Chapter 1 The Little Doctor Who Was Rejected
Dizhou City, spring.
The spring chill that was about to recede spread gently across the city.
In front of the Marquis of Jing'an's mansion, the sound of horse hooves quickly perked up the already exhausted doorman.
"Excuse me, who are you from? Do you have a visiting card?"
The doorman went down the steps, took a few quick steps, and looked at the coachman.
"What visiting card?" The driver's face was calm, but his tone was a little disdainful.
The doorman was a little confused and looked at the carriage again, but did not see any family logo in a conspicuous place.
Apart from the driver, he had not seen anyone in the carriage.
At this time, a voice came from inside the car.
"I'm looking for Zhou Zhili."
Soon, the curtain was lifted, and a woman wearing a veil walked down from the carriage, followed by two maids.
Although young, the woman gives people a sense of independence from the world.
"Are you the Little Medical Fairy?"
The old lady has been ill recently, and the second young master, whose medical skills have reached a certain level in the mansion, is unable to help her. The Marquis tried his best to find the little medical fairy, and heard that she will arrive soon.
But even though he couldn't see the face of the woman in front of him, judging from her eyes and figure, she was clearly a teenage girl. The little medical fairy that their Marquis had finally found with the help of so many people should not be of this age.
"Do you have the final say in this Marquis' Mansion?" Gu Ruanci asked softly.
The doorman realized that he had been a little too talkative. With such an arrogant temper, he might really be a master.
Since he is a medical genius, isn't it normal for him to pay attention to maintenance and keep in shape?
While trying to convince himself, he apologized to the woman.
"Please wait a moment, Little Doctor Fairy. I will report to the Marquis..."
The doorman hurried in, but Gu Ruanci did not return to the carriage. Instead, he stood there and looked at the high-hanging plaque on the door of the Marquis of Jing'an's Mansion.
"What a filthy place..."
To this day, Gu Ruanci still remembers the moment Zhou Zhili came home with his mother's newly widowed stepsister and five-year-old daughter.
That year, she was only six years old.
Her three older brothers, who were already sensible, stood against her and her mother.
Forced her and her mother away.
A cool breeze blew past her face, and Gu Ruanci's veil fluttered in the wind and fell to the ground.
"Girl, your veil has fallen—"
Zhou Yuzhi, the second son of the Marquis's Mansion, had just returned home with his attendants. When he picked up the veil on the ground and handed it to Gu Ruanci, he was struck by lightning.
"mother--"
He was about to shout out, but realized that the woman in front of him was obviously not of the right age.
Looking down, he saw the jade pendant tied around Gu Ruanci's waist. It was exactly the same as the one his younger sister wore when she left home.
"You are little... Humph, what are you doing back?"
The word "sister" was too hot to say, and I couldn't say it. Instead, the words sounded like accusations.
Gu Ruanci remained unmoved and simply responded indifferently, "You should ask Zhou Zhili about this."
Zhou Yuzhi became even angrier upon hearing this: "Zhou Qingran! You haven't learned any etiquette in all these years following her. You actually dared to call your father by his first name!"
"When I followed her, didn't I say I would never recognize this relative again in this life?"
"Now you've returned to Dizhou City in such a miserable state with only a shabby carriage, two maids, and a driver. Why are you running to our Jing'an Marquis Mansion to ask for shelter?"
"What about her? When she left, she declared she didn't want her family or us sons anymore. Why doesn't she dare show up now? Is she so ashamed that she's hiding in the carriage waiting for us to come out and ask her to go back, or is she simply too embarrassed to come and see us?"
Zhou Yuzhi asked a series of questions.
Gu Ruanci simply responded: "Zhou Qingran died a long time ago, mother, you will never see her again."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuzhi's eyes were filled with gloom.
"Shut up! If you kneel down and pay your respects to me right now, and then kowtow and apologize to my father and grandmother, I will still guarantee your admission into the palace!"
"You can no longer be the eldest daughter of our Zhou family. If you sincerely apologize, the Zhou family doesn't need a servant like you. I'll treat you to a meal and that will be a great reward. In the future, don't have those inappropriate thoughts. Since I made the decision back then, there's no point regretting it now."
"If you can behave yourself and respect mother and sister Qinzhu, the three of us brothers will naturally take care of you."
“…”
After Zhou Yuzhi finished her long speech, she was so thirsty that she found that the person opposite her didn't even look at her from beginning to end.
"Tell Zhou Zhili that it was he who refused to come out to see me."
After saying that, Gu Ruanci turned around and got on the carriage.
A maid snatched the veil from Zhou Yuzhi's hand and followed him.
The driver whipped the horse happily and turned the horse around in front of Zhou Yuzhi's surprised eyes.
"Tell Zhou Zhili a message: since I'm leaving today, even if the entire Marquis' Mansion kneels before me and begs me, I won't set foot here."
Before Zhou Yuzhi could react, the coachman drove away proudly in his carriage.
"Miss, why don't you emphasize that you are the little medical fairy that Zhou finally invited with great difficulty?"
"I only promised Master to come to the Marquis' Mansion to take a look. I never promised to save that old woman. After all, everyone in the Marquis' Mansion deserves to die."
"So where are we going now?"
Gu Ruanci replied naturally, "There's no need to see the person you least want to see, and there's no need to treat the person you don't want to treat. Then, let's go find Senior Brother as agreed. I originally came to Dizhou City to help him."
Zhou Yuzhi, who stayed where he was, was regretting not stopping the carriage and teaching her a lesson. Jing'an Marquis Zhou Zhili had already hurried out, followed by the breathless doorman.
"Yuzhi, where are the people?"
Zhou Yuzhi looked in the direction of the vanished carriage: "I drove her away... How could she deserve to—"
“Snap—”
Before Zhou Yuzhi could finish showing off, Zhou Zhili slapped him in the face.
"Do you know what you're doing? You're driving her away?"
After hearing this, Zhou Yuzhi was very confused.
The servants didn't dare to say anything and could only lower their heads and hide aside.
"Father, if someone like her doesn't kneel down and kowtow to you in front of the Marquis's mansion, how can she enter the gate of our Jing'an Marquis's mansion? It's a pity she ran fast, otherwise I would have broken her legs!"
Zhou Yuzhi covered his face, but did not regret what he had done.
After hearing this, Zhou Zhili became even more angry. How could his second son, who had always been sensible and filial, say such nonsense?
Zhou Yuzhi still hadn't realized the seriousness of the situation and continued, "She's so arrogant, as if my father had sent someone to beg her to come. She doesn't even take me seriously. This is simply outrageous!"
Zhou Zhili finally couldn't help but grabbed Zhou Yuzhi's hand and slapped him again.
"You bastard! You said there was no cure for your grandmother's illness, and the imperial physician was also helpless. I finally had someone ask her to come to me, and it took a lot of effort to convince her to replace her master and treat your grandmother. Not only are you rude, but you also refuse to repent. Do you want to watch your grandmother die?"
"I didn't send anyone to ask the Little Medical Fairy to come here, so would she take the initiative to talk to us?"
After receiving two slaps, Zhou Yuzhi finally understood why his father was angry.
"Father, you said Zhou Qingran is the Little Medical Immortal? How is that possible!"
Zhou Zhili was also stunned for a moment. The name Zhou Qingran made him hesitate for a long time.
"You mean Zhou Qingran? It was Zhou Qingran you drove away? Not Little Medical Fairy?"
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