532: Critically ill?

Old Su quickly said, "Of course, these red rashes are a sign of residual toxins not being cleared. Lung failure and blackening of the entire body are also symptoms of drug use."

"Although the blood test report hasn't come out yet, it can almost be concluded that this deceased was a long-term drug user."

"Although Su, the student, hasn't graduated yet, his eyesight is indeed extraordinary."

"If I stay in Taoyang any longer, I'll retire in a few years. You keep up the good work, you have a bright future, you can take over for me."

Zhong Qi smiled slightly and said, "It was just a coincidence that I noticed it."

Of course, it wasn't a coincidence, but discerning the condition of the internal organs of a corpse isn't that simple.

If Su Luyuan hadn't suddenly changed his expression and squeezed the deceased's lung again, Su Yue wouldn't have been able to tell just by looking.

However, his speculation about human nature was very insightful. He knew Old Su wanted to show off, and since that was the case, he must have discovered something that wasn't immediately apparent.

Combining Old Su's action of squeezing the lung with the red rashes, Su Yue naturally deduced the reason.

Whether it was right or wrong for the time being, what Su Yue said at this moment was exactly the answer Su Luyuan wanted.

Of course, Su Yue saying this also had a purpose.

The ability he displayed at this time naturally made Su Luyuan attach great importance to him. And the meaning of what Su Luyuan just said, "you have a bright future, you can take over for me," was also very clear.

This was the effect Su Yue wanted.

He had to put more pressure on Cui Jia.

This body has been dissected, what about the next one? Continue waiting? Or buy books from the bookstore?

In this situation, Cui Jia would definitely do his best to keep himself.

By then, Su Yue would be one step closer to his ultimate goal.

Old Su was even more pleased to hear Zhong Qi being so humble.

But before he could say anything, a phone call came in.

Old Su wanted to talk, but the ringtone was too loud, so he chose to answer the phone first.

"Hello?"

"The lab report is out?"

"Okay, I'll be right there."

He immediately turned around to get the lab report.

The lab report he was going to get at this time was the deceased's blood test report.

As he turned around and left in a hurry, Su Yue heard Xiao Xiao speak again, "I advise you not to stay in Taoyang."

"Not to mention that he can't teach you anything, just from the perspective of his work attitude, it's easy for you to be buried."

Zhong Qi smiled and didn't express his opinion.

Of course, he couldn't express his opinion at this time.

However, Xiao Xiao didn't forget the topic they were discussing earlier.

She continued, "Although you haven't studied psychology, you understand human nature much better than I do."

Su Yue wondered why they were still stuck on this topic?

But he still answered calmly, "I prefer to think about these things."

"It's like there's no way I could be sitting in the second chair of the Economic Investigation Detachment at your age, Xiao Xiao, it's just different preferences."

"But according to the topic just now, Xiao Xiao, do you have someone you like?"

Su Yue wanted to quickly end this topic and move on to the next one.

But Xiao Xiao nodded without any hesitation.

She said, "That depends on how 'like' is defined."

Su Yue clenched his teeth inwardly, and he stated an extremely strict condition: "If you think about them all day, dream about them at night, and miss them terribly even for a moment, then perhaps that is liking."

However, Xiao Xiao thought for a moment, then nodded again.

Zhong Qi closed his eyes, trying to make his brain function like a normal person's.

But he found that he failed, and the reason was likely because he was normal, and the abnormal one was Xiao Xiao.

What's going on?

"Cough, cough, cough, cough!"

However, Xiao Xiao suddenly started coughing.

This coughing fit was a hundred times more severe and violent than when they were in the cave!

It was a leaking sound like a broken bellows!

Su Yue immediately realized that this was the morgue, and even though it had been disinfected, there was a decomposing body right in front of them!

What was the allergen? Decomposing mold?

Su Yue didn't think too much, he immediately supported Xiao Xiao and asked, "How are you?!"

Xiao Xiao's breathing was already very rapid at this time, and Su Yue immediately reached into her bag and took out sodium cromoglicate.

Such a sudden onset of symptoms, even Xiao Xiao herself hadn't expected it.

It wasn't that she hadn't seen corpses before, but she had never had such a severe reaction...

In the last moment of her hazy consciousness, she swallowed the medication with all her strength.

Su Yue saw that she actually fainted directly and didn't care about many things.

If Xiao Xiao died here at this time, given his identity, it would be easy to encounter investigations, and it was even possible to be called in for a statement.

However, giving a statement would definitely leave fingerprints!

