067: Medical Trouble Appears! Qi Lin Pushed The Confused Chen Lili Out

"Lili, I didn't interrupt your work, did I?"

Seeing Chen Lili, Qi Lin grinned, showing his big white teeth, and seemed very happy.

Noticing the curious looks from her colleagues, Chen Lili blushed slightly. She took Qi Lin's arm and quickly led him to the dressing room without a word. The two still had to pass by Shang Jia's office, but this time Shang Jia had an urgent matter and went to the conference room for a consultation, so he didn't see the intruder coming again.

"Brother Lin, did you tell my colleague you're my biological brother?" Chen Lili asked softly as she began to remove Qi Lin's gauze.

Qi Lin looked at Chen Lili's beautiful profile and smiled. "I was going to say I was your boyfriend, but I figured we're still in the 'getting to know each other' phase. We're more than friends but not lovers yet. If people at the hospital started gossiping, you wouldn't know how to respond. So I thought it'd be smarter to say I'm your brother. Pretty clever, right?"

"Very clever," Chen Lili said, laughing in disbelief. She had thought Qi Lin was just joking, but it seemed he had thought it through. Chen Lili felt a bit grateful to Qi Lin. Some colleagues knew about her relationship with Shang Jia, and if Qi Lin's playful comment had spread to him, it could have been disastrous. At least pretending he was her brother would save her reputation.

While cleaning the wound, Qi Lin winced slightly. Chen Lili stopped and looked at him with concern. "Does it hurt?" Her touch had been very gentle, after all.

Qi Lin blinked. "A little, maybe you forgot the painkillers."

Chen Lili was puzzled for a moment. It wasn't like she was stitching a wound—she was just changing a dressing. Did it really need anesthesia? But then, in the next second, she understood what Qi Lin was hinting at, and her face turned red. "Do you need me to blow on it for you?"

Qi Lin grinned. "You said it, not me."

He was clearly enjoying teasing her. Chen Lili's face flushed even more, but with a touch of helplessness, she gently blew on his wound while continuing to change the dressing.

As Qi Lin inhaled the pleasant scent of the beautiful doctor, he began to feel quite comfortable.

"Lili! Lili, are you here? There's an emergency in the ER, we need your help!"

Just as Qi Lin's dressing was finished, Chen Lili's colleague's urgent voice came from outside. Usually, such urgency meant a critically ill patient had arrived and needed immediate attention.

Chen Lili didn't hesitate. "Brother Lin, I need to get back to work. Your dressing is done, just be careful not to get it wet."

She stood up, ready to leave, but before she could take a step, Qi Lin grabbed her wrist. When she turned around, she saw him smiling. "I love watching the action. I'll tag along."

Whether she liked it or not, Qi Lin followed her out.

The two of them had barely left the office when they ran into the colleague who had called for Chen Lili.

"Xiao Li, what happened in the ER?" Chen Lili asked quickly.

Xiao Li responded, "A patient was brought in unconscious about half an hour ago. We've done all the tests, but we can't figure out the cause. Now, the patient's vital signs are deteriorating, and the family is starting to get upset. The hospital's top experts are all in a consultation right now. We have to rush over and help."

Chen Lili's heart sank. This sounded like the start of a medical dispute.

When a loved one dies unexpectedly in a hospital, the grief and anger can cause families to blame the doctors. Such situations often escalate, and there were countless reports of medical disputes or even doctors being attacked.

In less than two minutes, they reached the emergency room, which was already packed with people. There were onlookers, family members of other patients, nurses, and relatives of the patient inside.

"Let us in! I want to see how my mother is doing!"

"If my wife dies here today, none of you will leave unscathed!"

"Quack doctors! A bunch of quack doctors! You've been examining her for nearly an hour and found nothing! Are you trying to let my aunt die?"

There were over twenty family members, most of them men, and they looked fierce. Chen Lili instinctively stepped back.

Suddenly, she felt a hand on her shoulder. Looking up, she saw Qi Lin smiling at her. "Don't be scared. Even if they cause trouble, I'll protect you."

Chen Lili blushed and quickly shrugged off his hand. Was he serious? This was a hospital, and if people saw them acting this way, it wouldn't be good. Thankfully, everyone's attention was focused on the patient and their family, so no one noticed.

"Lili, let's go in and help!" Xiao Li took Chen Lili's hand and headed into the ER, with Qi Lin following leisurely behind.

