"Doctor Lai, can you handle this or not? If not, just say it, like a man," a girl shouted, her tone dripping with contempt as several other girls joined in the jeering.
As the saying goes, ’A woman should not easily relent, and a man should not easily admit defeat.’ Especially being challenged by a girl, Lai Xiucheng couldn’t tolerate it. He snorted coldly and said, "Fine, we’ll do it your way. You want to go first, or should I?"
"You go first. Once you have the result, write it down on paper to prevent you from claiming I stole your diagnosis," Lin Tian replied.
"That’s fine. Actually, I’m not afraid of you copying . When it cos to treatnt, you’ll expose yourself sooner or later because you don’t understand dicine. How will you prescribe the right redy?" Lai Xiucheng said with a confident smile.
He stepped forward, stopping about five steps away from He ngxiang and began his diagnosis, while Liu Wenxing stood beside her to ensure this lecherous school doctor didn’t make any inappropriate moves.
"He ngxiang, where do you feel discomfort?" Lai Xiucheng asked, a typical question for clinical doctors, which aroused no suspicion from the crowd.
"My throat is uncomfortable," He ngxiang replied.
Hearing this, Lai Xiucheng chuckled. To him, these symptoms seed like a common illness, nothing challenging.
He then asked, "How long has this been going on? Do you have a cough?"
"Yesterday, I just felt my throat was dry, but by early morning the cough beca quite severe, and I couldn’t cough up any phlegm. I thought it was nothing serious, so I went to class as usual this morning. But later, I felt chest tightness and so difficulty breathing, so I returned to the dormitory, planning to visit a hospital at noon," He ngxiang explained without concealing any details.
This concerned her health; lying would only harm herself. However, her ntion of visiting a hospital made Lai Xiucheng quite embarrassed.
Having a school clinic and still preferring the hassle of visiting an external hospital was a straightforward slap in the face to the school clinic, suggesting the incompetence of the school doctor.
Of course, what he didn’t know was that many female students preferred external hospitals or clinics to avoid being taken advantage of by him.
Later, Lai Xiucheng asked several more questions and had He ngxiang open her mouth to examine her throat. She cooperated fully, without any intention to hide anything.
Indeed, she did this so Lin Tian could learn more during the process, hoping that Lin Tian would outperform Lai Xiucheng.
"All right, I have finished my diagnosis. It’s your turn," Lai Xiucheng concluded the examination. Since he couldn’t use auscultation, he had asked all the questions he could think of.
Lin Tian actually didn’t need to ask anything; with his x-ray vision, he already knew where He ngxiang’s problem was and what caused it. But to avoid shocking everyone, he decided to put on an act.
"He ngxiang, have you been sneaking out to read under the streetlights after lights out recently?" Lin Tian asked, a seemingly unrelated question that left He ngxiang herself puzzled.
But she quickly answered, "Yes, Lin Tian, how did you know? And why do you ask?"
Lin Tian just smiled and didn’t answer her question, which piqued the curiosity of the other girls who wanted to know why Lin Tian asked that.
"Principal Yan, I have finished asking my questions," Lin Tian said.
"You... are you really done?" Principal Yan hesitated and asked back, aning to remind Lin Tian to ask more questions, just in case the diagnosis went wrong and Lai Xiucheng found an excuse to evade punishnt.
Lin Tian nodded confidently, "I’ve asked everything I need to, I have a clear understanding now."
Principal Yan looked at Lin Tian with a mix of surprise and skepticism, confirming that his expression was genuine. He felt a bit helpless inside, thinking, after all, he’s just a young man. He might be great in many ways, but dical expertise isn’t sothing a high school senior can master.
"Lin Tian really has exquisite dical skills, being able to discern the result from just one question, truly an eye-opener," Lai Xiucheng said with a laugh, seemingly offering praise, but everyone could tell from his tone that he was dripping with sarcasm.
"Every doctor has their own diagnostic thods, are you suggesting that all doctors should interrogate like you, asking piles of questions before making a diagnosis?" Lin Tian replied with a light smile, implying that Doctor Lai’s dical skills were inferior.
Doctor Lai obviously took the hint, and he snorted, "You can be tough now, but wait until you can’t produce a treatnt plan and embarrass yourself. Don’t expect to save face for you."
Lin Tian feigned surprise, "Doctor Lai, you’re so right. I am not only tough with words but also in other aspects. Oh, right, you’re not a man—you probably wouldn’t understand."
With such a half-serious statent, he made his point clear enough. Lai Xiucheng obviously understood, and so of the female students who caught on blushed.
Principal Yan too was startled by Lin Tian’s audacity to joke like this in front of so many girls. He had no choice but to fake a couple of coughs to remind Lin Tian to watch his language.
"Oh, my apologies, I accidentally spoke the truth," Lin Tian added, which infuriated Lai Xiucheng to the point of grinding his teeth.
Knowing that letting Lin Tian continue would only make him want to find a hole to crawl into, Lai Xiucheng pretended not to understand and quickly began to jot down his diagnostic results and treatnt plan.
Lin Tian did not stop him and let him write. Everyone there, except Liu Wenxing, was nervous for Lin Tian, thinking that while others were already drafting treatnt plans, he hadn’t yet started.
Only Liu Wenxing knew Lin Tian’s true capabilities, so he remained calm and composed.
"Principal Yan, I have finished writing. You can review it first," Lai Xiucheng said as he quickly finished and handed the paper to Principal Yan, then added, "The docunt contains my diagnostic results and prescription."
Principal Yan took the paper and briefly glanced over it, but as he wasn’t a doctor, so of the drug nas were unfamiliar to him.
Lai Xiucheng turned to Lin Tian and said, "Lin Tian, for a patient, the faster you prescribe, the sooner they can start treatnt. Haven’t you figured out a treatnt plan yet? If there’s sothing you don’t understand or are having difficulty with, I can guide you a bit. It’s okay for a young person to ask questions."
"This Doctor Lai is so arrogant!" a female student said indignantly on behalf of Lin Tian.
"He’s jealous because Senior Lin Tian is handso, so he opposes him at every turn. Senior Lin Tian’s thinking pose is really charming," a younger female student remarked. Indeed, won’s minds work differently from n’s. Even at tis like this, they think about whether soone is handso or not.
Lin Tian didn’t respond to him but instead said, "Let guess, your diagnosis must be pharyngitis, upper respiratory tract infection, right? As for the treatnt prescription, I could guess it with my toes—it must be anti-inflammatory drugs."
"Did you peek at my prescription?" Lai Xiucheng frowned, as Lin Tian got everything exactly right.
Of course, Lin Tian hadn’t peeked at his prescription. Although he could easily see it using x-ray vision, he disdained to look.
"Ladies, do you know what else an anti-inflammatory drug is called?" Lin Tian asked the group of female students.
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