Chapter 292
Chenyang smiled bitterly. "I saved her and her uncle, but Lin Jiji told me himself that Lin Xiaoyue is his girlfriend!
Compared to me, the doctor who was supposed to save them anyway, do you think she’ll help me? Or will she help her boyfriend?"
"Well..." Liu Qian was suddenly at a loss for words.
A couple may not be married, but they still share a deep emotional bond.
When ordinary couples run into trouble, they’ll still unconditionally support their partner, to say nothing of the fact that Lin Jiji and Lin Xiaoyue are a celebrity couple.
Every move they make isn’t just intertwined with their feelings, but also involves significant interests.
In this current materialistic era, a supposed debt of gratitude is obviously no match for a couple’s affection and the huge benefits that stem from their careers.
At this thought, the joy that had just appeared on Liu Qian’s pretty face instantly vanished. "I thought that with Lin Xiaoyue’s help, you’d be able to clear your name quickly. But now it seems like not only was I happy for nothing, but your situation is about to get much, much worse."
"Yeah, Lin Xiaoyue is the crux of the issue. If she helps me, I can definitely clear my name quickly. If she doesn’t, then I’ll be stuck carrying all this blame they’ve pinned on me for no reason."
"Before you saved Mr. Lin, did you know Lin Xiaoyue was his niece?"
"Of course. We already met in the emergency room."
"You knew their relationship, and you were aware that Lin Xiaoyue wouldn’t help you out of gratitude. So why did you still save her uncle, facing so much doubt and criticism?"
Chenyang paused for a moment. "Why would you ask that?"
Liu Qian replied, "From what I know, the Overlapping Shadow Trembling Needle isn’t something that can be performed casually. It requires not only masterful skill but also consumes an immense amount of energy and focus.
A few years ago, my mentor and I went to a major hospital in Kyoto to observe and learn, and we were fortunate enough to see a divine-level traditional medical master perform the Overlapping Shadow Trembling Needle Technique.
During the performance, which was as smooth as flowing water, the master looked full of vigor. But when it was over, not only did he seem completely drained of strength, but the fingers he’d used for the needling began to tremble violently.
My mentor later told me that after that performance, the master was bedridden for a full three days, and it took half a month for his fingers to return to normal."
At this point, Liu Qian suddenly reached out and lifted Chenyang’s arm. "You may still have the strength to stand here, but your fingers are shaking too."
A strange look flashed in Chenyang’s eyes. "That’s just because I’m shaking with excitement from seeing you."
"Oh, please. I saw you shaking back in the hospital room. You were just deliberately controlling it and hiding it so not too many people would notice."
Liu Qian took a deep breath and added, "Knowing that Lin Xiaoyue wouldn’t help you, knowing that not only would your efforts go unrewarded but you’d also suffer harm yourself, you still went ahead and saved her uncle? Was it worth it?"
Chenyang smiled. "It was!"
"Why?" Liu Qian asked, perplexed.
"Because I’m a doctor! Ever since I can remember, my grandfather told me: a doctor cannot refuse to treat an illness, cannot see an injury and not heal it, and most certainly cannot watch someone die without trying to save them.
In the eyes of a proper doctor, there are only two kinds of patients: those who can be saved and those who cannot. There’s no distinction between man or woman, good or bad.
Even if a vicious criminal gets sick, as long as they are brought before a doctor, they must be treated with every effort."
"You’d save a criminal too?"
"Why wouldn’t I?"
"Wouldn’t it be better to let him die suffering from his illness?"
"No. He may deserve to die, but he shouldn’t die in front of a doctor. He should die under the judgment of the law. Only then can justice be served to his victims."
Hearing this, a pensive expression appeared on Liu Qian’s pretty face.
Chenyang, for his part, paused for a moment before adding, "In my eyes, Mr. Lin is just a patient. I can’t ignore his life and death just because Lin Xiaoyue won’t help me. Otherwise, wouldn’t I truly become the heartless, unethical person those people online claim I am?"
Liu Qian nodded. "You’re right, but..."
"But what?"
"I’m suddenly finding it a little hard to understand you. On the one hand, you can be magnanimous, but if someone so much as annoys you, you’ll retaliate twofold.
On the other hand, you can seem petty, yet you also possess the broad-mindedness to risk your own well-being to save her uncle, even knowing Lin Xiaoyue won’t help you."
Chenyang chuckled. "Those are two different things. Saving people comes purely from my compassionate heart as a doctor. As for my refusal to take a loss and my need to repay every slight—that’s just my personal code. They don’t conflict or contradict each other."
After a moment of thought, Liu Qian asked, "But if Lin Xiaoyue doesn’t help you clarify the truth, you’ll be completely stuck with the false accusations Lin Jiji deliberately fabricated against you. If that happens, you might even lose your license to practice medicine. What will you do then?!"
Chenyang said playfully, "It’s not that hard, really. I could just grab Lin Jiji and beat the hell out of him. I guarantee he’d obediently help me clear my name then."