After being separated from my family, I became a darling of the military region thanks to my medical

Upon hearing this, everyone present fell silent.

In this era, the weight of the word "revolution" was unparalleled. Gu Zheng directly elevated the topic to the highest political level, instantly making Zhao Tiancheng's attack on "origin" seem incredibly naive, shallow, and even carrying a hint of forgetting one's roots.

Zhao Tiancheng's face turned from red to deathly pale. He opened his mouth, but found that he couldn't utter a single word in rebuttal.

Gu Zheng didn't look at him, but continued in that calm tone, "Ye Zhen earns her living through her own abilities and saves lives with her skills. Unlike some people, who are nothing without the halo of their family and the secure job at their workplace."

Every word was like a resounding slap across Zhao Tiancheng's face.

Lin Wan was terrified. She knew that Gu Zheng was not someone to be trifled with, and if Zhao Tiancheng continued talking, he would probably cause a huge mess. She used almost all her strength to try to drag Zhao Tiancheng away.

But Gu Zheng's next move froze everyone in place.

He took Ye Zhen's hand, not with the tentative touch he had shown in the movie theater, but with an unyielding grip, his long fingers forcefully slipping between hers to intertwine with hers.

Ye Zhen's hands were cold, but his palms were burning hot.

"Moreover," Gu Zheng's gaze swept over Zhao Tiancheng, finally settling on Ye Zhen's face. The icy pressure in his eyes instantly melted away, transforming into a focused, fiery declaration, "I just like her. I've liked her ever since she pulled me back from the brink of death in Black Mountain Village."

These words, half true and half false, exploded like a thunderclap in everyone's ears.

There's so much information!

A life-saving grace, a hero and a beauty, love at first sight... This is even more exciting and moving than the movie "Romance on Lushan Mountain" we just watched.

Zhao Tiancheng's face drained of all color. His family background and job, which he was so proud of, were rendered utterly worthless in the face of this man's words, "I have saved your life." He had lost, utterly and completely.

Ye Zhen was also stunned.

She could feel his grip on her hand, the burning heat spreading from their clasped hands all the way to her heart. Every word he spoke resonated clearly in her ears.

Her brain was rapidly analyzing the veracity of these words, and reason told her that this was merely a tactic Gu Zheng used to deal with the situation. But her heart, against her will, began to pound heavily, its rhythm completely erratic.

In the midst of this tense yet strangely ambiguous atmosphere, a woman's shrill scream suddenly rang out not far from the movie theater entrance!

"Help! Help! My child—"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a young woman holding a child slumped on the ground, her face ashen. The little boy in her arms, about three or four years old, had a bluish-purple face, his little hands flailing helplessly in the air, and strange "hoarse" sounds coming from his throat, clearly indicating that he was completely suffocating!

The sudden turn of events was like a boulder crashing into the crowd, instantly causing chaos.

"Quick! Get him to the hospital!"

"My God, the child's face has turned purple!"

"His throat is blocked by candy!" a sharp-eyed old man shouted at the top of his lungs. "I just saw his mother feed him a piece of fruit candy!"

The child's mother was completely terrified. Holding her child, she could do nothing but cry out in anguish.

At this critical moment, Zhao Tiancheng suddenly pushed Lin Wan aside and rushed forward first.

This was a golden opportunity for the doctor to salvage his reputation and showcase himself! The thought flashed through his mind, and he immediately knelt down, shouting, "Don't panic! I'm a doctor!"

While comforting the mother, he reached out to pry open the child's mouth, intending to use his fingers to remove the candy from the child's throat.

"idiot!"

A cold, sharp shout cleaved through the chaos like a bolt of lightning.

Before Zhao Tiancheng's hand could even touch the child's mouth, his wrist was grabbed by a slender yet surprisingly strong hand. He turned around and met Ye Zhen's icy eyes.

