Chapter 501 - Comparison
Chapter 501 Comparison
Huzi and others blended into the crowd and kept spreading such remarks. People soon echoed these remarks. Except for a few people, most people began to support Ding Ning and question Yan Hao’s moral quality, demeanour, medical ethics and even medical skills.
Hearing these whispers, Yan Hao, who had always been arrogant, clenched his fists with his face changing dramatically into ashen.
“This brat has both valor and strategy and can see through people’s minds. Regaining the initiative in a few words and subtly changing the direction of public opinion, he’s quite an extraordinary brat. Compared with him, Yan Hao is too inexperienced.”
This evaluation not only appeared in Executive Jiang’s mind, but also appeared in the mind of numerous people who had seen through Ding Ning’s intention.
Zhao Zifeng looked sullen. He had completely descended into an onlooker from a referee. He only hoped that Yan Hao could defeat Ding Ning, trample on Ding Ning and achieve his predetermined goal.
Nevertheless, after seeing Ding Ning display his medical skills, he, who had great confidence in Yan Hao, suddenly felt a little uncertain and thought uneasily, “Can Yan Hao defeat him?”
“Ding!”
There came his text tone. After reading the text, Zhao Zifeng felt as if his mind was blown, and his face darkened.
The message was sent by Qu Yan, explaining why she suddenly left in advance. It was because Ding Ning had filmed the ambiguous interaction between them and even everything they said by some means. Once it was known by her husband, she was doomed and Zhao Zifeng would get into serious trouble. No man was willing to be cheated.
Zhao Zifeng didn’t believe it at first. Here was Shengzeyuan. How could Ding Ning film such a secret scene?
However, Qu Yan sent a video. After walking to a secluded place and clicking it to have a look, Zhao Zifeng had to accept this reality.
It made his forehead covered with sweat. Once the scandal of the adultery between him and Qu Yan, a married woman, was spread, he could definitely not deal with the consequences. Apart from the position of the master of the family, just the revenge of the family of Qu Yan’s husband could make him die a graveless death. His family would never offend the big family in a high and influential position in order to protect him.
With his mind spinning rapidly, he was out of his wits with no idea what he should do. Now he was not thinking about how to trample Ding Ning underfoot, but how to please Ding Ning so that Ding Ning could let him go.
Regarding Xiao Nuo, the only girl he swore to marry, compared with his future, she seemed insignificant.
In panic, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Xiao Yan walking out of the bathroom in desolation. He had a sudden inspiration. How did he forget her? She was Ding Ning’s future sister-in-law.
He hurriedly waved at Xiao Yan and whispered, “Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan, come here.”
“What’s going on?”
Xiao Yan didn’t show her tenderness as she had done in front of him, but asked indifferently.
“Xiao Yan, come over. I need to talk to you.”
Zhao Zifeng sensitively noticed Xiao Yan’s unusual reaction. He frowned with displeasure, but said in a gentle tone.
“Not interested!”
Seeing him hide in a dark place and ask her to walk over, Xiao Yan involuntarily wondered if this bastard intended to take liberties with her.
If Zhao Zifeng called her so gently in the past, she would inevitably run over swiftly with joy. But at this moment, as she looked at Zhao Zifeng, she thought him increasingly disgusting and wretched. So she turned around and left without hesitation after refusing.
“What the hell…”
Watching her graceful back, Zhao Zifeng was suddenly dumbfounded. Didn’t this girl have a crush on him? Why did she treat him like that?
It made him feel that today was really a bad day. Everything went wrong, and it was inappropriate to get someone into trouble.
After thinking back and forth for a long while, he sent a text message back to Qu Yan, “Think of a way to keep Ding Ning’s mouth shut. Our relationship must not be disclosed.”
Qu Yan replied to him quickly, “What can I do?”
“Any man can be captivated by money, power and beauty. I’ll pay for the expense. As a beauty, do you still need me to teach you?”
Zhao Zifeng clenched his teeth and replied after thinking back and forth. Thinking that Qu Yan was about to toss and turn restlessly and moan prettily under Ding Ning soon, he felt like being cheated.
Although Qu Yan often slept with her husband, he didn’t feel uncomfortable. After all, they were husband and wife. But at the thought that a gorgeous woman like Qu Yan would sleep with Ding Ning, he felt extremely uncomfortable.
“Got it. Such is men’s nature. Humph, fortunately the brat is quite handsome!”
Qu Yan replied quickly. She seemed to consider it a wonderful thing to sleep with Ding Ning.
It made Zhao Zifeng jealous. He secretly called her a bitch, and suddenly had a brain wave after rolling his eyes a few times. He replied, “But you can’t sleep with him for nothing. He has grasped our secret, and you should also grasp his secret.”
“Good, you are so smart. It’s the best plan to grasp each other’s secret. If he dares to disclose our secret, at the worst we can ruin each other by disclosing each other’s secret.”
Qu Yan immediately understood his intention, which made Zhao Zifeng feel relieved. Qu Yan was someone else’s wife anyway. It was a good deal to get rid of the future trouble by letting her sleep with Ding Ning once. At the thought of it, he felt less jealous.
Taking a deep breath, he remained smile and walk towards the competition site.
“The first round was considered a tie. In the second round, after negotiation, our referees decided to find two audiences with physical illnesses from the scene to serve as volunteers, and they will be selected by the two contestants.”
Jiang Zunyi and other referees formulated the original rules of the second round of the competition. Yan Hao still had the cheek to insist that the first round was a tie.
