You should know that leukemia patients, due to the scarcity of active stem cells in their blood, appear extremely weak and feeble.
If a doctor's mentality isn't sufficiently composed, a single acupuncture needle insertion, even when controlling the True Yuan inside the patient's body with Inner Strength, can lead to the patient's blood and energy flowing backward and cause their body to explode and die if the control over the Silver Needle is even slightly careless.
It was precisely because Ling Zhenfei considered these two points that he agreed to Li Ermeng and his wife's request after much deliberation.
Having gone through too many things over the past couple of days, Ling Zhenfei worried that it might affect the True Yuan within him, so he took advantage of the abundant Northern Spiritual Energy in the space during the evening to enter seclusion for cultivation, to ensure he would have enough Inner Strength for treating the child the next day.
From eight o'clock, he cultivated until midnight, and when Ling Zhenfei felt an endless surge of True Yuan throughout his body, he left the space with satisfaction, lying down to rest.
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The next morning, just as it turned seven o'clock, Ling Zhenfei hadn't gotten out of bed when he heard the "putt putt putt" of Li Ermeng's rickety tricycle outside the courtyard.
Li Ermeng was a farmer, and though the tricycle was old, it was the treasure that fed his family. Whether going to town or to the city, Li Ermeng would ride it.
Since they had arranged to go to the city hospital with Ling Zhenfei today, naturally he rode his tricycle.
Having slept late the previous night, Ling Zhenfei was still reluctant to leave his bed, but seeing that the couple was already waiting outside, he no longer hesitated and jumped out of bed.
After washing up, without even taking the time for breakfast, Ling Zhenfei hopped into the vehicle and hit the road with the couple.
Zhou Yun was somewhat puzzled, but since Ling Zhenfei and Li Ermeng's couple didn't say anything, she didn't feel it was her place to ask. She watched them leave in a cloud of dust, hoisted a hoe on her shoulder, and went to weed the vegetable garden.
However, when she arrived at her family's vegetable plot and saw many robust seedlings suddenly sprouting up, she was so astonished she could hardly believe her own eyes...
Half an hour later, Li Ermeng drove his rickety tricycle to the entrance of Binyang City Hospital, which hadn't yet opened for the day.
Taking advantage of this spare time, the three of them ate some breakfast at a food stall by the street.
After eating, just as Ling Zhenfei was about to pay the bill, Li Ermeng beat him to it. The bill was only a few yuan, and Ling Zhenfei didn't argue with him over it.
Wang Yucui saw a fruit shop across from the hospital and went to buy a basket of fruit, then the three of them walked toward the hospital together.
Binyang City Hospital is a provincial key top-tier hospital, with medical facilities and medical teams that not only rank in the top three in Jiangnan Province but can also squeeze into the top ten nationally.
As you can imagine, a nationally renowned hospital like this naturally attracts countless patients seeking treatment.
Although it wasn't yet the hospital's opening time, the interior was already filled to capacity with people, especially in the main lobby where those waiting to register had formed more than a dozen long lines.
Luckily, Ling Zhenfei and his companions were not there to seek medical care; otherwise, the queue for registration alone would have been exhausting.
Wang Yucui's nephew Xiaoqiang was in the inpatient department. Wang Yucui had been there twice, but Li Ermeng had never visited.
As the three made their way to the inpatient department, Wang Yucui shoved the basket of fruit into Li Ermeng's hands, "You hold this. Xiaoqiang is sick, and you haven't even visited. My parents and elder brother scolded you for having no consideration."
"Yucui, you can't blame me! There's so much to do at home, and I can't leave," Li Ermeng scratched the back of his head, looking embarrassed.
"Besides, I was going to come last time, but your brother tried to borrow money and didn't succeed. He then gave me the cold shoulder, blocking the hospital entrance and not letting me in. How could I have the nerve to insist on going inside?"
"Enough, don't talk about that now. Be careful with your words when you see my brother and sister-in-law later!"
Wang Yucui wasn't sure if Ling Zhenfei really had the skill to cure her nephew's illness, she felt indecisive, but she still wanted to bring Ling Zhenfei in to give it a try.
After instructing her husband, she then kindly warned Ling Zhenfei, "This… Big brother, my family is quite upset over the child's sickness, and they might speak harshly later. If that happens, please don't take it personally!"
"Hmm, Sister Yucui, don't worry, I'm not so petty!" As an inheritor of the Medical God, Ling Zhenfei naturally understood the anxious mentality of the patient's family members.
Moreover, seeing such a young child suffer from illness, it was only natural for the adults to be emotionally unstable.
Hearing Ling Zhenfei's understanding response, Wang Yucui was even more grateful. As they quickly approached the nephew's ward, the trio stopped talking and proceeded towards the room in succession.
"Xiaoqiang, Xiaoqiang, what's wrong with you? Wake up… Doctor! Call the doctor quickly!"
Just as the three of them reached the entrance of the ward, they heard a man's anxious shouts and a woman's crying from inside.
"Brother, what's wrong with Xiaoqiang?"
Hearing this voice, Wang Yucui also got alarmed and rushed into the room, with Li Ermeng and Ling Zhenfei not daring to delay and hurriedly following her into the ward.
Inside the ward, they saw a man in his thirties with a messy beard, holding tightly onto a boy around seven or eight years old, yelling loudly.
The boy, with a pale face, was lying on the man's lap, vomiting blood copiously.
Next to the man was a woman also in her thirties. Seeing the situation, her face had already turned white with fear, and in her panic, she was just shouting, not knowing how to handle the crisis.
"What happened?"
A doctor and a nurse had rushed into the ward ahead of Ling Zhenfei and his group. Seeing the situation, the doctor's face changed with shock and he called out to the nurse urgently, "Quick, give the patient a hemostatic injection!"
"Yes!"
The nurse, also frightened, quickly took out the hemostatic injection and was about to administer it to Xiaoqiang.
"Stop! Absolutely not!"
Just as the needle in the nurse's hand was about to touch Xiaoqiang's skin, a thunderous voice suddenly came from outside, startling the nurse into stepping back.
At the same time, three figures rushed into the ward, one of whom snatched the hemostatic needle from the nurse's hand and threw it on the floor.
Without a doubt, the one who had rushed in and taken the hemostatic needle from the nurse was Ling Zhenfei.
Ling Zhenfei had been outside the ward a moment earlier and realized the seriousness of the situation when he saw Xiaoqiang vomiting blood.
One must understand that in leukemia patients, most of the hematopoietic stem cells are either diseased or in the process of becoming so.
The patient's blood-forming function is very poor, and if a massive bleeding event like this occurs, there is always the potential for unimaginable consequences from excessive blood loss.
Although administrating a hemostatic injection is an effective way to control the loss of blood volume, Xiaoqiang is still a child with extremely narrow blood vessels. If the injection is given recklessly, it could very likely cause the terrifying consequence of bursting blood vessels.
"You… who are you?"
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