Chapter 265 Being Surrounded by Onlookers!
Chapter 265 Being Surrounded by Onlookers!
Gao Jianfei rode in Mayor Zuo Qing's Lexus and slowly drove out of Mr. Thomson's estate.
It was around dinnertime, about 6 p.m.
It was lunchtime. The doctors who had been waiting at the manor to treat Mr. Thomson should, according to protocol, have gone to eat first, or even left the manor and returned the next day to continue waiting in line. That was the rule. The American side wasn't too keen on treating Mr. Thomson throughout the night. They believed that although Mr. Thomson was in a deep sleep, he was still "conscious" and wouldn't want to be disturbed 24 hours a day.
Normally, Mr. Thomson's estate would be cleared out at dinnertime. The doctors would automatically leave. But tonight… not a single doctor chose to leave!
Everyone stubbornly held on!
It's not to keep waiting in line for Mr. Thomson's treatment, but to slap someone's face later!
The effects will be visible tonight? Do you think we, the world's leading medical experts, are idiots? Everyone has painstakingly studied Mr. Thomson's condition, even forming special discussion groups and research teams, but to no avail... You, a young man in your early twenties, have no doctor's demeanor whatsoever, instead seeming like a troublemaker. What gives you the right to spout nonsense? What makes you think everyone else is an idiot?
This is so humiliating!
Therefore, the doctor not only didn't leave, but also called some doctor friends who were still in D City. It's important to understand that since the US "government" issued the reward notice, a large number of medical experts from all over the world have flocked to D City. Although they all failed, some of them are still staying in D City.
The reason is simple. Everyone believes that probably no doctor in the world can cure Mr. Thomson's illness. It's an exceptionally rare and intractable disease, because there's not even a way to begin treatment, let alone find a cure. However, the bounty continues, and the reward amount and prize money are increasing. More and more doctors are becoming envious, and the number of doctors entering D City every day is increasing exponentially. Therefore, some of the failed doctors stay in D City, hoping to witness a medical miracle in the future!
These people become medical experts not only because they want to make money and become famous, but also, and perhaps most importantly, because of their interest and passion for the field. Therefore, everyone is eagerly anticipating a miracle from Mr. Thomson!
In the city of D, at least several hundred medical experts from all over the world are still stranded!
Tonight, the doctors at Mr. Thomson's estate all took out their cell phones...
"Hey John, this is going to be interesting tonight! There's this kid who claims he'll start treating Mr. Thomson tonight, and he even says he'll see results tonight! Hahaha, this is... this is an insult to all medical experts around the world! John, you'd better come over and take a look!"
"Teacher Huang, are you still in D City? The students were just about to line up for Mr. Thomson's treatment today, but someone cut in line. Cutting in line is one thing, we can tolerate that, but the key problem is that the kid is too arrogant. He even made a bet with us that he can cure Mr. Thomson... Haha, come on over, Teacher Huang, we're waiting to see the show tonight!"
"Professor Daisy, come to Mr. Thomson's villa at once!"
...
One phone call led to another, and soon all the medical staff remaining in D City, including some local doctors and medical authorities, received the news…
Tonight, a young man is going to challenge the dignity of medical professionals worldwide!
Well, in fact, Gao Jianfei wasn't that arrogant, but that's how rumors are; one person tells another, and in the end, they only exaggerate things, exaggerate them infinitely.
"This arrogant brat claims that all doctors in the world are dog shit in front of him!"
"A complete fraudster, an insult to medical practice! He's provoking the intelligence of every normal person!"
"He keeps saying that he is the world's number one doctor and that he looks down on other doctors!"
...
Within just one hour, several different versions began circulating in the medical community of D City.
Then, cars kept pulling into Mr. Thomson's villa. One by one, doctors, their faces flushed, jumped out of the cars… “Damn it! Where is that guy? I need to see him!”
Within just one hour, Mr. Thomson's estate was filled with several hundred doctors! To be precise, 567 doctors from all over the world! All of them were quite well-known doctors!
Fortunately, Mr. Thomson's villa was large enough; otherwise, with several hundred people flooding in, things would have become quite chaotic.
Since those who came were all doctors and experts, the U.S. "government" personnel could not easily stop them. Besides, these doctors were quite well-mannered; although there were many of them, they all remained calm, only talking quietly in small groups, without making any noise or disturbing Mr. Thomson's rest.
Well, actually, it doesn't really matter. Mr. Thomson is just so-so!
Meanwhile, the people at the newspapers, magazines, and television stations in the United States were incredibly excited, as if they had been injected with adrenaline! They hadn't expected such a huge scene to unfold today!
Is this a world medical exchange conference?
Wow, hundreds of authoritative medical experts suddenly flooded in – this is a rare sight indeed!
So, the print journalists quickly uploaded everything to the internet. Meanwhile, the television station had already begun broadcasting it live!
