Chapter 15: The Foremost Mind in Neuroscience

Chapter 15: The Foremost Expert in Neurology

The voice came abruptly.

Lu Xiwei’s brows knit together sharply as she turned around. Upon seeing Gu Mang’s striking face, her pupils contracted, a flicker of hostility flashing through her eyes.

"Who are you to come here and point fingers?" she asked coldly.

Her gaze swept over Gu Mang, taking in every detail with subtle scrutiny. She couldn't even recognize the brand of the clothes Gu Mang was wearing. Some fool from who knows where, daring to criticize her medical expertise.

Gu Mang, hands tucked into her pockets, fixed a cold, steady gaze on the old lady. After three seconds, she said in a flat tone, "Two days."

Upon hearing these two simple words from Gu Mang, Lu Shangjin felt an instant sense of relief. Gu Mang could treat this illness, and she was confident. He looked toward Lu Chengzhou and said, "Chengzhou, Gu Mang needs two days."

Lu Chengzhou cast a sideways glance at Gu Mang. Beneath her cold, detached eyes lay a sharp edge of arrogant confidence.

"Conscious in two days?" he asked.

The old lady had been ill for nearly a year. Authoritative experts from all over the world had come and gone from the Lu residence, yet all they could manage was to keep the condition under control. This current critical state would likely only allow for the old lady to be woken up temporarily, buying her a little more time.

Gu Mang arched an eyebrow and said slowly, "Conscious in one hour, fully recovered in two days."

Lu Chengzhou’s narrow eyes squinted. "Fully recovered?"

Lu Xiwei, already simmering with rage because Gu Mang had ignored her earlier, burst into laughter upon hearing such an absurd claim. "Conscious in an hour, fully recovered in two days? Miss, a craniotomy takes longer than an hour. May I ask what method you intend to use to cure my grandmother?"

"Acupuncture," Gu Mang replied succinctly.

She stood with a black backpack slung over one shoulder, one leg bent in a casual, slouching posture, exuding an air of lazy defiance.

"Acupuncture?!" Lu Xiwei scoffed. "That pseudoscience, that baseless nonsense? Curing my grandmother in two days? Are you telling a joke?"

The military doctors looked at Gu Mang with undisguised disdain.

"A condition that has persisted for nearly a year, cured in two days? Young lady, medicine is not a game. Even the elusive, peerless expert in neurology wouldn't dare make such a boast. What makes you think you can?"

"Exactly. It’s fine to want fame and fortune, but don’t gamble with human lives and bring harm to Madam Lu."

"And using such an outdated, abandoned treatment method—what century are we in? Acupuncture? Ha."

"Young people today really don't know their place. They haven't even learned how to be decent people, yet they spend their time chasing delusional fantasies."

"Among the internationally certified female experts in neurology, Miss Lu is the most skilled. I’ve never heard of anyone else. This girl hasn't even made a name for herself internationally, yet she dares to question Miss Lu’s medical decisions? It's laughable."

The comments grew increasingly biting and sharp. Everyone assumed that Lu Shangjin, desperate to split the family assets, was just clutching at straws and had stubbornly brought this person here.