No one would have imagined that Chen Xiao would resort to violence at the slightest disagreement, and what's more, he would strike Du Fenghua, someone even Lin Huichun didn't take seriously. Everyone was stunned into silence.
Even Du Shaobin, who often bullied Chen Xiao, was as shocked as a paper tiger, frozen in place, his face filled with terror.
Du Fenghua, who had fallen to the ground, shrieked without any regard for his image:
"Chen Xiao, don't you know I have connections? You dare to hit me, you clearly don't want to stay at Central Hospital anymore..."
Chen Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly, a mocking smile on his face as he interrupted Du Fenghua:
"So you have backing, no wonder you don't even know basic respect for the elderly or women."
He shot a deep glare at Gou Shunquan and Lin Chenggang, then paused and sneered repeatedly:
"But forgive me for saying, since I've chosen to return to work at Central Hospital, it won't be so easy for you trash who rely on others to bully me to drive me away!"
With Du Shaobin's timid assistance, Du Fenghua staggered to his feet, baring his teeth and roaring:
"Barely in his early twenties yet a clinical resident physician, even a fool can see the shadiness behind that. How hard is it for me to control you? Unless you can prove to everyone that your acupuncture can truly prolong life, I'll have you pack your bags and leave before noon!"
Chen Xiao, enraged, laughed back, casually pulling out his silver needles:
"Since things have come to this, it would be inexcusable if I didn't show you something! But listen carefully, if after I prolong Liu Jinya's life for a day, you still can't save him, then you will resign in disgrace and voluntarily leave Central Hospital. Dare to bet?"
From the moment Chen Xiao and his group entered the emergency room, the electrocardiogram monitor connected to Liu Jinya had been beeping incessantly. Lin Chenggang, who was in charge of the resuscitation, was almost ready to give up.
As Chen Xiao's words fell, the electrocardiogram monitor emitted an even more piercing and rapid alarm. The life signs displayed on the screen plummeted like a cliff, quickly approaching an infinitely straight line.
Du Fenghua couldn't help but burst into laughter:
"Enough talk, show me your so-called acupuncture life-prolonging technique. I want to see how you can bring a dead man back to life!"
He had been practicing medicine for decades. Even without thinking, he knew Liu Jinya had at most two minutes before he was completely beyond saving.
Gou Shunfang and Liu Zihao, mother and son, also believed this, crying and throwing themselves onto Liu Jinya, wailing fiercely.
Without a word, Chen Xiao casually inserted a needle into Liu Jinya's Baihui acupoint. The profound and mysterious 'Wordless Golden Formula' in his mind began to operate.
Gou Shunfang immediately bristled like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. With red eyes and a ferocious expression, she forcefully pushed Chen Xiao:
"You brat, my husband is dead, and you're cruelly harming his body with your broken silver needles. Are you a doctor or a devil..."
But before she could finish speaking, the electrocardiogram monitor suddenly showed that Liu Jinya's life signs, which had been approaching the line of death, began to fluctuate like a rocket. In less than two minutes, the "beep beep beep" alarm ceased.
Glaring provocatively at the stunned Du Fenghua, Chen Xiao said calmly:
"As you wished, Liu Jinya's life has been prolonged by one day. Now, I'll see if you can keep him alive within this day."
"This... this... this this this..."
Watching the electrocardiogram monitor magically display Liu Jinya's life signs returning to normal levels, Du Fenghua couldn't even speak clearly, exclaiming in disbelief:
"A single silver needle inserted into the Baihui acupoint can revive a dying person? This... this isn't a malfunction of the electrocardiogram monitor, is it?"
As Chen Xiao withdrew his needle, Lin Huichun had already eagerly examined Liu Jinya himself. Just as Du Fenghua finished speaking, he excitedly declared:
"According to my diagnosis, the patient's vital signs are extremely robust. It is definitely not a malfunction of the electrocardiogram monitor!"
Du Fenghua, of course, refused to believe it. In his subconscious, he always felt that Chen Xiao's exceptional appointment as a clinical resident physician was due to Lin Huichun's private help. Thus, he personally conducted various examinations on Liu Jinya.
But what made him even more incredulous was that before he could even finish his examination, with a groan, Liu Jinya suddenly woke up!
Gou Shunfang burst into tears of joy on the spot, sobbing uncontrollably.
Liu Zihao eagerly asked:
"Dad, why are you so badly injured? Tell me who did this, and I'll tear the murderer to shreds and scatter their ashes!"
"I... I... I..."
Liu Jinya's memory stopped at the moment Chen Xiao had violently knocked him out. His mind was in a mess, his face filled with terror.
His gaze swept over the doctors in white coats around him. A strong sense of unease prevented him from speaking normally.
At one moment, when he unexpectedly saw Chen Xiao in a white coat, he suddenly screamed as if he had seen a ghost:
"Ah—"