Long Xiao asked Mi Tianfu to take him to buy groceries. As soon as the car arrived at the market, Long Xiao received a call from Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan's voice on the phone was urgent and panicked: "Long Xiao, something's wrong, my dad is in trouble. Don't you know Doctor Li? Go find him now and ask him to come to Fifth Hospital with you."
Lin Shijie was an attending physician in the internal medicine department of Fifth Hospital. Besides work, he enjoyed collecting antiques and was a member of the Donghai City Antique Association.
"What happened? Isn't Dad's health good?" Long Xiao asked strangely.
"Dad's health is fine. He had a medical accident due to a mistake. I'm not sure of the specifics."
"Okay, I'll call Old Li right away and ask him to come over."
After ending the call, Long Xiao immediately asked Mi Tianfu to turn the car around and head to Fifth Hospital, then called Li Yizhen, asking him to also rush to Fifth Hospital as soon as possible.
In a special ward in the inpatient department of Fifth Hospital, four bodyguards were holding Lin Shijie, whose face was swollen, on a chair. In front of him stood several well-dressed middle-aged men and women.
Outside the door stood the head of internal medicine, the dean, three vice deans, and the head nurse of internal medicine.
"Lin Shijie, if my father doesn't wake up before sunset today, I'll throw you out the window."
Bao Erhu's face was filled with murderous intent and fierce eyes. His usually smiling, plump face was no longer visible.
"Director Bao, your father became paralyzed due to a sudden illness."
"My father walked in yesterday, and after taking the new medicine you recommended, he's now a vegetative state, relying on a ventilator," Bao Sanhu grabbed Lin Shijie's collar and said fiercely.
As Long Xiao and Li Yizhen walked into the ward, Bao Tie was raising his hand, about to slap Lin Shijie.
"Stop," Li Yizhen shouted.
Hearing the voice, everyone looked towards the door.
Bao Erhu saw Li Yizhen enter and quickly went to greet him.
"Doctor Li, my father he..."
Li Yizhen interrupted Bao Erhu, saying, "Director Bao, let's not talk about your father's illness yet. First, tell me why you hit Doctor Lin."
When the two entered the inpatient department, Long Xiao had already told Li Yizhen about his relationship with Lin Shijie.
Bao Erhu looked at Lin Shijie strangely and asked, "Doctor Li, is Doctor Lin your friend?"
Li Yizhen walked up to Lin Shijie and waved to the four bodyguards standing behind him, saying, "Step back."
The four bodyguards looked at Bao Erhu, who quickly told them to do as Li Yizhen said.
Now, Bao Erhu's father had become a vegetative state, and all the hospital's experts were helpless.
Donghai City had three renowned physicians. Sun Sizu, known as the contemporary King of Medicine, had gone to the capital half a year ago and had not returned.
Hua Xianfeng, hailed as the Sage of Chinese Medicine, had closed his doors and rarely appeared in public. Only Li Yizhen, known as the King of Needles, still frequently appeared in the public eye.
The Bao family had no special connection with Li Yizhen. Bao Erhu was contemplating whom to ask for help to persuade Li Yizhen, when Li Yizhen arrived.
Bao Erhu's father's only hope of waking up was Li Yizhen, so he dared not offend him.
Lin Shijie was startled when he saw Li Yizhen. When he saw Long Xiao, he realized that Li Yizhen was invited by Long Xiao to help him.
"Doctor Li, save me, they're going to throw me downstairs."
Li Yizhen smiled and said, "Don't worry, Doctor Lin, with me here, you'll be fine."
After careful questioning, it was revealed that yesterday afternoon, Bao Erhu's father, Bao Tiexiong, felt unwell. His family's personal physician could not resolve it, so he sent him to Fifth Hospital for expert consultation.
Bao Tiexiong held a special position, so Fifth Hospital immediately organized an expert team led by the dean for consultation.
