Liang Jiayi indignantly broke free from Chen Xiao's hand:
"A simple intramuscular injection of glucose would never be this painful. I strongly suspect you secretly injected my mother with some kind of painkiller!"
Chen Xiao casually handed the used disposable syringe to Liang Jiayi:
"Stop suspecting and go get it tested!"
Liang Jiayi was so angry her lungs felt like they would explode. The loose white coat couldn't hide the violent heaving of her chest:
"You better not run off. I'm taking this used disposable syringe to get it tested right now!"
Saying this, she made a move to dash out the door, completely ignoring Auntie Zhang.
"Jiayi, wait!"
In just this short moment, Auntie Zhang, who had been in excruciating pain, had already recovered slightly. The usual pale and gaunt color in her face had subtly returned, and her listless spirit seemed to have lightened considerably.
Hurriedly calling out to Liang Jiayi, she said with great excitement:
"Jiayi, Dr. Chen's medicine seems to have a miraculous effect. I feel a lightness I've never experienced before, as if a hundred pounds of invisible burden has suddenly been lifted from me."
Liang Jiayi paused, her steps faltering. She turned back to look at Auntie Zhang with a face full of suspicion. Indeed, she found Auntie Zhang looking different. Both shocked and excited, she quickly dropped the disposable syringe and personally began various examinations on Auntie Zhang.
Soon, upon discovering that Auntie Zhang's condition had indeed improved, Liang Jiayi was utterly stunned. She subconsciously cast an incredulous gaze towards Chen Xiao:
"You... you can actually treat late-stage uterine cancer?"
The dramatic reversal of the situation sent Feng Daxing, Hu Yun, and the other doctors and nurses present on a roller-coaster ride of emotions. They were all dumbfounded, standing frozen, their minds blank.
Chen Xiao sneered repeatedly and said:
"It wasn't me, it was the glucose injection..."
Before Chen Xiao could finish speaking, Liang Jiayi suddenly fell to her knees with a "thump" and repeatedly kowtowed at his feet:
"Dr. Chen, I beg you with all your heart to treat my mother. If she can recover, I will agree to anything."
Chen Xiao, still harboring his anger, said coldly:
"Dr. Liang, didn't you just say you would sue us if our Central Hospital didn't process our discharge papers?"
"Wuwu..."
Liang Jiayi, disregarding her image, hugged Chen Xiao's legs and wailed, tears streaming down her face as she apologized profusely:
"I was wrong! I truly know I was wrong! Dr. Chen, please, with your benevolent heart, save my mother. If you just nod your head, I'm all yours, wuwuwu..."
The male doctors present, led by Feng Daxing, had already been deeply captivated by the tall and beautiful Liang Jiayi. Hearing her words now, they were even more excited than roosters spurred into action, wishing they could grab Chen Xiao's head and force him to agree.
Just then, accompanied by hurried footsteps, Jiang Xiuzhu and another vice-director, Zhao Dongcheng, swaggered into the emergency room, escorted by seven or eight doctors and nurses. They happened to witness the scene of Liang Jiayi kneeling at Chen Xiao's feet, crying her heart out.
Jiang Xiuzhu, who had been looking for an opportunity to retaliate against Chen Xiao, immediately launched into a furious tirade without understanding the situation:
"Chen Xiao, you are truly incorrigible and beyond redemption! You actually forced someone to kneel in public. No wonder you dared to offend Mr. Ye Qingtian!"
Trying to curry favor with Chen Xiao, Feng Daxing instinctively tried to defend him:
"Vice-Director Jiang, Vice-Director Zhao, you've misunderstood..."
But as soon as he spoke, Feng Daxing unexpectedly heard the latter half of Jiang Xiuzhu's sentence and immediately shut his mouth in fright, a chill of apprehension running down his spine.
Hu Yun and the other doctors and nurses present also instinctively lowered their heads and distanced themselves from Chen Xiao. They were clearly all very afraid of Ye Qingtian, as in their minds, no matter how powerful Chen Xiao's backer was, it couldn't possibly be higher than Ye Qingtian's.
Having been targeted by Jiang Xiuzhu several times, Chen Xiao was already seething with anger. He retorted coldly and without politeness:
"You persistent old hag, which damn eye of yours saw me forcing anyone to kneel?"
Liang Jiayi, as an intern doctor from the First Affiliated Hospital of the Provincial Medical University, clearly hadn't expected Chen Xiao to dare to curse and directly confront a senior leader wearing the badges of a Clinical Chief Physician and an Administrative Vice-Director. She was somewhat taken aback.
However, in order to gain Chen Xiao's forgiveness, she spoke up to defend him without a second thought:
"Vice-Director Jiang, you have indeed misunderstood. My kneeling before Dr. Chen was not forced, but voluntary."
To make her words more convincing, she paused and then introduced herself briefly, explaining the events that had just transpired.
Jiang Xiuzhu couldn't help but laugh, and said sarcastically:
"Little Dr. Liang, as an intern doctor from the First Affiliated Hospital of the Provincial Medical University, you actually believe the baseless nonsense of glucose curing cancer?"