Li Se had barely slept for more than two or three hours before heading to the clinic with Huang Shanshan. However, as he cultivated Qigong, not sleeping for a night wasn't a big deal. It was just that his body felt a bit sore from being drained last night.
After tidying up his medical bag, Li Se said something to Huang Shanshan and then drove to yesterday's hotel.
Su Mei was dressed the same as yesterday, but she had dark circles under her eyes, clearly having not slept all night. As soon as she saw Li Se approaching, she said in a drawn-out voice, "It's all your fault. You abandoned me at the hotel yesterday, leaving me unable to sleep."
"Get in the car," Li Se opened the passenger door.
After Su Mei got in, she still had a resentful expression and said, "I still had to rely on my own hands to solve it. Can you bear it? For a great beauty like me, to make me solve it myself, don't you think it's a waste?"
Li Se didn't want to engage. This woman was always trying to tempt him. Fortunately, she wasn't using her charm techniques anymore. To be honest, he really disliked it when others used charm techniques on him.
They arrived at the Su family's residence again, but the Su family members all looked at Li Se with unfriendly eyes, as Li Se had caused a commotion there yesterday.
"He's putting on quite an act!" Su Dansheng said with a mocking tone as he saw Li Se carrying his medicine box.
When Li Se entered Old Master Su's room, he found other doctors inside. One of them was someone he had seen before. Besides Ji Chun from Miaoshou Hall, who else could it be? A white-haired old man in a Tang suit, who sat by the patient's bedside and was taking Old Master Su's pulse, looked profoundly unfathomable.
"It's you!" Ji Chun was also a bit surprised when he saw Li Se.
"Oh, you're here," Su Meichao chuckled. "Although we have a written agreement, I've invited the resident doctor from Miaoshou Hall, Dr. Ji Chun, and the second-in-command of Miaoshou Hall, the esteemed Elder Physician Yang Wen!"
"What, are you going to perform the Miaoshou Needle Technique again?" Li Se teased.
"Kid, don't be too presumptuous. This is the famous resident doctor from our Miaoshou Hall, the esteemed Elder TCM Physician Yang Wen. How can you speak ill of the Miaoshou Needle Technique?" Ji Chun said angrily.
Yang Wen glanced at Li Se and said lightly, "Who is this?"
"Elder Yang, this is the resident doctor of Jisheng Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic, directly opposite our Miaoshou Hall," Ji Chun introduced.
"Ridiculous!" Yang Wen reprimanded. "To be practicing medicine at such a young age, isn't this nothing but a fraud?"
As a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine, even without witnessing Li Se's medical skills firsthand, he was well aware that at this age, his medical expertise could not be good. If it were Western medicine, it might be possible, but for traditional Chinese medicine, it was absolutely impossible!
"Elder Yang, not long ago this kid slandered our Miaoshou Needle Technique, saying our needle technique had flaws. He was just talking big," Ji Chun said with a cold snort. He didn't mention at all that his Miaoshou Needle Technique had failed to treat Professor Steven.
"Kid, you are truly audacious!" Yang Wen couldn't stand it when someone dared to slander the Miaoshou Needle Technique, which he was so proud of. He immediately rebuked, "The Miaoshou Needle Technique was created by imperial physicians. How dare you slander the Miaoshou Needle Technique here? Apologize, you must apologize, and publicly at that!"
The Su family members all looked on with schadenfreude upon hearing this.
"Young people these days really dare to say anything."
"Indeed, they even dare to slander the Miaoshou Needle Technique. I really don't know where they got the courage."
"Do they really think their medical skills are superb just because they have some combat skills, enough to slander the Miaoshou Needle Technique?"
"This was created by imperial physicians, how dare he?!"
"..."
They all mocked Li Se without restraint, as they were already very dissatisfied with him.
Li Se frowned and said, "The Miaoshou Needle Technique has flaws. Instead of improving it, you blame me? Or, after I apologize publicly, will your Miaoshou Needle Technique have no flaws?"
"How dare you!" Ji Chun shouted angrily. "Now that Elder Yang is here, you still dare to slander the Miaoshou Needle Technique. Who gave you the courage? Or do you think that after learning a few days of acupuncture points, you can openly question an elder TCM physician?"
Yang Wen said sternly, "Apologize, you must apologize to me, and you must kneel before Miaoshou Hall to apologize!"
"Heh, you dare to question Miaoshou Hall's Miaoshou Needle Technique, you truly aren't afraid of death," Su Meichao sneered.
Li Se said dismissively, "If there are flaws, there are flaws. Moreover, if the Miaoshou Needle Technique is just this, then no matter who from Miaoshou Hall tries, they won't be able to treat Old Master Su!"
"What did you say?" Yang Wen's beard bristled with anger. "You are openly provoking us Miaoshou Hall by saying no one from Miaoshou Hall can treat Old Master Su. If we can't, can you?"
"Of course!" Li Se said confidently.
Old Master Su, lying on the sickbed, felt Li Se was bragging a bit. He knew about Miaoshou Hall, but he also understood his own physical condition. Unless an imperial physician came, it would be difficult to treat him. However, the founder of Miaoshou Hall was an imperial physician, and although retired, he was once an imperial physician. Unfortunately, he was not in the capital during this period.
"You truly are ignorant. You dare to say that Miaoshou Hall cannot treat Old Master Su. Miaoshou Hall was founded by imperial physicians. You are not only questioning Miaoshou Hall, but also questioning imperial physicians!" Ji Chun put a big hat on Li Se.
Li Se shook his head and said, "Miaoshou Hall is Miaoshou Hall; it cannot represent imperial physicians!"
"Good lad, since you are so confident, let's compare our medical skills. I want to see how you intend to treat him if even we are helpless!" Yang Wen was very angry. As a seasoned TCM physician, he hadn't encountered such a rebellious young person in a long time. He had to teach this young man a lesson.
"Certainly!" Li Se nodded decisively. "Then, esteemed Elder TCM Physician Yang, what have you diagnosed?"
Yang Wen said lightly, "Old Master Su's condition is very complex. Many organs have already failed. Coupled with his advanced age, I suggest conservative treatment. However, my Miaoshou Needle Technique must be applied first, followed by auxiliary Chinese medicine for gradual conditioning."
"Gradual conditioning?" Li Se said with a chuckle. "You know Old Master Su is advanced in age, yet you talk about gradual conditioning. Before he's conditioned, he might already be meeting the King of Hell. Your treatment method is wrong!"
He paused, and without waiting for Yang Wen to say anything, Li Se continued, "Moreover, your Miaoshou Needle Technique has too many flaws. If it were really used for acupuncture on Old Master Su, it would truly be beyond saving!"