Renhe Hospital.
Led by the little girl, Li Se soon met her mother, who was lying in the corridor without even a hospital room. Wasn't this situation the same as his mother's back then?
"Big brother, you must cure my mom." The little girl said with anticipation.
"Mengmeng, I'll do my best." On the way here, Li Se had already learned that the girl's name was Wang Mengmeng, who took her mother's surname. However, the moment he saw Wang Mengmeng's mother, he knew the situation was not optimistic.
"You are..." The woman on the hospital bed said weakly.
"Mom, he's the doctor I invited. Big brother will definitely cure you." Wang Mengmeng said with a smile.
The woman nodded and looked at Li Se. How could she not be aware of her own condition? Because of the lack of money, she had long been abandoned by the hospital and was basically waiting to die. She slowly said, "Thank you."
"No need, I'm a doctor, and your condition..." Li Se's expression became solemn as he spoke.
"I know my condition..." The woman's voice was very, very weak, "I don't have much time left."
"No, there's still a chance, but it's a bit troublesome." Li Se took out his golden needles. "But you'll have to endure it."
"Okay!" The woman was surprised that she still had a chance to be saved.
When the golden needles were inserted, a sharp pain struck, almost making the woman cry out in agony. But to prevent her daughter from worrying, she gritted her teeth and endured it. The pain continued, but after a few minutes, it gradually subsided, and her spirits seemed to have recovered considerably.
"I... I feel much better." The woman said in shock.
Li Se let out a sigh of relief. "You can be discharged from the hospital now, but you haven't fully recovered yet. Come to my clinic then. Here's my card."
Li Se had also made some business cards during this time, but his were quite simple, with just the address of his clinic, his name, and a phone number, nothing else.
"Okay, thank you, Doctor!" The woman said gratefully.
"Mom... Mom, are you better?" Wang Mengmeng asked excitedly.
"Mhmm, Mom is better, Mom is fine now." The woman hugged her daughter with a smile.
Li Se pondered for a moment and then said, "Your daughter has good talent. If you don't mind, let her follow me in the future and learn medicine from me."
"Really?" The woman was surprised that Li Se was willing to take her daughter as a disciple.
"Mhmm!" This was Li Se's first time taking a disciple. Normally, he wouldn't take disciples casually, but this Wang Mengmeng's talent was indeed good, especially her talent for cultivating qigong. As long as she possessed this talent, it would greatly assist her in traditional Chinese medicine, and her future medical skills would definitely not be bad.
"Thank you, Doctor..." The woman almost knelt down to Li Se.
"You're welcome." Li Se quickly helped her up.
"Mengmeng, kneel down to him. He is your teacher from now on." The woman said sternly to Wang Mengmeng.
"Oh..." Wang Mengmeng obediently knelt before Li Se. According to tradition, she should have poured tea, but the conditions here were limited, so this would have to suffice.
Li Se smiled. Such a disciple-accepting ceremony was still necessary. He helped Wang Mengmeng up and said with a smile, "Mengmeng, follow me and study medicine diligently from now on."
"Mhmm!" Wang Mengmeng immediately nodded. Perhaps she didn't yet understand what being a disciple meant.
"Mengmeng, you must study medicine well, understood?" The woman said.
"Mom, I know." Wang Mengmeng nodded.
"I'll go and handle your discharge procedures." Li Se was in a good mood, as he had finally taken a disciple, at least his medical skills would not be lost.
"No need to handle it, the hospital was about to expel me anyway." The woman shook her head.
Li Se nodded and was about to leave when suddenly, he heard a faint struggle. The sound was very subtle. He immediately ran into the nearest ward. There, the patient on the bed was holding his neck, looking extremely uncomfortable, and the electrocardiogram was almost a straight line. As a doctor, his instinct took over, and without hesitation, he took out his golden needles again. According to Western medicine, cardiopulmonary resuscitation was needed, but it was definitely too late.
Using the Huanyang Golden Needles technique, Li Se inserted all the needles into the patient's body, supplementing them with true qi. The tail of each golden needle was vibrating.
After a full five minutes, the electrocardiogram finally recovered. If it had been any later, even Li Se's intervention would have been too late.
"Teacher, you're amazing." Wang Mengmeng had changed her address and looked at him with adoration.
"In the future, you can do it too." Li Se smiled.
"Really?" Wang Mengmeng said with naive innocence.
"Of course!" Li Se was confident that he could train Wang Mengmeng into a formidable traditional Chinese medicine practitioner.
"What are you doing?!"
Just then, an angry shout rang out. The voice sounded somewhat familiar. A doctor in a white coat walked in.
"It's you!" The doctor in the white coat exclaimed in surprise.
"It's you." Li Se said dismissively. This doctor in the white coat was none other than Gu Yun, whom he had met earlier at the villa sales department.
Gu Yun's face darkened as he recalled the villa worth over a hundred million being snatched away by this person. When he saw the golden needles on the patient, he became furious: "You brat, who allowed you to perform acupuncture on the patient without authorization?"
"If I hadn't performed acupuncture on him, he would have died." Li Se said sternly.
"You're joking, aren't you? 'Would have died'? Who do you think you are, a miracle doctor who can bring the dead back to life?" Gu Yun felt a surge of old and new grudges, and his voice was sharp and loud. "This is a patient of our hospital. If anything were to happen, it would be our hospital's doctors treating him. Would it be your turn? Do you know what you're doing? You're messing around. If anything happens to the patient, can you bear the responsibility?"
Many people heard Gu Yun's words and gathered around, pointing fingers at Li Se.
"The golden needles are still in him. Look at the depth of the needles. Is he trying to kill the person?"
"My god, who is this guy? How dare he arbitrarily perform acupuncture on patients?"
"If something really happens, can he bear the responsibility?"
"Young people are impulsive. So young, and already performing acupuncture. Don't they know that only experienced elders can practice TCM? And if the patient really needs treatment, it's not his turn!"
"It's likely that if something goes wrong, the hospital will have to take responsibility..."