Her mind was in turmoil. Leaving aside the fact that her grandfather was her dearest family member and she would do whatever it took to save him, the current situation in the Su Family was already precarious. If her grandfather died, the Su Family would undoubtedly plunge into chaos!
Who the murderer was no longer mattered. As long as her grandfather lived, there was still hope for everything.
She grabbed Chen Tian by the arm and pulled him toward the hospital bed:
"My grandfather has stopped breathing. Take a look right now. I choose to trust you, but if you're tricking me, you will pay the price."
Chen Tian stared blankly at the woman standing at the very peak of society, her delicate and exquisite face filled with worry.
She really was stunning!
Her fair, radiant, and flawless face made him unable to look away.
However, his pupils suddenly contracted, and a line of text abruptly popped into his head.
"Spiritual Qi Diagnostic Technique!"
His spiritual energy focused, and at that moment, Su Wanyue actually appeared before him like a yarn puppet made of blood vessels.
It was as if her entire body were transparent, with every single blood vessel clearly visible down to the finest detail.
By comparison, she was even more transparent than Elder Su had been when he examined him.
Damn it, could this really be an X-ray vision function?
Chen Tian was stunned, his mind wandering for a moment.
As Chen Tian concentrated his spiritual energy, he discovered that right in the middle, several blood vessels were actually blocked, the thrombi turned completely black.
Uh, right in that area—that was a girl's private zone.
Su Wanyue noticed Chen Tian's dazed expression, her chest heaving with anger:
"Asshole, where are you still looking?"
Chen Tian quickly pulled his wits back.
Only then did he realize that his gaze was fixed straight on Su Wanyue's most private area.
Seeing Chen Tian stare so brazenly at her private parts, Su Wanyue's anger flared, and she raised her hand to slap him.
Chen Tian hurriedly explained:
"When your period comes, don't you suffer excruciating pain, and no amount of medicine works?"
Su Wanyue looked at Chen Tian in astonishment, her raised hand freezing in mid-air.
"After all, medicine has limited effectiveness in dissolving blood clots. You're still so young; if you have surgery, it will increase the risk of infertility. If you don't pay attention to this, I'm afraid your blood vessels might rupture and kill you."
"You, you..." Su Wanyue was dumbfounded.
This was her chronic ailment—the result of sitting for long periods and poor blood circulation. How did he know?
"Asshole, stop talking nonsense, my grandfather has stopped breathing!"
Su Wanyue was extremely anxious; how could she possibly have time to worry about her own body?
At the same time, she felt as though she had caught sight of the dawn's first light.
Chen Tian stepped up to the hospital bed and placed his fingers expertly on Elder Su's pulse.
He was originally a Traditional Chinese Medicine intern, and he had come to this hospital just to look up to Divine Doctor Lin.
Yet Divine Doctor Lin was such a prominent figure that it was utterly impossible for him to take on an apprentice, let alone bother mentoring him.
Su Wanyue glanced back and said in an unarguable tone:
"All unrelated personnel, get out."
Divine Doctor Lin pointed at Chen Tian, practically spitting blood from anger. Wasn't this pure madness?
"For the eldest miss to act so recklessly—aren't you afraid of becoming a laughingstock? Your grandfather is already dead."
However, seeing that Su Wanyue's mind was made up, the president yanked Divine Doctor Lin by the sleeve, shook his head, and instead grew quiet.
Indeed, Chen Tian was merely an intern; how could he possibly save Elder Su?
Having delayed for so long, Elder Su had already stopped breathing.
In a moment, he could shift all the blame squarely onto Chen Tian.
Combined with the evidence he could fabricate, Chen Tian would definitely spend the rest of his life behind bars!
The Su Family had more than just the eldest miss!
Soon the rest of the Su Family would arrive, and with Chen Tian having "treated" Elder Su to death, how could he possibly talk his way out of it?
Thinking of this, the president grinned and relaxed completely.
Chen Tian, after all, was just a wet-behind-the-ears kid—far too young!
At this moment, Chen Tian wore an expression of intense concentration, while the secret of the art of bringing the dead back to life surfaced once again in his mind.
He raised his head, looked at Su Wanyue, and said:
"I need silver needles."
Su Wanyue nodded and fetched the box of silver needles that Divine Doctor Lin had put down earlier, handing them to Chen Tian.
With the silver needles in hand, Chen Tian did not hesitate to drive them in.
Naturally, Chen Tian had a flawless understanding of needle techniques.
Moreover, before each needle descended, a vivid scene akin to a cinematic rewind would appear in his mind.
He couldn't see whose face it was, but he could always sense a hand holding a golden needle, shaking it continuously.
First needle, Triple Energizer Huiyin, regulating qi and moving blood!
Second needle, Baihui Tongyang, unblocking tendons and solidifying bones!
