Li Bingxue gritted her teeth, her words growing more venomous:
"Pan Jian already said everything before was just a misunderstanding. You bastard, born without a father, why are you so unforgiving? To be frank, if you don't change your stubborn temper, you're destined to die a bachelor!"
Pan Haitang watched as Li Bingxue not only failed to help Pan Jian but further enraged Chen Xiao. She was so furious her lungs felt like they would explode, her reason completely lost. Without thinking, she pushed Zheng Youen in front of Chen Xiao:
"Nonsense! Doctor Chen is the most exceptional son-in-law in the world. As long as he doesn't mind, I can agree to marry my daughter to him anytime!"
Recalling how Chen Xiao had fumbled and touched her several times while performing acupuncture on her through the water like a blind man feeling an elephant, Zheng Youen's face flushed crimson, her head swimming:
"Mom, actually, Doctor Chen has already examined and touched me. Even if you don't agree, I'm determined to marry him in this life."
Looking at Zheng Youen, who was a thousand times superior to her in every aspect, with disbelief, Li Bingxue's face was etched with unwillingness and anger:
"You... are you blind? That bastard surnamed Chen is just a useless piece of trash. I find him disgusting, is he worth you throwing yourself at him?"
"Slap—"
With a sharp crack, Pan Jian suddenly slapped Li Bingxue across the face. He then knelt before Chen Xiao, utterly defeated:
"Chen... Classmate Chen Xiao, I was wrong, truly wrong. Please, forgive me and make another pot of medicine for my aunt..."
Provocatively glancing at Li Bingxue, who was covering her cheek, seething with unspoken rage, Chen Xiao interrupted Pan Jian without hesitation:
"Don't rush. Classmate Li Bingxue hasn't knelt yet!"
Pan Jian's teeth chattered as he glared at Li Bingxue:
"What are you standing there for like an idiot? Hurry up and kneel to apologize, or I'll have my dad call Gou Shunquan!"
Li Bingxue knew very well the high prestige of Pan Jian's father in the provincial medical community, which was why she had been secretly flirting with Pan Jian. She was instantly terrified, her legs went weak, and she meekly knelt down.
Chen Xiao, without any hesitation, took out his silent phone to record. He happened to see a group chat where over a dozen people had tagged him:
"Chen the Great Talent, your classmates are all waiting for you at the Partridge Sky Hotel. Why aren't you here yet?"
"You're the most academically outstanding among us classmates, even Dean Ye, who stayed to teach, has been consistently surpassed by you for five years. You've probably been promoted to deputy chief physician at the Central Hospital by now, right?"
"Didn't Pan Jian and Li Bingxue go to pick you up? Why is there no news?"
"Everyone stop tagging Chen Xiao. According to reliable sources, he was fired from the Central Hospital yesterday. He's probably hiding in the toilet crying right now, hehe!"
"No way, the Chen the Great Talent who consistently surpassed us for five whole years was actually fired during his internship? Why?"
"You never know what someone's really like. I heard he was fired for sending mass messages harassing female colleagues. He's completely disgraced his ancestors!"
"Speaking of which, does a bastard born without a father have ancestors? Haha..."
"Hahaha..."
Seeing the screen filled with stinging messages mocking him, Chen Xiao was furious. He casually posted the video of Pan Jian and Li Bingxue kneeling at his feet into the group.
Instantly, his phone seemed to lose its connection. The university group chat, which had been scrolling continuously, suddenly went silent.
Having finally vented his anger, he simply left the group and then coldly glared at Pan Jian and Li Bingxue, who were still kneeling at his feet:
"Aren't you going to scram?"
As if granted a great pardon, they quickly scrambled away. The other few men also nervously got into their cars.
Afterward, Chen Xiao prepared another bowl of the Eight Rebellions Soup for Pan Haitang and Zheng Youen respectively.
Pan Haitang was deeply touched. Before leaving, she not only insisted on leaving the one million cash that Zheng Youen had brought as a reward for Chen Xiao but also said:
"Chen Xiao, I've already spoken with your Dean Bai. She promised you can return to work anytime. Also, after I get back, I will completely cut off financial support for Zheng Youzhi. Let's stay in touch!"
After sending off Pan Haitang and Zheng Youen, Chen Xiao hurried back to the inner ward to care for the still unconscious Chen Qing, not giving the matter of returning to work at the Central Hospital any thought.
Unknowingly, it was noon.
Chen Xiao had just finished acupuncture on Chen Qing with the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Longevity Needles. Chen Qing, who had been unconscious for nearly thirty hours, finally slowly woke up.
Chen Xiao was both surprised and overjoyed, his voice choked with emotion:
"Mom, you're finally awake."
Seeing the child she had painstakingly raised again, Chen Qing felt as if a lifetime had passed. She burst into tears:
"Chen Xiao, Mom thought she would never see you again. If you didn't have me, how would you survive all alone, boohoo..."
After crying, Chen Qing suddenly became anxious and said in a panic:
"Chen Xiao, don't worry about me, hurry and apply for a replacement property deed for the Jishetang. I... I was deceived on this business trip, and the property deed is gone!"