Chapter 30 - 29: Saving a Life (Second Update)

Chapter 30: Chapter 29: Saving a Life (Second Update)

The Cheng brothers and sisters were startled and suddenly stood up.

Xu Jing also stood up. Soon, a man in gray cloth, his face full of anxiety, appeared at the door of the medical hall, carrying a woman on his back. Just as he was about to enter, the woman on his back suddenly had a violent spasm.

The man couldn’t hold her and she slid to the ground at the entrance of the medical hall.

The woman appeared to be in her thirties, wearing a somewhat old lotus-colored dress, curled up, gasping for breath.

Her limbs were convulsing, fingers stiffened into an odd shape like chicken claws, her face pale, and in pain, as if she would pass out in the next moment.

Her appearance was chilling to behold.

The man knelt anxiously beside the woman, almost in tears, "Doctor! Doctor! Please save Hui! She was fine just moments ago!"

Upon seeing them clearly, Xu Jing immediately recognized them as the couple who set up a noodle stall near Xinglin Hall.

Earlier, when Xu Jing passed by the stall, she heard two men eating noodles discussing the Peng family’s case, so she took a second look and remembered the couple.

Just like the man said, the woman was fine just a moment ago, how did she end up like this?

The commotion quickly attracted the attention of many passersby. The couple must have been setting up their stall here for a long time, as many bystanders recognized them and began to comment.

"Oh heavens! Old Lu, what happened to your wife suddenly? This looks serious, get a doctor quickly!"

"Just a few days ago, a man in my village suddenly had convulsions like your wife, couldn’t breathe, and half a day later... was gone!"

"Why bring her to Xinglin Hall? Since Doctor Cheng passed away, Xinglin Hall isn’t what it used to be! Tianyi Hall isn’t far, take her there quickly!"

"Even though Tianyi Hall is the nearest big medical facility, it’ll still take at least a quarter of an hour to get there. Can Old Lu’s wife hold on?"

"This..."

The crowd buzzed with comments. Old Lu, already at his wit’s end, turned towards the Cheng brothers and sisters, face paling, "Are you doctors here? Can you save Hui? Can you?!"

Seeing Hui in such a state, he didn’t dare take the risk of sending her to Tianyi Hall!

Cheng Qingqing and Cheng Xianbai’s faces turned white, their mouths opened but no sound came out.

They wanted to help, but they had never encountered such symptoms, and had no idea how to treat it!

Just then, a female voice came from the side, cool as ice and snow putting out the flames in their hearts, "Did your wife do any strenuous exercise, or was she emotionally agitated for some reason?"

Old Lu looked at Xu Jing in shock, surprised to find the speaker was a woman under a veil, then snapped back, saying anxiously, "Yes! Yes! Are you also a doctor here? It’s all my fault, this morning, Hui and I argued over a small matter, she was in a bad mood all day. Just now... we had a freeloader at our stall, after eating he refused to pay and insulted Hui when she asked for money.

Hui was very angry, arguing intensely with the freeloader when she suddenly started trembling all over, gasping, unable to stand..."

Seeing the situation, the freeloader slipped away.

But Old Lu didn’t chase him, instead, he hurriedly carried his wife to find a doctor.

Xu Jing now understood somewhat the woman’s condition, moved beside her, squatted down, and gently said, "Madam, I have a few questions for you. Nod if correct, shake your head if not."

The woman, looking at Xu Jing in pain and despair, nodded with difficulty.

Xu Jing immediately asked, "Do you feel chest tightness or chest pain?"

The woman quickly nodded.

"Do you feel dizzy, or unable to see clearly?"

The woman nodded again.

"Do you feel numbness or a needle-pricking sensation in your limbs, face, especially the lips?"

Whether from pain or hope, tears suddenly welled up in the woman’s eyes, she laboriously nodded again.

Each nod made Old Lu’s eyes brighter. When Xu Jing finished asking, he anxiously said, "Doctor, do you know what’s wrong with Hui? Can you save her?"

"Yes, I can save her."

Xu Jing nodded, turned to Cheng Qingqing, "Bring a piece of paper here."

Paper?

Cheng Qingqing looked at Xu Jing with a pale face.

Did she intend to write a prescription?

She quickly asked, "Do you need a pen? Or... or you can tell me the prescription directly, I can remember it."

"No need for anything, just a piece of paper."

Xu Jing’s voice was calm yet firm, she then turned her gaze back to the woman, softly instructing, "Don’t worry, it’s not a serious illness, your emotions got too intense, disrupting your breathing. What you need now is to calm your emotions.

Follow my instructions, inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale..."

Cheng Qingqing had no idea what Xu Jing intended to do, but given the urgency, she didn’t think much, rushed into the medical hall, grabbed a piece of paper, and handed it to Xu Jing.

Xu Jing glanced at her out of the corner of her eye, continued speaking without pause, raised her hand, took the paper, rolled it into a cone, then, standing beside Xu Jing, Cheng Xianbai suddenly heard her say in a low voice, "If you want to revive your medical center’s reputation, no matter what happens, block it for me."

Judging by the woman’s symptoms, it was clearly respiratory alkalosis.

This usually occurs when emotions are too intense or after strenuous exercise, leading to rapid breathing, causing excessive CO2 expulsion, and low carbon dioxide levels in the body.

Commonly known as being ’out of breath from anger.’

When addressed timely and appropriately, it’s not a big issue.

But Xu Jing wasn’t sure if people here would accept her method.

Cheng Xianbai hesitated, a bad premonition rising in his heart. In the next moment, he saw the woman suddenly place the paper cone over the lady’s mouth and nose.

Cheng Xianbai: "!!!!!"

What is this woman trying to do!

Everyone around was shocked, instinctively gasping in surprise, Old Lu incredulously cried out, "What are you doing? Are you trying to suffocate Hui!"

To him, Hui was gasping for air, showing difficulty in breathing.

Yet this woman covered Hui’s mouth and nose, wasn’t she... wasn’t she trying to make Hui die faster!

He shouted, lunging to snatch the paper cone from Xu Jing’s hands.

And Cheng Xianbai, standing dumbfounded, evidently forgot Xu Jing’s earlier words.

Xu Jing gritted her teeth silently, cursing inwardly, and sternly shouted, "If you want your wife saved, stop! No matter what happens, I’ll take responsibility!"

Old Lu, yelled at by Xu Jing, paused but quickly reacted, snarling in anguish, "Can you take responsibility for Hui’s life! You quack, I want your life in return!"