The clinic after the Mid-Autumn Festival was just like a modern top-tier hospital, always packed with people. Both Dr. Zhou and his apprentices were extremely busy.
Zhou Chenyu brought back breakfast, ate two steamed buns to fill her stomach, and then quickly followed Doctor Zhou's instructions to boil the herbs he prescribed into a medicinal broth and fed it to Li Xiuju.
She has to feed him three times a day, with two hours between each feeding. It takes more than half an hour to brew the medicine. After brewing it, she slowly feeds him the medicine. Then she has to go out to prepare lunch. All in all, she has to keep busy all day.
Baoyu drank a bowl of porridge in the morning, stayed by Li Xiuju's bedside, and fell into a drowsy sleep.
Zhou Chenyu carried the brewed medicine and tiptoed to Li Xiuju.
Li Xiuju's right leg was covered in silver needles, and she was still unconscious. Her lips were wrinkled and dry, without a trace of blood. Overnight, she seemed to have aged several years.
After a moment of sadness, Zhou Chenyu scooped up some medicine with a spoon, blew on it to cool it down, and fed it to Li Xiuju.
Only a small amount of the medicine was fed into his mouth; the rest flowed out from the corners of his mouth.
Later, she scooped out less medicine, feeding only a little at a time. It took her almost half an hour to feed the small bowl of medicine. After feeding the medicine, she wiped Li Xiuju's face again. Before she knew it, it was noon.
Zhou Chenyu got up, rubbed her sore arms, and prepared to go out again.
Baoyu woke up to the smell of medicine. Seeing her get up, he also wanted to get up. Zhou Chenyu looked at his listless appearance and lack of energy, and knew he wasn't fully recovered. "Alright, it's just buying food, what's the big deal? You stay here and watch over things, I'll be right back."
Baoyu didn't argue at all and obediently sat back down in his chair.
Zhou Chenyu then left the clinic and headed straight for the nearest restaurant, but this scene happened to be seen by Qian Rushan, who was strolling on the street.
The servant followed Zhou Chenyu's retreating figure, giving her a knowing smile, "Second Master, it's Miss Zhou!"
Looking at the small, dilapidated clinic in front of him, Qian Rushan wondered, "I don't know if it's my brother-in-law who's injured, or my mother-in-law who's fallen ill."
The servant quickly ran across the street to the other side, secretly peeked inside, and hurried back to report: "Second Master, it's Li Xiuju lying inside."
Qian Rushan raised an eyebrow and scoffed, "What kind of illness can this kind of quack doctor treat? I can't let my future mother-in-law suffer in a place like this. Let's go in and take a look."
Zhou Chenyu was unaware of the situation at the clinic. When she returned with lunch, she saw Qian Rushan sitting in the room like an old man, with Baoyu being held down by his men. "You... let me go, sob sob, let me go!"
Seeing that things were not going well, Zhou Chenyu turned around to leave, but several servants immediately closed the gate.
Li Xiuju was unconscious on the bed. There were other elderly people and children in the clinic who were also there for treatment, but Qian Rushan was playing with her. Zhou Chenyu couldn't stand it anymore and cursed:
"Qian Rushan, what are you doing here again?"
As soon as she spoke, Dr. Zhou and everyone else in the clinic turned their attention to her.
Qian Rushan slowly stood up and looked at her ingratiatingly, "Chenyu, I saw that the old lady was sick, so I came to check on her."
care?
Zhou Chenyu, noticing the strange looks from those around her, suppressed her anger and sneered, pointing at Baoyu, "Is this how you care about us?"
Qian Rushan almost forgot about Baoyu. He glared at the servant and scolded, "Useless thing! Didn't you hear that Miss Zhou is unhappy? Let go of her right now!"
"Sister." Baoyu clutched his stomach and walked over, but Zhou Chenyu stopped him, coldly glancing at Qian Rushan. "Qian Rushan, you came to apologize last time, and all our grudges are settled. I think the best way for us to get along from now on is to leave each other alone. That would be best!"
Qian Rushan smiled slightly, "Chenyu, your mother is so ill, we need to find a good doctor. I am..."
Zhou Chenyu guessed what he was going to say next; it would just be more apologies and promises. Once, twice, three times, this man's vows and promises were more commonplace than eating and drinking. He was all talk and no action, and they were completely useless.
Even if he kindly helps them find a good doctor today, he would never do such a losing business.
Once you get involved with him, it's incredibly difficult to shake him off.
She immediately interrupted him, "I'm sorry, we don't need that!"
Seeing Zhou Chenyu's icy expression, Qian Rushan's smile froze for a moment, the corners of his mouth slowly fell back, and his eyes were covered with a layer of gloom.
"Zhou Chenyu, do you know where the last woman who spoke to me in this tone is now?"
threaten?
Zhou Chenyu rolled her eyes, lifted her eyelids, leaned closer to him, and smiled faintly, "If something happens to me, Yang Xi will definitely not abandon me. If you don't believe me, you can try."
After Zhou Chenyu finished speaking slowly, her gaze returned to Qian Rushan's face.
She knew that she had won her gamble again.
Qian Rushan was used to being arrogant and domineering all his life. Now, hearing this name was like having someone strangle him. Normally, nothing would happen, but if he crossed the line even slightly, the rope around his neck would tighten around him.
Qian Rushan looked at Zhou Chenyu's innocent smile, and his pent-up anger reached its peak. "Zhou Chenyu, unless Yang Xi stays by your side, one day you will fall into my hands."
"When that day comes, I will make you wish you were dead!"
As soon as Qian Rushan and the others left, a thunderclap struck the dark clouds hanging in the sky outside the clinic, as if it were an invisible hint from the heavens.
She and Qian Rushan were completely irreconcilable.
Zhou Chenyu blinked in a panic. Qian Rushan had committed many evil deeds, and it was uncertain whether he would live to see the future.
She gritted her teeth, calmly turned around, and prepared to comfort the frightened patients, but she did not expect that those people would rush out of the clinic as if fleeing for their lives, not daring to stay for a moment longer, for fear of being affected.
Seeing the panic in Old Man Zhou's eyes, Zhou Chenyu quickly went to his side to explain, but Old Man Zhou's first words were a firm and decisive command:
"I can't leave you here! You two pack your things right now, take your mother, and leave this place immediately."
Baoyu stopped him, heartbroken. "Uncle, my mother is in such a state. Please take us in. I beg you."
“If I keep you here tonight and try to revive your mother, my entire family will die in the streets! Child, it’s not that I don’t want to save your mother, but this old man really can’t risk the lives of my whole family. I beg you, please leave now.”
Old Zhou walked over shakily, about to kneel down before Baoyu. Zhou Chenyu wanted to try to defend herself, but seeing the old man kneeling down at his advanced age, she suddenly didn't know how to say anything.
They are in trouble.
But for him, wasn't this also an undeserved disaster?
They are the ones who have dragged this place down.
Zhou Chenyu quickly helped him up, "Uncle, I'm so sorry for causing you so much trouble. We... will leave now."
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