When Li Zhi returned to the Gu family home, it was already past midnight. However, as soon as he stepped outside the villa's courtyard, he saw that the living room was brightly lit and there were quite a few people inside, including several doctors in white coats. He wondered what they were doing in the living room so late at night.

"Dad, Dad, don't scare me!"

"Dad, wake up..." Gu Xiuyun cried, sobbing uncontrollably, clinging to the old man's body.

The doctor was still administering an IV to the old man while performing various tests on different instruments, and several academic professors were discussing the old man's condition nearby!

The moment Li Zhiyi pushed open the door, all eyes were fixed on her.

Zheng Mei went even further, saying, "You unlucky woman, it's all your fault that the old man suddenly fell ill."

As soon as she said that, Gu Xiuyun and Gu Zhenting disliked her even more!

"You woman, you're petty, greedy, a liar, fickle, ungrateful, and treacherous. Don't talk to me, you're insulting my intelligence."

"You, say it again." Although Zheng Mei was not welcomed by the Gu family, she ate, used, and dressed the best of everything. In the circle of wealthy women, who wouldn't try to curry favor with her? Which woman wouldn't show envy when she saw her?

How come she became utterly useless in the little Taoist nun's mouth? And it seems that everything she said is correct.

"I'll say it ten times and it'll still be the same. Do you dare say you're not that kind of person? Do you dare swear to God?"

Zheng Mei glared angrily at Li Zhiyi. This was the first time in her life she had ever hated someone so much. She was determined to drive her out of the Gu family and absolutely could not let her stay and get in the way of her plans.

"Doctor, what's wrong with my father? Why is he still unconscious?"

The doctors looked at each other, and finally, one of them, representing the group, concluded, "Please accept our deepest condolences. It seems there's nothing we can do to save the old man."

"Dad, Dad, I'll never make you angry again! Wake up!" Gu Xiuyun was extremely sad and shook her father's shoulders hard, hoping that her father could hear her words.

Gu Zhenting was also devastated. He never expected that his father, who was in good health yesterday, would suddenly fall into a coma today.

"Make way, I can save Grandpa." Because she had just seen that Grandpa Gu's breathing was disordered, clearly indicating that he was trapped in a dream state and unable to get out.

People in a vegetative state are also in a state of suspended animation, but ordinary people can't understand those things. Luckily, their family members might wake them up by calling out to them, but many others are simply lost in their vegetative state and never escape...

To put it simply, "寐" means a higher level of dream; going beyond the dream realm leads to the "寐镜" (the mirror of dreams).

The doctors looked at the young girl who suddenly spoke as if she were an idiot. Had this girl even graduated from university? Don't think that just because you studied medicine, you can save lives.

"Stop making a scene, just let Dad go in peace." As soon as Zheng Mei said this, everyone burst into tears.

Even Wang Ma and Zhou Bo couldn't help but cry. Although the old man was stubborn, he was very kind. Wang Ma and Zhou Bo were both live-in nannies and housekeepers, and they spent the most time with the old man and had developed feelings for him.

"How can you be so vicious? I said I could save Grandpa, but you insisted on messing things up. Do you want Grandpa to die?" Li Zhiyi always spoke directly and without any tact.

Zheng Mei said angrily, "Damn girl, if you ask me, it's because of you that the old man suddenly fell ill. It's because of the disaster you brought. Ever since you came to this family, there have been constant misfortunes. First, Si Ye was shot, and now the old man is unconscious. Everything was fine before you came. What else can you be but a jinx?"

Just as Li Zhi was about to retort, he heard the sound of the door opening behind him:

"Where's Grandpa? What happened to Grandpa?"

The person who came in through the door asked anxiously. It was Gu Siye, who was leaning on a cane. His grandfather had always loved him the most since he was a child, and he had always been his grandfather's pride. Seeing his grandfather unconscious, the doctors stood there helplessly.

For the first time, he felt utterly helpless. He couldn't believe that his grandfather had really abandoned him like this.

At this moment, Gu Nianzhi rushed over from outside, ran to Grandpa Gu, and cried out, "Grandpa, wake up, Grandpa! Don't scare me! Waaah, what am I going to do? I'll never have a grandpa again..."

Then she turned around and said angrily, "You damned woman, get out of this house! You're not welcome here... Go away..."

"I'll say it again, only I can save Grandpa now, so all of you get out of my way."

But now no one believes what she says. Instead, they think she's causing trouble. Even Gu Siye looks at her with dissatisfaction. Of the five doctors here, three are professors. They've been doctors their whole lives, giving lectures and practicing all over the country, and have performed countless surgeries.

Both of them are well-known traditional Chinese medicine doctors in Beijing. If even doctors can't do anything about it, what can she do?

Li Zhiyi had truly had enough of these people. She took out silver needles from her backpack and pulled Gu Xiuyun and Gu Nianzhi, who were blocking her way, aside. She quickly began to insert needles into Old Master Gu's body. The speed at which she inserted the needles was so fast that she didn't even have time to look. Even the two old Chinese medicine doctors present couldn't figure out what acupoints she was inserting.

It's also possible that her technique was too fast, and they didn't even see which acupoint she punctured.

After Li Zhi finished inserting the needles, he walked to the table, poured himself a glass of water, drank it, and then put the silver needles back into his bundle. Xiao Bai was still fast asleep.

At this moment, everyone realized what had happened. Gu Nianzhi angrily said, "What did you just do to Grandpa? Do you even know anything about medicine?"

"Grandpa will be fine in a little while."

Several leading professors in the medical field also disbelieved it, shaking their heads and saying, "You silly girl, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand medicine. The old man's breathing is clearly weak, with more air in than out."

"You're still trying to deny it! If anything happens to Grandpa, I won't let you off the hook!" Gu Nianzhi said angrily.

Li Zhizhi finally understood what her master had told her: you should only save someone when they ask you for help. If they don't trust you, they will think that it was just a matter of life and death, not your skill.

But if you can't save them, they'll blame you; that's human nature.

"Cough, cough..."

The old man coughed, and everyone looked at him in surprise.

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