Chapter 440: Chapter 440: Connections Are Important, but Life Matters More
"These medicinal herbs are too precious to be mass-produced. Besides, the poison in your body is no ordinary one. The cost of creating such a poison is also extremely high."
Mr. Li: ...
’The person who poisoned me must have really thought highly of me.’ For the first time, he was rendered speechless by someone’s retort. ’The Divine Doctor certainly has a personality.’
When Gu Jiaojiao saw Mr. Li fall silent, she waited a moment before continuing, "However, the bottle of medicine for treating heart conditions can be mass-produced."
"The antidote the Divine Doctor gave me can also treat heart disease?" Mr. Li was stunned.
"Mr. Li, I gave you two bottles of medicine. The antidote only has three pills, as written in the instructions. The other bottle is medicine for your heart condition.
Starting tomorrow, you won’t need any more acupuncture. After you take the antidote, the toxins in your body can be completely cleansed.
Then you can take the heart medicine. From now on, you’ll just need to go to the hospital for regular check-ups."
"Ah!" Mr. Li was inwardly resistant to going to the hospital. He had been hospitalized for several months for his condition without any improvement and had nearly died.
He had just said he wouldn’t come to the Mu Family’s home tomorrow, but the Divine Doctor had already planned not to give him acupuncture. This left him feeling a bit unsettled.
’Did the Divine Doctor get upset because she overheard what I said?’
"Divine Doctor, didn’t you say yesterday that I needed continuous acupuncture to be detoxified?"
"In principle, yes. But more than half of the poison was already neutralized yesterday, and today’s session will just about finish the job.
Further acupuncture would have a minimal detoxifying effect, so I worked through the night to prepare three antidote pills. Taking them will clear out the residual poison in your blood.
The poison has been in your body for too long and has already seeped into your organs. The antidote I’ve given you will not only clear the residual toxins but also strengthen your constitution.
Besides, you had a heart condition before you were poisoned. Although it was treated promptly, you hadn’t fully recovered before this happened.
As a result, your heart condition was never completely cured. Taking medicine is more suitable for you now than acupuncture."
Gu Jiaojiao bluffed with a serious expression. She had originally planned to treat Mr. Li with acupuncture, but detoxifying him that way was too mentally draining.
After every session, she was completely exhausted. She would be drenched in sweat, as if she had just stepped out of a sauna, her clothes soaked through.
So, she used the panacean spiritual spring water to form three medicine pills. In reality, one would have been enough, but a single pill wouldn’t have been very convincing.
Even someone as shrewd as Mr. Li was completely convinced by Gu Jiaojiao’s explanation. Both grandfather and grandson were extremely grateful.
During the acupuncture session, no one spoke. Li Xiaoliang had a new towel ready.
This time, however, Mr. Li was clearly in less pain than before, which made him believe Gu Jiaojiao’s words even more.
Li Xiaoliang used the new towel to constantly wipe the sweat from Gu Jiaojiao’s forehead.
An hour later, Gu Jiaojiao was utterly exhausted, her clothes so soaked they could be wrung out.
In contrast, Mr. Li felt refreshed and invigorated after the session. Seeing the Divine Doctor so fatigued, he didn’t know what to say.
"Count out my fee. I’m going to take a quick shower," Gu Jiaojiao said, her voice weary.
With that, she went into the Mu Family’s bathroom, locked the door, and directly entered her space.
The moment she soaked in the spiritual spring water, the exhaustion enveloping her entire body vanished completely.
She soaked for twenty minutes and felt completely refreshed. Twenty minutes in the space was equivalent to ten minutes outside.
She changed her clothes and came out, planning to feign exhaustion to avoid arousing suspicion.
But as soon as she came out, she saw Li Xiaoliang counting money. All her feigned tiredness vanished in an instant—not that it mattered, since she had already recovered.
Mr. Li saw that she still looked exhausted when she came out, but the moment she saw the money, her eyes lit up with a smile. He assumed she was just greedy.
