On stage.
The patient, hearing Ye Qiu’s words, turned pale with fear.
Walk…
Two laps, no less.
Is this something a human would say?
I have a comminuted fracture!
“Uh… Dr Ye, don’t joke. My leg isn’t healed yet. How can I walk?”
Ye Qiu smiled, “It’s fine. Walk a couple of laps for everyone to see.”
The patient was on the verge of tears, “Dr Ye, I really can’t walk. If I do, my leg will be ruined.”
Li Zhengxi sneered from the side, “It takes a hundred days to heal muscles and bones. With a comminuted fracture, even if your treatment is effective, there’s no way the patient can walk in such a short time!”
“Utter nonsense.”
“Ye Qiu, I suggest you concede… bloody hell!”
Li Zhengxi’s eyes suddenly widened, his face full of shock.
Ye Qiu had pulled the patient up and taken two steps on stage.
“How’s that? No pain, right?” Ye Qiu asked the patient.
The patient shook his head, “No pain.”
“Then walk a couple of laps,” Ye Qiu said.
The patient cautiously took two steps.
“Eh, Dr Ye, why doesn’t my leg hurt at all?” the patient asked, astonished.
Ye Qiu smiled, “Your leg is fully healed.”
Healed?
The patient, still skeptical, walked two laps on stage.
He realised not only was his left knee pain-free, but he felt no different from a healthy person.
Still uneasy, the patient gritted his teeth and jumped a few times in place.
Hop!
Hop!
Hop!
“Hahaha…”
The patient suddenly burst into ecstatic laughter, “It’s healed! My leg is really healed!”
The entire audience was stunned.
Li Zhengxi and his son, thinking they were seeing things, rubbed their eyes vigorously.
“How is this possible?”
“How could a comminuted fracture heal so quickly?”
“How did this kid do it?”
Li Zhengxi was utterly baffled.
As a Korean medical sage, he had never heard of a comminuted fracture being cured in mere minutes.
What the hell was going on?
The audience was equally dumbfounded.
“My God, the patient’s comminuted fracture is healed.”
“If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t believe it.”
“Unbelievable! Simply unbelievable!”
In the CCTV livestream, three million viewers were watching online.
Seeing the patient jumping around on stage via video, they were all shocked.
“Bloody hell, a comminuted fracture healed that fast?”
“Is this real?”
“Too incredible!”
“Beyond awesome!”
“Not just awesome! Ye Qiu is Bian Que reborn!”
“Dr Ye, I’m a 28-year-old beauty, unmarried, and charming. Can you take me home? I can manage the household, cook, and… well, you know.”
“Pfft, shameless, you upstairs!”
“Get lost—”
Soon, tens of thousands of comments flooded the screen.
Eventually, the comments converged into six words:
“Ye Qiu, forever a god!”
…
Thousands of miles away, in Mount Lao.
Inside a serene wooden cabin, a short old man in a Taoist robe with a goatee stared at a tablet on the table, unblinking.
He was watching the live broadcast.
Gradually, his face showed confusion, solemnity, shock, and joy…
Finally, tears streamed down his face.
“The Sky-Mending Hand reappears in the world. Chinese medicine has a successor!”
“With this young man, why worry about Chinese medicine not thriving?”
“I, Xu Liu, have lived in seclusion for decades. It’s time to come out and contribute to the revival of Chinese medicine!”
This old man was none other than Xu Liu, the foremost of the four national medical sages!
With that, Xu Liu strode out of the cabin.
…
At Jiangzhou Hospital, the Chinese Medicine Department erupted in cheers.
“Woo-hoo!”
“The director is the director, incredible!”
“I’m starting to feel a bit sorry for that Korean medical sage. At his age, getting crushed by the director time and again!”
“Sorry for him? He deserves it!”
…
At the competition venue, in the front row of the guest seating, Qin Gang quietly exhaled, relieved.
He had been worried Ye Qiu couldn’t heal the patient, but now it seemed his concerns were unnecessary.
“No wonder the four national medical sages didn’t step up and let him face Li Zhengxi. It seems Ye Qiu’s medical skills far surpass theirs.”
“So young, yet so skilled. He’s bound to achieve earth-shattering feats in the future.”
“Such a person is worth befriending!”
Qin Gang looked at Ye Qiu on stage, his eyes gleaming.
Nearby, the vice-presidents of the Chinese Medicine Association were both shocked and delighted.
“Who would’ve thought Dr Ye’s medical skills were this extraordinary!”
“Curing a comminuted fracture in minutes—miraculous!”
“We were worried for nothing. Turns out we were short-sighted, fretting over nothing!”
“Li Zhengxi must be panicking now, right?”
The crowd turned to the stage.
Li Zhengxi’s face was as dark as a storm cloud, while Li Minghan beside him was pale as a ghost.
“How is this possible?”
“How did he do it?”
“Curing a comminuted fracture so quickly—I’ve never heard of such a thing in the history of medicine.”
Even now, Li Zhengxi couldn’t believe it.
Li Minghan said in panic, “Father, what do we do now? You’ve lost two rounds. According to the rules…”
“Shut up!”
Li Zhengxi roared, cutting Li Minghan off.
Rather than anger, it was fear.
Having lost two rounds in a row, per the best-of-three rules, he would have to take his own life in public.
The worst part? He had set the rules himself.
Instead of defeating Ye Qiu, he had pushed himself to the guillotine.
What now?
I don’t want to die!
As Li Zhengxi frantically thought of a way out, he looked at Ye Qiu.
The patient, after jumping and running laps on stage, approached Ye Qiu, saying excitedly, “Dr Ye, thank you.”
“Thank you for healing my fracture.”
“I… I’ll kowtow to you!”
The patient was about to kneel, but Ye Qiu quickly stopped him, “No need for thanks. I’m a doctor. Healing and saving people is my duty.”
“Dr Ye, if it weren’t for you, my fracture wouldn’t have healed so quickly. I’m truly grateful.”
The patient gave Ye Qiu a deep bow of gratitude.
Ye Qiu advised, “Be careful in the future. Don’t injure yourself again.”
“You’re middle-aged, with parents above and children below. Take care of your health.”
With that, Ye Qiu’s gaze landed on Li Zhengxi, “Mr Li, I have something very important that I need your help with.”
This kid needs my help?
The sun must be rising in the west.
Li Zhengxi asked expressionlessly, “What is it?”
Ye Qiu smiled slightly and uttered four words:
“Take your own life!”
