As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Fei cast a lecherous glance at Xu Jingyin, eagerly awaiting her to make a move towards him.
However, to his humiliation, Xu Jingyin not only ignored him but was completely focused on Chen Xiao, not even sparing him a glance.
This fueled his jealousy towards Chen Xiao, and he couldn't help but curse viciously:
"You bastard, born of a mother but without a father, can't you hear me talking to you?"
Chen Xiao had been insulted repeatedly, and even someone made of clay couldn't stand it. Moreover, when diagnosing patients using the Wu Zi Jin Fang, he disliked being disturbed. Coupled with Chen Mingxi's severe illness, his mood was already foul. As soon as Gao Fei finished his insult, he looked up abruptly and roared:
"Get out! One more word and I'll smash your mouth!"
Chen Mingxi was clearly surprised by her usually timid cousin's sudden assertiveness, and she stared in astonishment.
"You... what did you say?"
Gao Fei was also stunned. After a long pause, he said furiously:
"Chen, do you really think you can hold your head high just because you got into the Central Hospital? In my eyes, you've always been a good-for-nothing except for your looks! You want to smash my mouth, huh? Come on! Come, come, come! I'll stand here and let you hit me. If you don't dare, you're a coward, damn it!"
As he spoke, he provocatively stretched his neck towards Chen Xiao, his face full of arrogance and malice.
Fearing that Gao Fei would lash out and hit Chen Xiao, Chen Mingxi, ignoring her abdominal pain, instinctively shielded Chen Xiao behind her and urged Gao Fei nervously:
"You should leave quickly, or don't blame me for turning hostile!"
She paused, then quickly turned her head and whispered to Chen Xiao:
"Brother, don't be angry. I know you don't like Gao Fei, and I don't like him either. It was my mother... my mother who brought him here without my knowledge. I'll send him away now, okay?"
In her haste, Chen Mingxi deliberately lowered her voice, but Gao Fei still managed to hear most of it. Enraged, his tone became even more arrogant:
"Bah! As expected, you're just a coward who hides behind women. I told you to stand still and let me hit you, why aren't you doing it..."
Before he could finish, Gao Fei suddenly froze, his face filled with undisguised terror. He clearly saw Chen Xiao, who had been sitting at the examination table taking Chen Mingxi's pulse a moment ago, suddenly appear before him like a ghost, his speed unbelievably fast.
"Slap!"
The next second, accompanied by a crisp slap, Gao Fei was sent reeling, his mind blank, blood flowing from his mouth, and a front tooth knocked out by Chen Xiao's incredibly sharp palm.
"This..."
Chen Mingxi was speechless, utterly dumbfounded. She couldn't fathom how Chen Xiao, who had been standing at the examination table just a moment ago, whom she was closely protecting, had suddenly slapped Gao Fei.
Xu Jingyin seemed unfazed. She quietly closed the door. After working with Chen Xiao for a few days, she had lost count of how many times she had closed the door during work hours.
Seeing Xu Jingyin's practiced move, Chen Xiao couldn't help but laugh and cry:
"Nurse Xu, you've closed the door. How is this noisy and unsightly nuisance going to get lost?"
Xu Jingyin said nervously:
"It won't look good if the waiting patients outside see you being violent. You should call your relative to take him away on the grounds of a mentally ill patient causing trouble!"
"Actually, Director Luo isn't really my relative..."
Chen Xiao instinctively started to explain, but then he thought Xu Jingyin might not believe him, so he shook his head and changed his tune:
"Since you've said so, please call the security department for me!"
"Okay."
Xu Jingyin, whose mind was as pure as a blank sheet of paper, nodded obediently and indeed used the office phone to call the security department:
"Hello! Security department? We have a mentally ill patient in examination room number eight causing a serious disturbance again. Please send Director Luo over to handle it quickly!"
"You... you guys..."
Gao Fei finally managed to recover from the shock of being slapped by Chen Xiao. His face turned black with anger. He grabbed the stool behind him and lunged viciously at Chen Xiao:
"Chen, you've gotten quite capable in a few months! Not only do you dare to hit me, but you're also slandering me as a mentally ill patient? Watch me beat you to death!"
"Ah! No..."
Chen Mingxi cried out in alarm and rushed forward instinctively, clearly intending to protect Chen Xiao.
However, before her words could even fall, Chen Xiao effortlessly snatched the stool that Gao Fei had swung over his head.
The next second, with a dull thud, the plastic stool smashed hard onto Gao Fei's forehead, instantly shattering into several pieces.
"Ah—"
Gao Fei cried out in pain like a pig being slaughtered, clutching his bloody head and retreating in panic towards the corner of the wall.
Although he didn't understand why he was so powerless against Chen Xiao, he was clearly terrified. Without a second thought, he fumbled for his phone and called Meng Baobao:
"Auntie... Auntie, help... help me, I... I was beaten by Chen Xiao, the doctor on duty in examination room number eight next to you, sob..."
Fearing that Meng Baobao wouldn't come, he even cried out loudly into the phone without any regard for his image. After all, he knew very well that Meng Baobao was a workaholic who only cared about treating patients. If he didn't try his best to elicit sympathy, Meng Baobao might not come.
On the other end of the line, Meng Baobao was extremely busy. She originally had no intention of bothering with Gao Fei, but when it concerned Chen Xiao, she immediately became agitated. Without a second thought, she rushed to examination room number eight, bursting through the closed door with a bang.