Some people objected, “Will it be unfair? After all, the patients selected by the two contestants might have illnesses different in severity, which makes it impossible to make a final judgment.”
Executive Jiang smiled and explained. “Traditional Chinese medicine stresses looking, listening, questioning and feeling the pulse. Both of the contestants are extremely excellent traditional Chinese physicians. Selecting patients from the audience, no matter they are seriously ill or slightly ill, is a test of their basic skills and can better show their level.”
Someone else asked, “If one of them selects a seriously ill patient but fails to cure the patient, while the other one selects a slightly ill patient but succeeds in curing the patient, how should you make a judgment?”
“Of course the one succeeding in curing the patient should be the winner. Selecting a seriously ill patient can only show that the contestant has a solid foundation of traditional Chinese medicine. However, whether the contestant can cure the patient or not is the key to the final victory.”
Executive Jiang and others had obviously considered comprehensively. This round included two competitions. The first one was a competition in finding a seriously ill patient from the audience in half an hour. The second one was a competition in the treatment effect.
For example, if one of the two contestants selected a patient with cancer, while the other one selected a patient with a gastric ulcer, the one selecting a patient with cancer would definitely take an advantageous position in the first competition. However, it didn’t mean that he won this round.
The final victory depended on the treatment effect. After all, if the one selecting a patient with cancer was incapable of curing the patient, while the selecting a patient with a gastric ulcer succeeded in curing the patient, the latter one should win.
On the contrary, if the one selecting a patient with cancer succeeded in curing the patient, he would definitely be the winner.
This competition method was very special. It not only could fully show a traditional Chinese physician’s comprehensive level, but also was full of fun and could refresh everyone’s spirits.
Both Ding Ning and Yan Hao agreed on this method of competition with great confidence. The audience on the scene offered to be a volunteer no matter who among them was selected.
So the second round of the competition officially began. The enthusiasm of the audience far exceeded Ding Ning’s expectation. Both patients and healthy people formed a neat line, waiting for the two contestants’ selection.
It was an opportunity for a free medical examination. No one wanted to miss it. If they were selected, some hidden diseases that they didn’t even know might be cured for free.
Despite their doubts about the moral quality of Little King of Needles, they were still optimistic about his medical skills.
At this moment, the characteristics of the two contestants could be seen. Yan Hao first observed everyone, selected those looking pale as candidates, and then carefully selected from these candidates, and finally found out the seriously ill patients he was sure of curing through looking, listening, questioning and feeling the pulse.
Meanwhile, Ding Ning felt their pulse one by one. Although he did that rapidly, he was much slower compared with Yan Hao.
Half an hour later, Yan Hao had selected a patient, while Ding Ning was still taking their pulse one by one.
The patient selected by Yan Hao was a middle-aged man in a suit protruding his beer belly. The man asked with fear, “Little King of Needles, what’s wrong with me?”
“You will know in a moment. I can’t tell you yet.”
Yan Hao waved his hands impatiently and said, “Now I will lead you to the rostrum and ask the referees to check it out for you. I can’t announce it until the brat selects his patient.”
The middle-aged man was almost scared into tears and said with a bitter face, “Isn’t it a terminal illness?”
“Can you shut up for the moment? You will know later.”
Yan Hao frowned and led the selected patient to the rostrum.
Several referees were all old doctors of noble character and high prestige. After examining the middle-aged man, they exchanged glances and nodded.
“Great Doctor Ding, you’ve spent a long time selecting a patient. Your medical skills disappoint me a lot.”
Seeing that Ding Ning was still taking their pulse one by one, Yan Hao immediately felt that he had taken an advantageous position. So he held his head high and mocked Ding Ning with a scornful smile.
Ding Ning just ignored him and continued examining the audience.
“Humph, with your poor medical skills, how dare you call yourself Little Miracle-working Doctor? I think you are a fraud, and I will definitely debunk your reputation today.”
Ignored by Ding Ning directly, Yan Hao didn’t get angry and continued mocking him.
“Shut up. There’s still some time. Stop interrupting. If you keep talking nonsense, you shall be punished as disturbing your opponent’s selecting his patient.”
Executive Jiang couldn’t bear to see Yan Hao’s complacent face and shouted in a deep voice.
Hearing his words, Yan Hao froze and shut his mouth obediently, but looked at Executive Jiang with his eyes full of gloom and cursed in his heart that the old fool did like poking his nose into someone else’s business.
“Alas, despite his capability, this Little King of Needles is really…”
Mr. Liu shook his head and sighed, disappointed with Yan Hao’s performance.
“I used to think that Yan Hao was a good boy, but now it seems that he has been spoiled by Brother Yan Xun.”
Although Mr. Meng and Yan Xun were close friends, he felt extremely sorry after seeing Yan Hao’s performance.
“It is just distressing to make a comparison. Regardless of their medical skills, in terms of medical ethics, moral character and disposition, Yan Hao is much worse than Ding Ning.”
Mr. Wang made a pertinent comment.
“Nevertheless, Yan Hao still has real skills. Capable of selecting such a patient from these audiences in such a short time shows that he has quite solid basic skills.”
Director Li was the chief physician of a first-class hospital at grade 3 in Yan Jing. Although he majored in western medicine, he had dabbled in traditional Chinese medicine. Due to his close relationship with Yan Xun, he said with some partiality for Yan Hao.
“We’ll see after Ding Ning selects his patient.”
Executive Jiang smiled lightly without making any comment. He was only interested in Ding Ning and rather looking forward to what kind of patient Ding Ning would select.