Night fell. The villa garden was bustling with people, a truly spectacular sight!
Let's talk about Gao Jianfei next.
He sat in Mayor Zuo's car, legs crossed, and asked Mayor Zuo to drive to a hotel in the city first, have a casual dinner, and then go back to Butterfly Village to pick up the 'medicine'.
Mayor Zuo, of course, had no objection.
However, Mayor Zuo was extremely anxious, realizing that his honor and disgrace were now tied to Gao Jianfei.
If Gao Jianfei cures Mr. Thomson, Gao Jianfei will become famous, and Mayor Zuo, as the recommender, will inevitably benefit as well. At the very least, Mayor Zuo will be able to leverage this success to smoothly attract investment to D City and achieve significant results!
If Gao Jianfei kills Mr. Thomson, then Mayor Zuo has previously assured the American side that he would take some responsibility... Well, then Mayor Zuo will probably have to accept punishment!
Therefore, Mayor Zuo was also very nervous. "Miracle doctor, are you... are you really 100% certain?"
Gao Jianfei remained silent, only smiling slightly, "Mayor Zuo can check the situation later."
Just now, while taking Thomson's pulse, Gao Jianfei not only discerned that he suffered internal injuries and poisoning, but also easily determined that he had been injured by the force of the Heart-Severing Palm technique and had also been poisoned with a slow-acting poison! This slow-acting poison is colorless and odorless, causing the victim to fall into a coma without dying, and the body's functions appear unaffected, without any signs of weight loss. However, all of this is an illusion! Mr. Thomson has been in a coma for half a month, surviving only on intravenous nutrition, yet he doesn't appear haggard or emaciated. In reality, the slow-acting poison has stimulated Mr. Thomson's life potential. The reason Mr. Thomson remains healthy is entirely due to this life potential! However, this excessive consumption of life potential is depleting his life potential!
In other words, Mr. Thomson could normally live to be 100, but if he falls into a coma and burns out his life potential, he will die within a few months!
When they die, their whole body shrinks and dries up, which is terrifying!
The force of the Heart-Severing Palm had already severely damaged Mr. Thomson's internal organs.
It's fair to say that without that slow-acting poison, Mr. Thomson would have died long ago.
"That's very strange. Who would play such a prank on Thomson?" Gao Jianfei wondered. "If they wanted to kill Thomson, they could have just used the Heart-Severing Palm technique, and he would have died in a few days. So why use the Heart-Severing Palm technique, and then slow down the poison to prevent Thomson from dying so quickly?"
Gao Jianfei couldn't figure it out.
However, it is true that doctors in the mortal world absolutely cannot cure this disease. And even those who can treat internal injuries and poisoning are not easy to deal with.
After all, Thomson had been thoroughly tricked... a slow-acting poison enveloping the Heart-Severing Palm technique. Once the slow-acting poison was eliminated, the Heart-Severing Palm technique would immediately take effect, and Thomson would be finished!
The current situation is that Thomson's internal organs are damaged, and he is surrounded by a layer of slow-acting poison that stimulates his life potential to sustain his life. If treatment is to be initiated, the toxins in Thomson's body must be treated first, because there is no specific method to treat the Heart-Severing Palm technique before expelling the poison!
This is a complex and difficult problem.
However, he encountered Hu Qingniu's successor.
Gao Jianfei and Mayor Zuo had dinner at a hotel in the city, and then drove back to Butterfly Village.
Outside the village, Qiu Menghen and the others remained on guard, never leaving the village for a moment. When they saw Gao Jianfei return to the village in the mayor's car as usual, they were furious!
"Coward! This complete coward! This wimp! He completely uses Mayor Zuo as his protector! He's practically inseparable from Mayor Zuo! How shameless! How despicable! How cunning!"
Even Qiu Menghen, a Taoist practitioner, couldn't help but mutter complaints in his heart, and his words were quite vicious!
However, they were helpless. It was like a dog trying to bite a turtle; the thick shell left them completely powerless!
They could only watch as Gao Jianfei swaggered back into the house with Mayor Zuo and his driver and secretary, and then drove away from the village in a swaggering manner.
"Looks like this guy isn't coming back tonight." Qiu Menghen gritted her teeth. "We've waited a whole day and night for nothing! Seriously... fucking bastard!"
The foul language was offensive and drew attention...
So, Gao Jianfei returned to his clinic, leisurely gathered some Chinese herbal medicine, packed it into a bag, took some liquor, and also brought his acupuncture needles before casually closing the clinic door. He then rode in Mayor Zuo's car directly to Mr. Thomson's villa.
After a short drive, we arrived at Mr. Thomson's estate.
As soon as he got out of the car, Gao Jianfei's head started to feel numb!
Holy crap! There are hundreds of people gathered in the manor!
