Soon, the group arrived at the living room.
Liu Ying looked at them. “Please have a seat. Doctor Zhao is giving Grandpa acupuncture.”
“It’s fine. If you don’t mind, can I go take a look?”
“Of course!”
By now, Liu Ying had little hope left for Doctor Zhao. Every day after the acupuncture, her grandfather’s complexion seemed to improve, but after a short while, it would worsen again—sometimes even worse than before.
“Third Brother, you don’t understand this stuff, just stay here and wait for me.” Gu Yunxi stopped Gu Lao San, who was about to follow along.
“Alright.” Even if he didn’t go in, he could hear his sister’s thoughts. If anything happened to her, he would rush in immediately.
Inside the room, a frail, emaciated old man lay on the bed.
A doctor in a white coat, around fifty years old, sat beside him, holding his hand and performing acupuncture. Beside him stood a young man.
From the looks of it, he was likely an apprentice or assistant.
The old man slightly lifted his eyelids and saw the people entering. “Xiao Ying, why did you bring strangers here?”
“Grandpa, she’s a friend of mine. She came specifically to see you.”
Doctor Zhao glanced at Gu Yunxi. She was young and pretty, so he didn’t take her seriously and continued with his work.
Gu Yunxi used special means to show part of the scene. Of course, she had already discussed it with Liu Ying beforehand outside the room.
[As expected of a wealthy family—they actually have Doctor Zhao making house calls. We can’t even get an appointment with him at the hospital. Without special connections, he doesn’t even accept patients.]
[Exactly. I once tried to book him and used every possible method just to get into his team. Getting his appointment is incredibly difficult.]
[With Doctor Zhao, a returnee expert, around, Old Master Liu will surely recover. The streamer might as well just admire the mansion—it could be the closest she’ll ever get to the Liu family.]
[Does the streamer really know medicine? She looks only seventeen or eighteen. Probably just an uneducated student.]
[Fortune-telling? Only fools believe that!]
[Don’t Be Infatuated With Me: I’ll say this now—if the streamer can really solve the problem, forget one gift, I’ll send ten, and even become your loyal fan!]
[Deal, I’ve already written it down!]
Heh! This so-called Doctor Zhao did have some skill—but he was draining the old man’s life.
Gu Yunxi couldn’t stand it anymore and was about to speak when Xiao Wu, standing nearby, noticed her disdain.
“You’re Miss Liu’s friend, right? I see you hesitating—could it be that you understand medicine?”
“I don’t understand medicine, but this doctor’s treatment method has a problem.”
Doctor Zhao, holding the silver needle, paused. He stopped what he was doing. “You doubt my treatment? Then tell me—what’s wrong with it?”
Sensing something unusual inside, Gu Yunlang stood by the door, listening carefully.
Gu Yunxi looked at the man on the bed. After Doctor Zhao’s acupuncture, his complexion did appear better.
“Doctor, you are indeed clever, using this method to prolong Grandpa Liu’s life. But your daily acupuncture is merely accelerating the depletion of his vitality. Do you know that with his condition, he was meant to live to a hundred?”
The old man turned his head and looked at Gu Yunxi carefully. Why would she say such a thing? She was just a child about the same age as his granddaughter—surely she was just trying to comfort him.
Let alone living to a hundred—he wasn’t even sure he could last another two years. Though after each acupuncture session, his body did feel more comfortable.
Zhao Huai stared sharply at Gu Yunxi and adjusted his glasses. “Ignorant child, do you know who I am?”
“Aren’t you Doctor Zhao from Jiangcheng Medical University Affiliated Hospital? What’s so special about that?”
[Besides, Fourth Brother also seems to work at that hospital—though he’s a pediatrician.]
“Since you know my master’s identity, you should address him as Divine Doctor Zhao! Do you know how long the waiting list is for his appointments? Some people even rent apartments near the hospital for half a year and still can’t see him. You’re incredibly fortunate to meet him today.”
Gu Yunxi waved her hand. “Keep a low profile. Those are just media exaggerations. I already said—acupuncture can’t cure Grandpa Liu.”
[Did the streamer see something? Question.jpg]
[Probably not. Even though I don’t understand anything, the old man clearly needs treatment. Only wealthy families can afford to bring Doctor Zhao home. For people like us, even booking him is nearly impossible.]
“Are you even a doctor? At such a young age, yet you speak so arrogantly.” Wu Jiang felt that ever since this woman entered, even the air in the room had worsened.
He stepped in front of Gu Yunxi and looked up at her. She was about 1.7 meters tall, while he wasn’t even 1.6.
“I’m not a doctor. I’m just a fortune teller who reads feng shui to make a living.”
“Haha!”
Xiao Wu laughed so hard he nearly choked. “Fortune-telling? You’re just a fraud. A young girl like you, probably not even in college—of all things, you choose to be a scammer. Miss Liu, I think she’s not your friend at all, but a con artist.”
His master’s acupuncture skills were unmatched in Jiangcheng, ranked among the top ten in the medical field. If even his master couldn’t cure Old Master Liu, could she?
Clearly, this woman wasn’t here just to visit—she was planning to scam money.
“Wu Jiang, that’s enough.”
Hearing his master, he returned and whispered, “Master, she’s clearly here to cause trouble and scam money.”
“Young lady, you said acupuncture is useless for Old Master Liu. Since you claim to practice fortune-telling and feng shui, are you suggesting his condition is related to superstition?”
Zhao Huai’s tone was stern, trying to intimidate her—but Gu Yunxi wasn’t affected.
She stepped forward, looking at Old Master Liu. She closed her eyes, then opened them again, seeing a deathly aura surrounding him.
The aura wrapped around him, especially thick around his head and feet. His lips were slightly purplish—a sign of death.
As for this so-called doctor, he was simply after money.
“When one dies naturally, the soul leaves from the head. When one dies unjustly, it leaves from the feet. But when someone tampers with feng shui, both head and feet are taken at once.”
“Hah! Speaking in riddles no one understands. Old Master Liu, don’t be fooled by this fake fortune teller.”