When Ding Youliang heard Su Ruyi say that she needed to ask for leave because she was going to treat General Shen's illness, his eyes darted around a few times, and he said with a beaming smile:
"Perfect timing, after you've finished visiting the general, go to Sanhe County."
Last night, Aunt He took that troublemaker Su Qiaoqiao to the county hospital. Go and see how she is!
Send back a message with whatever the result may be!
The team will count your work points for today as a business trip, and pay you double, okay?
Ding Youliang was clearly doing this out of respect for Shen Guoliang.
Su Ruyi was very grateful: "Then thank you so much, Captain."
...
Upon hearing Su Ruyi's words, Shen Guoliang immediately glared at her: "Ding Youliang helped you get leave?"
Su Ruyi quickly explained, "It's calculated as a business trip, double the work points."
Shen Guoliang nodded: "Hmm, that's more like it. Dr. Su, are you satisfied with Ding Youliang as the brigade leader?"
Su Ruyi smiled, pursing her lips.
Shen Guoliang laughed and ran to make a phone call.
A few minutes later, he returned with a big smile: "Shall we leave now?"
Su Ruyi picked up her handbag, slung it over her shoulder, and secretly pulled a clean needle case from her spatial storage and placed it inside: "Of course!"
She didn't know what kind of family she was going to see, or whether they needed to check her bag. It would be too strange if a needle case suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
Sure enough, Shen Guoliang personally drove her to the front of a two-story house in Tieshi.
There were two soldiers standing guard at the entrance.
And they did search her bag.
Shen Guoliang explained to her, "Bad elements have infiltrated here before under the guise of seeking medical treatment, and there was even a significant bombing incident, so..."
“I understand, no explanation needed, General Shen.” Su Ruyi calmly put away the needle case that had been opened and inspected.
On the way, she learned about the family's situation—the patient's son, Yi Fengchun, was General Shen's old comrade-in-arms. After being wounded and demobilized, he rose through the ranks and is now the deputy mayor of Tieshi.
He wasn't home; his mother was being cared for by two elderly women, who had already come out to greet him.
Upon seeing that the doctor who came this time was a teenage girl, both of them immediately adopted a dismissive expression.
One of the slightly plump women spoke up: "Young lady, do you have a medical license?"
Su Ruyi didn't know who these two people were. She glanced at General Shen.
General Shen explained, "These are Lao Yi's second aunt and youngest aunt."
It turned out they were the patient's two younger sisters.
Su Ruyi's barefoot doctor certificate, which had been kept in her spatial storage, was now moved to a hidden compartment in her handbag.
Just now, the two soldiers did not open this compartment to check.
She handed her identification to her second aunt who was asking questions.
The second aunt took it, frowned as she looked at it, and handed it back to her: "Little girl, we agreed that if it can be cured, we will; if it can't, we'd better tell you as soon as possible!"
My aunt added, "Never try to appear richer than you are!"
Su Ruyi didn't take their attitude to heart, but nodded gently: "Let me examine the patient first, and then I'll tell you whether I can treat him, okay?"
Auntie paused, then gave Su Ruyi a deep look: "Then... please come in!"
For some reason, her attitude became a bit more polite.
Su Ruyi followed the two through the entire courtyard and arrived at the patient's bedroom.
The interior was dimly lit, but very clean.
An old lady, dressed neatly, was indeed lying upright on the bed.
His eyes were half-open, his gaze fixed on the ceiling.
The scene was truly chilling.
Su Ruyi cautiously walked over and looked at her second aunt and youngest aunt: "Is the patient not aggressive?"
The two shook their heads.
My aunt added, "If you can get her to react at all, then I'll consider you capable!"
Su Ruyi still greeted the patient: "Grandpa, my surname is Su, and I'm here to treat you. Let me take your pulse now!"
The patient didn't even blink.
Su Ruyi placed three fingers on the patient's wrist.
"Huh?" She made a questioning sound after a dozen seconds.
Switch to the other hand.
Look at the eyes, and pinch open the mouth to look at the tongue.
I checked all the reflex zones on the body, and they were all normal.
This old lady... aside from having a slight deficiency of yin and excessive internal heat, she has no illness whatsoever!
But why does she have these symptoms?
And it lasted for half a year!
Su Ruyi pondered for a moment longer.
All the evidence points to one conclusion—the old lady was faking it!
Su Ruyi was shocked by this conclusion and scanned the old lady's whole body with her divine sense again—there were no lesions!
She was definitely faking it!
So why, after seeing so many doctors, did no one dare to expose her?
Su Ruyi frowned as she pondered, when suddenly it dawned on her—they dared not be certain, or even consider this possibility!
Who could have imagined, and who would dare to say, that the deputy mayor's mother, an old woman with a full head of white hair, was faking illness?
However, Su Ruyi dared.
After all, she had no connection with Vice Mayor Yi, and besides, she had connections.
Su Ruyi looked at her second aunt and youngest aunt: "Was there any trigger when the old lady first fell ill?"
"It started about half a year ago. My eldest sister wanted to celebrate her 80th birthday in a grand way, but Xiaochun disagreed, saying he didn't like to make a fuss. The two of them must have had a fight! That brat Xiaochun said a lot of nonsense! That night, my eldest sister couldn't get out of bed! And this happened the next day!" Auntie said.
"It was Xiaochun who got sick!" Auntie added.
“Xiao Chun is my comrade-in-arms, Lao Yi,” Shen Guoliang added, standing at the door.
“I can cure this disease.” Su Ruyi already had an idea.
A glimmer of light appeared in the eyes of both my second aunt and my youngest aunt, but it was only a glimmer.
My second aunt asked, "How do we treat it?"
"Acupuncture!" Su Ruyi said, taking out her needle kit. "The old lady's illness is caused by a blockage in her chest. It's not a serious blockage, but the location of the blockage is very tight, which leads to this seemingly severe condition. The treatment is very simple—just let this blockage out."
"Then... how many needles will it take?" Auntie looked worriedly at Su Ruyi's needle case, which was filled with a large handful of needles.
Actually, there weren't that many; she had taken them out of her spatial storage on short notice. She took out a needle and deliberately waved it in front of the old woman: "It's hard to say. When it comes to guiding qi, some people can clear it with just one needle, while others need a full 108!"
As she spoke, she glanced at the old woman's face out of the corner of her eye.
The old lady's eyes moved slightly.
Su Ruyi suppressed a laugh: "Grandma, let's see how lucky you are. I'm going to start!"
As she spoke, she slowly inserted the gold needle in her hand into the inside of the old lady's wrist.
The aunt, who was standing nearby, exclaimed in disbelief, "Oh my god! She...she moved! She moved!"
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