Chapter 399

Chapter 399: Chapter 399

By now, the hospital courtyard had descended into chaos.

In addition to the group that had previously cornered Chenyang, a large crowd of Lin Jiji’s fans had also gathered.

These fans were different from the ones who had been mixed in with the crowd earlier.

The earlier group, whether they were just joining in the jeering or helping Brother Wei and his men cause trouble, still had a shred of conscience.

After they found out the truth, not only did they stop giving Chenyang a hard time, but they also grew disgusted with Lin Jiji’s actions and were on the verge of turning from fans to anti-fans.

But the fans who had gathered more recently were all young people with more radical views.

They were at that stubborn age where they refused to listen to reason, convinced that the doctors here—or rather, the entire hospital—had wronged their idol. Fueled by a sense of injustice, they had come to demand justice for their star.

Gathered together, they shouted in unison at the hospital administrators, demanding things like, "Hand over Chenyang!" and "Give Lin Jiji an explanation!"

The ambulance was blocked outside. The driver honked the horn, but no one listened. His hoarse shouts out the window were drowned out by the crowd’s denouncements.

Even when the paramedics in the ambulance called the police, the crowd, emboldened by their numbers, remained indifferent and refused to budge.

Many police officers arrived, but the number of people gathered here was even greater.

They had to both maintain order and protect the hospital administrators, leaving only three or four officers available to help the ambulance.

These three or four officers had practically shouted themselves hoarse, but they still couldn’t clear a path for the ambulance.

Although the police had the authority to maintain order and enforce the law, the people gathered here hadn’t committed any errors or crimes, so the officers couldn’t use force.

At a loss, a middle-aged police officer said to the paramedic, "How about you carry the patient out, and a few of us will force a path open at the front? We can squeeze out a small walkway."

The doctor in charge of this emergency case shook his head. "If it were a typical emergency patient, we could even carry them in on our backs, no problem. But the patient in the ambulance is in a very special condition. They can’t be jolted or shaken. We can’t even casually lift them up or set them down without being absolutely certain, or the slightest mistake could worsen their condition, or even cause death."

The middle-aged officer frowned. "Then what about calling your doctors out here to treat them outside?"

"We can call the doctors out, but we can’t bring the equipment out. The equipment needed to treat this patient is all quite large. Forget bringing it out the hospital’s main gate, we can’t even move it out of the department."

"This..."

As the middle-aged officer hesitated, a younger officer beside him asked, "Doesn’t the hospital have any other entrances? Like a priority lane or an emergency entrance?"

The doctor sighed. "Of course, we do. But if you go look, there are even more people at the emergency entrance than here. As for the fire access route, I just asked. The administration office said someone pushed the emergency fire alarm button. A few sprinklers in the lobby are still spraying water, so there’s no way to get in or out."

The fire alarm button had been deliberately pressed by one of Lin Jiji’s fans.

As for the people at the emergency entrance, besides the instigators Lin Jiji had hired to stir up trouble, there were also families of some car accident victims.

Of course, these families had already been bribed by Lin Jiji the day before. This whole scene was deliberately orchestrated to pressure the hospital into handing over Chenyang quickly and giving Lin Jiji the most satisfactory compensation and response.

After hearing the doctor’s explanation, the officers were all in a bind.

"Then what are we supposed to do?"

"How about you focus your manpower and drive these fans away?"

"We’d like to, but as you can see, this group is very aggressive. If we use overly harsh methods, we’re worried they’ll do something impulsive, and the scene will only become more chaotic."

"Well..." The doctor paused. "We can afford to wait, but the patient in the ambulance can’t."

The middle-aged officer pondered for a moment. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw several high-ranking city officials getting out of their cars one by one.

At the same time, a voice sounded from behind the ambulance.

"Open the ambulance doors."

The doctor followed the voice over. "Only our hospital’s medical staff are allowed to handle the patient. Unauthorized personnel can’t just..."

"Doctor Liu, he isn’t unauthorized personnel. He’s a new doctor at our hospital."

The speaker was An Xiaoqing, and the ’he’ she was referring to was, of course, Chenyang.

Doctor Liu glanced at Chenyang. "A new guy?"

"Yes. Doctor Chen’s medical skills are excellent. Since we can’t get in and the doctors inside can’t come out, we might as well let him take a look first."

"But there’s no equipment here."

"Doctor Chen practices Chinese medicine. He doesn’t need equipment."

"Chinese medicine? Doctor Chen?" Doctor Liu frowned in thought for a moment, then his head snapped up. "Don’t tell me you’re that Chen..."