Unfortunately, Ge Nan failed to grasp the implication. Instead, he glanced arrogantly at Xiao Li and snorted lightly. "A mere birthmark… I'll take care of it incidentally later…"
Ge Nan picked up an acupuncture needle and, without another word, began needling the patient's chest with an air of calm assurance.
Xiao Li's expression grew increasingly enigmatic. Administering acupuncture without even explaining the treatment plan—even if he wasn't a quack, he was certainly a fool!
Seeing that Xiao Li had fallen silent, Ning Qingwan felt even more disappointed.
The esteemed Dr. Xiao must be intimidated by Master Ge's reputation, which is why he dared not voice his thoughts even if he had any.
Beep, beep…
The piercing alarm of the electrocardiogram suddenly sounded—the patient's heart rate was plummeting rapidly.
Ning Qingwan panicked. "Master Ge, what's happening?"
A flicker of panic flashed in Ge Nan's eyes, though he maintained a composed facade. "No need to panic. It's a normal reaction."
Yang Chengxin hurriedly chimed in, "Yes, yes, just a normal reaction. Director Ning, please don't worry. Didn't Master Ge mention it earlier? Intermittent cardiac arrest, heh…"
Ning Qingwan thought it over—indeed, intermittent cardiac arrest.
Ziying vaguely sensed something amiss. Typically, patients didn't experience such frequent cardiac arrests. Moreover, the heart rate was dropping alarmingly fast—within twenty seconds, it had flatlined completely, far more drastic than usual cardiac arrests.
However, seeing Ge Nan's unruffled demeanor, Ziying hesitated to say anything. After all, he was a renowned divine physician; perhaps he considered this situation normal…
As the ECG alarm blared, Ge Nan's hand holding the needle noticeably began to tremble.
Ziying grew increasingly uneasy. Not only had the patient's heart rate vanished, but her blood pressure and other vitals were also rapidly deteriorating—a situation far worse than usual.
Driven by professional instinct, Ziying stepped forward and noticed the patient's face had turned deathly pale. Disregarding the risk of offending Master Ge, she hastily lifted the patient's eyelid.
"This is bad—her pupils are dilated!" Ziying exclaimed in alarm.
In the past, even if a patient experienced cardiac arrest, their pupils would not dilate and lose light reflex!
Ning Qingwan's face turned deathly pale. "Divine Doctor Ge, what... what is going on?"
Ge Nan did not answer. His face ashen, he lowered his head and continued performing acupuncture on the patient, his hands already trembling.
Seeing Ge Nan's troubled expression, Yang Chengxin's heart sank with a foreboding sense of dread. Could it be that not only did the treatment fail, but the patient might actually die?
If the patient really died, forget about currying favor with the Ning family—not turning into enemies would be fortunate enough!
"Divine Doctor Ge, what should we do?" Ziying cried out anxiously.
Ge Nan finally stopped the acupuncture, his voice trembling. "This old man... this old man is also powerless."
Hearing this, Ning Qingwan felt her head spin, the world turning upside down.
Yang Chengxin was also stunned. Had the patient really been killed?
It's over, everything's over!
Ziying, however, maintained her professional composure. She quickly called her colleagues to perform emergency resuscitation on the patient.
The scene was chaotic, yet Xiao Li watched calmly from the side. He had anticipated this outcome all along.
Suddenly, Yang Chengxin turned his gaze toward Xiao Li, his eyes flashing with cold anger as he pointed accusingly. "It's all your fault, it's all because of you!"
"It must be because of the random needles you inserted earlier, which pushed her to the brink of death. The side effects only became apparent after Divine Doctor Ge applied his needles."
"If you hadn't disturbed Divine Doctor Ge while he was applying the needles, he wouldn't have made a mistake. It's all because of you!"
"Miss Ning, it must be him. The needles he inserted earlier were completely reckless. He intended to harm your mother, and even frame me for it."
Yang Chengxin ranted on and on, agitated like a clown.
Ge Nan was taken aback. His lips trembled as if he wanted to say something, but he held back at the last moment, lowering his head with a complex expression.
Ning Qingwan was also stunned, confused by the situation. Ziying, however, paid no attention to this. She knelt on the bed, performing CPR on the patient.
Faced with Yang Chengxin's accusations, Xiao Li smiled, narrowing his eyes. "The renowned top divine doctor of the southeast wouldn't remove the needles I inserted before applying his own?"
Ge Nan's expression grew even more uneasy. Guiltily, he lowered his head and remained silent. In his earlier eagerness to show off, he truly hadn't considered removing the other acupuncture needles from the patient's body before reapplying his own—a major taboo in medical practice!
Yang Chengxin hastily yelled in anger, "You were deliberately distracting Divine Doctor Ge the whole time to cover up your true intentions. Divine Doctor Ge was momentarily careless and fell into your trap."
"Tell me, who sent you here to harm someone? You vile beast, disguising yourself as a doctor to commit murder!"
"Miss Ning, quickly, have him arrested. Don't let him escape!"
