As soon as Li Se finished speaking, Gu Yun began to mock him from the side, "Still can't pull them out? Who do you think you are? You really are laughable. If I hadn't stepped in, you might have killed Mr. Liu's father. It's one thing to perform acupuncture without our consent, but now you're telling us not to remove the needles? Do you really think the patient's condition stabilized because of you?"
Feng Deye said with a cold face, "This is preposterous. What do you take Renhe Hospital for? Do you think you're a savior just because you've learned a bit of traditional Chinese medicine?"
"If anything happens to my father, you're dead!" Mr. Liu said fiercely.
Madam Liu said menacingly, "People like this should be arrested and jailed!"
Mr. Liu immediately turned to Feng Deye and asked, "Director Feng, what should we do about my father now?"
"Mr. Liu, none of us are particularly skilled in acupuncture. Of course, if you insist on removing the needles, we are confident. However, I've already sent someone to call Old Chinese Physician Chen. He is more knowledgeable in TCM. With his arrival, there shouldn't be any problems," Feng Deye replied.
Mr. Liu immediately shook his head, "No, I want you people to handle it. I don't believe in Chinese medicine!"
"That's right, can TCM cure diseases? Look at this barefoot doctor, how deep he's stuck the needles!" Madam Liu exclaimed.
"This..." Feng Deye hesitated. It was indeed safer to wait for Old Chinese Physician Chen. However, the TCM and Western medicine departments at Renhe Hospital were separate, and it would take some time for the TCM department to arrive.
"Doctor Gu, I'm entrusting my father to you!" Mr. Liu looked at Gu Yun. "I will repay you handsomely later!"
"That's right, we will definitely repay you!" Madam Liu echoed.
Gu Yun knew this was his opportunity. The Liu family was quite wealthy. They might not be able to afford exorbitant consultation fees like a villa, but tens of millions or even a hundred million would likely be no problem. He nodded repeatedly, "Alright, rest assured. I am an authority in this field. I suspect this young man didn't even use the correct acupoints."
Mr. Liu glared at Li Se and said, "Kid, think about how you're going to take responsibility now. If Doctor Gu hadn't shown up in time, my father might have died at your hands. You dared to perform acupuncture on my father? You have quite the audacity!"
"Honey, why waste words with this kind of person? Just call the police. Illegal practice, without the hospital's consent, and without our consent, yet you dared to perform acupuncture on Dad. Let him go straight to jail!" Madam Liu gritted her teeth.
Li Se frowned, "If it weren't for me, you wouldn't even get to see him one last time!"
"Enough!" Feng Deye shouted coldly. "Stop talking tough. Does Renhe Hospital need treatment from a barefoot doctor like you? Do you think our hospital's doctors are amateurs?"
"Exactly, this is clearly questioning our professionalism!"
"Heh, does he think that after studying TCM for a few years, everyone's medical skills are inferior to his?"
"Are you saying TCM can compare to our Western medicine?"
"You ignorant fool, you dare to question our medical skills? Look at your own demeanor!"
"..."
Many doctors immediately began to sneer.
Initially, these Western medicine doctors were highly dismissive of TCM, believing it could only treat minor ailments and that serious diseases required Western medicine. But now, a barefoot doctor who appeared out of nowhere not only performed acupuncture on a patient without authorization but also spoke with a tone that seemed to mock Western medicine, acting as if he were a divine physician.
"If you really intend to pull the needles, then you'll regret it. Don't come begging me!" Li Se said calmly.
"Begging me?" Feng Deye was somewhat angered by Li Se. Was this kid too confident? Did their Renhe Hospital need to beg anyone?
"Director Feng, why bother with this kind of person? He's about to go to jail," Gu Yun snorted, then walked to the patient. As a professionally trained doctor, he was meticulous when removing the needles.
"Strange, why are these needles still trembling when I pull them out?" Gu Yun wondered but didn't think much of it. However, he did notice that they seemed to be made of gold.
"As expected of Doctor Gu, his needle removal technique is rock solid!"
"Yeah, steady as an old dog!"
"Hurry up and shut up, why are you using adjectives like that?"
"..."
Many people began to praise him.
Gu Yun, feeling even more proud, quickly removed the other golden needles.
"Since you've removed the needles, please return the golden needles to me." Li Se snatched the golden needles away. He glanced at the patient on the bed one last time, shook his head, and thought, it's not that I'm unwilling to save him, but these people are simply unwilling to believe me.
"Did I say you could leave?" Mr. Liu snapped, seeing that his father was no longer in any apparent danger.
"We will meet again soon. You will come begging me!" Li Se looked at Mr. Liu and uttered this, intending to leave.
But the hospital security guards immediately rushed over. Feng Deye snorted, "Performing acupuncture on a patient without authorization, nearly costing the patient's life. We'll deal with it when the police arrive."
"Take him away first!" Feng Deye ordered.
"Come with us!" several guards said coldly.
"Teacher..." Wang Mengmeng looked worried.
"Mengmeng, it's alright. Go home with your mother, and come to Jisheng Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic tomorrow," Li Se patted Wang Mengmeng's head and smiled.
"Mhm, mhm!" Wang Mengmeng nodded obediently.
She and her mother were of humble status and had no voice here, so they could only leave first.
Li Se didn't mind. After all, these people would surely come to him for help, so he went with the guards.
Not long after he left, Old Chinese Physician Chen arrived.
"Old Chen, a young man just performed acupuncture on the patient, but he's fine now." Feng Deye saw that the patient was fine after the golden needles were removed, so he wasn't too worried.
"Oh, young people are daring enough to perform acupuncture on patients now?" Old Chinese Physician Chen frowned slightly.
"Dad, what's wrong, Dad?" Suddenly, Mr. Liu shouted, as the patient on the bed suddenly clutched his neck, foamed at the mouth, and clearly looked like he was dying.
"Not good!" Gu Yun shouted immediately, "Quick, administer adrenaline..."
After a period of resuscitation, it was all useless. Gu Yun sighed, "He's beyond saving!"
"No... you just said you would save my father!" Mr. Liu roared.
"It's all because of that acupuncture, otherwise, how could this have happened?" Gu Yun, however, shifted the blame entirely to Li Se.
Feng Deye's expression changed again, "Could it be related to the acupuncture just now?"
Old Chinese Physician Chen frowned deeply, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Can you show me the surveillance footage?"
Feng Deye nodded and immediately brought up the surveillance footage.
After Old Chinese Physician Chen watched it, he was greatly astonished, "Golden needles? They are golden needles! This is the Yang-Returning Golden Needles technique! He was performing the Yang-Returning Needle Method!"