Song Anran’s face changed drastically upon hearing this. She tugged at Chen Xiao’s sleeve.
“Chen Xiao, what are you talking about? Director Hao is an old man, don’t joke with him!”
As she spoke, Song Anran frantically signaled Chen Xiao with her eyes, urging him to go along with her words.
However, Chen Xiao acted as if he hadn’t seen it, stating with a serious expression, “I’m not joking.”
Director Hao’s face turned ashen, and he let out a displeased snort.
The good impression Chen Xiao had made on him moments ago was now completely gone.
“Young man, you’re just seeking attention!”
“If you can’t translate it, just say you can’t. Why make such a despicable excuse?”
“This ‘Bai Cao Jin Fang’ was written by the renowned physician Bian Que. It has existed since ancient times and has been passed down for over a thousand years. What right do you have, a mere unweaned brat, to say it has problems!”
Chen Xiao, unhurried and calm, said softly, “Just because it has existed since ancient times, does that mean it’s always right?”
“You…”
Director Hao’s old face flushed red, so angry he felt like he was about to have a stroke.
He pointed at Song Anran and questioned her furiously:
“Director Song, is this the doctor you specially recruited? Is this the promising young man you spoke of?”
“Poor medical skills can be learned, but a bad character is beyond saving!”
Song Anran glared fiercely at Chen Xiao.
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She was furious. She had tried to persuade him earnestly, and he had treated her words as if they were blown by the wind!
What an ungrateful fellow, truly detestable!
Chen Xiao stubbornly refused to speak.
Director Hao grunted and turned his head away.
“Director Song, let him leave. I don’t want to see him in the hospital again!”
Song Anran sighed. Director Hao had spoken to this extent, leaving no room for reconciliation.
Seeing that Chen Xiao had no intention of leaving, she became impatient.
“What are you still standing around for? Director Hao wants you to leave, didn’t you hear him?”
Chen Xiao still didn’t leave, but slowly said:
“Director Hao, when you were reading this book yourself, didn’t you feel something was off?”
“Didn’t you have a sense of something missing or disorganized?”
Director Hao was taken aback.
Because he did indeed have that feeling.
“Then what does that prove? If you can’t understand it, it only means your skill is insufficient!”
“Are you implying that Master Bian Que’s medical skills are inferior to yours? That’s simply laughable!”
Director Hao glanced askance at Chen Xiao, his eyes filled with disdain.
Chen Xiao was helpless. He realized he couldn’t get through to him.
With no other recourse, he picked up a pen and flipped open the ‘Bai Cao Jin Fang’.
Immediately, his writing flowed like dragons and snakes as he began to annotate and sketch on it.
Upon seeing this, Director Hao became furious and, in his haste, jumped onto his desk to grab Chen Xiao.
“You brat, how dare you!”
“If you can’t understand the ancient text, you’re going to destroy it? You scoundrel…”
Song Anran also grew anxious: “Chen Xiao, what are you doing? Stop it quickly!”
Just then, Director Hao suddenly shouted:
“Wait, Director Song, let him continue writing!”
Song Anran froze abruptly.
Looking at Director Hao again, he was kneeling on his desk, watching Chen Xiao ‘tamper’ with the ‘Bai Cao Jin Fang’ with rapt attention.
His gaze was intense, and he seemed to have a sudden realization.
“So that’s how it is, it’s actually like this!”
Director Hao murmured as if he had lost his soul.
“This kid actually said it correctly. This ‘Bai Cao Jin Fang’ really does have problems!”
What?!
Song Anran looked at the scene in disbelief.
She saw Chen Xiao calmly making marks on the ancient text, full of confidence.
Meanwhile, Director Hao’s expression underwent a dramatic transformation.
From initial anger to shock, then to sudden enlightenment, and finally to disbelief.
Within his disbelief, there were even traces of admiration and reverence.
“So this medicinal prescription was missing a key ingredient! No wonder I always felt something was not quite right!”
“That’s right, that’s right. With the addition of this Bai Zhi, everything makes sense! Haha, satisfying, truly satisfying!”
“It turns out the order of the characters here should be reversed. Oh my! How could I not have thought of that?”
…
Director Hao’s face was flushed with excitement. He would sometimes laugh heartily and at other times pound the table in regret.
His emotional fluctuations were so extreme, it was like watching a three-year-old child.
Song Anran was stunned: “Director Hao, has he gone mad?”
But Chen Xiao remained expressionless, continuing to make marks on the ancient text as if he were in his own world.
After half an hour passed like this, Chen Xiao finally put down his pen and closed the ancient book.
“Do you believe me now?”
“I believe, I believe, Chen Xiao, no, how can I be qualified to call you by your esteemed name? I should address you as Master Chen!”
Song Anran looked bewildered.
Just moments ago, Director Hao had hated Chen Xiao to the bone, but how had he suddenly become so respectful and admiring?
“Director Hao, Chen Xiao, what exactly is going on?”
Director Hao laughed heartily, “Director Song, you’ve recruited a treasure for our hospital this time. This Master Chen is truly a divine being!”
Song Anran was completely confused and still didn’t understand.
Director Hao said:
“Master Chen is correct. This ‘Bai Cao Jin Fang’ indeed has problems. Not only is some content missing, but some of the characters are even reversed.”
“Master Chen not only corrected the reversed characters but also completed the missing content in the ‘Bai Cao Jin Fang’!”
“Such mastery is something only a master of traditional Chinese medicine can achieve. I am ashamed of my own inferiority!”
Song Anran looked at Chen Xiao in disbelief.
She had only thought Chen Xiao had an unusual constitution; she never imagined he possessed such profound medical skills!
Recruiting him into the hospital had been a stroke of luck.
“Is Chen Xiao really that amazing?”
She still found it hard to believe.
Director Hao pondered for a moment, then declared:
“Master Chen can be considered the greatest synthesizer of traditional Chinese medicine in this era. Merely by correcting and completing this ‘Bai Cao Jin Fang,’ his contribution to traditional Chinese medicine is immeasurable!”
“For at least fifty years, no one in the field of traditional Chinese medicine has made a greater contribution than him!”
Song Anran was dumbfounded. Had she accidentally witnessed history?
And Chen Xiao had made history, without even using an hour?
Chen Xiao appeared calm on the surface, but he was inwardly chuckling.
In reality, it wasn’t as miraculous as Director Hao described.
The more Director Hao boasted about Chen Xiao’s incredible feats, the more it highlighted how weak the inheritance of traditional Chinese medicine was in this era.
Just then, Director Hao suddenly remembered something and hurriedly grabbed the ‘Bai Cao Jin Fang’ to look through it.
As he flipped through it, his eyes lit up, and he shouted:
“There’s hope, there’s hope! Director Song, the patient in Room 5, there’s hope for him!”
Song Anran’s eyes widened in shock:
“Director Hao, are you talking about that patient who was declared brain-dead and became a vegetative state due to hypothermia?”
“No way! Director Hao!”
“That patient has been lying in Room 5 for three years with no signs of improvement. Even his family has given up on treatment!”
Director Hao pointed at the ancient book, his finger trembling slightly.
“Before, there was no solution. Now that Master Chen has completed the prescription for ‘Soul Return,’ I can definitely make him wake up!”