Because of the miraculous healing effects of the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Everlasting Needle, the Pure Bone Setting Technique, and various secret medicinal herbs, Chen Qing, even though a well-known old Chinese medicine practitioner in the vicinity, had severely underestimated the extent of his injuries:
"I know my own body best. I didn't even go to the hospital, so how serious can my injuries be? I'll probably be able to get out of bed in a few days. If you're still worried, I'll call your aunt right now to come and take care of you for a while."
Speak of the devil, and in they walk.
As soon as Chen Qing finished speaking, his eldest aunt, Yang Pinru, with her golden wavy hair, and his second aunt, Wang Xiaoxia, heavily made up, suddenly entered.
Glaring venomously at Chen Xiao, Yang Pinru said to Chen Qing in a sarcastic tone:
"Little sister, my own son needs care in the hospital, so how can I possibly have time to take care of you? You'd better find someone else!"
Chen Qing was slightly moved, his face full of concern:
"Eldest sister-in-law, is Mingxing hospitalized? Is he sick or injured? Is it serious?"
Yang Pinru glared at Chen Xiao with even more venom, gritting her teeth:
"Severe concussion, accompanied by near-fatal cerebral hemorrhage. He was resuscitated for an entire night before he barely regained consciousness. Do you think it's serious?"
"Hmph!"
The short second aunt, Wang Xiaoxia, interjected indignantly:
"Little sister, Chen Xiao actually laid such a heavy hand on his own cousin. His ferocious nature is truly outrageous. This time, you absolutely cannot indulge him anymore!"
Chen Xiao, unable to contain his anger, retorted in a deep voice:
"If it wasn't for the so-called cousin's family secretly deceiving me and forcibly discharging me from the hospital, nearly causing my mother's death, and then violently beating me..."
Wang Xiaoxia didn't listen to Chen Xiao's explanation at all and impatiently interrupted him:
"Nonsense! Your mother is alive and well, how could she have nearly died? And you say you were beaten, why don't I see any injuries on you?"
With Wang Xiaoxia's backing, Yang Pinru became even more arrogant:
"Little sister, I'm not here today to listen to your illegitimate son's excuses, but to demand medical expenses and compensation. If you don't pay, I'll call the police!"
As if she could already see Chen Qing begging her to spare Chen Xiao, Yang Pinru eagerly held up two fingers as soon as she finished speaking:
"At least two hundred thousand!"
Wang Xiaoxia, who loved to stir up trouble, said sinisterly:
"Concussion and cerebral hemorrhage are very serious. Two hundred thousand isn't enough, is it? At least five hundred thousand..."
Upon learning that Chen Mingxing had been injured by Chen Xiao, Chen Qing's expression grew colder. Seeing Yang Pinru and Wang Xiaoxia working together to make outrageous demands, and their words becoming more and more excessive, she could no longer tolerate it. She suddenly interrupted Wang Xiaoxia with a cold voice:
"Let's not even mention that I always favor my own kin over justice. Whoever dares to bully my son, I will repay them a hundredfold! Moreover, the fact that you could force my son to resort to violence shows how much you must have bullied him during my car accident and coma!"
Looking at Chen Xiao with heartache, Chen Qing's tone became even more resolute:
"So, if he hit them, he hit them. I will not pay a single cent for their medical expenses! If you dare to call the police and affect my son's internship doctor clinical skills competition tomorrow, don't blame me for completely falling out with you!"
"Little sister, you..."
Yang Pinru was clearly taken aback by Chen Qing's unreasonable protectiveness of her son and was momentarily speechless.
After all, her family received a substantial dividend from Jishitang every month. If she truly pushed Chen Qing to the point of a complete falling out, she would suffer more losses than gains.
However, Wang Xiaoxia showed no signs of backing down and said with a half-smile:
"Little sister, I advise you to stop dreaming that Chen Xiao can participate in the Central Hospital's internship doctor clinical skills competition, and don't even fantasize about him being able to get a permanent position through this competition, because he was fired yesterday and will never be able to practice medicine in this lifetime!"
Introduced by Chen Qing, Wang Xiaoxia had been working in the Central Hospital's cafeteria for several years and was now the head chef of the first cafeteria. Naturally, she had heard about Chen Xiao being fired.
"What?"
Chen Qing was struck by lightning and almost fainted. However, due to her unconditional trust in Chen Xiao, she only paused for a moment before questioning Chen Xiao in an extremely indignant tone:
"Why were you fired for no reason? Were you framed by your superior or harmed by a colleague? Hmph! Prepare a stretcher for me immediately, I will personally go to the hospital to question your Director Bai!"
Before the bitter-faced Chen Xiao could speak, Wang Xiaoxia preempted him and began to speak volubly:
"Little sister, you won't believe it even if I tell you. Your good son actually sent mass messages to harass female colleagues! Not only that, but he also severely interfered with the chief physician's rescue of a patient, and then stabbed a resident doctor surnamed Liu with a knife. It is said that he even offended the Ye family. Such numerous crimes are simply too numerous to list! Let alone that you and Director Bai are just university classmates, even if you were Director Bai's mother, you wouldn't be able to change the decision to fire Chen Xiao..."
"You're talking nonsense!"
Chen Qing was furious and interrupted Wang Xiaoxia without any politeness, her tone decisive:
"My son is definitely being framed! If they don't revoke his dismissal, I'm not surnamed Chen!"