Li Chu grabbed the woman's hand and began to take her pulse; the pulse was already very weak.
As soon as Ding Qiunan entered, she saw the large pool of blood and a pile of gauze used to wipe the blood off the floor. The sight was quite shocking. She covered her mouth and ran to the sink outside to vomit. After vomiting for a while, she put on a mask and bravely walked back.
Hearing the commotion, Li Chu turned around, looked at the scene, and then said, "I can stop the bleeding temporarily, but only for a maximum of 10 minutes. Any longer, and even if the patient is cured, he will be paralyzed from the waist down."
“We’re all ready here, 10 minutes should be enough,” an obstetrician said immediately.
Li Chu took the sterilized acupuncture needles and asked them to turn the patient into a side-lying position, exposing the back. Then he took out the needles and quickly inserted them into the lower back. In no time, he had inserted more than a dozen needles.
The bleeding, which was visible to the naked eye, began to decrease and then stopped shortly afterward.
"Alright, hurry up and get started, you only have 10 minutes."
Several doctors who were already prepared immediately took over the patient.
Li Chu stepped aside and stood with Director Liang and Ding Qiunan. Director Liang patted him on the shoulder without saying a word.
Ding Qiunan's expression was very unpleasant.
Li Chu asked with concern, "Comrade Ding Qiunan, how are you? Can you still hold on? If not, you should go out first."
Ding Qiunan stubbornly shook her head: "It's okay, I can still hold on."
Seeing her say that, Li Chu didn't say anything more. He just kept glancing at the clock on the wall, keeping track of the time.
Eight minutes passed, and the time was almost up when a doctor suddenly shouted, "Found it, Dr. Li, you can remove the needle now."
Hearing this, everyone breathed a long sigh of relief.
Li Chu stepped forward and removed the needle. He stepped back and said to Director Liang, "Director, since there's nothing else, let's go."
Director Liang nodded, greeted Director Li of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department who was busy there, and then led the two of them out.
Director Li didn't even look up: "Okay, we'll talk about it later."
Director Liang led the two of them out through the back door of the delivery room instead of the front door.
Back in the office, Ding Qiunan took off her mask, but her complexion still looked bad.
Director Liang looked at Ding Qiunan and asked, "What's wrong? Not used to it?"
“It’s rare to see a scene like this.” Ding Qiunan nodded.
Director Liang said earnestly, "We are doctors." Then, with a smile, he looked at Li Chu and said, "You did a good job, you deserve praise!" He then walked out before Li Chu could react.
Li Chu sat down in his chair, picked up the jar, and drank it in large gulps.
After putting down the jar, he let out a long sigh of relief. Seeing Ding Qiunan standing there with her head down, looking dejected, he comforted her, "It's okay. You've only been out of school for a year and have been working in the factory clinic all this time. You must not see this kind of scene often. You'll get used to it eventually."
Ding Qiunan looked up at Li Chu and asked, "Dr. Li, how did you adapt back then?"
"Me? I guess I'm just naturally a bit oblivious. I didn't react much when I first saw it."
Ding Qiunan asked blankly, "What does 'oblivious' mean?"
"Uh..." Li Chu realized he had used a term from later times. After thinking for a while, he said, "It means being bold and courageous."
"Oh, I believe I'll get used to it." He clenched his fist to encourage himself.
Li Chu smiled slightly as he watched her adorable actions.
When Ding Qiunan saw that Li Chu was staring at her, she lowered her head shyly, quickly sat down in a chair, picked up a book, and her face began to burn.
Li Chu also picked up the book and began to read it seriously.
After a while, Ding Qiunan moved her chair over again and started asking Li Chu questions. When talking about the internal structure of the human body, because the printing quality was poor in this era, the pictures in the book were all blurry. Li Chu took out a pencil and quickly drew them on the paper, leaving Ding Qiunan dumbfounded.
In his previous life, Li Chu worked in a public institution. Because he didn't have much to do, he studied sketching when he was bored and became quite good at it.
Ding Qiunan blinked her big eyes and looked at Li Chu with admiration: "You drew it so realistically, how did you do it?"
Li Chu thoroughly enjoyed being admired by the beautiful woman and said smugly, "This is a closely guarded secret of our Li family! Want to learn it?"
Ding Qiunan rolled her eyes at him and said coquettishly, "You're such a jerk!" Suddenly, she felt a little uncomfortable, blushed, picked up the book and the structural diagram drawn by Li Chu, and went back to her desk, lowering her head and becoming a coward.
Li Chu didn't tease her any further; he understood the principle that too much of a good thing can be bad.
No more patients came in the afternoon, and time passed slowly by.
The announcement outside startled the two people who were engrossed in their books.
After packing her things, she headed out. She closed the doors and windows, and without saying much, Ding Qiunan, carrying her books, skipped and hopped back to her dormitory like a happy lark.
Li Chu didn't eat out today; instead, he went straight home.
After putting down his bag, he walked to the other side of the main room, where he found the beauty and skincare medicine he had prepared for his sister on a table against the wall.
He picked up a few small pills and smelled them. "Hmm, I'm completely cured now." He took out a small bottle from his spatial storage, which he'd gotten from the hospital, and put the pills he'd made into it. Then he picked up a porcelain jar containing a black ointment, smelled it, and nodded in satisfaction. "Very successful," he thought. He closed the lid and placed it with the medicine bottle, planning to deliver it to his sister when he had time.
Just as I finished setting it up, I heard Uncle San's voice coming from the yard: "Oh, Director Li, you've come to see your brother."
A female voice replied, "Hello, Teacher Yan. I just got off work and came to see Xiao Chu. Please go ahead with your work."
Li Chu knew immediately that it was his older sister who had come.
As soon as she finished speaking, the curtain was lifted and the eldest sister walked in.
"Sis, what brings you here?"
"I just came to see if you gave away the things you promised me to someone else."
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