“Nannan, don't scare your dad, wake up!” the middle-aged man shouted.
“Nurse! Doctor! Hurry! Someone has fainted here!” the young man who had just spoken yelled inside urgently.
At this very moment, the on-duty nurse discovered the situation.
One nurse rushed forward to examine the little girl’s condition, while another went inside to call for the doctor. Two security guards began to disperse the crowd.
“This is bad! Breathing has stopped, rush her to the ER! You two, come and help. Xiao Qing, go contact Dr. Lu from the Emergency Department.” The nurse quickly made arrangements.
Immediately, she began administering emergency aid to the little girl. As a medical professional from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hall, her reaction was certainly swift.
The middle-aged man beside her was already crying uncontrollably. Fifty years old, he was now wiping away tears.
“Heaven, I beg you, bless our Nannan with safety. If you must take someone, take this life of mine, Du Tao!”
The surrounding crowd, witnessing this scene, couldn't help but sympathize with the man’s plight. Some of the young women who were there for treatment were now in tears.
Just then, a doctor in a white coat appeared.
“Dr. Lu, you’re finally here.”
The person who arrived was none other than Lü Ke, who was on duty in the emergency department today.
Lü Ke arrived with a gurney. He placed the little girl onto it. As there were too many patients in the emergency room today, he began examining her condition on the gurney.
“Heartbeat has stopped! This is quite serious!” Lü Ke declared.
The middle-aged man beside him felt his heart sink.
“Doctor, please, you must save my daughter! She’s only ten years old!”
Although Lü Ke’s character was questionable, his professional demeanor as a doctor remained. He immediately assured the man he would do his best.
Soon, the little girl was wheeled into the emergency room.
The emergency room was opposite the Traditional Chinese Medicine Department. The nurse asked the man to wait outside.
Time ticked by, and now, not only the man, but everyone present held their breath.
The man didn't know what else to do but pray.
After an unknown duration, the emergency room light went out. Seeing this, the man rushed over.
“How is it?”
“I’m very sorry! We did our best! If it weren't for her pre-existing severe heart condition, we might have had a chance.”
“I understand…” The man slumped to the ground.
The next moment, a groan of anguish escaped his throat.
The death of his beloved daughter in his arms was the most despairing thing a father could experience.
The young man who had spoken to him earlier came over to comfort him.
“Be strong! You still have another child. Don’t give up hope.”
“I… I know, but… Nannan, my… daughter… I’m so angry! She was only ten! She just… left us!” The man wept uncontrollably.
As everyone was lost in sorrow, Lin Xiao Tian appeared at the entrance of the consultation room.
He walked towards the nurse's station, where the young nurse was still wiping away tears.
“Was there a patient named Du Nannan? Is she gone?” Lin Xiao Tian asked.
The man had called his number earlier. Since his consultation room only had one patient, he had been waiting for them.
However, after waiting for a considerable time, Lin Xiao Tian couldn't wait any longer and came out to inquire.
“Dr. Lin, she… she’s gone!” Upon hearing Lin Xiao Tian’s question, the nurse became even more distressed. She then pointed towards the man, “That’s her father.”
Lin Xiao Tian followed her gaze and immediately saw the man at the center of the crowd.
“Are you Du Nannan’s family? Were you here for treatment?” Lin Xiao Tian approached the man.
The man nodded.
“I am a doctor. You called my number. Where is Du Nannan? May I see her?” Lin Xiao Tian continued to ask, unaware of what had happened to the little girl.
The young man nearby was immediately angered.
Lin Xiao Tian asking such questions at this moment was undoubtedly rubbing salt in the wound. Everyone knew he had just experienced the grief of losing his daughter.
“Hey! What do you mean? Don't you know he just lost his daughter? You're asking that now, looking for trouble?” The young man grabbed Lin Xiao Tian by the collar.
The man looked up at Lin Xiao Tian and then stopped the young man. “Let him go. He’s just doing his duty as a doctor. Dr. Lin, is it? Thank you for your concern. My daughter couldn’t be saved and has just passed away.”
“Hmph! Now you know, don’t you?” The young man shoved Lin Xiao Tian away.
Lin Xiao Tian didn't get angry. Instead, he fell into thought.
About fifteen minutes had passed since the number was called. Normally, the little girl would be beyond saving. However, the Golden Needle Acupuncture, a secret technique for forcibly extending life, was designed for such situations. Within this timeframe, he believed he could still save her.
“Take me to see your daughter. Perhaps there's still a chance,” Lin Xiao Tian said.
Everyone present was taken aback by Lin Xiao Tian’s words.
The man’s previously clouded eyes now lit up. “You… you have a way?”
“I’ll try!”
“Okay… okay, I’ll take you.” The man pulled Lin Xiao Tian towards the emergency room.
Soon, they arrived at the entrance of the emergency room.
At this moment, Lü Ke was arranging for the little girl’s body to be moved to the morgue. According to hospital regulations, deceased patients were to be sent to the morgue.
But just as the nurse was about to move the little girl’s body, Lin Xiao Tian stopped her.
“Lin Xiao Tian, what are you doing? This is the emergency room. Why are you, a TCM doctor, causing trouble?” Lü Ke reprimanded him.
“I’m not causing trouble. I’m here to treat my patient,” Lin Xiao Tian replied calmly.
“Treat? She’s already dead, what are you treating?”
“She can still be saved,” Lin Xiao Tian said, his tone still calm.
“Nonsense!” Lü Ke was furious and prepared to chase Lin Xiao Tian out.
But Lin Xiao Tian merely glanced at him, which silenced Lü Ke completely.
“Shut up!”
“You…” Lü Ke wanted to argue, but he recalled Lin Xiao Tian’s performance at the KTV earlier, where even Cao Yun Tian had bowed to him. As a mere doctor, offending him would be courting death.
The other doctors present also had their reservations, believing Lin Xiao Tian was being unreasonable.
“If you don’t want to help, then all of you can leave!” Lin Xiao Tian said. Without further ado, he began to take out his needles.
Since Lin Xiao Tian was so insistent, the doctors present had no choice but to leave dejectedly. In the end, under Lin Xiao Tian’s arrangement, only two nurses remained.
Outside the ward, the man anxiously watched the door. The doctors beside him were pointing fingers at Lin Xiao Tian’s actions.
“Heh, Lin Xiao Tian really puts on airs!”
“He's a favored individual by the director. I heard the director even agreed to let him work only one day a week.”
“Tsk, no wonder he’s so arrogant.”
“This person is already dead. I’d like to see how Lin Xiao Tian plans to save her,” Lü Ke grumbled, grinding his teeth in anger.
“In my opinion, he’s just fooling around, trying to make a name for himself. It's a pity the patient's family trusts him so much. If she doesn’t revive, how will he explain himself?”
The man could hear the doctors' conversations clearly and felt conflicted.
Just then, the young man who had spoken to him earlier suddenly grabbed the man’s arm. “Uncle, how can you believe him? How can a TCM doctor bring someone back from the dead? I think he’s just bullying you because you don’t understand these things!”
“But… but he said he could save Nannan.”
“Sigh! You actually believe that? You're just desperate for a cure. Go in and stop him! Your daughter suffered so much in life. Now that she’s gone, do you want to let him torment her further?”
The man’s heart was torn. But finally, he gritted his teeth and said with difficulty, “Let’s wait a little longer!”
“Foolish!” The young man shook his head at the man.