Accompanied by Li Bingxue's shouts, the footsteps outside grew more urgent. Chen Qing, lying unconscious on the hospital bed, was disturbed, his previously peaceful expression gradually contorting in pain.
Chen Xiao, enraged, shoved Li Bingxue away and frantically adjusted the nine silver needles inserted into Chen Qing.
"Clang—"
The ajar hospital room door burst open, and Zhou Wanrong, dressed in a dark green surgical gown, rushed in, holding a thick stack of examination reports.
Seizing the opportunity, Li Bingxue deliberately stumbled and then clutched her chest, crying dramatically:
"Deputy Director Zhou, Chen Xiao is too much of a scoundrel! I kindly brought the IV medication for his mother, and he... he took advantage of me... sob sob..."
Sensing the sharpness in Zhou Wanrong's eyes, Chen Xiao was startled and quickly explained:
"Deputy Director Zhou, don't listen to Li Bingxue. She was the one who seduced me first, seriously affecting my mother..."
Li Bingxue viciously interrupted Chen Xiao:
"Nonsense! Am I blind? Why would I seduce a pervert who harasses me with malicious messages?"
Chen Xiao was furious and retorted in a deep voice:
"There are gods three feet above your head! Li Bingxue, you twist the truth so shamelessly, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning..."
Zhou Wanrong's delicate, pretty face instantly turned cold, and she sharply cut off Chen Xiao:
"Shut up!"
Li Bingxue became even more triumphant, continuing to feign a pitiful appearance and wail:
"Deputy Director Zhou, can you help me call the police? Chen Xiao almost ruined my purity. I would rather die than forgive him..."
Zhou Wanrong shot Chen Xiao a subtle glare, hesitated for a moment, and then interrupted Li Bingxue:
"Dr. Li, please go out first. As Chen Xiao's supervising teacher, I will definitely handle this matter seriously!"
"But..."
Li Bingxue clearly had no intention of letting Chen Xiao off the hook, but she was, after all, guilty. As soon as she spoke, she was intimidated by Zhou Wanrong's cold gaze and quickly shut her mouth. Reluctantly, she turned to leave. Just as she stepped out, she couldn't resist continuing to speak ill of Chen Xiao:
"Deputy Director Zhou, the pervert surnamed Chen is beyond redemption. You are so beautiful and have such a good figure, you must be careful he doesn't take advantage of you..."
After saying this, Li Bingxue fled in a panic, and wherever she went, she loudly cried:
"Chen Xiao, an intern in the emergency department, not only tried to assault me but also wanted to hit me..."
Seeing Chen Xiao's furious expression, looking as if he wanted to chase and kill Li Bingxue, Zhou Wanrong quickly spread her arms to stop him:
"I rushed over from the operating room as soon as I heard Auntie was hospitalized after a car accident to help, but I saw you acting like a hooligan! Chen Xiao, do you have any regard for me as your supervising teacher?"
Seeing Zhou Wanrong's haggard face and surgical gown, and remembering that she had strongly vouched for him to Gou Shunquan this morning, Chen Xiao instinctively lowered his head and explained:
"Deputy Director Zhou, please don't be angry. It's really Li Bingxue who slandered me first..."
"Life is at stake. I won't waste time with you now, humph!"
With a cold snort that interrupted Chen Xiao, Zhou Wanrong had already rushed to the bedside to examine Chen Qing:
"I've reviewed Liu Zihao's examination report and ruled out misdiagnosis. Auntie urgently needs surgery, otherwise, she could die at any moment..."
As soon as she finished speaking, she was suddenly stunned, her heart filled with shock:
"What's going on? Based on her heart rate and pulse, Auntie's injuries don't seem fatal. Could Liu Zihao have really misdiagnosed? No! That's not right! It's not a misdiagnosis! It seems these nine silver needles have temporarily saved her life! My heavens! Liu Zihao actually knows such miraculous life-sustaining acupuncture techniques?"
After strongly vouching for Chen Xiao this morning, Zhou Wanrong had rushed into surgery to perform a highly complex rescue operation. She came directly to Chen Qing's ward right after getting off the operating table, so she was unaware that Chen Xiao had saved Song Kaichao with acupuncture.
Since Liu Zihao was Chen Qing's attending physician, she naturally assumed that the nine silver needles on Chen Qing were inserted by Liu Zihao.
Amidst the shock, she impatiently urged Chen Xiao:
"Although Auntie is not in mortal danger for now, the blood clot in her skull and the fractured bones need to be surgically treated as soon as possible, especially the fractured spine. Fortunately, Director Gou and Director Lin are experts in this field. Hurry and prepare, and I will personally take you to ask them to perform the surgery."
"Ask Gou Shunquan and Lin Chenggang?"
Chen Xiao felt annoyed just thinking of them and shook his head without hesitation:
"Deputy Director Zhou, thank you for your kindness, but acupuncture can promote blood circulation and remove stasis, and massage can reconnect broken bones. There's really no need to beg anyone."
"Acupuncture to promote blood circulation? Massage to reconnect bones? Heh heh."
Zhou Wanrong chuckled, then her face suddenly filled with disgust:
"So the rumors outside are true. To inherit the family fortune, you really can't wait for your mother to die sooner?"