For Lin Jie's slight pride, An Kexin softly said, "Those people really got what they deserved. Trying to outsmart us only to end up in such a state."
"Through this incident, you've established so authority. I guess no one will dare to openly plot against you anymore."
"But, Ah Jie, this ans the enemies will only hide deeper. We need to be even more cautious."
"And..."
She sincerely reminded, "So people who co to flatter you have even more unpredictable intentions. Ah Jie, you need to stay grounded."
Lin Miao agreed, "Kexin is absolutely right."
"Brother, you need to stay humble and calm. Don't get carried away, and strive to reach new heights in every aspect!"
Seeing Zhang Xiaoxiao and An Keng about to speak, Lin Jie quickly waved his hand, stopping them: "Alright, alright, you don't need to team up and give a political lecture."
"I know my limits, because..."
Lin Jie pointed to his forehead and said, "I keep a ringing alarm here, constantly reminding myself not to go astray."
An Kexin put a well-cooked small mushroom in Lin Jie's bowl and softly said, "Indeed, we can say we've witnessed your growth step by step."
"Dad has told more than once that the changes in your life are nothing short of earth-shattering."
"In terms of lifestyle, social status, interpersonal relationships, you're a completely different person from a year and a half ago."
"Yet, you've quickly adapted to these dramatic changes."
"Moreover, your character hasn't significantly changed. You didn't beco arrogant and flaunting after gaining wealth, nor awkwardly isolated in new environnts."
An Kexin sighed, "Dad says your genius not only shows in your dical skills but also in your self-control and mastery."
"Many people need years of trials and tribulations to adapt to such changes."
"That's because I'm a genius!"
Lin Jie sheepishly provided a cliché answer.
In fact, he knew himself well.
Although he mainly inherited Shen Lanruo's dical mory, Lanruo's life experiences and insights subtly influenced him.
Moreover, Shen Lanruo often gave him warnings and pointers while teaching him dical knowledge.
Due to this combined effect, Lin Jie didn't experience significant personality changes amid life's upheavals.
Zhang Xiaoxiao thoughtfully said, "What Kexin said makes realize that besides gaining confidence, decisiveness, and being more cheerful, Ah Jie's changes aren't that big compared to before."
"Now that I think about it, it's truly unbelievable."
"I once had a colleague who got involved with a rich person, and imdiately beca arrogant, looking down on us poor folks."
Lin Miao wasn't happy about that and said displeased, "Xiaoxiao, don't compare your shallow colleague to my brother. My brother is the best, so everything about him is excellent."
"Exactly, Brother Jie is the most amazing genius." An Keng firmly supported Lin Miao.
Zhang Xiaoxiao glanced at the two, saying perfunctorily, "Yeah, Miaomiao and Keng are right, Ah Jie is the best. And you two little girls are very excellent too..."
The group continued chattering endlessly about Lin Jie's transformation.
Wisely, Lin Jie decided not to join the conversation, focusing on cooking seafood and vegetables to eat.
He didn't notice at all when a middle-aged man pushed a wheelchair along the nearby aisle.
Moreover, after taking a few steps forward, the man pushed the wheelchair back and stopped by their dining table.
Sitting diagonally across from Lin Jie, Qin Gang stood up and cautiously asked, "Hello, sir, what can I do for you?"
As Qin Gang spoke, Lin Jie, An Kexin, Lin Miao, and the others all turned their attention to the middle-aged man.
The man, who had been staring at Lin Jie, hesitated and struggled for a mont before asking, "Excuse , are you that renowned doctor from the Binhai University Affiliated Hospital, Expert Lin?"
Lin Jie gently nodded and said, "Yes, I am Lin Jie!"
As he said this, Lin Jie shifted his gaze from the ashen-faced middle-aged man to the wheelchair.
In the wheelchair sat a girl with a radiant face, yet her eyes were vacant and her expression blank, as if soulless.
"This is my daughter, Nannan, Yao Henan."
The middle-aged man introduced her lovingly, "She got injured in an accident earlier this year and ended up like this."
"Dr. Lin, could you take a look at her?"
Usually, Lin Jie wasn't fond of being stopped halfway and asked for dical advice unless it was an ergency.
But the girl's condition was truly heartbreaking.
There's no denying it, a pretty face indeed could evoke Lin Jie's compassion.
He softly said, "If you have the dical records with you, I can take a look. Otherwise, you can only register at the hospital tomorrow."
"In your daughter's current state, without examination data, I can't make a diagnosis."
"Oh, I have so scans on my phone. Please, Dr. Lin, have a look!"
