Chapter 73: The Shen Family of Beijing

The nurse looked somewhat troubled and whispered, “But… the dean specifically requested Doctor Yu…”

Shen Xinyun frowned, clearly displeased.

Her willingness to step in was a favor to the dean—how could a country woman be compared to her?

Zhang Yanfang, however, interrupted and flattered enthusiastically, “Oh my! Doctor Shen is an expert from a major hospital in Beijing! Her skills are definitely much better than some half-baked amateur! Doctor Shen, let me show you the way!”

Shen Xinyun was quite pleased with this flattery. She glanced disdainfully at Yu Wanqin and lectured, “If your professional skills aren’t up to par, then focus on improving yourself. If you can’t even handle family matters properly, what kind of doctor are you?”

Then, clicking her high heels, she followed Zhang Yanfang, strutting arrogantly toward the emergency operating room.

Yu Wanqin was held tightly by Old Mrs. Lin and couldn’t break free, so she could only watch anxiously as they left.

Just then, a small figure came running over, pattering along.

Tongtong hadn’t expected that during her brief trip to the pharmacy, the Lin family would show up.

Seeing that Old Mrs. Lin had squeezed her mother’s hand until it turned red, she puffed up her little cheeks angrily and rushed forward.

Retrieving silver needles from her space, she swiftly and unexpectedly jabbed them into the old lady’s arm.

Old Mrs. Lin cried out, “Ouch!” and let go of Yu Wanqin in pain.

“Mom, go quickly! I’ll handle things here!”

Yu Wanqin was a bit worried.

“Don’t worry, Mom, I can do it! Saving lives is what matters!” Tongtong blinked her big eyes at her.

Knowing her daughter was clever, Yu Wanqin hesitated no longer. She immediately freed herself and hurried toward the emergency operating room.

Old Mrs. Lin tried to cling on but found her pant leg firmly gripped by something.

Looking down, she saw it was Tongtong.

The little girl looked tiny, but her strength was surprisingly fierce.

Old Mrs. Lin’s face turned ashen. “You little brat! What are you doing?”

Tongtong blinked her clear, big eyes. “Grandma, someone just called from back home. They said a Miss Zhang is looking for Uncle. Could it be that Uncle’s injury is related to Miss Zhang?”

Her childish voice seemed innocent, but it precisely struck Old Mrs. Lin’s most guilty spot!

The young girl that Third Son had ruined was surnamed Zhang, named Zhang Yan, and she was still a high school student!

Old Mrs. Lin’s face instantly turned deathly pale, and she abruptly released Tongtong’s hand.

Her expression was one of terror.

Just then, Lin Zhiguo arrived after completing the procedures. Hearing his daughter’s words, he frowned and asked, “What Miss Zhang?”

But Old Mrs. Lin, as if scalded, sharply interrupted him, her eyes darting nervously. “N-nothing! The child is just talking nonsense! Zhiguo, hurry and see if the doctor has arrived!”

She was both panicked and terrified inside.

If they delayed any longer, her son really wouldn’t make it!

Lin Zhiguo also knew the situation was urgent and didn’t dwell on it. He quickly pushed his brother into the operating room.

The rest of the Lin family followed.

Old Mrs. Lin was distraught, as if all her strength had been drained.

Tongtong watched coldly, then turned to find her mother.

By the time Yu Wanqin reached the operating room, the surgery had already begun.

Dean Su and Doctor Shen were inside, working to save the patient.

Through the glass, she saw that Dean Su was moving deftly, having initially controlled the bleeding and was now cleaning the abdominal cavity. Doctor Shen, however, wasn’t doing anything.

It seemed the situation had temporarily stabilized.

Yu Wanqin breathed a slight sigh of relief, but her professional habits made her carefully observe the surgical procedure, hoping to learn a thing or two.

She had heard that Doctor Shen was the most skilled physician at the Military District Hospital.

Even the dean was not as good as him.

She just didn’t know why he wasn’t performing the surgery himself.

Only after Dean Su finished irrigating the abdominal cavity did Doctor Shen move, applying a pale green medicinal powder to the patient’s damaged intestinal tract and surrounding tissues.

As soon as the powder was applied, the wound surface, which had been bleeding continuously, visibly and rapidly contracted and stopped bleeding.

Dean Su and the other doctors participating in the surgery all seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

But Yu Wanqin’s pupils trembled, and her heart tightened sharply.

This medicinal effect… she was all too familiar with it!

The medicine Tongtong had discovered in the basement back home was exactly like this.

Last time, Tongtong had even used it on Commander Gu.

But Tongtong’s medicine was even more effective.

“Doctor Shen is truly remarkable. If it weren’t for you this time, it would have been difficult to save this young hero!”

“Exactly, experts from the capital are just different, especially since Doctor Shen comes from a medical family like the Shen family!”

“The Shen family’s medicine is simply miraculous!”

The surgery concluded with the patient’s vital signs stable.

Amidst the flattery, Shen Xinyun walked out of the operating room with an air of pride.

Seeing Yu Wanqin standing at the entrance, she removed her mask and revealed a scornful smile. “Doctor Yu? It seems you missed the exciting part. But it’s alright, a minor surgery like this might indeed be a bit challenging for you.”

She assumed Yu Wanqin had also come specifically to learn from her.

After all, a country woman with only superficial medical knowledge would naturally resort to any means to steal techniques.

She didn’t take doctors from such small places seriously at all—they were simply beneath her, unworthy of being her rivals.

Still in shock, Yu Wanqin ignored her provocation.

Shen Xinyun, however, thought the other woman was awestruck by her brilliant medical skills. She curled her lips, lifted her chin, and walked away.

Yu Wanqin’s mind was in turmoil.

How could her family’s medicine end up in the hands of a doctor from the capital?

What background did the Shen family have?

And then there were the repeated warnings from her father in previous years, insisting she must never leave the village… What hidden circumstances were behind all this?

Tongtong also came running over on her short little legs, tugging at her mother’s sleeve and asking curiously, “Mom, what’s wrong?”

Only then did Yu Wanqin realize everyone from the operating room had left.

Only the cleaning staff remained, tidying up the room.

Her heart tightened, and she picked up her daughter, whispering, “Tongtong, I just discovered something strange.”

“…That Doctor Shen has medicine exactly like the ones in our basement.”

Tongtong frowned, tilting her little head in thought.

Many of the things discovered in Grandfather’s basement seemed as if they had been left behind in a hurry due to some incident.

Especially those medicines—many recorded in the catalog were missing.

Could it be that Grandfather’s family had encountered some trouble back then, forcing them to go into seclusion in Kaoshan Tun, and those medicines were lost during their escape?

Fortunately, the ancestral formulas were still intact.

“Mom, don’t worry. Maybe it’s just a coincidence.”

When she had time, she would return to the village and ask the trees near Grandfather’s house.

For now, she didn’t want her mother to worry about these things.

Yu Wanqin nodded, feeling she had overthought it.

Their home was so far from the capital—how could they possibly know any Shen family?

She must have been out of her mind.

…

Lin Youcai didn’t wake up until the second day after his surgery.

He felt an emptiness in his crotch.

His heart sank instantly. He reached down to check, and sure enough, there was nothing there.

What’s more, a sharp, tearing pain shot through his lower body, driving him into a frenzy of panic and rage.

“Mom! Where’s my dick? Where did my dick go?”

That night, he had broken four teeth, and now his speech whistled through the gaps.