Strangely, upon rushing into the ward, the group was horrified to find that the self-immolating note had vanished without a trace, and the sheet by the pillow bore no scorch marks, as if the entire event had been a hallucination.
Even more bizarrely, Qin Kexin, who had been in a coma on the hospital bed, suddenly opened her eyes.
"Hey! Kid, don't climb onto the balcony, it's dangerous! Ah..."
Her memory seemed to be stuck before her fall yesterday. The moment she opened her eyes, she started crying and screaming, flailing her limbs wildly. The IV needle in her hand was instantly pulled out.
Qin Hantang, worried about her broken bones sustaining further injury, quickly embraced her and asked nervously,
"Kexin, did you have a nightmare?"
"Dad, sob..."
Held by Qin Hantang, Qin Kexin's cries gradually subsided, and her consciousness slowly cleared. With lingering fear, she said,
"Dad, yesterday, in a bare apartment on the second floor of the construction site, I saw a child in a red cotton-padded jacket climbing onto the balcony. I kindly tried to stop them, but they pulled me, and I fell. Fortunately, at a critical moment, a tall and handsome doctor in a white coat suddenly caught me. Otherwise, you and Mom wouldn't have seen me! Oh, where is that doctor? He's my savior, you must thank him properly. And that little brat, one or two years old, you must make their parents discipline them."
Liu Xin listened, utterly bewildered. She had been at the scene when Qin Kexin had her accident and had not seen the two people Qin Kexin mentioned. With a face full of worry, she said,
"Kexin, are you sure you remember correctly? How could there be a one or two-year-old child or a doctor at a construction site? Honey, perhaps we should have Deputy Director Zhou examine Kexin's brain quickly?"
Qin Hantang hesitated for a moment and then weakly said,
"Wife, don't worry yet. I think the child in the red cotton jacket Kexin mentioned might be the malevolent entity that caused her to fall, and the tall, handsome doctor might be Doctor Chen who drew the spiritual talisman."
Master Pu Hui nodded in agreement while secretly observing Qin Kexin's complexion.
"Since the malevolent energy plaguing Miss Qin has been dispelled by Doctor Chen's supreme spiritual talisman, it is indeed possible that Miss Qin experienced a dream of being rescued by Doctor Chen while in a dazed and comatose state. This is the wonder of my Buddha's Six-Syllable Great Bright Mantra."
He paused, then suddenly pleaded with Qin Hantang, his eyes full of longing,
"Benefactor Qin, could you trouble yourself to introduce me to that Doctor Chen?"
Almost at the same time, Qin Kexin said in unison,
"Dad, can I thank Doctor Chen in person?"
Even Liu Xin, who had always considered Chen Xiao a scumbag, couldn't help but interject eagerly,
"Honey, I misunderstood Doctor Chen before. I feel truly sorry. Can you accompany me to apologize to him in person?"
"This..."
Qin Hantang's face showed difficulty. After a moment's thought, he decisively shook his head and refused,
"Another day. Doctor Chen is very busy."
His immediate priority was to deal with the malevolent entities plaguing the construction site after Chen Xiao finished work. Before that was accomplished, he feared any complications and did not want to disturb Chen Xiao while he was on duty.
However, while he could control his wife and child, he could not control Master Pu Hui.
After leaving Qin Kexin's ward, Master Pu Hui went straight to the office of his close friend Lin Huichun without a word, secretly excited in his heart.
"There are many doctors at the Central Hospital, but not all of them can be named Chen. I refuse to believe I won't find him! If I can become his disciple and learn talisman techniques, my Shenlong Temple will surely rise to prominence!"
...
Meanwhile, Gou Shunfang and her son Liu Zihao had already brought Liu Jinya, who was on a stretcher, to Chen Xiao's examination room number eight.
Liu Jinya was terribly injured. Not only were his limbs fractured, his shoulder had a gaping bloody hole, and his manhood was also ruined. If not for Chen Xiao's life-saving Genesis Creation Needle yesterday, he would have already died.
After putting down the stretcher, Liu Zihao reluctantly pleaded with Chen Xiao,
"Xiao... Brother Xiao, my dad is dying. Please, quickly perform acupuncture to save his life."
Gou Shunfang, fearing Chen Xiao would refuse, quickly added to curry favor,
"Doctor Chen, remember the distant niece I told you about yesterday? She saw your photo and was very impressed. She's already impatiently waiting for you at the villa by Swan Lake. Please, quickly perform acupuncture to save my husband's life, and then go to her, hehe..."
With the property deed worth over thirty million yuan in hand, Chen Xiao couldn't be bothered with pleasantries. He casually took out an unsterilized silver needle and began to insert it into Liu Jinya's body, warning indifferently,
"I dislike trouble, but I don't fear it. So, your entire family is welcome to continue causing me trouble afterward. But it's best to prepare several more luxury homes valued similarly to the Swan Lake villa you gave me. Otherwise, if you fall into my hands again, it will be miserable."
Suppressing the urge to punch Chen Xiao, Liu Zihao forced a smile and flattered,
"Brother Xiao is such a joker. As your cousin, how could I possibly cause trouble for my future cousin-in-law?"
Disgusted, Chen Xiao slapped Liu Zihao hard across the face,
"Cousin your sister!"