Reborn in the 80s, Get Rich by Eating Melons

Chapter 141: Chapter 141: Saving a Life

Hearing the men’s voices, Tong Yao looked down and sure enough, there was a puddle on the floor. However, the water coming out didn’t mean the boy was safe.

At this moment, Tong Yao’s mind was a blur. Without thinking, she laid the boy flat on the ground and started performing CPR and artificial respiration on him in succession. Sweat rolled down her face like raindrops after a short while, but she did not dare to slow down. A young life was in her hands. If she didn’t do her best, she might lose the child.

After a while, she faintly felt a heartbeat. Tong Yao was overjoyed and quickly continued giving the child artificial respiration.

At this moment, she didn’t think about the consequences if she failed to save the boy, whether the boy’s father would blame her. Her only thought was to save the child. Suddenly, the boy moved a little and let out a very weak cough.

Tong Yao was overjoyed, the boy was breathing...

"What’s going on?" a voice suddenly rang out. Everyone turned to see a group of doctors in white coats coming in.

"Doctor, my son has drowned, please save him," said the man, his eyes red with desperation. "Doctor, I beg you to save him no matter the cost."

For a father, he could not bear the pain of losing a child before himself, even if it meant giving up his own life for his child’s.

"Drowning?" Yu Shiya frowned, while the other doctors had already gathered around the boy.

Tong Yao opened her mouth to explain the situation upon seeing the doctors, but before she could say anything, she was pushed aside by the ER doctor, Chen, who prepared to perform CPR on the boy. However, before she could touch the boy’s chest, the boy suddenly started to cough violently and let out a sobbing cry.

The doctors on the scene breathed a sigh of relief - a crying voice meant the child was alright.

Seeing this, the boy’s father rushed forward and hugged the boy tightly, but he was pushed away by Doctor Chen. "The child just woke up, you’re affecting his breathing like this."

Hearing this, the boy’s father quickly moved away. At this moment, the burly man was surprisingly choked with tears.

Looking at the boy who was safe now, Tong Yao suddenly felt a wave of fear. Her heart was uncontrollably thumping in her chest. In her whole life, this was the first time she had been confronted with such a situation. Seeing the boy’s father didn’t know how to save the boy and there was no doctor present, she had stepped forward to save the boy without thinking about the consequences since she had learned some first aid knowledge.

Now that the boy had woken up, her minds cleared up and she inevitably started to think more about it.

Fortunately, she managed to save the boy. If she had failed to save him, and the boy’s father blamed her, it would not only cost her money but also adversely impact Si Chen’s career, especially considering the imminent visit from the Kyoto delegates.

The other doctors also surrounded the boy to check his condition. Seeing that his breathing was normal, Doctor Chen took the boy to the examination room, and the boy’s father and the other two men hurriedly followed.

Si Chen, however, stared at Tong Yao who was in a daze, and then called out to her tentatively, "Yaoyao?"

"Hmm?" Tong Yao instinctively turned her head in response, only then did she notice that Si Chen was there too. She was startled, just like her soul had been taken away.

Don’t blame her for her poor eyesight, her eyes were so swollen that they were barely open, affecting her vision.

Hearing Si Chen’s voice, Yu Shiya turned to look at Tong Yao. After giving her a careful look, Yu Shiya immediately furrowed her brows. The situation had been too urgent back then, she hadn’t noticed Tong Yao, just watched a woman with swollen cheeks performing CPR on the boy.

Now after a careful look, she realized the woman was Tong Yao. She didn’t care why Tong Yao looked like a swollen cheek, but directly questioned her aloud.

"If a child drowns, why didn’t you call for the doctor on duty? You took it upon yourself to save him. What if something went wrong, can you take responsibility?"

"I went to call for help, but..."

Yu Shiya interrupted Tong Yao, "You called for help, why didn’t the doctor come? Are you telling me that the doctor let you perform a rescue on a drowning patient?"

Without a word, Si Chen stepped closer to Tong Yao and stood by her side. "Let her finish," he said to Yu Shiya.

Yu Shiya’s face changed slightly, and she said in a business-like tone, "Doctor Si, I know that you care about your wife, but now it’s a matter of life and death. You wouldn’t be shielding her at this time, would you?"

"Shiya." Yu Zhengxiong suddenly spoke up, seemingly finding her words somewhat inappropriate.

Tong Yao followed the voice and noticed that there were seven or eight people standing next to the Dean. She recognized some of them as they were familiar faces - doctors from the same hospital. But there were three other people she didn’t recognize, they must have been the people from Kyoto. Now, all their eyes were on her, making her wish she could disappear.

A old doctor in his sixties with reading glasses asked, "Doctor Si, is this your wife?"

"..." Tong Yao turned to look at Si Chen, making frantic gestures with her eyes, signaling him not to admit it, not to admit it, not to admit it...

Right now, her swollen face was in no shape to be seen by anyone!

Unfortunately, Si Chen clearly wasn’t on the same page with her and directly admitted their relationship. Tong Yao immediately lowered her head, wanting to die of embarrassment.

Great, now she had embarrassed herself in front of the Kyoto delegates.

"What happened to her face?" The old doctor looked at Tong Yao, chuckling. The people in the room were all taken aback, not understanding why Professor Rong was interested in Tong Yao.

Tong Yao, embarrassed under the laughter, replied, "Bee sting." With so many people watching her, even her thick skin was not enough to keep her from blushing. Except, her face was already so inflamed that you couldn’t tell it was red.

"I think we should first discuss the matter of her unauthorized rescue," said Yu Shiya, uncomfortable to see everyone paying attention to Tong Yao. Again, she brought back the topic. "Doctor Si, I think you, as a doctor, should educate your wife on some medical knowledge. She can’t show off, especially when it’s a matter of life and death. In the hospital, she refused to let the doctor handle the situation and showed off by herself. If anything had gone wrong, who would be responsible?"

Since last night, Yu Shiya didn’t know why, but she had compared herself to Tong Yao all night while in bed. Suddenly, she found that her family background, what she had always been proud of, was a joke compared to Tong Yao’s.

Although she didn’t want to admit it, Tong Yao was more beautiful than her, and not just a little bit. Tong Yao’s family background was not worse than hers, and her educational level was not lower. Her figure was better and even her voice was nicer.

After thinking about it over and over again for one night, the only thing that could suppress Tong Yao was her profession. She, as a doctor, a "white angel", shared the same language with Si Chen, they were the same kind of people.

But just now, Tong Yao had dared to challenge her profession, which nearly drove her crazy. _{𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑝𝘶𝘣.𝑐𝘰𝘮}

What qualified this ignorant person to challenge what she had been studying for so many years?