Chen Xiao was not foolish; he could naturally discern that Meng Baobao's words, though seemingly accusatory, were filled with concern.
Since joining the Central Hospital, apart from his mentor Zhou Wannong, he finally felt the warmth of human kindness again.
Seeing Meng Baobao stumble, he, having been prepared, quickly stepped forward to support her.
As his fingertips touched Meng Baobao's wrist, the mysterious wordless golden formula in his mind activated. He became even more certain that Meng Baobao's multiple organ lesions were caused by years of overwork. The condition was far more complex than he had initially estimated, and he was instantly alarmed, blurting out:
"Dr. Meng, your condition is very serious. Besides chronic hypoglycemia and gastric atrophy due to irregular meals, you also have various cardiovascular lesions, liver cirrhosis, emphysema, and coronary heart disease caused by frequent late nights. These are over a dozen stubborn diseases that could lead to sudden death at any moment. You must rest and receive treatment immediately."
Meng Baobao's face turned pale with shock, and she exclaimed in disbelief:
"How do you know that?"
As soon as she spoke, she noticed Chen Xiao's hand still on her wrist, and was even more astonished:
"You can accurately diagnose all my ailments just by feeling my pulse? This... this is too outrageous! Are you a rare genius heir from a medical family?"
Supporting Meng Baobao to sit back down, Chen Xiao took out sterilized silver needles from his person and introduced himself:
"Dr. Meng should have heard of Ji Shi Tang, right? My mother is Chen Qing of Ji Shi Tang, and my maternal grandfather was the late Chen Ji Shi."
"The Chen family?"
Meng Baobao visibly faltered. As far as she knew, while Chen Ji Shi had been a renowned TCM master in Ju Xian City during his lifetime, and Chen Qing's TCM skills were also quite famous, the Chen family was far from a medical dynasty, especially since Chen Ji Shi's passing. They couldn't even compare to the Lin Huichun family, the former dean's family.
She mused that unless Chen Xiao was an exceptionally rare medical prodigy, self-taught and having mastered and expanded upon the Chen family's TCM, then there must be a peerless medical king behind him imparting his skills.
Moreover, she leaned towards the latter possibility.
While she was lost in thought, she noticed Chen Xiao had prepared six silver needles and felt a surge of curiosity:
"Xiao Chen, are you going to give me acupuncture? Cough, cough..."
Chen Xiao nodded slightly, signaling Meng Baobao to place her hands on the examination table:
"Your illnesses are mainly concentrated in your internal organs. Fortunately, my family's secret acupuncture technique, 'Six Pulse Divine Needle,' has excellent efficacy for various lesions of the internal organs. Conservatively estimated, with the cooperation of medicinal dietary therapy, you can recover within half a year at most."
As he spoke, he carefully lifted a needle to prick an acupoint near Meng Baobao's thumbnail. The mysterious wordless golden formula in his mind swiftly operated.
As the saying goes, "fingers connect to the heart." Seeing Chen Xiao about to needle the edge of her fingernail, Meng Baobao was instantly terrified:
"You... are you going to needle the Shaoshang acupoint? This acupoint is densely packed with capillaries and pain nerves. Even slight acupuncture will cause unbearable pain and bleeding. Acupuncturists generally dare not needle it casually... Hiss..."
Before she could finish speaking, Meng Baobao watched as the silver needle in Chen Xiao's fingertip pierced the edge of her fingernail. She instinctively gasped.
But to her disbelief, when she came to her senses, she clearly found that the needled Shaoshang acupoint was not bleeding, nor did she feel any pain. It was as miraculous as magic.
As this was his first time using the Six Pulse Divine Needle, Chen Xiao was extremely cautious, his eyes fixed, his breath held, his entire focus on the silver needle in his hand and the acupoint on Meng Baobao's fingertip. Only after the successful Shaoshang needle did he say:
"The effect of this needle is to clear the lungs, benefit the throat, open the orifices, and awaken the spirit. Your cough symptoms should be relieved soon. Next, I will needle the Shangyang acupoint on your index finger..."
He explained as he needled, and soon, silver needles were inserted into the fingertips of Meng Baobao's right hand's five fingers and her left pinky.
Meng Baobao clearly felt waves of warmth flowing towards her internal organs from the six needled acupoints. Not only did her cough stop, but her stomach pain also disappeared. It felt as if an invisible burden that had been suffocating her for years had suddenly been lifted.
"This... this is too miraculous!"
In her astonishment, Meng Baobao eagerly urged Chen Xiao:
"Dr. Chen, what ingredients are needed for the medicinal diet therapy? I'll go prepare them now."
As a workaholic, she rarely took leave. However, to witness Chen Xiao's medical skills, she intended to make an exception this time.
Like the Yin Yang Ghost Hand, the Six Pulse Divine Needle also consumed a great deal of physical strength, equivalent to Chen Xiao transferring his own stamina to Meng Baobao's internal organs through the silver needles.
Secretly wiping a bead of sweat from his palm, he said with a wry smile:
"Dr. Meng, please arrange for me to start working first. As for the medicinal diet, you can just order takeout."
Meng Baobao was speechless, utterly stunned:
"You can order medicinal diets through takeout?"