Chapter 520 I Announce Qiao Xi's Withdrawal
"Qiao Xi, get out of the way!"
Sun Weimeng lay on the guardrail and shouted loudly, and the two men in the VIP seats on the sidelines stood up at the same time.
Right behind Qiao Xi was Li Songwen decocting medicine.
To facilitate filming, the distances within the venue are relatively small, only about one meter wide.
Li Songwen, with a plaster on his right wrist, walked past Qiao Xi holding a small, steaming enamel pot, pretending to stumble accidentally, and then rushed towards Qiao Xi and the little girl Nian Nian.
The boiling brown medicine splashed out, bubbling with heat.
"ah!"
Seeing this, Nian Nian's mother screamed. If such a decoction fell on her daughter, how painful would it be!
Besides, girls are prone to scarring!
Without a second thought, Qiao Xi leaned forward to protect the seven or eight-year-old child. The brown medicine landed on her right forearm, instantly causing redness, swelling, and blisters.
She gritted her teeth and tears welled up uncontrollably from the corners of her eyes.
It hurts so much!
For a moment she felt that her right arm had lost all feeling. After a while she felt the piercing pain seeping into her bones and blood layer by layer, and even her heart began to ache.
The little girl was so frightened that she cried uncontrollably.
Li Songwen was still pretending to be innocent: "I'm so sorry, my right hand was injured and I couldn't hold it firmly. Are you okay?"
He obviously did it on purpose, but his evil acting skills were as if he had taken a crash course in becoming an actor, and it was really hard to find fault with him.
Li Song asked in a fake tone, "Can you still give acupuncture with your hands? The child is crying like this, can you still continue the treatment?"
There was a hint of pride in his tone.
It was already difficult for him to give acupuncture with his right hand, so he accepted one million from Xiang Mingzhu, saying that he would help her eliminate Qiao Xi in the second round!
Why not do this kind of transaction?
What's more, Li Songwen still has feelings for Xiang Mingzhu.
Qiao Xi glanced at him coldly, and reluctantly comforted the child: "Don't cry, Nian Nian, it's okay. Let me check if you are burned..."
She stretched out her left hand to look at the little girl's skin and pushed her away with great force.
Qiao Xi was almost pushed to the ground.
It turned out to be the girl's mother who ran over, hugging her child and crying, "Niannian, are you okay? Mommy has a look! Are you burned? We don't want to join in, let's go home!"
Nian Nian cried so hard that she was out of breath and choked with sobs and couldn't speak.
Nian Nian's mother turned around like an enraged lioness and yelled, "How can you do this? Our child was sent here for treatment, not to suffer. Pouring such hot Chinese medicine on her would be fatal!"
She raised her hand and slapped Li Songwen's handsome face.
Li Songwen covered his face in disbelief.
"I'm so sorry! Ma'am, please be patient. It's a blessing that the child is not hurt." Lu Bannong came to the rescue at the right time, stood beside the child's mother and showed concern for her, then scolded Li Songwen.
"You are so careless. How could you hurt anyone?"
"I'm sorry, President Lu. It's all my fault that I injured my right tendon before the game, so I couldn't hold the medicine jar steadily."
Lu Bannong sighed, frowned, and said in embarrassment, "What should we do now? Even though you accidentally injured someone, it's still a violation of the competition. You'll be eliminated and have to wait until the next round. As for Qiao Xi..."
He slowly looked at Qiao Xi, who was urgently treating her burns, and said, "Unfortunately, you are injured so badly that you can't compete. Why don't you just withdraw..."
Qiao Xi's eyes were stubborn: "I won't withdraw from the competition!"
She had seen through their plot and temporarily found Li Songwen to die with her. For the Lu family, it was not a particularly big loss.
And the price she had to pay was too terrible.
She took every precaution but still couldn't prevent it. Who would pay attention to their surroundings while practicing medicine?
In front of everyone, Li Songwen asked if he wanted to perish together with her.
Lu Bannong kindly reminded him, "I understand why you don't want to withdraw, but you can't be so selfish and only think about yourself. The child is already frightened and it's not appropriate to continue treatment. Besides, your injuries are so serious, how can you perform acupuncture?"
Qiao Xi looked at the mother and daughter hugging each other in pain, her lips tightly pursed.
"Let's go home, Nian Nian."
Nian Nian's mother picked her up.
She really regretted signing up her child for this volunteer activity. She had hoped she could see some good free Chinese medicine doctor who could cure her daughter's illness.
I didn't expect that I would scare the child.
Nian Nian's mother was filled with resentment and regret, and was too lazy to pay attention to Qiao Xi.
She coaxed the child and walked to the sidelines.
The onlookers were talking endlessly.
Xiang Mingzhu smiled secretly and continued to perform acupuncture on the patient. Lu Yingxue lowered her eyes, but her expression remained calm. Her biggest competitor had been dealt with.
"It's over!"
Sun Weimeng spread his hands, it was all over!
They can control factors outside the field, but they cannot interfere with the game.
It’s impossible to guard against!
Today, if there is no Li Songwen, there may be Zhao Songwen and Qian Songwen... Who can interfere with the affairs of the field! After all, the Lu family is a semi-dominant family in the field of traditional Chinese medicine!
"What about Huo Xingzhou? The mother has taken the child away, and there are no volunteer patients left. How can Qiao Xi still compete? No, her hands are already so badly burned, how can she still treat others?"
Sun Weimeng was so anxious that he almost cried.
Huo Xingzhou's eyes were extremely cold, and there was a chill surrounding him. No one was allowed to approach him.
He gave Lao Chen a wink, and Lao Chen left immediately after receiving the instruction.
An annoying voice came from behind: "Looks like you're going to lose the bet."
Xiang Ze was dressed formally, his rather ordinary face brimming with smiles. "Don't leave after this is over. I've already contacted all the major media outlets to film this big story. From now on, the name Qiao Xi will no longer be mentioned in the world of Traditional Chinese Medicine."
This was his first appearance since the Guan family’s birthday party.
Sun Weimeng and Qiao Xi tricked him, and he will remember it for the rest of his life!
He deliberately provoked Sun Weimeng to make the bet online just to get revenge.
Sun Weimeng bit his back teeth, making a clicking sound.
He couldn't utter a single retort, and the atmosphere in the room became noticeably more agitated. They were probably all anticipating the fate of the Chinese medicine apprentice, Qiao Xi, today...
Sun Weimeng's eyes were red as he stared at the close-up of Qiao Xi on the big screen.
They can't go to the competition venue now and can only watch from afar.
There is nothing I can do!
Some roads need to be walked by herself.
Qiao Xi pursed her lips tightly, her eyes fixed on the mother and daughter.
Lu Bannong kindly advised, "It's already happened. There's no point in continuing to stalemate here. Even the patient has left. Your game is over."
The defeat is inevitable!
"I will now announce to everyone that you and Li Songwen have withdrawn from the competition."
The heavy burden on Lu Bannong's heart finally fell. He still found it a little ridiculous. The disciple of Cheng Han, the traditional Chinese medicine doctor, was not Cheng Han.
Why did he feel like he was facing a formidable enemy from the very beginning?
Now it seems nothing special.
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