The Rolls-Royce Phantom drove smoothly and swiftly toward Yandu Hospital.
In the back seat of the Phantom, Wang Chenning and Yang Xiaofei sat side by side.
After they had been driving for a while, Yang Xiaofei turned to Wang Chenning and asked, "Don’t you get carsick? How come you’re not reacting at all?"
Wang Chenning replied curtly, "Your grandfather is in a coma. How can you have the mind to worry about whether I’m carsick or not?"
Yang Xiaofei’s expression remained calm. "I trust your medical skills."
Wang Chenning patted the driver’s seat. "Then drive faster!"
And so, the Phantom accelerated, arriving at the hospital in half the usual time.
Yang Liansheng had been rushed to the hospital immediately after his fall. He was still conscious upon arrival, but he soon lapsed into a coma. A CT scan showed a cerebral hemorrhage with a significant amount of bleeding. The attending physician informed the Yang family that Yang Liansheng’s condition was not optimistic. Even with immediate surgery, there was no guarantee he would wake up. After a discussion, Yang Xiaofei’s father, Yang Tianming, and her uncles, Yang Tianyou and Yang Tianning, decided to proceed with the surgery.
When Wang Chenning and Yang Xiaofei arrived at the hospital, Yang Liansheng was just about to be taken to the operating room.
The corridor outside the room was filled with members of the Yang family, including Yang Xiaofei’s younger brother, Yang Xiaodong, and a crowd of other relatives.
Yang Xiaofei blocked her grandfather’s gurney and directly asked the doctor beside it, "If he has the surgery, what are the chances of my grandfather waking up?"
The surgeon in charge was Director Li, the head of neurosurgery at Yandu Hospital. He considered for a moment, then sighed. "Less than ten percent. Even if he does wake up, he might not regain consciousness. The most likely outcome is a persistent vegetative state."
Hearing this from Director Li, who was renowned throughout Yandu and all of Huaxia’s neurosurgery community, the hearts of the surrounding Yang family members instantly sank.
Yang Xiaofei’s face paled as well.
If even Director Li said the chances of Yang Liansheng waking up were slim, it meant her grandfather’s life was nearing its end.
"Who says Grandpa Yang has no chance of waking up?"
A voice stunned everyone present.
Everyone looked over to see a young man they didn’t recognize.
"Who are you? What trouble are you stirring up here?" Yang Xiaofei’s uncle, Yang Tianyou, raged. "Someone, get this lunatic out of here!"
"Wait!" Yang Xiaofei immediately intervened, then said to her father and two uncles, "This is Wang Chenning, Grandpa Wang Chongjiu’s grandson. His medical skills are already on par with Grandpa Wang’s. Since he says Grandpa can definitely wake up, let’s let him take a look!"
"I don’t believe a word of it!" Yang Tianyou, who had never gotten along with his older brother and was resentful of Yang Xiaofei, stretched out an arm to block Wang Chenning. He said rudely, "Director Li is the best neurosurgery expert in all of Huaxia. You don’t trust him, but you’re going to trust some reckless brat?"
Wang Chenning gave Yang Tianyou a cold look and said impatiently, "Aren’t you afraid of costing your father his life with these delays?"
After whispering a few questions to Yang Xiaofei, Yang Tianming also made a quick decision. "Chenning, I’ll have to ask you to treat my father, then. If you can cure him, the Yang family will be sure to reward you handsomely."
"Big Brother, how can you do this? Look how young he is! You could beat me to death, and I still wouldn’t believe his medical skills are any good." Yang Tianyou was furious now. "If anything happens to Father, can you bear the responsibility?"
Yang Liansheng’s sister, Yang Lanqing, an old woman in her sixties, also roared angrily at Wang Chenning. "Where did this wild brat come from, posing as a miracle doctor to swindle people? And you dare try to swindle the Yang family? You’ve got some nerve! Someone, beat him and throw him out!"
Yang Xiaofei’s younger brother, Yang Xiaodong, who had been humiliated by Wang Chenning in the past, also chimed in with a few curses.
After being humiliated by Wang Chenning outside the coffee shop that day, he had sworn revenge. But with his father, Yang Tianming, and his sister, Yang Xiaofei, both present, he didn’t dare be too brazen, so he muttered his curses under his breath.
At that moment, Director Li also spoke up, looking at Wang Chenning with a hint of ridicule. "Young man, medicine is not child’s play. Don’t try to be a hero. From the looks of it, you’re just a recent medical school graduate, aren’t you? Treating patients isn’t as simple as you think."
"Just because you can’t save him doesn’t mean no one else can!" Wang Chenning knew time was precious, so he didn’t waste any more words on them. He immediately ordered Yang Xiaofei, "Push your grandfather back into his room and get rid of everyone who isn’t needed. If we waste any more time, your grandfather will truly be beyond saving!"
"Okay!" Yang Xiaofei immediately agreed.
"How dare you!" Both Yang Tianyou and Yang Tianning were furious. They roared, "Get him out of here, now! Take Father to the operating room!"
"I’m in charge here!" Yang Tianming lost his temper as well, ordering the nearby bodyguards to remove his two younger brothers immediately.
"You dare?" Yang Tianyou grew even more enraged. "Yang Tianming, you’ve gone too far! Are you trying to kill Father? If anything happens to him, I won’t let you off the hook. I’m standing right here. Let’s see who dares to touch me."
"Get out of the way!" Wang Chenning grabbed Yang Tianyou by the collar and tossed him aside.
Yang Tianyou, a man weighing over 170 pounds, was effortlessly lifted and tossed aside by Wang Chenning as if he weighed nothing at all. The sight stunned everyone.
Yang Tianyou was dumbfounded for a moment, but he quickly recovered and began stomping his feet and screaming curses, swearing he would never let Wang Chenning get away with this.
Just then, Director Li returned, accompanied by another man in a white coat who looked to be in his fifties.
He pointed at Wang Chenning, who was preparing to treat Yang Liansheng. "Dean Zhang, he’s the one causing all this trouble!"
"Who are you? The patient is in critical condition, yet you dare to interfere?" Dean Zhang, whom Director Li had brought over, frowned and questioned Wang Chenning hostilely. "This is outrageous! If something goes wrong, can you bear the responsibility?"
He then turned to Yang Tianming and Yang Xiaofei. "Mr. Yang, Miss Yang, I am Zhang Jingfeng, the Dean of Yandu Hospital. Elder Yang’s condition is extremely poor; we cannot afford any more delays. We must get him to the operating room at once! How can you trust some quack doctor? This will be the death of Elder Yang!"
Yang Xiaofei asked coldly, "And can you guarantee that you can save my grandfather’s life?"
"Elder Yang cannot possibly wake up!" Dean Zhang was a doctor who took his work very seriously, and he spoke with a grave tone. "The brain CT shows that the hemorrhage has already damaged his brainstem. Even a miracle worker couldn’t wake him now!"
"Since you’ve already pronounced a death sentence for Elder Yang, why bother sending him to the operating room?" Wang Chenning replied nonchalantly. "Given the circumstances, what’s the worst that could happen?"
Dean Zhang: "..."
"Just because it’s something you can’t do, doesn’t mean no one else can!" Wang Chenning said coldly. "Now get out of my way. Don’t hinder me from saving his life!"