Now was the time when Su Yue was least likely to leave fingerprints!

He suddenly had an inexplicable thought, could it be that she was going to express her feelings and then die?

What a joke!

Su Yue carried Xiao Xiao on his back and rushed straight to the emergency room!

...

In the emergency room office, Su Yue slammed the door open.

"Open the chest, prepare the ventilator!"

Seeing the surgical gown Su Yue was wearing, the doctors present didn't react for a moment.

But seeing Xiao Xiao on Su Yue's back, the emergency room doctors all recognized her.

"Having an attack again?"

A female doctor stepped forward, walked up to Xiao Xiao, and pulled open her eyelids to look.

Then she said, "Respiratory failure has already begun!"

"Surgery must be done as soon as possible!"

"Open an urgent ward here and provide oxygen first!"

"Where is Dr. Sun?"

"Tell him he must operate within forty minutes!"

This doctor's reaction was extremely fast.

But another doctor said, "That won't work, Director Li, Dr. Sun went abroad for exchange and study and just arrived at the Airport..."

The Director Li he was referring to was the female doctor standing in front of Su Yue.

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Director Li's eyes widened, "Then transfer someone from the Second hospital, who can perform a tracheal dilation procedure!"

"Anyone will do! It must start within forty minutes!"

But the office was silent.

They couldn't think of anyone else who could perform such a highly difficult surgery.

The trachea is cartilage, and it is extremely difficult to complete the dilation when it is atrophied!

In the office, everyone's face looked exceptionally heavy.

The attending physician of chest surgery was about to go abroad and was currently at the Airport. Even if he returned immediately, it would take at least forty minutes. However, the acute tracheal atrophy that Xiao Xiao suffered from could cause irreversible consequences if delayed for too long.

At this moment, Xiao Xiao had been carried into the rescue room on a stretcher and was wearing an oxygen mask to maintain breathing.

Emergency medication had also been quickly prepared and injected into her vein, but the situation was still critical.

The director walked up to Su Yue; he already knew Zhong Qi's identity.

Although he was a little surprised by this young intern forensic doctor from the Municipal Bureau, it was obviously not the time to discuss these things.

After a brief communication, the director said to Su Yue with a solemn expression, "Zhong Qi, contact Xiao Xiao's family as soon as possible. The situation is not optimistic, at least let them be mentally prepared."

However, Su Yue did not have Xiao Xiao's parents' contact information, so he could only call Cui Jia first.

"Hello? Finished the dissection so quickly? Did you learn anything?" Cui Jia's tone carried contempt, "I said, the level here..."

But Zhong Qi interrupted him, "Senior Cui, do you have Xiao Xiao's parents' phone number? Her situation is critical now, tracheal atrophy, you know the consequences. The attending physician isn't here, and there might not be enough time."

Cui Jia was stunned when he heard this, but quickly reacted, his tone becoming serious, "Caused by allergies?"

"Yes, I suspect it was an allergy caused by decomposing mold," Zhong Qi replied.

"The attending physician isn't here, and others aren't confident in performing the surgery?" Cui Jia asked again.

Zhong Qi nodded in confirmation again.

Cui Jia pondered for a moment and said, "It seems the previous two episodes haven't eased, and now it's suddenly like this again, I'm afraid she has entered a high-risk period... No wonder this has happened repeatedly, the difficulty of the surgery must be even greater."

He took a deep breath, "Got it, I'll contact them as soon as possible."

...

There were twenty minutes left until the last possible time for Xiao Xiao to have the surgery.

Xiao Xiao's father, Zhang Zhiping, and A Qi arrived at the emergency room almost simultaneously.

Taoyang was too big, and only the two of them could arrive in time.

Zhang Zhiping was tall and imposing, a military officer.

His square face was full of righteousness, and looking at his daughter in the emergency room, he clenched his fists tightly, seemingly trying to control his emotions.

He noticed that A Qi had also arrived, so he walked directly towards him.

His intimidating presence, even without anger, made the passing nurses subconsciously not stop him.

Zhang Zhiping stood in front of A Qi, but did not conflict with him as everyone had expected.

"Is there no one left in your Municipal Bureau?" His tone was not friendly, "Truly, each generation is worse than the last. It's one thing if you can't do things well, but you haven't even caught the person yet, and your own people are falling down first!?"

A Qi looked directly at him, "We didn't want something like this to happen either, and I don't agree with what you said. Xiao Xiao is very excellent, which is why she joined us. I think you should know this better than I do... As a father, don't you understand Xiao Xiao's thoughts?"