Saying this, the middle-aged man took a phone from his pocket, unlocked it, and brought up a set of images to hand to Lin Jie.
After looking at a few cranial CT scans, Lin Jie frowned slightly and said, "Based on your daughter's cranial CT scans, although there are signs of a fracture in the back of the skull, at most it could have caused a serious concussion..."
Lin Jie once again examined the girl in the wheelchair, who seed completely unaffected by the outside world, her eyes vacant and staring straight ahead, and expressed his confusion: "Logically speaking, she shouldn't show symptoms like this..."
"Expert Lin, you're absolutely right! In Nannan's case..."
The middle-aged man gently stroked the top of the girl's head, his face filled with sorrow as he said, "A psychological expert ntioned that Nannan's state is due to massive psychological trauma causing her to completely shut herself off emotionally."
Lin Jie was taken aback, feeling a genuine sense of pity for the girl.
For a young girl to completely close herself off, Lin Jie didn't know what kind of psychological trauma could cause such a state, but he was certain that it must have been sothing truly horrifying.
With a troubled expression, he said, "I'm very sorry, but when it cos to psychological issues, I'm powerless."
"I can refer you to a psychological expert at the University Affiliated Hospital..."
The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "We've seen several psychological experts, and they don't have any effective solutions."
"Expert Lin, I ask you to see if you can help Nannan stand up."
Hmm...
Lin Jie looked at the phone again to see more images, finding so of X-ray scans of the girl's legs and hips.
The X-rays showed that most of the bones in her legs and hips were shattered.
Although many bone plates, screws, and pins were used for treatnt, the healing was very poor, especially at the hip joint, which was severely deford.
Lin Jie looked at the middle-aged man and said, "Based on the bone injuries, your daughter must have been injured from falling from a high place..."
The middle-aged man nodded, "Expert Lin, you're absolutely right. Nannan was injured from jumping off a building."
She jumped off a building?
Lin Jie looked at the girl in the wheelchair again and said to the middle-aged man, "X-rays of bone injuries alone aren't enough; I need more detailed examination data, especially for neurological damage, to make a proper judgnt."
The middle-aged man urgently replied, "Expert Lin, the hospital examination showed that Nannan's reflexes in her legs and feet are good, and she doesn't have any nerve damage."
"She can't stand or walk now mainly due to the bone injuries."
"Expert Lin, can you treat this?"
Lin Jie reviewed the X-rays once more and thought for a while before saying, "I can improve the current condition, but I can't guarantee full recovery; she might still need crutches or other aids to stand and walk."
"Crutches or other aids to stand and walk?"
The middle-aged man looked at Lin Jie, then at his daughter, his expression changing constantly, sotis fierce and ruthless, sotis tender and reluctant, his fists alternately clenching and unclenching.
This internal struggle visibly unsettled Lin Jie, An Kexin, and the others.
Qin Gang even stepped in to physically separate the middle-aged man and Lin Jie.
"Expert Lin..."
The middle-aged man's expression returned to calm as he spoke.
He moved aside and bowed ninety degrees deeply to Lin Jie.
"Please save my Nannan."
"There's no need for this!"
Lin Jie motioned for Qin Gang to help the middle-aged man up and said, "You should go to the hospital tomorrow to complete the admission procedures, I will treat her."
The middle-aged man refused Qin Gang's help and continued to bow without getting up, "Besides asking you to save Nannan, I have another request: to entrust Nannan to you."
"I know you are a good person."
Upon hearing this, Lin Jie looked displeased and asked in a deep voice, "What do you an by this?"
"She is your daughter, yet you would entrust her to a stranger instead of taking care of her yourself?"
The middle-aged man stood up straight and took out two hundred-milliliter white plastic bottles from his pants pocket.
"Expert Lin, to be honest, these are two bottles of pesticide, and today I brought Nannan here to have our last al together."
"After this, the two of us will..."
Lin Jie and Lin Miao, along with others, were shocked and all stood up.
Zhang Xiaoxiao urgently began to persuade, "Don't think that way now, Dr. Lin has agreed to treat your daughter."
"His dical skills are superb; I'm sure you've heard much about him."
"He is always cautious, and while he says he can't guarantee a full recovery, there is a strong possibility of her recovering fully."
The middle-aged man gently stroked Yao Henan's head and said softly, "I indeed want to stay with Nannan, watch her heal, see her walk on her own, and hopefully see her erge from her psychological confinent."
"It's just that..."
He sighed deeply, then with a relieved smile said, "I did sothing terribly wrong, and now there's no going back!"
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