My Dragon Baby and Billionaire Husband

Chapter 844: Encountering a Kindred Spirit 1

The next day, Si Mingjing went to the Imperial Capital Third Hospital and met Professor Ye’s sister-in-law, Mrs. Chen.

Mrs. Chen was sixty years old. She had suffered due to her blind faith in traditional medicine and now hated it vehemently. Lying in the ward, she told her fellow patients that traditional medicine was all a scam and harmful!

Chang Danran entered the ward and informed Mrs. Chen that he had invited a traditional medicine doctor to check her pulse, which instantly infuriated Mrs. Chen. She said, "What traditional medicine? It’s all deceitful; I don’t need a traditional medicine doctor to check my pulse!"

Chang Danran hoped Si Mingjing could examine her pulse to see if the damage caused by her previous prescriptions was reversible, as Mrs. Chen had suffered severe kidney damage from taking traditional medicine.

"Mrs. Chen, the doctor I invited is truly skilled; you must have heard of her. She is my niece-in-law, Si Mingjing, widely recognized in the field of traditional medicine."

Chang Danran patiently explained to Mrs. Chen, but unexpectedly, Mrs. Chen became even more agitated upon hearing Si Mingjing’s name, angrily pointing at Si Mingjing and reprimanding, "It’s her! If it weren’t for her promoting traditional medicine, I wouldn’t have pursued traditional medicine and ended up hospitalized!"

Mrs. Chen’s anger at Si Mingjing was unwarranted, but she was ill and in discomfort, wanting to vent her anger. She now kept traditional medicine at a distance and humiliated Si Mingjing to her face, calling her "the progenitor of fraudsters!"

Chang Danran’s face darkened, finding Mrs. Chen truly ignorant!

Just because she had been treated by a mediocre doctor, she negated all of traditional medicine.

She invited Si Mingjing to assist in the consultation, yet Si Mingjing faced humiliation from the patient. This left Chang Danran feeling very apologetic, unable to face her niece-in-law, awkwardly looking at Si Mingjing.

Si Mingjing smiled knowingly: "Aunt, I’m fine. If the patient wants me to consult, I naturally won’t refuse. But if the patient is unwilling, let’s not force it. My master often tells me that treating patients with traditional medicine relies on opportunity and the patient’s trust."

Mrs. Chen snorted, lay down, turned her back on Chang Danran and Si Mingjing, not wanting to pay attention to them anymore, hoping Si Mingjing would quickly leave, determined to show through her actions that she absolutely would not consult traditional medicine.

Seeing this, Chang Danran did not insist further.

She invited Si Mingjing to sit in her office for a while.

Si Mingjing nodded with a smile, and before she left the ward, a relative from another bed, a girl about eighteen or nineteen, suddenly rushed to Si Mingjing, grabbed her hand, and said, "Miss Si, can I trouble you to check my grandmother’s pulse? I’m begging you."

Si Mingjing looked at the girl and then at the elderly patient lying in the bed, estimated to be seventy or eighty years old, asleep but with severe facial swelling.

Si Mingjing tilted her head to inquire with Chang Danran, who nodded.

Mrs. Chen immediately turned over and rebuked the young girl, "You’re asking her; do you want to harm your grandmother? Traditional medicine is all deceitful. Your uncles and aunts don’t plan to treat your grandmother, and you want to directly harm her. What kind of people are you in this family?"

Mrs. Chen’s scolding was too harsh. The young girl couldn’t withstand it, but suddenly she knelt before Si Mingjing and said: "Miss Si, please, my grandmother is suffering from severe kidney failure. The doctors say only dialysis can save her life, but my uncles don’t agree to the dialysis. Now... Now, there is no one else who can save my grandmother except you. I’m begging you..."

Si Mingjing understood.

The young girl’s grandmother was very ill with kidney failure, and only dialysis could save her life.

But dialysis is something that consumes the patience and money of relatives; the elderly woman’s sons unanimously decided not to proceed with dialysis, which essentially meant letting her perish.

Si Mingjing saw the tears in the young girl’s eyes, and she felt compassionate.

She helped the girl up and said, "Don’t cry, and don’t wake your grandmother."

The girl immediately held back her tears, looking at Si Mingjing with eyes full of despair yet hope.

Si Mingjing’s heart softened. She first sought Chang Danran’s opinion since this was a hospital, especially a western medicine hospital, and without the consent of a legitimate doctor, it would be unprofessional to intervene.

Chang Danran also knew the elderly woman’s condition; besides dialysis, waiting for death was all that was left, and since the relatives refused dialysis, there was little more the doctors could do.

Dialysis requires going to the hospital twice a week, with each session costing six hundred dollars. It requires someone to accompany the elderly woman, someone to pay for it; some families don’t want to—either due to a lack of time or funds.

Chang Danran said, "Mingjing, give it a try."

Si Mingjing agreed: "Alright, I’ll take a look, but it may not cure your grandmother’s illness."

Western medicine has no solution, and traditional medicine may not necessarily have one either. Si Mingjing never underestimated herself.

The young girl was elated upon hearing Si Mingjing agreed to treat her grandmother, quickly wiping away her tears and breaking into a smile: "Thank you, Miss Si, no, thank you, Doctor Si, thank you..."

Si Mingjing patted the girl’s shoulder and then sat down to check the elderly woman’s pulse.

Beside her, Mrs. Chen watched the girl ignore her warnings while she continued to scold. She believed it was out of goodwill, but the girl didn’t pay attention to her. Even if it was treating a dead horse as if it were alive, she hoped someone could save her grandmother.

After checking the pulse, Si Mingjing frowned. The elderly woman was severely depleted in kidney energy, exhausting her vital energy and injuring her yin; she might not last half a month. No wonder the girl wouldn’t listen to Mrs. Chen and saw her as the only lifeline.

Si Mingjing then lifted the sheets to check the elderly woman’s hands and feet.

The limbs were severely swollen. If the swelling wasn’t relieved soon and her deficiency edema treated, the situation would truly be dire.

Si Mingjing immediately took out the Silver Needle pouch from her coat pocket, opened it, and started needle treatment for the elderly woman.

Many were curious and gathered at the ward’s door to watch the spectacle.

Mrs. Chen sat on her bed and loudly snorted: "Making a fuss, putting on an act."

Si Mingjing paid her no heed.

At this moment, the sleeping elderly woman woke up.

The girl immediately went to the bedside, holding her grandmother’s hand, said: "Grandma, I’ve invited a renowned doctor to treat you. She’s a Divine Doctor. My classmate’s grandfather had cancer, and it was cured by her medicine. My classmate says Miss Si is a Divine Doctor who can bring hope to people."

The young girl was a high school sophomore, and her deskmate greatly admired Si Mingjing because her grandfather had cancer. With no hope, he participated in the National Health Bureau’s second-phase cancer clinical trial, cured the cancer, and now her deskmate’s grandfather is very healthy, practicing Tai Chi in the community every day.

Because of her deskmate’s admiration for Si Mingjing, the young girl had great trust in Si Mingjing.

The girl never dreamed that Si Mingjing would appear in the ward; this was the Divine Doctor sent by heaven. The girl absolutely couldn’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. She felt this was her grandmother’s only chance of survival.