Leo, having recently returned from the United States and being a member of their medical association, could not tolerate the words of Secretary Xu. He retorted angrily, "Do you know who I am, to tell me to go easy? What do you think you are?"
"I am the secretary to the Minister of Health. Who do you think I am?" Secretary Xu said coldly.
When these words were spoken, Leo was startled. He suddenly looked at the woman from the car accident and asked, "And who is this lady?"
"The Minister's wife!" Secretary Xu stated with a grim face. "So, you had better treat her quickly. Otherwise, if anything happens to the Madam, you will pay the price!"
Leo felt like he was being shot while lying down. The other party was clearly threatening him. However, despite being a Western doctor, he knew the conditions here – there were no medical instruments. A clever cook cannot cook without ingredients. Suddenly, he thought of something and pointed to Li Se beside him, "This kid said he can treat her. Let him try."
"You can treat her?" Secretary Xu looked at Li Se, frowning slightly. The young man was too young, making him somewhat disbelieving.
"Yes!" Li Se nodded slightly.
"Then hurry up and treat her! What are you waiting for?" Secretary Xu said impatiently. "If you can cure her, the Minister will surely thank you. Hurry up and treat her!"
Secretary Xu's attitude was quite poor, but Li Se did not have time to bicker with him. He took out his silver needles to perform acupuncture on the Minister's wife.
"What are you doing?" Secretary Xu shouted.
"Acupuncture!" Li Se replied.
"You're a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner?" Secretary Xu's face turned ugly. "At your age, you know TCM? Are you trying to fool me?"
"If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do," Li Se said calmly.
Secretary Xu looked at the Minister's wife's condition. He knew that if they continued to delay, the consequences would be dire. He could only take the plunge and said in a deep voice, "Then treat her quickly, but if anything goes wrong, I will make you pay a heavy price!"
If it weren't for the Minister's wife being in such a serious condition, Li Se would not have bothered with Secretary Xu. After stopping her bleeding, he performed acupuncture and then withdrew the needles. He then said, "Just wait for the ambulance!"
"It better be as you say!" Secretary Xu said coldly.
Li Se did not want to deal with Secretary Xu anymore and got up to leave.
"You are not allowed to leave!" Secretary Xu stopped him.
"Why?" Li Se asked.
Secretary Xu sneered, "Who knows if your acupuncture just now was effective or if it worsened the Madam's condition? Therefore, you must stay!"
"If I want to leave, you cannot stop me!" Li Se gave Secretary Xu a cold glance.
"That's for me to decide!" Secretary Xu sneered and signaled to the two bodyguards.
The two bodyguards understood and approached Li Se. However, before they could make a move, Li Se acted first, repelling them in a few swift moves.
"You..." Secretary Xu's face darkened.
He could no longer stop Li Se at this point and watched him swagger away.
Leo, being extremely shrewd, saw that the Minister's wife's condition had stabilized after Li Se's acupuncture. Therefore, he volunteered, "Secretary Xu, don't worry. I am a member of the United States Medical Association. With me here, there will be no accidents. I will accompany her to the hospital."
"Good!" Secretary Xu felt somewhat relieved.
The ambulance arrived not long after, and the Minister's wife was quickly rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment. The Minister of Health also arrived at the hospital soon after. Seeing his wife still undergoing treatment, he was extremely anxious.
"Hello, I am Leo, a member of the United States Medical Association." Leo took the initiative to greet the Minister.
Zhou Yuan was initially reluctant to pay much attention to Leo, but upon hearing that he was a member of the medical association, he shook hands with him. "Hello, I am Zhou Yuan, the Minister of Health."
"I was also at the scene of the accident," Leo said.
"Oh, was it you who provided emergency treatment to my wife?" Zhou Yuan asked in surprise.
"Yes!" Leo nodded. He had indeed provided emergency treatment to the Minister's wife. Although it didn't seem to have much effect, it was the truth.
"Thank you!" Zhou Yuan said gratefully.
Ding!
At that moment, the door to the operating room opened, and the attending physician walked out.
"Doctor, how is my wife?" Zhou Yuan asked anxiously.
The attending physician said, "Her injuries are too severe. We are helpless..."
"How could this be..." Zhou Yuan almost fainted.
"Minister Zhou!" Secretary Xu quickly supported him.
"Minister Zhou, there is good news. When we received your wife, we discovered that she had received emergency treatment. It was this treatment that saved your wife's life. The medical skills of that person are definitely extraordinary. If we could get this doctor to help, I believe we could save your wife!" the attending physician said.
Hearing this, Zhou Yuan immediately looked at Leo, "Mr. Leo, I implore you!"
"And who is this?" the attending physician inquired.
"I am Leo, a member of the United States Medical Association!" Leo said arrogantly.
"That's not surprising!" the attending physician realized. "Quick, go and save Mrs. Zhou!"
Secretary Xu, however, hesitated, "I remember it seemed to be a young TCM practitioner..."
"Secretary Xu, I provided the emergency treatment first. Or do you think that young doctor just made a few casual moves and it was effective?" Leo, however, did not forget to take all the credit for himself.
Hearing this, although Secretary Xu hesitated, he thought it made some sense, so he didn't say anything more.
"TCM resuscitation?" The attending physician shook his head. "Impossible. TCM emphasizes gradual conditioning. For resuscitation, TCM is not suitable."
"Then we entrust it to Doctor Leo!" Zhou Yuan said.
"Alright!" Leo was somewhat puffed up and walked into the operating room.
However, after more than ten minutes, Leo walked out, sweating profusely, and shook his head, "I can't do anything. The injuries are too severe!"
"Didn't you say you could?" Zhou Yuan asked urgently.
"Minister Zhou, every surgery has a success rate," Leo said, shaking his head.
"No... Madam..." Zhou Yuan stumbled back several steps.
"Mr. Leo, this is impossible, isn't it?" the attending physician sounded skeptical. "The previous emergency treatment technique was so brilliant, it should mean that the medical skills are already unprecedented, and the success rate of resuscitation should be quite high. How could you be helpless?"
Secretary Xu's face changed at this moment. "Mr. Leo, it wasn't your emergency treatment at all, was it? It was that young TCM practitioner!"
"How is that possible? It was clearly me..." Leo sounded guilty.
"Damn it!" Zhou Yuan had seen everything clearly and kicked Leo fiercely. "If anything happens to my wife, I will hold you accountable!"
He immediately looked at Secretary Xu, "Quick, find that young TCM practitioner for me, and also, invite all the skilled TCM practitioners!"
He was mainly worried that they couldn't find the young TCM practitioner, so he hoped that other skilled TCM practitioners might have a solution.
"Yes!" Secretary Xu immediately responded, filled with regret. He shouldn't have treated the young TCM practitioner with such an attitude just now. Otherwise, the young man probably wouldn't have left.