"Lili, you're here too?" Shang Jia, who was standing at the entrance, looked surprised when he saw his girlfriend. He let Chen Lili and Xiao Li enter, but when he saw Qi Lin, his face darkened.

"What are you doing here?" Shang Jia asked coldly.

Qi Lin smiled. "Just here to watch the fun, what else?"

Shang Jia laughed, irritated by Qi Lin's nonchalance. "Watch the fun? Do you even know where you are? People's lives are at stake, and you're just a security guard, not a hospital employee. Stay outside. You're not qualified to enter."

Qi Lin ignored Shang Jia and glanced inside the room until he saw someone he knew.

"Dr. Zhang! Over here!" Qi Lin called out.

Dr. Zhang, a senior doctor and one of Zhao Zhiren's disciples, turned and was surprised to see Qi Lin.

"Mr. Qi Lin, what brings you here?" Dr. Zhang greeted him enthusiastically.

Qi Lin smiled and shook his hand. "Brother Zhao asked me to come by. He's busy with surgery, so he asked me to check on things here."

Dr. Zhang was momentarily confused. Qi Lin wasn't a doctor, so why would the teacher ask him to handle this? Still, Qi Lin had saved many lives, and letting him into the ER was no problem at all.

"Since the teacher asked you to come, please, come in."

As Dr. Zhang prepared to let Qi Lin in, Shang Jia was left speechless. First, he hadn't expected Qi Lin to know Dr. Zhang, let alone be so familiar with him. Second, why was Dr. Zhang allowing a non-hospital staff member to enter the ER?

"No! He's not a doctor here. Why should he be allowed in?"

Shang Jia hated being in front of Qi Lin.

Dr. Zhang frowned: "Mr. Qi Lin is a guest of expert Zhao Zhiren. He asked Mr. Qi Lin to come in, so Mr. Qi Lin can come in. And Shang Jia, have you forgotten that I am your boss? Is this how you speak to your superior?"

"..."

Sensing the tension, Chen Lili quickly tried to diffuse the situation: "Dr. Shang Jia, last time it was Brother Lin... I mean, Mr. Qi Lin, who saved Expert Zhao, along with more than a dozen other doctors in the hospital. This isn't a sterile room, so it's fine to let him take a look."

At this point, Shang Jia no longer had the bravado he had shown earlier, but internally, he was in turmoil.

Among the dozen or so doctors who accompanied Dr. Zhao last time, none held a position lower than chief physician; they were even the heads of their respective departments.

If Qi Lin had really saved so many doctors, wouldn't he have free rein at Jiangcheng Central Hospital in the future?

The thought made Shang Jia's face turn grim.

A mere security guard was already hard to deal with. If Qi Lin gained such connections, he would become even more difficult to confront.

"Young people in the hospital just don't understand the rules. Don't take offense, Mr. Qi Lin," Dr. Zhang said politely, ignoring Shang Jia's dazed expression as he led Qi Lin inside.

As soon as they stepped into the emergency room, Qi Lin felt an aura of death.

The top doctors who usually saved lives were silent now.

On the hospital bed in front of them lay a woman with electromagnetic catheters and equipment attached all over her body. Her face was pale, and she was unconscious.

"We've tried all the examination instruments, but we can't find the cause."

"We don't know what's wrong with her. Even if Hua Tuo were alive, there would be no starting point for treatment!"

"If only Dr. Zhao were here. He would surely know what to do."

"Enough about that. Dr. Zhao is in the middle of a critical surgery and can't get away. We're the only ones here now."

"And we've got nothing left to try."

"Exactly. But what about the family members outside? This patient's vital signs are getting weaker and weaker. If she dies in our emergency room, I'm afraid we won't make it out of here in one piece."

The last doctor spoke with a wry smile.

Shang Jia thoughtfully listened to the comments of these senior doctors.

"While others are afraid, I see an opportunity. Instead of engaging in petty conflicts with Qi Lin, I should focus on saving this patient and helping the hospital resolve this crisis. If I succeed, I might be promoted to chief physician."

"Once that happens, I can easily get Li Li a full-time position as my assistant. With her on my team, everything will fall into place. Qi Lin? He'll be nothing."

With that thought, Shang Jia slowly retreated and called his mentor.

As the youngest deputy chief physician at Jiangcheng Central Hospital, Shang Jia was certainly capable.

But what others didn't know was that his success largely stemmed from his mentor, a respected medical scholar on par with Zhao Zhiren.

