Chapter 78: House Call

No matter how much Xu begged, Bai Shao wouldn’t budge, which made her both angry and anxious. Finally, she started to berate Bai Shao.

Ru Zhu, hearing Xu’s scolding from inside the room, frowned and instructed her subordinates, “Please escort them out.”

“Yes, Manager Zhu.”

Xu and Yunzhu were driven out of the secret building, walking towards their carriage in a daze. Xu couldn’t believe that even after bribing Bai Shao with so much money, she still couldn’t see the divine doctor.

Originally, the divine doctor was the only hope for her and her daughter. Now that she couldn’t see him, how would her daughter’s poison be treated?

Just as she was at a loss, a man in black approached them and asked, “Are you two looking for the divine doctor?”

“Who are you?” Xu looked at the man with suspicion, feeling a bit of evil in his appearance.

“Madam, don’t worry about who I am. Just know that my master can save your daughter’s life,” the man said calmly, glancing at Yunzhu before withdrawing his gaze.

How did he know that Yunzhu was the one with the problem? This was all thanks to Xu’s public outburst yesterday. He happened to be present and heard Xu mention Yunzhu’s poisoning.

“Really?” Xu looked at him with both surprise and joy, finding it hard to believe what she heard. She thought to herself, could this man be the divine doctor Wuxin in disguise?

But why did that woman say Wuxin wouldn’t see them?

Yes, yes, it must be that woman’s fault, Wuxin wasn’t truly unwilling to see them.

Thinking this, Xu’s tense mood eased slightly. She asked the man, “Are you sure your master can save my daughter?”

“Of course,” Qiu Qing nodded. His master had been studying poisons since childhood, this small poison was nothing to him.

“Alright, if that’s the case, can you please ask your master to come to my house and treat my daughter?” Xu was cautious and decided to invite him home. That way, if anything went wrong, she could handle it immediately.

“Sure, give me your address and my master will come.”

“Good!” Xu nodded, not only giving him the address but also giving Qiu Qing a fifty-tael silver note as a deposit.

Qiu Qing accepted the silver note, told Xu to wait at home, and then turned to leave.

After the man disappeared from sight, Yunzhu spoke up, “Mother, what if he’s deceiving us?”

“He shouldn’t be,” Xu wasn’t sure either, feeling a bit regretful about giving him fifty taels. What if they didn’t come tomorrow, wouldn’t her silver note be wasted?

But her daughter’s life was at stake, she had to take a gamble.

Xu brought Yunzhu back home and began a difficult wait. Losing the silver note was a small matter. The real fear was that they wouldn’t come and her daughter’s poison wouldn’t be cured.

Yunzhi was unaware of what had happened to Xu and Yunzhu. At this moment, she had already gone to the first house on her appointment list for a house call.

For convenience, Yunzhi had dressed as a man, which was also the usual attire of the divine doctor Wuxin. With this disguise, no one knew that the divine doctor Wuxin was actually Yunzhi, except for a few close people. Even fewer knew that the divine doctor was a woman.

This first patient was Qin Zhiye, the eldest son of the Duke of Qin. He had been sick for over two years and had seen countless doctors, but nothing had worked.

Recently, he had been on the verge of death. Coincidentally, he heard that the divine doctor Wuxin had arrived in the capital, so he immediately sought him out, hoping that the divine doctor could treat Qin Zhiye.