......
Just as Chen Tian was about to drive down the third needle, a crowd of people rushed in from outside.
"Stop, don't you dare!"
As soon as the group reached the doorway, they started trying to stop him without listening to reason.
Su Wanyue shifted her gaze to look and saw that the newcomers were her father and mother, along with her uncles and cousins.
As a prominent, wealthy family in Jiangzhou, the Su Family naturally had numerous descendants.
Yet why the vast conglomerate had ultimately been handed over to a girl in her early twenties remained unknown.
And the one who had spoken was none other than Su Wanyue's father, Su Qingguo.
"How is my dad? Wasn't he doing fine earlier?"
"Wanyue, make this punk stop right now! Do you want to kill your own grandfather with your own hands?"
Su Qingguo glared furiously at his daughter. Without knowing better, no one would ever have guessed they were father and daughter.
"He's saving Grandpa."
Su Wanyue offered a feeble explanation.
"This is complete nonsense!"
Su Qingguo flicked his sleeve and roared,
"What ability does a wet-behind-the-ears punk have to save your grandfather? If anything happens to your grandfather, you will be the greatest sinner in the Su Family."
At this moment, a young man nearby chimed in with a sneer:
"Dad, don't you get it yet? Su Wanyue even targeted you back then; otherwise, how did she manage to become the president of our group company?"
"We're at a critical juncture right now, with the whole family supporting a strategic marriage, yet our grandfather falls ill at a time like this."
"All of this was already fishy enough, but just as Grandpa was recovering, something like this happens again?"
"Su Wanyue is ignoring everyone's objections—she's trying to eliminate her own grandfather right in front of all of us."
"......"
Chapter 4: Bringing the Dead Back to Life
The speaker was Su Wanyue's own brother, Su Yunping.
Hearing this, Su Wanyue's eyes hardened, and she shouted:
"Su Yunping, what kind of nonsense are you spouting? No one wants to save Grandpa more than I do."
With this family harboring malicious intentions, Su Wanyue had been raised and personally groomed by her grandfather; she was clearly the one who wanted to save him the most.
Yet right now, she had become an accomplice in the eyes of her own family.
Su Yunping glanced at his father and shouted:
"Dad, I'm going to stop that guy. Daring to touch my grandfather—he's asking for a death wish."
Seeing this, Su Wanyue hurriedly blocked Chen Tian's front and shouted angrily:
"Su Yunping, what do you think you're doing?"
"Heh, saving my grandfather, of course! Who knows where you dug up this accomplice? You're just trying to kill Grandpa."
Su Yunping moved to push Chen Tian aside.
Chen Tian abruptly raised his hand and said sternly:
"The last two needles—if you disturb the qi and blood, your grandfather will surely die."
Hearing this, Su Wanyue cast all else aside and desperately blocked Su Yunping from getting close.
Meanwhile, the president standing at the doorway watched with cold detachment, itching to laugh.
Go ahead and treat him, make a fool of yourselves—it would only nail down the charges even tighter!
More and more people crowded into the doorway, all wearing gloating expressions.
"That Chen Tian must have been beaten stupid earlier!"
"Sigh, I sympathized with him just now, but looks like he's a total idiot. Not worth pitying at all."
"Yeah, if he just took ten or eight years in prison he'd still have a chance, but he just has to go and get himself locked up for life!"
"How could our TCM department produce such a moron?"
At this point, Su Wanyue glanced at Chen Tian, her own confidence faltering as she asked:
"Can you actually do this or not?"
"Don't interrupt my acupuncture!" Chen Tian snapped impatiently.
It was a critical moment now; Elder Su had suffered a severe asphyxiation last night.
His heartbeat was too weak, leading to poor blood flow. By now, the two major medical forbidden zones—the brain and the heart—were already blocked by stagnant blood.
He was just a hair's breadth away from dying of a myocardial infarction or a stroke.
To save Elder Su, he had to stop the stagnant blood from blocking the meridians and expel it in time.
Seeing that Su Wanyue was dead set on protecting Chen Tian, Su Yunping stopped trying to push forward and instead issued a ruthless threat:
"Punk, if you kill my grandfather, I will wipe out your entire family."
"Is there not a single doctor left in this huge hospital? Why hasn't anyone come to check on what's actually wrong with my dad?!"
Su Qingguo in the back also let out an angry roar.
The president nudged Divine Doctor Lin and smiled:
"Divine Doctor Lin, why don't you go over and explain?"
Divine Doctor Lin stepped forward and sighed heavily:
"President Su, Chen Tian is merely an intern at our hospital. How could he possibly save Elder Su?"
"Elder Su's face is pitch black right now; he's clearly been dead for quite a while."
