowered her body.
A few strands of reddish-brown hair fell in front of Chen Yisen's nose, only to be blown away by her breath.
Two snow-white mochi shapes were clearly visible through the half-open neckline.
"So give me the first author, and you take the second author; that's the best win-win situation." Natalia chuckled as she looked at Chen Yisen, whose eyes were darting around in amusement. Then she stood up again. "Or, after your residency training is over, you'll be dumped at some clinic in the Bronx... like a rag."
"You can try it then, see if you can find a vocational training opportunity with this first-hand work..."
A condescending, blatant threat.
In theory, as long as one passes the third stage of the USMLE exam and completes residency training, one can become an attending physician and possess the legally required independent practice qualification.
However, in practice, to succeed in any major hospital, one still needs to complete a series of continuing education programs in subspecialties.
Taking the internal medicine department where Chen Yisen works as an example, students can choose cardiology, gastroenterology, oncology, endocrinology, etc., and the time frame is still 3 years.
If this process is missing, then the ceiling of one's life will be clearly visible.
So perhaps Natalia is right.
Taking a step back is a win-win choice.
However, her utterly contemptuous and flippant attitude stirred up the rebellious psychology that had been dormant in the original owner for more than twenty years.
There may also be backlash from the collapse of the image of some professional leaders.
In short, the original owner, who had spent most of his life being timid and submissive, chose to fight to the end.
The result was not surprising at all.
With a decent first-author paper, he was assigned to a public community clinic under Gotham Health in Morissania, where he became a primary care physician.