Chapter 54: Chapter 54: The Kind, Righteous, but Ailing Uncle Wang
Li Laifu breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the leader off.
He hadn't expected the one-eyed man hanging around with the mental patients to actually be a leader. He really couldn't have guessed.
Appearances can be deceiving indeed.
The one-eyed man he initially mistook for a mental patient turned out to be a leader. It made him think that if he dressed up properly, he could look like a leader too.
"Such good tea, what a waste to leave it unfinished."
Li Laifu picked up the teacup from which the one-eyed man had only taken a sip. Unwilling to let it go to waste, he gulped down the remaining tea in one go and nodded with satisfaction. It really did taste good.
Afterwards, he pondered.
Such a high-ranking leader showing so much concern for mental patients… could there be something special about them?
Thinking carefully, it seemed there might be.
Like cockroaches, they were incredibly resilient.
Full of spirit.
Inside the ward.
Lin Fan looked down at the bandages wrapped around his body. He felt uncomfortable and wanted to tear them off. A passing nurse saw this, her eyes widened, and she rushed over.
"You can't do that! It'll aggravate your wounds! You have 50% burns all over your body. You only survived because of our superb medical skills that saved your life. You can't…"
"Huh?"
The nurse stared, as if in disbelief. She saw that beneath the removed bandages, there wasn't a trace of burns. Instead, peeling off revealed bits of a black, hardened substance. The skin underneath was smooth, white, like a newborn baby's.
Unbelievable!
"Ah!"
"Doctor! Something's wrong!"
The nurse screamed and ran out of the ward.
Lin Fan and Old Man Zhang exchanged puzzled glances as they watched the nurse run off, whispering to each other.
"We need to be careful. There might be something wrong with her… up here."
"Yeah, I know."
As they spoke, they pointed to their heads, their meaning clear: she definitely had a problem.
Soon.
A group of doctors and nurses rushed in.
The nurse with the supposed "problem" pointed at Lin Fan. "Doctor, it's him! His skin is healed! There's no sign of burns at all!"
The doctor frowned. Without seeing it with his own eyes, he didn't believe it at all. Especially hearing it from this nurse, he found it bizarre. She was a senior nurse and shouldn't be making such a fuss. Moreover, they should believe in science. Had anyone ever seen such severe burns completely heal overnight?
Lin Fan lay quietly in bed, staring blankly at the ceiling. He was long used to being surrounded by people and knew what to do.
Don't move. Don't make a sound.
Just let them study him for a while.
Then.
Exclamations arose.
"A miracle! This is a miracle!" A doctor said, his face flushed.
He removed all the bandages from Lin Fan's body, revealing no burns at all. Everything had healed overnight.
This was simply impossible in medical history.
"How did you do it?" the doctor asked.
Lin Fan blinked, remaining silent for a long time before saying, "It was Old Zhang. Old Zhang's acupuncture."
The doctors looked at Old Man Zhang, who raised his head proudly. "That's right, it was me. My acupuncture is very powerful. If you believe me, I can help you."
"But you took my needle case. Can you give it back? I need it."
Old Man Zhang looked at the doctors sadly.
He didn't want anything else, just his needle case.
A nurse whispered in the doctor's ear, "Doctor, don't forget they're mental patients. You can't believe what they say."
"Right, I almost forgot." The doctor felt he was overthinking it. Believing what mental patients said… wasn't that crazy?
At this moment.
The chief physician who had been in charge of Lin Fan's rescue arrived. Seeing the situation, he frowned and asked, "What's going on? The hospital is so busy, what are you all doing gathered here?"
"Chief, come and see! It's a miracle! He's completely fine!" the nurse said excitedly.
The chief physician walked over curiously and examined Lin Fan carefully.
"Chief, what's going on?" a doctor asked.
Lin Fan's situation was astonishing. Such severe burns, yet he was completely fine. What had happened overnight?
Even Lin Fan didn't know.
If one had to explain why, it started with Lin Fan's first snore. That snore resonated with the natural rhythm, and energy particles slowly integrated into his body, regenerating new flesh and skin.
The Qigong cultivation method was a powerful cultivation technique.
Its practice was extremely demanding, with strict requirements for one's state of mind.
Ordinary practitioners could at most absorb energy from food, but Lin Fan, with his lack of desires and peaceful mind, resonated with nature and absorbed the purest energy from the natural world.
The chief physician was about to say that this might be a miracle, but he caught sight of Deputy Director Li out of the corner of his eye, and his expression turned serious.
Li Laifu had intended to ask what they were doing.
Hearing the chief physician mention him, he stood silently, waiting to hear what the other party would say.
The chief physician said, "It's the Deputy Director. Yesterday's surgery was personally performed by the Deputy Director. You may not know, but Deputy Director Li has the title of 'First Saint Hand' in our hospital. A surgery personally performed by him cannot be viewed through ordinary eyes."
"It must be because the Deputy Director's medical skills are so superb that the patient has recovered so quickly."
"Praise be to the Deputy Director, the idol in my heart, the pioneer I will study for a lifetime."
