Who would study psychology if they didn't have some kind of problem?

Chapter 553 Snap your fingers
Mo Kai isn't one to get involved in crowds. In the field of psychological counseling, the fundamental rule is to "protect yourself" and not to concern yourself with things that don't concern you.

Young people with formal training remember these rules by heart.

In addition, I have important things to do now, and I've finally managed to get an opportunity that doesn't require much queuing, so I naturally want to seize it.

Under Dr. Qiu's stiff gaze, Nurse Chen chatted with Nan Zhuren and the others for a long time before finally stopping after saying, "Oh dear, you'd better hurry up and grab a spot, or you might have to wait in line again."

Judging from the situation, if it weren't for the concern about the flow of people, the nurse surnamed Chen might have been able to chat with Nan Zhuren and the others for much longer.

Then, as if only then noticing Dr. Qiu and the others, she walked over in small steps: "Dr. Qiu, I just walked around on the third and second floors..."

Finally, Dr. Qiu heard what he needed, but his eyes grew increasingly stiff because Nurse Chen turned and left after giving her instructions, her face showing an expression of social satisfaction, with no desire to say another word to anyone else.

"Xiao Huang..." After taking a deep breath, Dr. Qiu said slowly, "Those two... teachers you just mentioned, they're from your company, right? Why don't we go for our physical exams together and wait in line?"

Assistant Huang blinked: "Wouldn't this be too much trouble for Dr. Qiu..."

"will not."

Watching Dr. Qiu take those quick steps, Mo Kai vaguely heard the background music that only plays at the start of a boxing match.

At the same time, he seemed to hear the noise outside the window getting a little louder; but it didn't matter now. It wasn't that he didn't like joining in the fun, but the real excitement seemed to be right in front of him, and he himself was about to become a part of it.

However, sometimes, there are things you can't avoid no matter how hard you try.

Just as Dr. Qiu was about to reach Nan Zhuren, Assistant Huang quickly stepped between the two. He and Nan Zhuren, who had turned around to look at them, introduced themselves to each other, and then walked downstairs together.

however.

To their surprise, the entrance to the physical examination department, which Nurse Chen had just told them "didn't require queuing," was now packed with people, three or four layers deep.

Moreover, these people don't even look like they're in line.

"What's wrong? What's going on?"

Before Mo Kai and the others could react, they saw Dr. Qiu's expression change. He ignored Nan Zhuren and Assistant Huang and instinctively raised his white coat to squeeze inside.

The crowd dispersed, and Mo Kai quickly saw what was happening inside.

In my field of vision, something gleamed with a murky yet chilling light.

It's a knife, a kitchen knife.

……

Nan Zhuren was positioned slightly to the back. He habitually looked around, using his [Micro-expression - Intermediate] skill to scan the reactions of the onlookers and assess the current situation.

[Eyebrows raised at the inner corners, lips slightly pursed, body slightly curled up—worry.]

[Dilated pupils, facial stiffness, hands placed on the chest or mouth in a soothing gesture—fear and avoidance.]

As Dr. Qiu walked further inside, more reactions occurred.

Eyebrows furrowed and slightly twisted, pupils constricted, lips taut—anger.

[Leaning forward, neck stretched out, face mostly blank – is this – curiosity?]

As Dr. Qiu parted the crowd, Nan Zhuren and the others who were following Dr. Qiu were also pushed to the front, and Nan Zhuren finally saw what was happening at the very back.

A hoarse roar came from beside my ear.

"A doctor has arrived? Great! Doctor... wait, not this doctor!"

The man roared and brandished a rusty kitchen knife: "Bring Dr. Liu here! Bring here the doctor who harmed my daughter-in-law and my grandson! Don't try to fool me!"

There's no need to analyze this person's expression closely.

Nan Zhuren stared intently. The man holding the knife was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties or fifties. His skin was thin and dark, and his eyes were cloudy yet blazing with fury. Although they were in an air-conditioned room, he was now drenched in sweat from head to toe.

Next to him was a hospital bed with a woman in her twenties lying on it, her eyes closed. Her skin was pale, and most of the blankets covering her were pulled back, revealing her arm with an IV drip still attached.

The tubing of the IV drip was still connected to an IV stand, which had been pushed over and was lying askew to one side; the IV fluid had long since stopped flowing.

At the front of the crowd stood a nurse with her hair in a bun, who was also sweating profusely with anxiety.

