Peerless Martial Expert in the City
Chapter 110 - 112: Please Keep an Eye on It

Chapter 110: Chapter 112: Please Keep an Eye on It

Of course, another influence of Elder An lay in his righteousness, his medical ethics, and his attitude toward practicing medicine. He treated everyone with meticulous attention, regardless of their social or economic status. All were equal in his eyes, and he never fawned over the powerful or oppressed the weak. Many elites, hearing of his reputation, offered him large sums of money, or even pressed him with their influence, to become their private doctor, but he consistently refused. He stubbornly set up an office in the Provincial People’s Hospital where he held consultations openly.

Although these other experts could not all claim to be as upright, as the saying goes, "The unattainable is always desirable." Because they couldn’t achieve the same level of integrity, they admired Elder An even more sincerely. Moreover, Elder An was very generous in his dealings. Whenever these experts sought his advice on a problem, he never withheld information; even in their personal lives, when these expert doctors encountered difficulties, if they reached out to him, he was always willing to help.

This was also why when he called, they all hesitated not a moment to drop whatever they were doing and come over, as they truly respected Elder An from the depth of their hearts—unrelated to wealth or status!

"Grandpa An, just take a look and you’ll know. Here, this is my sick friend; could you please help her, Old Master An?"

Xiao Yi smiled slightly at the look of surprise and uncertainty on Elder An’s face, pointing to Li Xiaomei beside him and adding, "Auntie Li, this gentleman is the widely renowned Divine Doctor An, a national treasure in medicine. While I dare not claim he can resurrect the dead, miraculous healing is certainly no problem. Please tell him your symptoms."

While talking, his hand unintentionally brushed lightly against her shoulder.

"Ah?"

Li Xiaomei, overwhelmed at seeing that the doctors had come for Xiao Yi and how familiar he seemed with them, was already feeling short of brain oxygen. Now, hearing Xiao Yi’s introduction, her mind suddenly exploded—this elderly man was Divine Doctor An?

She had lived in G City long enough to be familiar with the grand name of Divine Doctor An; she had heard it so often that her ears could have developed calluses. Yet whenever she heard it, it didn’t stir her much. She would occasionally begrudge that such divine doctors only treated important people.

To her, such individuals seemed as distant as deities in the heavens.

But she could never have imagined that one day, she would be able to meet Divine Doctor An at close quarters, and moreover, that he was here to treat her personally.

She was simply too overwhelmed to accept this fact at the moment.

However, just as she stood there stunned, suddenly, the stomach pain that had stopped after Xiao Yi’s earlier intervention flared up again, this time even more fiercely.

The intense pain shattered all her thoughts and, unable to consider anything about Divine Doctor An or Divine Doctor Li anymore, she reflexively clutched her stomach and crouched down.

"This..."

Everyone watching this sudden turn of events was dumbfounded, unable to understand how someone who had just been standing there seemingly fine could suddenly be in such severe pain. Were it not for the fact that they were all doctors, who could tell whether it was an act, they might even suspect Li Xiaomei was feigning it.

Elder An was also somewhat bewildered.

"Second Aunt, what’s wrong?"

Wang Qingqing was also shocked, putting aside her thoughts on what kind of person Divine Doctor An really was and her amazement that Xiao Yi knew these doctors. She hurriedly supported her second aunt.

"Grandpa An, please take a look at her."

Xiao Yi was not in a hurry and smiled at Elder An.

"All right, let me take a look first."

Elder An also regained his composure, nodded with a somewhat solemn expression, and reached out to grab Li Xiaomei’s other hand.

After just a moment, he raised his head with a puzzled look and turned towards Xiao Yi.

Could Xiao Yi not see what was wrong with her?

Impossible, the pulse, the symptoms... How could he not see? Did I overlook something?

Elder An endured patiently and continued to feel the pulse for a while longer before he couldn’t hold back any longer, released her hand, and turned his gaze towards Xiao Yi, about to speak.

"Elder An, what are the symptoms? Please feel free to tell me."

Xiao Yi seemed to have anticipated Elder An’s expression and, seeing his anxious look, preempted him with a smile and a nod.

"Yi, it’s been a while. Why are you starting to joke with Grandpa An?"

Elder An gave a wry smile, "Unless I’m visually impaired already, this lady here simply has a kidney stone."

When he heard Xiao Yi ask him to come over, his heart skipped a beat, thinking it was some complicated illness that even Xiao Yi couldn’t treat. It was for this reason he thought to call all those Western doctors. Although he had always studied traditional Chinese medicine, he wasn’t stubborn about it. He acknowledged the unique advantages of Western medicine in certain areas. Sometimes, for certain patients, he would recommend them to these Western doctors to use better methods of treatment, inadvertently doing those Western doctors a big favor, knowing full well that most of those seeking his treatment were either rich or prestigious.

But what he didn’t expect was that this patient simply had a kidney stone.

This type of illness is very common, and although it can be somewhat troublesome to treat, with today’s technological means, it’s far from being a difficult or complicated illness.

Moreover, this type of ailment, when it flares up, can make the patient seem as if they are in excruciating pain, but it actually doesn’t impair them too much and poses no real threat to their life. In fact, all these symptoms are similar; those that seem severe are not usually troublesome. For instance, various acute inflammations seem apocalyptic but usually subside with just one dose of medication, showing visible effects. The truly challenging conditions are those that are invisible and have less obvious symptoms, such as various chronic illnesses and various mental disorders, etc.

At the same time, he also understood why Xiao Yi appeared utterly unconcerned.

He clearly saw through it; with his medical skills, a mere kidney stone couldn’t bother him. He had firsthand seen him performing acupuncture. One needle, and even an old patient with a stroke was cured, truly a Divine Needle. At first, when he saw him perform, he didn’t believe and scolded him for being reckless. Had it not been for his insistence on administering the acupuncture, that patient would have suffered, and he would have lived with guilt for the rest of his life.

"Grandpa An, it wasn’t that I wanted to joke with you. I also thought it was a kidney stone, I just wasn’t sure. Just now, the experts at your hospital diagnosed it as acute appendicitis. I thought, perhaps my medical skills are not perfect, so I asked you to come and double-check."

Xiao Yi’s lips curled into a slight smile.

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