Li Laifu, standing at the doorway, felt pleased. Although he didn't know what had happened, these words were music to his ears.
He coughed lightly, signaling them to stop the flattery. He had heard enough, and too much praise would look bad.
The coughing sound attracted everyone's attention.
The chief physician looked at Deputy Director Li in surprise and hurried forward. "Deputy Director, you're here."
"Yes." Li Laifu nodded and walked over with his hands clasped behind his back. "I just saw you all discussing something here. What were you talking about?"
The surrounding doctors and nurses suddenly realized the truth.
It must have been the chief physician, seeing the Deputy Director standing at the door, shamelessly showering him with flattery. How despicable. Some even regretted not being the ones to praise the Deputy Director, missing the opportunity to be remembered by him.
"Deputy Director, please take a look. This patient, who suffered severe burns yesterday, has fully recovered. This would be a miracle in the eyes of others, but I know that it must be due to the Deputy Director's superb medical skills, able to raise the dead and regenerate flesh and bone!"
The chief physician had seen Deputy Director Li's social media posts and knew that he was aiming to become the hospital director. If he could impress the Deputy Director, perhaps he could be promoted to deputy director himself.
The thought was exciting.
The surrounding doctors, hearing the chief physician's words, were completely convinced. Perhaps this was the reason why he was the chief physician, and they were still just attending physicians.
"Hmm?"
Li Laifu was extremely surprised. He stepped forward to examine Lin Fan. Seeing his condition, he said with surprise and joy, "In his current state, can he be discharged?"
Silence.
The atmosphere of blatant flattery vanished.
Deputy Director Li was so calm. He didn't wave his hand modestly, but directly asked if the patient could be discharged.
This seemed a bit… inappropriate.
Wouldn't it be better to call in some reporters, take some photos, hire a writer to write an article, and properly publicize this amazing feat?
"Deputy Director, we haven't given him a full examination yet, so we don't know his exact condition." The chief physician reminded him, then added, "But for a patient treated by the Deputy Director, even without an examination, there's absolutely no problem. I firmly believe he can be discharged."
Li Laifu had no other intentions.
He was currently most afraid of Lin Fan.
He just wanted to send these two mental patients back to Qingshan Mental Hospital.
As for the chief physician's flattery, he still enjoyed it. He patted the chief physician's shoulder and said, "Yes, you make a good point. But to be safe, please arrange a full examination for him."
"Rest assured, Deputy Director, I'll inform you as soon as the results are out," the chief physician said.
In a regular ward.
"You're so kind."
Li Ang looked at his girlfriend adoringly. Such a wonderful woman was actually his girlfriend. He was so happy, tears of joy almost welled up.
He gazed affectionately at his girlfriend's face. Her snow-white, smooth skin and gentle smile warmed his heart.
It even made him forget his own infertility.
"You have to get better soon, or I'll be heartbroken," the woman said tenderly.
"Mm." Li Ang nodded gratefully, completely lost in her gentle embrace, unable to extricate himself, completely oblivious.
The woman inconspicuously placed her bag in front of her. The bottom of the bag was torn, quite noticeably.
"Your bag is broken."
Li Ang said with concern. What a good woman! She was even reluctant to throw away a broken bag. She was clearly thrifty and virtuous.
The woman smiled. "It's okay. It can still be used. No need to waste money."
Li Ang held the woman's delicate hand and said stubbornly, "No way. My girlfriend can't be worse off than others. This card has the money I've saved. Take it and buy a new bag. It has to be an expensive one, or I'll be upset."
The woman took the card, paused for a moment, kissed Li Ang on the cheek, and said shyly, "You're so good to me."
Li Ang touched his kissed cheek, smiling foolishly. He felt gentle warmth, as if enveloped by the sun, a feeling of floating on air.
So happy.
"Uncle Wang is coming to see you later," the woman said.
Li Ang's eyes lit up with surprise. "Uncle Wang is coming? That's great! I really want to thank him in person for introducing such a wonderful girlfriend to me. I really want to thank him."
He felt like the luckiest man alive.
He had originally developed a fear of mental hospitals.
But thinking of his girlfriend, he was filled with strength.
What was there to be afraid of? If he was even afraid of this, how could he protect the woman he loved most?
In the hospital parking lot.
A man got out of a luxury car, adorned with gold and silver jewelry. The gold necklace around his neck glittered, shining even brighter against his bald head.
He was Uncle Wang.
A man in his forties who still considered himself young.
Cough! Cough!
Uncle Wang got out of the car, leaning against the door as he coughed, spitting phlegm on the ground. The phlegm was green and viscous. He glanced at it, unconcerned.
"Getting a bit of heat again. Need to find a way to cool down."
He rubbed his eyes. He'd been having hallucinations lately, as if his field of vision had expanded to a full 360 degrees.
And small pimples had appeared around his eyes. Squeezing them in front of the mirror would release disgusting green pus. It was very painful.
His purpose for coming here was simple.
To visit Xiao Li and to get a checkup at the hospital, just in case something was wrong.
He hadn't been feeling well lately.
He kept having hallucinations.
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