The sound of scolding echoed through the hospital corridors. Many people were accusing Li Se, believing that no doctor from outside Renhe Hospital should be treating this patient. The depth at which the golden needles were inserted was truly terrifying.
"If it weren't for my teacher taking action to treat him, this patient would have been in grave danger. My teacher saved him!" Wang Mengmeng, seeing so many people accusing Li Se, retorted indignantly.
"Nonsense!" Gu Yun berated her, startling Wang Mengmeng considerably. He said coldly, "This is a hospital, filled with capable doctors. It's not a place for outsiders to treat patients. If something were to go wrong, who would take responsibility? This is utterly outrageous."
"That's right, are we lacking capable doctors at Renhe Hospital?"
"This kid actually dared to perform acupuncture privately. Looking at the depth of those golden needles, my scalp is tingling."
"This must be severely punished!"
Several doctors in white coats were furious.
Renhe Hospital was a tertiary general hospital, and the doctors working here were naturally top-notch. They were responsible for their patients. They never expected a young man, who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, to be performing acupuncture on their patient. This was tantamount to murder!
"If you don't believe me, you can check the surveillance footage," Li Se said, knowing that Gu Yun was seeking personal revenge. Gu Yun still harbored resentment after Li Se had successfully treated Mr. Fang and received a villa.
"What surveillance footage? Can't I see with my own eyes? All of us are watching you insert these golden needles into people. Let me ask you, who allowed you to perform acupuncture on my patient? Did you get the hospital's permission? Did you get my permission? Also, do you have a physician's qualification certificate?" Gu Yun said coldly.
"What happened here?" At this moment, a middle-aged man walked in.
"Dean, something major has happened," a nurse quickly said. "There's a young man here who, without the consent of Dr. Gu, the hospital, or the patient's family, performed acupuncture on the patient. Look at those golden needles; it looks like he's trying to kill him."
Feng Deye was immediately startled. He had been alerted by the commotion and had come to investigate. He hadn't expected such a situation to arise. He glanced at Li Se and then reprimanded Gu Yun, "Gu Yun, how do you manage your patients? You let some unqualified 'barefoot doctor' perform acupuncture? If anything goes wrong, you'll be held responsible!"
"Dean Feng, I had just gone to the restroom, and when I returned, this is what happened," Gu Yun said innocently.
Feng Deye's expression turned grim. This was a serious matter. He immediately looked at Li Se coldly and reprimanded him, "Young man, do you know that any surgery requires the patient's family to sign before we can proceed? You performed acupuncture without anyone's consent. Have you considered the feelings of the patient's family?"
"This guy is just messing around. Let's just call the police and arrest him!"
"He dared to perform acupuncture on a patient privately. If the family finds out, they'll likely fly into a rage, and then we doctors will be the ones getting scolded!"
"I don't know who gave him the courage to perform acupuncture. Does he think he's all that just because he studied Chinese medicine for a few years?"
"..."
The angry accusations continued. The doctors of Renhe Hospital were all displeased with Li Se's actions.
"Dean Feng, fortunately, I appeared in time and managed to stabilize the patient's condition. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable. However, I dare not remove these needles carelessly." Gu Yun knew very well that the patient's condition had improved significantly. He didn't care whether it was Li Se's credit or not; he just wanted to take the credit for himself.
"Dr. Gu is indeed remarkable!"
"Despite being subjected to such acupuncture trauma, he was still able to turn the tide."
"After all, he's a doctor at Renhe Hospital!"
"..."
Complimentary remarks immediately followed.
"It was clearly my teacher who treated him!" Wang Mengmeng gritted her teeth.
"Yes, I saw it too," Wang Mengmeng's mother also spoke up for Li Se.
"Look, look, this kid is even deceiving children. How shameless!" Gu Yun snorted coldly.
Feng Deye's face darkened as he looked at Li Se and said, "Our Renhe Hospital will definitely hold you accountable. And these golden needles, you inserted them so deeply. Do you know what kind of impact this will have? Have you considered it? If anything happens to the patient, can you bear the responsibility?"
"I have confidence in my medical skills!" Li Se said calmly.
"A joke!" Gu Yun mocked. "If I hadn't arrived in time, this patient might have been tortured to death by you. You're incredibly brazen. I think you have mental problems to dare say you have confidence in your medical skills. Who gave you the guts?"
"We will definitely pursue this matter, and we will also call the police!" Feng Deye snorted coldly, then said to a nearby nurse, "Hurry and invite Old Chinese Doctor Chen here. These golden needles are inserted too deeply; he will surely have a solution!"
"Okay!" the nurse immediately nodded.
"Quickly have Old Chinese Doctor Chen remove these golden needles, so that the patient's family doesn't see them." Feng Deye intended to suppress the matter. Once the patient's family found out, they would surely cause a huge scene.
Just as they feared, a couple rushed in. Upon seeing his father's condition, the man anxiously shouted, "Dad, what happened to my dad?"
"Mr. Liu, let me explain..." Feng Deye tried to say.
"I don't want to hear it. Tell me quickly, why are there so many needles in my dad?" Mr. Liu asked angrily.
"Mr. Liu, the situation is like this..." Gu Yun, not missing the opportunity to cause trouble for Li Se, recounted the entire story with embellishments. At the end, he added, "Fortunately, I arrived in time and managed to stabilize Mr. Liu's father's condition."
"What?!" Mr. Liu was stunned when he heard this. He suddenly looked at Li Se and roared, "If anything happens to my father, I'll make you pay with your life!"
"You good-for-nothing! You dared to perform acupuncture on my dad privately. Did you get our consent?" Mrs. Liu was furious.
"Quickly pull out these needles!" Mr. Liu shouted.
"You can't pull them out!" Li Se shouted. "These golden needles are currently stabilizing the patient's condition. Once the golden needles are removed, the patient's condition will revert to its previous state, and even CPR will be too late!"