"Suspended silk pulse diagnosis..."

When he heard those four words, Li Xu was utterly speechless.

He felt like they were on completely different wavelengths.

He stood up, not bothering to say another word to them.

"In that case, you should find someone more qualified."

Li Xu turned and left without a moment’s hesitation.

Naturally, Qin Yingying’s condition didn’t improve at all.

In fact, as time went on, her face turned purplish-blue, her breathing grew fainter, and her lips even began to twitch slightly.

"Doctor... Doctor, please don’t go!"

Liu Xin started to panic.

She didn’t dare chase after the "hooligan TCM doctor" she had angered away, so she could only pin her hopes on the female medical student.

She grabbed Cao Feng’s sleeve and pleaded, "Miss, I’m begging you, please save Yingying! You’re studying medicine, you must have a way, right?"

Cao Feng’s face was a mask of helplessness and anxiety.

She knelt down again to examine Qin Yingying.

She listened to her heartbeat and checked her pupils... The more thorough her examination, the more worried she became.

She was just a student who was still learning theory in school. Although her foundational knowledge was solid, her clinical experience was practically zero.

Faced with such a complex emergency, she had no idea where to even begin.

"I’m sorry..."

Cao Feng stood up, shaking her head apologetically. "Without professional diagnostic equipment and emergency medicine, I... I don’t have a good solution either. To be honest, for this kind of sudden arrhythmia and fainting, the best and fastest-acting first aid method is acupuncture."

She pointed in the direction Li Xu had gone, her tone becoming more serious. "That gentleman from before is a doctor of Chinese medicine. Judging by his pulse-taking technique, he’s definitely an expert skilled in acupuncture. If anyone on this plane can save your friend right now, it’s him."

However, upon hearing the word "acupuncture," Liu Xin remained unmoved.

Her face was still etched with suspicion.

The flight attendant and a few other concerned passengers nearby couldn’t stand by any longer and came forward to persuade her.

"That’s right, miss. Saving her life is what’s important right now. You can’t be so stubborn."

"The doctor was just trying to help, how could you say that to him? Go apologize and ask him to come back."

Under the barrage of persuasion from the crowd, Liu Xin’s attitude finally began to soften slightly.

But she then proposed a bizarre "plan" that left everyone dumbfounded.

"I’ll let him help, but I have one condition. He absolutely cannot touch Yingying. Not even once."

"Then how is he supposed to perform acupuncture?"

the flight attendant asked, confused.

Liu Xin looked at Cao Feng and said, "Isn’t this young lady here? She can administer the needles."

"Huh? Me?"

Cao Feng was startled and waved her hands frantically. "No, no, no, I can’t. I... I don’t know how to perform acupuncture at all."

"What’s so hard about it?"

Liu Xin said to Cao Feng as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, "Just have that male doctor give directions from the side. He tells you where to stick the needle, and you stick it there. That way, she gets treated, and we can avoid him getting handsy with my Yingying again."

She even "encouraged" Cao Feng, saying, "I’ve taken my grandma for acupuncture before. I’ve seen it done. Isn’t it just sticking a needle into the body? It’s simple, nothing special."

Her ignorant remarks left everyone present staring at each other in disbelief, feeling as if their entire worldview had just been rewritten.

Although Cao Feng didn’t know much about acupuncture, she knew it was definitely not as simple as "just sticking a needle in."

She shook her head. "I don’t think that would work."

"Of course it will. We’ll do it this way," Liu Xin insisted.

...

Left with no other choice, the flight attendant had to steel herself and return to first class.

She relayed Liu Xin’s idea to Li Xu.

After listening, Li Xu was once again rendered speechless.

’How... ignorant!’

If acupuncture were really as simple as "just sticking a needle in," this ancient art, passed down for thousands of years, would be common knowledge and wouldn’t be revered as a national treasure.

Putting aside the fact that the medical student had never been exposed to acupuncture and her technique would be completely haphazard...

She wouldn’t even be able to find the acupoints.

Even if she could, how would she grasp the depth and angle of insertion, not to mention the most crucial reinforcement and reduction techniques?

’He dictates, she performs the needling?’

’That was more absurd than asking a kindergartener who just learned to hold a paintbrush to reproduce the Mona Lisa’s smile!’

’Forget saving the patient; they’d be lucky if she didn’t cause more problems with the needles.’

"I’m sorry, but I’m unable to help."

Li Xu refused flatly, leaving no room for negotiation.

He looked at the troubled flight attendant and reminded her, "Your crew had better make a final decision quickly. The patient’s condition can’t afford any more delays."

Unwilling to give up, the flight attendant continued to persuade him. "Sir, you see... we have a critically ill passenger on board. According to international aviation safety regulations, if we can’t provide effective treatment on the plane, we must find the nearest airport for an emergency landing. This will inevitably delay all the passengers. You... you don’t want that to happen, do you?"

She was trying to use "the greater good" to pressure Li Xu.

Unexpectedly, Li Xu just smiled and shrugged.

"What a coincidence,"

Li Xu said leisurely, leaning back in his comfortable seat, "I’m not in a hurry at all. I don’t have a tight schedule for this trip. I can afford to be delayed for half a day, or even a full day."

The flight attendant was at her wit’s end.

She could only return to business class helplessly. While making another announcement over the intercom to ask if there were any other medical personnel on board, she reported the final situation to the captain.

The result, naturally, was disappointing.

On the entire plane, besides Li Xu, the actual doctor, and Cao Feng, the medical student, there wasn’t a third person with any medical knowledge.

Finally, after an urgent discussion with the ground control tower, the captain made a decision: an emergency landing.

The flight attendant quickly announced the decision to all passengers over the intercom.

"...The aircraft is expected to make an emergency landing at the nearest airport, Lan City International Airport, in approximately one hour. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this may cause. After landing, we will need to wait for the ground crew to reschedule the flight. We anticipate a delay of at least half a day..."

As soon as the announcement was made, a wave of frustrated complaints rippled through the cabin.

But Liu Xin, the one who had caused all this, felt not a shred of guilt upon hearing the news. Instead, she was the first to object.

She yelled anxiously, "What? A half-day delay? That’s not acceptable! Our itinerary is already set. The local tour operator won’t wait for us that long! Who’s going to compensate us for our losses?"