Chapter 8: The Crisis in the Square

  Sunan couldn't be late for work, so he hastily finished his breakfast and bid farewell to Chen Tong and Ning Yu before rushing out the door.

  Although the company is not very far from where he lives, there is no bus passing by, and it needs to take a detour and transfer to another bus. Su Nan simply walks to work. Every day, it's a kind of waste, but walking can also exercise his body. So Su Nan doesn't think this method is bad either.

  It rained a little in the early morning, and although it has stopped now, the road is still slippery. There are small puddles appearing from time to time. Su Nan was anxious to get to the company, but she still walked carefully, lest she stepped into a puddle and splashed water all over her clothes.

  There are two ways to go to the company, one is to walk along the road, turn right at the intersection and then turn right again, cross the road, and it's just across. The other way is to pass through a residential area and directly reach the road where the company is located.

  Su Nan is walking, of course choosing the road that passes through the residential area.

  In the morning of residential areas, people exercising can be seen everywhere, mostly elderly. Someone once joked that when young, they exhausted their health for the sake of living, but in old age, they were willing to give up everything to regain their health. Although not very accurate, it also conforms to most facts.

  Su Nan has been learning medicine from his grandfather since he was a child, of course, emphasizing the importance of health preservation. Now he chooses to walk to work, which is also a way to exercise his body.

  As he walked, his eyes scanned the people exercising. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes "looking, listening, asking and feeling", Su Nan's requirements for himself were strict, as long as he had time, he would conduct more diagnoses. Although it was not necessary to go and treat others, using visual diagnosis techniques to analyze someone else's physical condition was also a way to improve his medical skills.

  Observe the physical condition of others, and based on these symptoms, think about what methods you would use to treat them if you were in their shoes, and what medications you would prescribe. This is also what Grandfather has always required, to always keep the practice of medicine at heart.

  "This is just a cold, no need for medicine, boil a bowl of ginger sugar water to drink, and pay attention to rest, it will be fine."

  His stomach is not good, although it's a minor illness, if not treated in time, he will suffer. Drinking a bowl of porridge with each meal can help maintain the stomach, and eating three meals a day on time without taking medicine, after several months, his stomach can be nursed back to health.

  His leg was once injured. Unfortunately, it should have been curable, but because he got out of bed prematurely, the meridians were damaged. Although it can't be seen on the surface, it hurts every time it rains.

  Those few people who walked right in front of him had all been secretly diagnosed by Su Nan.

  "What Grandfather said is not wrong, as long as there is an illness, it will manifest in the body. If it's not discovered, it can only be that one's level is not enough. For these few people, even if they go to the hospital for a check-up, their illnesses won't be detected. And if I hadn't learned from Grandfather's 'Investigating Subtleties', I would have found it hard to notice these aspects. In that case, I wouldn't have been able to judge their conditions and could only wait until after some time had passed and the symptoms became more pronounced before noticing."

  "It's a pity that the overall outline of 'Cha Wei Ji' was lost with my aunt during a special period. Otherwise, my level could have been improved a lot more. Although Grandfather remembered it, he had to follow the ancestral rules and couldn't teach me the overall outline until I reached adulthood. Unexpectedly, Grandfather passed away hastily and didn't leave the outline behind. I only hope that in the future, I can find Aunt again, and she hasn't lost that family heirloom jade pendant."

  After observing a few people, Su Nan felt emotional and his mood was not calm, so he didn't continue to watch the medical examination. Walking a few more steps, in front of him was the small square of the living area, where there were even more people exercising.

  "Heh heh, heh heh heh~~"

  The sound of children's laughter by the roadside caught Su Nan's attention, and he couldn't help but turn his head to take a look.

  A little boy with a mischievous look on his face, crouched at the edge of the square, holding a branch in his hand and scribbling randomly on the ground. As he drew, he laughed excitedly. Next to the boy stood a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, who appeared to be a nanny.

  On the other side of the little boy, an old lady was squatting, who should be his grandmother. Seeing her grandson laughing happily, the old lady was also happy. She reached out and took a piece of candy from her pocket, tore it open, and handed it to the little boy's mouth.

  When he saw something delicious, the little boy bit into it without hesitation, and was still laughing non-stop.

  "Ah!"

  Because there was jelly in his mouth, the little boy laughed and was afraid of falling out, so he sucked hard, then couldn't make a sound, his face turned bright red, and both hands started slapping wildly.

  "Mao Mao, what's wrong?" The old lady noticed the little boy's abnormality and asked anxiously, standing up and wanting to hug him.

  Because she got up too quickly, the old lady swayed twice after standing upright, bent down and stretched out her hands, but before she could hug the little boy, she herself couldn't stand up again and fell to the ground with a thud.

