Peerless Martial Expert in the City
Chapter 194 - 193: Save Everyone

Chapter 194: Chapter 193: Save Everyone

Surrounded by a crowd, Dr. Zhang was suddenly at a loss as he heard line after line of earnest pleas; in front of him were faces filled with simplicity, yearning, and longing. It had been many years since he had dealt with such a scene. In fact, in recent years at the Provincial People’s Hospital, his position was exceptional, mostly treating prominent figures, and these were typically arranged by the hospital, rarely having the opportunity to face so many patients on his own.

Although he could feel their sincere desire in their hearts, he had a son himself and understood their feelings at the moment; he also couldn’t bear to refuse them. However, the problem was that he was not a god, just an ordinary doctor. His energy would not allow him to perform surgery on each of these people individually; like the surgery he had just performed on Wang Xiaohu, he could at most schedule two to three operations a day, any more would be unbearable.

Performing surgery was a very high-pressure, energy-consuming task. It required a person’s attention to be highly focused throughout the entire procedure, without allowing any diversion of attention, and the pressure was extremely high. Just imagine, a slight tremor of your scalpel could damage the delicate neighboring organs like the liver; was it a matter to be taken lightly?

Moreover, there was a very important point they did not know, but he was very aware of. The surgery just performed had a very low chance of success if it had not been for Xiao Yi. Therefore, the real hero of that operation was not him, but Xiao Yi. Facing such surgeries again, he had no confidence whatsoever.

"Everyone, please calm down and let me say something."

Seeing Dr. Zhang surrounded by the crowd, his face revealing how flustered and unsure he was, Xiao Yi quickly voiced out to relieve him.

Although he felt endlessly tired at the moment, when he spoke, his voice still managed to drown out those of the others; everyone could hear him very clearly, as if he was speaking right in everyone’s ear.

Everyone quieted down and turned their gaze to Xiao Yi, eager to hear what he had to say.

"I understand how everyone feels at this moment and I deeply empathize. However, please calm down. There is no doubt about Dr. Zhang’s medical skills, but his energy is ultimately limited. You should know, surgery requires extreme precision, and I assume you would not want your children to be treated by an exhausted doctor," he continued.

Seeing they had calmed down, Xiao Yi went on, "Your sons have different injuries, many of which are not severely dangerous and can completely be handled by other doctors at the hospital. The other doctors are also highly skilled. For the patients with high risks, Dr. Zhang and I will collaborate to ensure the treatment, making sure everyone injured is saved. What do you think?"

"Great! This proposal is excellent!"

Wang Qingqing was the first to express her appreciation for Xiao Yi’s suggestion, clapping her hands and looking at Xiao Yi with sparkling admiration.

"I agree."

"Let’s decide on that then!"

"..."

Xiao Yi’s reasoning was sound. The families thought it over and quickly understood; moreover, Xiao Yi’s assurance that everyone would be treated well also eased their minds. Soon, they were all expressing their agreement and nodding, those who had been holding onto Dr. Zhang’s hand tightly in fear of him leaving began releasing their grasp one by one.

"Dr. Zhang, I am truly sorry, but I might need to trouble you for help once more."

Seeing that everyone had released Dr. Zhang’s hand and their expressions relaxed, Xiao Yi gave a slight smile, walked up to Dr. Zhang, and apologized with a hint of regret.

"It’s no problem. Saving lives and aiding the injured is my duty as a doctor. Since I am here today, I should contribute my effort. However, you..."

Dr. Zhang shook his head, looking at Xiao Yi’s exhausted face with a worried expression. Though he was not a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine and lacked the four diagnostic methods, he could still tell from Xiao Yi’s pallor that what he needed most was a good sleep. Treating patients might be beyond his strength at the moment, yet Xiao Yi’s words implied that he still wanted to help him treat the patients.

"I’m fine, after all, I am just here to assist you, so I can still help with the simple tasks."

Xiao Yi noticed Dr. Zhang’s concerns, felt a touch of gratitude, and smiled as he spoke. Wishing not to dwell on his own condition, he pointed toward the ward and said, "Let’s go and see how we can arrange the treatment."

"Alright."

Upon hearing Xiao Yi, Dr. Zhang wanted to humbly say something, but seeing the fatigue on Xiao Yi’s face and fearing that once he spoke of his medical level, all the patients’ relatives would swarm him, he quickly retracted his words. Seeing Xiao Yi’s unconcerned demeanor, he simply nodded in agreement without saying more.

The two entered the ward and checked the remaining young men. Fortunately, none suffered injuries as severe as Wang Xiaohu’s. Though their knife wounds were deep, they hadn’t damaged any internal organs.

Eventually, the duo arranged surgery for one who was seriously injured and collaboratively operated. For the others, Dr. Zhang took the lead to immediately arrange other doctors to provide emergency care.

During their collaboration, Xiao Yi had almost completely depleted his True Qi and couldn’t possibly treat patients like earlier. He only managed to help with simple tasks like performing acupuncture anesthesia. Even so, such basic skills left Dr. Zhang astonished and incredulous, as he had never expected that using needles without anesthesia could achieve better effects than medicines.

After several hours of emergency treatment, they managed to save all those young men, leading to all the parents feeling immensely grateful and teary-eyed, while Dr. Zhang was revered by everyone as if he were a living Bodhisattva, receiving endless bows and thanks.

Dr. Zhang insisted that the main credit was Xiao Yi’s, but no one believed him; they all thought he was just being modest. Xiao Yi looked hardly older than twenty, and they doubted his medical skills could be so advanced. Helping out a bit was achievement enough in their eyes.

Eventually, after being tossed about for a while, Dr. Zhang managed to escape home. Before leaving, he repeatedly asked to keep Xiao Yi’s phone number and urged to meet up in the future to chat about medical techniques and other topics.

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