A Qi's words left Zhang Zhiping speechless.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Zhiping spoke again, "If anything happens to my daughter, you will be responsible as well."

A Qi's expression was somber, "I am very willing to take responsibility."

Both of them hoped that Xiao Xiao would be okay, but concern clouded their judgment.

Especially Zhang Zhiping, his impulsive behavior at this moment was completely contrary to his usual image.

At this time, the doctor from chest surgery ran all the way to the corridor outside the intensive care unit, and upon seeing Zhang Zhiping, he immediately ran over.

"Are you the patient's family?" he asked.

Zhang Zhiping was startled, then nodded.

The doctor continued, "Our attending physician in chest surgery, Dr. Sun, is not here, but the situation is urgent. If surgery is necessary, we will do our best to try. However... there will be risks, after all. No matter what, our success rate for this kind of surgery is not as high as Dr. Sun's. I must inform you of the risks beforehand, and you will make the decision."

Zhang Zhiping took a deep breath and nodded.

He had asked about the specific situation multiple times on his way here. As a military officer and a father, he would never conflict with the doctor at this moment.

After all, his daughter's life was in their hands.

"Of course we have to save her, as long as there is hope... we must try!" he said with difficulty, his eyes slightly red.

The doctor had seen too many such situations, sighed upon hearing this, and turned to leave.

Zhang Zhiping looked at A Qi again, seemingly wanting to say something but didn't.

And A Qi was wondering where this kid Zhong Qi had gone?

He took out his phone to call Zhong Qi, but couldn't get through.

Time passed by second by second, and Yan Qing also rushed to the hospital.

However, at this time, only five minutes were left until the scheduled surgery time.

"Haven't you contacted other doctors yet?" Yan Qing asked anxiously.

A Qi shook his head and didn't speak. Yan Qing was so anxious that she stomped her feet, and her eyes were also red.

Although Xiao Xiao didn't talk much, she had a good impression of this capable strong woman.

If Xiao Xiao just... she couldn't imagine what would happen next.

At this moment, a doctor walked over with heavy steps, it was Director Li.

She stood in front of Zhang Zhiping and said, "I will be Ms. Xiao Xiao's chief surgeon. Before the surgery begins, I want to tell you... If Dr. Sun were the chief surgeon, the probability of complete success would be thirty percent. But he is not here, after all, and I cannot guarantee whether the surgery will be successful..."

Hearing this, Zhang Zhiping's eyes widened, and he roared furiously, "What!? Such a low probability? What's the difference between that and going to die!?"

Even A Qi looked at the doctor in surprise, his face full of disbelief, "Isn't this just sending her to you for practice? What kind of joke are you making? The probability is already very low, and you're still saying you're not as good as him?"

Director Li was also helpless; there was no other way now, but she couldn't just watch Xiao Xiao die, could she?

Just then, a cold and somber voice suddenly came, "I'll do it."

"I'll do it."

This low and firm voice instantly attracted everyone's attention, especially Zhang Zhiping, who looked suspiciously at the young doctor in surgical clothes and mask in front of him.

From his eyebrows and voice, it was not difficult to determine that this person was quite young.

"You do it?"

Zhang Zhiping did not speak directly to Su Yue but looked at the doctor beside him, whose face was also full of surprise, clearly unaware of this suddenly appearing "doctor."

Zhang Zhiping asked doubtfully, "Isn't this a doctor from your hospital?"

The doctor was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "Never seen him before."

However, A Qi and Yan Qing recognized this "uninvited guest": "Zhong Qi?" A Qi asked in surprise, "You know chest surgery?"

Zhong Qi nodded and replied concisely, "A little."

Zhang Zhiping frowned, "What do you mean 'a little'? You've read related books and watched videos and you dare to perform surgery? And you're confident that the success rate is higher than thirty percent?"

Everyone present was shocked. Just by reading books and watching videos, he dared to go on the operating table? Was this possible?

At this moment, Director Li, who was originally responsible for the surgery, couldn't help but ask, "Have you done this surgery before?"

Zhong Qi answered truthfully, "Never."

Everyone was even more astonished. He had never done it before, just read books and watched videos, where did he get such confidence?

However, Zhong Qi's voice sounded again, his speech fast and clear, with an undeniable sharpness, "There isn't much time left. I'll perform the surgery, and this doctor will be my first assistant. There's no time for you to hesitate. Do you want me to do it, or is it a thirty percent success rate? Choose for yourselves."

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