Return to the City: The Strongest King
Chapter 559 - 560: Missed a Great Opportunity

Chapter 559: Chapter 560: Missed a Great Opportunity

The patient was in a car accident and suffered serious injuries, although not fatal, which is why the hospital did not rush to operate on the patient immediately. If it had been life-threatening, the hospital would not dare to prioritize money over treating the patient.

Song Xiaodong conducted an examination, and both Ellington and Xiang Te followed suit. The X-rays had been taken, and both frowned as they looked at the images.

Xiang Te said, "I think an amputation is necessary to save the patient’s life."

Ellington nodded and added, "With such injuries, the right leg is definitely beyond saving. If we don’t amputate, it will be even more difficult to manage."

He Wenbai asked softly, "Mr. Song, can the leg be saved?"

"It’s not a big problem," Song Xiaodong said calmly.

Ellington immediately frowned and said, "Mr. Song, you still want to save his leg in this condition? That’s too risky."

Xiang Te added, "Exactly, if the leg is saved, the patient’s life will be in grave danger. I suggest we amputate to save his life."

Song Xiaodong smiled slightly and said, "This is the miraculous aspect of our Traditional Chinese Medicine."

Ellington and Xiang Te were both sceptical, but He Wenbai and Lin Su’er, the two assistants, had already started preparations. They stopped talking, though deep down they were highly doubtful.

Next, Song Xiaodong began to work. The silver needles flew as True Qi surged within him, allowing him to manipulate the needles more skillfully than before. Continuous streams of True Qi flowed from his hands, through the silver needles, into the patient’s body, meticulously mending the internal injuries.

After a full hour, Song Xiaodong removed the needles. Not only did he not feel the usual fatigue, but he was also quite spirited. The True Qi from the second dose of medicine had not yet been fully used up, indicating just how potent the medicine was.

"Alright, I’ll leave the rest to you," Song Xiaodong said as he cleaned and put away the silver needles, handing over the remaining tasks to Ellington and Xiang Te.

After Song Xiaodong and others left, the two hesitated briefly because they could not clearly see the patient’s condition, then swiftly requested to do another examination on the patient.

They were accustomed to handling things after thorough examinations to reassure themselves.

As Song Xiaodong and his team came out of the operating room, a young girl immediately approached them, asking anxiously, "Doctor, how is my dad?"

Song Xiaodong smiled slightly and said, "It’s all taken care of."

"Thank you, doctor, thank you!" The girl became immediately overwhelmed with gratitude.

The other waiting family members were all taken aback. However, when the two foreigners wheeled out the patient bed, confusion set in again.

"What are you doing?" He Wenbai asked.

Ellington replied somewhat awkwardly, "We need to do a check-up before deciding on the next surgery."

He Wenbai scowled, realizing that the two still wanted to verify the results of Song Xiaodong’s recent intervention, while Song Xiaodong just smiled and said, "Let them be."

"I knew something was off. Turns out these two foreign doctors are the real ones treating the patient, and this guy is likely just putting on a show."

"Right, right, I heard a few days ago that two foreign expert doctors had arrived in this hospital. They must be these two."

Everyone was scoffing at Song Xiaodong, hardly believing that he could have healed the patient right away. They were convinced that it must have been the work of the two foreign doctors.

Song Xiaodong had initially thought about treating one more person, but seeing them like this, he lost interest. Besides, his True Qi was no longer causing him much discomfort.

"Let’s go." Seeing Lin Su’er about to speak, Song Xiaodong shook his head and promptly led them away.

Half an hour later, Xiang Te and Ellington brought the patient back, both wearing excited expressions.

"Is my dad..." The young girl was somewhat baffled and asked cautiously.

Xiang Te spoke in his imperfect Chinese, "Very good, very good. Your dad’s leg doesn’t need to be amputated. The rest are minor issues. We can handle them right away."

"Two foreign doctors, your medical skills are really impressive," the corpulent man approached, wanting to befriend the two foreigners.

"No, no!" Ellington shook his head repeatedly. "The one with high medical skills isn’t us, it’s Doctor Song from just now. He really is a Divine Doctor, a true Divine Doctor. We all hold great admiration for him. If we were to treat this patient, we would definitely have amputated."

"Are you saying that young guy just saved this person?" The fat man was still somewhat incredulous.

"Absolutely, we didn’t believe it at first either, but after this examination, we fully believe it. It’s truly miraculous, unbelievably so!"

The two danced around excitedly for a while before they remembered that they still had other treatments to perform on the patient.

"No way? That young guy actually has such incredible medical skill?"

"Exactly, it’s just unbelievable."

Just then, a young nurse walked over, and one of the patient’s relatives who recognized her immediately came over to ask, "Is there a young Traditional Chinese Medicine doctor in your hospital who’s very skilled?"

"Not at all." The young nurse answered very promptly.

"I told you, he was just bragging." The man immediately said triumphantly.

The young nurse suddenly added, "Ah, wait, are you talking about Doctor Song who was just here?"

"It seemed he had the last name Song..."

The young nurse excitedly said, "Although he isn’t a doctor at our hospital, he is definitely a Divine Doctor. If he were to treat someone, no illness would be too severe. It’s just that he rarely treats people."

"What? Really?"

"This is definitely true. He’s a legend within our hospital. See those two foreign doctors? They’re experts from abroad and were quite arrogant when they first came to our hospital. But as soon as Doctor Song showed up, they were immediately convinced and now, they assist Doctor Song all day."

Upon hearing what the young nurse said, everyone was stunned.

Someone immediately piped up, "Could you give me Doctor Song’s phone number? I’d like him to perform surgery on my uncle."

"Sorry, only a few people in our hospital have Doctor Song’s phone number. He treats based on fate, and explicitly asking him doesn’t really help."

Everyone fell silent. When Song Xiaodong had come earlier, he had said that he would treat for free without charging anything but all of them had disbelieved him, scoffing at the idea. Only now did they realize they had just missed a great opportunity.

Only the young girl, who was now the envy of everyone’s eyes, felt a bit shy but her face was flushed with excitement.