Chapter 2

Xie Haitao was stunned by Ye Bufan's actions and, recognizing him, shouted, "Kid, the person is already dead, what are you still fussing about?"

"Are you pretending to be filial? If you had that filial heart, you should have brought 50,000 yuan for the surgery earlier, and your mother wouldn't have died. You have no money but like to pretend; I despise people like you the most..."

He kept talking incessantly, but Ye Bufan paid no attention, focusing intently on needling Ouyang Lan.

"Kid, I'm talking to you, did you hear me?"

Seeing that the young man in front of him was ignoring him, Xie Haitao's anger flared up, and he shouted again, "Are you a doctor? Sticking a broken needle in here, do you want to make your mother restless even in death?"

"I'm telling you, this is an ICU ward, charged by the hour. The medical fees you owe haven't been paid yet. What are you doing here?"

"Stop it right now!"

Finally, Ye Bufan inserted the last needle and let out a long breath.

His mother had suffered from a sudden cerebral hemorrhage, which was nothing to the ancient medical school. Fortunately, he had returned in time; if he had delayed any longer, it would have been too late.

Xie Haitao shouted, "Kid, are you done yet? The time you spent here also costs money."

Then he said to Zhang Xiaoman, "Call the funeral home right away and have them take the body away."

Ye Bufan said coldly, "You quack, what are you talking about? My mother is still alive!"

Xie Haitao said with a look of disdain, "Alive? Are you mentally ill? If your mother could come back to life, I'll give you my position as chief doctor..."

As he was speaking, the monitoring equipment at the bedside suddenly beeped and then resumed working, and Ouyang Lan's heart began to beat.

Once... twice, it was slow at first but quickly returned to normal.

"What... what's going on?"

Xie Haitao and Zhang Xiaoman were dumbfounded. Just a moment ago, the person had no vital signs at all. How could she suddenly come back to life? If this weren't an ICU ward, they would have thought it was a zombie.

Seeing that the timing was right, Ye Bufan raised his hand and removed all the silver needles from his mother's body, and then took off the monitoring equipment one by one.

When he finished, Ouyang Lan suddenly sat up in bed, looked around, and said, "Son, where am I?"

"Mom, you're finally awake."

Ye Bufan, moved, held Ouyang Lan's hand. If he hadn't coincidentally inherited the ancient medical school, they would have been separated by life and death.

Xie Haitao's eyes widened instantly, completely unable to believe what he was seeing. He knew Ouyang Lan's condition better than anyone; even if she hadn't died, it was impossible for her to recover so quickly.

Ouyang Lan said, "Son, what happened? I remember suddenly fainting. Am I sick? Will it cost a lot of money?"

"It's fine, Mom. You're better now. Let's go home."

Ye Bufan had not only cured his mother's cerebral hemorrhage but also treated other hidden illnesses in her body.

Ouyang Lan was now healthier than anyone else and had no reason to stay here any longer.

"Alright, let's go. I've always said that minor illnesses don't need to be treated in the hospital; a little rest is enough."

Ouyang Lan had raised Ye Bufan and his sister alone, living a hard life, and was most afraid of spending money in the hospital.

As she said this, she got out of bed, and the two of them were about to leave.

"Stop! You can't leave yet."

Xie Haitao stepped in front of them.

Ye Bufan frowned, "What do you want?"

Xie Haitao said, "You can leave if you pay the medical fees first."

Ouyang Lan said, "Oh, that's right. How much is it, doctor?"

Xie Haitao said, "39,800 yuan."

"What, so much money?"

Ouyang Lan was shocked. If Ye Bufan hadn't just improved her health, she might have fainted again.

Ye Bufan said angrily, "I saved my mother myself, why should I pay so much money?"

"This is an ICU ward, charged by the hour, plus the cost of the rescue drugs, that's how much it is."

Xie Haitao threw a stack of drug details to Ouyang Lan, "Take a look. We spent a lot of manpower and drugs to save you. Otherwise, you would have died long ago. How could you be standing here talking?"

Ouyang Lan held the bill. She didn't understand medicine, but the shocking high numbers on it were clear.

Ye Bufan glanced at it, and his expression immediately darkened, "Are you sure all these drugs were used for my mother?"

He was a third-year student at Jiangnan Medical University. Although he hadn't graduated, he understood some common medications.

Xie Haitao said, "Of course, pay up quickly!"

Ye Bufan flew into a rage, grabbed his neck, and slammed him against the wall.

"You, not only are you incompetent, but you're also so heartless. How can you call yourself a doctor?"

Xie Haitao, with his neck squeezed, felt his breathing cut off. No matter how he struggled, Ye Bufan's hand was like an iron clamp, immovable.

Ouyang Lan and Zhang Xiaoman were shocked, not understanding where Ye Bufan's anger came from, and hurried to stop him.

Zhang Xiaoman pulled on Ye Bufan's arm, but his arm, which didn't look strong, was like a mountain, impossible to budge.

"Son, let go quickly. Hitting people is illegal."

Seeing Ouyang Lan come to stop him, Ye Bufan finally released him.

"Cough... cough... cough..." Xie Haitao finally breathed in fresh air, gasping for breath.

Ouyang Lan said, "Son, what's going on? Why are you so angry?"

Ye Bufan said angrily, "This black-hearted doctor, he asked me for 50,000 yuan for surgery and refused to help when we couldn't pay.

"Just now, he misdiagnosed you as dead, which is a crime of negligence!

"Now he's falsifying records, prescribing unnecessary drugs, and charging us for them. Most of these drugs weren't even used for you. How can he call himself a doctor!"

At this moment, Xie Haitao caught his breath and shouted, "Nonsense! These are the drugs used to save your mother. You must pay today, or I'll send you to the police!"

Ye Bufan held the bill and said, "Are you taking advantage of our ignorance? My mother had a severe cerebral hemorrhage, but why is there Xueshuantong on this prescription? What about the Ren Shen Rong Rong injection?

"Also, the total weight of these injections is over 25 kilograms. Are you saying all these were used on my mother?

"Infusing 25 kilograms of liquid in less than 24 hours, even an elephant couldn't handle it."

"I..."

Xie Haitao was completely stunned, speechless.

He had thought the mother and son knew nothing, so he prescribed a large number of unnecessary drugs.

First, he could get a commission from the hospital, and second, he could make extra money by selling the drugs. He had done this many times before, but he didn't expect Ye Bufan to see through it.

Just as he was at a loss, the emergency room door suddenly opened, and a middle-aged man ran in carrying a ten-year-old boy.

The middle-aged man shouted, "Doctor, please check what's wrong with my son?"

A nurse who followed him said to Xie Haitao, "Director Xie, this is a patient arranged by the Health Bureau Director Zhou. He instructed us to do our best to save him."