Hua Yi replied with a touch of humility, "My Hua family has been studying medicine for generations, so my medical skills are naturally not lacking. It's merely the fortune of my ancestors."
He then looked at the little one, "Little medical friend must also have true skills. However, since I took the pulse first this time, I gained an advantage. I concede."
Su Yunmo raised an eyebrow and appraised him, "I think you're a good person. If you don't mind, you can stay and help at the clinic in the future. I'll have Mother pay you a good salary."
Hua Yi was taken aback.
Wang Yi sneered sarcastically, "To be so mercenary at such a young age. What? You want to poach my person right in front of me?"
This brat must be unhappy that he won the clinic and wanted to poach Hua Yi to his side on the spot, thereby gaining the clinic for free.
She was quite shrewd with her calculations, just like her mother!
However, she was a bit too foolish.
If they were to truly compare family backgrounds, could his family's wealth really be inferior to that of a Marquis's mansion?
Su Yunmo crossed her arms and clicked her tongue, "So what if I poach your person?"
The crowd: Never have they seen such an unashamed person!
To poach someone so brazenly!
Wang Yi's expression grew even more displeased.
However, Su Yunmo's next words made his expression even worse.
"But don't worry, I'm not poaching your person because of this competition, but to better serve patients at the clinic in the future."
Hua Yi frowned, "What does little medical friend mean by that?"
Su Yunmo walked over, picked up the prescription, and examined it. "Your medical skills are indeed good, but they are still a bit lacking."
"I don't know who your teacher is, but whoever it is, they are a bit of a dabbler."
The crowd was stunned. To call Doctor Hua a dabbler, what arrogance!
Hua Yi's expression also suddenly turned grim, his face filled with displeasure, "Since it's a competition, you must accept defeat when you lose. Your words are truly uncivilized!"
He hadn't minded that his opponent was a little girl and had been lenient with her.
But she, on the other hand, directly insulted his teacher, which was too much!
Seeing his anger, Su Yunmo said no more. She merely pouted, set the prescription aside, then took out a white porcelain bottle from the glazed lock and handed it to Lin Lang.
Lin Lang understood her master's intentions and took a pill from the white porcelain bottle for the old man.
The old man, whose cough had just subsided, began to cough again.
Even the owner of the clinic panicked, "This little lady, what did you give him?"
Doing business requires harmony and prosperity. Competitions are merely means to do one's best and determine a winner.
It would be bad if this led to a death.
Seeing this, Wang Yi seized the opportunity and ordered, "You, a mere child, dare to commit murder in public. You are truly malicious. Guards, arrest her and send her to the authorities!"
At his command, the servants behind him walked towards Su Yunmo.
Su Yunmo stood still.
Lin Lang silently drew her sword.
"Cough! Cough!" The old man began to retch.
Suddenly, someone exclaimed, "Quick, he's spitting blood again! It's black blood!"
The crowd immediately began to buzz with discussion.
Hadn't the poison been resolved just now?
Why was he still spitting black blood? Could it be that Doctor Hua's medicine hadn't worked?
For a moment, everyone began to doubt Hua Yi.
Hua Yi also took a half-step back in panic, "This... this is impossible. The poison was already resolved."
Could it be...
He looked at Su Yunmo in astonishment, utterly shocked.
This was impossible! This child was so young, yet possessed such high medical skills?
What medicine had she given the old man just now?
"Don't be nervous, Doctor Hua is not a fraud. The poison on the old man has indeed been resolved. What he's spitting out now is just residual poison," Su Yunmo explained with a raised eyebrow.
She flicked her sleeves and said, "This kind of poison leaves very little residue in the body, and it's not fatal. Over time, the body will absorb it on its own."
"Moreover, because the residual poison is quite deep, it enters the internal organs. Administering too much medicine would be detrimental."
"Therefore, most doctors encountering this poison will only resolve the root cause and ignore the residual poison, waiting for the body to absorb and resolve it on its own."
In fact, Hua Yi was indeed skilled. Even if she hadn't used the antidote, the old man would have been fine.
However, since it was a competition, it was natural to be as thorough as possible.
Hearing Su Yunmo's explanation, the crowd finally understood and couldn't help but admire the child.
Hua Yi looked at Su Yunmo with a complex expression, unsure of what to say.
Others might not know, but he, as a doctor, understood.
What the child had just said was merely to save face for all the doctors in the world.
The reason given for fearing administering too much medicine was, in other words, that no doctor could accurately administer medicine to the point of resolving the residual poison.
But this child could.
And since her medicine was prepared in advance, it meant that this medicine could resolve many poisons.
He didn't think she would collude with the clinic owner to put on a show, knowing the poison beforehand.
He had met the General's wife once before, and she didn't seem like someone who would engage in treacherous schemes.
If anything, his employer seemed more like a scoundrel.
"I lost," Hua Yi admitted generously, demonstrating the responsibility expected of a physician.
Seeing him like this, Su Yunmo's admiration grew.
But while Hua Yi conceded, Wang Yi refused to give up. "No! This is clearly a scam. How could a little brat possibly resolve a poison that even Doctor Hua couldn't?"
This brat must have played some trick!
The crowd also felt this was possible, as she had produced an antidote without even writing a prescription, which was indeed strange.
Lin Lang listened to the whispers of the crowd and inwardly cursed them for being fair-weather friends.
Wang Yi no longer wanted to continue the competition.
He was determined to get this clinic today!!
"Su Yunmo cheated, Doctor Hua wins. Sign the contract immediately!" Wang Yi stared coldly at the clinic owner, threatening him word by word.
"Doctor Hua is the personal disciple of the Academy Head! Would he still lose to a little brat?"
"If this gets out, no matter who ends up with your clinic, it won't be able to operate smoothly!"
As everyone knew, Head Bai Qi was extremely stubborn.
His personal disciple losing to a child would clearly tarnish his reputation.
Upon hearing this, the crowd became even more astonished. No one had expected Hua Yi to have such backing.
Hua Yi himself was also surprised.
When Wang Yi had approached him earlier, he had offered a high price to have him compete in medical skills.
He had agreed to his request because he had heard of the clinic's former reputation and wanted to witness its final victor.
However, he had never agreed to use his master's name to help him obtain the clinic.
As a descendant of the esteemed Hua family's medical tradition, he absolutely could not engage in such an act of using authority to suppress matters!
"Wait!" Hua Yi raised his hand and frowned at Wang Yi, "I said I concede, and I concede. I am me, and my master is my master. They cannot be mixed up!"