The attending physician took a deep breath, forced himself to remain calm, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and turned to his wife, who was completely disoriented, his words filled with relief at surviving a disaster.
"Mrs. Sheng, don't worry, Captain Sheng... he's out of danger for now! Thank goodness! Thank goodness! However, he's lost a lot of blood and is still very weak. He needs to rest immediately and be closely monitored!"
The doctor breathed a sigh of relief, but was also filled with shock, never expecting that Sheng Xu would actually survive.
"Ugh... Old Sheng..." Upon hearing this, Sheng's wife's tense nerves suddenly relaxed, her legs went weak, and she almost collapsed to the ground. Fortunately, she was supported by the police officer next to her.
She covered her face, tears streaming through her fingers, nodding repeatedly while choking back sobs.
"Thank you... thank you doctor! Thank you for saving my husband Lao Sheng's life! You are a great benefactor!"
Sheng's wife felt fortunate.
"Yes, yes! Doctor, you have amazing skills!"
"Judging from the situation just now, I thought... Ah! It's all thanks to you for turning the tide!"
"This medical skill is truly miraculous! It's even better than the experts at the county hospital!"
The police officers nearby also gathered around, showering the doctor with gratitude and praise, their faces beaming with the excitement of having their lost item returned.
However, Yuan Guoyao's brows remained furrowed. His sharp gaze swept over Sheng Xu, who was awake but still weak on the hospital bed, and then looked at the police officers who were still praising the doctor incessantly. The sense of unease in his heart grew stronger and stronger.
No... It was Xu Kuo's needles that stopped the bleeding and made him wake up... How come it's all the doctor's doing now? Is it really just a coincidence?
Yuan Guoyao realized that he might have wronged Xu Kuo.
He hesitated for a moment, then couldn't help but interrupt the crowd's praise: "Wait... everyone, don't get too excited. Captain Sheng's life is saved, but just now... it seemed like Xu Kuo..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was abruptly cut off by his wife's sharp and sarcastic voice.
"Director Yuan! Why are you bringing up that jinx?! He's just a country bumpkin! What does he know about healing and saving lives?! If it weren't for his unreasonable behavior, injuring my husband, and causing trouble here, would my husband have suffered so much?! He's a jinx! A jinx!"
Her hatred for Xu Kuo had reached its peak at this moment.
"That's right! My sister-in-law is right!"
The officer who had been beaten earlier immediately jumped out to echo him, his face still bearing bruises, and his eyes filled with dissatisfaction as he looked at Yuen Kwok-yiu.
"Director Yuan, you can't be fooled by that kid! He's a violent thug! A murderer! He even assaulted a police officer just now! What good could he possibly want? I think those few moves he made just now were clearly meant to torture Captain Sheng to death!"
“That’s right! He’s deliberately stalling for time! That’s an even bigger crime!” The other officers nodded in agreement, their curses against Xu Kuo echoing throughout the room.
Looking at this group of people blinded by anger and prejudice, Yuan Guoyao opened his mouth, but finally sighed helplessly.
He currently has no substantial evidence to prove that Sheng Xu's awakening was due to Xu Kuo's efforts. Although the doctors saw the needle marks, no one can say for sure what the effect was.
In this situation, any explanation he gives will only appear weak and ineffective, and may even backfire.
At this moment, Yuan Guoyao was only thinking about how to release Xu Kuo.
Sheng's wife ignored everyone else, wiped away her tears, leaned down to her husband's bedside, and looked at his pale, paper-like face and cracked lips, feeling an overwhelming pang of heartache.
She instinctively reached out to touch him, but hesitated for a moment, afraid of disturbing him. Then she turned to the doctor next to her and asked softly, "Doctor, look at my husband's lips, they're so dry... they're cracked. Could you... give him some water to moisturize them?"
"No! Absolutely not!"
Upon hearing this, the attending physician immediately waved his hand reflexively, his words carrying an unquestionable professional authority.
"The patient has just experienced massive hemorrhage and shock. Although he is temporarily stable, all his physiological functions are severely disordered, especially his digestive system. Giving him water now could easily cause choking, aspiration, or even lung infection or worsen the burden on his internal organs, leading to secondary dangers! He must be strictly kept from eating and drinking!"
Are you kidding me? You can't just give water to a critically ill patient like that! Don't you have any common sense?!
Upon hearing this, Yuan Guoyao's heart skipped a beat!
He clearly remembered that just now, in the midst of the chaos, before Xu Kuo was taken away, he seemed to anxiously shout to the doctor that he wanted to feed Sheng Xu some water... what was it again?
Could it be... that Xu Kuo was right after all?
With a hint of doubt, he tentatively suggested, "Doctor, I seem to remember... Xu Kuo suggested earlier... that we should give Captain Sheng some water?"
The attending physician scoffed, glanced at Yuan Guoyao, and spoke with contempt and impatience.
"Director Yuan! Why are you still bringing up that charlatan? What does he know about medicine? He's just using those quack methods from a country doctor! How can he compare to the scientific treatments in our regular hospitals? He's just getting lucky, it's all nonsense!"
"You're the leader, you need to be able to distinguish right from wrong, and you can't be fooled by his crooked tricks! I said you can't drink water, and you absolutely can't drink it!"
Yuan Guoyao is getting more and more senile as he gets older; he actually believes the words of a young upstart.
"That's right, Director Yuan! Don't listen to that kid!"
"He's a complete fraud! If it weren't for the doctors' desperate efforts to save him, Captain Sheng would have been dead long ago!"
"We must trust science! Trust the doctors!" The crowd chimed in, offering their advice to Yuan Guoyao, their words filled with trust in the doctors and disdain for Xu Kuo.
Hearing the unanimous praise and approval from those around him, the attending physician revealed an undisguised look of pride, his chin slightly raised.
He cleared his throat, resumed his professional doctor demeanor, and waved to the nurse beside him.
"Alright, everyone stop crowding around and let the patient rest! Xiao Li, quickly prepare the adrenaline and dopamine, just in case. Establish an intravenous line and prepare to administer fluids to maintain vital signs!"
"Beep! Beep! Beep—!!"
As the nurse turned to leave, the electrocardiogram monitor, which had just calmed down, suddenly emitted an even sharper and more urgent alarm sound than before!
The values representing heart rate and blood pressure on the screen plummeted like a cliff!
The glaring red warning lights flashed wildly, like a death knell from the Grim Reaper!
The emergency room, which had just been filled with relief and praise, instantly turned into a panic. Everyone's smiles froze on their faces as their hearts stopped!
A chill ran straight up from the soles of my feet to the top of my head!
"W-what happened?!" All eyes, like searchlights, were instantly fixed on the attending physician's face, which had suddenly lost all color!
The attending physician was completely stunned!
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