Chapter 247: The Peerless Hero Descending from the Heavens

"Wuu wuu wuu~"

Having escaped death, and with Zhou Jiaoshou speaking up for justice, a wave of grievance welled up. A grown man was actually sobbing, "wuu wuu wuu," with snot and tears streaming down his face.

Countless obstacles and frustrations arose in his heart.

Ji Xiang looked at the familiar figure of Zhou Jiaoshou, his own emotions complex.

A peerless hero descending from the heavens—this must be what it looks like.

The first time he met Zhou Jiaoshou, his own department director was in extreme distress because of bleeding after a Renal Cancer Partial Nephrectomy, unable to perform a total nephrectomy.

That time, it was Zhou Jiaoshou who descended from the heavens, using a crude X-ray machine to help solve the problem.

This time, it was even more so.

He had snatched "himself" back just in time, preventing blood from splashing on the spot.

"Don't worry, I read the Medical Record on the way here," Zhou Jiaoshou comforted him. "Let's go take a look at the Patient."

"Zhou Jiaoshou, hello, hello. I am Bao Liang from the Medical Affairs Department. You can just call me Old Bao," Department Head Bao said with a smile, greeting him.

"Have the requested examinations been done?" Zhou Jiaoshou asked.

"Zhou Jiaoshou, the examinations have been done. The results should be out very soon. It is definitely Large Vessel Vasculitis!" the lead Professor Li said firmly. "Your level of vascular intervention is second to none in the country, and as for the Thrombosis..."

"Who told you it is definitely Large Vessel Vasculitis?" Zhou Jiaoshou's attitude toward him was not good; his mockery was plain to see, undisguised.

"..." Lead Professor Li was stunned.

"If it were Large Vessel Vasculitis, how do you plan to explain the Acute Renal Insufficiency?" Zhou Jiaoshou asked aggressively.

"It's him!" Lead Professor Li pointed at Ji Xiang. "He was the one who initially gave the Patient a full dose of Antibiotic, causing damage to the Patient's kidney function!"

Professor Li's voice was somewhat sharp, his vocal cords spasming; he was clearly very agitated.

"Does your hospital lack even this basic common sense?" Zhou Jiaoshou's expression was strange as he looked coldly at Professor Li. "Or is it that you yourself feel the Patient's situation is critical and are randomly finding someone to take the blame?"

To see through something without speaking it is to keep friends; to speak it is to lose them.

Yet Zhou Jiaoshou completely ignored these social niceties; his words were as sharp as steel needles, piercing through Professor Li's lies.

Ji Xiang felt relieved. In Zhou Jiaoshou's world, there was absolutely no "jianghu," no social maneuvering; black was black, and white was white.

"Let's look at the results first." Zhou Jiaoshou smiled and pulled Ji Xiang along. "Let's go together."

"Zhou... Zhou..." "Himself" was already so nervous he didn't know what to say, stuttering, unable to even utter a complete sentence.

"Don't worry, it has nothing to do with your treatment, provided my diagnosis is correct," Zhou Jiaoshou reassured him.

Ji Xiang felt that this Zhou Jiaoshou was simply too interesting.

The blame was being pinned on "himself," yet not a single person—not the department director, the professors, or the Medical Affairs Department—spoke up for him.

Everyone was weighing the pros and cons.

A disease of unknown origin, irritable and angry Family Members—people no longer bothered to figure out how to provide a definitive diagnosis; everyone stood by and watched coldly, sacrificing him.

But although Zhou Jiaoshou was an outsider, he spoke up for justice, standing on his side even if it meant offending everyone.

Zhou Jiaoshou was like a hot-blooded young man; it seemed he didn't understand social niceties at all, charging forward all the way, "A-ing" through everything without even a "T." Perhaps, he was the "T" himself?

"Zhou Jiaoshou, do you think we could remove the Thrombosis for the Patient first?" Department Head Bao asked, rubbing his hands.

