"Little Su, today I really owe you a huge one! Thank you!"
Lin Wenqing held onto Su Chen's hand, sighing deeply with emotion.
"Dad, this is what I should do, it's nothing."
Su Chen said with a light smile.
Following that, the other members of the Lin Family also expressed their gratitude towards Su Chen, which was of course to be expected.
They began to see Su Chen in a new light, as if the son-in-law who had joined their family was not as useless as they had imagined!
"Mr. Su, the old man had clearly passed away, so how did you suddenly revive him?"
Xu Bo suddenly asked beside them, his mind unsettled by the question. If he didn't get an answer, he probably wouldn't be able to sleep at night.
Because this was simply defying the logic of science!
The people of the Lin Family also turned their gazes towards Su Chen, filled with confusion. They too were puzzled as to how Su Chen was able to revive someone who had died.
It seems that Doctor Xu was still struggling with this question. It appeared that he was someone who took his profession very seriously and had a strong spirit for research.
Now that he had some time, Su Chen decided to shed some light on the subject. He looked at Xu Bo and said:
"Because the old man didn't die at all. There is nobody in the world who can treat a truly dead person."
Although Su Chen was known for his astonishing medical skills, he had no methods for dealing with a dead person. He could only revive the old gentleman because he hadn't actually died.
"But Mr. Lin had clearly already..."
Xu Bo felt completely confused after hearing what Su Chen said.
Not dead? How is that possible?
Mr. Lin had clearly died!
"Doctor Xu, how do you medically determine a person's true death?"
Su Chen tilted his head and asked a somewhat peculiar question.
"Previously, an individual's death was traditionally defined by the cessation of breathing and heartbeat, but with the advancement of modern medicine, devices such as pacemakers and ventilators can save people who have stopped breathing and whose hearts have stopped beating. Now, legal death is recognized by brain death as the standard for an individual's death."
Although Xu Bo didn't understand what Su Chen was getting at, he still answered seriously:
"As for determining brain death, there are mainly four criteria: 1. Coma that is irreversible, with no response to stimuli; 2. Lack of spontaneous breathing; 3. No reflexes, dilated pupils, fixed, with disappearance of light reflex; 4. An isoelectric EEG, that is, a flat-line EEG, sustained for more than 10 minutes."
"Right, this is indeed the precise definition of death in medical textbooks."
Su Chen first nodded in agreement and then glanced at Xu Bo, asking with a light chuckle:
"But can that really confirm that a person is dead?"
"Of course, isn't that enough?" Xu Bo's face was full of puzzlement.
"Of course it's not enough, far from enough. Just like you said before, death used to be defined by the cessation of breathing and heartbeats. But now, many methods can restore breathing and heartbeat. So, now that brain death is the standard, similarly, how can you be sure that a person who is brain-dead is truly dead? What if technology develops methods to reverse brain death in the future?"
Su Chen shrugged his shoulders, asking quite casually.
Though Su Chen spoke casually, Xu Bo felt a sudden jolt in his heart!
Yes, if breathing and heartbeat were inaccurate indicators of life in the past, does that mean brain death is an accurate measure now?
The human body is so complex, who knows what secrets are yet to be discovered?
Xu Bo felt as if someone had opened up his Ren and Du meridians in a flash, his mind suddenly enlightened!
At that moment, Su Chen's voice rang out again.
"Moreover, are you sure that those four points you mentioned can definitively determine someone's brain death?"
Su Chen once again threw out a question that left Xu Bo utterly shocked.
"Wasn't it all that bad? Couldn't they declare brain death yet?"
Xu Bo asked hesitantly, feeling his prior knowledge completely collapse.
"Of course not, I can tell you for certain, the old man did not suffer brain death. His neurons in the brain simply lost their activity temporarily, and what I did was stimulate that activity."
Of course, Su Chen did not explain how he stimulated the True Yuan, because that involved True Yuan, and even if he had explained it, the other party would not have understood.
However, he did clarify the most basic principle involved.
After hearing this, Xu Bo immediately understood and then stared at Su Chen with eyes full of shock and admiration!
"Mr. Su, you truly deserve the title 'Ghost Doctor'!"
Xu Bo bowed deeply and spoke sincerely.
Such a person, such skill, if not a "Ghost Doctor" then what?
Seeing the attitude of Xu Bo, a Harvard Medical School graduate, everyone gained a clearer realization of Su Chen's exceptional medical skills!
"Dr. Xu, can we go in and see the old master now?"
Without having seen it for herself, Lin Wenting still felt a little uneasy.
"Let's wait a while for that, there are still surgeries going on in the other operating rooms. But don't worry, the old master will be brought out soon, and then you can directly go to the ward to see him."
Hearing Xu Bo say this, Lin Wenting had no choice but to let it go, as she was not an unreasonable woman.
In a VIP single room of Jianghai Hospital, the Lin family's elderly master lay quietly on the hospital bed, surrounded by the anxious Lin family members waiting...
A few minutes later, the elderly master slowly woke up.
"Dad, you've finally woken up!"
Lin Wenting threw herself onto the old man's body, crying.
"Grandpa, you finally woke up, you scared us to death!"
Lin Ruoxue spoke as well, with tears in her eyes.
The others also started calling out to the old master, and seeing the head of the Lin family awake at last, their hearts settled down.
"What happened to me?"
The elderly master looked at everyone and asked in confusion.
"What happened? Do you realize that you nearly lost your life? If it weren't for Su Chen, today you could have..."
Lin Wenting spoke with lingering fear.
The elderly master muttered, then looked at Lin Wenting:
"Wenting, what exactly happened? Tell me everything."
"Today, you were sunbathing in the courtyard when you suddenly fainted, and then we hurriedly took you to the hospital..."
Lin Wenting recounted everything that had happened that day in detail.
When he heard the word 'poisoned', a sharp light flashed through the elderly master's murky eyes, and his glance gently swept across everyone's faces...
After listening to Lin Wenting's recount, the elderly master sighed deeply, then beckoned to Su Chen:
"Little Su, come here."