Watching Chen Xuan walk into the emergency room, John offered a disdainful snort, yet followed him inside, curious to see just what kind of traditional Chinese medicine techniques Chen Xuan intended to display. Of course, he did not believe for a second that Chen Xuan could actually save Secretary Cai; he simply wanted to witness his humiliation.
As John entered, several provincial physicians followed in his wake, joined by Zhang Zhicheng, Elder Jin, and his medical team. Watching the parade of medical experts file into the room, Cai Yang, Cai Hanliang, and the rest of the Cai family could only pray for a miracle. The various high-ranking officials of Tianhai City also hoped for the Secretary's recovery—the leadership of the city could not function without its backbone.
Once inside the emergency room, Chen Xuan walked straight to Secretary Cai’s bedside. He observed the Secretary’s tightly shut eyes, pale lips, and the frigid aura radiating from his body, which seemed to grow more intense by the moment. His "state of death" was truly bizarre. In the room, Zhang Zhicheng was the only one who had not yet seen the patient's condition. Her eyes widened; she had never encountered such a strange illness before. She quickly associated it with the cold affliction suffered by her cousin, Shen Binglan, though Shen Binglan’s symptoms were limited to her lower abdomen, while Secretary Cai was enveloped in cold from head to toe.
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