The usually proactive Mu Yao glanced at the professors watching from the sidelines and chose to remain silent.

Are you kidding me?

The professors at their school are renowned within Hai City's medical community for being fiercely protective.

If there was any issue with Dr. Chen's words.

They wouldn't even need this group to feel wronged; the professors would have already stepped forward to challenge Dr. Chen!

Yet, the professors remain passive and don't respond at all.

This can only mean one thing.

Dr. Chen's remarks right now.

Are exactly what the professors want to scold too!

—

The graduate student, still sobbing, was especially unconvinced!

Pointing at the student on the hospital bed, just brought back from paralysis by Chen Mu and Professor Zhang San: "If Dr. Chen wants to scold, he might as well scold Senior Brother Tong too!"

"After all, Senior Brother Tong's medical skills aren't great either, managing to paralyze himself with a single needle!"

From the hospital bed.

Senior Brother Tong, who had just recovered from paralysis, would have jumped up to argue with him if his medical instructions didn't require him to stay lying down.

Darn it, you getting scolded is one thing!

Why drag me into it?

Hearing his voice, Chen Mu turned his head to glance in Senior Brother Tong's direction.

Moments later.

Chen Mu returned his gaze to the young man and sneered: "To compare yourself with your 'Senior Brother Tong'?!"

The young man was a bit unconvinced. "He paralyzed himself, and I paralyzed him with one needle. We are pretty much on the same level, so why can't I compare myself to him?!"

Chen Mu scoffed: "Do you remember why your 'Senior Brother Tong' made himself paralyzed?"

The young man remained silent.

But his face was still defiant.

Seeing his expression, Chen Mu felt even more disdain for the guy.

Some people are like this.

No matter how big of a mess they cause, they never learn to reflect on themselves or find their own faults.

Confronted with his defiant expression, Chen Mu said blandly, "Don't remember, right? Let me remind you!"

"Your 'Senior Brother Tong' needed to help a patient with acupuncture. Uncertain of the acupoint, he chose to experiment on himself, which is why he became paralyzed."

"His level is indeed on par with yours."

"But in facing patients, you two have completely different attitudes."

"Knowing his skills were limited, he first experimented on himself to confirm the acupoint was correct before administering acupuncture to the patient."

Listening to Chen Mu's words.

The young man's mind buzzed.

Several times he opened his mouth, wanting to argue back at Chen Mu.

But as soon as the words reached his mouth.

Before he could speak them.

He realized, in comparing to 'Senior Brother Tong',

the vast difference between them.

Chen Mu sneered and continued: "But what about you?"

"Equally uncertain of the acupoint, you chose to administer acupuncture to the patient."

"Resulting in the patient being paralyzed!"

—

「!!!」

「Oh my! I only thought both of them had issues with their medical skills earlier, but this point Dr. Chen brought up, I never considered?!"

「Honestly, if I had to face a new doctor, I'd prefer they were like 'Senior Brother Tong'.」

「Exactly! A responsible doctor is relatively better, even if their skills are limited, they will do their best to ensure the patient's health and the accuracy of their diagnosis.」

「In contrast, this graduate still arguing, it's terrifying because it clearly risks the patient's health for answers he's unsure about!」

「...」

—

As the young man's eyes remained red and swollen, listening to Chen Mu's words, he almost lost his breath.

Took a deep breath.

Looking at Chen Mu, his gaze still full of defiance: "Dr. Chen, we graduate students came to Hai City University Hospital to learn. Given the outcome we caused, don't you, as the official university doctor, bear some responsibility?"

Chen Mu paused.

His face took on an even more mocking tone: "Are you trying to pass your blame onto me?"

The young man was at a loss for words.

Yet his expression remained defiant.

Chen Mu sneered: "Since you mentioned responsibility, let me share how you should generally handle such situations in a hospital or university setting."

"Before you have the ability to treat a patient, your first reaction shouldn't be to perform acupuncture but to seek help."

Saying this.

Chen Mu lightly raised his hand.

Pointing above his head, "Just now, I was upstairs in the university clinic. All you needed was to ask in the group chat to reach me."

"But despite lacking confidence that your acupoint placement was accurate."

"You still failed to contact me, leading to the patient being paralyzed!"

Facing the young man's stubborn gaze.

Chen Mu pointed towards Professor Zhang San, "I know I'm about your age, and you aren't in awe of everything I say."

"But why don't you ask your professor, the kind of disaster your needle caused to your 'Senior Brother Tong'!"

"Simply put!"

"If it weren't for your schoolmate Mu Yao, who coincidentally called six professors to Hai City University's hospital for assistance, your Senior Brother Tong's paralysis wouldn't have been reversible with just me alone!"

The young man awkwardly turned to look at Professor Zhang San.

In his stubbornness, he had completely overlooked the possibility that 'Senior Brother Tong' might not have been able to be saved!

After all...

He saw how quickly Chen Mu administered the needle.

Always feeling the consequences weren't that severe.

But seeing his professor nod.

A chill ran down his spine.

Dr. Chen wasn't trying to scare him?!

He had just...

Almost...

It was really just close.

If his professor hadn't also happened to be at Hai City University's hospital, then there was indeed a huge possibility.

Because of his one needle.

His not wealthy Senior Brother Tong, who painstakingly studied to become a graduate student.

Would become permanently paralyzed.

Confined to a hospital bed.

Incapable of taking care of himself.

—

「Isn't Dr. Chen and these professors just trying to scare this student? I saw Dr. Chen's acupuncture process, and it didn't seem that complicated?!"

「It looked simple because Dr. Chen could insert needles even into 'dead acupoints' that are usually untouchable!"

「Honestly, it's a lack of understanding due to limited skills!"

「I admit my skills are questionable; during the rescue, the acupoints stimulated by Dr. Chen and Professor Zhang San were so dangerous that if my professor weren't explaining them simultaneously, I wouldn't have realized their severity!"

「I used to fantasize about being as impressive as Dr. Chen if I were a university doctor at Hai City. It wasn't until this rescue that I realized the gap between us..."

「You dare to fantasize? That's supreme confidence in one's own medical skills!"

「...」

—

Seeing the young man's progressively paling face.

Chen Mu wasn't planning on letting him off the hook so easily.

With his arms crossed.

He looked at him coldly, "Being a Chinese medicine doctor, fully aware you're stimulating an acupoint whose outcome you're uncertain of, yet still choosing to proceed with acupuncture, is no different from murder!"

"Real emergency rescue isn't the same as what you learned in school."

"There's no room for even a small mistake."

"Just like in modern medicine, an injection's dosage even one milliliter off could result in the patient's death."

"A patient has only one life; it can't afford your mistakes."

The young man fixed his eyes on his "Senior Brother Tong", his mind utterly bewildered.

He understood.

His medical career was over.

He could still engage in related fields but could no longer be a doctor.

Because no hospital would hire a doctor who once "endangered lives".

With this thought.

The young man's face was drenched in tears of regret.

Chen Mu huffed disapprovingly.

Without looking back, he walked out of the observation room.

As it happened.

Just as he stepped out, Chen Mu saw a familiar figure.

In an instant.

Chen Mu's mind buzzed, shaking his head: "It can't be, I must be seeing things!"

But that figure immediately rushed to block Chen Mu's path again as he turned.

Typing hastily on a mobile phone, "Dr. Chen, I'm really here at the university hospital for an urgent matter; you can't just ignore me!"

Chen Mu took a deep breath, "He Congming, what did you get yourself into this time?"

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