After finishing the meal, Li Se drove Zhang Aimin and Chen Ping back to the company. He then headed to the location designated by Zhao Ba.
Zhao Ba was not originally from Qingyun City, but his influence had already extended there, with many of Qingyun City's underground forces having been integrated by him.
However, Li Se didn't care about these matters. Upon meeting Zhao Ba, he asked, "Brother Zhao, who is ill?"
"Follow me." Zhao Ba led Li Se away from the hotel and they arrived at a luxurious residence.
As the boss of the Martial Alliance, Zhao Ba was naturally not short of money, and the people he knew were also quite wealthy.
"What are you doing here?"
A noblewoman walked over to open the door. However, upon seeing Zhao Ba, her expression turned unpleasant.
"Sister-in-law, I've brought a doctor to see Big Brother," Zhao Ba said.
Chen Shufen looked at the person Zhao Ba had brought and said indifferently, "Which one is the doctor?"
Zhao Ba quickly introduced Li Se to Chen Shufen, "Naturally, it's this one, Divine Doctor Li!"
When Chen Shufen saw how young Li Se was, she smiled dismissively. "Zhao Ba, are you doing this on purpose? I think you deliberately want Shan Ge to die. Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. Take your people and get out!"
"Sister-in-law, why must you be like this?" Zhao Ba said helplessly.
Chen Shufen retorted angrily, "Why must I be like this? How your big brother got into this state, I think you know better than anyone!"
Zhao Ba was about to say something when two more people walked in from outside. One of them, a girl, saw Chen Shufen and called out, "Mom, I've brought Doctor Zhou. He's an authority in this field and should be able to treat Dad."
However, upon seeing Zhao Ba, the girl was taken aback. "Uncle Zhao, why are you here?"
"Nian Qiao, he is not your Uncle Zhao," Chen Shufen said coldly.
Jing Nian Qiao felt helpless. She knew her mother had a problem with Zhao Ba and always believed Zhao Ba had harmed her father. But was that actually the case? She didn't know. But without concrete evidence, she wouldn't conclude that Zhao Ba was the murderer of her father.
"Nian Qiao, I've brought a doctor to see your father," Zhao Ba said with a smile.
"Okay, let's go in," Jing Nian Qiao replied.
"Nian Qiao, you can't let him in!" Chen Shufen was very firm.
"Mom, more doctors looking means more hope," Jing Nian Qiao reasoned.
Chen Shufen glared at Zhao Ba before saying anything further, then turned and went inside.
Li Se was naturally not interested in the relationship between Zhao Ba and this family. His attention was focused on Jing Nian Qiao. This girl was in her early twenties, around his age. She had a great figure and was very beautiful. Even though he had seen many beauties, he couldn't help but look at her a few more times.
Soon, they met Jing Nian Qiao's father, the patient Zhao Ba referred to as Big Brother. His name was Jing Shan. He was lying in bed, looking very haggard and thin.
"Nian Qiao, don't worry, I am an expert in this field." Doctor Zhou stepped forward and went to the bedside. After a brief examination, he gave a diagnosis: "It's cerebral hemorrhage, indeed, and it's severe."
"Doctor Zhou, what should we do?" Jing Nian Qiao asked anxiously.
Doctor Zhou replied, "Surgery is needed as soon as possible. The main procedures include decompressive craniectomy, clot removal through a small bone window craniotomy, and ventricular drainage."
"What's the success rate?" Zhao Ba asked.
Doctor Zhou hesitated for a moment and said, "About forty percent!"
"Only forty percent, and you dare to operate?" Zhao Ba asked with some annoyance.
Doctor Zhou was unaware of Zhao Ba's identity and felt offended by being reprimanded. He retorted, "Sir, surgery inherently involves risks. There is no hundred percent success. Such surgery does not exist. Forty percent is already quite high!"
He then glanced at Li Se, brought by Zhao Ba, and said contemptuously, "Didn't you bring a doctor? Why not let him take a look?"
Li Se was the only one with Zhao Ba. He didn't believe that someone so young could have medical skills superior to his own.
"Uncle Zhao, the doctor you brought, could it be him?" Jing Nian Qiao looked at Li Se, somewhat suspiciously.
"Sister-in-law, Nian Qiao, don't be fooled by Xiao Li's youth; his medical skills are absolutely top-notch. He cured the illness I had," Zhao Ba said, highly recommending Li Se. What a joke, he could even cure uremia, so cerebral hemorrhage should not be a problem.
"No need!" Chen Shufen snorted. She absolutely did not believe Li Se had any medical skills. In her eyes, Zhao Ba had brought him to harm her husband.
"Ms. Chen, the other party is questioning me now, so why not let the doctor he brought take a look? I'm here, and there won't be any problems," Doctor Zhou said confidently.
Chen Shufen then said no more.
Li Se walked out and began to feel Jing Shan's pulse.
"What are you doing?" Doctor Zhou was stunned.
"Feeling the pulse. Don't you understand?" Li Se asked sarcastically.
Doctor Zhou burst into laughter. "You're a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner?"
"Yes!"
"What a joke! Let alone your age, whether you've even begun learning TCM, can TCM nowadays even treat cerebral hemorrhage?" Doctor Zhou asked with skepticism.
"Traditional Chinese Medicine?" Chen Shufen and Jing Nian Qiao were also full of doubt.
Even Jing Nian Qiao was now somewhat bewildered. Why would Uncle Zhao bring such a young TCM practitioner to treat her father? It made her suspect that he didn't want her father to recover at all.
"Does he often experience headaches, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, or even coma? Perhaps also limb or speech impairment?" Li Se asked calmly.
"That's right," Jing Nian Qiao nodded.
"Then it is indeed cerebral hemorrhage. It can be treated, and surgery is not necessary," Li Se stated.
"Xiao Li, do you really have a way?" Zhao Ba asked excitedly.
"Of course!" Li Se was very confident.
"No surgery, so what method will you use?" Doctor Zhou sneered.
"Acupuncture!" Li Se replied.
"Acupuncture to treat cerebral hemorrhage?" Doctor Zhou laughed heartily again. "Isn't this just fooling around? No wonder TCM is in decline. Just a few silver needles to treat cerebral hemorrhage? Is your medical skill too brilliant, or is Western medicine too complex? To treat cerebral hemorrhage without surgery, it's truly wishful thinking!"
After a few sarcastic remarks, he turned to Chen Shufen and Jing Nian Qiao, "I suggest we still go with surgery. This person is too unreliable. So young, and he wants to perform acupuncture on someone. I really don't know who gave him the courage!"
Chen Shufen looked at her husband on the bed, sighed, and nodded, "Yes, it's better than having no hope."
"Sister-in-law, Xiao Li said he has a way to treat it, so he definitely can!" Zhao Ba quickly said.
"Sir, what kind of joke are you playing?" Doctor Zhou immediately reprimanded. "Even if acupuncture can treat this cerebral hemorrhage, this is TCM. Without a certain age, can one even begin to learn TCM?"