  The little babysitter next door was frightened by this sudden situation and didn't know what to do for a while.

  "Grandma! Fluffy!"

  After being stunned for a moment, Xiaobao Ma finally called out to the two of them, stretched out her hand to support Mao Mao, and then went to pull the old lady.

  "Don't touch her!"

  When the little boy appeared abnormal, Su Nan ran to this side, but still took a step late. She saw the old lady, due to panic, hastily stood up and had an accident herself. Now seeing the nanny wanting to pull the old lady, Su Nan quickly stopped her.

  The best way to deal with the old lady's situation is to let her lie quietly here and slowly find a way to rescue and treat her. Blindly moving her body will only make her condition worse.

  The current situation is that we must first rescue and treat the little boy. After all, he is suffocating, and every second counts, or he may lose his life.

  "Call for an ambulance quickly! Let the old lady lie down, don't move her!" Su Nan rushed over and shouted loudly at the nanny, while stretching out his hand to snatch the little boy from her arms.

  After holding the little boy, Su Nan grabbed his leg and lifted him upside down, freeing one hand to gently pat his back. Wanting to use this outward burst of air to blow out that piece of jelly.

  Unexpectedly, the jelly had elasticity, not only did it stick well to the little boy's trachea, but also used its elasticity to offset the impact of that air flow. Su Nan tried several times in a row, but couldn't succeed.

  Time waits for no one, as the little boy's face turned paler and paler, Su Nan knew that he had few choices left. He half-knelt on the ground, placing the little boy horizontally on his leg, while simultaneously circulating his internal energy to strike another palm on the little boy's back. This time, the force used was much greater than before. After the internal energy rushed into the little boy's body, under Su Nan's prior control, it once again impacted the little boy's lungs, gathering strength to impact the jelly that blocked the airway.

  "Cough!" A suppressed voice came out of the little boy's mouth. It seemed that after this impact, the jelly's position had shifted a bit, but it still hadn't been knocked out.

  The little boy's body has very little air left in it, and using the previous method is also impossible. Unable to breathe in fresh air, the little boy will leave this world at any moment.

  "There's no other way, only this move will work." Su Nan's mind quickly analyzed the various situations and made a swift decision.

  "Is there a pipe?" Su Nan hastily asked Xiao Baomu.

  "Pipe... pipe!" After being stopped by Su Nan, Xiao Bao Mu only made an emergency call and stood aside watching Su Nan rescue the little boy. At this time, hearing the question, she didn't react in time.

  "Hurry up and take a look, see if there's a tube!" Su Nan shouted at the little nanny again. At the same time, he also took out his silver needle, preparing for the last plan. Since he had used it to give Ning Yu acupuncture last night, Su Nan had been carrying the silver needle with him at all times, in case of any unexpected situations.

  "Will this tube work?" The little babysitter finally reacted, taking out a drinking straw from the plastic bag in her hand and handing it to Su Nan.

  "Give it to me!" The situation was urgent, and Su Nan didn't waste any words either. He stretched out his hand and snatched the straw away. After taking a look at it, he nodded lightly. The straw had a certain degree of hardness, although it wasn't enough, but after he infused his internal energy into it, it became sharper than steel or a needle.

  "What's going on with this kid? Has anyone called for an ambulance?" People who saw the situation gathered around to see what had happened.

  "He choked on a jelly while eating." Another person who also witnessed the incident replied.

  "Ah, it's like that! It's too dangerous, can't breathe, and in a moment the lady will be gone. What is that young fellow doing?" Someone else came over, heard the explanation, and continued to ask.

  "Let's give him first aid, I just saw him try a few methods but none of them worked."

  "So young, can he make it? Don't try to help too much, just wait for the doctor to come and treat him!"

  "What you're saying is easy, but this is suffocating! By the time the doctor arrives, the person will have been choked to death!"

  "It's just that there is no other way now, and we can only rely on this young man. Let's see if this boy has any luck."

  More and more people gathered around, with all sorts of discussions going on.

  At this time, Su Nan concentrated all his energy on rescuing the little boy and didn't care about the discussions around him. His fingers pinched the middle of the straw, mobilizing his internal force, attaching it to the surface of the straw, wrapping the straw around.

  "Come and help lift the child." Su Nan said to the little nanny standing beside her, who was at a loss.

  "Yes." The little nanny had no opinion at this time, and when she heard Su Nan's arrangement, she naturally walked over and supported the upper body of the little boy as Su Nan said.

  With his left hand supporting the little boy's head, he pressed his thumb against the boy's neck to locate the trachea, then measured down one centimeter and thrust the tube in his right hand into the boy's airway.

  "Ah!" "Ahh!!"

  The onlookers did not expect Su Nan to take the pipe and stab the little boy, and they all shouted in surprise.