Chapter 876 Regret
When Bai Shan came out of Guan's house, a thin layer of sweat broke out on his back. He paused beside the carriage and looked at Manbao.
Manbao was about to go over and sit with him, but after taking two steps, Doctor Ji coughed and called out, "Manbao, get in the car. I have something to tell you."
Manbao had no choice but to stop, look at Bai Shan, and then get into Dr. Ji's car.
Bai Shan frowned, said nothing, and stepped on the bench to get on the bus.
Guan Erlang saw all of this and sighed in his heart, it seems that there are people here who try to break up couples.
Bai Shan pulled aside the curtain and said goodbye to Guan Erlang for the last time. They waved to each other before parting.
Guan Erlang watched the two carriages go away, then turned around and went back to the main courtyard with a smile.
Mr. Guan is asking about Guan Dalang Baishan's situation.
How does Guan Dalang know so much?
In the past two years, his main focus has been on taking care of his father and managing household chores. Occasionally, when he has free time, he wants to maintain relationships with the wealthy and powerful families in the city, but various things always pop up, so he is not very sensitive to what is happening outside.
It was Erlang who told him everything he knew about Bai Shan's situation.
When Master Guan saw that he knew nothing about anything he asked, and the only things he knew were the ones he had just asked, he became extremely angry.
When he got angry, his head hurt even more, and when his head hurt, his temper got worse...
Just when he was about to lose his temper, Guan Erlang walked in with a smile on his face. Noticing that the atmosphere was not right, he subconsciously paused, turned around and wanted to leave.
Master Guan has already called out, "Second Brother, come here."
Guan Erlang then went over and saluted, "Father."
Master Guan stared at him and asked, "Let me ask you, you and Bai Shan had a great conversation and felt that you had met too late, so you invited him to your home?"
Guan Erlang nodded repeatedly, "Yes." He couldn't say that the young man came for his sweetheart. In his father's eyes, love between young men and women was not a sign of success.
Master Guan leaned back in his recliner and looked him in the eye and asked, "Tell me, what did you talk about the day before yesterday?"
Guan Erlang said stiffly, "We talked about a lot, including poetry, literature, and prose. It was very long."
"It's okay. We haven't talked together for a long time. We have nothing to do now, so we have plenty of time. Just start from the beginning. What poems and lyrics did you talk about?"
Guan Erlang was choked and couldn't speak for a moment.
Master Guan glared at him and shouted, "Tell me the truth. Why did he come here?"
Guan Erlang felt something was wrong at this moment. He exchanged a glance with Guan Dalang, then lowered his head and said, "He came here with Doctor Xiao Zhou. Father, why do you care so much about Bai Shan?"
Guan Dalang also looked at Master Guan.
Master Guan suddenly sat up from his recliner, his emotions surging. "Who do you think he came with?"
"Doctor Xiao Zhou," Guan Erlang paused and said, "the two of them, well, love each other, so..."
Master Guan's expression changed several times, and he said expressionlessly: "Can you please describe in detail the scene of your first meeting? Also, what did you say just now?"
Guan Erlang was worried and had to speak in detail under his father's gaze.
At this time, Manbao, who was sitting in the carriage, lowered his head anxiously and sat opposite Doctor Ji.
Doctor Ji stared at her for a long time, but finally reason prevailed and he did not ask her why she wanted to inquire about Master Guan's illness.
He has been a doctor for nearly forty years, and if you start from when he started following his father to see patients, that’s fifty years.
However, Doctor Ji couldn't help but teach her, "Manbao, I've been carrying a medicine box with my father since I was nine years old, going to various houses. For more than fifty years, I've seen so much. As a doctor, we only need to treat patients. If we can avoid listening to other things, we should avoid listening, and we should not actively pry. People with less curiosity can live longer and happier lives, understand?"
Manbao knew that Doctor Ji must have guessed something.
When she first started learning medicine, Dr. Lu once told her that the first thing a doctor should learn is to read people's expressions and words, and the best doctors are also the best at reading people's expressions and words.
Doctor Lu once said that a great doctor can sense and see what the patient is thinking even though the patient himself may not be aware of it. This is a great doctor who can cure illness before it occurs.
Doctor Ji naturally didn't reach that point, but even Manbao could sense that something was wrong with Master Guan, so she didn't believe that Doctor Ji couldn't sense it either.
Manbao knew she couldn't hide it from him, but she knew his character. He wouldn't ask, let alone get involved, so Manbao didn't tell him the reason. She just said, "Mr. Ji, this is not curiosity."
Doctor Ji looked at Manbao, and Manbao looked back at him without hesitation and said seriously: "Mr. Ji, I am not doing this for anyone else, but for myself." Obviously, she also noticed the change in Doctor Ji's attitude towards Bai Shan.
She paused and then asked, "Will it drag you down?"
Doctor Ji smiled and said, "How can you be dragged into this so easily? Forget it, you young people should handle yourselves. I'm old and can't take care of you all."
Manbao breathed a sigh of relief and half-knelt to salute, "Thank you, Mr. Ji."
Doctor Ji closed his eyes slightly and accepted the salute.
Manbao didn't stay in the pharmacy any longer. After sending Doctor Ji inside, she carried her basket to the carriage behind and climbed up swiftly. "What's wrong with you? Why do I feel like Master Guan seems to know you?"
Bai Shan said: "He doesn't know me, but he should know my father."
Manbao only then remembered this and said in frustration, "Oh no, I forgot about this."
Bai Shan nodded seriously, "I guess he must have guessed that I am Bai Qi's son."
Manbao was troubled. "If he was a bad guy and told the King of Yizhou..."
Bai Shan said, "Let's go find Magistrate Tang."
Bai Shan knocked on the wall of the carriage, and Daji turned his horse around and headed towards the county government office.
County Magistrate Tang had just finished his morning duties and was wandering back to the backyard for lunch when he realized something was amiss. He paused, his face darkening slightly as he exclaimed in frustration, "Oh no!"
Mingli, who was following behind, quickly asked, "What happened, Master?"
County Magistrate Tang clapped his hands and said, "I forgot to ask Madam Liu if Bai Shan and County Magistrate Bai look alike."
Mingli scratched his head and said, "They are biological father and son, so they must look alike. Could it be that Master suspects that Young Master Shan is not County Magistrate Bai's son?"
County Magistrate Tang glared at him angrily and asked, "What are you thinking about?"
He turned around and walked back, saying, "Let's go to the pharmacy and see if they went to Guan's house. If not, stop them quickly."
Just as he finished speaking, he saw two people following the yamen runners into the room. He stopped in his tracks when he saw their appearance. "Well, it seems they've been there before. They're pretty quick."
The next update will be around 4:00 PM
(End of this chapter)
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