"What?"
A familiar voice made Luo Wuwen's heart tighten. He quickly turned to look.
The crowd parted.
He saw it was that person.
As if startled, his body trembled noticeably.
Only Nan Zi'an noticed this scene.
He squinted his eyes, his heart filled with shock, and he had a premonition that things were about to change.
Chu Fan walked over.
Hao Ming sneered, "Kid, Doctor Luo has already confirmed that Xiu Ming is not poisoned. You should fulfill your previous promise."
Luo Wuwen asked curiously, "What promise?"
"It's like this, Doctor Luo. This kid just stood here and took a look, and said Xiu Ming was poisoned."
"I made a promise with him that when you decide."
"If Xiu Ming is truly poisoned, then I will kneel on the ground and crawl out like a dog. Otherwise, he will crawl out!"
Hao Ming, confident of victory, was filled with smugness.
"Then you should hurry up and kneel and crawl out!"
Luo Wuwen spoke.
"Young man, did you hear that? Doctor Luo told you to hurry up and kneel and crawl out!"
Luo Wuwen stared at Hao Ming.
"I wasn't talking about him, I was talking about you!"
Just now, he truly couldn't see the cause of Nan Xiu Ming's coma. Guided by Hao Ming, he saw the head injury. To avoid his medical skills being questioned, he could only temporarily attribute the cause of the illness to a head impact.
However, since Chu Fan said Nan Xiu Ming was poisoned.
Having witnessed his skills firsthand, Luo Wuwen dared not have any doubts.
Secondly, even if Nan Xiu Ming was not poisoned, he would stand by Chu Fan's side and insist he was poisoned, even if it was clearly not the case.
There was no way around it; Chu Fan possessed the acupuncture technique that Luo Wuwen wished he had, even if it cost him his fortune.
If he didn't seize such an opportunity, his life would have been lived in vain.
"What?"
Hao Ming's eyes widened.
"Doctor Luo, did I, did I hear you correctly?"
"No, you heard correctly. I was talking about you."
Luo Wuwen's tone was firm and irrefutable.
"Why?"
At this moment, Hao Ming felt like crying.
The situation had reversed, unexpectedly beyond imagination.
Luo Wuwen shook his head, "There's no why. Since the Master said Nan Xiu Ming was poisoned, then he is poisoned."
"The reason we couldn't see it is simply because our skills are not yet sufficient!"
Master?
The crowd at the scene looked at Chu Fan with completely changed expressions.
Their mouths hung open, their expressions dull.
What qualifications did he have to make Doctor Luo respectfully call him Master?
Could it be that his medical skills were truly extraordinary?
If they hadn't witnessed this scene with their own eyes, no one would have believed it.
Nan Zi'an gritted his teeth and thought to himself: It really is like this!
Just now, when he glimpsed Luo Wuwen's actions, he had guessed that the two might know each other.
Immediately, he suddenly remembered that some days ago, when Qin Xue had an episode, after taking the medicine given by Chu Fan, the poison content in her body, which had been difficult to cure for many years, had begun to decrease.
In these past few days, he had watched Qin Xue's complexion improve day by day, clearly a symptom of the dissipating poison that had plagued her.
"How can this be?"
Nan Bai Xuan looked on with disbelief.
The turn of events made her feel as if she were dreaming.
Did the glib Chu Fan truly possess extraordinary medical skills?
Impossible!
Impossible!
Nan Bai Xuan, unable to accept this outcome, shook her head repeatedly.
Qin Xue was completely stunned, her thoughts sluggish, as if she had been greatly shocked.
She had truly never expected Chu Fan to make Doctor Luo respectfully call him Master.
Moreover, Doctor Luo, upon hearing that Chu Fan claimed the elder was poisoned, didn't even examine him closely, but simply followed Chu Fan's words and declared him poisoned.
Why Luo Wuwen would act this way was beyond her understanding, even more so her comprehension.
Hao Ming dared not speak, his face filled with distress.
He stood frozen, unsure whether to kneel or not.
