Yan Yirou looked at Shangguan Wu with confusion: "What does Pei Kaiwen want with you? Do you two have any connection?"
Shangguan Wu shook his head, then suddenly noticed that the middle-aged woman's expression had changed.
Even after I applied the medicine, her face didn't change color.
But just hearing Pei Kaiwen's name made her expression change.
So Pei Kaiwen actually came here for the middle-aged woman!
Shangguan Wu did not respond, but lowered her eyes and asked, "Do you want to see him?"
The middle-aged woman was taken aback at first, then shook her head bitterly: "He's a good kid, but I can't be a burden to him."
There's a story behind it.
Shangguan Wu confirmed, "You don't want to see him?"
The middle-aged woman paused for two seconds, then nodded: "...Mm."
"Rou Rou, please help Auntie apply the ointment." Shangguan Wu handed the ointment to Yan Yirou and turned to leave the ward.
Yan Yirou hummed in agreement, took a new cotton swab, and began to apply the ointment to the aunt's wound.
"Auntie, please tell me if it hurts."
"It doesn't hurt."
The middle-aged woman felt a slight coolness in the wound and felt no pain at all.
While applying ointment to her wounds, Yan Yirou started a conversation: "Auntie, your daughter feels sorry for you, why don't you live with her?"
The middle-aged woman suddenly began to tremble.
Yan Yirou noticed and immediately apologized, "I'm sorry, did I hurt you?"
"No, no, it has nothing to do with you."
The middle-aged woman thought of her home and the man she desperately wanted to get rid of, which is why she felt agitated and afraid.
"I have thought about suicide."
Without me as a burden, my daughter can escape that home.
But my gambling addict found out.
He threatened me that if I dared to die, he would sell my daughter to the mountains…
The middle-aged woman sadly shed tears.
She wouldn't even dare to die.
"Suicide?" Yan Yirou asked incredulously, "Why didn't you call the police?"
The middle-aged woman cried, "Can calling the police lock him up for life? No, he said that if he gets out, he'll definitely kill my daughter. How can I dare to call the police and have him arrested? I only have one daughter, I can't afford to gamble, I can't afford to gamble..."
The middle-aged woman sobbed as she repeated her last words.
She wouldn't have secretly come to the capital for treatment if she hadn't been worried that the gambler would harm her daughter after her death.
She had heard from her daughter that the young doctor had opened a traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy in the capital, but because the young doctor was very young, few people believed her.
But the money she had was all earned by her daughter through hard work. Big hospitals were expensive, and she didn't want to waste money, so she came here.
Even after many years, middle-aged women are still very grateful that they came to the Chinese medicine pharmacy today.
Yan Yirou pursed her lips tightly and remained silent.
But her fist hardened!
On the other side, Shangguan Wu met Pei Kaiwen at the counter.
Pei Kaiwen, standing before me, looked travel-worn and exhausted, a far cry from the spirited man he had been at the banquet.
Pei Kaiwen asked anxiously, "Fourth Young Madam, has a middle-aged woman with short hair, about 1.6 meters tall, and dressed very simply come here?"
Shangguan Wu calmly looked at him: "Our Chinese medicine pharmacy does not disclose any patient privacy."
Pei Kaiwen said sternly, "She is a very important elder to me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Pei Kaiwen regretted it. He scratched his hair and apologized to her, "I'm sorry, Fourth Young Madam. I didn't mean to yell at you. I was just too hasty. You understand? That's my boyfriend's mother. I have to take good care of her. Please do me a favor, Fourth Young Madam!"
Pei Kaiwen clasped his hands together and looked at Shangguan Wu pleadingly.
Shangguan Wu was quite surprised: "Your boyfriend's... mother?"
"Cough cough cough." Pei Kaiwen coughed a few times, pressing his fist to his mouth, and clarified, "To be precise, she's my future girlfriend's mother."
To be precise? The future?
So when he said that she was his partner's mother, it was pure nonsense!
Shangguan Wu's lips twitched slightly: "She doesn't want to see you."
Pei Kaiwen immediately looked around and asked urgently, "Where is your aunt? Why doesn't she want to see me?"
"If you don't want to see someone, you just don't want to. Do you need a reason?"
Shangguan Wu's casual words were like a bolt from the blue, leaving Pei Kaiwen completely dumbfounded.
After a long pause, he finally found his voice: "Auntie doesn't want to see me. Did Youyou say something to her? If I did something wrong, I can change it!"
Shangguan Wu didn't expect him to say that; it seems he genuinely likes the middle-aged woman's daughter.
However, one thing at a time, she said, "I respect the patient's decision."
Pei Kaiwen suddenly took two steps closer and lowered his voice to tempt her, "Fourth Young Madam, I need your help. If you let me see your aunt, I promise to do three things for you. How about it?"
Shangguan Wu raised an eyebrow: "Do you think I'd be short of errand runners?"
There were more than ten bodyguards scattered outside the door, and two more standing at the door. Pei Kaiwen's lips twitched: "Excuse me, I'm sorry to have disturbed you."
"Go back now." Shangguan Wu turned and left.
"etc!"
Pei Kaiwen called out to her and stepped forward, pleading, "Fourth Young Madam, your aunt came to the capital to find Youyou, but Youyou's job is special, and she's not in the capital right now."
"Youyou hasn't told your aunt about any of this, so please keep her here. I'll cover all her expenses at the traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy, is that alright?"
His persistence put Shangguan Wu in a difficult position.
Before returning to the Shangguan family, she had met many wealthy young men who had a condescending attitude towards ordinary girls, as if being able to date them was a great favor.
Regardless of whether he is outstanding or not, there are very few people who can do what Pei Kaiwen has done.
“If the patient says she doesn’t want to see you, I will not allow you to see her at the Chinese medicine pharmacy. This will affect the patient’s emotions and will not be conducive to her recovery.”
After speaking, Shangguan Wu looked at Du Wei and said, "Please ask Young Master Pei to leave."
After a moment's thought, Pei Kaiwen immediately thanked her, saying, "Thank you, Fourth Young Madam."
Pei Kaiwen followed Du Wei out of the traditional Chinese medicine shop, but didn't go anywhere else; he just squatted at the door.
Shangguan Wu withdrew his gaze and walked to the ward.
By this time, the middle-aged woman's wounds had been treated with medicine.
"Thank you, Ms. Yan."
"Aunt Wu, just call me by my name." Yan Yirou introduced herself and the middle-aged woman.
When Shangguan Wu entered the ward, he noticed that the atmosphere had changed and was no longer so oppressive.
Yan Yirou asked her curiously, "Wu Bao, what's he here for?"
Shangguan Wu smiled slightly: "He said he is Auntie's future son-in-law and should do his best to be a good host and take good care of Auntie."
Wu Xiumei, the middle-aged woman, was completely stunned!
Yan Yirou exclaimed in surprise: "Future son-in-law?"
Wu Xiumei hurriedly waved her hands, her face turning pale, and denied it: "No, no, my daughter and he have nothing to do with each other. Let him go. I don't want him to take care of me."
Seeing this, Yan Yirou quickly reassured her, "Aunt Wu, don't get agitated. He didn't come in. It's safe here."
Wu Xiumei gradually calmed down, but her face was still pale.
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