He Sha was clearly not expecting Chen Xiao, who was usually timid and cautious, to talk back. Enraged, she gritted her teeth and said,
"The three silver needles you inserted into Miss Qin's head and chest are evidence of your attempted murder! Those are fatal acupoints! How could you perform acupuncture so carelessly?"
Chen Xiao scoffed,
"Don't speak too soon. I suggest you check the patient's vital signs yourself before making such claims."
"Hmph! Fine, I will!"
He Sha snorted coldly and proceeded to examine Qin Kexin.
Soon, after finding that Qin Kexin's pulse, heart rate, body temperature, and all other vital signs were perfectly normal, she was stunned into silence. She murmured in disbelief,
"Acupuncture on fatal acupoints can control ventricular fibrillation? This... this is unscientific!"
Just then, Xu Jingyin returned, pushing a mobile hospital bed, accompanied by several nurses from the inpatient department. She said with great joy,
"Director Qin, hurry and send her to the emergency room upstairs. Deputy Director Zhou will be off surgery soon, and Director Gou said she will be responsible for the resuscitation."
For nearly a year, the "Hong Lou Chun" residential project contracted by Qin Hantang had been plagued by frequent safety accidents. Because of this, he often visited the hospital to see and console injured workers. Naturally, he knew that the Deputy Director Zhou mentioned by Xu Jingyin was the highly skilled Zhou Wannong. He could no longer bother with He Sha. After politely thanking Chen Xiao again, he took Qin Kexin upstairs.
He Sha was unwilling to let Chen Xiao off the hook so easily. After a brief hesitation, she prepared to chase after them upstairs, threatening without looking back,
"Chen, you'd better pray that Director Qin's daughter is successfully rescued. If anything unfortunate happens to her, it will be your fault for performing acupuncture without authorization!"
Xu Jingyin was clearly terrified of He Sha and stood frozen, her head bowed, not daring to move an inch.
Chen Xiao, however, paid no mind to the niceties and unceremoniously stepped forward to block her path, saying,
"Nurse Manager He, regardless of what happens to Director Qin's daughter next, the fact that my acupuncture has temporarily controlled her ventricular fibrillation is an undeniable fact, and you have personally confirmed it. Therefore, I demand an immediate apology!"
He Sha's mouth twisted with anger. She pointed viciously at Chen Xiao's nose and snarled,
"You're just an intern doctor, how dare you expect me to apologize..."
Before she could finish her sentence, she inadvertently noticed that Chen Xiao was wearing a clinical resident's work ID. Her words caught in her throat.
"So an intern doctor doesn't deserve an apology from the nurse manager? Heh."
Chen Xiao, enraged, laughed mockingly and, without hesitation, slapped He Sha's heavily made-up face cleanly.
The onlookers were stunned into silence. Xu Jingyin's mouth formed a perfect 'o' shape again. The large waiting area fell into a deathly hush.
After a long moment, He Sha, her mind reeling, snapped out of her daze. Baring her teeth, she roared,
"You... you dare to hit me?"
"Slap—"
Without a word, Chen Xiao raised his hand and slapped He Sha's other cheek.
"You..."
He Sha's furious gaze gradually turned to panic. She instinctively stumbled backward, blurted out,
"Dr. Chen... Dr. Chen, I... I know I was wrong, please forgive me..."
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Meng Baobao emerge from the examination room. A sudden idea struck her. Disregarding her appearance, she collapsed onto the floor and wailed loudly,
"Dr. Meng, help! Help! The new doctor, Chen Xiao, hit me! Sob... Sob sob sob..."
Meng Baobao, who had been exhausted from treating several injured workers, was covered in sweat, her face pale, and her steps unsteady.
Suddenly seeing He Sha crying and making a scene in the waiting area, where there were very few patients, only added to her headache. She leaned on the triage desk and asked with a frown,
"What's going on?"
Seizing the opportunity, He Sha quickly embellished her accusation,
"Dr. Meng, Chen Xiao violated regulations by performing acupuncture on three fatal acupoints on a patient in the waiting area. I kindly advised him, but he not only refused to listen but also hit me in front of everyone. Nurse Xu and the patients waiting here can all testify!"
As she spoke, she glared at the timid Xu Jingyin, her threat evident.
Meng Baobao's frown deepened.
"I asked where all the waiting patients went!"
"This..."
He Sha was speechless. When she arrived, she had also noticed that there were very few patients in the waiting area, which was unprecedented at the Central Hospital.
After a slight pause, she said with a tone of certainty,
"They must have been scared away by Chen Xiao. He dares to hit me, the nurse manager, let alone the patients seeking medical attention..."
But before she could finish speaking, a weak yet pleasant female voice abruptly rang out:
"That's not true. Dr. Chen not only didn't scare any of the waiting patients, but he also cured them!"
No one would have expected that it was Xu Jingyin who spoke up for Chen Xiao.