It's like a grand ball!
When those people saw Gao Jianfei return to the manor with a large bag of Chinese herbal medicine, they perked up and excitedly surrounded him!
"That's him! Everyone, look, that's the kid!"
"He's here! I thought he had made an excuse and slipped away, and wouldn't come back, but I didn't expect him to actually come!"
"Look at what he's holding! Herbs? He thinks he can cure Mr. Thomson's illness with just some herbs? That's utter nonsense!"
...
Immediately, discussions arose one after another!
Gao Jianfei and Mayor Zuo were also surrounded by hundreds of doctors!
Then, he was besieged by hundreds of doctors, who were all talking at once!
The doctors all tried to suppress their tone of voice, but their words were truly full of ridicule and sarcasm!
“Young man, I see you’re studying traditional Chinese medicine. My name is Tang Zude, and my family has been practicing traditional Chinese medicine for generations. Since the mid-Qing Dynasty, my Tang family has run four clinics in Beijing, and we were quite famous back then. Now, the skills passed down from our ancestors have been passed down to me. Although I wouldn’t dare say I’ve surpassed them, I can still inherit their medical skills and help people…” A robust old man in a Tang suit shouted directly at Gao Jianfei, “You’re so young, yet you spout such arrogant nonsense, threatening to slap us old folks in the face. Luckily, we haven’t left D City yet, so we came here to see what you’re really like… Young man, as a doctor, you shouldn’t be so arrogant, otherwise, you’ll be shooting yourself in the foot! Today, I’ll see how you get out of this! Humph!”
This Tang Zude is a very famous traditional Chinese medicine doctor in China. He has even treated some national leaders and is known as the private doctor of a certain central government official! But this time, he came to D City full of confidence to treat Mr. Thomson, only to be humiliated. He was already furious and felt that his reputation was damaged. Now, another young man has appeared who wants to slap him in the face. How can he remain calm?
"Miracle doctor, this Mr. Tang is a very famous traditional Chinese medicine doctor in our country..." Mayor Zuo, having heard of Tang Zude's reputation, secretly broke out in a cold sweat and reminded Gao Jianfei.
Gao Jianfei smiled and nodded, "It's alright."
"Gentlemen, it's not that I want to slap you in the face, it's that you're relying on your seniority to try and slap this young man like me in the face," Gao Jianfei said calmly with a smile. Then, he pushed through the crowd and walked towards Mr. Thomson's villa.
This display of force, though somewhat intimidating, is definitely a boon for Gao Jianfei!
With so many people watching, what a glorious thing it would be if Mr. Thomson's illness were cured!
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he "became famous overnight"!
Meanwhile, the American television reporters rushed over immediately, their cameras pointed at Gao Jianfei. Several hosts announced, "Viewers at home, this is Jenny, the host of the special news program from Chicago Television! I am now broadcasting live from this magical land of China! Regarding Mr. Thomson's condition, which everyone is concerned about, there may be a major breakthrough tonight! Please watch..."
The camera first panned around, showing the hundreds of doctors in the garden.
"Tonight, Mr. Thomson's estate is filled with numerous medical authorities from all over the world, but they are not the main characters."
The camera was pointed at Gao Jianfei.
"Look, everyone... this is the young man! Tonight, he will be giving Mr. Thomson special treatment! Will the miracle we've been waiting for happen? Please don't go away, let's wait and see!"
"May I ask, what kind of treatment will you be giving Mr. Thomson?" Jenny, with her deep cleavage, shoved the microphone right up to Gao Jianfei's lips.
"I think you'll find out the answer soon enough," Gao Jianfei smiled. He knew that, currently, it was highly likely that the majority of the American people were watching his every move on television!
Damn, I never imagined that one day I would be able to do live streaming!
Of course, Gao Jianfei is no longer the lowly kid from the bottom of society he used to be. He can now calmly and confidently face these cameras, these reporters, and... those resentful and indignant medical experts behind them!
"Hello." An American with slicked-back hair, who seemed to be in charge here, walked over and shook hands with Mayor Zuo and Gao Jianfei, then frowned and asked, "Can we begin the treatment?"
Although he was well-mannered and gentlemanly in appearance and demeanor, there was still some disdain and doubt in the expression deep in his eyes!
Gao Jianfei smiled, looked up at the sky, and saw that the moon was particularly round tonight, its light casting a clear glow over the earth.
Gao Jianfei smiled with satisfaction. "Listen, sir, please bring out Mr. Thomson; he needs to enjoy the moon goddess's favor. Also, please boil this, in wine." Gao Jianfei handed the gentleman the Chinese herbal medicine and the bottle of liquor. "The herbal medicine, mixed with the liquor, boiled in water for half an hour. Oh, and when boiling the medicine, use plenty of water, enough to fill a bathtub. Remember, only half an hour!"