“That’s exactly why I brought in Dr. Ye, who understands Chinese medicine. If you really have that kind of filial piety, go ahead and treat Mum yourself, but let’s get one thing straight, I won’t allow you to look down on Dr. Xu!”
Duanmu Lei was taken aback by these words, thinking to himself that although his little sister used to bicker with him at home, today she seemed like a completely different person, her elbow practically twisting outwards so hard it was about to kill him.
Duanmu Lei couldn’t save face, and at that moment, Dong Tianyi, who had been silent all along, spoke up.
“He’s a Chinese medicine practitioner? Then I must be blunt, Miss Duanmu, Chinese medicine doesn’t even rank among any authoritative medical institutions worldwide nowadays, and there’s not enough scientific evidence in modern society to prove it’s a reliable form of medicine people can trust.”
“Although ancient Chinese people did rely on Chinese medicine to treat illnesses and save lives, humanity has been progressing, science has been advancing, I hope Miss Sun can let go of believing in those barbaric techniques, you should know that trusting Western medicine is the guarantee of humanity’s future health!”
“Well said, brilliantly put! You really live up to being an overseas returnee, your words just have that level of sophistication!”
Duanmu Lei, with his average education and lack of effort in school, had just been shut down by his sister’s few sharp words, leaving him momentarily clueless about how to retort.
So when he heard Dong Tianyi’s speech, he immediately clapped his hands in excitement.
At that moment, Xu Fei, the central figure of the discussion who hadn’t spoken until now, suddenly raised his head.
Though his main purpose here was to gather intelligence, he’d unintentionally been dragged into a family dispute, and now hearing someone openly disparage Chinese medicine, he naturally couldn’t hold back any longer.
“Mr. Dong, from what I can see, both you and I are here just for Aunt Sun’s illness, there’s really no conflict, it doesn’t matter who treats her, as long as she gets better, that’s fine.”
“But you just called Chinese medicine a barbaric technique? Well, I can’t quite agree with that!”
“You don’t agree? What does your disagreement change? You don’t agree, yet you rely on your lousy acupuncture and pulse-taking, wandering around as a little village doctor scamming people, while he can be a medical director in the provincial capital, driving a luxury car and living in a big house, doesn’t that say enough?”
This time, before Dong Tianyi could even respond, Duanmu Lei jumped in first.
“It seems everyone here has quite a few biases and complaints about Chinese medicine, so how about this?”
“Let’s use Aunt Sun’s illness as a test, if I cure her, you apologise for what you just said and quit the medical field forever; if you cure her, I’ll personally admit Chinese medicine is a barbaric technique and quit the medical field myself, how’s that? Do you dare to take the bet?”
Xu Fei hadn’t originally intended to bother with these two, but their tag-team act was just too much to stomach.
So when Xu Fei spoke, he proposed a massive, outrageous bet, staking their respective medical careers, something most people wouldn’t have the guts to accept.
Anyway, Xu Fei figured he had nothing to lose, medical skills aside, even if he lost, being a doctor wasn’t his main profession to begin with, he’d only learned these skills from his master, Mo Wentian.
He could quit the field a hundred times over without a care, but Dong Tianyi was a different story.
As the saying goes, the barefoot don’t fear the ones wearing shoes, if Dong Tianyi really lost to Xu Fei, all the wealth and glory he’d built up would vanish into thin air.