If he knelt, his reputation, accumulated over many years, would be completely ruined, and he would become the biggest laughingstock in Shanhai City tomorrow.
If he didn't kneel, he had already made a promise.
With so many witnesses present, it would make him appear untrustworthy.
"Hao Ming, what are you standing there for?"
"What is said cannot be taken back. Don't disgrace the medical community and let everyone know you are an untrustworthy person."
In order to curry favor with Chu Fan, Luo Wuwen pressured Hao Ming to fulfill his promise.
Hao Ming looked at Chu Fan, his eyes devoid of pleading, only resignation.
He knew he was like an eagle that had toiled for a lifetime, only to be pecked in the eye by an eagle today.
To be acknowledged as a Master by Luo Wuwen, it seemed his medical skills were truly beyond his own.
Losing was losing.
Despite his great reluctance, Hao Ming prepared to fulfill the agreement.
"Enough!"
Just as the crowd parted and Hao Ming, facing the doorway, was about to kneel, Chu Fan spoke.
"No need to kneel, it's not very meaningful!"
Hao Ming looked at Chu Fan, confused.
"Considering you've actually saved quite a few people, I'll let you off this time."
"There's always someone better, and mountains beyond mountains. Don't think you can look down on others just because you're older."
"As times progress, don't use your outdated thinking to view the world!"
A young man, as if an elder teaching a white-haired Hao Ming how to conduct himself.
If these words had been spoken before Luo Wuwen arrived, everyone would have undoubtedly criticized Chu Fan again.
But now, no one present had any intention of criticizing Chu Fan.
"Hurry up and thank the Master!"
Luo Wuwen nudged Hao Ming.
Thump.
Hao Ming still knelt on the ground, saying with emotion and gratitude, "Thank you, Master, for not holding a grudge. Master was right earlier; I am indeed not worthy of being Master's disciple."
The crowd at the scene was once again petrified.
This outcome was unimaginable.
Everyone began to wonder how profound Chu Fan's medical skills truly were.
They knew Luo Wuwen; his medical skills were already extraordinary.
Someone whom he respectfully treated as a Master, wasn't that a legendary medical immortal?
How could someone so young possess such formidable medical skills?
The crowd gradually came back to their senses. Nan Zi'an quickly walked up to Chu Fan and said politely, "Xiao Fan, everyone was blind earlier and wronged you. We hope you don't take it to heart."
"This... why don't you take a look at my father first?"
The Nan family members now looked at Chu Fan with eagerness and pleading in their eyes.
No one present was blind.
They knew that since Chu Fan could see at a glance that the elder was poisoned while standing, he likely had a cure.
As for Doctor Luo, who hadn't even detected the poisoning, the crowd no longer held any hope for him.
"Ha..."
Chu Fan couldn't help but chuckle.
Uncle by marriage, so what?
Chu Fan hadn't forgotten how they had looked at him earlier.
"What, do you think I'm some street fool?"
"Didn't you tell me to get out earlier?"
"I'm leaving now!"
Everyone's expressions changed drastically.
Nan Zi'an quickly blocked Chu Fan's path, "Xiao Fan, don't go, Uncle implores you."
Qin Xue, who had recovered, hurried forward.
"Xiao Fan, for my sake as your aunt, please stay and take a look at the elder!"
"If you leave now, the elder might never wake up again!"
Chu Fan pinched his chin with his right thumb and forefinger.
"If you want me not to leave, that's fine too!"
"Those who told me to get out earlier, all of you, step forward, kneel before me, and beg me."
"If I'm happy, then we'll talk."
Those who had spoken earlier all panicked.
They hadn't expected Chu Fan to be so vengeful.
They had only said a couple of critical words.
And now he wanted them to kneel and beg?
Nan Zi'an knew Chu Fan's temperament and also knew that he was still standing here entirely due to Qin Xue's efforts.
He immediately put on a stern face.
"What are you still standing for?"
"Those who spoke earlier, all of you, kneel down!"