"President Zhao, you previously mentioned Professor Henry, but now you've brought in Mr. Oscar. That's not playing fair," Lin Hu said with a grim face.
"President Lin, if you feel I'm not playing fair, you're welcome to invite someone too. I have no objections to whoever you bring," Zhao Ying chuckled.
With Professor Henry and Oscar, a Nobel laureate in Medicine, Zhao Ying was certain to win this bet. The thought of taking over Qingyun City's maritime transport filled him with excitement.
Lin Hu's expression soured, and he said no more. All his hope now rested on Li Se.
"What is this?" Oscar asked curiously, seeing someone taking a pulse.
"Teacher, they're taking a pulse. You know about Chinese medicine, right? Observation, hearing, inquiry, and palpation. They say it can diagnose illnesses," Henry explained with a smile.
Oscar scoffed, "Nonsense. Chinese medicine can cure diseases? Diagnosing an illness requires blood tests and various medical instruments for accurate results. What's the point of just taking a pulse? It's utterly ridiculous."
Li Se frowned, his gaze shifting towards Oscar. He had a temper, especially when people mocked Chinese medicine or his own skills. With a cold expression, he retorted, "That's only because you are ignorant. I am a practitioner of Chinese medicine, but I never belittle Western medicine. If Western medicine relies on belittling others to highlight its own strengths, then it's not much different."
"Presumptuous!" Henry berated. "How dare you speak to my teacher like that? Apologize to my teacher immediately! My teacher is a Nobel laureate in Medicine. Even the president of the US Medical Association would respectfully greet my teacher. Who do you think you are, a charlatan daring to speak disrespectfully in front of my teacher?"
"How dare he speak to Mr. Oscar like that?"
"I really don't know where he gets his courage."
"How detestable. Mr. Oscar is a true divine doctor. Could this fellow also think he's a divine doctor? And it's true that modern Chinese medicine can no longer cure diseases."
"Still pretending. He even dares to disrespect Oscar. Is there anything he wouldn't pretend to be?"
"..."
Many people scoffed at Li Se.
"Director Fang, leave Mr. Fang to my teacher and me. As for this so-called Chinese medicine practitioner, have him step aside," Henry said dismissively.
Fang Jianhua nodded slightly and then said to Lin Hu, "President Lin, please have your person leave."
Lin Hu's expression shifted slightly. "Director Fang, this is the divine doctor I invited. Besides, we have a bet..."
"There's no need," Fang Jianhua waved his hand, interrupting Lin Hu. Primarily, he now believed Li Se was not a doctor at all but a pure fraud. Since Lin Hu had brought such a fraud, he naturally wouldn't be polite.
"With Mr. Oscar and Professor Henry here, we don't need any other doctors."
Lin Hu's expression turned unsightly. He wasn't sure if Li Se could cure Fang Zhengshan, but at this moment, he wasn't even being given a chance to try.
"Haha, President Lin, it seems you're destined to lose," Zhao Ying laughed heartily.
Li Se's brows furrowed. He stood up and walked over to Lin Hu, no longer intending to treat the patient. He only treated those who believed in his skills. Since Fang Jianhua didn't believe him, it was no longer his concern.
"Master Li, did you find anything?" Lin Hu asked urgently.
Li Se replied, "Sepsis, and..."
Before he could finish, Henry interrupted, "Ridiculous, truly ridiculous. Isn't that my diagnosis? How interesting. Are you using my diagnosis to commit fraud?"
"He actually repeated Professor Henry's diagnosis. How shameless can he be?"
"This fraudulent tactic is too low-level. How did President Lin get fooled?"
"I heard he was in prison before. Wasn't it for fraud?"
"Possibly."
"..."
Everyone sneered, convinced that Li Se was a fraud.
"Heh, now that he's been exposed, I don't know how he'll die later. I doubt he'll even make it back to Qingyun City. President Lin might just throw him into the sea halfway," Cheng Lu said with schadenfreude, believing Li Se had been exposed.
Jiang Fei chuckled, "He's really a strange one. With such tactics, I truly don't know how President Lin was fooled."
"Haha... President Lin, it's sepsis, isn't it? Isn't that Professor Henry's diagnosis?" Zhao Ying roared with laughter.
Lin Hu frowned. He knew Li Se's diagnosis was accurate and that he wasn't repeating Professor Henry's diagnosis. However, the fact that they both diagnosed sepsis made everyone believe Li Se was a fraud.
Fang Jianhua's face turned grim. He shot a cold glance at Lin Hu, then turned to Henry and Oscar, saying, "Then I'll entrust my father to you."
"Rest assured!" Henry nodded.
"Master Li, can you treat him?" Lin Hu inquired.
"Of course." Li Se could even treat cancer, let alone mere sepsis. He understood Lin Hu's concerns and smiled, "Don't worry, they'll be begging me."
"Begging you?" Fang Jianhua said dismissively. "Don't worry, I won't beg you. If I beg you, I'll swim around the island. You really think too highly of yourself."
Oscar shook his head. "Chinese medicine cannot cure diseases. With me here to treat this sepsis, it can definitely be cured."
Oscar and Henry immediately began treating Fang Zhengshan. Their methods naturally involved advanced medical equipment. With their medical skills, there should be no problem, at least that's what they believed.
"Pfft..."
Suddenly, Fang Zhengshan spat out a mouthful of blood, and his electrocardiogram began to fluctuate.
"This is bad!" Oscar's face changed. "Prepare the defibrillator quickly!"
"What's going on?" Fang Jianhua asked urgently.
"There's been a slight complication. Elder Fang is now in critical condition. Director Fang, rest assured, my teacher and I will do our utmost to treat him," Henry said.
How could Fang Jianhua be at ease? He watched his father in pain, his electrocardiogram on the verge of becoming a flat line, and his heart clenched.
"No!"
Seeing Henry and Oscar preparing to use the defibrillator, Li Se immediately shouted to stop them. Although he didn't want to treat them, he couldn't just watch a patient die like this.
"What business is it of yours here?" Oscar boomed angrily.
"Please don't disturb us!" Henry said irritably. Being interrupted was the last thing one wanted during a rescue.
Li Se stated sternly, "It's not just sepsis; he also has a hidden illness. He just vomited blood because of that hidden illness. If you use the defibrillator, it will only cause his hidden illness to erupt, and he will certainly die!"