However, his mentor was semi-retired, and Shang Jia was his last disciple—a privilege most people could not attain.

After explaining the critical situation, his mentor agreed to come to the rescue.

Hanging up the phone, Shang Jia glanced toward the unbothered Qi Lin with a sneer: "A mere security guard dares to challenge me? I want to see if you have the guts."

"Boom!"

Suddenly, there was a loud bang as the door to the emergency room was kicked open.

"F**k! Open the door for me!"

"If you can't save her, hand her over immediately! I'm transferring my mother to another hospital!"

"If you can't cure her, I'll find someone else who can!"

The patient's family members were causing a scene again.

Dr. Zhang frowned: "They're being unreasonable. This woman's vital signs are already weak. If she's moved to an ambulance, she'll die on the spot."

Another chief physician added with a bitter smile: "But not handing her over could be even worse, right? If she dies here in the ER, the family might storm in with knives."

The other doctors hesitated, then began to speak up.

"I think we should let her go."

"Yes, we've done everything we can."

"Better to save ourselves than to have the blame fall on us."

Chen Lili, still a junior doctor, wasn't qualified to weigh in on such senior-level decisions.

She simply watched the doctors in awe.

"So even these famous doctors sometimes don't know what to do," she thought.

At that moment, Qi Lin smiled and thought to himself: "Now's the time."

Under Chen Lili's puzzled gaze, Qi Lin stepped forward.

"Knowing that this patient will die if she's transferred, and yet you still choose to let her be taken away—I don't think that's the behavior of conscientious doctors."

The doctors were speechless: "..."

Dr. Zhang smiled ruefully: "Mr. Qi Lin, don't blame my colleagues. Even if there was a chance of saving her, we wouldn't give up. But this patient's condition is incredibly complex."

"It's so complicated that even if my mentor were here, he might not have a solution. They're right; we can't risk the lives of so many doctors for just one patient. Isn't that fair?"

Qi Lin smiled calmly: "Who said there's no way to save her? There is someone who can bring her back."

The room fell silent at his surprising statement.

The doctors were stunned.

Chen Lili and Shang Jia were equally shocked.

What was this guy talking about?

This patient had stumped the best doctors. And now Qi Lin, a non-medical professional, was claiming there was a way to save her?

It sounded like nonsense.

Shang Jia, seizing the opportunity, mocked him: "You're not suggesting that person is you, are you? When you tell jokes, you should choose the right time, or you'll just become the punchline."

Qi Lin glanced at Shang Jia and gave a mysterious smile: "Of course it's not me. I'm not a doctor. How could I possibly know how to save her?"

Shang Jia was taken aback by the response.

This kid wasn't trying to show off?

"Then who are you talking about?" Shang Jia asked impatiently.

Qi Lin suddenly looked at the nervous Chen Lili.

"Her!" he said without hesitation, pointing directly at Chen Lili.

Everyone in the room was stunned.

Even if Qi Lin had boasted about having miraculous medical skills, people would still have their doubts.

But when he pointed to Chen Lili—who was so young she wasn't even an intern yet—their disbelief turned to shock.

Chen Lili herself was dumbfounded.

When she fully understood what Qi Lin had said, and saw everyone looking at her, she nearly burst into tears.

"Brother Lin, what are you talking about? I'm just a trainee doctor! How could I possibly know how to save this patient?"

Qi Lin whispered to her: "Don't you remember what I told you yesterday? When you solve a case that the entire hospital can't, you'll immediately be promoted to a full-time position."

Chen Lili: "..."

Brother Lin really knows how to dream big!

It was a nice thought, but reality was harsh.

If she really did save this patient, she'd instantly become the hospital's brightest rising star and secure her full-time job.

But the problem was, she didn't have the ability!

"Brother Lin, please stop joking. I really can't do it. You have to explain this to them right away."

Chen Lili was on the verge of tears.

Feeling the stares of all these senior doctors, she wanted nothing more than to find a corner to hide in.

Qi Lin stopped teasing her and got serious.

At that moment, he transformed into a medical expert, ready to offer advice.

He leaned close to Chen Lili's ear and whispered: "Listen carefully. The reason none of the instruments can detect the cause of the disease is that the patient has a ruptured capillary three centimeters to the left of the brainstem."

"Because the amount of bleeding is so small, it went undetected. But the blood clot is compressing a crucial group of cranial nerves, which has caused the patient's organs to lose function…"

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