Gaoliang County, People’s Hospital.
Xu Nianji had specifically come to the ward, along with the attending physician, to bring up the matter of Li Jianbin’s discharge.
The doctor suggested that Li Jianbin’s body was in very good shape now, without any discomfort, and he could be discharged.
Li Jianbin was unwilling and started arguing with the doctor right there, saying things like the doctor had been bribed by the Xu family. He also said that Xu Nianji and the Xu family didn’t care about his life or death, that they wanted to save on medical expenses without regard for his wellbeing, forcing him to leave the hospital.
When Xu Yong and his group arrived, Li Jianbin was making a huge scene. Many doctors, nurses, and patients who were staying at the hospital had gathered at the door of the ward.
Li Jianbin’s loud voice was so clear that even Xu Yong and the others in the hallway could hear everything.
Xu Yong held his camera and captured this scene, then squeezed into the crowd to film Li Jianbin cursing at people.
Seeing the flash of the camera and the sound of the shutter, Li Jianbin immediately pretended to be weak, clutching his chest and saying, "We poor folks with no money and no power are really pitiful."
"Ate some chili sauce, nearly killed me."
"Now the doctors don’t care if someone dies, they just want to discharge me."
"There’s no justice left, those kinds of chili sauce factories should be shut down and stop harming people!"
Li Jianbin had a particularly loud voice, and the way he modulated it made Xu Nianhua, who was outside the crowd, involuntarily get goosebumps. This man was wasting his talent not acting, he could surely win Best Actor otherwise.
"I’m a reporter from South City Television."
With a camera in one hand and a notebook in the other, Xu Yong easily pushed his way through the crowd. As soon as he introduced himself, Li Jianbin began to lament to Xu Yong about how pitiful and bullied he was, especially complaining about Good Mommy Chili Sauce and saying such factories ought to be closed.
Xu Yong stopped writing, looked at Li Jianbin’s accusatory demeanor, lifted an eyebrow, and asked the doctor beside him, "Has a critical condition notice been issued for him?"
"No," the attending physician replied, followed by a series of medical terms, which all meant one thing: Li Jianbin had suffered a mild case of acute gastroenteritis and was completely healed after a few days of rest.
"I, I was throwing up and had diarrhea yesterday, my stomach was almost empty, I’m a grown man and I was so weak I couldn’t stand," Li Jianbin retorted guiltily.
The attending physician spread out the medical records in his hand, saying, "I am a doctor."
Xu Yong took the medical record to glance at it, then directly asked Li Jianbin, "When did you start feeling unwell?"
At first, Li Jianbin answered clearly, but as Xu Yong repeatedly questioned him, Li Jianbin began to get impatient and said, "You’re not a policeman, and I’m not a criminal, why do you need to ask so clearly?"
"I only want to understand the truth," Xu Yong circled something clearly in his notebook and said, "You ate noodles mixed with chili sauce at six thirty in the morning, started having diarrhea at seven, went to the hospital at eight, and by nine, you were at the gate of the chili sauce factory?"
Li Jianbin was taken aback by Xu Yong’s clear timetable, but then nodded and said, "Right."
"Doctor, excuse me, may I ask, what exactly caused the patient... to suffer from mild acute gastroenteritis?" Xu Yong turned to the doctor beside him, inquiring, "Can it be confirmed that it was because of the chili sauce?"
As soon as Xu Yong asked his question, Li Jianbin answered without thinking, "Definitely, it’s because of their chili sauce that I had diarrhea, nearly killed me!"