As Li Se’s voice fell, Henry and Oscar both stopped their actions, their faces filled with anger.
"What kind of joke are you playing? Hidden ailments? Do you really think feeling a pulse can diagnose an illness?" Oscar snapped. He was trying to save the patient while Li Se kept interfering, which greatly displeased him.
"Mr. Fang, please have him removed. He is seriously obstructing our rescue efforts!" Henry said furiously.
Fang Jianhua's face was also grim. He looked at Li Se and said sternly, "If you dare to utter another sound, I'll have you thrown into the sea immediately!"
Beep, beep, beep…
But just then, the electrocardiogram flatlined.
"What's going on?" Fang Jianhua was on the verge of collapse.
"Mr. Fang, please accept my condolences," Oscar sighed softly. "It's beyond saving."
Henry said angrily, "We could have saved him, but it was this brat. He obstructed us time and again, causing us to miss the optimal rescue window. Now we can only prepare for the funeral."
He was shifting the blame for the failed rescue entirely onto Li Se.
Moreover, with so many people watching, Li Se had spoken out twice already, so he had to bear the responsibility.
"They were doing fine with the rescue, but he insisted on bothering the doctors. He must be held accountable!"
"I think it was deliberate. Because Oscar and Professor Henry were treating him, Chairman Lin was bound to lose. So, he resorted to this tactic. If he couldn't be treated, then it wouldn't count as a win either."
"But he has to pay a price for it!"
"..."
Everyone began to believe Li Se had acted intentionally.
Fang Jianhua suddenly turned to Li Se and roared, "Explain yourself, or I won't let you off!"
"What does it have to do with me?" Li Se pointed at Fang Zhengshan on the hospital bed. "They were the ones who said they wanted to treat sepsis, and it resulted in a rescue. Instead of blaming them, you're blaming me?"
"Nonsense!" Henry raged. "It's your fault. We could have saved him, but it was because of you."
"Exactly!" Oscar nodded. He certainly wouldn't admit that their treatment led to the need for resuscitation, as it would affect his reputation.
"A bunch of quacks!" Li Se snorted coldly, then walked towards Fang Zhengshan.
"Who are you calling a quack? I am a medical professor, and my teacher even won the Nobel Prize. What right do you have to deny our medical skills?" Henry shouted.
Li Se ignored him and took out his golden needles. Although Fang Zhengshan's electrocardiogram was flat, his spirit was still present, meaning there was still a breath of life. As long as there was a breath of life, there was hope for salvation.
"What are you doing?" Oscar immediately blocked him upon seeing Li Se take out the golden needles. "Stop it immediately. Don't tell me you're going to perform acupuncture?"
"That's right!" Li Se nodded.
"This is utter nonsense!" Oscar was furious. "Acupuncture can kill people. Now that the person is dead, he should be allowed to rest in peace, not be desecrated!"
"What kind of bull**** TCM? It's completely reckless!" Henry said disdainfully.
"Yes, it is reckless."
"Does he think he can bring people back from the dead?"
"A joke. Even Mr. Oscar was helpless. What makes him think he can bring someone back from the dead?"
"..."
Everyone sided with Oscar and Henry.
Even the grieving Fang Jianhua thought Li Se's actions were inappropriate, causing him to become angry: "Are you trying to disturb my father's peace?"
"There is still a breath left, and I can save him!" Li Se said in a deep voice.
"Nonsense. Even if he could be resuscitated, it would be by us Western doctors. We have already declared him dead, so there's no way TCM can do it!" Henry said coldly.
Li Se ignored Henry and Oscar, and instead looked at Fang Jianhua, saying, "Mr. Fang, since he is already dead, why not let me try? If you don't believe me, then you can only watch your father die like this."
Fang Jianhua's expression was uncertain. After struggling for a moment, he said, "Alright, it's up to you!"
"Mr. Fang, how can you believe him?" Henry asked incredulously.
"Should I believe you?" Fang Jianhua didn't fully trust TCM, but he wasn't a fool. His father's condition was indeed serious, but not to the point of death. However, after being treated by these two, he was beyond saving. Perhaps Li Se had interfered, but wasn't it more likely the fault of these two doctors?
"It's impossible, absolutely impossible. He's dead, how can he be saved? This is clearly a desperate attempt!" Henry said with certainty.
Oscar snorted, "I won the Nobel Prize. If I declare someone dead, they cannot be alive!"
"Uh..." But just then, Fang Zhengshan suddenly took a breath, followed by heavy gasps. He had clearly come back to life.
"How is this possible?" Henry and Oscar's eyes widened, they simply couldn't believe what they were seeing. This was someone they had declared dead, and now he was revived with just a few needles?
Everyone present was also full of disbelief. The electrocardiogram had flatlined, yet he had been rescued. What did this signify? It meant Li Se's medical skills were truly brilliant!
Lin Hu let out a sigh of relief and laughed heartily, "Zhao Ying, it seems the doctors you brought are not very capable. They talk about being professors and Nobel Prizes, but it's nothing special."
Henry and Oscar flushed with embarrassment, but they didn't know how to retort because the fact was laid out before them. Could TCM really bring people back from the dead?
"Impossible!" Henry refused to accept this fact. "It must have been sheer luck. Yes, yes, it must have been luck. He was in a state of feigned death just now…"
"Shut up!" Fang Jianhua said coldly.
"Mr. Fang, you must believe me. I am a medical professor, and my teacher is..." Henry still wanted to say something.
"I don't want to hear it now!" Fang Jianhua interrupted him, then walked up to Li Se, cupped his hands, and said with a complex expression, "Divine doctor, I have offended you earlier. I hope you can treat my father. No matter the consultation fee, I can afford it!"
"You said earlier that if I begged you, you would swim a lap outside the island?" Li Se said with a half-smile.
Fang Jianhua looked a bit embarrassed. "I will swim, as long as you can treat my father!"
"Alright!" Li Se didn't dwell on the previous incident.
"It was absolutely luck!" Henry remained resolute.
Oscar nodded and quickly said to Fang Jianhua, "Mr. Fang, he was likely in a state of feigned death just now, and your use of needles happened to stimulate him, causing him to wake up. However, even if he woke up, the sepsis has not been treated. It is absolutely impossible for him to cure the sepsis. This sepsis still needs to be handled by me. I am confident I can treat it!"