NOVPUBChapter 72: Chapter 72 Unexpected Person
Chapter 72 -72 Unexpected Person
“Hold on!” A voice cut in, Bai Xiao was also taken aback, her wrist grasped by someone. Who could this be? So bold as to meddle in the affairs of life and death in someone else’s family, and then pulling her directly in front of Wang Jianli.
Oh, it was An Zhiyuan.
How did he get here?
People’s Liberation Army comrades are indeed brave, but how come you show up everywhere?
It felt almost like a superhero’s presence.
Appearing wherever needed.
“Uncle Wang, you have to trust me, Bai Xiao can save lives. I personally witnessed her saving a patient with a heart attack last time. Acupuncture brought him right back. Now, with Xiaohan’s condition being so critical, I must say something inauspicious as a junior: even if you have to take a dying horse as a live one, you must try it.” That was something nobody dared say.
Qian Cheng, frustrated, retorted, “Zhiyuan, what are you doing? What kind of relationship do our two families have? How can you speak for this charlatan?”
“Brother-in-law, Bai Xiao is my fiancée, she’s not a charlatan. I saw with my own eyes that her acupuncture indeed saved a life,” An Zhiyuan said, his expression not the least bit flustered, quietly watching Wang Jianli who held the most authority there.
Bai Xiao suddenly felt her fiancé might be a bit too stubborn. The family didn’t need her help, yet he still insisted on convincing them.
Wang Jianli’s face was pale. He tightly closed his eyes, took a long breath, then suddenly opened his eyes, which shone with sharp light—the kind seen on the battlefield, a resoluteness that was also a point of no return.
Bai Xiao knew the old man must have made up his mind.
“Treat!”
The low voice rendered everyone silent.
The military medical professor looked at Bai Xiao, shaking his head repeatedly. This child didn’t know the immensity of heaven and earth. Young people—too impetuous, thinking they could become famous in one fell swoop.
Without a thorough examination of the patient, if Wang Han had some chronic condition, something that might not be immediately life-threatening, it could potentially be delayed. Maybe acupuncture could indeed create a miracle; after all, the world is vast, and in China’s long history of 5,000 years, there have been many remarkable tales. There might be secrets passed down only between parent and child. However, Wang Han inside couldn’t wait.
He was barely clinging to life, and once that last breath was let go, he would be done for.
Who knew if this needle would be the one to deflate his last breath?
Under the sorrow of the Wang Family, they might end up thinking she was the one who caused the death.
Ah!
Impatient for success.
Bai Xiao took out a silver needle, commanding loudly, “Please prepare a quilt, a hot water bottle filled with hot water, two large kettles of boiling water, a foot basin, and boil a large kettle of brown sugar ginger tea. If there’s any candy or chocolate, please prepare some of that too, as quickly as possible.”
This time, it wasn’t just Qian Cheng rolling his eyes—Wang Jianli also wavered. This girl couldn’t really be a charlatan, could she?
The items she asked for seemed more suited for warding off the cold than treating a patient.
An Zhiyuan looked at Bai Xiao and seemed to suddenly understand. He turned and commanded, “Go get ready quickly!”
Bai Xiao walked directly into the cabin, which was already so full that there was no space left to stand.
Five military medical experts surrounded Wang Han, with Liu Huiru clinging tightly to her son’s hand by his bed. His three older sisters were also huddled to one side, crying. The whole room was in complete disarray.
“Only one person needs to remain in the room. All other bystanders must leave at once. Don’t hinder my treatment,” Bai Xiao said, not for show or to mystify. She couldn’t treat the patient without clearing the room, and her appearance after treating a patient was anything but pretty.
Liu Huiru looked at Bai Xiao, “Who is she? What is she doing?” She did not understand why a young girl had come to her son’s bedside.
An Zhiyuan had already followed her in, smiling as he explained, “Auntie, please go out for a moment. This doctor has been invited to treat Xiaohan.”
Then he signaled to the three older sisters. Wang Fang and Wang Xue immediately understood and began to lead their mother outside.
“This is a Divine Doctor who’s been invited to have a look at our brother. Let the doctor check on him, and we’ll wait outside, alright?”
Liu Huiru, dissatisfied, said, “If she’s going to treat him, then treat him. I just need to stay with my son. Even if she is a doctor, she can’t just kick me out. I can’t leave my son. Wang Jianli, what are do you think you’re doing? Do you really want me to miss seeing my son for the last time? The experts have already said that the child is beyond help. You don’t even know where you found this young girl to come and deceive me. I tell you if I miss seeing my son for the last time, I will die with him.”
The three sisters hurriedly tried to console her, “Mom, dad is doing this to save the brother. Do you think dad would bear not seeing him for the last time? Calm down; who knows? Don’t judge this young girl by her age, she might have real skills.”
“Mom, don’t make a fuss. Dad is doing this for brother. Just sit and wait, I’ll go in to check and keep you updated.”
“Really! Mom, we’re as anxious about our brother as you are!”
Finally, the three sisters managed to persuade their mother, who was about to burst into the room. In fact, Liu Huiru was only fifty-five years old, but within this family, she was indulged like an elderly matriarch.
In their family, apart from Wang Han being the first priority, it was their mother who was the most spoiled, acting like the youngest child. Even their father had to coddle her, not to mention everyone else.
The five military medical experts were also ushered out.
Only An Zhiyuan and Bai Xiao were left in the room.
“What do I need to do?” An Zhiyuan was there to help, having previously claimed to have personally witnessed it all, which initially was hearsay. But later, he truly met Director Li Guoqing, who seemed just like any nice person.
Bai Xiao opened her bundle and took out a silver needle.
“Take off his shirt and turn him over to lie on his stomach.”
An Zhiyuan immediately got to work, stripping Xiaohan of his shirt to reveal the pale, frail body of the boy. In just three days, the child had become so thin that his ribs were visible.
Bai Xiao had already inserted a silver needle, and Xiaohan shuddered once, then became still.
An hour later.
Bai Xiao crossed her arms, resisting the cold as she suddenly began to shiver, her entire body covered in goosebumps. Dammit, she hated this feeling, and she couldn’t control it. This was the price to pay.
Feeling cold often was not fun; it was a coldness that normal people couldn’t understand. If you think it’s just a simple shiver, you’re simplifying this so-called cold. It was a cold emanating from the bone marrow, as if the fire in the heart had been extinguished, a large block of ice spreading cold from the inside out, penetratingly cold, inescapable. But fortunately, An Zhiyuan’s method last time had inspired her; the cold could be dispelled by external effort. With adequate preparation, at least she wouldn’t feel like she was dying after every cure, as she did in her previous life. While thinking this, a blanket had already been placed over her. An Zhiyuan wrapped her up snugly.