"Do you want to push the foreign object in his throat deeper and make him die faster?" Ye Zhen's voice was devoid of warmth; every word was like an ice pick, piercing Zhao Tiancheng's heart.

She pushed Zhao Tiancheng away swiftly and decisively, without the slightest hesitation.

"I'm a doctor, listen to me!" she commanded her distraught mother, her tone carrying an unquestionable authority.

The mother, as if grasping at a last straw, instinctively obeyed her instructions.

"Hold him tight and lean forward!" Ye Zhen calmly instructed, while simultaneously moving behind the child.

Without wasting a single second, she had the mother position the child with the head lower than the feet, then she joined her fingers together and, using the heel of her palm, quickly and forcefully tapped the child's back between the two shoulder blades five times.

"Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap!"

Each strike was steady and powerful, and everyone around held their breath, watching with tension.

However, the deadly candy wasn't coughed up. The child's struggles weakened, and his face changed from bluish-purple to ashen—signs of severe brain hypoxia!

"See! You can't do it either!" Zhao Tiancheng, who had been pushed away, immediately shouted indignantly, "I told you we should use our hands to pry it off! You're just wasting time!"

Ye Zhen completely ignored his shouts; her eyes grew colder, but her brain was working at an extremely high speed.

If the back tapping method fails, it indicates that the foreign object is deeply lodged or tightly embedded. A different method must be used immediately!

The next second, she made a move that no one present, including Zhao Tiancheng, a professional surgeon, could understand at all.

She quickly positioned herself behind the mother, using her body to steady her, then stretched out her arms to hug the little boy from behind. She made a fist with one hand, placing the thumb side of the fist against the soft part of the child's abdomen, above the navel and below the sternum. With her other hand, she gripped the fist tightly, then suddenly tightened her arm, using a sharp, forceful thrust to quickly and rapidly push inward and upward into the child's abdomen!

This is the Heimlich maneuver, which is famous in later generations but almost unknown in this era!

"What...what is she doing?"

"Won't this damage the child's internal organs?"

Questions and gasps arose from the crowd, but no one dared to step forward.

Because Gu Zheng had already silently walked to Ye Zhen's side. His tall figure acted like a wall, separating all the panicked crowd trying to approach. With his silent yet powerful aura, he created an absolutely quiet and undisturbed operating space for Ye Zhen. He looked at Ye Zhen's focused profile, his eyes filled with no doubt, only complete trust.

Ye Zhen's movements were quick, precise, and powerful, one after another.

Once, twice, three times...

The child's body throbbed weakly in her arms.

Time was passing by, and each second felt like an eternity.

Just when everyone's hearts were in their throats, and even Zhao Tiancheng thought the child was probably beyond saving—

With a soft "poof" sound!

A crystal-clear, drool-covered fruit candy, like a bullet, suddenly shot out of the child's mouth, bounced twice on the ground, and rolled to the side.

The moment the blockage is expelled, fresh air rushes into the lungs.

"Wow!"

A loud and aggrieved cry rang out like a thunderclap in the silent night sky!

Alive!

The child is saved!

The mother was stunned for a moment, then hugged her wailing son and burst into tears herself—tears of ecstatic joy at surviving a disaster.

After a brief silence, the surrounding crowd erupted in thunderous, prolonged applause and cheers!

"Amazing! He's a true miracle doctor!"

"Young lady, you saved my grandson's life!" An old woman said, wiping away tears with emotion.

"That's amazing! Which hospital does this girl work at?"

Amidst the cheers and praises of everyone, Zhao Tiancheng stood there, pale-faced, like a clown. He looked at Ye Zhen, surrounded by the crowd, at the woman he had declared "incapable," who had created a miracle of life with methods he had never heard of before.

At this moment, all eyes were focused on the slender, thin young female doctor whose expression remained aloof. Their gazes no longer held the curiosity of onlookers, but rather a genuine, pure reverence and admiration for her miraculous medical skills.