"If you don't believe it, then so be it. My medical skills will only be used to treat those who believe in me!"
Naturally annoyed by the attitude of Qi Aoran and his wife, Li Se had no desire to linger. He turned and left immediately.
"Still got a temper?" Ji Zheng scoffed dismissively, "A conman, and we're letting him go without calling the police? He's throwing a tantrum here. Who knows how many people he's swindled; he's using patients' bodies to extort money!"
"I don't understand why Old Brother Qiu introduced someone like this to me!" Qi Aoran frowned deeply, then took out his phone to call Qiu Jiab Liang.
"Aoran, how is it? Isn't the divine doctor I introduced to you amazing?" Qiu Jiab Liang's laughter boomed as soon as the call was connected.
"Old brother, the person you introduced is a complete fraud!" Qi Aoran felt that even Qiu Jiab Liang had been deceived by this Li Se.
"What do you mean by that?" Qiu Jiab Liang's expression changed slightly.
Qi Aoran recounted the entire incident and added, "Even the TV is reporting that he's a conman. Old Brother Qiu, you've been deceived. Someone like this should be arrested!"
"You're being foolish. I'm coming over right now!" Qiu Jiab Liang was furious.
After hanging up, Qi Aoran was stunned for a moment, then sighed softly, "Old Brother Qiu seems to be deeply deceived."
"Look at how he spoke, so convincingly. People who believe in ghosts and spirits might actually fall for it," Ji Zheng commented.
About half an hour later, Qiu Jiab Liang arrived. He was supposed to be on military duty, but upon hearing that Qi Aoran had chased Li Se away, he had no choice but to come, as Li Se was someone he had invited to help.
"Old Brother Qiu!" Qi Aoran and the lady of the house greeted him respectfully.
"You two have made me so angry!" Qiu Jiab Liang pointed at them, "Doctor Li's medical skills are extremely superb. With his intervention, Xiao Mu would absolutely recover. How could you have driven him away?"
"Old Brother Qiu, he's just a conman. Look, the news reports are out." Qi Aoran even pulled out today's news to show Qiu Jiab Liang.
Qiu Jiab Liang pushed it away, "I don't want to see these. We must invite Doctor Li back. Never mind, I'll call Doctor Li."
"Um, Officer, there's no need," Ji Zheng walked over. "This is just sleep disorder. I've already prescribed medication, and there won't be any problems."
"That's right, Old Brother Qiu. With Doctor Ji here, there won't be any problems." Qi Aoran had considerable trust in Ji Zheng's medical skills.
"Doctor Li also said it was a sleep disorder?" Qiu Jiab Liang frowned.
"No, he said the diagnosis was wrong," Qi Aoran shook his head.
"A conman dares to say my diagnosis is wrong? I truly don't know where he gets his courage!" Ji Zheng snorted coldly.
*Bang!*
Qiu Jiab Liang kicked Ji Zheng aside with a single kick and said angrily, "If Doctor Li says the diagnosis is wrong, then it's wrong. You quack, get out of here!"
Ji Zheng dared not speak further.
Qiu Jiab Liang immediately called Li Se. The call was answered quickly, "Doctor Li, where are you now? I'm truly sorry about Qi Aoran's matter. I'll have them come to apologize to you immediately."
"Old Brother Qiu, how can we apologize to a conman?" Qi Aoran was somewhat displeased.
The lady of the house also said unhappily, "Yes, he's just a conman. The news reports are out, can they be fake?"
Li Se could naturally hear the couple's words, but out of respect for Qiu Jiab Liang, he couldn't get angry directly. He said, "Old Brother Qiu, you've heard them. They don't believe me at all. I'm helpless in this matter."
Qiu Jiab Liang knew it would be too difficult to get Li Se to return for treatment and sighed, "Alas, for my sake, could you perhaps tell me a method of treatment?"
After a moment of silence, Li Se said, "There's a way to determine it. Take a bowl of clear water and a new sewing needle. Before sleeping, place the needle in the bowl and put the bowl by your bedside. When you wake up, check if the needle has rusted."
"And if it rusts?" Qiu Jiab Liang couldn't help but ask, feeling that this method sounded somewhat mystical.
"Just follow the instructions first."
"Alright." Qiu Jiab Liang asked no further questions. After hanging up, he immediately relayed this method to Qi Aoran.
"This..." Qi Aoran was clearly quite unwilling.
"Aoran, look at Xiao Mu's condition. Do you truly believe that a little Western medicine will be effective?" Qiu Jiab Liang said in a deep voice.
Qi Aoran looked at his daughter. In fact, before Qiu Jiab Liang arrived, she had already taken Western medicine. But even now, his daughter sat there blankly, motionless, not speaking, her eyes vacant, like a wooden doll. Yet, he still refused to believe Li Se. However, for the sake of Qiu Jiab Liang, he finally nodded, "Alright, I'll do as you say."
As soon as Li Se hung up Qiu Jiab Liang's call, Huang Shanshan's call came in.
"Li Se, where are you? Hurry back to the clinic. Many reporters and media outlets have come today, calling us all conmen!" Huang Shanshan's anxious voice came from the other end of the phone.
Li Se raised an eyebrow, clearly not expecting things to escalate to this extent. He immediately drove back to the clinic. As soon as he got out of the car, many reporters started snapping photos of him.
"This is incredible. Look at him, so young, yet claiming to be a divine doctor. I think he's a conman, driving a Porsche too."
"Likely many people have been deceived by him!"
"Indeed. So young, not grounded, just focused on tricking people!"
"..."
When many saw that Li Se was driving a Porsche, they became even more convinced that Li Se was a conman. After all, how could ordinary doctors afford Porsches so easily?
Especially since Li Se was so young. Coupled with the inherent difficulty of Traditional Chinese Medicine, being highly skilled at this age would definitely raise suspicion.
"I heard this clinic has several skilled old TCM doctors. Are they also conmen?"
"What's strange about that in this day and age? Making money is nothing to be ashamed of."
"Right, who would refuse more money?"
"..."
These people started discussing Old Huang and the others.
Li Se was somewhat angered. He grabbed the person who had just accused Old Huang and the others of being conmen and said coldly, "You can accuse me wrongly, but without evidence, please do not falsely accuse any of the old TCM doctors!"
That person, however, raised their chin and sneered, "No evidence yet? The news reports are out, all your scandals have been published, that is the evidence. Those old TCM doctors are still in this clinic, which is enough to explain everything!"