"Auntie!"
Gao Fei's eyes lit up when he saw Meng Baobao, dressed in a white coat, arrive so quickly. He then glared fiercely at Chen Xiao, baring his teeth and shouting:
"Chen, as a doctor on duty, you actually assaulted me, a patient's family member, in public. This is too rampant! If you don't want to be kicked out of the outpatient department by my aunt, get on your knees and beg for forgiveness immediately..."
Gao Fei knew very well that although Meng Baobao was a clinical associate chief physician without any personnel appointment or removal power, the entire emergency department outpatient clinic was under Meng Baobao's control; even the dean wouldn't dare to interfere. If Meng Baobao didn't accept Chen Xiao, Chen Xiao wouldn't be able to stay in the outpatient department.
However, before Gao Fei could finish speaking, Meng Baobao had already rushed to Chen Xiao's side and was examining him from head to toe, saying with great concern:
"Dr. Chen... are you... are you injured?"
Since Chen Xiao took up his post as the doctor on duty in examination room number eight of the outpatient department, although he caused a great commotion every day, Meng Baobao had always turned a blind eye. The main reason was that Chen Xiao's medical skills were too extraordinary, so extraordinary that even Meng Baobao was his patient—
A few days ago, with just one acupuncture session and a takeout meal from "Zhe Gu Tian," the "Dragon Liver Phoenix Marrow Soup," he had greatly alleviated the chronic ailments that had plagued Meng Baobao for many years.
To Meng Baobao, whose mind was filled only with treating illnesses, Chen Xiao was not only her savior but also the hope for the development of medicine.
It was no wonder that even though she saw Gao Fei bleeding from his head, she was more concerned about whether Chen Xiao was injured.
Chen Xiao was somewhat surprised by Meng Baobao's concern for him and couldn't help but flash a sunny smile:
"Thank you for your concern, Dr. Meng. I'm fine."
Although he was angry with Gao Fei, he couldn't bear to make things difficult for Meng Baobao. As he spoke, he quickly called Luo Qingping and asked him not to send security guards.
Meng Baobao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. While Chen Xiao was calling Luo Qingping, she angrily questioned Gao Fei:
"What exactly happened? Who allowed you to trouble Dr. Chen?"
"I..."
Gao Fei was speechless, his face a picture of utter disbelief. He couldn't fathom whether Meng Baobao was his aunt or Chen Xiao's. After stammering for a while, he reluctantly said:
"Auntie, I actually brought Mingxi here to see you. Even the large hospitals in Mingzhu City couldn't diagnose her illness, so Aunt Xiaoxia asked me to bring her to you. But Chen Xiao didn't know his limits and insisted on wasting time examining her. I got angry..."
Chen Mingxi interrupted Gao Fei indignantly:
"I asked Dr. Chen to examine me myself! He's my cousin! Is there anything wrong with me seeing him when I'm sick? Hiss..."
As soon as she spoke, a sharp abdominal pain made Chen Mingxi gasp, and her face turned even paler.
Meng Baobao, whose mind was filled only with treating illnesses, noticed Chen Mingxi's pale face and, without hesitation, began a preliminary examination. She took her pulse, felt her abdomen, and asked questions, becoming more and more engrossed and absorbed.
However, even with her excellent medical skills, she couldn't compare to Chen Xiao's Wu Zi Jin Fang. Without medical examination equipment, she couldn't determine the cause of Chen Mingxi's abdominal pain. Moreover, even with all the emergency measures, she couldn't alleviate Chen Mingxi's pain. Gradually, she was at a loss and hesitantly said to Chen Xiao in a pleading tone:
"Dr. Chen, your cousin's abdominal pain is indeed rare. How about we do an ultrasound first?"
Like Meng Baobao, Chen Xiao was also solely focused on treating illnesses. Without considering that Meng Baobao was his senior, he shook his head without hesitation:
"Our hospital's ultrasound will definitely not be able to detect it, otherwise, the hospitals in Mingzhu City wouldn't be helpless. I'll give her a massage to relieve the pain first!"
Beside them, Gao Fei almost burst out laughing on the spot, saying with contempt:
"Chen Xiao, you're quite the braggart. My aunt's unique massage technique for relieving abdominal pain is famous far and wide. Otherwise, she wouldn't have so many patients with stomachaches queuing up to see her every day. If even she can't relieve Mingxi's abdominal pain, what makes you think you can?"
Meng Baobao didn't say a word. She raised her hand and slapped Gao Fei across the face, then eagerly nodded at Chen Xiao:
"Dr. Chen is right. I was just too anxious."
Chen Mingxi clearly didn't believe Chen Xiao could relieve her pain either, but she was determined not to let Gao Fei look down on Chen Xiao. She had already decided that after Chen Xiao's massage, she would grit her teeth and pretend that her abdominal pain had lessened to prove Gao Fei wrong. She said eagerly:
"Brother, hurry up. I'm in so much pain."
"Mm!"
Chen Xiao nodded slightly and casually carried Chen Mingxi to the temporary hospital bed. He then drew the curtain to prevent Gao Fei from peeking and instructed:
"Mingxi, my massage requires me to lift your clothes, and it will temporarily intensify your pain. You must endure it."