The Lucky Heiress

“You… how could you…”

“Young Master, please calm down. Doctor is treating the Master now, and he needs peace and quiet during this process. If Young Master makes a ruckus, it will affect Doctor’s concentration. Should he make a mistake due to distraction, it could put Master’s life at risk.” Xiumei explained again.

Upon hearing this explanation, the initially noisy Wei Yilin immediately fell silent.

Although he was agitated, after such an explanation, he understood the seriousness of the situation.

His only concern was his father’s injury; he didn’t want to cause harm to his father.

“So… will my father get better?” Wei Yilin asked softly, fighting back the tears welling up in his eyes.

Xiumei explained, “Doctor will do his best. The Master is a good person;

Heaven will protect him.”

Wei Yilin nodded, “Can I wait at the door? I won’t make any noise. I just want to wait quietly. I want to see my father as soon as Doctor finishes treating him.

“Yes.” Xiumei nodded her head agreement.

With the noise outside subsided, Wei Ruo continued to focus intently on her work.

When the last bit of rotten flesh had been removed, Doctor immediately handed over the newly prepared styptic and antibiotic for Wei Ruo to apply.

Wei Ruo evenly applied the medicine to the wounds, but she didn’t bandage them.

Afterwards, she began to treat other new wounds, which, by comparison, were much easier. For minor wounds, Wei Ruo directly applied medicine. For deep wounds, she stitched them up.

After treating the wounds, it was time to administer oral medication.

Wei Ruo wrote a prescription and handed it to Doctor to look at. He carefully studied it for a while and then said with some amazement and worry, “This prescription may be a bit risky. Isn’t the dosage of Chuanwu too high?” Aconitine, contained in Chuanwu, is highly toxic and can cause death in high amounts.

Wei Ruo’s prescription contained an excessive amount of Chuanwu, as well as toxic herbs that could counteract the toxicity of Chuanwu. It could be said that it was an extremely dangerous prescription.

“I know, drastic measures are called for in desperate situations. There is still a glimmer of hope,” Wei Ruo said.

Doctor furrowed his brow in thought, then nodded, “You’re right, we can’t stick too rigidly to the teachings of the medical scriptures at this time.

Doctor asked, “Should we fill in the prescription under my name or…”

“Doctor, I would appreciate it if you could prepare the medicine under your name. Please keep today’s matter quiet. If anything goes wrong, feel free to blame it on me. If nothing happens, I hope Doctor can help me keep it a secret.” “No, I will not reveal your name if anything goes wrong. I wasn’t sure I could save Wei anyway. As doctors, as long as we do our best, we can live up to our conscience. If we can’t save the patient’s life, it’s just fate. I can bear the blame,” Doctor spoke resolutely.

Wei Ruo was moved and said, “Let’s focus on saving him for now. We’ll discuss

this matter later.”

This was not the time to argue over such things. The most important thing

now was to save him.

Wei Ruo turned to Doctor and said, “I plan to give my father another acupuncture treatment. It will help to strengthen his body and eliminate blood stasis.”

Administering acupuncture was even more demanding on concentration and mental effort than removing necrotic tissue. It required absolute focus and could not be disturbed.

Doctor nodded, “I’ll leave the prescription to my apprentice and let him fetch the medicine. If you need to perform acupuncture, I’ll stay in the room so as not to be disturbed.”

“Thank you.” Wei Ruo deeply appreciated Doctor’s consideration and cooperation.

She was also very grateful that Doctor was the one who came today, which allowed her to act with confidence and conviction.

Next, Wei Ruo asked Xiumei to come in. Because she needed not only to apply needles to Wei Mingting’s chest but also his back, another pair of hands was needed to assist in keeping Wei Mingting still.

When Wei Yilin saw the door open, he instinctively peeked inside, trying to see something.

But all he could see was a screen; he couldn’t see anything else.

Wei Yilin moistened his lips and, still clinging onto Xiumei’s words, managed

to maintain his composure and didn’t rush in.

After what felt like an eternity for Wei Yilin who was waiting outside, time seemed incredibly slow.

It was already dark outside, and it was past dinner time. Normally, if he didn’t have dinner by this time, Wei Yilin would already be complaining.

But today, he sat quietly at the door of his father’s room, not uttering a sound. Halfway through, the room door opened once—it was Doctor’s apprentice who went in to deliver the medicine soup.

After what felt like a long time, the door opened again, and Doctor came out.

“How is my father?” Wei Yilin sprang to his feet.

“Young Master, calm down. Your father is still unconscious, I can’t say for sure if he can make it through this crisis.”

Doctor could only tell the truth. He couldn’t bring himself to fake comfort. He didn’t want to give false hope to the patient’s family and then disappoint them. Hearing this, Wei Yilin could no longer hold back his tears, which flowed freely down his cheeks.

At this moment, Wei Ruo came out of the room, and Wei Yilin rushed up and hugged her.

“Big sister, what do we do? The doctor said father is in grave danger.”

Wei Ruo looked down at Wei Yilin, who was crying and hugging her leg, and patted his back comfortingly, “Don’t cry. It’s too early to cry. The doctor said it’s critical, not hopeless. Stay strong tonight and do everything you can to help father get through this.”

Weeping and nodding, Wei Yilin seemed quite different from his usual proud and self-assured self. At this moment, he was just an ordinary eight-year-old boy, scared and helpless.

Wei Ruo didn’t push him away as she usually would. When his emotions had calmed down a little, she said, “If you’re worried, you can stay up with us tonight.”

“I want to stay with my father!” Wei Yilin agreed immediately.

“Then go get something to eat first.”

■•I don’t want to eat. I’m not hungry. I’m staying here with my father!”

“You need to eat and fill your stomach. That way, you’ll have the strength to stay up all night. So when you’re needed, you’ll be of use. Otherwise, if your stomach starts grumbling in the middle of the night and you lose your strength, I won’t have the time to bother with you,” Wei Ruo said.

Weilin took in her words and responded, “I’ll eat now and make sure I’m full so I can stay strong all night!”

Weilin gave a nod, and then turned to Xiumei, “Meimei, take him to get some food.”

“And what about you, miss? You haven’t eaten yet,” Xiumei was more concerned about Wei Ruo.

“After he finishes eating, you can bring me back something.

Wei Ruo had to stay by Wei Mingting’s side, ready to handle any emergencies that might arise.

She didn’t know if Wei Mingting could make it through, but all she could do was to protect this sliver of hope as much as possible..