"Doctor... Doctor..." A familiar voice rang out, "Come quickly and see how he is."
Su Yaoguang heard the voice and looked over, spotting Mr. Wang from the academy following two government officials carrying the sick person into the temple.
The two government officials carrying the patient ran gasping for breath and, upon entering the temple, were momentarily exhausted, setting down the stretcher they were carrying.
Bang! The stretcher landed heavily on the ground.
"Slow down, be gentle..." Mr. Wang’s voice broke with frustration. "Doctor, who’s the doctor? Hurry up and take a look."
Jiang Jing squeezed into the crowd and said, "I’m the doctor, what’s wrong?"
"Quickly come and see him, his condition isn’t good." Mr. Wang pointed to the person on the stretcher. "He’s the student in our academy most likely to pass the exams; there can’t be any slip-ups."
Su Yaoguang looked at Xiao Yanci, lying there with a face covered in red rashes, purplish lips, and very weak breathing.
When the government ordered all the patients to be gathered, she anticipated seeing Xiao Yanci. But in just a few hours, how did he become like this?
Jiang Jing knew Su Yaoguang didn’t like Xiao Yanci, so after recognizing him, she didn’t immediately check his pulse but looked towards Su Yaoguang.
Su Yaoguang said, "Go ahead and treat him; you can’t ruin your reputation."
As a doctor, if Jiang Jing ignored a dying patient, not only could Mr. Wang’s spit drown her, but she’d also lose the trust of the patients present.
Jiang Jing checked Xiao Yanci’s pulse, frowned, and said, "Exactly what did he eat to cause poisoning?"
Mr. Wang’s face looked grim: "He took in a refugee who cared for him closely and gave him supplements. But shortly after eating, his cousin also brought him supplements. Two types of supplements in his stomach, shortly after he complained of severe abdominal pain, and then he became like this."
"So-called supplements also have medicinal properties. His body is clearly very weak now, yet he consumed bowl after bowl, and the two kinds of supplements are incompatible."
Su Yaoguang could hardly hide her schadenfreude.
She nudged Zhou Wangshu beside her and said, "See? Kindness from beauties is hard to bear."
Zhou Wangshu rolled his eyes, "What does it have to do with me? When I’m sick, you eat meat and I drink porridge, you eat meat and I eat vegetables, you eat meat and I eat..."
Su Yaoguang covered his mouth: "No need to say more, I understand your feelings. Later, sister will make you barbecue, but you can’t eat too much, your body is still very weak."
"I’m not weak."
"Yes, you’re strong, you’re not weak," Su Yaoguang said sarcastically.
Xiao Yanci vaguely heard Su Yaoguang’s voice.
"—Husband, why did you drink so much wine?"
"—I made you some sober-up soup, would you drink some?"
"—Husband, don’t worry, you’re so capable, no problem can stump you."
Xiao Yanci seemed to see Su Yaoguang waiting at the courtyard gate, seeing him return home and running towards him.
Back then, Su Yaoguang had already transformed into the style of a noblewoman of the Capital City for him. Yet, those eyes remained pure, full of trust in him.
In his previous life, everything had been arranged by her, all he needed was to focus on studying without any other worries. Why was this life plagued by illness and misfortune?
Xiao Yanci tried hard to open his eyes, looking through the crowd for Su Yaoguang’s figure. He spotted her easily, but she was chatting and laughing with Zhou Wangshu, completely ignoring his illness.
"Brother Xiao..." Jiang Yihuan came over, fell in front of Xiao Yanci, and said sadly, "You must be alright. If anything happens to you, what will I do?"
"You’ve come at the right time," Jiang Jing said, "He is poisoned and needs someone to care for him; it’s perfect for you to stay and take care of him."
"Poisoned? How could he be poisoned? It must be that Wen Family woman poisoning Brother Xiao. That malicious woman, Brother Xiao kindly took her in, yet she harmed him."
"I didn’t," Wen Family woman also squeezed in. "What I gave Mr. Xiao were top-notch supplements, whereas you, you gave Mr. Xiao duck blood and chicken blood, supposedly to dispel bad luck."
The two women started arguing in front of Xiao Yanci.
"Enough," Mr. Wang said coldly, "We don’t need you here. You all leave; none of you are allowed to come back before Xiao Ci recovers."
"Brother Xiao (Mr. Xiao)..." The two women left unwillingly, casting mournful glances at Xiao Yanci.
Having endured this ordeal, Xiao Yanci was fed up with being fought over like a trophy by these two women; most importantly, if this continued, he didn’t know if he’d survive until the exams.
"There are sick people everywhere here, it’s not good for you to stay and risk catching something," Xiao Yanci said weakly, "Listen to the teacher, go back first; we’ll discuss other matters when I’m better."
"Now go quickly?" Mr. Wang said with a stern face.
Jiang Yihuan and the Wen Family woman had no choice but to leave.
When leaving, they turned back every few steps, reluctantly and sentimentally lingering on Xiao Yanci.
Mr. Wang saw Zhou Wangshu and said to him, "Wangshu, you’re fellow students and townsfolk, I’m entrusting him to you. You must take good care of him."
"Teacher, I’m afraid not," Su Yaoguang said, "Our Wangshu’s body is weak, his illness hasn’t completely healed. If he overexerts himself, he won’t be able to handle it. But don’t worry, we have many people here who can help; he’ll eat medicine when needed and food when needed, just like other patients, he won’t starve, nor will he be neglected."
Mr. Wang felt relieved after hearing Su Yaoguang’s words.
He didn’t dare stay too long, as many patients were gathered here.
Jiang Jing said his condition was special and he’d be assigned a separate room until the poison in his system was cleared before arranging him with others.
Su Yaoguang was responsible for this place; even if she didn’t want to deal with him, when it came to her domain, she couldn’t act recklessly. She initially wanted to choose a room for him herself, but Zhou Wangshu took over the task.
She had many things to handle, and soon forgot about this matter. When she heard news of Xiao Yanci again, it was about Xiao Yanci bribing a young monk and being angrily reprimanded by the monk.
"Worshipper, you’re a patient; other people are patients too. This room is perfectly fine; why can’t you stay?" The young monk said angrily. "Besides, you mention donating incense money, that’s for Buddha and Bodhisattva, not to buy me candy. Monks must avoid greed, yet you want me to break my vows."
Seeing so many people gathered here watching his embarrassment, Xiao Yanci’s face flushed red. He said weakly, "I’m only concerned this place isn’t conducive to my recovery. I need peace to recuperate."
"You are poisoned and need detoxification, so need to often visit the toilet. This meditation room is close to the toilet, what’s wrong with this arrangement? Look, you still have a room all to yourself," the person at the door replied.
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