them, he noticed how haggard their looks were; bloodshot eyes filled with confusion, heading towards him."Master Xiao," the Dai elders approached Xiao Yu. The elder bowed slightly to him before speak...Chapter 174: Self-Harm

In these times, people with mental illness who harm themselves are not uncommon. Therefore, they didn't know how to phrase their concerns; did it mean that Mayor Cao's son might have a mental disorder

If said this way, on one hand, it would be humiliating. But more importantly, there were career implications involved. Though these doctors weren’t from the Deep Sea No. 1 People’s Hospital, they were all doctors from various hospitals in Deep Sea and fell under Cao Jingmin's jurisdiction.

They now regretted agreeing to help their friend out. Their only thought was that whoever asked them would be told there wasn't a diagnosis; anyway, hadn’t the Deep Sea hospital failed to diagnose as well

Doctor Li saw the silent doctors sitting below and inwardly cursed—damn, a bunch of old foxes.

Nevertheless, he wouldn't open his mouth either. He was considered an imperial physician in the capital city hospitals and often stayed close to leadership; therefore, he understood better than anyone else present how things worked here.

Suddenly, Doctor Li noticed Xiao Yu sitting among the crowd. His eyes lit up. Seeing such a young man sitting next to those old TCM doctors, he assumed Xiao Yu was their disciple. Such individuals were outside of the system and being young, they were usually brash and eager for attention; thus, he decided to put his idea into action by getting Xiao Yu to speak first.

"Come here, this young doctor! Tell everyone what you think!" Doctor Li looked at Xiao Yu with a smile on his face.

Ever since entering the room, Xiao Yu had been looking down, pondering over the words written on the bottled water in front of him. Suddenly hearing Doctor Li speak, he raised his head and looked at him questioningly: "May I ask if you are referring to me"

"That's right! It's really commendable how young and capable you are!" With a smile on his face, Doctor Li said appreciatively.

Any young person receiving praise from an esteemed imperial physician would likely be overjoyed. Though Xiao Yu didn't understand why Doctor Li was saying this, he instinctively felt something was off; besides, today he had come solely to watch the spectacle.

"Doctor Li, you are flattering me. In your presence, I have no place to speak up. Moreover, all of you experts from Beijing should be much more capable than us. Please don't put me through this hardship and just tell us yourself so we can refer to what you say."

Xiao Yu said respectfully to Doctor Li. Although he didn’t know the reason, his instincts told him something was wrong, hence his mild response which also showed respect without allowing room for criticism.

When Doctor Li asked Xiao Yu to speak, Old Yue had shown a hint of concern but hadn't paid much heed since he understood very well how things worked after living for seventy years.

He wanted to remind Xiao Yu but decided against it. He believed that Xiao Yu would eventually encounter such matters sooner or later, and better earlier than later.

However, upon hearing Xiao Yu's response, he nodded satisfactorily; he never expected Xiao Yu to be so seasoned.

Dr. Li was stunned by what Xiao Yu said; he also didn't expect Xiao Yu's reply to be so sharp, directly placing him at the center of controversy.

At this moment, Dr. Li looked at Xiao Yu with a gaze filled with anger. He felt that Xiao Yu did it deliberately, intentionally pushing him into the stormy waters.

In fact, all those who think highly of themselves are like this; they believe others are wrong while they themselves are right, never considering whether he wouldn't have gotten into trouble if he hadn’t had designs on Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu ignored Dr. Li's gaze and stared blankly at the mineral water bottle in front of him after sitting down. In fact, Dr. Li was wrong to blame Xiao Yu because Xiao Yu didn't know what Dr. Li meant.

Xiao Yu only knew that his patient was Cao Er and that he understood more about Cao Er's condition than anyone else. Therefore, when Dr. Li asked for his opinion, he directly declined politely out of courtesy to Dr. Li’s gentle request.

Little did Xiao Yu know that his words would backfire, just as the saying goes: "Failed in stealing a chicken and lost a bag of rice."

"Ahem… Although we are from the capital city, since we are now in Deep Sea City, we naturally have to respect the opinions of experts here. Besides, this is a consultation meeting; everyone needs to express their views on the patient's condition!"

Dr. Li cleared his throat and said with a low voice to cover up his embarrassment.

Sitting in a corner of the conference room, Cao Jingmin heard what Dr. Li had just said. Being at such a high position, Cao Jingmin was naturally no fool; now seeing everyone dodging responsibility, he knew that his son's condition wasn't good.

"Dr. Li, you come forward then! You are an eminent physician from the capital city; please share your diagnosis first and let’s discuss it together!" Cao Jingmin said with a difficult look to Dr. Li; otherwise, they might squabble endlessly!