The old man pointed a kitchen knife at the nurse with the bun: "You're no better! You all got involved in harming my grandson! But you're not qualified! I want Dr. Liu in charge. Call your Dr. Liu over here!"

He then took the kitchen knife and circled the hospital bed, startling the onlookers who all took two steps back.

Dr. Qiu took a deep breath and asked the nurse with the bun hairstyle, "What happened?"

……

Through their intermittent explanations, Nan Zhuren and the others quickly understood the current situation.

The woman on the hospital bed is the old man's daughter-in-law. Since confirming her pregnancy, she has been coming to the hospital for regular check-ups, and the old man has been helping his son and daughter-in-law with everything.

However, last week, the pregnant woman suddenly felt unwell, and her family thought there was something wrong with the baby, so they rushed her to see a doctor.

Upon examination, it was found to be acute appendicitis.

Fearing harm to the fetus, the family hesitated for a long time before finally persuading the attending physician to sign the surgical consent form and receive instructions on pre-operative precautions. However, the next day, on the operating table, as soon as the anesthesia was administered, the pregnant woman experienced severe reflux and aspiration.

An experienced doctor immediately spotted the problem – fasting and abstaining from water are required before surgeries involving anesthesia, because the body's protective throat reflex disappears under anesthesia. If there is food and stomach acid in the stomach, these substances can easily reflux from the stomach to the throat and then be inhaled into the trachea and lungs.

This can cause aspiration of reflux.

In such cases, the consequences can range from mild infection to severe suffocation and hypoxia caused by solid food blocking organs. Even worse, the refluxing stomach acid can be inhaled into the lungs and burn lung tissue, leading to chemical pneumonia, pulmonary edema, and other conditions with extremely high mortality rates.

Not to mention, during pregnancy, the uterus itself compresses the gastrointestinal tract, making pregnant women more likely to experience reflux and aspiration than the average person, and the consequences of such aspiration are far more severe.

In this situation, saving the pregnant woman is the top priority; at the same time, the fetus is inevitably affected and almost dies in the womb.

So the seven-month-old baby was delivered via emergency cesarean section and sent to the ICU as an "extremely premature infant" under close monitoring.

The old man's reaction is unknown. All the onlookers saw was that he took advantage of the moment when his daughter-in-law was being wheeled over for a checkup, and then pulled out a kitchen knife at the people around him.

……

Assistant Huang's voice trembled slightly: "Dr. Qiu, what should we do now? Is there anything we can do to help?"

Dr. Qiu ignored him and instead asked the nurse with the bun hairstyle in a low voice, "Is Dr. Liu the attending physician? Have you gone to call him?"

"I called." The nurse with the bun hairstyle trembled slightly, as did every visible part of her body. "But Dr. Liu has a surgery this morning..."

The conversation between the two men made the already tense old man shout:
"What are you all whispering about! My daughter-in-law is lying here like this, and my eldest grandson was smaller than a pumpkin when he was born! It's been six days, and I've only seen him once!"

The old man shouted hoarsely, "I demand an explanation today! Call that doctor surnamed Liu over right now!" "Okay, okay!" Dr. Qiu gestured reassuringly with his hands. "We've already called Dr. Liu; I'll go and urge him!"

After saying that, Dr. Qiu turned and ran away.

Assistant Huang blinked, looked at the old man, and subconsciously muttered to himself, "This guy's sick..."

A moment later, six men dressed as security guards rushed in and began to work together to maintain order at the scene. Dr. Qiu trailed far behind them, seemingly having just gone out to find someone and give directions.

After the security guards arrived, Dr. Qiu hid in a corner and didn't come out.

This made the old man even more agitated. With a roar, he suddenly lunged forward and began wildly swinging the kitchen knife.

The crowd in the innermost circle was being evacuated by security guards, and they hurriedly began to retreat in a chaotic manner, with many people falling to the ground due to the pushing and shoving.

Suddenly, the old man reached out and grabbed a small, thin girl who was closest to the center of the crowd. He dragged her in and, amidst screams, held a cleaver to her neck!
"Stop trying any tricks, bring the mastermind here!"

Mo Kai's eyes widened suddenly.

Holy crap—isn't that our company's receptionist being held at knifepoint?!

Mo Kai broke out in a cold sweat, feeling overwhelmed by what he was seeing: some security guards were evacuating the crowd while others were trying to calm the old man, who was getting increasingly agitated; the receptionist wanted to call out but didn't dare; the nurse with the bun was trembling violently but barely managed to stay upright; and Senior Brother Nan was pulling Senior Brother Zhong forward...