"We already told the eldest miss that it was this fellow's younger sister who was taking care of Elder Su last night when the accident happened. Now, after his reckless, random poking, there's truly no saving him."
Su Yunping immediately grew aggressive and lashed out:
"Well, well, Su Wanyue! As expected, you colluded to murder your own grandfather! You pig-headed, worthless family disgrace! Tomorrow, you'll make all the headlines and then go straight to prison."
"Dad, what are we waiting for? Take Su Wanyue into custody and let's take Grandpa home."
At the same time, Chen Tian drove down the two thick silver needles he was holding with a sudden, forceful thrust.
The moment the needles sank in, blood rapidly flowed toward Elder Su's palms and the soles of his feet.
Visible streams of pitch-black blood, thick as ink, began to flow out from two large punctures.
Twelfth needle, defying the heavens to bring the dead back to life!
Thirteenth needle, reviving the dead and restoring flesh to bones!
Rise......
As Chen Tian delivered his final needle, the preceding twelve silver needles unexpectedly floated out of the skin on their own.
It looked unspeakably eerie.
Su Wanyue asked anxiously:
"How is my grandfather, really? If you're lying to me, you'll be damned for eternity!"
Chen Tian glanced at Elder Su on the hospital bed and smacked his lips twice:
"Damn it, I'm so hungry!"
Su Wanyue: "......"
At that moment, Su Yunping rushed forward like a flash, threw himself over the edge of the hospital bed, and howled like a wolf:
"Grandpa! You died so miserably! I'll avenge you; I'll find whoever harmed you and grind their bones to dust!"
"Grandpa, have a safe journey!"
Su Yunping squeezed out a desperate tear, only to suddenly notice that the noisy ward had grown terrifyingly quiet.
Everyone's gaze was fixed entirely on Elder Su in the bed.
In an instant, Elder Su's complexion—which had been pitch black and corpse-like—began to undergo a drastic change.
Clearly visible, the bruising on his cheeks faded rapidly like mist.
Before long, a healthy flush flooded his face.
He moved!
Elder Su's eyelids actually began to twitch!
Su Yunping raised his head for a look and let out an involuntary, terrified scream:
"Ah, a ghost......!"
"Th-th-this, how is this possible?!"
The president clutched his forehead, terrified to the extreme.
An hallucination.
Right, it had to be an hallucination!
There was no way a punk like Chen Tian possessed such advanced medical skills!
Divine Doctor Lin also gasped in horror:
"Could—could this be the art of bringing the dead back to life? No, that's impossible!"
Su Qingguo and his wife exchanged glances, sweat beading on their foreheads from tension.
Su Wanyue rushed to the head of the bed, weeping tears of rain on pear blossoms.
"Grandpa, Grandpa, you're really awake? Wuuu, that's wonderful!"
Elder Su sat up abruptly on the hospital bed, coughed up another mouthful of black blood, wiped his mouth, and said:
"Good granddaughter, Grandpa's not dead. In my daze, I heard everything—Grandpa must have run into Hua Tuo reincarnated!"
With that, Elder Su shifted his gaze to look at Chen Tian standing beside him, highly impressed.
"I never expected that the one pulling me back from the gates of hell would be such a young little friend."
Chen Tian gave an awkward, sheepish smile.
Elder Su grabbed Su Wanyue's hand with a deeply doting expression:
"Wanyue, this little friend cured your grandfather; our Su Family must not treat him shabbily."
Su Wanyue collected herself, glanced at Chen Tian, and replied:
"Don't worry, Grandpa. As long as his conditions aren't too excessive, I can grant all of them."
Chen Tian explained:
"Elder Su, they framed my sister and me for harming you. Now that you're well—if I wanted to harm you, I wouldn't have saved you, right?"
Elder Su wore a deeply meaningful smile:
"My little friend has no prior acquaintance with me, so naturally he wouldn't harm me. Whoever harmed me must be someone else."
"Very well, since the Su Family is so awesome, and the eldest miss just said any condition can be met, I'll take it." Chen Tian immediately smiled smugly.
A man who doesn't take revenge isn't a real man; it's not that the time hasn't come, but rather that revenge should be taken immediately.
However, looking at Chen Tian's lecherous gaze, Su Wanyue's mind began to wander:
"Don't you dare push your luck. Let me tell you, we live in two different worlds."
She assumed Chen Tian wanted to use this opportunity to climb high society and make her marry him.
Hearing this, Elder Su chuckled:
"Granddaughter, what nonsense are you talking? I'd say you and my little friend are a match in age and have the freedom to marry—how are you living in different worlds?"
"Ah, Grandpa, that's not what I meant."
Su Wanyue instantly grew flustered.
Why would her grandfather say something like that?
