Chapter 192.1: Bet

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Liu Yisheng: "What’s the bet?"
Gu Jiao: "Bet that one day, I will call you Prime Minister Liu."
"Prime Minister Liu? The likes of me?" Liu Yisheng himself couldn’t help but laugh. Living like a dog and being trampled on by others, not dying was already considered lucky of him.
After he was done laughing, he said, "Also, there’s no Prime Minister in the State of Zhao."
Gu Jiao looked at him, resting her chin in one hand.
Nevermind if he didn’t believe it.
Not long after Liu Yisheng grabbed the medicine and left, Yao shi also came to the medical hall.
Yesterday, in order to better interrogate Marquis Gu, Old Madame Gu sent her away. Only when she went to greet Old Madame Gu in the morning did she hear about Gu Chenglin’s situation.
Concubine Ling was usually the most fond of this "youngest son". Who would have thought that she would stab Gu Chenglin in the chest?
Old Madame Gu directly fainted as soon as she heard the news.
Yao shi naturally felt surprised, but not too surprised.
In the end, Concubine Ling never really treated the three Gu brothers as his own sons, otherwise she wouldn't have used Gu Chenglin in her scheme against her last time. But to think Concubine Ling was actually crazy to this degree; Yao shi could only sigh.
"I heard that she was given a bowl of anti-pregnancy medicine by Old Madame Ling before she entered the Marquis Estate, and another bowl of it by Old Madame Gu that same night. She must have been harboring this grudge all this time!" Inside the carriage that just arrived, Grannie Fang told Yao shi what she had learned.
Yao shi didn’t know whether this news was true or not, but over the years, Concubine Ling indeed had never been pregnant.
Yao shi came to the medical hall not to see Gu Chenglin, but to see Gu Jiao.
She heard that after Gu Chenglin had an accident in the middle of the night, Gu Changqing took him outside to find a physician and didn't come back until dawn.
Miraculous Hands Hall was the medical hall where Gu Jiao was working. She could probably guess the identity of the physician who worked hard to rescue Gu Chenglin last night.
Yao shi cooked chicken soup for Gu Jiao.
She made sure that the grease on the surface was removed, making the soup thick but not greasy. It was salty, delicious and creamy.
Gu Jiao, who was in her small courtyard, took a few mouthfuls. The soup tasted very good.
"Madame should also eat." She said to Yao shi.
"I already have." Yao shi placed the bowl that Gu Jiao moved before her back in front of Gu Jiao, and said indulgently, "You eat more.”
Gu Jiao had been busy for half a night. When morning came, she was so sleepy that she directly fell asleep, and when she woke up again, she examined Liu Yisheng. Now, she remembered that she really hadn’t eaten much.
She was starving.
When Yao Shi saw her eating well, she was both pleased and distressed.
After confirming that it was Gu Jiao who treated Gu Chenglin, Yao shi didn't question her why she did it. Yao shi believed that her daughter had her own considerations and an unshakable standpoint in everything she did. She would never exhort her daughter as to what to do with Gu Chenglin, and she would never stop her daughter from making any decisions either.
Besides, she did owe Gu Changqing one.
There was nothing wrong with her daughter’s response to this matter, whether as herself or as a physician.
Gu Jiao drank all the chicken soup, devoured the chicken meat, and finally had a full and satisfied stomach.
Afraid that her mouth still felt greasy, Yao shi peeled grapefruits for her.
Grapefruit was moderately sweet and sour, and it couldn’t be more suitable for getting rid of greasiness.
Gu Jiao ate comfortably.
Noticing the tiredness in her brows, Yao shi said with distress, "Get some sleep."
Gu Jiao yawned a little. Now that she was full, she really wanted nothing but to sleep.
However, she couldn’t sleep yet. She still had to go and check how Gu Chenglin was doing.
Gu Chenglin was placed in one of the rear rooms, next to the emergency room, and not far from Gu Jiao’s personal courtyard.
Gu Chenglin lay quietly on the medical bed.
Marquis Gu went to the Ministry of Works. Gu Changqing went back to the estate to question Concubine Ling and to pack a change of clothes for Gu Chenglin. It was Gu Chengfeng who stayed here all night to take care of him.
But Gu Chengfeng was not here at the moment. Gu Jiao asked Physician Song and found out that Gu Chengfeng had gone out to buy food for Gu Chenglin who had woken up.
"How's his body temperature?" Gu Jiao asked.
Physician Song answered, "I just checked and it's normal."
Under Gu Jiao's careful instructions, Physician Song managed to become skillful at using thermometer, sphygmomanometer and stethoscope.
Nodding, Gu Jiao continued to throw questions, "When did he wake up? How long has he been awake? How is his consciousness?”
Physician Song recalled carefully, "He woke up two quarters of an hour ago, but he isn’t talking at all. He didn't answer any of my questions either. He’s just in a daze, as if he has lost his mind. Second Young Master Gu said he’s going to buy him food, but as soon as he left, he closed his eyes and went to sleep again."
There was no problem with the operation itself. Blood donors were normally close relatives, even so, blood recipients still had a certain rejection probability. However, Gu Jiao used a disposable white blood cell filter, and the white blood cells which were likely to cause rejection had been successfully filtered out, so there was no issue in the blood transfusion.
In that case, Gu Chenglin's abnormality should mostly come from psychological shock.
Concubine Ling's dagger didn’t just stab his heart, but also his soul and his faith.
All his beliefs seemed to have collapsed overnight, and he began to be uncertain about whether this reality was true or false.
"That's right, Young Miss Gu." Physician Song already got used to this title and decided not to change it. Gu Jiao also preferred it. "Shopkeeper Wang came here just now, and he told me to ask you about the treatment fee..."
They already knew that Gu Chengfeng was Gu Jiao's half-brother, and he could be considered as one of their own, so——
Gu Jiao said without any trace of politeness, “Charge them as usual! The operation fee is ten taels, the medicine fee is ten taels, and the examination fee is ten taels. In addition, he’s in intensive care. That’s additional three taels a day!"
Physician Song broke into a cold sweat. How come it was so expensive all of a sudden?
After a while, Gu Chengfeng came back in a hurry, carrying a big food box, "Third brother, I bought you your favorite crispy duck and red bean cake!"
Physician Song looked awkwardly at Gu Chenglin on the medical bed, then at Gu Jiao on the side. He whispered, "With his injury, shouldn’t he avoid eating such greasy food?"
But Gu Jiao didn't stop Gu Chengfeng.
Soon, Physician Song understood why Gu Jiao didn't say anything to stop him.
Gu Chenglin refused to eat anything at all; he wouldn’t even drink water.
Upon waking up again, he only stared blankly at the beams with wide eyes. He gave no response when Gu Chengfeng called him, nor when the spoon was fed to his mouth.
Finally, he opened his mouth and Gu Chengfeng managed to feed him the food, only for all of it to come out of his mouth.
Gu Chengfeng anxiously looked back at Gu Jiao and Physician Song, "Do something!"
Gu Jiao nonchalantly looked at him, "I can't do anything about this."Raz P.'s Thoughts

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