Wait a minute, Senior Brother Nan is pulling Senior Brother Zhong forward.

Mo Kai's eyes were so wide they almost popped out.

Damn it?

Upon seeing the receptionist being held hostage, Nan Zhuren rushed against the crowd without thinking, until he was stopped by security guards.

"That's enough! If you hadn't disobeyed medical advice, none of this would have happened!"

Seeing that an unrelated person was being held hostage, the nurse with the bun hair, who was already trembling, broke down. She cried out loudly, "Every time you come for a check-up, we give you medical advice. We have always told the pregnant woman how to take care of her pregnancy. It is because you did not follow the medical advice and let the pregnant woman eat random things that she was brought here with appendicitis!"

"Nonsense! Don't try to shirk responsibility! How could we have harmed our daughter-in-law!"

“We gave you all the instructions you needed to take during the surgery, and we told you countless times not to eat or drink, but you just wouldn’t listen! If you hadn’t fed them random things, we wouldn’t have needed emergency treatment or a C-section!”

"Nonsense, nonsense, nonsense!" The old man became increasingly agitated, and his hands even began to tremble.

The cleaver was pressed down even lower, and thin streams of blood began to flow down the receptionist's neck, causing a scream.

"Be honest!" the old man shouted in despair. "You're all shirking responsibility! Has something happened to my grandson? But you're afraid to tell me, so you're saying he's in some kind of I-something-U! You won't even let me see him!"

"He's premature! He needs to be resuscitated! When you first saw him, you wanted to open the incubator, but your son and daughter-in-law told us not to let you touch him again!"

Mo Kai felt a chill run down his spine; were these two crazy?!

Seeing the nurse with the bun hairstyle break down and start arguing with the old man, the security guards were so frightened that their hats fell off. The security guards who were originally blocking Nan Zhuren suddenly rushed over and pulled at the nurse with the bun hairstyle.

It was at this moment that Mo Kai saw Nan Zhuren whisper a message to Chong Hui beside him.

Mo Kai saw the big senior's expression suddenly turn terrified. Then Mo Kai saw the big senior's mouth move twice, and judging from the lip movements, he should be thinking of saying something like "Holy crap?"

However, before Chonghui could say anything more, Nan Zhuren had already taken advantage of the moment when he was not stopped by the security guards and darted out.

At the same time, he raised his right hand high forward.

"Grandpa, look at me!"

Nan Zhuren shouted loudly.

Not just the old man, everyone in the room looked at Nan Zhuren.

Then you can see Nan Zhuren's outstretched right hand, his wrist slightly hooked upwards, his thumb and middle finger naturally and closely pressed together, the fingertips pressed tightly against each other, as if accumulating an invisible force.

Then--

"Snapped"

Snapped his fingers.

……

It's as if nothing happened.

The onlookers, watching Nan Zhuren's actions, couldn't help but have some questions.

What is this person doing?
Are you rushing out to show off?
The instant after snapping his fingers, Nan Zhuren charged forward without hesitation.

At the same time, he shouted, "Senior Brother!"

Chonghui, his face filled with terror, followed closely behind.

Chonghui had no idea what Nan Zhuren was thinking; his body was moving faster than his mind.

The two men's actions made the onlookers forget to gasp for a moment; they had almost all seen the poor girl being held hostage have her throat slit.

Some people had already covered their eyes, but still peeked through their fingers in terror towards the old man—

Still nothing happened.

Unlike the onlookers, the old man froze in place as if in a daze after seeing Nan Zhuren snap his fingers, his expression suddenly becoming quiet.

One step, two steps, three steps—

Suddenly, the old man trembled all over, and his dilated pupils contracted sharply, as if his departed soul had finally returned.

His expression twisted instantly, his anger, far exceeding what it had just shown, erupting like a volcano.

"you--"

It was at this moment that Nan Zhuren grabbed the old man's arm holding the knife, forcefully bending it outwards to keep the cleaver away from the delicate neck of the woman at the counter.

Chonghui grabbed the company receptionist and threw her behind him without thinking.

"ah--"

The petite girl practically screamed as she flew out.

Because he rushed too fast and threw too hard, Chonghui staggered twice due to the reaction force.

When he caught his breath and looked up again, Nan Zhuren was already wrestling with the old man.

(End of this chapter)