He had only come over to take a look, with no intention of getting involved in such matters. Just now, he had observed the child from a distance and saw that the child's life was already hanging by a thread. William Clark opened his Life and Death Eye and saw that the aura of death around the child was already heavy and still increasing. Yet he really didn't want to get entangled in this kind of situation—patients in critical condition like this might die the moment you intervene. In today's society, he's truly afraid that instead of saving someone, he might end up in trouble himself. Cases like Peng Yu and Xu Yunhe, with compensation running into tens or hundreds of thousands—if something really went wrong, he and his mother, who lived in a small county town, would be ruined and unable to pay. This was also why William Clark hadn't spoken up since he arrived.

Seeing William Clark's hesitation, the old man seemed to understand his concerns. With a thud, he knelt down on the ground, pleading bitterly, "Young man, please, save this child! If you don't save him now, there will be no hope left. Please, just try! Even if you can't save him, I won't blame you. Everyone here can be a witness. I'm begging you..."

He glanced at the old man, then at the child lying on the bed. Taking a deep breath, he thought to himself, "Whether he can be saved depends on his fate."

William Clark walked to the bedside and first took the child's pulse, then quickly took off the child's shirt in a few swift motions. He examined the gap under the left rib, where he noticed a pronounced depression every time the child inhaled.

Seeing this depression, William Clark was immediately certain—this was a clear case of accidental inhalation of a foreign object, causing airway obstruction and resulting in asphyxiation. If the child's breathing wasn't improved immediately, he would soon die from lack of oxygen.

Chapter 7: Airway Puncture Technique

William Clark didn't know how regular hospitals would treat this, but traditional Chinese medicine had its own methods of acupuncture.

Suddenly, William Clark remembered that, because he didn't like medicine, he had never used or carried the medical tools his grandfather had left him.

William Clark was troubled. Suddenly, he noticed the attendant carrying a first aid kit and hurriedly asked, "Are there any acupuncture needles in the first aid kit?"

"No," the attendant replied after thinking for a moment.

Hearing the attendant's answer, William Clark frowned deeply.

Everyone around was watching William Clark anxiously. Seeing his furrowed brow, the crowd grew even more tense. The old man, looking extremely nervous, quickly asked, "Young man, can my grandson still be saved?"

"Yeah! Young man, is there still hope for this child?" The two train police and the passengers outside the door all chimed in.

Watching William Clark frown, Brian Cooper was filled with guilt. At the time, he had only thought that William Clark was a doctor and, seeing how pitiful the child was, instinctively asked for help without thinking it through. It wasn't until William Clark asked about acupuncture needles that he remembered William Clark practiced traditional Chinese medicine. In his mind, TCM was for treating back pain and prescribing herbs, not for emergency rescue. Although the old man said he wouldn't hold it against him if the child couldn't be saved, judging by their clothes, they didn't seem like an ordinary family. If William Clark failed to save the child and the old man was narrow-minded, he might still cause trouble for William Clark.

"Um... Doctor, if there are no acupuncture needles, would injection needles work?" Seeing William Clark frown at the lack of acupuncture needles, the attendant asked timidly.

"Xiao Zhang, don't talk nonsense. Acupuncture needles and injection needles are not the same thing," one of the train police said sternly to the attendant.

At this moment, William Clark's mind was racing, searching for a solution. Suddenly, upon hearing the female attendant's words, inspiration struck. His tightly furrowed brow relaxed, and he thought to himself, "That's right, I remember Grandpa once said that in this kind of situation, you can perform an 'airway puncture technique'!"

With that, he quickly instructed the attendant beside him, "Hurry, get me the largest needle you have, and also some gauze and disinfectant, quick..."

Seeing William Clark's brow relax and that he was preparing to save the child, everyone around was overjoyed and began to discuss, "Looks like there's still hope. That's good—such a young child, it's just too sad."

The attendant quickly opened the first aid kit and placed it in front of William Clark. Everyone around held their breath, watching William Clark nervously to see how he would save the child.

At this point, because of the delay, the child's arms and legs were gradually losing strength, and he was on the verge of stopping breathing. Everyone was extremely tense, doubting whether the child could still be saved.

Brian Cooper was so nervous that he kept wringing his hands, terrified that if things went wrong and the child died, he would have brought disaster upon William Clark. Just a few days ago, he had already caused William Clark to be hospitalized. If he got William Clark into more trouble now, Brian Cooper didn't know how he would face William Clark's mother.

The child's grandfather, the old man, had red eyes and a pale face. He had only been taking the child back to their hometown to visit relatives, and on the way back, the child wanted to eat peanuts. Who could have imagined something like this would happen? If the child really died, he wouldn't know how to face the child's parents and in-laws.

At this moment, William Clark dared not delay. He gently moved the child's hands aside and signaled to the old man to hold the child's hands.

Then he felt the child's neck with his hand, located the position of the foreign object, dipped a cotton swab in medical iodine, quickly disinfected the child's neck, and then picked up the injection needle.