He firmly pinned Xiao Li as the killer, aiming to shift all the blame onto him.
Xiao Li showed no sign of anger. Instead, his smile widened, as if he were watching a clown perform.
Soon, Ning Qingwan regained her composure, her mind calming down. After all, she was a strong-willed woman; her earlier lapse was only due to overwhelming concern.
Recalling Ling Qingming's earlier words and observing Xiao Li's calm demeanor, Ning Qingwan finally realized that this Divine Doctor Xiao was not weak—he simply disdained engaging with a jumping jack like Yang Chengxin!
Thus, Ning Qingwan took a deep breath and pleaded, "Divine Doctor Xiao, I was wrong earlier. I beg you, please save my mother's life."
Yang Chengxin was shocked. "He is clearly the killer..."
"You shut up!" Ning Qingwan shouted, her slender eyebrows furrowed. "This is the Ning family, and I am in charge here!"
Yang Chengxin trembled at her rebuke, not daring to retort further.
Ning Qingwan bowed deeply to Xiao Li. "Divine Doctor Xiao, I should not have doubted you earlier."
What a decisive woman, daring to admit her mistake.
Xiao Li also gave Ning Qingwan plenty of face and didn't hold it against her. He walked back to the bedside, glanced at the patient first, and then said calmly to Ziying, "Stop now."
Ziying ignored Xiao Li, her face tense as she continued performing CPR. In her view, it was her own indecisiveness and trust in these so-called Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners that had caused the patient's condition to worsen!
Xiao Li didn't mind. He picked up a silver needle, glanced playfully at the furious Yang Chengxin, and then looked at Ge Nan. With a light flick of his right hand, the silver needle flew from between his fingers.
The needle brushed past Ziying's hand and pierced the birthmark on the patient's left chest.
Ge Nan trembled violently, his eyes blazing as he murmured, "Flicking a needle with a finger?!"
Unfortunately, Yang Chengxin missed Xiao Li's needle flick and was still glaring angrily, his eyes flickering uncertainly. His mind was filled with thoughts of shifting the blame onto this idiot.
Disturbed during the resuscitation, Ziying was furious and raised her head to scold him.
Just then!
Beep!
The ECG monitor emitted a sharp alarm again, and the heart rate reappeared.
Ziying froze. Her hands stopped pressing on the patient's chest as she stared incredulously at the ECG monitor.
How could a single needle bring the patient back to life?!
Ge Nan was also stunned, his mouth agape. He genuinely hadn't known how to save the patient earlier. Who would have thought the root cause was actually that birthmark?
How laughable—the young man had clearly warned him, yet he had still boasted about being able to remove the birthmark!
While everyone was in shock, Yang Chengxin confidently shouted, "I told you! Divine Physician Ge's medical skills are unmatched. Nothing could go wrong. You dog, you almost succeeded…"
"You dog, tell me, who sent you here to harm people?"
"If it weren't for Divine Physician Ge's extraordinary abilities, you really would have killed someone."
Yang Chengxin arrogantly ranted, completely unaware that everyone else was looking at him as if he were an idiot.
Xiao Li turned back with a strange expression and said with a light laugh, "Divine Physician Ge, I think you should first cure his brain."
Ge Nan's face burned with embarrassment. He wished he could kick Yang Chengxin. It was clearly Xiao Li who had saved the patient with his flicked needle, yet this idiot still hadn't realized it!
Yang Chengxin still didn't notice anything wrong. He puffed out his chest and said, "Miss Ning, hand him over to me. I'll beat him half to death and make him reveal the mastermind behind this…"
Ning Qingwan couldn't take it anymore. She raised her hand and slapped him.
Smack!
A solid slap sent Yang Chengxin stumbling back, his cheek instantly burning. "Miss Ning, why did you hit me again?"
"Get out, now!" Ning Qingwan sneered with disgust. How could she have trusted someone like this earlier? It was too sickening!
Yang Chengxin covered his face and tried to argue, but Ge Nan couldn't take it anymore. He covered Yang Chengxin's mouth and forcibly dragged him out…
After Yang Chengxin and the others left, Ning Qingwan took a deep breath and bowed to Xiao Li again in apology. "Divine Physician Xiao, I'm truly sorry for misunderstanding you earlier."
Xiao Li shrugged and said softly, "Since I promised Ling Qingming to come and treat her, I will definitely cure her."
Then, Xiao Li sat by the bedside and began checking the patient's pulse again.
"Your mother's illness should be called 'Lingxin,' a rare form of cardiac arrest. The red birthmark is actually caused by Lingxin."
"The treatment plan will take me some time to formulate. In the short term, I'll first find a way to prevent her from going into shock again. The acupuncture I performed just now was only to assess the severity of Lingxin, not the actual treatment…"
Yang Chengxin was pulled into the car and left the Ning family villa.
In the car, Yang Chengxin was extremely displeased. "Why did you drag me out? We should have pinned the blame on that loser. That way, we wouldn't have offended the Ning family."
Ge Nan's face was ashen. "Young Master Yang, I advise you not to provoke him. That person is not simple at all."