Chapter 175
Chenyang moved so fast that neither the other nurse nor the injured one even noticed what he did.
By the time the two of them belatedly reacted, the silver needle was already in her wound.
Although it didn’t hurt, the sight made both of their expressions change drastically.
"What are you doing?"
Chenyang said in all seriousness, "Stopping the bleeding. The wound isn’t large, but it hit an artery in her forehead. If the bleeding isn’t stopped in time, at best, she’ll go into shock from blood loss. At worst, it could damage her cranial nerves."
"That’s ridiculous! At least eight or ten nurses and doctors in this department have fallen and hit their foreheads. Some have bled even more than this, but we’ve never heard of a single one of them suffering cranial nerve damage."
"Exactly! And even if it were serious, we’d use sterilized professional equipment to stop the bleeding. What good is one little embroidery needle going to do?"
Seeing the two nurses berating him with disdain, Chenyang muttered, exasperated, "’No good deed goes unpunished.’ If you think it’s useless, go ahead and pull it out."
"We’re not pulling it out! What if you put poison on it? If we remove it, we’ll lose the evidence we need to incriminate you."
"Poison her? Have you been watching too many crime dramas, or do you just have a persecution complex?"
"You..."
Just as the nurse was about to retort, the patient’s husband cried out, "Can you all argue later? My wife is getting worse!"
"I’m sorry, it’s just... this man’s actions were completely out of line. We were only... Hey, hey, hey! Don’t you run off!"
Seeing Chenyang about to push the hospital bed away, the chattering nurse quickly blocked his path.
Chenyang said, exasperated, "First, I’m not running away. Second, I’m not a bad person. I was genuinely just trying to stop your colleague’s bleeding. If you don’t believe me, feel free to find any doctor and ask them.
"Third, please get out of my way. This pregnant woman is in critical condition. She needs to get to the emergency room for treatment immediately. If there’s any delay, neither of us can bear the responsibility."
The nurse instinctively glanced at the pregnant woman on the bed.
After a moment’s hesitation, she moved aside, saying, "Don’t even think about running. There are cameras everywhere. I’m going to find a doctor about my colleague right now. If they find poison on your needle, or if what you did has any negative consequences for her, we definitely won’t let you off the hook."
Chenyang ignored her. After shouting, "Push!" to the husband, he started running with the hospital bed toward the emergency room.
The nurse gave Chenyang a long look, then walked back to her injured colleague.
Just as she was about to take her colleague to find a doctor to have the wound dressed, a beautiful doctor in a white coat came running toward them.
"Doctor Bai, quick, please take a look at Xiaoxian."
"What happened?"
"She fell while moving a patient and cut her forehead open. She lost a lot of blood..."
Dr. Bai focused her gaze on the injury. After a quick scan of the wound, her eyes locked onto the silver needle. "This needle..."
Before she could finish, the other nurse blurted out, "I was just about to tell you! Some guy came out of nowhere, grabbed a needle, and just stabbed her with it.
"You have to take a look at Xiaoxian. That needle wasn’t sterilized, and I even suspect it’s poisoned. He was trying to harm her."
Dr. Bai rolled her eyes. "Poison Xiaoxian? Have you been watching too many of those melodramas with secretly evil characters?"
"I... I was just worried about Xiaoxian, and also worried that some creep had infiltrated our department. Besides, the things he was saying were so outlandish. He sounded like a total quack."
"What did he say?"
"He said that one needle prick would stop the bleeding, and that if he didn’t do it, Xiaoxian would go into shock from blood loss at best, or suffer brain damage at worst."
"The part about brain damage is an exaggeration, but this needle really did stop the bleeding." Dr. Bai pointed to the wound. "Look, with a triangular wound like this, if it weren’t treated promptly, her blood would have been running down half her face by now, even if she clots well. But look at it. Other than some blood around the edges, the wound itself has already coagulated."
The nurse looked closer. "So that guy actually knows a thing or two?"
"He must know a little about Chinese medicine," Dr. Bai said with a smile. "Bring me the first-aid kit. I’ll stitch this up for Xiaoxian."
"Huh? It needs stitches?"
"Mhm, the wound isn’t small. It needs to be stitched. She’ll need a tetanus shot, too."
Xiaoxian’s brows furrowed. "Will it leave a scar?"
"The chances are very low."
"Don’t you worry, Xiaoxian. You know how amazing our Dr. Bai is. In the entire OB/GYN department, the only one who might be a little better is Director Liu."