"Doctor Du, I never expected that besides your superb medical skills, you also know martial arts."
"Exactly, today we owe it all to Doctor Du, otherwise we would all have been in trouble."
"Ah, speaking of which, that Hu family kid is also unfortunate. His parents are both gone overnight, and without relatives, he was led astray by those hooligans on the streets."
"But even so, he shouldn't turn around and bully us, the weak and the sick. People like that don't deserve pity."
After Hu Qiang and his men left, the people in the courtyard who had been scared half to death surrounded Du Fei to express their gratitude.
"Xiao Ming!"
"Xiao Ming, what's wrong!"
"Xiao Ming, don't scare your mother!"
Just as everyone was thanking Du Fei, a scream came from behind them.
Du Fei and everyone else quickly turned their heads.
They saw Xu Guihua holding her son, her face filled with panic.
"Let me see what's going on."
Du Fei pushed through the crowd and hurried to Xu Guihua's side.
Xu Guihua's son, Xiao Ming, had his eyes tightly closed, foamy saliva continuously trickling from his mouth, and his body was trembling slightly.
Xu Guihua subconsciously looked at Du Fei, who had just approached her.
"Guihua, this is Doctor Du Fei from the Chinese medicine clinic. His medical skills are very high. With him here, Xiao Ming will definitely be fine."
Seeing Xu Guihua's doubtful gaze, the middle-aged man who had spoken up righteously as soon as he entered the courtyard quickly introduced him to Xu Guihua.
Hearing this, Xu Guihua hurriedly said, "Doctor Du, please take care of him."
Du Fei nodded and gestured for Xu Guihua to lay Xiao Ming flat on the ground.
He first placed two fingers on Xiao Ming's wrist and then opened his eyelids to examine them.
"Did your son have a high fever when he was young, and did it last for quite a long time?"
After a preliminary examination, Du Fei asked Xu Guihua.
When Xu Guihua heard this, she immediately nodded vigorously. "Doctor Du, how did you know? When Xiao Ming was two years old, he had a fever of 42 degrees Celsius. By the time I got home, he was delirious. Later, we took him to the hospital, and he had to receive IV fluids for over a week. But does his current coma have anything to do with that high fever?"
Although the high fever in his childhood was prolonged, it had been so long, and Xiao Ming had been fine. Except for being slightly less developed in terms of nutrition, he was no different from other children.
Xu Guihua was somewhat perplexed.
"Your son had febrile seizures in his childhood, and the root of the illness was not completely cured. He might have been startled just now, which caused him to fall into a coma. But don't worry, it's not a big problem."
Du Fei briefly explained to Xu Guihua.
Then, he beckoned Du Yunyun over and took out the needle bag for gold needles from her medicine box. He also took a softwood stick about as thick as a thumb.
Amidst the curious gazes of the onlookers, Du Fei inserted the softwood stick into Xiao Ming's mouth and then opened the needle bag.
The gold needles were inserted into Xiao Ming's body one by one. Xu Guihua, watching from the side, clenched her fists, her lips bitten white.
Just as Du Fei had used up all the gold needles, Xiao Ming, lying on the ground, suddenly trembled, and his mouth clamped down forcefully.
Fortunately, Du Fei had inserted the softwood stick into his mouth beforehand. Otherwise, accidentally biting his tongue would have been quite dangerous.
"Xiao Ming!"
Seeing her son's state, Xu Guihua immediately wanted to rush forward to hold him.
Wang Zhongling, who was prepared, stopped her and quietly told her that Du Fei was treating her son, and if she did that, it would affect the treatment process.
Xu Guihua could only nod and stood in place, but due to her concern for her son's safety, her expression was very anxious.
At this moment, Du Fei gently pinched the tails of the gold needles with both hands and slowly injected his internal True Qi into Xiao Ming's body through the hollow needles.
As Du Fei's True Qi entered Xiao Ming's body, his trembling movements slowed and softened, and then he became completely still. His breathing also became even.
A few minutes later, Du Fei exhaled a long breath and then withdrew all the gold needles from Xiao Ming.
"Alright, in another two minutes, your son should wake up."
"Although I have cured his convulsions this time, for safety reasons in the future, try not to let him be too startled. Also, when I examined him just now, I found that his body has been in a state of malnutrition for a long time. He is in his growth and development period at this age, and long-term malnutrition will have a significant impact on his health."
Du Fei packed up his things and told Xu Guihua his diagnosis of Xiao Ming.
Xu Guihua's eyes reddened, and she nodded forcefully. "I, I understand. In the future, I will definitely find a way to give Xiao Ming better food. It's my fault for not taking good care of him."
After speaking, she looked at her frail son on the ground and couldn't help but cry.
"Alas, it's been so hard for Guihua to raise the child alone all these years."
"Isn't that the truth? She's both a father and a mother, and she's bullied by that heartless Hu Qiang. Just thinking about it makes me angry."
"Back then, Guihua's husband died heroically saving people from a fire. It's a pity that after being a hero, only a widow and an orphan were left. If he knew about today's situation, would he regret it?"
The surrounding people, seeing Xu Guihua crying, couldn't help but sigh.
Xu Guihua's husband was a firefighter. When he was alive, he was enthusiastic and sincere to everyone. If any neighbor had difficulties, Xu Guihua's husband would immediately rush to help.
Unfortunately, during a firefighting operation, Xu Guihua's husband died heroically while rescuing people from the fire.
This incident dealt a great blow to Xu Guihua shortly after Xiao Ming was born, and she was so heartbroken that she even considered ending her life.
But looking at her son in her arms, Xu Guihua finally gritted her teeth and shouldered everything.
Upon hearing Xu Guihua's story, Du Yunyun's eyes immediately welled up.
"Brother, Guihua Jie is having such a hard time, can we find a way to help her?"
"Exactly, they are already a widow and an orphan, and then they are bullied by a group of hooligans working for the rich. These guys are simply not human!"
Du Yunyun and Wang Zhongling both expressed their sympathy and righteous indignation.
Then, Wang Zhongling directly offered to give Xu Guihua a sum of money to support her.
Hearing this, Xu Guihua immediately waved her hands and said that they had already helped her drive away Hu Qiang and his gang and had saved her son. Now, she couldn't possibly accept money.
Seeing Xu Guihua's firm refusal, Wang Zhongling had no choice but to discuss with Du Fei and decide to bring her some things every few days.
However, Wang Zhongling stated that she could only offer help with food and drink. As for Hu Qiang and his gang, she couldn't do anything.
Du Fei said that he would handle that matter.
Du Yunyun gave Du Fei a thumbs-up from the side.