Chapter 300
"After he finished the acupuncture, I vaguely saw Doctor Chen’s hand shaking. At the time, I just thought his hand was bothering him, but now it seems it was a side effect of using that Acupuncture Skill."
Mr. Lin frowned and asked, "Besides exhaustion and shaking hands, are there any other side effects?"
Liu Qian said, "Yes. My former mentor told me it causes a certain degree of damage to the user’s Inner Strength and internal organs. But as for how severe the damage is, I don’t know."
Lin Xiaoyue said dismissively, "I can understand the part about internal organs, but what the hell is ’Inner Strength’? Is he a doctor or an actor in some martial arts film?"
Liu Qian replied, "I don’t know much about it, so I can’t give you a detailed explanation. But just because you don’t believe something exists doesn’t mean it isn’t real.
Take your uncle’s illness, for example. The cure rate with Western medicine is less than twenty percent, and it requires an incredibly complicated process and a long recovery. Yet Chenyang healed most of it with a single application of his Acupuncture Skill. If we’re going by your logic, then using acupuncture to cure such a complex illness in just a few minutes must also be an unexplainable phenomenon, wouldn’t you say?"
"Well..." Lin Xiaoyue was suddenly at a loss for words.
’She was right.’
’Chenyang had only given her uncle a few needles.’
’Before the treatment, her uncle had looked like he was on the verge of death. Afterward, he was full of life.’
’If she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes, anyone she told would have thought it was an exaggeration. They would never have believed it.’
’And yet, it was the undeniable truth.’
"I can’t believe Doctor Chen paid such a heavy price to save me."
Mr. Lin sighed, then said firmly, "Based on that alone, I’m convinced Doctor Chen isn’t the kind of person they’re saying he is online."
"Uncle, you’re being biased. What if he’s just using the fact that he saved you as a bargaining chip to get me to help him?"
"I don’t think that’s what this is."
"It’s not ’I don’t think,’ it’s ’I’m sure that’s not what Miss Lin is thinking.’" Liu Qian paused, then said, "If Chenyang really had that in mind, he could have easily asked for your help *before* the treatment.
Don’t forget, your uncle’s life was hanging by a thread, and he was the only one who could save him. If he’d brought it up then, you would have been forced to agree, no matter how much you disliked him.
But he didn’t do that. He didn’t even think to ask for your help after the treatment was over. It was only at my suggestion that he even decided to give it a try."
At these words, Lin Xiaoyue fell silent.
Liu Qian continued, "I asked Chenyang at the time why he didn’t bring it up sooner. He said he didn’t want to tarnish something as sacred as saving a life with ulterior motives. I also asked him if he would still have saved Mr. Lin if you, Lin Xiaoyue, had refused to help. Chenyang said of course he would, because they were two separate issues.
He loves being a doctor, and his lifelong dream has been to be a good doctor who treats the sick and heals the injured. I didn’t know before that Chenyang doesn’t have a medical license.
But I’m positive there’s a reason for it. At the same time, I can feel his sincere, heartfelt desire to be a doctor."
At this, Liu Qian stood up. "Miss Lin, some of the things I said earlier were a bit harsh. I hope you can forgive me.
Also, I hope that you and Mr. Lin can try to look at Chenyang objectively. Things really aren’t what you think they are.
If it’s at all possible, I sincerely ask you to help clear his name!"
This time, Lin Xiaoyue didn’t argue back. It was as if Liu Qian’s words had formed a force that quietly touched the softest part of her heart.
Mr. Lin, however, nodded. "I believe Doctor Chen. I will also use my own connections to investigate this matter. If Doctor Chen was truly framed, Xiaoyue and I will absolutely clear his name together!"
"Thank you. I won’t disturb your meal and rest any longer."
After Liu Qian expressed her thanks and left, Mr. Lin said in a grave voice, "Xiaoyue, look into this."
"Uncle, I admit Chenyang might not be as terrible as I thought, but what happened at the rescue scene is pretty much set in stone. Besides, the power of public opinion has reached an uncontrollable point. There’s no benefit for us in getting involved rashly."
"I don’t know if Chenyang is the kind of person they’re saying he is online, but I do know he saved my life. Even if he really is that kind of person, he’ll ultimately face the judgment of the law. But as the one whose life was saved, I feel a duty to repay that debt, and part of that is finding out the truth."
"Uncle..."
"Xiaoyue, you don’t want me to become an ungrateful and heartless person, do you?"
"Of course not. But I’m worried that if he really is that kind of person, it will affect your future."
"I just want to find out the truth! I’m not saying we should help a villain do evil!"
Mr. Lin paused. "If—and I’m saying *if*—he was truly framed and wronged by Lin Jiji, and we do nothing about it, then we wouldn’t just be ungrateful. We’d be repaying his kindness with cruelty."
"Fine. I’ll get someone to investigate."
After seeing Lin Xiaoyue take out her phone and leave the room, Mr. Lin, still worried, also pulled out his own phone and began investigating the matter through his own channels.