Chapter 144: Bear with a little, it hurts a bit.
The boy’s father looked at the dean, then at Director Zheng. He seemed puzzled by their conversation, and after a while, he said: "Have you misunderstood something?"
"Misunderstood?" Yu Zhengxiong was shocked, then asked cryptically, "You are here for...?"
The boy’s father gave a hearty chuckle, then suddenly pulled out the child behind him and said, "Kneel down and kowtow to the woman who saved your life. If it weren’t for her, you’d be dead by now, so hurry up and kowtow to her."
Upon hearing this, the boy was about to kneel down, but Si Chen quickly caught him. Tong Yao also stepped forward and hurriedly waved her hands, saying, "There’s no need to kneel or kowtow. I didn’t do much, just don’t mind that I don’t have a medical license."
Actually, Tong Yao had some guesses about what was going on when she saw these men coming toward her.
Most people in this era are fairly pragmatic, without much ulterior motives. In their eyes, Tong Yao was the one who saved the man. Having someone knowledgeable about first aid at a critical moment was like an angel’s arrival. They saw her as the child’s benefactor.
Under such circumstances, who would mind her lack of medical qualifications? If they hesitated any more, the child might have died. Even without qualifications, she was more professional than them scraping the child’s throat with their hands.
The boy’s father, with an honest face, said, "Don’t belittle your actions."