The sharp-eyed Liang Jiayi had long noticed the empty glucose bottle and disposable syringe packaging next to Chen Xiao. She immediately pushed Chen Xiao aside in a panic and choked back tears as she advised patient Aunt Zhang:
"Mom, I know you transferred hospitals behind my back because you're worried about money, and I can guess you're pretending not to be in pain, but glucose injections costing a few cents each have no anti-cancer effect whatsoever. If you stay at Central Hospital, you'll just be fleeced by these unscrupulous doctors."
As she spoke, she abruptly pulled out her work ID from her pocket and showed it to Chen Xiao, her voice filled with indignation:
"Acupuncture for pain relief? Glucose for cancer treatment? Is this the medical standard at Central Hospital? You can fool my mother, but you can't fool me! Discharge! I demand an immediate discharge! Otherwise, I'll sue you to death!"
From the beginning, doctors and nurses like Feng Daxing and Hu Yun didn't believe in Chen Xiao's medical skills. After Liang Jiayi's accusation, they all assumed that Aunt Zhang's sudden lack of pain was not due to Chen Xiao's acupuncture, but because she was enduring it. They were instantly terrified, their limbs going weak and their hearts pounding.
Hu Yun, in particular, nervously and subserviently said:
"Miss Liang... Miss Liang, please calm down. I... I'll process the discharge procedures for you right away..."
Chen Xiao calmly glanced at Liang Jiayi's work ID, slightly raised his hand to interrupt Hu Yun, and unhurriedly said:
"Liang Jiayi, an intern in the Neonatal Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenwu Medical University? You seem to be a colleague of Huixian? What a coincidence!"
"I'm not here to make friends with you..."
Liang Jiayi was so angry her lungs felt like they would explode. As soon as she spoke, she couldn't help but look Chen Xiao up and down with surprise and suspicion. Unconsciously, she was attracted by Chen Xiao's tall, slender, and handsome appearance, and her tone softened slightly:
"You know Huixian?"
"I have no interest in making friends with you!"
Chen Xiao didn't even look directly at Liang Jiayi and continued unhurriedly:
"Dr. Liang, as a patient's family member, you naturally have the right to decide whether to discharge or not. But if you insist on discharging Aunt Zhang, I will have no obligation to treat her further. To be frank, given her current condition, if she misses my treatment, she will only live for another month at most."
Aunt Zhang immediately became anxious. Regardless of whether Chen Xiao could truly cure her, at least Chen Xiao's acupuncture had relieved her suffering from pain.
"Dr. Chen, please ignore my daughter's attitude. I'd rather die at Central Hospital than leave!"
Fearing that Liang Jiayi would continue to trouble Chen Xiao, she immediately pointed at Liang Jiayi and criticized her:
"Jiayi, Dr. Chen's traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture is truly miraculous. I genuinely feel no pain at all. Didn't the experts and professors at your Provincial Medical University's First Affiliated Hospital also say I only had a month to live? It's death either way, why can't I choose to die peacefully before I do?"
Noticing that Aunt Zhang's expression did not seem like she was enduring pain, Liang Jiayi, who had gradually calmed down, couldn't help but secretly examine the seventeen silver needles Chen Xiao had inserted into Aunt Zhang's abdomen. However, she couldn't discern the extraordinary nature of the "Nine Palaces Bagua Longevity Needles" at all. So, she secretly pondered in her heart:
"Medicine is full of unknowns. Perhaps this young man, who looks younger than me, has coincidentally alleviated my mother's pain. And injecting glucose wouldn't worsen my mother's condition. Let's just go with it!"
Having made up her mind, she nodded slightly to Chen Xiao and apologized:
"Dr. Chen, I was just worried, please forgive my rudeness earlier."
Chen Xiao was eager to witness if the glucose, enhanced by the "Wordless Golden Formula," could truly fight cancer. He didn't bother to argue further with Liang Jiayi. After a slight nod, he injected Aunt Zhang, and the mysterious "Wordless Golden Formula" in his mind once again operated as he willed.
Although Aunt Zhang had been mentally prepared, the indescribable, terrifying pain Chen Xiao's needle injection caused still made her unable to suppress a piercing scream:
"Ah—"
At the same time, her sanity collapsing, she instinctively struggled.
Chen Xiao made a decisive move and quickly urged Feng Daxing, Hu Yun, and the others by his side:
"Help me hold down the patient immediately!"
Feng Daxing and the others exchanged glances, already terrified, and stood frozen, unable to move.
Liang Jiayi clearly hadn't expected such a terrifying commotion from Aunt Zhang getting an injection. Her first reaction was that Chen Xiao was not injecting glucose at all. Shocked and angry, she moved to push Chen Xiao away again.
At the critical moment, Chen Xiao quickly blocked Liang Jiayi with his arm and, while doing so, held down Aunt Zhang. With his other hand, he rapidly pushed the disposable syringe.
Liang Jiayi completely lost her temper and swung her hand to slap Chen Xiao:
"Bastard! What exactly did you inject into my mother? Do you want to kill her? Stop it!"
Chen Xiao reacted quickly, narrowly managing to complete the injection before quickly grabbing Liang Jiayi's fair and delicate wrist and saying in a deep voice:
"Bitch, which eye of yours saw me harming your mother?"