"This... Alright, we'll go first." Although Dr. Li still hesitated, seeing how displeased Cao Jingmin looked, he shuddered and nodded in agreement.

"Colleagues, after our examination, there are no physical causes found for Young Master Cao’s condition! What do you think"

Dr. Li was unwilling to admit that they hadn’t discovered the cause of the illness, but seeing how furious Cao Jingmin had become, he didn't have a choice but to be the messenger bearing bad news.

"Yes...

"Oh, I feel ashamed!"

"I haven't mastered my skills enough yet."

Hearing Dr. Li's words, the other doctors also shook their heads and sighed.

"The three venerable gentlemen are all masterful practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Do you have any insights" Cao Jingmin looked at these doctors who were shaking their heads one by one, then turned to look at Professor Yue, Professor Tang, and Professor Liu, the three old TCM doctors who had not spoken.

Professor Yue, Professor Tang, and Professor Liu exchanged a glance and simultaneously shook their heads. Regarding the condition of the person upstairs, they were clueless too; there was no obvious illness except for the patient's listlessness.

Hearing that these three elders also had no solution, Cao Jingmin sat motionlessly in his chair with a despondent expression, completely losing his usual authoritative demeanor.

"Junior brother, what do you think" Professor Yue knew that Xiao Yu was better than him in some aspects. Now the matter had been laid out, so he asked Xiao Yu.

Professor Yue's voice sounded especially loud in the quiet room; when his voice rang out, everyone in the room turned to look at them.

Especially Dr. Li and Cao Jingmin; seeing that Professor Yue was asking this young man, both of them were taken aback—junior brother Moreover, it seemed like this young man's medical skills might even surpass those of Professor Yue

Xiao Yu heard what Professor Yue said but didn't look up. He just shook his head and continued looking at the mineral water bottle in front of him as if there was a flower on it.

Professor Yue saw Xiao Yu's demeanor, and out of surprise, he froze for a moment. What had happened to this junior brother This wasn't like him!

No matter how Professor Yue thought about it, he couldn't imagine that Cao Er was not actually sick, let alone that the whole thing was Xiao Yu's doing.

Seeing Xiao Yu shake his head, everyone sighed with relief. If this young man really had a solution, they, as experts in this room, would be thoroughly embarrassed.

"Mayor! Mayor... something’s wrong! 'Thick Virtue' just woke up and has become agitated again!" Suddenly, an anxious voice came from outside the door.

"What" Upon hearing the sound from outside, Cao Jingmin sprang up in shock and alarm, exclaiming.

"Experts, please come over and take a look!" Just as Cao Jingmin reached the conference room door, he remembered the doctors inside and quickly turned to address them.

Although these people couldn't diagnose his son's illness, they hadn’t witnessed an episode before. Perhaps there was something they could do by going over now.

After speaking, Cao Jingmin turned and walked briskly out of the room; the doctors also stood up and headed to the second floor.

Xiao Yu heard that Cao Er's illness had flared up again. He glanced at the sky and noticed that it was already dusk without realizing it.

Xiao Yu, along with Professor Ye, Professor Tang, and Professor Liu, followed everyone to the second floor once more.

As soon as they reached the second floor, everyone shivered collectively; the room’s temperature had suddenly dropped several degrees compared to before.

Cao Er lay on the bed, emitting agonizing cries. No matter how he struggled, he couldn't move at all, for his limbs and body were tightly bound by bandages. But as he thrashed about, blood began seeping through the bandaged areas of his body.

Gradually, with Cao Er's wailing increasing, his eyes suddenly became vacant. Suddenly, without any apparent source of strength, one of Cao Er's arms broke free from its bindings.

Cao Er raised this arm and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Quickly, stop him!"

Seeing that Cao Er had freed an arm, Cao Jingmin anxiously shouted at the two attendants tending to Cao Er.

The attendants hadn't anticipated Cao Er breaking free and were still in a daze. They only snapped out of it upon hearing Cao Jingmin's shouts and hurriedly reached for Cao Er's arm.

But when they grabbed Cao Er's arm, it was too late; he had already stuffed his arm into his mouth.

The moment the attendants pulled Cao Er’s arm out of his mouth, a gush of blood spurted from his arm. It turned out that through the bandages, Cao Er had bitten off a chunk of flesh from his own arm with his teeth.

Cao Er chewed on the piece of meat and bandage in his mouth for a bit before swallowing it down.urious.Yuan Chao looked at Grandpa Dai and thought, "This elderly man is already enjoying such treatment upon arrival!" However, it made sense. After all, his medical skills were there to speak for th...