Du Fenghua, as the deputy chief physician of orthopedics, was indeed experienced and capable. With just one glance, he determined that Liu Jin'ya could still be saved, provided Liu Jin'ya could survive for another day. Otherwise, he would die before the rescue surgery even began.
As his words fell, everyone present turned their gazes towards Chen Xiao.
Lin Huichun and Zhou Wannong, in particular, were filled with anticipation for Chen Xiao's Sheng Sheng Zao Hua Zhen to reverse life and death and create a legend!
Lin Huichun said with eager eyes, "Doctor Chen, time is life. Please, acupuncture the patient quickly!"
Zhou Wannong followed suit, tiptoeing to Chen Xiao's ear and whispering urgently, "It's rare to have people from over a dozen clinical departments present. As long as you can prove your acupuncture skills can bring the dead back to life in front of them, who will dare to question that you're a clinical resident physician at 23?"
Catching the faint scent of peaches from Zhou Wannong, Chen Xiao's heart skipped a beat.
But thinking of the suffering Chen Qing endured after being tricked by Liu Jin'ya to Mingzhu City, he wished he could cut the man into a thousand pieces. How could he possibly save him out of the goodness of his heart?
With a challenging chuckle towards Du Fenghua, he shook his head without hesitation, "I refuse to treat this guy."
"You..."
Liu Zihao was furious and made a move to attack Chen Xiao. However, the pain from being stabbed in the abdomen with a fruit knife made him inexplicably wary of Chen Xiao. In the end, he reluctantly lowered his head without even daring to curse.
Gou Shunfang, clearly unaware that Liu Zihao was the one Chen Xiao had beaten into the hospital, barged into the crowd and pointed angrily at Chen Xiao's forehead, shouting menacingly, "What kind of talk is that for a doctor? Isn't saving lives your duty? My husband paid to be admitted to your hospital, why are you refusing to treat him?"
Frowning slightly and stepping back to avoid Gou Shunfang's flying spittle, Chen Xiao's tone became even more resolute, "I said I won't save him, and I won't save him. Are you going to force my hand to acupuncture him?"
Although Gou Shunquan's arrangements, both overt and covert, were intended to scheme against Chen Xiao, his greater hope was to use Chen Xiao's acupuncture to prolong Liu Jin'ya's life.
Seeing Chen Xiao angered by Gou Shunfang, he panicked and quickly squeezed between them, saying insincerely, "Doctor Chen, I know you're refusing to treat his father because you resent Liu Zihao. But he is he, and his father is his father. For the sake of me helping you with your onboarding procedures before, please, please help us..."
But before Gou Shunquan could finish speaking, Du Fenghua interjected with a scornful sneer, "Are you refusing to treat him, or do you lack the ability to treat him?"
Without waiting for Chen Xiao to respond, he continued in an even more presumptive tone, "I guess you definitely don't have the ability. Otherwise, why wouldn't you dare to act in front of so many people? What's that saying? Oh, I remember now. It's most shameful to pretend to know what you don't. Bah!"
Lin Huichun was indignant, his beard bristling with anger. "Little Du, you're going too far with that. Doctor Chen's Sheng Sheng Zao Hua Zhen has simultaneously saved Song Kaichao and Bai Lang. This is a fact everyone has witnessed..."
Although Lin Huichun was a highly respected former dean of the Central Hospital and a renowned old physician in Juxian City, he had many detractors, and Du Fenghua was one of them.
Before Lin Huichun could finish, Du Fenghua retorted sinisterly, "If he has genuine skill, why doesn't he dare to show it in front of everyone?"
He paused, then added in a more cutting tone, "Old Dean Lin, you keep defending this young man surnamed Chen. Could it be that your help was the backdoor that got him specially hired as a resident physician?"
"You... you you you..."
Lin Huichun was instantly enraged, his face turning green. Gasping for breath, he argued, "Du Fenghua, how dare you slander me! In my life, I have never done anything against my conscience!"
Zhou Wannong watched, heartbroken and furious. She couldn't help but urge Chen Xiao in an icy tone, "You brat, why are you still standing there like an idiot? Hurry up and prove your innocence to these guys who are like mad dogs! Otherwise, Dean Lin's lifelong reputation will be ruined too!"
Du Fenghua laughed in extreme anger, his words becoming even more venomous, "Deputy Director Zhou, you usually hold yourself to such high standards. How come you're now like a prostitute, eagerly helping that young man surnamed Chen? Could it be that you two have something going on privately..."
"Slap!"
Without any warning, accompanied by a loud slap, Du Fenghua's voice abruptly stopped.
"Ah—"
Du Shaobin cried out and glared furiously at Chen Xiao, "You bastard, how dare you hit my second uncle?"
Maintaining the posture of having slapped Du Fenghua to the point of spinning around, Chen Xiao said with a half-smile, "I was wondering why a vocational school graduate could get an internship at the Central Hospital. Turns out he has a deputy director as an uncle? Du Fenghua, who exactly is using the backdoor here?"
Saying this, and without waiting for the stunned Du Shaobin to react, Chen Xiao's leg kicked Du Fenghua forcefully to the ground.