"Of course, we can."
He Tianxiang looked at Wan Yunting and Jiang Yichun and said with a smile, "They are the best doctors in our Traditional Chinese Medicine department. Treating Mayor Hu's lumbar disc herniation with traditional Chinese bone-setting techniques would be ideal, avoiding surgery and the pain that comes with it for Mayor Hu."
"Then what are we waiting for? Director Jiang, Xiao Wan, hurry inside to see Mayor Hu..."
Kang Hongwen was anxious and immediately wanted to take Wan Yunting and Jiang Yichun into the ward. However, Hu Zhengye stopped him, "Wait, Uncle Kang. I've already called Dr. Sima and the others. There's no need for other doctors to interfere!"
This statement surprised Jiang Yichun, as well as He Tianxiang and Zhang Jianlin. They didn't understand what was happening.
"Zhengye, you still believe in that Sima fellow?"
Kang Hongwen's eyes widened. Facing Hu Zhengye's stubbornness, he pointed at the ward door and rebuked, "Your sister is lying here today because of that Sima. Do you still expect him to cure your sister's illness?"
This made Jiang Yichun even more confused. She quietly asked Wan Yunting beside her, only then learning about what happened yesterday when Sima Hongyun treated Mayor Hu...
"Uncle Kang, perhaps my sister's condition worsened due to other reasons."
Hu Zhengye still defended and believed in Sima Hongyun. He glared at Kang Hongwen and retorted, "Dr. Sima is a famous doctor from the capital. How could he have caused my sister's condition to worsen..."
"You are truly incorrigible."
Seeing how much Hu Zhengye trusted Sima Hongyun, Kang Hongwen was almost furious. "Even if what you say is true, why hasn't he shown up yet?"
Hu Zhengye checked the time. It had been over half an hour since he called Sima Hongyun, which made him a little nervous. He said, "Perhaps Dr. Sima and his team just woke up and are busy..."
"Enough."
Hu Renzhi, who had been sitting aside, finally got angry. He glared at his son, Hu Zhengye, and said to Kang Hongwen, "Xiao Kang, please ask these two doctors to go in and see Yaqing."
"Alright."
Seeing the elder speak, Kang Hongwen immediately invited Jiang Yichun and Wan Yunting to push open the ward door and go in...
"Dad..."
"You shut up."
Hu Renzhi glared at Hu Zhengye and reprimanded him, "Manager Kang made one phone call, and Doctor Wan rushed over in a hurry. On the other hand, you called Sima Hongyun so long ago, and he hasn't even shown his face. With this kind of attitude, he's not a good doctor at all."
Hu Zhengye was speechless under his father's rebuke...
Entering the ward, they saw Hu Yaqing lying on the hospital bed, her face pale, her brows furrowed. Even in her sleep, one could sense the sharp pain in her lower back, making her entire body tense.
"Yaqing, Yaqing, wake up..."
Kang Hongwen went up and softly called Mayor Hu's name a few times. She then slightly opened her eyes. Seeing her old classmate, she managed a weak nod.
"I've asked Director Jiang from the Traditional Chinese Medicine department and Doctor Wan to examine you."
Kang Hongwen pointed to Wan Yunting and Jiang Yichun beside him. They smiled and nodded at Mayor Hu. She also nodded, without saying anything.
It wasn't that Hu Yaqing didn't want to speak, but the pain in her lower back made it impossible for her to speak. Even taking a breath caused her pain...
"Elder Jiang, let's go together."
Wan Yunting, carrying his medicine box, said to Jiang Yichun.
"Okay..."
Jiang Yichun nodded. They each sat on either side of Hu Yaqing's bed and began to take her pulse.
At this moment, Kang Hongwen, along with the elder couple Hu Renzhi and He Bailan, and He Tianxiang, Zhang Jianlin, and other professors, also came in to observe. Hu Zhengye, on the other hand, stood at the ward entrance, watching Wan Yunting and Jiang Yichun taking his sister Hu Yaqing's pulse. He couldn't help but frown, occasionally checking his watch, waiting for Sima Hongyun. Why hadn't he arrived yet...
