The elderly woman had already thrown the spatula out of her hand in pain.
Bai Xiao had heard the noise! She rushed into the kitchen with the speed of an arrow and saw that blisters were already forming rapidly on the old lady’s hand.
She grabbed the elderly woman’s hand and ran it under the tap, turning on the cold water to rinse the wound.
Yu Shaohan panicked and exclaimed, "How dirty is tap water? What if bacteria get in?"
Yu Shaohua had already rushed in; since he was a surgeon, he naturally knew that burns were within his scope of expertise.
"Don’t interfere without knowing anything. Bai Xiao is doing the right thing. We need to flush it for at least half an hour to cool down the skin on her hand," he advised.
He glanced at Bai Xiao approvingly. No matter how one looked at it, Bai Xiao’s approach was correct.
Half an hour later, the old lady sat on the sofa, surrounded by a crowd of people, all looking tense.
By then, the old lady was groaning in pain continuously.
The sight of a transparent, large blister slowly swelling on her hand was enough to make anyone’s heart jump.
The old man felt a pang of heartache as he watched and impatiently directed his son, "Quickly treat your mother’s hand, or she’s going to die from the pain! Aren’t you the Dean? What have you done with your lifetime of medical skills? Now, when it’s time to use them, you’re practically useless. Look at how much pain your mother is in." The old man was distressed for his wife, who had endured many hardships with him throughout their life, never experiencing any luxury, but certainly not a shortage of suffering.
During the struggle sessions in the production team back then, when he was being denounced and targeted with placards and big-character posters, it was his wife who desperately protected him. She stood by him as they were made to parade the streets with that placard, while people threw stones at them. Without his wife, the weight of that placard alone could have killed him several times over during those forced parades.
That placard weighed at least several dozen kilos.
But now, seeing his wife suffer like this, his heart was in deep agony.
Yu Shaohua was at a loss for words.
His own father was quite reasonable indeed!
"Dad, all we can do now is to burst the blister and apply medication, but this isn’t a burn hospital, so we have to get her to a burn hospital in another district. I’ve already contacted a vehicle. Please don’t panic," he explained.
He was lucky to be the man’s own son, otherwise, he might have been tormented to death by his own father.
The old lady’s face had gone pale from the pain.
Bai Xiao sighed.
She took out her acupuncture kit.
Yu Shaohua’s eyes brightened up.
Of course!
How could he have forgotten.
Although Bai Xiao practiced Traditional Chinese Medicine, her skills in acupuncture pain relief were witnessed by many, truly no need to brag about it.
"Xiao, what are you doing?" the old man jumped in shock.
He always knew his granddaughter was capable, but he really wasn’t clear on the specifics of her skills.
"Don’t worry, I’m not going to eat anyone. I’m just going to insert a couple of needles," she said, without explaining any further, and not too pleasantly either.
The old man’s heart skipped a beat.
He watched Bai Xiao disinfect the silver needles, his eyes twitching with each movement.
Yu Shaohan recklessly tried to stop her, "No, Bai Xiao! Take your issues up with me, but this is your grandmother, after all. Even if you don’t acknowledge her, there’s no difference between her age and that of any other old woman out there. Aren’t doctors supposed to have compassionate hearts? How can you bear to see her suffer? Where’s your heart? Can’t you show some kindness and ease the old lady’s pain?"
Bai Xiao almost spat blood, realizing once again why being the good person is so hard.
"You’re the one who doesn’t want me to use the needle! Don’t regret it later!" Bai Xiao immediately put away the needle.
And that was the end of the treatment.
Yu Shaohua got anxious and pushed Yu Shaohan away, "What are you doing? Messing around for! Bai Xiao’s acupuncture could replace even the anesthetics used in surgery without side effects. It’s just some minor burn pain; it’s an easy job for her. What are you creating chaos for!"