The consultation results were not optimistic. Bao Tiexiong had numerous thrombi in his body, with a high probability of cerebral infarction and myocardial infarction.
As the experts were discussing treatment plans, Lin Shijie recommended a new drug from abroad, specifically for dissolving blood clots.
After discussion by the expert group, all experts unanimously agreed that the new foreign drug would definitely work, so they administered it to Bao Tiexiong.
The new drug was very effective. Within an hour of taking it, Bao Tiexiong's discomfort disappeared. To be safe, the expert group decided to keep Bao Tiexiong in the hospital overnight and let him leave tomorrow.
Unexpectedly, when Bao Erhu came to pick up his father in the morning, Bao Tiexiong could not move and could not speak.
After examination, it was found that several blood vessels in Bao Tiexiong's brain had ruptured, and the hematoma was pressing on his nerves.
The surgery was very dangerous, and Bao Tiexiong's status was sensitive, so no doctor dared to perform it.
When Bao Erhu learned that it was the new drug recommended by Lin Shijie, he directly had him beaten up and detained.
After understanding the whole story, Long Xiao stepped forward and asked, "Dad, where did you get this foreign new drug from? Do you have any more?"
Lin Shijie told Long Xiao that there were three boxes of the new drug in total. One box was used yesterday, and the remaining two were in his locker.
"Dad, go get the foreign new drug, I want to see what it is."
"Long Xiao, what do you know? You won't understand even if you look at it."
Lin Shijie had always looked down on Long Xiao, considering him a good-for-nothing live-in son-in-law.
"Dad, I don't understand. But Doctor Li is here. He definitely understands."
Li Yizhen saw that Lin Shijie did not believe Long Xiao and wanted to speak, but Long Xiao gestured to stop him.
Soon, accompanied by two bodyguards, Lin Shijie went to retrieve the medicine.
The medicine box was covered in island nation characters. Long Xiao couldn't understand, so he asked, "Who here understands Japanese?"
The dean of Fifth Hospital had studied in the island nation and quickly came forward to translate for Long Xiao.
The new drug, Tongmaisans, was a traditional Chinese patent medicine, or what island nation doctors called "Kampo medicine." The prescription for this new drug came from the "Treatise on Cold Damage."
Long Xiao took out a pill, crushed it, and smelled it. He quickly understood the prescription and the content of each ingredient. Besides more than ten kinds of Chinese herbs, Tongmaisans also contained three chemical substances.
"Dad, who gave you these drugs?" Long Xiao asked.
Lin Shijie stammered. Li Yizhen stepped forward and said, "Doctor Lin, this matter must be clarified, otherwise we cannot save you."
With Li Yizhen speaking, Lin Shijie no longer dared to hide anything. He told Long Xiao that this new drug was given to him by an island nation man named Jingkou Gorou.
He told him that this new drug was developed by Jingkou Corporation and was being promoted. He came to Donghai City to find an agent for this new drug.
"Dad, did Jingkou Gorou want to cooperate with Lin Group and have Lin Pharmaceutical Factory act as the agent for this new drug?"
Lin Shijie nodded and said, "That's right. If something hadn't gone wrong, Lin Xuan would have signed an agreement with him today."
"Dad, this drug is extremely dangerous. Lin Pharmaceutical cannot cooperate with him. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, Lin Pharmaceutical will go bankrupt from the compensation."
"I know. Something has already gone wrong. Long Xiao, hurry up and ask Doctor Li to examine Director Bao's father. If he can't be cured, my trouble will be immense."
While Long Xiao and Lin Shijie were talking, Li Yizhen had already begun examining Bao Tiexiong.
Soon, Li Yizhen finished his examination and called Long Xiao out of the ward, saying in a low voice, "Master, your disciple is incompetent. I cannot cure Bao Tiexiong's condition in a short time. If we can slowly condition him, it should be possible to restore some of his abilities."
Long Xiao nodded slightly and said, "Let me examine him first. Blood vessel rupture pressing on nerves should not be difficult to treat."