Chen Xiao worried that Gou Shunquan and Lin Chenggang had already operated on Chen Qing, causing her further harm. Without hesitation, he left Zhou Wannong behind and burst into the operating room.
He personally closed the operating room door and skillfully turned off the monitors.
"Xiao Chen, actually, Director Lin and I have a thirty percent chance of successfully performing this surgery, but you must give us some benefits."
Under the glare of the surgical lamp, Chen Qing, covered in acupuncture needles, lay on the cold operating table.
Lin Chenggang sat to the side, fiddling with a surgical knife. Including the anesthesiologist, several doctors and nurses were fawning over him, showing no intention of operating on Chen Qing.
Seeing Chen Xiao enter, Lin Chenggang didn't even spare him a glance and spoke directly:
"Chen Xiao, as an adult, you wouldn't be so naive as to think that the face of that slut Zhou Wannong alone could get Director Gou and me to operate for free, would you?"
Sensing the conspiracy brewing between Gou Shunquan and Lin Chenggang, Chen Xiao probed calmly:
"What benefits do the two directors want?"
Pointing to the acupuncture needles in Chen Qing's body with the knife, Lin Chenggang stated bluntly:
"The Sheng Sheng Zao Hua Needle!"
Gou Shunquan pretended to be friendly, tiptoeing to pat Chen Xiao's shoulder, and said with a benevolent smile:
"As long as you teach Director Lin and me the Sheng Sheng Zao Hua Needle, we will not only operate for free but also allow you to be officially hired after your year is up."
Seeing their ugly faces, Chen Xiao shook his head with disdain:
"It's not that I won't teach you, but even if I did, you wouldn't be able to learn it!"
He wasn't lying, because without the profound and mysterious Wordless Golden Formula, even if he wrote down the techniques of the Sheng Sheng Zao Hua Needle verbatim, no one else could achieve even a fraction of its efficacy.
"Hmph!"
Lin Chenggang's face contorted into a ferocious expression, and he threatened viciously:
"Can you bear to watch your mother die without treatment?"
Chen Xiao sneered dismissively, pushed Chen Qing on the mobile bed, and left the operating room, saying without looking back:
"You want to blackmail me with a mere thirty percent chance? The two directors are thicker-skinned than a city wall."
Just then, Zhou Wannong returned with a thick stack of medical records.
Seeing Chen Xiao pushing Chen Qing out of the operating room, she was instantly furious:
"Chen Xiao, are you really determined not to treat your mother?"
Lin Chenggang seized the opportunity to fan the flames:
"Deputy Director Zhou, as soon as you left, this Chen forced us to end the surgery."
Gou Shunquan also feigned heartbreak and maliciously slandered:
"To embezzle property, he's willing to abandon his own mother to die. He's worse than a pig or a dog!"
Chen Xiao was enraged and argued fiercely:
"Deputy Director Zhou, don't listen to these two old dogs barking nonsense. They were the ones who forced me to teach them acupuncture, saying they wouldn't operate on my mother if I refused. Everyone here can testify..."
But before he could finish, a short, plump, melon-like middle-aged nurse suddenly opened her eyes and lied:
"Chen Xiao, are you joking? How could Director Gou and Director Lin ask you, an intern, to teach them acupuncture?"
At the same time, other doctors and nurses, eager to please Gou Shunquan and Lin Chenggang, scrambled to badmouth Chen Xiao:
"So many of us saw you storm into the operating room and curse Director Gou and Director Lin. What more do you have to say for yourself?"
"This Chen is bragging to the heavens. If his acupuncture were truly so amazing that even the two directors wanted to learn it, why couldn't he save his mother?"
Listening to the continuous stream of slander from the doctors and nurses present, Chen Xiao knew that even with a hundred mouths, he couldn't explain himself. He decided to lay his cards on the table:
"My acupuncture can indeed save my mother. If you don't believe me, just check if her injuries have lessened!"
"Pfft... Hahaha... Hahahaha..."
But no one believed him. As his words fell, everyone present, including Gou Shunquan and Lin Chenggang, burst into laughter.
Even Zhou Wannong didn't believe him. She said coldly:
"Chen Xiao, you've truly disappointed me!"
With that, she turned to leave, her disappointed expression like that of a pure maiden whose true love had been betrayed by a scumbag.
Seeing this, Gou Shunquan quickly stopped her:
"Deputy Director Zhou, don't be in such a hurry to leave. Since Chen Xiao said so, why don't we quickly give his mother a CT scan and an ultrasound?"
He had long been annoyed by Zhou Wannong's usual favoritism towards Chen Xiao. Now that he had the chance to humiliate Chen Xiao in front of her, how could he miss it?
Lin Chenggang shook his head with a smirk:
"If acupuncture can clear the blood clot in the patient's skull and also mend broken bones, I'll give my position as Chief Physician to Chen Xiao!"
He was eager to see Chen Xiao embarrassed and quickly made a call to arrange all the necessary examinations for Chen Qing.