He was clearly in a difficult position.

The purpose of inviting Zhou Jiaoshou was for symptomatic treatment—to remove those damned Thrombosis.

But while Zhou Jiaoshou had come, he did things he didn't want him to do.

"Heh." Zhou Jiaoshou smiled. "The Thrombosis is just one manifestation of the condition. What happens after you remove the Thrombosis? If secondary Thrombosis occurs in 1-3 days, how do you plan to solve it?"

"..."

"Impossible!" Lead Professor Zhang retorted.

"Let's go take a look." Zhou Jiaoshou waved his hand and pulled Ji Xiang along.

"You too. Who hasn't suffered grievances when they were young?" Zhou Jiaoshou said earnestly. "You only have one life, why do this? I know you feel bad inside, but dying won't solve the problem either."

"Zhou Jiaoshou, what disease does the Patient have?"

"Let's go take a look first. In any case, it's not Large Vessel Vasculitis."

Lead Professor Li looked angrily at Zhou Jiaoshou's back, his hands clenched into fists, making a creaking sound.

Arriving at the Nuclear Medicine Room, the Patient's examination had just finished.

The gaze of the Family Member had become extremely unfriendly, a world of difference from the beginning.

Department Head Bao deliberately slowed his pace, falling behind next to Professor Li.

"Professor Li, what is the relationship between PET-CT and Large Vessel Vasculitis?"

"Department Head Bao, PET-CT is the classic way to diagnose this disease. Areas with inflammation will show diffuse metabolic enhancement, which can be seen on the imaging."

"Are you sure?"

"Sure!" Professor Li said viciously. "Department Head Bao, where exactly did we offend this superior Doctor? Why does he start picking faults as soon as he arrives?"

"The diagnosis is very clear. I am certain. It's likely Thrombosis caused by the Patient being bedridden for a long time. We just need to remove the Thrombosis, but he insists on putting the Patient through the trouble of a PET-CT. I think he's doing it on purpose!"

"You." Zhou Jiaoshou looked back at lead Professor Li, the corners of his mouth slightly raised. However, he didn't continue, instead smiling faintly, turning to say a few words to the Nuclear Medicine Doctor, and beginning to tinker with the machine.

The images appeared on the screen frame by frame.

Professor Li's vicious smile gradually froze into ice.

The large-scale metabolic enhancement that should have appeared on the PET-CT image did not appear. All previous evidence had pointed to Large Vessel Vasculitis, but the cold, objective evidence provided by the machine ruthlessly overturned everything.

"There, it's not that at all." Zhou Jiaoshou confirmed his own point of view.

"That's impossible," Professor Li muttered.

He wanted to refute it, but the objective evidence proved that the diagnosis he had given previously was all wrong.

"As a superior Doctor, it's not shameful to make a wrong diagnosis, but it is shameful to randomly make your junior Doctors take the fall. I can't be bothered to talk to you lot; you are a disgrace," Zhou Jiaoshou said with contempt.

"Zhou Jiaoshou, Zhou Jiaoshou, what is your diagnosis?"

"Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome," Professor Zhou said indifferently, "There are a few more tests to do. Once confirmed, we will provide symptomatic treatment, and the Thrombosis will resolve without needing to be removed."

Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome!

After hearing the diagnosis, light flickered before Ji Xiang's eyes; he vaguely saw Professor Li, who had been shirking responsibility, go limp and reach out to steady himself against the wall. In another blink, he was already back in the System Operating Room.

"You're back," the System NPC appeared before Ji Xiang.

"Teacher, I have returned."

Ji Xiang's expression was slightly strange.

He had experienced quite a lot this time, and it was not just about the diagnosis.

The System NPC did not pay attention to Ji Xiang's thoughts regarding the superior Doctor shirking responsibility, but instead directly explained the relationship between Antiphospholipid Syndrome and "blue ears."

(End of this chapter)