With no time for daydreams, Chen Tian pointed at President Guo Dafu and said through gritted teeth:
"I, Chen Tian, am not greedy. You can keep the five million, but you must drag this bastard down."
Upon hearing this, President Guo Dafu burst into hearty laughter. "If you're going to call yourself a little innocent, who gave you the courage to say that? Liang Jingru? Hahaha......"
Chapter 5: The Su Family Protects Chen Tian
A wave of mockery erupted in the ward, completely drowning out Chen Tian's voice.
Everyone in the hospital took their cues from the president, and right now they all found Chen Tian's ignorance and fearlessness utterly laughable.
Powerful though the Su Family was, they were a real estate company, which had nothing to do with Renai Hospital.
At this moment, others chimed in with sneering remarks.
"Whether Chen Tian actually cured Elder Su is still up in the debate!"
"Yeah, an intern who hasn't even passed his medical license exam—how could he possibly do it?"
"It must have been Divine Doctor Lin's credit just now; Chen Tian was just a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse."
The doctors in the hospital all assumed Chen Tian had simply struck gold with dumb luck, hitting the five-million-dollar lottery jackpot.
Wanting to force the president to step down? Not unless the earth reversed its rotation.
President Guo Dafu glanced at Elder Su, cupped his fists, and said:
"Ever since Elder Su was admitted a month ago, our hospital has spared no effort in treating him. Originally, after a little more recovery, Elder Su could have been discharged in good health. But then this accident happened—this is the responsibility of Chen Tian and his sister, not ours."
"As for who wanted to harm Elder Su last night, both the Su Family and I want to uncover the truth."
Su Yunping recovered his composure, clenched his fists, and said:
"Anyone who dares harm my grandfather, I will drag them out and grind their bones to dust."
Guo Dafu nodded in deep satisfaction and continued:
"Even though an accident occurred, our hospital has consistently spared no effort in saving Elder Su. If we lack merit, we at least have hard work, don't we, Elder Su?"
Elder Su did not answer, merely offering a faint smile.
Seeing them trade words back and forth, Chen Tian felt an overwhelming surge of indignation:
"Heh, you shameless bunch—your words aren't even worth a fart. Guo Dafu, don't celebrate too early. Even if the Su Family doesn't dare, I'll exact this revenge myself!"
Su Wanyue, naturally proud by nature, could no longer remain silent upon hearing this. Her chest heaved with anger, a truly magnificent sight:
"Nonsense! Who says my Su Family doesn't dare?"
"Uh......"
Chen Tian hadn't expected this woman to show a sense of loyalty.
Su Wanyue glanced at her grandfather and, seeing him remain silent, stepped forward and said:
"Director Guo, Chen Tian saved my grandfather. He has no reason whatsoever to harm him, yet you blindly pinned the blame on a nurse and an intern."
"Framing others without cause and trying to shirk responsibility—do you even deserve to be a hospital director?"
Guo Dafu sneered disdainfully:
"Eldest Miss Su, finding out who the culprit is is a matter for the police, not us. Once the police interrogate Chen Tian, the truth will soon come to light."
Just as his voice trailed off, several police officers walked in.
Without asking a single question, they moved to grab Chen Tian.
Su Wanyue's eyes were as cold as stars, her icy visage radiating frost.
Guo Dafu was openly provoking the Su Family.
The lead officer stated:
"We are handling this case impartially. As the prime suspects, Chen Tian and his sister must return with us for questioning."
However, Elder Su, who had remained silent until now, suddenly dropped his gentle gaze, his expression turning stern:
"Chen Tian is my savior. Today, nobody's authority matters."
"Who do you think you are? Daring to interfere with police business—are you asking to be locked up with him?"
The lead officer didn't even look over as he hurled out an irritable scold.
Hearing this, however, Guo Dafu's face twitched uncontrollably.
Clearly, these two had taken bribes from him, which was why they had arrived so promptly.
Yet what kind of blind eyes were these? With the great Elder Su right here in front of them, they barged in without checking the situation first?!
He wasn't afraid of Chen Tian, but going head-to-head with Elder Su was something he didn't dare do!
Elder Su stroked his beard, a very rich smile playing on his lips:
"I'm just an old retired soldier. You boys are young, so it's only normal you haven't heard of me."
"Hmph, seeing that you're a veteran, we'll show you some respect. We advise you not to interfere with our official business anymore, or else we won't show any exceptions." The police officer said impatiently.
"Ugh......"
Guo Dafu desperately wanted to stop them from talking further, but the words were already out.
His expression instantly turned incomparably colorful.
Damn it, I had you guys come over to make an arrest, why all the useless chatter?!
Why on earth did Captain Guo send two such good-for-nothings?
There was no turning back now regarding arresting Chen Tian; otherwise, this guy would surely lean on the Su Family and make a comeback, turning into a massive headache later on.