Little did they know, Sima Hongyun was enjoying breakfast at a hotel with his disciple Cao Ping, neither of them in any hurry...
A moment later, Wan Yunting and Jiang Yichun simultaneously released Hu Yaqing's pulse. They looked at each other, nodded, and then said, "Mayor Hu, we need to examine your lower back."
Hu Yaqing nodded slightly and remained silent.
Wan Yunting then asked two nurses to help turn Hu Yaqing over. However, any movement of her body caused a heart-trembling sharp pain in her lumbar spine, so the process of turning her over took a very long time, a full five minutes before Hu Yaqing was turned over...
"Xiao Wan, you go ahead."
Jiang Yichun voluntarily let Wan Yunting examine Mayor Hu and said with a smile, "I'm not in orthopedics, so you should examine Mayor Hu."
"Alright."
Wan Yunting didn't stand on ceremony. He stepped forward, lifted Hu Yaqing's upper garment from the back, revealing her lower back. Her slender waist was exposed, and from the appearance, it was evident that the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae were displaced and deformed.
At the same time, her skin had a faint, purplish crescent-shaped mark, about ten centimeters in diameter, located precisely at the position of the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae. If one didn't look closely, it would be unnoticeable.
This made Wan Yunting raise his eyebrows. He then pressed around Hu Yaqing's lower lumbar vertebrae with three fingers. Instantly, Hu Yaqing's whole body tensed and trembled slightly. The pain caused her, lying prone on the bed, to grit her teeth and gasp.
This scene made the elder Hu Renzhi and his wife, and Kang Hongwen, watching from the side, feel distressed, knowing she was enduring immense pain.
"Mayor Hu, did you suffer any external injuries to your waist?"
Immediately after, Wan Yunting asked Hu Yaqing, who was lying on the bed with a pale and pained expression.
"External injuries?"
Kang Hongwen and the elder couple Hu Renzhi beside him were stunned. Hu Yaqing turned her head, her voice trembling as she said, "I, I went to inspect work at a construction site the day before yesterday, and a worker accidentally... poked my lower back with a steel pipe..."
"Steel pipe..."
Hearing Hu Yaqing say this, Wan Yunting confirmed the faint purplish crescent mark on her lower back. But Hu Renzhi and He Bailan became anxious, "You... you said you were injured, why didn't you tell us?"
Hu Yaqing said tremblingly, "It was just a bump, it was nothing serious, so I didn't tell anyone..."
Even her colleagues who accompanied her for the inspection the day before yesterday did not notice that Hu Yaqing had been accidentally bumped by a worker. However, her lower back only hurt a little at the time, and she thought it wasn't that serious, so she didn't tell anyone else. She didn't blame the worker either, only cautioned him to be careful. Hu Yaqing didn't take it to heart, and then she sat in the office writing documents all evening after returning that night, only going home at eleven o'clock at night...
It wasn't until the next day that she couldn't get out of bed.
"Mayor Hu, this injury to your waist caused a slight displacement of your third and fourth lumbar vertebrae. Because you didn't pay attention and sat for long periods at work, the displaced vertebrae compressed your entire nervous system, leading to various symptoms and immobility," Wan Yunting said, pointing to the faint purple crescent shape on her lower back, and sighed.
If Hu Yaqing had paid attention at the time and gone to a bone-setting doctor for a massage to reset the slightly displaced lumbar vertebrae, and then received acupuncture treatment, she would have been mostly fine the next day.
"You, I've told you so many times, you need to rest appropriately while working and not sit for extended periods. This is the most harmful thing for your lumbar spine," Hu Renzhi lectured, pointing at Hu Yaqing lying on the bed. It was clear that her parents had spoken to her more than once about not sitting for long hours at work.
Kang Hongwen knew that Hu Yaqing was a workaholic and asked Wan Yunting, "Xiao Wan, how should she be treated now?"
Wan Yunting carefully examined Hu Yaqing's lower back again and found several faint acupuncture needle marks. These were the marks left by Sima Hongyun's acupuncture treatment yesterday.
"Cold Needle Technique!"
Wan Yunting raised his eyebrows, surprised that Sima Hongyun had performed the Cold Needle Technique on Hu Yaqing yesterday.