He smiled and instructed his grandson, "Xiao Liang, stop counting. Just give all the money you have on you to the Divine Doctor."
"Okay, Grandpa." Li Xiaoliang readily gave Gu Jiaojiao eleven hundred yuan for the treatment fee.
"Hehe, Mr. Li, then I won’t be polite. My medicine is very effective, satisfaction guaranteed. If you have any problems, you can find Mu. See you never, I’m off!"
Gu Jiaojiao took the money from Li Xiaoliang and stuffed it into her backpack without even counting it. Back then, a thousand yuan was a huge sum of money.
Gu Jiaojiao grinned as she bid farewell to Mr. Li and his grandson, then turned and strode coolly toward the Mu Family’s living room.
"Jiaojiao, I’ve prepared some snacks. Have some before you go," Old Mu said, bringing the pastries to Gu Jiaojiao.
"I still have to go home and make dinner for Su Shuochi, so I won’t be polite. I’ll take some to eat in the car."
Gu Jiaojiao took the snacks along with the coarse ceramic plate, eager to get home and count her money.
Li Xiaoliang watched her retreating figure with a thoughtful look in his eyes, then turned to his grandfather and asked in a low voice,
"Grandpa, the Divine Doctor is leaving just like that? What about repaying her with my hand in marriage?"
"Hah! If a problem can be solved with money, there’s no need to force yourself. My grandson is so outstanding; he deserves a better girl."
In truth, Mr. Li knew that Gu Jiaojiao was already married. Mr. Han was his subordinate and naturally wouldn’t dare to hide such a thing.
He had only made that comment about his grandson repaying her with his hand in marriage yesterday because he didn’t know her situation.
Li Xiaoliang: ...
’Actually, I’m perfectly willing. I’m not being forced at all.’
’It’s just a pity...’
’Sigh, she doesn’t even see me.’
At this thought, waves of disappointment washed over Li Xiaoliang, but he dared not let any of it show on his face.
He quickly hurried after her, calling out, "Divine Doctor, wait for me."
Gu Jiaojiao’s hearing was excellent; she had heard the grandfather and grandson’s whispered conversation crystal clear, but she still stopped and turned to look at him.
Gu Jiaojiao was Mr. Han’s sworn sister, so Mr. Han naturally wouldn’t hide Mr. Li’s true identity from her either.
That was why Gu Jiaojiao had prepared the antidote for Mr. Li to take. The enemy still hadn’t been found.
She didn’t want to get too involved with a major figure like Mr. Li.
’Connections are important, but my life is more so.’
Li Xiaoliang had shouted quite loudly, causing Old Mu, his grandson, and Mr. Li to all turn their gazes toward him.
Gu Jiaojiao waited for him at the door, taking the opportunity to size up Li Xiaoliang. He was wearing a white shirt.
He had been busy taking care of his grandfather, so the top two buttons of his collar were undone, revealing a prominent Adam’s apple.
His features were well-defined, with a high-bridged nose and slightly narrowed phoenix eyes. He had an extraordinary air about him.
Gu Jiaojiao asked with a teasing look in her eyes, "Comrade Li, what is it? Are you perhaps thinking of inviting me to dinner?"
Li Xiaoliang choked at her words, then gave a dry laugh. "Of course, that’s fine. It’s almost dinnertime anyway."
He looked up at her. Her own pair of phoenix eyes were lovely but not seductive, possessing a hint of cool aloofness instead.
Her palm-sized face was free of makeup, her red lips pressed lightly together. She was like a calm and elegant cat.
’For a Divine Doctor this beautiful and capable, forget just a meal—I’d be willing to repay her with my hand in marriage.’
"Thank you for the kind offer, but Old Mu just sincerely invited me to stay for dinner too. Unfortunately, I don’t have time."
"Haha, I know the Divine Doctor is a busy person. Actually, I just wanted to see you off."
